Part II Vocabulary(10 points)

Directions: In this part there are ten sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

11. There are several different options for getting Internet access.

A. choices B. definitions C. channels D. reasons

12. Earth has an atmosphere, which protects the surface from harmful rays.

A. minerals B. substances C. gases D. beams

13. The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her hostile attitude toward customers.

A. unfriendly B. optimistic C. impatient D. positive

14. Since it is late to change my mind now, I am resolved to carry out the plan.

A. revise B. implement C. review D. improve

15. Security guards dispersed the crowd that had gathered around the Capitol.

A. arrested B. stopped C. scattered D. watched

16. To start the program, insert the disk and follow the instructions.

A. take out B. turn over C. track down D. put in

17. The patient’s condition has deteriorated since last night.

A. improved B. returned C. worsened D. changed

18. I couldn’t afford to fly home, and a train ticket was likewise beyond my means.

A. also B. nonetheless C. furthermore D. otherwise

19. Despite years of searching, scientists have detected no signs of life beyond our own solar system.

A. within B. besides C. outside D. except

20. I prefer chicken to fish because I am worried about accidentally swallowing a small bone.

A. intentionally B. unexpectedly C. anxiously D. hurriedly

Part III Reading Comprehension (25 points)

Section A

Directions: In this section, there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

Passage One

Sometimes a race is not enough. Sometimes a runner just wants to go further. That’s what happened to Dennis Martin and Brooke Curran.

Martin, 68, a retired detective form New York City, took up running after his first wife died. Curran, 46, a philanthropist(慈善家)from Alexandria, started running to get out of the house and collect her thoughts. Both she and Martin got good at running but felt the desire to do more. “The more I trained, the better I got,” Curran said,” but I would cross the finish line with no sense of accomplishment.”

Eventually , they worked up to running marathons(马拉松)(and longer races) in other countries, on other countries. Now both have achieved a notable -and increasingly less rate- milestone; running the 26.2-mile race on all seven continents.

They are part of a phenomenon that has grown out of the running culture in the past two decades, at the intersection of athleticism and leisure: “runcations,” which combine distance running with travel to exotic places. There trips, as expensive as they are physically challenging ,are a growing and competitive market in the travel industry.

“In the beginning, running was enough,” said Steen Albrechtsen, a press manager. The classic marathon was the ultimate goal, then came the super marathons, like London and New York. But when 90,000 people a year can take that challenge, it is no longer exciting and adventurous .Hence, the search for new adventures began.”

“No one could ever have imagined that running would become the lifestyle activity that it is today,”said Thom Gilligan, founder and president of Boston-based Marathon Tours and Travel. Gilligan, who has been in business since 1979, is partly responsible for the seven-continent phenomenon.

It started with a casual talk to an interviewer about his company offering trips to every continent except Antarctica. And then in 1995, Marathon fours hosted its first Antarctica Marathon on King George Island. Off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula; 160 runners got to the starting line of a dirt-and ice-trail route via a Russian icebreaker through the Drake Passage.