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Part A Multiple Choices

Directions: In this part, there are 10 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word which best completes each sentence.

1. The idea was ________ 18 years ago when Professor Terry was working as an assistant teacher in Philadelphia.

A) convened　B) conceived　C) conserved　D) cruised

2. The leaders tended to ________ the tense relation between the two countries so as to create a harmonious environment for the economic development.

A) intensity　 B) hoist　 C) ignite　 D) alleviate

3. Leo is ________ and he always delivers the goods to the wrong address.

A) negligible　 B) negligent　 C) negative　 D) neglected

4. When the United States took over from Britain as the ________ world power 100 years ago, the transition was like one between brothers—or cousins, at least.

A) probable　 B) predominant　 C) peculiar　 D) predicative

5. Though he is only eighteen years old, his ________ on sculpting techniques impressed me tremendously.

A) expertise　 B) trial　 C) link　 D) criterion

6. It took me only a week to finish my paper, but it took me three weeks to ________ my error.

A) uphold　 B) fulfil　 C) rectify　 D) evaluate

7. This girl was ________ of sympathy for she pretended not to see the beggar when he asked her for some food.

A) void　 B) sake　 C) vain　 D) mature

8. The funds are not ________ for the running of the company so the boss has to ask the bank for a loan.

A) empirical　 B) disastrous　 C) notable　 D) sufficient

9. There is growing concern that the ________ stimulus programme might evolve into permanent government control of the economy.

A) harsh　 B) temporary　 C) greedy　 D) identical

10. China's economic ________ has triggered mass migration of rural workers to cities in search of higher incomes and better opportunities.

A) evolution　 B) transformation　 C) boom　 D) motivation

Part B Reading Comprehension

Directions: In this part, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Select the word that best completes the sentence. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that those who 1 feeling happiest had a 35% reduced risk of dying 2 with those who reported feeling least happy.

Rather than rely on recollections about their feelings of happiness as in earlier studies, this British study of 3,853 participants ages 52-79 rated their feelings at different times on one 3 day. Five years later, researchers 4 he number who died and controlled for a variety of factors, 5 age, gender, health, wealth, education and marital (婚姻的) status.

"How happy a person is at any point in time is a 6 of some background disposition—some people tend to be happier than others, but also what they are doing, who they are with, and other features of that point in time. Both are important," says epidemiologist Andrew Steptoe, a psychology professor at University College in London, who co-authored the study.

"What's not clear is whether happy feelings are the key to longevity or if it's something else that causes extended life. We can't draw the kind of final 7 that the happiness is leading 8 to better survival."

Others who have done research in this area but haven't read the study say this link between a one-day measure and mortality (死亡率) is important.

"The fact that positive emotions in one day predicted survival is pretty amazing," says Sonja Lyubomirsky, a psychology professor at the University of California, Riverside. "We do know that happiness is 9 with an extended life span. If we can get people to be happier, would that extend the life span? We don't know that yet. Future research can 10 try to show that."

A) including

B) conclusion

C) combination

D) product

E) assumed

F) reported

G) denied

H) associated

I) particular

J) favorable

K) recorded

L) directly

M) fortunately

N) definitely

O) compared

Part C Translation

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.

中国新年是中国最重要的传统节日，在中国也被称为春节。新年的庆祝活动从除夕开始一直延续到元宵节（the Lantern Festival），即从农历（lunar calendar）最后一个月的最后一天至新年第一个月的第十五天。各地欢度春节的习俗和传统有很大差异，但通常每个家庭都会在除夕夜团聚，一起吃年夜饭。为驱厄运、迎好运，家家户户都会进行大扫除。人们还会在门上粘贴红色的对联（couplets），对联的主题为健康、发财和好运。其他的活动还有放鞭炮、发红包和探亲访友等。