130.( )fire， all exits must be kept clear.

167.If you spend enough money advertising， your product sales will surely( ).

A. 　expand

B. 　 enlarge

C. 　 extend

D. 　 increase

28.Due to the( )of quality standards， the company‘s market has been largely reduced this year.

A. 　incline

B. 　 recline

C. 　 acclaim

D. 　 decline

91.A college degree and some working experience should( )you for the job advertised inthe newspaper.

A. 　call

B. 　 set

C. 　 qualify

D. 　 seek

4. Passage 13 The favorite food in the United States is hamburger. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At a fast food restaurant， people order their food， wait a few minutes， and carry it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes. At some fast food restaurants， people can order their food， pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars. There are many kinds of fast food restaurants in the United States. The greatest in number sell hamburgers， French fries and so on. They are popular food among Americans. Besides， Italian food， chicken， seafood and ice-cream are very popular， too. The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one. Fast food restaurants are popular because they reflect American life style. Customers can wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place. Second， they are fast. People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their own food or waiting while someone prepares it. In fast food restaurants the food is usually ready before the customer even orders it. Finally most food in a fast food restaurant is not expensive. Therefore people are able to buy and eat at a fast food restaurant often， while they may not be able to go to a more expensive restaurant very often. Is the food in fast food restaurants always ready before the customers order it?

A. 　Yes， it is.

B. 　 No， it is seldom ready.

C. 　 Yes， it is cooked to order.

D. 　 No， not always， but usually.

157.Many of his classmates( )to work in the countryside.

A. 　violent

B. 　 volunteer

C. 　 violation

D. 　 vulnerary

52.It takes a( )amount of time and energy to achieve proficiency ( 精 通 ) in a foreign language.

A. 　considerate

B. 　 considerable

C. 　 plentiful

D. 　 substantial

3. Passage 2 Man has always wanted to fly. Some of the greatest men in history had thought about the problem. One of them， for example， was the great Italian artist， Leonardo Da Vinci. In the 16th century he made designs for machines that would fly， but they were never built. Throughout history， other less famous men had wanted to fly. An example was a man in England 800 years ago. He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into air from a tall building. He did not fly very far. Instead， he fell to the ground and broke every bone of his body and rested in peace. The first real step took place in France， in 1783. Two brothers， the Montgolfiers， made a very large ―hot air balloon‖. They knew that hot air rises. Why not fill a balloon with it? The balloon was made of cloth and paper. In September of that year， the King and Queen of France came to see the balloon. They watched it carry the very first air passengers into the sky. The passengers were a sheep and a chicken. We do not know how they felt about the trip. But we do know that the trip lasted eight minutes and that the animals landed safely. Two months later， two men did the same thing. They rose above Paris in a balloon of the same kind. Their trip lasted twenty-five minutes and they traveled about. In fact， the Englishman who tried to fly.

A. 　got badly wounded

B. 　 succeeded in flying

C. 　 lost his life

D. 　 flew only 8 minutes

143.The school is( )in the low-income housing area.

A. 　precious

B. 　 located

C. 　 estimate

D. 　 temperature

3. Passage 16 Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people， but I also explain that there‘s a big difference between ―being a writer‖， and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame， not the long hours alone at a typewriter. ―You‘ve got to want to write，‖ I say to them， ―not want to be a writer.‖ The reality is that writing is a lonely， private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune， there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer， I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me a place in a New York apartment building. It didn‘t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer. After a year or so， however， I still hadn‘t gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn‘t going to be one of those people who die wondering – what if I would keep putting my dream to the last even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of hope， and anyone with a dream must learn to live there. Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing career?

A. 　 He wasn‘t able to produce a single book.

B. 　 He hadn‘t seen a change for the better.

C. 　 He wasn‘t able to have a rest for a whole year.

D. 　 He found his dream would never come true.

105.As soon as it saw the dog coming towards it， the cat arched its back and its fur started to( )

A. 　fell

B. 　 ruffle

C. 　 bristle

D. 　 prop