Questions 37 to 40 are based on the following passage:

答案：

37.D

38.B

39.A

40.B

Section B

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and then give short answers to the five questions.

答案：

41. A three-engined airplane.

42. The Atlantic

43. To bring honor to her country.

44. She was the first woman who succeeded in flying across the Atlantic Ocean alone.

45. Woman Aviator Honored by President.

PART III Cloze (10%)

答案：

46. after

47. negative

48. profits

49. where

50. need

51. shortage

52. way

53. must

54. however

55. replace

PART IV. English- Chinese Translation (15%)

答案：

（1） 有朝一日，直径达数千英尺的、由计算机控制的巨大的镜子将盘旋在地球轨道上空，把太阳光反射过来，照亮处于黑夜中的美国。

（2） 一些科学家说，这些镜子中的 16 块镜子，每一块跨度约半英里，能将他们反射的阳光对准射到地球上一个长约 3000 英里，宽约 200 英里的地区。

（3） 这些科学家说，还可以将这些计算机控制的镜子缓慢地倾斜，这样，反射的阳光就会沿着地球表面慢慢的照射过去。

（4） 因为在农民生产率低下的国家，需要劳动人口中大多数人种粮食，因此就没有多少人从事投资货物的生产或进行经济增长所必须的其它活动。

（5） 反过来，农民的业绩大小取决于农业的组织形式，经济环境，市场结构这些与之息息相关的因素。

PART V. WRITING (15%)

参考答案：

LETTERHEAD

April 14, 2000

Mr. Adam S. Smith

Senior Advisor

Cambridge Consultants

36 Queen Street

London EC3V8ES

United Kingdom

Dear Mr. Smith

It is indeed an honor for us to invite you to lecture in out Overseas Executive Program to be held at our head office from May 22 through May 29.

The title we would like to propose for your lecture is “Thirty Years of Trying to Understand China.” The content should throw light on such things as the behavior of Chinese people and their way of thinking.

We have tentatively （暂时地） scheduled your lecture for 13:30 to 16:00 on Tuesday, May 22 pending your approval, and would like to ask you to speak for 90 minutes and allow 50 minutes for questions from the participants.

Better grasp of our corporate structure and activities. In so doing we hope to enhance their overall management skills.

The group this time will consist of seven managers from five countries who are working with our overseas affiliates. Please refer to the enclosed list of participants for further details.

Please indicate at your earliest possible convenience if the above schedule is acceptable.

David Wang

General Manager

Human Resource Development

Enclosure: A copy of your planned itinerary

a. at times b. at all times c. at one time d. at a time

答案： a. at times 有时，间或。 at all times 随时，总是。 at one time 曾经，一度 at a time 每次，一次。

12. It was not until he got a map he started on his way.

a. and b. that c. which d. so that

答案： b. 这是强调句型，强调时间状语。故 that 正确。