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1. The president ________ that a new currency would be issued.

A. proceeded
B. processed
C. proclaimed
D. provided

2. Their refusal to ________ will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN.

A. comprise
B. compromise
C. dispute
D. suspect

3. He never speaks to me _______ to ask for something.

A. more than
B. rather than
C. or rather
D. other than

4. They will ______ a few tears at their daughter's wedding.

A. cast
B. discard
C. scrap
D. shed

5. Now it became _______ that he spoke two languages at once.

A. apparent
B. evident
C. approval
D. plain

6. I don't take any drugs ________, except aspirin for colds.

A. whatever
B. whatsoever
C. however
D. whenever

7. The magician's next trick will ________ you.

A. amazed
B. assign
C. assume
D. astonish

8. We all felt as if we were intruding on his private ________.

A. grief
B. pain
C. sorrow
D. torment

9. He has a broken nose but may be ______ today.

A. discharged
B. dismissed
C. fired
D. released

10. Students are asked to prepare material in advance of each weekly ________.

A. course
B. meeting
C. seminar
D. gathering

11. He admits that more work needs to be done to _______ the strategy, and ensure that it’s safe.

A. certify
B. establish
C. prove
D. validate

12. He always put his point of view with _______ and with courage.

A. clarity
B. cleanness
C. purity
D. simplicity

13. Scientists cannot _______ the existence of life on other planets.

A. affirm
B. acknowledge
C. declare
D. swear

14. They have much ________ over the cause of the air crash.

A. conviction
B. conclusion
C. forecast
D. speculation

15. You should come to unwillingly accept what others _______ on you, regardless of how you personally feel.

A. act
B. depend
C. impose
D. press

16. All flights ________ because of the terrible weather, they had to go there by train.

A. having been canceled
B. had been canceled
C. having canceled
D. were canceled

17. The mother didn't know who ________ for the broken glass.

A. blamed
B. be blamed
C. to blame
D. would blame

18. Things might have been much worse if the mother _______ on her right to keep the baby.

A. has been insisting
B. had insisted
C. would insist
D. insisted

19. He was punished _______ he should make the same mistake again.

A. unless
B. provided
C. if
D. lest

20. _______ in the office had a mistake, and the firm regretted causing the customer inconvenience.

A. Someone
B. Some
C. Anyone
D. One

Part 2: Banked Cloze

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Write the correct LETTER (填写单词的字母序号) for each blank. You may NOT use any of the words in the bank more than once.

As I received(6) after acceptance (with a few rejections mixed in), it never sunk in that any of this was real. The whole (7) process seemed like a game. I would apply to College A, College B, and College C, and the better (8) and test scores I had, the better chance I had of getting in. But nothing was for sure — it was all a game of risk, a slippery slope of gambling where students would become(9) addicted to checking college websites, scrolling through admissions(10), all in the hope that they would be added to their dream school’s incoming class of 2015.

But now I’ve heard back from all of my colleges. Now I have to choose. Beyond that, I have to face the fact that this is my life. High school is quickly coming to a (11) and, with that, my childhood. As I lay in bed the other night, it suddenly hit me with the power of a (12) of bricks — I will never be going to live at home with my parents and brother again. Sure, I would be home for winter and summer breaks, but that would be(13) . I would never once again be a (14) member of the household. I would have to depend on (15) memories and emotions to feel as if I were a part of the family once I was gone.

Part 3: Reading Comprehension

Directions: There are two passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice.

Passage One

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

The age at which kids first fall victim to bullying (欺侮) could influence how strongly they are affected, suggests a new study. And, surprisingly, it is not the youngest kids who are hurt the most in the long term. Bullying can have long-lasting effects, but particularly when it begins in adolescence (青春期), the researchers say.

People subjected to either oral or physical bullying are known to be at greater risk for developing depression, anxiety disorders or to behave violently. But not everyone reacts in this way. Children bullied for the first time before they hit adolescence seem to get over it, but those who are victimized for the first time late on in adolescence seem to become more aggressive or are more likely to turn to drink as a means of coping. These are the conclusions of psychologist Matthew Newman and colleagues from the University of Texas at Austin, US.

The team gave questionnaires to nearly 1500 college students regarding their experience of physical and psychological bullying before adolescence — before high school — and in late adolescence — at high school. They assessed mood and mental state, judging by signs of anxiety or depression, such as sleeplessness. The group was also questioned about how they would react to certain challenges, such as being embarrassed or provoked.

People who were bullied all revealed slightly higher levels of stress. But while those bullied earlier in life seemed to respond normally to provocation, people bullied for the first time late in adolescence are more withdrawn and sensitive to violence.

The best solution was strong social support, whether from friends, family or school. Those with no one to share their problems with suffered the most.

So perhaps it is best not to shelter children completely from bullying early on, suggests Newman. “They may get stressed, but unhealthy coping really jumps out when they are bullied for the first time later on.” The effects are likely to be related to the developing stress hormone system, which matures during adolescence, he concludes. Studies show abnormal stress responses in adult animals that experience social stress or aggression from other animals during adolescence.

16. The study suggests that the age at which bullying begins is related to _______.

17. According to Newman, children who were first bullied before adolescence would _________.

18. The 1500 college students involved in the study were asked how they would deal with _____.

Passage Two

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

Many parents may think that each new sibling (兄弟姐妹) offers their children the gift of companionship. But while we tend to think that siblings teach one another conflict resolution and other interpersonal skills, new research says they are no better off socially than children without siblings.

“Most studies look at the negative consequences of having siblings in terms of educational outcome,” said Donna Bobbitt-Zeher, lead author of Good for Nothing? Number of Siblings and Friendship Nominations among Adolescents. “But we decided to look at social skills to see if there was any other possible benefit to having brothers or sisters.” She and her co-author, Douglas Downey are sociologists at Ohio State’s Marion campus, and neither is an only child. They presented their findings at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in August.

The paper is in large part a reply to a previous study, Playing Well with Others in Kindergarten: The Benefits of Siblings at Home, also co-authored by Dr. Downey, which found that kindergarten teachers rated children without siblings worse in interpersonal skills, self-control and problem behaviors.

But an only child isn’t necessarily a loner and misfit. First, the social advantages found in children with siblings in the kindergarten study were quite modest. Second, the study relied on teacher evaluations, and teachers may not be reliable judges of friendships among their charges.

And now it seems that arty benefits documented in kindergarten disappear altogether by middle school. Using a metric called “peer nomination (提名)”, Dr. Downey and Dr. Bobbitt-Zeher found that children without siblings had just as many friends as children with siblings.

“I see the two studies as a natural progression, showing what happens to the only children who didn’t have much interaction before kindergarten,” Dr. Downey said. Another study he is working on shows that the same only children evaluated in kindergarten had caught up by fifth grade.

While the studies don’t examine the cause for the disappearing social boost to kindergartners with siblings, Dr. Downey speculates that continuing school, youth clubs and other group activities — especially in an era of overscheduled children — provide sufficient opportunity for only to sharpen their skills.

23. According to the passage, kindergarten teachers’ evaluation of the only children __________.

Directions: Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.