Questions 1—3 refer to the following e-mail.

From: Wayne Thomas [[email protected]]

To : [email protected]

Cc : Karen Russell [[email protected]]

Sent: Tue, March 07, 2007 14:11 PM

Terry,

I believe you should by now have received the copy of our company profile that we ---1--- in our last meeting. In it you will find the necessary information you requested. If you still haven’t received it, please feel free to contact me.

Anyway, to keep the ball rolling, our Chairman, Mr. Langley would like to have a meeting with Ms. Russell and/or you in Detroit on any date from March 20th to March 24th to have a further discussion on the ---2--- of our cooperation.

Those dates have been chosen since Mr. Langley will be travelling extensively in ---3--- March and April. However, if our suggested dates do not suits Ms. Rusell, then please let us know your preferred date for the meeting.

Best regards,

Wayne

1. A. are discussing

B. had discussed

C. were in discussion

D. will be discussing

【答案】 B。解析：That we _in our last meeting修飾前面的the copy of our company profile,而且在上次會議中已經討論過的做符合句意，故答案為B。

2. A. most feasible

B. feasibly

C. feasibility

D. more feasible

【答案】C。解析：橫線前有定冠詞the, 再加上介詞短語of our cooperation在后面起修飾作用，故答案為C。

3. A. neither

B. either

C. each

D. both

【答案】D。解析：從March和April可以看出，應該是both A and B的結構，故答案為D。

Passage 2.

WANTED

DESIGNER FOR 3D SYMPHONY MAGAZINE

London’s premier classical music magazine, 3D Symphony, is seeking a designer to join our team. The ideal candidate is someone ---4--- qualifications must include a working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite 2 ( Indesign, Adobe Acobat, Photoshop and Illustrator) on a MAC OSX Platform. An understanding of magazine layout, press ad design, and pre-press will be highly ----5---.

The position is part-time from Wednesday to Friday, and the person must be able to work to the pressure of strict deadlines. The candidate must also be reliable and possess a keen eye for detail. If selected, you’ll have the advantage of working within a young and dynamic team ---6---.

Expressions of interest can be emailed to [email protected]

4. A. who

B. whom

C. whose

D. which

【答案】C。解析：備選答案由關系代詞組成，橫線后從句的語序是“主語+謂語動詞”，該關系代詞在從句中充當定語，因此橫線處應填入Ｃ。

5. A. regard

B. regards

C. regarded

D. regarding

【答案】C。解析：橫線處被副詞highly修飾，應填入形容詞，現在分詞或過去分詞。句意為了解雜志排版，印刷廣告設計和印前工作的應征者將被優先考慮，因此是被動語態，故答案為C。

6. A. circumstances

B. environment

C. background

D. incident

【答案】B。解析：與team語義上最連貫的是B。

Passage 3

Questions 7- 9 refer to the following news.

Pet Dislikes of Urban Life

According to a survey conducted by the city of Boston, traffic, pollution and noise were found to be the least ---7--- aspects of living in the city.

The ---8---, administered as part of the city’s local action plan, asked the citizen of Boston about their likes and dislikes of their surroundings.

The results of the survey communicated proximity (27.02 percent) and community character/village feel (11.54 percent ) to be at the top of the list of things most liked about city life.

The respondents felt the protection or enhancement of heritage (16.1 percent) and open space ( 15.59 percent) were the two things they most desired the city to have.

On the other hand, traffic (10.22 percent), general noise ( 9.98 percent) , and parking ( 7.52 percent ) within the main core of the city were the ---9--- attractive parts of living in the city.

7. A. desirable

B. erectable

C. seasonable

D. permissible

【答案】A。解析：Little的最高級the least具有否定意義，且pollution and noise是主語，因此最不理想的，最不滿意的放在此處句意最為恰當，故答案為A。

8. A. lecture

B. conference

C. survey

D. discussion

【答案】C。解析：橫線處充當asked的主語，而且前文提到了according to a survey conducted by the city of Boston，故C最合適。

9. A. less

B. fewer

C. a few

D. least

【答案】D。解析：橫線前有定冠詞the,故選最高級。