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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2006)-GRADE
FOUR-TIME LIMIT: 130 MIN
Listen to the following passage.
Altogether the passage will be read to you four
times.
During
the first reading, which will be read
at normal speed, listen and try to understand the
meaning. For
the second and
third readings, the passage will be
read sentence by sentence, or phrase by
phrase,
with intervals of 15
seconds. The last reading
will be read at normal speed again
and during this
time you
should check your work. You will then be given 2
minutes to check through your work
once
more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER
SHEET ONE.
PART
II
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
[15
MIN.]
In Sections A, B and C
you will hear everything once only. Listen
carefully and then answer the
questions that follow. Mark
the correct answer to each question on your answer
sheet.
SECTION A
CONVERSATIONS
In
this section you will hear several conversations.
Listen to the conversations carefully and then
answer the questions that
follow.
Questions 1 to 3 are
based on the following conversation. At the end of
each conversation you
will be given 15
seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the
conversation.
1.
How did Mark get there?
A. By train and by
car.
C. By train and by
bus.
B. By plane and by
coach.
D. By bus and by
plane.
C.
moustache
2.
Mark used to wear all the following
EXCEPT _______.
A. short
hair
B. glasses
3.
Where is the meeting for new students
to be held?
A. In the third
room on the right.
D.
beard
B. In the Common Room.
C. In a room at the other
end.
D. In Room
501.
Questions 4
to 6 are based on the following conversation. At
the end of each conversation you
will
be given 15 seconds to answer the
questions.
Now
listen to the conversation.
4.
What did Steve
originally plan to do?
A. To
go to a park near the beach.
C. To see a new film.
A. there was no park
nearby.
C. it would be
easier to go to a cinema.
6.
Where did they
plan to meet?
B. To stay at
home.
D. To do some
study.
B. the weather
wasn
‘t
ideal for a
walk.
D. Steve
hadn
‘t
seen the film
yet.
5.
Maggie finally
decided to go to see a film
because_______.
A. Outside the Town Hall.
B. Near the bank.
C. In Steve
‘
s
place.
D. At the
cinema.
Questions 7 to 10
are based on the following conversation. At the
end of each conversation you will
be given 20 seconds to answer the
questions.
Now
1
listen to the
conversation.
C.
it costs less
money.
8.
Why
didn
‘t
Bill want one of
them?
A. He wanted to buy one from
Japan.
C. He thought it was
for business use.
D. it is
not on the market.
B. He wasn
‘t
sure
about its quality.
D. He
thought it was expensive.
9.
Which of the
following statements is INCORRECT about the woman?
A.
She had never
read the magazine herself.
B.
She knew who
usually read the magazine.
C.
She was quite
interested in the new device
D.
She agreed
with Bill at the end of the conversation.
10.
The
conversation is mainly about _______.
A. a new type of telephone.
D. some features of the
magazine.
SECTION
B
PASSAGES
B. the cost of telephones.
D. the readership of the
magazine.
In this section
you will hear several passages. Listen to the
passages carefully and then answer
the
questions that follow.
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the
following passage. At the end of each passage, you
will
be given 15 seconds to answer the
questions.
Now
listen to the passage.
the
old days dongs were used for the following
EXCEPT________.
A. hunting
other animals.
C. guarding
chickens.
of the following
is CORRECT?
B. driving
sheep
D. keeping thieves
away.
A.
Dogs are now treated as part of a
family.
B.
Dogs
still perform all the duties they used to do.
C.
People now
keep dogs for the same reasons as before.
D.
Only old
people are seen walking their dogs.
13.
The passage
is mainly about_______.
A. what dogs
can do
B. how to keep
dogs
C. dogs and their
masters
D. Reasons for
keeping dogs
Questions 14 to
17 are based on the following passage. At the end
of each passage, you will be given
20 seconds to answer the questions. Now
listen to the passage.
14.
According to the passage, the working
conditions in the new place _________.
A. are the same as the speaker is used
to
C. are just as
adequate
A.
Traveling
B.
Studying
B. are
expected to be rather poor
D. are not yet clear
C. Settling down
15.
