第1部分：词汇选项  (第1～15题，每题1分，共15分)
　　下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语画有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与画线部分意义最相近的词或短语。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

1 These are the motives for doing it.
    A  reasons    B  excuses
    C answers    13  replies
2 The river widens considerably as it begins to turn west
    A  extends    B  stretches
    C  broadens D  bends
3  Many economists have given in to the fatal lure of mathematics．
    A error    B puzzle
    C  attraction    D  contradiction
4  With immense relief I stopped running
    A  no    B  1ittle
    C  scarce D  enormous
5  A great deal has been done to remedy the situation
A  maintain    B  improve
C preserve    D protect
6  John is collaborating with Mary in writing an article
  A  cooperating    B  marrying
  C  combining    D  arguing
7 He will consolidate his power．
  A  strengthen    B  win
  C  abandon    D  unite
8 Many scientists have been probing psychological problems
A  solving    B  exploring
C  settling    D handling
9.Hearing problems may be alleviated by changes in diet and exercise habits．
A  removed    B  cured
C treated       D  lessened
10 The conclusion can be deduced from the premises
A gone    B derived
C done D  come
11 The food is insufficient for three people
A scarce    B  short
C marginal D  inadequate
12 Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn
    A die    B disappear
    C migrate D  vanish
13 But ultimately he gave in．
  A  undoubtedly    B  certainly
  C  finally D  necessarily
14 It is a complicated problem．
  A strange    B complex
  C  difficult D unusual
15 In Britain and many other countries appraisal is now a tool of management-
    A evaluation    B production
    C efficiency D publicity

第2部分：阅读判断  (第16～22题，每题1分，共7分)
　　阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断，如果该句提供的是正确信息，请在答题卡上把A涂黑；如果该旬提供的是错误信息，请在答题卡上把B涂黑；如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把C涂黑。

Going Back to Its Birthplace
  No sporting event takes hold of the world’S attention and imagination like the Olympic
Games The football world Cup fascinates fans in Europe and South America；baseball’s World
Series is required viewing in North America；and the world table Tennis Championships attracts
the most interest in Asia．
    But the Olympics belong to the whole world．Now，after travelling to 17 countries over 108
years，the summer Games are returning to Athens，the place where the first modern Olympics
was held．
    Participation in the Games is looked on not only as an achievement，but also as an honour,
The 16 days between August 13 and 29 will see a record 202 countries compete，up from
Sydney’s 199. Afghanistan is back，having been banned from Sydney because the Taliban
government didn’t let women do sports．There is also a place for newcomers East Timer and
Kiribati
    A total of 10．500 athletes will compete in 28 sports，watched by 5 3 million ticket—paying
viewers as well as a television audience of 4 billion．
    Athens is to use its rich history and culture to make the Olympics as special as possible．The
Games will open with cycling events which start in front of the Parthenon and Acropolis
monuments．The final event will be a historic men’s marathon following the 0rjgihal route l"un by
Phidippides in 490 BC to bring news of victory over the Persians．
    The ancient stadium at Olympia．first used for the Games nearly three centuries ago，will
stage the shot put competitions．And the Panathenian Stadium，where the first modern Olympics
was held，is to host the archery (射箭)events．
    If the well—known ancient sites deliver a great sense of history to the Games．the 39 new
venues add a modem touch to the city of Athens The main Olympic stadium．with a giant glass
and steel roof，is the landmark(标志)building of the Olympics．
    “We believe that we will organize a‘magical’Games．”said Athens 2004 President Gianna
Angelopoulos—Daskalaki．“Our history with the Olympic Gaines goes back nearly 3,000 years,
and Athens 2004 could be the best ever．”
16 The World Table Tennis Championships attracts the most interest in Asian countries
  A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
17Participation in the OIympic Games is looked upon as an honor as well as an achievement．
A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
18 Many state leaders will attend the opening ceremony．
  A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
19The Games will open with cycling events because these events will take hold of the world’s
attention．
A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
20 The first modern Olympics was held nearly three centuries ago
  A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
21 The Panathenian Stadium is the landmark building of Olympics．
A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
22 Athens 2004 has been proven to be the best Olympic Games
  A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned

第3部分：概括大意与完成句子  (第23~30题，每题1分，共8分)
　　阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有2项测试任务；(1)第23~26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2—5段每段选择1个正确的小标题；(2)第27~30题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

Even Intelligent People Can Fail
1  The striking thing about the innovators who succeeded in making our modern world is how
often they failed．Turn on a light，take a photograph，watch TV，search the web，jet across the
Pacific Ocean，talk on a cellphone(手机)．The innovators who left us these things had to find the
way to success through a maze(错综复杂)of wrong tarns．
2  we have just celebrated the 125th anniversary of American innovator Thomas Edison’s
success in heating a thin line to white．hot heat for 14 hours in his lab in New Jersey，US．He did
mat on October 22．1879．and followed up a month later by keeping a thread of common