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Test 15

Part I. Situational Conversations (10%)

Directions:

In this part, there are ten short incomplete dialogues between two

speakers, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the

one that most appropriately suits the conversational context and best

completes

the

dialogue.

Mark

your

answer

on

the

ANSWER

SHEET

with

a

single

line through the center

of the corresponding letter

．

1. Vivian: Chr

istina! I haven’t seen you for ages. How are you

Christina: Fine. And you

Vivian: Pretty good. How’s Christopher

Christina: Oh, don’t you know We got divorced two years ago.

Vivian: __________

A. Hope you’ll be

better. B. It is really a problem.

C. What a pity!

D.

Oh, I’m sorry.

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2. Richard: How much is it to rent an economy car

Tina: $$15.00 a day or $$95.00 a week, unlimited mileage.

Richard: Could I have one for tomorrow morning

Tina: ___________________________

Richard: Sure. Here it is.

Tina: Good. Now just complete this form, please.

A. Could you please show me your phone number, please

B. Can you tell me your address, please

C

. Do you have your driver's license

D. May I have your name, please

3. Harry: _______

Elizabeth: I’m an engineer.

Harry: Oh, are you

Elizabeth: How about you

Harry: I work for a trading company.

A. What are you doing B. How do you do

C.

What do you do D. How are you doing

4. Johnson: Do you mind if I put some of my things in your room overnight

Pamela: ______.

Johnson: That’s great．

They are painting the walls in my room

．

A

．

No, you are welcome

．

B

．

Sure, my pleasure

．

C

．

Sure, you are always the best

．

D

．

No, not at all

．

5. Customer: _________ if you’d serve me as quickly as possible as I’ve got an

appointment at two fifteen.

Shopkeeper: I’ll do my best, Madam.

A

. I’d be most grateful B. I’d be most delightful

C. It’ would be very helpful D. It would be very kind of you

6.

Paul:

Go

down

Main

Street

and

turn

left

at

the

first

corner.

Then

walk

two

blocks

and you'll see the library just in front of you.

Janet: _____________________

Paul: That's right.

A

. Main Street, first left, two blocks. Right

B. Is what you're

saying right

C. Do you think I can find the library easily D. The library on the

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7. Guest: _________.

Clerk: Certainly. Do you have a reservation

Guest: Yes. The name is Green. Mr. and Mrs. Green.

Clerk:

Here

we

are.

For

five

nights.

Could

you

fill

in

the

registration

card,

please

And I’ll need your credit card.

A. I’d like to stay in, please

B.

I’d like to check in, please

C. I’d like to rent a room, please D. I’d like to rest here, please

8. Speaker A: Do you think your boss will expect you to work late again tonight

？

Speaker B: ___________.

A.

Such has never been the case with my boss.

B.

Does the sun come up in the west

？

C.

How can we work late for our boss

D.

To work late again tonight My boss has never done such a foolish thing.

9. Jack: I have a pair of tickets for a concert Sunday night. Would you like to go

Wendy: I don’t think so. __________.

A. I’m not very anxious about concert B. I’m not very excited about

concert

C. I’m not too interested about concert

D

. I’m not too wild about

concert

10. Customer: Have you got Michel Jackson’s latest CD album？

Salesman: ______.

A. No. I don't care for singer's photographs

．

B.

No. It has been sold out

．

C. Yes. They don't have it anymore

．

D. Yes. I can't afford one

Part II Reading Comprehension (40%)

Section A

Directions

:

There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some

questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four

choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice

and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.(30%)

Passage One

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

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Rising

global

carbon

dioxide

levels

tied

to

global

warming

may

not

be

as

crucial

in determining the composition of plant communities as other, localized climate

changes.

“Nobody

really

knows

what

the

increases

in

carbon

dioxide

are

going

to

entail

in terms of future changes in vegetation types

,” said Mark Brenner, a University

of Florida assistant professor of paleont

ology, the study of ancient lakes. “It

looks like climate changes in different areas may be more important than carbon

dioxide, at least carbon dioxide by itself,” he said.

Brenn

er’s

research

team

based

their

conclusions

on

an

analysis

of

sediment

from

two

lake

bottoms,

one

in

northern

Mexico

and

one

in

northern

Guatemala.

The

researchers used new techniques that allowed them to analyze only the remains of

land

plants,

specifically

their

leaf

waxes.

By

measuring

the

composition

of

the

leaf

waxes,

the

researchers

were

able

to

distinguish

two

broad

categories

of

plants

living

in

these

areas

---

so-called

C3

and

C4

plants,

which

have

different

photosynthetic

processes. Many C4 plants are tropical grasses, while most tropical trees are C3

plants. The researchers analyzed sediments deposited over the last 27,000 years,

from

the

last

ice

age

to

the

current

geological

period.

