o place for play.
[B]be near a commom area.
[C]have no TV sets.
[D]have a computer for study.
Questions 14-16 are based on the following talk about how to save money. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-16.
14.According to the speaker, what should one pay special attention to if he wants to save up?
[A]Family debts.
[B]Bank savings.
[C]Monthly bills.
[D]Spending habits.
15、How much can a person save by retirement if he gives up his packaday habit?
[A]$190,000
[B]$330,000
[C]$500,000
[D]$1,000,000
16、What should one do before paying monthly bills, if he wants to accumulate wealth?
[A]Invest into a mutual fund.
[B]Use the discount tickets.
[C]Quit his eatingout habit.
[D]Use only paper bills and save coins.
Questions 17-20 are based on an interview with Herbert A. Gliederman, a domesticrelations lawyer. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20.
17.Which word best describes the lawyers prediction of the change in divorce rate?
[A]Fall.
[B]Rise.
[C]Vshape.
[D]Tshape.
18、What do people nowadays desire to do concerning their marriage?
[A]To embrace changes of thought.
[B]To adapt to the disintegrated family life.
[C]To return to the practice in the 60s and 70s.
[D]To create stability in their lives.
19、Why did some people choose not to divorce 20 years ago?
[A]They feared the complicated procedures.
[B]They wanted to go against the trend.
[C]They were afraid of losing face.
[D]They were willing to stay together.
20、Years ago a divorced man in a company would have.
[A]been shifted around the country.
[B]had difficulty being promoted.
[C]enjoyed a happier life.
[D]tasted little bitterness of disgrace.
Section II Use of English(满分10分) Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A] [B] [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened (21)[]. As was discussed before, it was not (22)[] the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant preelectronic (23)[], following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the (24)[] of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution (25)[] up,beginning with transport, the railway, and leading (26)[] through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures (27)[] the 20thcentury world of the motor car and the airplane. Not everyone sees the process in (28)[]. It is important to do so. It is generally recognized, (29)[], that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th cent
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