Part Ⅴ Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each bland there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Employers fear they will be unable to recruit students with the skills they need as the economic recovery kicks in, a new survey 67 .
Nearly half of the organizations told researchers they were already struggling to find 68 with skills in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). 69 even more companies expect to experience 70 of employees with STEM skills in the next three years.
The Confederation of British Industry 71 694 businesses and organizations across the public and 72 sectors, which together employ 2.4 million people.
Half are 73 they will not be able to fill graduate posts in the coming years, while a third said they would not be able to 74 enough employees with the right A-level skills.
" 75 we move further role recovery and businesses plan 76 growth, the demand for people with high-quality skills and qualifications will
77 ." said Richard Lambert, Director General, CBI. "Firms say it is already hard to find people with the right 78 or engineering skills. The new government must make it a top 79 to encourage more young people to study science-related 80 ."
The survey found that young people would improve their job prospects 81 they studied business, maths, English and physics or chemistry at A-level. The A-levels that employers 82 least are psychology and sociology. And while many employers don't insist on a 83 degree subject. A third prefer to hire those with a STEM-related subject.
The research 84 worries about the lack of progress in improving basic skills in the UK 85 . Half of the employer expressed worries about employees' basic literacy and numeracy（计算)skills, while the biggest problem is with IT skills, 86 two-thirds reported concerns.
67. A) submits C) launches
B) reveals D) generates
68. A) audience C) partners
B) officials D) staff
69. A) while C) for
B) because D) although
70. A) exits C) absences
B) shortages D) departures
71. A) surveyed C) exposed
B) searched D) exploited
72. A) collective C) personal
B) private D) civil
73. A) confronted C) concerned
B) conformed D) confused
74. A) bind C) transfer
B) attain D) recruit
75. A) Lest C) Before
B) Unless D) As
76. A) with C) on
B) for D) by
77. A) dominate C) enforce
B) stretch D) intensify
78. A) creative C) narrative
B) technical D) physical
79. A) priority C) challenge
B) option D) judgment
80. A) procedures C) thoughts
B) academics D) subjects
81. A) until C) whereas
B) since D) if
82. A) rate C) order
B) discuss D) observe
83. A) typical C) positive
B particular D) general
84. A) highlighted C) focused
B) prescribed D) touched
85. A) masses C) faculty
B) workforce D) communities
86. A) what C) where
B) whom D) why
Part Ⅳ Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets Please write your translation on Answer Sheer 2
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答，只需写出译文部分。
87．Charity groups organized various activities to ________________(为地震幸存者筹款)。
88．Linda_______________(不可能收到我的电子邮件）：otherwise, she would have replied．
89．It's my mother________________(一直在鼓励我不要灰心)when I have difficulties in my studies．
90．The publishing house has to ______________（考虑这部小说的受欢迎程度)。
91．It is absolutely wrong to ________________（仅仅以金钱来定义幸福）。