Over

this

period,

there

was

a

worldwide,

relatively

uniform

increase

in

atmospheric

carbon

dioxide

concentrations.

Brenner

said

that

if

carbon

dioxide

played

the

major

role

in

determining

plant

composition, one would assume that analysis of the sediments would reveal very

similar changes in relative abundance of C3 and C4 plants in the two places over

the study period. But, in fact, the researchers found that trends in the two types

of plants were different at the two locations. The changes were related not with

carbon

dioxide

levels,

but

with

shifts

in

rainfall.

“The

result

appears

to

be

that

climate

factors,

especially

moisture

availability,

determine

whether

C4

or

C3

plants

dominate in an area, not carbon dioxide,” Brenner said.

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Many scientists believe global warming will cause major variation in local

climates worldwide, with some wet areas becoming dry and dry areas becoming wet.

If

that

happens,

it

could

have

more

impact

on

relative

C3

versus

C4

plant

distribution

than the rising carbon dioxide levels.

11. What can be inferred in the first paragraph

A).

Climate

changes

are

more

important

to

the

composition

of

plant

communities

than rising global carbon dioxide.

B). Localized climate shifts may not be as crucial as carbon dioxide.

C). Nobody knows which one is important.

D). Carbon dioxide levels is crucial to the global warming.

12. What is Mark Brenner

A). He studies co-

author’s opinion.

B). He is assisting the University of Florida.

C). He is an expert in the field of ancient lakes.

D). His research team composed of six geologists and geographers.

13. According to the third paragraph, which one is NOT true

A). Tropical grasses are usually C4 plants.

B). C3 and C4 plants used to live in northern Mexico and Guatemala.

C).

C3 and C4 plants don’t have the same processes.

D). Tropical trees are all C3 plants.

14.

Why,

in

the

4th

paragraph,

the

researchers

found

that

trends

in

C3

and

C4

plants

were different at the two locations

A). The assumption that carbon dioxide played the major role is wrong.

B). The carbon dioxide played an important role.

C). The moisture availability was different.

D). The carbon dioxide level was different.

15

. What’s the main idea of the passage

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A).

Climates

factors

determine

the

plant

distribution

and

composition

of

plant

communities.

B). Global warming will cause major variation.

C).

How has Brenner’s research team proved

a truth.

D). C3 and C4 plants are important plants in determining the composition of

plant communities.

Passage Two

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:

Between

about

1910

and

1930,

new

artistic

movements

in

European

art

were

making

themselves felt in the United States. American artists became acquainted with the

new

art

on

their

trips

to

Paris

and

at

the

exhibitions

in

the

famous

New

York

gallery

(named

after

its

address

on

Fifth

Avenue)

of

the

photographer

Alfred

Stieglitz.

But most important in the spread of the modern movements in the United States was

the sensational Armory Show of 1913 held in New York, in which the works of many

of the leading European artists were seen along with the works of a number of

progressive American painters.

Several

of

the

American

modernists

who

were

influenced

by

the

Armory

Show

found

the urban landscape, especially New York, an appealing subject. Compared with the

works of the realist painters, the works of American modernists were much further

removed from the actual appearance of the city; they were more interested in the

of

the

city,

more

concerned

with

the

meaning

behind

appearance.

However,

both

the painters of the

nineteenth century or earlier styles, while the early modernists shared in the

international breakthroughs of the art of the twentieth century.

The

greatest

of

these

breakthroughs

was

Cubism,

developed

most

fully

in

France

between

1907

and

1914,

which

brought

about

a

major

revolution

in

Western

painting.

It

overturned

the

rational

tradition

that

had

been

built

upon

since

the

Renaissance

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)- In Cubism, natural forms were broken down analytically into geometric

shapes. No longer was a clear differentiation made between the figure and the

background

of

a

painting:

the

objects

represented

and

the

surface

on

which

they

were

painted became one. The Cubists abandoned the conventional single vantage

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的地位

)

point

of

the

viewer,

and

objects

depicted

from

multiple

viewpoints

were

shown

at the same

16. With what topic is the passage primarily concerned

A) The development of Cubism.

B) Modern art movements in the United States.

C) Contemporary artists in the United States.

D) The influence of photography on landscape painters.

17. It can be

inferred

from the

passage that European art trends

probably affected

United States' art most during which of the following years

A) 1901. B) 1908.

C) 1913. D) 1936.

18.

Which

of

the

following

is

NOT

mentioned

as

a

means

through

which

American

artists

learned about new movements

A) Lessons from successful artists.

B) The exhibitions at the gallery

C) Trips to Europe.

D) The Armory Show of 1913.

19. Why does the author mention Alfred Stieglitz

A) To demonstrate that photography was the major influence in modern art.

B) To compare him with other artists of the time.

C

）

To point out that many artists learned their craft by studying with him.

D) To give an example of someone who had an influence on modern art.

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