Section A

(40 minutes)

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one

word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the

passage through carefully before making your choices, Each choice in the bank is identified by

a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single

line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

The city of Bath was founded by the Romans almost two thousand years ago. It has

been famous for its _ 26 pleasing architecture and healing thermal springs ever since.

There are three hot springs in Bath; one is the King's Spring, upon which the Roman

Baths and a temple were 27. The other two are the Cross Spring and the Hetling

Spring, close to each other in Hot Bath Street. Although Bath is 28 known as a

Roman and Georgian city, many people came in the intervening centuries to make use of

the 29 waters.

While the Georgians made taking the waters' or bathing particularly fashionable, it

was 30 generations who paved the way, creating greater interest in Bath and its

springs. Charles II , desperate for an heir and unable to produce a 31 son, came to

Bath to take the waters in the hope that their magical powers would do something to _32

the situation. Craving for a male heir, James and Mary both came to Bath and soon after

produced a son, which bred many conspiracy theories about who was the real father of their

33. Regardless, the miracle' created something of a boom in tourism for Bath and

once Queen Anne had paid a visit in 1702, sealing it as the place to be, the whole

nation 34 to the city.

Afterwards, the spas (矿泉疗养浴场) in Bath continued to go in and out of fashion for

more than 150 years until they closed completely. The new Bath Spa, which opened in 2006,

_35_ modern architecture with the ancient spring, now the New Royal Bath.

A) aesthetically

B)constructed

C)designates

D)extract

E)flocked

F)incorporates

G)legitimate

H)natural

Section B

I)offspring

J)previous

K) principally

L)remedy

M)rhetorically

N)sneaked

O)versatile