Part V Cloze (15 minutes)

　　Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　Are organically grown foods the best food choices? The advantages claimed for such foods 67 conventionally grown food products are now being 68 . Advocates of organic foods — a term whose meaning 69 greatly — frequently proclaim that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.

　　The growing interest of consumers in the safety and nutritional quality of the 70 North American diet is a welcome development. 71 , much of this interest has been sparked by sweeping claims that the food supply is unsafe or inadequate in meeting nutritional 72 . Although most of these claims are not supported by scientific 73 , the preponderance (優勢) of written material advancing such claims makes it difficult for the general public to distinguish fact 74 fiction. As a result, claims that eating a diet consisting entirely of organically grown foods 75 or cures disease or provides other benefits to health have become 76 advertised and form the basis for folklore (民俗).

　　77 daily the public is surrounded by

　　claims for “no aging” diets, new vitamins, and other wonder foods. Many an unfounded report 78 that natural vitamins are superior 79 synthetic ones, that fertilized eggs excel unfertilized eggs nutritionally, and the 80 .

　　One thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in 81 is that they cost more than conventionally grown foods. But in many 82 consumers are misled if they believe that organic foods can 83 health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods. 84 there is a real cause for concern if consumers, 85 those with limited incomes, distrust the regular food supply and buy merely expensive organic foods 86 .

　　67. A) beyond C) of

　　B) at D) over

　　68. A) argued C) consulted

　　B) debated D) bargained

　　69. A) varies C) shifts

　　B) alters D) changes

　　70. A) natural C) particular

　　B) typical D) unique

　　71. A) Moreover C) However

　　B) Therefore D) Likewise

　　72. A) needs C) desires

　　B) realms D) intentions

　　73. A) implication C) evidence

　　B) status D) guidance

　　74. A) about C) in

　　B) from D) among

　　75. A) prevents C) forbids

　　B) rescues D) offends

　　76. A) broadly C) widely

　　B) entirely D) deeply

　　77. A) Altogether C) Scarcely

　　B) Surely D) Almost

　　78. A) predicts C) implies

　　B) declares D) defines

　　79. A) than C) to

　　B) on D) with

　　80. A) unlike C) same

　　B) alike D) like

　　81. A) common C) sense

　　B) difference D) significance

　　82. A) events C) states

　　B) facts D) cases

　　83. A) sustain C) maintain

　　B) retain D) entertain

　　84. A) But C) As

　　B) So D) And

　　85. A) particularly C) obviously

　　B) essentially D) rarely

　　86. A) anyway C) though

　　B) then D) instead

　　Part VI Translation (5 minutes)

　　Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2.

　　87. ___________________________ (冒著破產的危險), he invested all his money in this factory.

　　88. Many people ___________________________ (理所當然地認為) marriage is the goal of every young woman’s inmost thought.

　　89. It’s time ___________________________ (采取一些有效措施) to solve the pollution problem all over the county.

　　90. John can not afford a car, ___________________________ (更不用說房子了).

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