What is the speaker going to do in the
new place?
D.
Teaching
16.
The speaker expects
_________.
A. fewer choices of food
C. modern lighting
facilities
17.
From the passage
we can learn that
A. is unprepared for the new
post.
the
speaker______.
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B. many ways to do
washing
D. new types of
drinking water
B. is unclear about the conditions
there.
C. is ready
for all the difficulties there.
D. is eager to know more about the
post.
Questions 18 to 20 are
based on the following passage. At the end of each
passage, you will be
given
15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to
the passage.
18.
According to the passage, when are
children first expected to study hard?
A. Before 6
years of age.
C. After 10
years of age.
B. Between 6
and 10.
D. After 12 years of
age.
B. emotional
problems
D. marriage
problems
19. Parents who
abuse their children tend to have the following
problems EXCEPT_______.
A.
religious problems
C.
financial problems
20.
Which of the
following statements is CORRECT?
A.
Boys and girl
are equally energetic.
B.
Parents have higher expectations for
boys.
C.
Some
parents lack skills to deal with their kids.
D.
Some parents
are ill-educated and ill-tempered.
SECTION C
NEWS
BROADCAST
Questions 21 to 22
are based on the following news. At the end of the
news item, you will be given
10 seconds
to answer the questions. Now, listen to the
news.
21.
What has happened to the
Cubans?
A. They set foot in
Florida.
C. They were flown
to the U.S.
B.
They were drowned.
D. They
were sent back to Cuba.
B.
In an old truck.
5
seconds
22.
How did the Cubans try to enter the
U.S.?
A. In a small
boat.
C. By swimming.
D. By driving.
Question 23 is based on the following
news. At the end of the news item, you will be
given
to answer
the questions. Now listen to the news.
23. How many cities will have air
quality monitoring systems installed by the end of
this year?
A. 42
cities.
B. 220
cities.
C. 150
cities.
D. 262
cities.
Questions 24 and 25
are based on the following news. At the end of the
news item, you will be
given 10 seconds
to answer the questions. Now listen to the
news.
24. Altogether how
many people were reported missing?
A.
68
B. 90
25.
Which of the
following details is INCORRECT?
A.
The two
ferries sank in different days.
B.
The accidents
were caused by storms.
C.
The two ferries sank on the same river.
D.
More people
were rescued from the first ferry.
C.
150
D. 40
Questions 26 is based on the following
news. At the end of the news item, you will be
given 5 seconds
to answer the question.
Now listen to the news.
26. What is the news item mainly
about?
A. Indonesian
government policies.
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B.
Australia
‘
s support to the
UN assistance mission.
C. Opening of an Australian consulate
in East Timor.
D. Talks
between Australia and Indonesia.
Question 27and 28 are based on the
following news. At the end of the news item, you
will be given
10 seconds to answer the
question. .Now listen to the news.
27.
The news item
is mainly about a joint venture between
_____.
A. a US
company and a UK company
B.
a Swiss company and a UK company
C.
two Taiwanese companies
D.A
mainland
company and a US
company
28.
Who will provide the distribution
networks in the joint venture?
A.
Unilever.
B.
Nestle.
C.
PepsiCo.
D. Coca
Cola.
Questions 29 and 30
are based on the following news. At the end of the
news item, you will be given
10 seconds to answer the
question.
A. The
soldiers.
hardliners.
Now listen to the
news.
29. Who staged
the protest on Saturday?
B. The peace
camp.
C. The militants.
D.
The
30. Which of the following details
about the news is INCORRECT?
A. 13 soldiers were killed
last week.
B.
100,000 people participated in the
protest.
C. The
protesters demanded a pullout from
Gaza.
plan.
D.
The
Prime Minister
rejected
the
pullout
PART
IV
CLOZE
Decide which
of the choices given
[15 MIN.]
below would
best
complete the passage if
inserted
in
the
corresponding blanks. Mark the best
choice for each blank on your answer
sheet.
There are many
superstitions in Britain, but one of the most
(31)_______ held is that it is
unlucky to walk under a
ladder
—
even if it means
(32)_______ the pavement into a busy
street!
