Passage 3
Katherine walked into a newspaper office, and demanded to see the editor. Fortunately, the editor was passing the inquiry office when she asked for him. Seeing she was a girl of school age, he thought it might offer him an amusing five minutes between interviews.
Katherine was very rude to him when he told her they didn’t accept schoolgirls. She said she was surprised that the editor of a great London newspaper did not know how to behave like a gentleman. The editor sat back in his chair and laughed heartily. He had never been spoken to like that in his life. He rather liked it for its novelty. After some further conversation, in which Katherine attempted to persuade him that she could do anything he wanted, from writing a leading article to a serial story, she said: “I am not going to leave this room until you put me on the staff!”
Then the editor had to speak to her rather seriously, and told her what a great London newspaper meant to a girl and how utterly ignorant she was of everything that would make her useful as a journalist. Upon this Katherine burst into tears, and the editor, who had dismissed many men in the course of his career, walked up and down the room wondering what he could do for this extraordinary young girl whose tearful eyes were so full of disappointment.
“Look here,” he said, “if you come to me in two years’ time, with a knowledge of shorthand, and if you promise not to shed tears on my blottingpaper, I will give you something to do.”
“Really? If you don’t mind, I’ll have it in black and white,” said the girl.
The editor was startled. He began to think that this young girl was not so young as she looked. He drafted out an agreement for her on the lines laid down with a great deal of solemnity (严肃) which he found quite amusing, for he was confident that the young girl might quite as well change her mind or would be engaged to a nice boy long before the agreement took effect.
26. The real reason why the editor decided to interview the girl was that he ______.
A. heard her asking for him B. was not very busy
C. thought it would amuse him D. liked to work with young girls
27. “He rather liked it for its novelty” means he liked it because it was ______.
A. unusual B. pleasant C. courageous D. friendly
28. The editor walked up and down the room, because he was ______.
A. rather angry with her
B. afraid other people would hear her crying
C. not sure whether he should dismiss her or not
D. trying to make a decision
29. As their conversation continued, the editor ______.
A. changed his opinion of the girl B. grew tired of her
C. became annoyed D. thought she was too uneducated
30. When the editor drafted out the agreement for the girl, he ______.
A. hoped that this would please the girl
B. wished that it would take effect soon
C. adopted a rather serious attitude
D. didn’t mean what he wrote
Passage 4
Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear fullblown. Quite the contrary, just as the cook has to undergo an intensive training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose—school work, matters of business, or purely social communication. You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding.
There are still some remote places in the world where you might find a public scribe to do your business or social writing for you, for a fee. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.
We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to paper. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put into the mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figure must be enormous. What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes, that his writing will be read. We want to arouse(引起) and hold the interest of the readers. We want whatever we write to be read, from first word to last, not just thrown into some “letters to be read” file or into a wastepaper basket. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing.
31. In this passage, good writing is compared to fine food because ______.
A. both writers and cooks have to work long hours every day
B. both are essential to life
C. both are enjoyable
D. both writers and cooks can earn a good living
32. A public “scribe” (Para.2) is ______.
A. a secretary who does your business or social writing
B. a machine that does writing for you
C. a public school where writing is taught
D. a person who earns a living by writing for others
33. According to the passage, some managers don’t have to do any letter writing because ______.
A. they rely on quick notes B. they have a computer to do it
C. they have excellent secretaries D. they prefer making phone calls
34. According to the author, if your letter is thrown into some “lettersto be read” file, ______.
A. it will receive immediate attention
B. it is likely to be neglected
C. it will be dealt with by the secretary
D. it is meant to be delivered soon
35. The purpose of the author in writing this passage is ______.
A. to argue and demonstrate B. to comment and criticize
C. to interest and entertain D. to explain and persuade
Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)
Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centre.
36. Some of this wheat came from Canada. What about ______?
A. another B. the other C. others D. the rest
37. I will now ______ Mr. Webster to drink the health of the happy pair.
A. call on B. call up C. call for D. call off
38. July is the month ______ is usually the hottest.
A. whose weather B. the weather
C. its weather D. when the weather
39. Because my scissors are dull, I’m going to buy a new ______.
A. one B. ones C. pair D. scissors
40. ______ great was the destruction that the South took decades to recover.
A. Very B. Too C. Such D. So
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