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Foxes and farmers have never got on well. These small dog-like animals have long been accused of killing farm animals. They are officially classified as 41 and farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them.

Farmers can also call 42 the services of their local hunt to control the fox population. Hunting consists of pursuing a fox across the countryside, with a group of 43 trained dogs, followed by men and women riding horses. When the dogs eventually catch the fox they kill it or a hunter shoots it.

People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport; they were a special uniform of red coats and white trousers, and 44 strict codes of behavior. But owning a horse and hunting regularly is expensive, so most hunters are wealthy.

It is 45 that up to 100,000 people watch or take part in fox hunting. But over the last couple of decades the number of people opposing 46 fox hunting, because they think it is brutal（残酷的）, has risen sharply. Nowadays it is 47 for a hunt to pass off without some kind of confrontation（冲突）between hunters and hunt saboteurs（阻拦者）. Sometimes these incidents

48 to violence, but mostly saboteurs interfere with the hunt by misleading riders and disturbing the 49 of the fox’s smell, which the dogs follow.

(B)

Learning vocabulary is challenging and interesting. Most students of English learn vocabulary by (50) ___ new words and their meanings. But how long do they remember them? Is there a better (51) _____ ?

(52) ____ the best way to build a strong vocabulary is to talk to lots of people in English. Real communication (53)____ provide opportunities for improving oral fluency. The more you speak, the easier it will become for you to (54)____ yourself in English. Listening (55) ____ an important part in oral communication, too. By doing a lot of listening you can increase your (56) _____ of useful words.

You can learn more (57)____ by learning more about words. Group words with similar characteristics or meanings. (58) ____construct different words from those words by adding prefixes (sincere- insincere, armed-unarmed) or suffixes (event-eventful, technical-technically, develop-development). Finally (59)____to find examples of compound words (classroom, honeymoon).

Word associations, synonyms(同义词) and antonyms(反义词) are (60) _____ to play with, too. But you need (61)_____ and dictionary skills. How many synonyms can you write for the noun tale? What about an antonym for excited?

To (62) ____ the meanings of unfamiliar words, observe how they are (63)____ in the context. Try to guess word meanings. Overtime, your guesses will get (64) ____and your definitions more specific .

(50) A. learning B. memorizing C. studying D. remembering

(51) A. form B. job C. work D. way

(52) A. Probably B. Possibly C. Completely D. Likely

(53) A. examples B. places C. situations D. conditions

(54) A. understand B. show C. express D. perform

(55) A. makes B. acts C. does D. plays

(56) A. use B. supply C. vocabulary D. collection

(57) A. words B. meanings C. vocabulary D. vocabularies

(58) A. Later B. But C. So D. Then

(59) A. go B. learn C. try D. continue

(60) A. fun B. funny C. amused D. amusing

(61) A. exercise B. drill C. practice D. training

(62) A. look for B. find C. search for D. discover

(63) A. used B. written C. spoken D. read

(64) A. good B. well C. better D. best

IV.Reading Comprehension (35 points)

Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

You either have it, or you don’t—a sense of direction, that is. But why is it that some people could find their way across the Sahara without a map, while others can lose themselves in the next street?

Scientists say we’re all born with a sense of direction, but it is not properly understood how it works. One theory is that people with a good sense of direction have simply worked harder at developing it. Research being carried out at Liverpool University supports this idea and suggests that if we don’t use is, we lose it.

“Children as young as seven have the ability to find their way around,” says Jim Martland, Research Director of the project. “However, if they are not allowed out alone or are taken everywhere by car, they never develop the skills.”

Jim Martland also emphasizes that young people should be taught certain skills to improve their sense of direction. He makes the following suggestions:

●If you are using a map, turn it so it relates to the way you are facing.

●If you leave your bike in a strange place, put it near something like a big stone or a tree. Note landmarks on the route as you go away from your bike. When you return, go back along the same route.

●Simplify the way of finding your direction by using lines such as streets in a town, streams, or walls in the countryside to guide you. Count your steps so that you know how far you have gone and note any landmarks such as tower blocks or hills which can help to find out where you are.

Now you need never get lost again!

65. Scientists believe that_______.

A. some babies are born with a sense of direction.

B. people learn a sense of direction as they grow older

C. people never lose their sense of direction

D. everybody possesses a sense of direction from birth

66. What is true of seven-year-old children according to the passage?

A. They never have a sense of direction without maps

B. They should never be allowed out alone if they lack a sense of direction

C. They have a sense of direction and can find their way around

D. They can develop a good sense of direction if they are driven around in a car.

67. If you leave your bike in a strange place, you should ________.

A. tie it to a tree so as to prevent it from being stolen

B. draw a map of the route to help remember where it is

C. avoid taking the same route when you come back to it

D. remember something easily recognizable on the route

68. According to the passage, the best way to find your way around is to ________.

A. ask policemen for directions.

B. use walls, streams, and streets to guide yourself

C. remember your route by looking out for steps and stairs

D. count the number of landmarks that you see

(B)

Nervous suspects (嫌疑犯) locked up in Britain's newest police station may feel relieved by a pleasant yellow colour on the door. If they are close to confessing a crime, the blue on the wall might tip the balance.