(33)_____ you must pass under a ladder
you can (34)_____bad luck by crossing your fingers
and
(35)_____them crossed
until you have seen a dog. (36)_____, you may lick
your finger and
(37)______ a cross on the toe of your
shoe, and not look again at the shoe until the
(38)______ has
dried. Another common (39)_______ is
that it is unlucky to open an umbrella in the
house
—
it will
either
bring (40)______ to the person who opened it or to
the whole (41)_______. Anyone opening
an umbrella in fine weather is
(42)_____, as it inevitably brings rain! The
number 13 is said to be
unlucky for some, and when the
13
th
day of the
month (43)_______ on a Friday, anyone wishing
to
avoid a bad
event had better stay (44)_______.
brings seven years of bad luck! The
superstition
The worst
misfortune that can happen to a person is caused
by breaking a mirror, (45)_____ it
is supposed
to (46)_________
in ancient times,
when mirrors were
considered to be tools of the gods. Black cats are
generally considered lucky in
Britain, even though they
are (47)______ witchcraft.
It is (48)_____ lucky if
a black
cat
crosses
your
path
—
although
in
America
the exact opposite
belief
prevails.
Finally, a commonly
held
superstition
is that of touching wood (49)_______
luck.
This
measure is most often taken if you
think
you
have said
something that
touch wood?
‖
is
tempting
fate,
such
4
as
―
my car has never
(50)_______,
31.
A.
broadly
32.
A. running from
33.
A.
If
34.
A. erase
B.
widely
B. jumping
off
B. As
B. remove
C.
quickly
C. stepping
off
C. Though
C. avoid
D.
speedily
D. keeping
from
D. Unless
D. ease
35.
A. keep
36.
A.
Consequently
37.
A. make
38.
A.
label
40.
A. loss
41.
A.
house
42.
A. unwise
43.
A.
falls
44.
A. away
45.
A.
when
B. keeping
B.
However
B. print
B. symbol
B.
superstition
B.
difficulty
B.
household
B.
unintelligent
B.
arrives
B.
outdoors
B. as
B. be
originating
B. related
with
B. specially
B. for
B. broken off
C. kept
C.
Comparatively
C.
perform
C. mark
C. opinion
C.
tragedy
C. home
C. unpopular
C.
drops
C. indoors
C. if
C. be
originated
C.
frequently
C. in
C. broken away
D.
to keep
D.
Alternatively
D.
produce
D. cut
D.
idea
D.
circle
D. happens
D. far
D. originate
D.
rarely
D. of
[15 MIN]
39.
A. argument
D. misfortune
D. unfortunate
D.
though
46.
A. have
originated
47.
A. concerned about
48.
A.
especially
49.
A. as
50.
A. broken
up
PART IV
There are twenty-five
C. associated with
D. connected in
D. broken
down
GRAMMAR &
VOCABULARY
sentences
in
this section. Beneath
each sentence there are four
words or
phrases marked
A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best
completes the sentence. Mark
your answers on your answer
sheet.
51.
_______dull
he may be, he is certainly a very successful top
executive.
A
Although
A would
A by which
A
stopped
B whatever
B could
B for
which
C As
D However
52.
If only I
______ play the guitar as well as you!
C
should
C to which
D might
53.
The party, _______I was the guest of
honour, was extremely enjoyable.
D
at which
54.
It
‘
s high time we ______
cutting down the rainforests.
B had to stop
C shall stop
D
stop
55.
The student said there were a few
points in the essay he ________ impossible to
comprehend.
A has
found
B was
finding
56.
Loudspeakers were fixed
in
the hall so
C
had found
D
would find
that everyone________
an opportunity
to
hear
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the speech.
A ought to have
B
must
have
C may
have
D should
have
57.
I am surprised________ this city is a
dull place to live in.
A
that you should think
C that
you would think
A enough good
B
good enough
B by what you are thinking
D with what you were
thinking
58.
Susan is very
hardworking, but her pay is not________ for her
work.
