PETS四级考试样题笔试(二)
Section II Use of English
Read the following text. Choose the best word for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET
(1).During the 1980s, unemployment and underemployment in some countries was as high as 90 per cent. Some countries did not 1 enough food; basic needs in housing and clothing were not(2) . Many of these countries looked to the industrial processes of the developed nations(3). solutions.(4).problems cannot always be solved by copying the industrialized nations. Industry in the developed nations is highly automated and very(5). It provides fewer jobs than labor-intensive industrial processes, and highly(6).workers are needed to(7)and repair the equipment. These workers must be trained,(8) many nations do not have the necessary training institutions. Thus, the(9) of importing industry becomes higher. Students must be sent abroad to(10) vocational and professional training.(11) , just to begin training, the students must(12) learn English, French, German, or Japanese. The students then spend many years abroad, and(13) do not return home. All nations agree that science and technology(14) be shared. The point is: countries(15) the industrial processes of the developed nations need to look carefully(16) the costs, because many of these costs are(17) . Students from these nations should(18) the problems of the industrialized countries closely.(19) care, they will take home not the problems of science and technology,(20) the benefits.
1. [A]generate [B]raise [C]produce [D]manufacture
2. [A]answered [B]met [C]calculated [D]remembered
3. [A]for [B]without [C]as [D]about
4. [A]Moreover [B]Therefore [C]Anyway [D]However
5. [A]expensive [B]mechanical [C]flourishing [D]complicated