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II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
(A)
One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she __25__ (ask) me to play chess with her, I suggested a game and she eagerly accepted. It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I __26__ hurry my moves, because she needed to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I knew she had strict sleeping habits, __27__ I thought she ought to be able to give up some of this strictness. I said to her, “Come on，you can stay up late for once. We’re having fun. ”We played on for __28__ fifteen minutes, during which time she looked anxious. Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “__29__ you want to play it well, you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we continued until suddenly my daughter burst into tears, and admitted __30__ (beat).
Clearly I had made a mistake. I had started the evening wanting to have a happy time with my daughter but had allowed my desire to win to become more important than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire __31__(win) served me well. As a parent, I realized that it got in my way. So I had to change.
(B)
While income worry is a rather common problem of the aged, loneliness is another problem that aged parents may face. Of all the reasons __32__ explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between parents and their children is the major one. This phenomenon is commonly known as “Empty Nest Syndrome”(空巢综合症).
In order to seek __33__(good) chances outside their countries, many young people have gone abroad, __34__(leave) their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. Their parents spend countless lonely days and nights, taking care of themselves, in the hope that someday their children will come back to stay with them. The fact __35__ most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty __36__ they would have if they had not left their countries. Whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily match __37__ they actually do. This geographical and cultural distance also prevents the grown-up children from providing timely response __38__ the needs of their aged parents.
The situation in which grown-up children live far away from their aged parents __39__ (describe) as “distant parent phenomenon”, __40__ is common both in developed countries and in developing countries. Our society has not yet been well prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”.
The fact that most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty as they would have if they had not left their countries. Whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily match what they actually do.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. rejected B. eventually C. various D. ready E. commercialize F. prospect
G. delivered H. employed I. samples J. transplants K. inevitably
Since its appearance in 2007, researchers at San Diego-based Organovo have experimented with printing a wide variety of tissues, including bits of lung, kidney and heart muscle. Now the world's first publicly traded 3D bioprinting company is getting __41__ for production. In January slices of human liver tissue were __42__ to an outside laboratory for testing. These __43__ take about 30 minutes to produce, says Keith Murphy, the firm’s chief executive. Later this year Organovo aims to begin commercial sales.
The invention of 3D printing provided a technology now __44__ to manufacture everything from aircraft parts to body parts. But the __45__ of 3D bioprinting is even brighter; to create human tissues for research, drug development and testing, and __46__ as replacement organs, such as a kidney, for patients desperately in need of __47__. Bioprinted organs could be made from patients’ own cells and thus would not be __48__ by their immune systems. They could also be manufactured on demand.
At present only a few of companies are trying to __49__ the production of bioprinted tissues. But Thomas Boland, an early pioneer in the field, says that plenty of others are interested. He also estimates that about 80 teams at research institutions around the world are now trying to print __50__ small pieces of tissues such as skin, blood vessels, liver, lung and heart. “It’s a wonderful technology to build three-dimensional biological structures.” says Gabor Forgaces, who co-founded Organovo in 2007.