C as good
enough
D good as
enough
59.
It is imperative that the government
________ more investment into the shipbuilding
industry.
A
attracts
B shall
attract
C attract
D has to
60.
Land belongs
to the city; there is ________ thing as private
ownership of land.
A no such a
B not
such
C not such a
D no such
61.
My daughter
has walked eight miles today. We never guessed
that she could walk_______far.
A /
B
such
C that
D as
62.
The
statistics _______ that living standards in the
area have improved drastically in recent
times.
A proves
B is proving
C
are proving
D
prove
63.
There are
only ten apples left in the baskets, _______ the
spoilt ones.
A not counting
B
not to count
C don
‘
t count
D
having
counted
64.
It was
_______ we had hoped
A more a
success than
B a success
more than
C as much of a success as
D a success as much as
65.
There used to be a petrol station near
the park, _______?
A didn
‘
t it
B doesn
‘
t
there
C usedn
‘
t it?
D didn
‘
t there
66.
It is an
offence to show ________ against people of
different races.
A distinction
B difference
C
separation
D
discrimination
67.
A great
amount of work has gone into _______ the Cathedral
to its previous splendor.
A refreshing
B
restoring
C
renovating
D
renewing
68.
The thieves fled with the local police
close on their _________.
A backs
B necks
C
toes
D heels
69.
The economic recession has meant that
job________ is a rare thing.
A
security
B safety
C protection
D
secureness
70.
Many people nowadays save money to
________ for their old age.
A cater
B supply
C
provide
D equip
71.
The tone of the article _______ _ the
writer
‘
s mood
at the time.
A reproduced
B
reflected
C
imagined
D
imitated
72.
This is not the right _______ to ask
for my help; I am far too busy even to
listen
A
moment
B
situation
C
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opportunity
D circumstance
73.
The job of a
student accommodation officer_______ a great many
visits to landladies.
not
A
concerns
74.
Our family doctor
A rests
A
assemble
A
leaking
A
excellent
B
offers
B stands
B appear
B
trickling
B
conspicuous
C
asks
D
involves
D seats
‘
s
clinic_______at the junction of two busy
roads.
C stays
C squeeze
C
prominent
75.
She was so fat that she could only just
________ through the door.
D
gather
D
noticeable
76.
After the
heavy rain, a builder was called to repair the
roof, which was ________.
77.
The reception
was attended by _________ members of the local
community.
C
prominent
D
noticeable
78. Share prices on the
Stock
Exchange plunged sharply in the
morning but ______slightly
afternoon.
A
regained
A rich
A inconsiderable
B recovered
B
quick
B
inconsiderate
C
restored
C
productive
C
inaccurate
[25
MIN.]
D revived
in the
79.
His_______ brain has worked away on the idea of a
universal cure.
D
fertile
80. The
couple has donated a not_______ amount of money to
the foundation.
D
incomparable
PART V
READING COMPREHENSION
In this section there are four passages
followed by questions or unfinished statements,
each with
four suggested answers
marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you
think is the best answer.
Mark your answers on your answer
sheet.
TEXT A
In the case of mobile phones, change is
everything. Recent research indicates that the
mobile
phone is changing not
only our culture, but our very bodies as
well.
First. Let
‘
stalk about culture. The
difference between the mobile phone and its
parent, the
fixed-line
phone, you get whoever answers it.
This has several implications. The most
common one, however, and perhaps the thing that
has
changed our culture
forever, is the
about when
and where to meet. Twenty
―
meeting
‖
neednoto make firm plans
years ago, a Friday night would need
to be arranged in
their
place of work to the first
‖
.
advance. You needed enough time to
allow everyone to get from
at 8
‖
, but
―
text me around 8 and
we
meeting place. Now,
however, a night out can be arranged on the run.
