I. Phonetics(5 points)
Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B. C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identity the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. A. land   B. lamb    C. father    D. ladder
2. A. challenge   B. cheap   C. choose   D. character
3. A. sweat    B. please    C. beat   D. meat
4. A. rescue   B. league   C. pursue   D. argue
5. A. action   B. section   C. solution   D. question
 
II. Vocabulary and Structure (15 points)
Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
6. There _______ no one to help me at this moment, I need to handle the work all by myself.
A. be
B. being
C. to be
D. been
7. Mary took a part-time job last summer , but her parents were unhappy about _____ she did.
A. these
B. which
C. that
D. what
8. I did not do well on the writing exam , for the topic to write on was unfamiliar _______ one.
A. to
B. for
C. with
D. about
9. 1 can hardly distinguish the two girls , since they look quite_______.
A. like
B. unlike
C. alike
D. likely
10. You'd better speak loudly at the meeting _______ everyone can hear you.
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A. except that 
B. such that
C. in that
D. so that
11. Peter would stay at home watching TV than go shopping with his mom.
A. rather
B. quite
C. better
D. still
12, By the time you return in two years , your hometown will _______ new look.
A. have taken on
B. take on
C. have been taken on
D. be taken on
13. Please make sure that your name is entered in the _______ space when you fill out this form.
A. vacant
B. bare
C. blank
D. empty
14. Reading aloud every day can be one of the most _______ ways to improve your spoken English.
A. evident
B. effective
C. favorite
D. favorable
15. If Peter had told  his teacher about his difficulty in math homework , she _______ him before the exam.
A. helps
B. will help
C. would have helped
D. would helps
16. _______all the difficulties , the researcher continued her research.
A. In case of
B. In spite of
C. Because of
D. Instead of
17. The organizers of the conference have arranged hotel roorns for those students _______ from out of town.
A. to come
B. come
C. coming
D. to have come
18. The job applicant was worried about the interview he was well prepared. .
A. if
B. because
C. when
D. though
19. It was suggested that this hardworking girl _______ an example for other students.
A. be set
B. will be set
C. could be set
D. had been set
20. Since computers were introduced , they _______ to be useful tools for people weak in math.
A. had proved
B. have proved
C. will prove
D. are proving
 
III. Cloze(30 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage , there are four choices marked
A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
        In our online life , we need to use passwords frequently. We use passwords  21  e-mail, gaming sites , social networking sites, and other shopping sites.   22   ,the passwords most people use are not very 23  and can easily be "broken" by others. In fact , the most commonly used passwords are so simple that it requires very  24  effort to figure them out. Can you guess  25  the most commonly used passwords are? They are: Names of baseball teams , birth dates of a family   26   ，the year of a special sports event , the random numbers like 156468,  27  the name of a friend , pet , favorite T'V star , or band . 
        There are programs  28  to break into people's online accounts. These programs are a   29    of trying every word in the English dictionary and the dictionaries  30  many foreign languages , in their effort to break into an account.  31   can even search words backward. Some will try  32   words or words that are followed by numbers,  33    school222. These programs can test millions of passwords in a few minutes. So , you are
advised to be careful about  34  passwords so that they will be hard to break, You are also advised not to make them  35  hand to remember, Meanwhile, you need to change them once in a while.
21. A. to   B. with   C. by   D. for
22. A. However   B. Therefore   C. Moreover   D. Besides
23. A. natural   B. safe   C. strange   D.   clear
24. A. minor   B. small   C. little   D. tiny