文档介绍：I. Vocabulary and grammar (30’)
Multiple choice
Directions: Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the answer that pletes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
1. Thousands of people turned out into the streets to _________ against the local authorities’ decision to build a highway across the field.
A. contradict        B. reform    C. counter      D. protest
2. The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a _________.
A. minority        B. scarcity      C. rarity      D. minimum
3. Professor Johnson’s retirement ________ from next January.
A. carries into effect     B. takes effect C. has effect       D. puts into effect
4. The president explained that the purpose of taxation was to ________ government spending.
A. finance        B. expand          C. enlarge        D. budget
5. The heat in summer is no less _________ here in this mountain region.
A. concentrated    B. extensive        C. intense        D. intensive
6. Taking photographs is strictly ________ here, as it may damage the precious cave paintings.
A. forbidden      B. rejected          C. excluded      D. denied
7. Mr. Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will _________.
A. pull back      B. pull up        C. pull through        D. pull out
8. Since the early ies,