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Choose one question from 1 - 3 and one from 4 - 6 and give brief answers in English: Washington Irving What is the historical and socio-cultural background of the Romantic Period in America? What are the literary characteristics in the works of American romantic period? What is the theme of Rip Van Winkle? List the major works of Washington Irving and discuss the artistic characteristics of his works. James Fenimore Cooper What are the artistic achievements of James Fenimore Cooper? What are Cooper’s major works and what is “frontier novel”? What are the characteristics of Cooper’s writing techniques?

第二节 完型填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

In this small town there was not a single man of importance who would dare to have a house keeper younger than sixty, for fear of what people might say 【B1】 . However, when I needed a housekeeper I chose a girl called Cathey, a lovely little girl of seventeen from a village 【B2】 the coast. But I made my choice 【B3】 After a few days' consideration over the matter and an early telephone call to her, I 【B4】 out there one day in my Fiat when she was at home, and I had a look at the cottage and a talk with her mother over a 【B5】 of teas, and after that I did not need anyone to say that she was 【B6】 . I knew if there was anything Cathey did not do 【B7】 , her mother would not 【B8】 long to correct her. After that there was only one question to raise.

"Have you a 【B9】 , Cathey?" said I.

"No, doctor, I have not," said she with a simple expression that did not 【B10】 me a bit. As a doctor, you soon 【B11】 innocent(无邪的)looks.

"Well, you'd better 【B12】 and get one." I said," 【B13】 I'm not going to take you." At this she laughed. After what seemed only a short time, she came and started working at my house. And you guess. 【B14】 ? She proved to be very 【B15】 and efficient(高效率的). Of course she was so 【B16】 that people who came to my house used to 【B17】 a remark about us. But that didn't hurt me at all. They did not dare to 【B18】 a pretty girl themselves in case that other people would say something, But I knew as long as a girl had a man of 【B19】 to look after she would give me 【B20】 And, of course, I would be happy and at ease.

【B1】

A．an inclusion

B．a conclusion

C．an exception

D．an invention

第二节 完型填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

In this small town there was not a single man of importance who would dare to have a house. keeper younger than sixty, for fear of what people might say 【B1】 . However, when I needed a housekeeper I chose a girl called Cathey, a lovely little girl of seventeen from a village 【B2】 the coast. But I made my choice 【B3】 . After a few days' consideration over the matter and an early telephone call to her, I 【B4】 out there one day in my Fiat when she was at home, and I had a look at the cottage and a talk with her mother over a 【B5】 of teas, and after that I did not need anyone to say that she was 【B6】 . I knew if there was anything Cathey did not do 【B7】 , her mother would not 【B8】 long to correct her. After that there was only one question to raise.

"Have you a 【B9】 , Cathey?" said I.

"No, doctor, I have not, "said she with a simple expression that did not 【B10】 me a bit. As a doctor, you soon 【B11】 innocent(无邪的)looks.

"Well, you'd better 【B12】 and get one. "I said," 【B13】 I'm not going to take you. "At this she laughed After what seemed only a short time, she came and started working at my house. And you guess 【B14】 ? She proved to be very 【B15】 and efficient(高效率的). Of course she was so 【B16】 that people who came to my house used to 【B17】 a remark about us. But that didn't hurt me at all. They did not dare to 【B18】 a pretty girl themselves in case that other people would say something. But I knew as long as a girl had a man of 【B19】 to look after she would give me 【B20】 . And, of course, I would be happy and at ease.

【B1】

A．an inclusion

B．a conclusion

C．an exception

D．an invention

■ Section BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished sentences. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice.

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed incredible 50 years ago. And we can expect the rate of change to accelerate rather than slow down within our lifetime. The developments in technology are bound to have a dramatic effect on the future of work. By 2010, new technology will have revolutionized communications. People will be transmitting messages down telephone lines that previously would have been sent by post. Not only postmen but also clerks and secretaries will vanish in a paper-free society. All the routine tasks they perform. will be carried on a tiny silicon chip so that they will be as obsolete as the horse and cart after the invention of the motorcar. One change will make thousands, if not millions, redundant.

Even people in traditional professions, where expert knowledge has been the key, are unlikely to escape the effects of new technology. Instead of going to a solicitor, you might go to a computer that is programmed with all the most up-to-date legal information. Doctors, too, will find that an electronic competitor will be able to carry out a much quicker and more accurate diagnosis and recommend more efficient courses of treatment. In education, teachers will be largely replaced by teaching machines far more knowledgeable than any human being. Most learning will take place in the home via video conferencing. Children will still go to school though, until another place is created where they can make friends and develop social skills.

What can we do to avoid the threat of unemployment? We shouldn’t hide our heads in the sand. Unions will try to stop change but they will be fighting a losing battle. People should get computer literate as this just might save them from professional extinction. After all, there will be a few jobs left in law, education and medicine for those few individuals who are capable of writing and programming the software of the future. Strangely enough, there will still be jobs like rubbish collection and cleaning as it is tough to program tasks that are largely unpredictable.

第22题：According to the author, the rate of change in technology _________.

A) will remain the same B) will slow down C) will speed up D) cannot be predicted

When authenticating an alteration on correction or the B/L, such authentication must consist of:

  1) the name of the company making the alteration.

  2) their capacity (i. e. agent if the authentication appears to have been made by a party other than the issuer of the document).

  3)a signature or initial of the person making the change.

  If an issuer makes the alteration, the above 1) and 3) are enough, but such case is seldom.

  China Ocean Shipping Agency-COSA made an alteration on a B/L issued by Jessen Shipping Co., the alteration bear a COSA's initial.

  (1)( ) Such alteration is acceptable.

  (2)( ) Such alteration is not acceptable owing to ______.