17. The pressure on her from her family caused her to resort to the drastic measures.

A. turn to B. keep to C. stick to D. lead to

18. I shall never forget the look of intense anguish on the face of his parents when they heard the news.

A. stress B. dilemma C. misery D. surprise

19. If minor disputes are left unsettled ， tough ones will pile up sooner or later.

A. accumulate B. vanish C. linger D. emerge

20. The police tried in vain to break up the protest crowds in front of the government building.

A. unskillfully B. violently C. ineffectively D. eventually

Section B

21. I would like to express my______to you all for supporting me this summer as a visiting scholar in your department.

A. satisfaction B. gratitude C. pleasure D. sincerity

22. The objective of this popular consultation is to determine ， ______ ， the final political status of the region ， whether to remain part of the country as a special district ， or to part from it.

A. once upon a time B. once and again

C. all at once D. once and for all

23. The two countries will assign counter-drug officials to their respective embassies on a ______ basis.

A. fundamental B. similar C. reciprocal D. reasonable

24. Tennessee ’ s population is nearly two-fifths rural ， and no single city or group of cities______ the state.

A. dominates B. manages C. manipulates D. controls

25. We all know that in a situation like this a cool head is______.

A. called for B. called off C. called on D. called up

26. The destruction an earthquake causes depends on its______ and duration ， or the amount of shaking that occurs.

A. altitude B. magnitude C. multitude D. aptitude

27. The El Nino has______affected the regional weather and temperature over much of the tropics ， sub-tropics and some mid-latitude areas.

A. externally B. consistently C. insistently D. internally

28. During all these years of absence he had ______ a tender feeling for his mother and the family.

A. enclosed B. hugged C. enriched D. cherished

29. The ______ choice for a consumer ， therefore ， is the choice among the available ones that will enable him or her to maximize utility.

A. optimal B. optional C. optical D. optimistic

30. Mrs. Smith ______ tears when she heard her daughter had died in the road accident.

A. broke in B. broke up C. broke through D. broke into

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension （ 50 minutes ， 25 points ）

Directions ： There are five passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A ， B ， C and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

Passage One

It was Friday ， the day of the field trip on which Miss Joan would take her class to pick apples.