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Part II Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points) Section A
16. Deems Taylor was distinguished both as a music critic and as a composer.
17. Because poultry is as nutritious as beef and lower in fat, many people are beginning to include more chicken in their diet.
18. Space is full of unseen hazards among which are cosmic rays.
19. The coach had good reason to reproach us at half-time, because the scoreboard revealed that we were losing.
20. He received penalty for drunk driving.
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21. Whenever a newer and faster method to travel is found, people tend to discard the old.
22. At Olympic Games, all the athletes go all out to compete with each other for the gold medals.
23. Their sole fault was a failure to recognize all the factors involved.
24. We tried hard to console the old heart-broken man, but in vain.
25. They gave top priority to protecting endangered animals. 26.
Section B
At the moment there are a lot more _____ to be filled in the company.
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26. _____ she learned what really happened last Friday she dialed the editor's office.
27. After a concert tour in Asia,Canada and the U.S.,he will _____ work on a fivelanguage opera.
28. Will you please _____ this article to see if there is any misprint?
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29. The tourist is forbidden to enter a country if he does not have a(an) _____ passport.
30. The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause _____ of vegetables in the coming days.
31. What he told you is strictly _____ . Don't let anyone else know of it.
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32. Since you are a student, you must _____ by the school discipline.
33. Though he is the president's son, that does not _____ him to criticize my work.
34. When John was a student, his father gave him a monthly _____ towards his expenses.
Part III Reading Comprehension (50 minutes, 30 points) Questions 36～40 are based on the following passage. Some individuals and citizens' groups have expressed concern about the level of violence in television programs, particularly in action-adventure series and cartoons. They argue that viewers, especially children, may learn to see violence as the only way to resolve conflicts.
Early experimental researchers compared the play of children who had seen aggressive behavior on television with the play of a control group of children who had watched nonviolent programs. Concern was intensified by findings that indicated a higher level of aggressive play in the
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violent-television group. Other researchers attempted to determine whether violent programs simply stimulated higher energy levels in children or actually caused them to learn violent and antisocial behavior. The results of different studies conflicted. Some researchers claimed that televised violence actually had a positive cathartic effect, allowing some viewers to release heightening tensions; these findings, however, were not confirmed in further studies. Other scholars pointed out that both prosocial and antisocial behavior can be learned from television.
Social scientists find it especially difficult to assess accurately the subtle, cumulative(累积的)effects of viewing a broad variety of television programs throughout childhood. Distinguishing the possible effects of television from other influences at home and at school is also difficult. Current research suggests that moderately higher levels of antisocial behavior can be traced to television viewing, but further study needs to be done to confirm it.
Because of the long-standing tradition in the U.S. of freedom of speech and of the press, the government would probably not attempt to directly limit or censor the appearance of violence on television. Among the networks and producers,
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