第一部分：词汇选择（第1-15题，每题1分，共15分）
　　下面共有15句子，每个句子均有一个词或短语划有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的四个选项中选择一个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

　　1． A new system of quality control was brought in to overcome the defects in the firm’s products.
　　A) invested  B) introduced  C) installed  D) insisted

　　2. The old concerns lose importance and some of them vanish altogether.
　　A) develop                              B) disappear
　　C) link                                 D) renew

　　3. There is always excitement at the Olympic Games when an athlete breaks a previous record of performance.
　　A) beats                         B)matches
　　C) maintains                  D)announces

　　4. The government is debating the education laws.
　　A) discussing  B) defeating  C) delaying  D) declining 

　　5. They had a far better yield than any other farm miles away around this year.
　　A) goods           B) soil
　　C) climate  D) harvest

　　6. The city has decided to do away with all the old buildings in its center.
　　A) get rid of    B) set up
　　C) repair    D) paint

　　7．During the past ten years there have been dramatic changes in the international situation.
　　A) permanent  B) powerful
　　C) striking  D) practical

　　8． It is out of the question that the inspector will come tomorrow.
　　A) impossible  B) possible C) probable  D) likely

　　9．Techniques to employ the energy of the sun are being developed. 
　　A) convert  B) store   C) use  D) receive

　　10． Since the Great Depression, the United States government has protected farmers from damaging drops in grain prices.
　　A) slight  B) surprising  C) sudden  D) harmful

　　11． Cement was seldom used in building the Middle Ages.
　　A) crudely  B) rarely  C) originally  D)occasionally

　　12． Medicine depends on other fields for basic information, particularly some of their specialized branches.
　　A) conventionally   B) obviously C) especially  D) inevitably

　　13．We were astonished to hear that their football team had won the champion.
　　A) amazed  B) amounted  C) amused  D) approached

　　14． There is an abundant supply of cheap labor in this country.
　　A) a steady B) a plentiful  C) an extra D) a stable

　　15． The most crucial problem any economic system faces is how to use its scarce resources.
　　A)puzzling      B) difficult  C) terrifying  D) urgent

　　第二部分：阅读判断（每题1分，共七分）
　　阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了七个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息，请在答题卡上把A涂黑；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请在答题卡上把B涂黑；如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把C涂黑。

　　2004年理工C级阅读判断考题

　　New Product Will Save Lives

　　Drinking water that looks clean may still contain bugs(虫子)。which Can cause illness．A small company called Genera Technologies has produced a testing method in three stages，which shows whether water is safe．The new test shows if water needs chemicals added to it．to destroy anything harmful．It was invented by scientist Dr．Adrian Patton, who started Genera five years ago．He and his employees have developed the test together with a British water company．
　　Andy Headland, Genera’s marketing director, recently presented the test at a conference in the USA and forecast good American sales for it．Genera has already sold 11 of its tests at $42,500 a time in the UK and has a further four on order．It expects to sell another 25 tests before the end of March．The company says it is the only test in the UK to be approved by the government．
　　Genera was formed five years ago and until October last year had only five employees；it now employs 14． Mr. Headland believes that the company should make around $19 million by the end of the year in the UK alone．

　　1 Genera Technologies has developed a method that determines whether water is clean
　　A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
　　2 Before he set up Genera, Dr Parton had worked for a British water company
　　A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
　　3 The new product has been a commercial Success in the USA．
　　A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
　　4 Each of the tests costs $42，500．
　　A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
　　5 Genera Technologies orders 25 more tests before the end of the year．
　　A Right    B Wrong     C Not mentioned
　　6 The British government is helping Dr Parton to sell the tests abroad
　　‘A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
　　7 Genera has increased the number of its employees recently．
　　A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned