Part IV                    Cloze                (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
    It's an annual back-to-school routine. One morning you wave goodbye, and that  71   evening you're burning the late-night oil in sympathy. In the race to improve educational standards,    72 are throwing the books at kids.   73 elementary school students are complaining of homework  74   . What's a well-meaning parent to do?
As hard as  75   may be, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though you've got to get them to do it,  76   helping too much, or even examining   77   too carefully, you may keep them   78   doing it by themselves. "I wouldn't advise a parent to check every   79   assignment," says psychologist John Rosemond, author Of Ending the Tough Homework. "There's a   80   of appreciation for trial and error. Let your children   81  the grade they deserve."
    Many experts believe parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask them to rethink their   82   . But "you don't want them to feel it has to be   83 ," she says.
That's not to say parents should   84   homework -- first, they should monitor how much homework their kids   85   . Thirty minutes a day in the early elementary years and an hour in   86   four, five, and six is standard, says Rosemond. For junior-high students it should be "  87  mom than an hour and a half," and two for high-school students. If your child   88   has mom homework than this, you may want to check   89   other parents and then talk to the teacher about   90   assignment
71. A) very     C) right
    B) exact    D) usual
72. A) officials  C) experts
    B) parents   D) schools
73. A) Also    C) Then
    B) Even     D) However
74. A) fatigue   C) duty
    B) confusion D) puzzle
75. A) there    C) they
    B) we      D) it
76. A) via      C) by
    B) under    D) for
77. A) questions C) standards
     B) answers'  D) rules
78. A) off     C) beyond
     B) without  D) from
 79. A) single    C) page
     B) piece    D) other
 80. A) drop     C) cut
     B) short    D) lack
 81. A) acquire  C) gather
     B)  earn     D) reach
82. A) exercises C) mistakes
    B) defects   D) tests
83. A) perfect   C) unusual
    B) better    D) complete
84. A) forget    C) miss
    B) refuse    D) ignore
85. A) have     C) make
    B) prepare   D) perform
86. A) classes   C) grades
    B) groups   D) terms
87. A) about    C) much
    B) no       D) few
88. A) previously C) merely
    B) rarely    D) consistently
89. A) with     C) out
    B) in       D) up
90. A) finishing  C) reducing
B) lowering  D) declining
 
Part V                  Writing              (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter in reply to a friend's inquiry about applying for admission to your college or university. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:
1．建议报考的专业及理由
2．报考该专业的基本条件
3．应当如何备考
 
A Letter in Reply to a Friend
                                         December 27th, 2003
Dear