Section Ⅱ Use of English  (15 minutes)

　　Directions:
　　Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B,C, or Don your ANSWER SHEET 1.

　　Text

　　One afternoon in January 1989, Suzan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son, David, were walk-
　　ing hard   26   an icy parking lot (停车场) ,   27   Suzan' s cane¹ (手杖) slid on the ice. She
　　28   face-first into the mud. David   29   to his mother's side.

　　"Are you all right, Morn?"  30  , Suzan pulled herself up. "I'm okay, honey," she said.
　　It had been nearly two years since Suzan had trouble walking. She was falling more   31
　　now. Every inch of ice was a   32   danger for her. " I wish I could do   33  , " the boy thought.

　　David, too, was having   34   of his own. The boy had a speech defect² (缺陷). At school he  35   asked questions or read aloud.

　　One day David ' s teacher announced a   36   assignment. " Each of you is going to come up
　　with an invention," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA!" a national competition to encourage creativity in   37 .

　　An idea hit David one evening.    38   only his mother ' s cane didn ' t slip on the ice, he thought. "That' s it!" David realized.

　　"What if I fixed³ your cane to a nail stretched out of the bottom?" he asked his mother.
　　39   the sharp end would scratch floors," Suzan said.

　　"No, Morn. I could make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand   40   the button and the nail returns back up.

　　Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father, Jeff,   41   as Suzan used it to walk 50 feet across the   42  . "It works⁴!" she said.

　　In July 1989, David was declared national winner at the annual " INVENT AMERICA! " ceremony in Washington D. C.

　　As David began to make   43   appearances, he was forced to communicate more clearly. Today, David is nearly   44   of his speech defect, and his cane is waiting to be widely used.
　　45   the boy who once had trouble talking now hopes to start making canes⁵ for people who have trouble walking.

　　26. [A] at            [B] in              [C] over            [D] across
　　27. [A] when         [B] then            [C] where           [D] and
　　28. [A] dropped       [B] walked          [C] fell              [D] lay
　　29. [A] leaned         [B] stood            [C] rushed            [D]Hastily
　　30. [A] Shakily        [B] Easily           [C] Steadily           [D] stayed
　　31. [A] quickly         [B] frequently         [C] usually         [D] slowly
　　32. [A] hiding         [B] definite          [C] possible          [ D ] certain
　　33. [ A ] everything      [ B ] anything      [ C ] things       [ D ] something
　　34. [A] demand       [B] disease          [C] hope                  [D] trouble
　　35. [A] rarely         [B] often          [C] always            [ D ] occasionally⁶
　　36. [A] usual         [B] special          [C] strange          [D] common
　　37. [A] children        [ B ] people            [ C ] teachers          [ D ] parents
　　38. [A] Though       [B] How           [C] If             [D] What
　　39. [A] So           [B] But            [C] For            [D] And
　　40. [A] with          [B] to             [C] at             [D] off
　　41. [A] helped         [B] watched          [C] listened          [D] supported
　　42. [A] street          [B] ice              [C] yard             [D] land
　　43. [A] easy          [B] better            [C] private          [D] public
　　44. [A] free           [B] full             [C] short           [D] afraid
　　45. [A] Yet           [B] However         [C]So             [D] Instead
　Section Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

　　Part A

　　Directions:
　　Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET by drawing a thick line across the corresponding⁷ letter in the brackets⁸.