(A) He doesn't have any idea about what he wants to do.

　　(B) He'd like to work this summer.

　　(C) He wonders whether the woman has a job.

　　(D) He can't decide where to go on vacation.

　　Part Ⅱ Vocabulary  (10 minutes, 10 points)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentences Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.

　　11. The poetry of Ezra Pound is sometimes difficult to understand because it contains so many unclear references.

　　A) obscure  B) acute  C) notable  D) objective（A）

　　12. The mayor was asked to cut his speech in order to allow his audience to raise questions.

　　A) constrain  B) conduct  C) condense  D) converge（C）

　　13. The morning news says a school bus crashed with a train at the junction and a group of policemen were sent there immediately.

　　A) bumped  B) collided  C) crashed  D) struck（B）

　　14. By approximate computation, he estimated that the repairs on the house would cost him a thousand dollars.

　　A) coarse  B) rude  C) crude  D) rough

　　15. We are writing to the manager about the repairs recently carried out at the above address.

　　A) with the exception of  B) with the purpose of  C) with reference to  D) with a view to（C）

　　16. When I said goodbye to her, she showed me to the door.

　　A) saw me at  B) set me off  C) sent me to  D) say Good Bye to me（D）

　　17. In the meantime, the question facing business is whether such research deserves the costs.

　　A) is worth  B) is worth of  C) is worthy  D) is worthwhile（A）

　　18. During the nineteen years of his career, France Batiste has won the admiration of a wide audience outside Italy.

　　A) enjoyment  B) appreciation  C) evaluation  D) reputation（B）

　　19. Although most dreams apparently happen spontaneously, dream activity may be provoked by external influences.

　　A) in a spontaneous manner  B) simultaneously  C) homogeneously  D) instantaneously（A）

　　20. He is holding a low- level position in the company and expects to be promoted soon.

　　A) subordinate  B) succeeding  C) successive  D) subsequent（A）

　　Section B

　　Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

　　21 Your story about the frog turning into a prince is ________ nonsense.

　　A) sheer  B) shear  C) shield  D) sheet（A）

　　22 I could see that my wife was ________ having that fur coat, whether I approved of it or not.

　　A) adequate for  B) intent on  C) short of  D) deficient in（B）

　　23 The ________ runner can run 2 miles in fifteen minutes.

　　A) common  B) usual  C) average  D) general（C）

　　24 One of his eyes was injured in an accident, but after a operation, he quickly recovered his sight.

　　A) delicate  B) considerate  C) precise  D) sensitive（A）

　　25 As an excellent shooter, Peter practised aiming at both ________ targets and moving targets.

　　A) standing  B) stationary  C) still  D) stable（C）

　　26 In American universities, classes are often arranged in more flexible ________ and many jobs on campus are reserved for students.

　　A) scales  B) patterns  C) grades  D) ranks（B）

　　27 The insurance company paid him $10,000 in ________ after his accident.

　　A) compensation  B) installment  C) substitution  D) commission（A）

　　28 The political future of the president is now hanging by a ________.

　　A) thread  B) cord  C) string  D) rope（A）

　　29 The statue would be perfect but for a few small ________ in its be.

　　A) mistakes  B) weaknesses  C) flaws  D) errors（C）

　　30 Why should anyone want to read ________ of books by great authors when the real pleasure comes from reading the originals.

　　A) themes  B) insights  C) digests D) leaflets（C）

　　Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension  (45 minutes, 25 points)

　　Passage One

　　Ours has become a society of employees. A hundred years or so ago only one out of every five Americans at work was employed, i.e., worked for somebody else. Today only one out of five is not employed but working for himself. And when fifty years ago “being employed” meant working as a factory labourer or as a farmhand, the employee of today is increasingly a middle-class person with a substantial formal education, holding a professional or management job requiring intellectual and technical skills. Indeed, two things have characterized American society during these fifty years: middle-class and upper-class employees have been the fastest-growing groups in our working population-growing so fast that the industrial worker, that oldest child of the Industrial Revolution, has been losing in numerical importance despite the expansion of industrial production.

　　Yet you will find little if anything written on what it is to be an employee. You can find a great deal of very dubious advice on how to get a job or how to get a promotion. You can also find a good deal of work in a chosen field, whether it be the mechanist’s trade or bookkeeping (簿记). Every one of these trades requires different skills, sets different standards, and requires a different preparation. Yet they all have employeeship in common. And increasingly, especially in the large business or in government, employeeship is more important to success than the special professional knowledge or skill. Certainly more people fail because they do not know the

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