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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 46 to 50.

Amy Tan was born on February 19,1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (1) _______ when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland. She returned to the United States for college. After college, Tan worked as a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer. (2) _______ 1985, she wrote the “Rules of the Game” for a writing workshop, which laid the early foundation for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the (3) _______ between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters, and became the longest-running New York Times bestseller for that year. The Joy Luck Club received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (4) _______ Tan co-wrote the screenplay. Tan’s (5) _______ works have also been adapted into several different forms of media.

Question 1. A. however                  B. moreover                  C. so                             D. but

• however 

• moreover

• so

• but

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 46 to 50.

Amy Tan was born on February 19,1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (1) _______ when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland. She returned to the United States for college. After college, Tan worked as a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer. (2) _______ 1985, she wrote the “Rules of the Game” for a writing workshop, which laid the early foundation for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the (3) _______ between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters, and became the longest-running New York Times bestseller for that year. The Joy Luck Club received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (4) _______ Tan co-wrote the screenplay. Tan’s (5) _______ works have also been adapted into several different forms of media.

Question 2. A. Until                       B. Before                      C. Since                        D. In

• until

• Before

• Since

• in

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 46 to 50.

Amy Tan was born on February 19,1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (1) _______ when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland. She returned to the United States for college. After college, Tan worked as a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer. (2) _______ 1985, she wrote the “Rules of the Game” for a writing workshop, which laid the early foundation for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the (3) _______ between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters, and became the longest-running New York Times bestseller for that year. The Joy Luck Club received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (4) _______ Tan co-wrote the screenplay. Tan’s (5) _______ works have also been adapted into several different forms of media.

Question 3. A. association              B. correspondence        C. relationship              D. solidarity

• association

• correspondence

• relationship

• solidarity

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 46 to 50.

Amy Tan was born on February 19,1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (1) _______ when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland. She returned to the United States for college. After college, Tan worked as a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer. (2) _______ 1985, she wrote the “Rules of the Game” for a writing workshop, which laid the early foundation for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the (3) _______ between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters, and became the longest-running New York Times bestseller for that year. The Joy Luck Club received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (4) _______ Tan co-wrote the screenplay. Tan’s (5) _______ works have also been adapted into several different forms of media.

Question 4. A. whom                      .B. that                          C. what                         D. which

• Whom

• that

• what

• which

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 46 to 50.

Amy Tan was born on February 19,1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (1) _______ when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland. She returned to the United States for college. After college, Tan worked as a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer. (2) _______ 1985, she wrote the “Rules of the Game” for a writing workshop, which laid the early foundation for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the (3) _______ between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters, and became the longest-running New York Times bestseller for that year. The Joy Luck Club received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (4) _______ Tan co-wrote the screenplay. Tan’s (5) _______ works have also been adapted into several different forms of media.

Question 5. A. another                    B. other                         C. the other                   D. others

• another

• other

• the other

• others

Mark the fetter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

• agreed

• intended   

• managed

• revealed

Mark the fetter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

A. prepare       B. expert         C. select          D. effect

• prepare

• expert

• select

• effect

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

• prefer 

• produce 

• practice

• provide

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

• sufficient

• approachable

• Educate 

• production

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

She didn’t deserve to get fired after working so hard, _______?

    

• doesn’t she

• did she 

• won’t she

• is she