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Part 1 Understanding Long
Conversations
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每小题:
1
分
)
Directions: In
this section you'll hear a long conversation or
conversations. Listen carefully and
choose the best answer to
the questions
you hear.
Questions 1 to 5
are based on the same passage or
dialog.
1.
B. In 1939.
C. In 1940.
D.
In 1954.
2.
B. His name, job, and age.
C. His name, home country,
and age.
D. His name, job,
and number of children.
3.
A.
Because it was a difficult name for the government
official
to understand.
B. Because Stravinsky was his family
name and he was proud
of
it.
C. Because he was well known by his
name.
D. Because he didn't
like American names.
4.
B.
He knew one of Stravinsky's friends.
A. They had met before.
A. His name, job, and
address.
A. In 1945.
C. He and his family saw Stravinsky at
the circus.
D. He and his
family loved a polka composed by Stravinsky.
5.
B. 500.
C. 1000.
D. More than Stravinsky
could remember.
A. 425.
Part 2
Understanding Passages
(
每小题:
2
分
)
Directions: In
this section you'll hear a passage or passages.
Listen carefully and choose the best
answer to the questions
you hear.
Questions 1 to 5 are based
on the same passage or dialog.
1.
B.
It was seen as dangerous.
C. It took a while to become popular.
D. It was favored by
housewives.
2.
B. In 1839.
C. In 1894.
D.
In 1840.
3.
A. In 1893.
A. It became popular in no
time.
A. Making clothes.
B. Making equipment.
C. Closing up luggage bags.
D. Closing up mailbags.
4.
B.
It was expensive.
C. It
easily went wrong.
D. It
looked ugly.
5.
B. He wanted to honor the
inventor.
C. He liked its
sound.
D. He wanted to be
original.
Questions 6 to 10
are based on the same passage or
dialog.
6.
B. It is student-oriented.
C. It is examination-
oriented.
D. It is teacher-
oriented.
7.
A. Rely on
guidebooks.
A. It is
quality-oriented.
A. He
liked the word.
A. It
rusted clothing during washing.
B.
Practice a lot before exams.
C. Study textbooks.
D. Look for additional reading
materials.
8.
B. Passive.
C. Instructive.
D. Harmful.
9.
B.
To teach knowledge to students.
C. To help students get better scores
on tests.
D. To prepare
students for their future career.
10.
A. To advocate education system reform.
B. To analyze present
education system.
C. To
guide students to think creatively.
D. To help students get high scores.
A. To encourage
students to go after knowledge.
A. Positive.
Part 3 Cloze (with Options)
(
每小题:
1
分
)
Directions:
Read the following passage carefully and choose
the best answer from the
choices.
Questions 1 to 20
are based on the following passage.
In the nineteenth century,
the invention of the telegraph made
it
possible to send noises, signals, and even music
over wires
from one place to another.
1.
However
, the human
voice had never traveled this way. Many
inventors tried to find
a
2.
way
to send a voice over
wires, and in 1876
effects
some of their
3.
were crowned
with (
使圆满结
inventors
束
) success. Two American
4.
,
Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray,
5.
succeeded
at almost the same
time. The United
Supreme
States
6.
the two
7.
Court finally
had to decide which of
the first
inventor of the telephone. The
in
was
Court
decided
8.
Bell's
favor.
Born in Edinburg,
Scotland, Bell grew up in a family
9.
that
was very interested in
teaching people to
10.
. His grandfather had been an actor who
left
11.
to teach
elocution (
雄辩术
); his father
was
how
speak
the
theatre
a teacher who helped deaf-mutes
learn
12.
speak.
later
to
However, probably none of the
13.
inventions
as
gave Bell the same feeling
of triumph
14.
on
the day
15.
when
he had
he
spilled some acid from his
batteries.
It was after he had worked for months
16.
when
he found ways to send
something more
17.
metallic twangs
(
嘣
的一声
)
over the wires.
than
Thinking
Watson, his helper, was in the next room, Bell
called,
18.
come here
. I want
you.
not in the next room. He was down
in his laboratory,
19.
next
to the receiver. To
Watson's
20.
, he
heard the words perfectly. He ran to tell
surprise
Bell the news: the
wires had carried Bell's voice perfectly.
Part 4 Vocabulary and
Structure
(
每小题:
1
分
)
Directions:
Choose the best answer from the four choices
marked A, B, C and D.
1.
Harding has
been transferred to Albany prison,
____________ complete his sentence.
A. where will he
B. where he will
C. which he will
D. in which will he
2
.
Fed
up with the disastrous performances of the team
he'd
been watching for years, he
____________ his support to
their
rivals.
A. kept
B. recalled
C.
transferred
D. moved
3.
His opinions would often ____________
from one extreme to
the other.
A. transfer
B.
enhance
C. flash
D. swing
4.
___________
the hotel before soldiers armed with pistols and
clubs charged into the crowd.
A. Scarcely had they left
B. Scarcely they had left
C. Scarcely they left
D. Scarcely left they
5.
The audience
___________ the decision, but I pointed out
that we ought not to relax about this
matter.
A. applauded for
B. applauded
C.
applauded to
D. applauded
at
6.
Additional time is required for cooking
or ___________
homemade dishes.
A. chill
B. to
chill
C. chilled
D. chilling
7.
The general
health situation in the city seems reasonably
_________.
A. satisfied
B. satisfying
C. satisfactory
D. satisfaction
8.
A credit card
is particularly useful __________ and there are
often insurance benefits if you pay for
your travel with the
card.
A. when it is traveling
B. when traveling
C. traveling
D.
when they are traveling
9.
It is
__________ that a prospective employer should want
to
know if someone has a criminal
record.
A. reasoning
B. a reason for
C. reasoned
D.
reasonable
10.
The psychologist advised them to
__________ a certain
portion of time
each evening for homework.
A. set about
B. set apart
C. set aside
D.
set out
11
.
The children will now play some pieces
of music that they
__________
themselves.
A. were taught
B. composed
C.
accomplished
D. worked
12.
While she waited, she tried to
__________ her mind with
pleasant
thoughts of the vacation.
A. occupy
B. compose
C. think
D.
intensify
13
.
In
the film, the peaceful life of a monk __________
the violent
life of a murderer.
A. is compared with
B. is compared to
C. is contrasted to
D. is contrasted with
14.
___________
to pay for an order is simplicity itself.
A. Use plastic
B. Using plastics
C. Using plastic
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