Section A

　　Directions:

　　Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A],[B],[C] and [D].Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points)

　　Example:

　　I have been to the Great Wall three times _________ 1979.

　　[A]from 　　[B]after　　 [C]for　　 [D]since

　　The sentence should read, I have been to the Great Wall three times since 1979. Therefore, you should choose [D].

　　Sample Answer

　　[A][B][C][Ｄ]

　　1.If I were in movie, then it would be about time that I _________ my head in my hands for a cry.

　　[A]bury 　[B]am burying　 [C]buried 　[D]would bury

　　2.Good news was sometimes released prematurely, with the British recapture of the port _________ half a day before the defenders actually surrendered.

　　[A]to announce 　[B]announced 　[C]announcing 　[D]was announced

　　3.According to one belief, if truth is to be known it will make itself apparent, so one _________ wait instead of searching for it.

　　[A]would rather 　[B]had to 　[C]cannot but 　[D]had best

　　4.She felt suitably humble just as she _________ when he had first taken a good look at her city self, hair waved and golden, nails red and pointed.

　　[A]had 　[B]had had 　[C]would have and　 [D]has had

　　5.There was no sign that Mr. Jospin, who keeps a firm control on the party despite _________ from leadership of it, would intervene personally.

　　[A] being resigned　 [B]having resigned

　　[C]going to resign　 [D]resign

　　6.So involved with their computers _________ that leaders at summer computer camps often have to force them to break for sports and games.

　　[A]became the children 　　　　[B]become the children

　　[C]had the children become 　　[D]do the children become

　　7.The individual TV viewer invariably senses that he or she is _________ an anonymous, statistically insignificant part of a huge and diverse audience.

　　[A]everything except 　　[B]anything but

　　[C]no less than 　　　　[D]nothing more than

　　8.One difficulty in translation lies in obtaining a concept match. _________ this is meant that a concept in one language is lost or changed in meaning in translation.

　　[A]By　　[B]In 　　[C]For 　　[D]With

　　9.Conversation becomes weaker in a society that spends so much time listening and being talked to _________ it has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itself.

　　[A]as 　　[B]which 　　[C]that　　 [D]what

　　10.Church as we use the word refers to all religious institutions, _________ they Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, Jewish, and so on.

　　[A]be 　　[B]being 　　[C]were 　　[D]are