第一部分  选择题（共50分）
I. Vocabulary and Structure (10 points 1 point for each item)
  从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。
1. Six out of every ten prisoners in chains are black which is ________ the chain gangs call up images of slavery in centuries gone by.
A、where    B、when   C、what   D、why
2. Einstein claimed that matter and energy are interchangeable ________ there is no “absolute” time and space.
A、so that   B、even if  C、in case   D、in order
3. The next generation of robots will have a sense of _______.
A、feel   B、touch   C、contact  D、grasp
4. Scientists believe that you usually ________ to one idea at a time.
A、attend   B、tend   C、pretend   D、extend
5. From a systems point of ________ problems have multiple causes.
A、sight   B、idea   C、perspective D、view
6. In a sense men of this kind begin not so much with a musical theme ______ with a completed composition.
A、but   B、than   C、as   D、that
7. To these now familiar facts a number of further facts may be ______ some of them only recently recognized.
A、shown  B、proposed  C、derived  D、added
8. He argues that euthanasia doesn’t take into ______ that there are ways of caring for the dying.
A、opinion  B、thought  C、mind   D、account
9. Two-thirds of the nation’s voters still identify themselves ______ Democrats of Republicans.
A、for   B、as   C、by   D、over
10. You must push away the many temptations that are always present ______ your schedule is useless.
A、and   B、but   C、or   D、for
II. Close Test  (10 points 1 points for each item)
  下列短文中有十个空格，每个空格有四个选项。根据上下文要求先出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。
  At the moment some 170000 young people throughout Britain are suffering what is potentially the most tense and anxious time of their lives. That is the number of students currently ___11__ to sit for their A-levels Examinations which __12__ whether a student proceeds smoothly on to the next rung (梯级) of the academic ladder or __13__ six years of work at secondary-school will be spent in the bitter disappointment of failure.
  __14__ the medical “stress-charts” examinations rank __15__ behind a death in the family a divorce or even the l