the deadline.
A. work       B. working    C. is working      D. are working
38. The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without ______ his notes.
A. bringing up     B. referring to       C. looking for     D. trying on
39. It is certain that he will ______ his business to his son when he gets old.
A. take over       B. think over      C. hand over         D. go over
40. The Internet has brought ______ big changes in the way we work.
A. about       B. out      C. back      D. up
41. When climbing the hill, John was knocked unconscious by an ______ rolling stone.
A. untouched       B. unfamiliar
C. unexpected      D. unbelievable
42. Her brother ______ to leave her in the dark room alone when she disobeyed his
order.
A. declared       B. threatened      C. warned      D. exclaimed
43. Alice trusts you. Only you can ______ her to give up the foolish idea.
A. suggest       B. attract       C. tempt    D. persuade
44. A man is being questioned in relation to the ______ murder.
A. advised      B. attended      C. attempted      D. admired
45. Modern plastics can ______ very high and very low temperatures.
A. stand          B. hold        C. carry          D. support
 
Part III  Identification  (10%)
 
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D.

Identify the one that is not correct. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer

Sheet.
 
46.He invited me to go to a party and I did not want to join him that evening.
      A        B           C                  D
47.The information which she was injured in the accident was given by Liz.
                  A           B           C        D
48.Look at the beautiful flowers here ! How wonderful they are smelling.
A                 B          C                 D
49.Dear Helen, please forgive him for his rudeness, can you ?
                     A       B        C       D
50.Did anyone inform you with the change of the schedule that
　　A           　　B      　 C
had been decided yesterday ?
　　　　D
51.Despite his old age, he is still very healthful and often works in the field.
           A           B            C     D
52.This equipment is based upon advanced techniques and it is
　　　　　　A        　　　　  B                   　　 C
highly reliable.
            D
53.It is about time that we go to supper, for we still have a meeting to attend
A                 B       C                         D
 this evening.
     
54.Every now and then he would come here paying a visit to his old aunt,
            A              B                    C
 who lived all alone in a small house.
                     D
55.The passengers saw the thief stole on the bus, but they didn’t say anything.
                       A           B       C               D
 
Part IV  Cloze  (10%)
 
Directions: there are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4

choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that

best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
 
When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States it wasn’t the first

time I had been __. Like most English children I learned French at school and I had often __

to France, I so I was used ___ a foreign language to people who did not understand ___. But

when I went to America I was really looking forward to ___ a nice easy holiday without any

___ problems.
   How wrong I was ! the misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a ___

telephone to give my American friend Danny a ___ and tell her I had arrived. A friendly old