PART ONE
I. Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point for each)
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. Since Americans pay very high taxes, they often feel that they are working one day each week just their taxes.
A. pay B. to be paying C. paid D. to pay
2. Advertising is only part of the total sales effort, but it is the part that the most attention.
A. attacks B. attracts C. attaches D. attributes
3. Information that does not make any to you is difficult to remember.
A. trouble B. way C. sense D. mistake
4. The United States is known for its supermarkets, huge quantities of all kinds of food and household articles are sold.
A. which B. that C. when D. where
5. The ants, hardworking they are, have time for play.
A. as B. but C. so D. lest
6. Diamonds are the hardest found in nature.
A. instance B. circumstance C. substance D. existence
7. Large and powerful, the atmosphere consists of an ocean of gases hundreds of miles .
A. high B. higher C. highly D. height
8. Curiosity and imagination are important which help stimulate the discovery of new facts and the laws of science.
A. techniques B. technologies C. qualities D. quantities
9. Information in long-term memory can be at a later time when it is needed.
A. remarked B. reminded C. removed D. recalled
10.Insurance agents are always friendly, well dressed, and eager to be help.
A. for B. of C. from D. into
