Part IV Cloze (10%)

　　Thirty years ago, most teenagers had bicycles, but now they are comparatively rare. 56___, motor sooters(小型摩托車)are much more common. 57___, this may seem to be a sigh of progress but 58___ the changes is not necessarily for the better.

　　It is easy to see why young people prefer scooters. 59___, they are much faster and do not require much physical effort; 60___, you can take a passenger with you on the pillion(后座) seat behind; 61___, they give young people a feeling of independence, because they can travel further and impress their friends. 62___, the disadvantages are equally obvious. 63___ first sight, scooters are more expensive to buy and to maintain, and 64___ those under 16 are not allowed to have them. 65___, greater freedom brings danger because speed encourages young people to take risks and as a result scooters are involved 66___ more accidents, and the accidents are 67___ more serious.

　　Bicycles are safer and easier to control. Years ago, teenagers had more experience with them because tehy 68___ to ride as young children, and consequently knew what they were capable of. 69___, many young people overestimate what a scooter can do and pretend it has the power of a motorcycle. 70___, the fact is that bicycles are not very safe 71___ in cities these days because there are more cars and drivers are not used to them and do not make allowances for them.

　　72___, thoses who are old enough to ride scooters naturally prefer them. Those who are too young or cannot afford to buy a scooter probably find bicycles slow and unconfortable 73___, and riding bicycles requires 74___ experience of traffic than before. On balance, the change has been for the worse, 75___ for the 13-and 14-year-olds, but the only safe solution would be to have special lanes(車道) for cyclists.

　　56. A. At the other end B. On the contrary

　　C. On the other hand D. In addition

　　57. A. Af first sight B. At the beginning

　　C. In the first view D. From the first

　　58. A. absolutely B. actually C. surely D. definitely

　　59. A. At first B. In the beginning

　　C. At first hand D. In the beginning

　　60. A. also B. secondly C. as well D. at second

　　61. A. above all B. at most C. over all D. after all

　　62. A. Although B. However C. Anyway D. Instead

　　63. A. In B. For C. From D. At

　　64. A. in this case B. in any case C. in no case D.in some cases

　　65. A. Apart from that B. As a result

　　C. Except that D. On the other hand

　　66. A. for B. in C. at D. to

　　67. A. principally B. particularly C. generally D. primarily

　　68. A.have learnt B. learn C. learnt D. had learnt

　　69. A. However B. In contrast C. On the contrary D. Hence

　　70. A. But B. Nevertheless C. In spite D. Furthermore

　　71. A. too B. neither C. as well D. either

　　72.A. In the end B. Lastly C. To sum D. To sum up

　　73. A. or rather B. by comparison C. in contrast D. after all

　　74. A. much B. a lot of C. rich D.more

　　75. A. especially B. generally C. definitely D. certainly

　　Part V Translation(20%)

　　Section A

　　76---80

　　Section B

　　81. 這首詩太難，這個孩子領會不了。

　　82. 要是沒有你的幫助，我就不可能在英語方面取得這樣大的進步。

　　83. 這個問題更為棘手的是，自殺的人往往掩蓋自己的真實情感，結果使周圍的朋友也沒有把需要嚴肅對待的問題當回事。

　　84. 就住房狀況而言，他更喜歡農村而不是城市。

　　85. 你別忘記列出一張學生必讀的書單。