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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.
Rowan Torrez will never be able to bear his late(已故的)father tell him that he loves him, but yesterday he 56 received his dad's love in writing, a postcard 57 by his father nearly eight years ago.
On March 7，just days before the two-year anniversary(纪念日)of the 58 of Joseph Torrez, his wife Julie and his ten-year-old son Rowan, received a postcard in the mail from Joseph. The postcard was 59 June 10, 2007. When Joseph Torrez was 60 and working, be would often send postcards to them from 61 places, which he had been to for business 62. And one of them arrived in their mailbox nearly eight years 63 he sent it.
“Hello from Boston, the postcard 64. “I love you and I 65 you so much. See you soon. Love, Daddy."
Rowan and his mother have no 66 how the postcard just showed 67 at their home in Littleton, Colorado. But they are thankful 68 one more gift from Joseph, 69 died on March 13, 2013 from a rare brain disease. Such a disease usually 70 a person after he is sixty years old, 71 Joseph died when he was only forty-one.
The latest postcard is now one of the most 72 gifts that Rowan has received from his father. He will 73 it, adding it to his scrapbook(剪贴簿)74 he keeps all the other postcards from him. They help Rowan 75 his father after losing him at such a young age.
56. A. unexpectedly B. unfortunately C. responsibly D. frequently
57. A. write B. writing C. wrote D. written
58. A. end B. life C. death D. birth
59. A. made B. dated C. making D. dating
60. A. asleep B. alive C. dead D. active
61. A. wealthy B. useful C. different D. practical
62. A. reasons B. scenes C. emotions D. speeds
63. A. when B. before C. since D. after
64. A. reads B. thinks C. reading D. thinking
65. A. think B. trust C. miss D. hate
66. A. method B. way C. Hope D. idea
67. A. out B. up C. away D. off
68. A. in B. with C. for D. on
69. A. who B. whom C. that D. which
70. A. trembles B. steals C. covers D. strikes
71. moreover B. therefore C. but D. and
72. A. careful B. precious C. nervous D. useless
73. A. explain B. vanish C. resist D. treasure
74. A. where B. which C. when D. that
75. A. forget B. surprise C. remember D. receive
Part V Translation (20%)
Section A
Directions: In this part there are Jive sentences which you should translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the 3 passages you have just read in Reading Comprehension. You can refer back to the passages to identify their meanings in the context.
76. Doctors have long known that breast-feeding can be good for a baby's health.
77. This program became very popular with schoolchildren.
78. Her idea was to get new members to join the organization.
79. Critics of the ban say cell phones are important safety devices for kids during an emergency.
80. It will include rules about not using the phones during class or to cheat on tests.
Section B
Directions: In this part there are five sentences in Chinese. You should translate them into English. Be sure to write clearly.
81. 周末，我宁愿待在家里看看书。
82. 这个国家以其美丽的湖泊而闻名于世。
83. 在业余时间里你通常做些什么?
84. 他们理解汉语还有些难度。
85. 你最好穿上夹克，外面冷。
