44. The law of supply and demand will eventually take care of a shortage or ______ of dentists.
A)surge  B)surplus C) flush D) fluctuation

45. One third of the Chinese in the United States live in California,_______ in the San Francisco area.
A) remarkably B) severely C) drastically D)predominantly

46. After the terrible accident, I discovered that my ear was becoming less _______.
A) sensible  B) sensitive C) sentimental D) sensational

47. Now the cheers and applause _______ in a single sustained roar.
A) mingled  B) tangled  C) baffled D) huddled

48. Among all the public holidays, National Day seems to be the most joyful to the people of the country; on that day the whole country is ________ in a festival atmosphere.
A) trapped B) sunk C) soaked D) immersed

49. the wooden cases must be secured by overall metal strapping so that they can be strong enough to stand rough handling during _______.
A) transit  B) motion C) shift D) traffic

50. Nowadays many rural people flock to the city to look for jobs in the assumption that streets there are _______ with gold.
A) overwhelmed B) stocked  C) paved D) overlapped

51. It is a well-known fact that the cat family ______ lions and tigers.
A) enriches B) accommodates C) adopts D) embraces

52. My boss has failed me so many times that I no longer place any ______ on what he promises.
A) assurance B) probability  C) reliance  D) conformity

53. The English language contains a ______ of words which are comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversation.
A) latitude B) multitude C) magnitude D) longitude

54. It was such a(n) ______ when pat and mike met each other in Tokyo. Each thought that the other was still in Hong Kong.
A) occurrence B) coincidence C) fancy D) destiny

55. Parents have to learn how to follow a baby’s behavior and adapt the tone of their ______ to the baby’s capabilities.
A) perceptions B) consultations  C) interactions D) interruptions

56. Governments today play an increasingly larger role in the _______ of welfare, economics and education.
A) scopes B) ranges C) ranks D) domains

57. If businessmen are taxed too much, they will no longer be ______ to work hard, with the resuli that tax revenues might actually shrink.
A) cultivated B) licensed C) motivated D) innovated

58. Jack is not very decisive, and he always finds himself in a _______ as if he doesn’t know what he really wants to do.
A) fantasy B) dilemma C) contradiction D) conflict

59. He is a promising young man who is now studying at our graduate school. As his supervisor, I would like to ______ him to your notice.
A) commend B) decree C) presume D) articulate

60. It was a wonderful occasion which we will ________ for many years to come.
A) conceive B) clutch C) contrive D)cherish  
 
　　Although there are many skillful Braille readers. Thousands of other blind people find it difficult to learn that system. They are thereby shut___61_____ from the world of books and newspapers, having to __62_____ on friends to read aloud to them.
　　A young scientist named Raymond Kurzweil has now designed a computer which is a major ____63_____ in providing aid to the ____64_____. His machine, Cyclops, has a camera that ____65_____ any page, interprets the print into sounds. And then delivers them orally in a robot-like ______66____ through a speaker. By pressing the appropriate buttons ___67_____ Cyclops’s keyboard, a blind person can “read” any ____68_____ document in the English language.
　　This remarkable invention represents a tremendous ____69______ forward in the education of the handicapped. At present, Cyclops costs $50,000. _____70_____, Mr. Kurzweil and his associates are preparing a smaller ___71_____ improved version that will sell _____72____ less than half that price. Within a few years, Kurzweil ____73_____ the price range will be low enough for every school and library to ____74___ one. Michael Hingson, Director of the National Federation for the Blind, hopes that _____75____ will be able to buy home ___76____ of Cyclops for the price of a good television set.
　　Mr. Hingson’s organization purchased five machines and is now testing them in Maryland. Colorado, Iowa, California, and New York. Blind people have been ____77____ in those tests, making lots of ____78_____ suggestions to the engineers who helped to produce Cyclops.
　　“This is the first time that blind people have ever done individual studies _____79___ a product was put on the market,” Hingson said. “Most manufacturers believed that having the blind help the blind was like telling disabled people to teach other disabled people. In that___80___ . The manufacturers have been the blind ones.”

61. A) up  B) down C) in D) off

62. A) dwell B) rely  C) press D) urge

63. A) execution B) distinction C) breakthrough D) process

64. A) paralyzed B) uneducated C) invisible  D) sightless

65. A) scans B) enlarges C) sketches D) projects

66. A) behavior        B) expression C) movement  D) voice

67. A) on  B) at  C) in D) from

68. A) visual  B) printed  C) virtual D) spoken

69. A) stride  B) trail C) haul  D) footprint

70. A) Likewise      B) Moreover C) However  D) Though

71. A) but B) than C) or  D) then

72. A) on  B) for  C) through  D) to

73. A) estimates B) considers  C) counts  D) determines

74. A) settle  B) own C) invest D) retain

75. A) schools B) children C) families  D) companies

76. A) models B) modes C) cases  D) collection

77. A) producing B) researching           C) ascertaining  D) assisting

78. A) true B) valuable  C) authentic D) pleasant

79. A) after B) when C) before D) as

80. A) occasion B) moment  C) sense D) event

Section B Compound Dictation

　　Certain phrases one commonly hears among Americans capture their devotion to individualism: “Do you own thing.” “I did it my way,” “You’ll have to decided that for yourself.” “You made your bed, now(S1)in it.” “if you don’t look out for yourself.” No one else will.” “Look out for number one.”
　　Closely (S2) with the value they place on individualism is the importance Americans (S3) to privacy. Americans assume that people “need some time to themselves” or “some time alone” to think about things or recover their (S4) psychological energy. Americans have great(S5) understanding foreigners who always want to be with another person, who dislike being alone.
　　If the parents can (S6) it, each child will have his or her own bedroom. Having one’s own bedroom, even as an(S7), fixed in a person the notion that (S8). She will have her clothes, her books, and so on . these things will be hers and no one else’s.
　　Americans assumer that (S9). Doctors, lawyers, psychologists, and others have rules governing “confidentiality” that are intended to prevent information about their clients’ personal situations form becoming known to others.
　　American’s attitude about privacy can be hard for foreigners to understand. (S10). When those boundaries are crossed, an American’s body will visibly stiffen and his manner will become cool and aloof. In this part ,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled say No to Pirated Products.
1． 目前盗版的现象比较严重
2． 造成这种现象的原因及危害
3． 我们应该怎么做？