Gwent Police have abandoned colours such as grays and browns of the 20th-century police cell (牢房) and have used colour psychology to decorate them.

Ystrad Mynach station, which recently opened at a cost of ￡5 million, has four cells with glass doors for prisoners who suffer from claustrophobia(幽闭恐怖症). Designers have painted the frames yellow, which researchers say is a calming colour. Other cells contain a royal blue line because psychologists believe that the colour is likely to encourage truthfulness.

The station has 31 cells, including 12 with a “live scan” system for drunken or disturbed prisoners, which detects the rise and fall of their chest. An alarm alerts officers if a prisoner's breathing stops and carries on ringing until the door is opened.

Designers and psychologists have worked for years on colour. Blue is said to suggest trust, efficiency, duty, logic, coolness, thinking and calm. It also suggests coldness and unfriendliness. It is thought that strong blues will stimulate clear thought and lighter, soft colours will calm the mind and aid concentration.

Yellow is linked with confidence, self-respect and friendliness. Get the colour wrong and it could cause fear, depression and anxiety, but the right yellow can lift spirits and self-respect.

Ingrid Collins, a psychologist who specializes in the effects of colour, said that colour was an “energy force”. She said: “Blue does enhance communication but I am not sure it would enhance truthful communication.”

Yellow, she said, affected the mind. Red, on the other hand, should never be considered because it could increase aggression. Mrs Collins praised the designers for using colours in the cells. Gwent is not the first British force to experiment with colour to calm down or persuade prisoners to co-operate. In the 1990s Strathclyde Police used pink in cells based on research carried out by the US Navy.

69. The expression “tip the balance” in paragraph 1 probably indicates that the blue might _____.

A. let suspects keep their balance B. help suspects to confess their crimes

C. make suspects cold and unfriendly in law court D. enable suspects to change their attitudes to colours

70. Which of the following colours should NOT be used in cells according to me passage?

A. Pink. B. Yellow C. Blue. D. Red.

71. Which of the following helps alert officers if someone stops breathing?

A. Scanning equipment. B. Royal blue lines. C. Glass doors. D.Yellow frames.

72. The passage is mainly concerned with _____.

A. the relationship between colours and psychology

B. a comparison of different functions of colours

C. the use of colours in cells to affect criminals’ psychology

D. scientific ways to help criminals reform themselves in prison

（C）

73. The word “talion” in introducing the book Eye for an Eye is probably a concept of ______.

A. medicine B. trade C. avenging D. striving

74. The book entitled A History of Modern Indonesia has focus on _______.

A. 1andscapes and tourist attractions in Indonesia B. its fourth largest population in the world

C. its relatively unfamiliar and understudied economy D. its social and political aspects in modern times

75. What do these books have in common?

A. Their authors are introduced in detail. B. They all have a hard back and a paperback.

C. Each of them is commented by a professor. D. They are published by the same publishing house.

(D)

The “Bystander Apathy Effect” was first studied by researchers in New York after neighbours ignored—and in some cases turned up the volume on their TVs—the cries of a woman as she was murdered (over a half-hour period). With regard to helping those in difficulty generally, they found that:

(1) women are helped more than men;

(2) men help more than women;

(3) attractive women are helped more than unattractive women.

Other factors relate to the number of people in the area, whether the person is thought to be in trouble through their own fault, and whether a person sees himself as being able to help.

According to Adrian Furnham, Professor 0f University College, London, there are three reasons why we tend to stand by doing nothing:

(1) “Shifting of responsibility”－the more people there are, the less likely help is to be given. Each person excuses himself by thinking someone else will help, so that the more “other people’ there are, the greater the total shifting of responsibility.

(2) “'Fear of making a mistake'’－situations are often not clear. People think that those involved in an accident may know each other or it may be a joke, so a fear of embarrassment makes them keep themselves to themselves.

(3) “Fear of the consequences if attention is turned on you, and the person is violent.”

Laurie Taylor, Professor of Sociology at London University, says: “In the experiments I’ve seen on intervention (介入), much depends on the neighborhood or setting. There is a silence on public transport which is hard to break. We are embarrassed to draw attention to something that is happening, while in a football match, people get involved, and a fight would easily follow. ”

Psychotherapist Alan Dupuy identifies the importance of the individual: “The British as a whole have some difficulty intervening, but there are exceptional individuals in every group who are prepared to intervene, regardless of their own safety: These would be people with a strong moral code or religious ideals.”

76. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Pretty women are more likely to be helped. B. People on a bus are more likely to stop a crime.

C. Religious people are more likely to look on. D. Criminals are more likely to harm women.

77. Which factor is NOT related with intervention according to the passage?

A. Sex. B. Nationality. C. Profession. D. Setting.

78. Which phenomenon can be described as the “Bystander Apathy Effect”?

A. When one is in trouble, people think it’s his own fault.

B. In a football match, people get involved in a fight.

C. Seeing a murder, people feel sorry that it should have happened.

D. On hearing a cry for help, people keep themselves to themselves.

79. The author wrote this article ______.

A. to explain why bystanders behave as they do B. to urge people to stand out when in need

C. to criticize the selfishness of bystanders D. to analyze the weakness of human nature

E)

Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.