It is no longer
‘
ll see where we all are
Texting changes people as well. In
their paper,
―
insights into
the Social and Psychological
Effects of SMS Text
Messaging
phone users:
the
―
talkers
‖
, two British researchers distinguished
between two types of mobile
‖―
andtextersthe-
those
‖
who
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prefer voice to text
message and those who
prefer
text to voice. They found that the
mobile
phone
‘
sindividuality and privacy gave texters
the
ability to express a whole new outer
personality. Texters were likely to report that
their family would
be
surprised if they were to read their texts. This
suggests that texting allowed texters to
present
self-image that
differed from the one familiar to those who knew
them well.
Another scientist
wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to
body language. There
high,
in a self- confident way, chatting away. And there
is the
themselves and keep
out other people.
Who can
blame them? Phone meetings get cancelled or
reformed and camera-phones intrude on
people
‘
privacys.
So, it is understandable if your
mobile makes you nervous. But perhaps
you
needn
‘
t worry so much. After
all, it is good to talk .
81.
When people
plan to meet nowadays, they
A.
arrange the
meeting place beforehand
B.
postpone fixing the place till last
minute
C.
seldom
care about when and where to meet
D.
still love to
work out detailed meeting plans.
82.
According to
the two British researchers, the social and
psychological effect are mostly likely to
be seen on ______.
A.
talkers
A. quite
revealing
A.
talkers
A. the SMS
effect
a
are
two kinds that people use while speaki
ng on the phone. There
is
the
―
speakeasy
the:
‖
head is
held
―
spacemaker
‖
: these people fo
B. the
B. well written
B. the speakeasy
C. the
―
spacemaker
‖
D.
texters
83.
We can infer
from the passage that the texts sent by texters
are
C. unacceptable by
others D. shocking to others
C. the spacemaker
84.
According to the passage, who is afraid
of being heard while talking on the
mobile?
D.
texters
85.
An appropriate title for the passage
might be_____.
C. change in the use of the
mobile
B. cultural
implication of mobile use
D.
body language and the mobile phone!
TEXT B
Over the last 25 years, British society
has changed a great deal-or at least many parts of
it have.
In some ways,
however, very little has
changes have been extremely
slow.
In the past, the
working-class tended to be paid less than middle-
class people, such as teachers
and doctors. As a result of
this and also of the fact that workers
‘
jobs were generally much
less
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was widely
believed,
having given his
wife
changed, particularly
where attitudes are concerned. Ideas
about social class-whether a person is
―
working-class
‖
or
―
middle-class
‖
are one area
in which
secure, distinct
differences in life-styles and attitudes came into
existence. The typical working man
would collect his wages on Friday
evening and then, it
her
―
housekeeping
‖
, would go out and squander the rest on
beer and betting.
The stereotype of what a
middle-class man did with his money was perhaps
nearer the truth. He
was-and
still is
–
inclined to take a
longer-term view. Not only did he regard buying a
house of these
provide him and his
family with security. Only in very few cases did
workers have the opportunity (or
the
education and training) to make such long-term
plans.
Nowadays, a great
deal has changed. In a large number of cases
factory workers earn as much,
if not more, than their middle-class
supervisors. Social security and laws to
improve
century,
have
made it less
necessary than before to worry about
.
Working
―
tomorrow-class
‖
people seem
slowly
to be
losing the feeling of inferiority they had in the
past. In fact there has been a growing tendency
in the past few years for the middle-
classes to feel slightly ashamed of their
position.
The changes in
both life-styles and attitudes are probably most
easily seen amongst younger people.
They generally tend to share very
similar tastes in music and clothes, they spend
their money in having
a good time, and
save for holidays or longer-term plans when
necessary. There seems to be much less
difference than in precious
generations. Nevertheless, we still have a wide
gap between
the well-paid
(whatever the type of job they may have) and the
low-paid. As long as this gap exists,
there will always be a possibility that
new conflicts and jealousies will emerge, or
rather that the old
conflicts will re-
appear, but between different groups.
86. Which of the following is seen as
the cause of class differences in the
past?
A. life style and
occupation
B. Attitude and
income
C. income and job
security
D. job security and
hobbies
87. The writer seems
to suggest that the description of __________is
closer to truth?
A. middle
–
class ways of spending
money
B.
working-
class
ways
of
spending
weekend
C. working-class drinking
habits
D. middle-class
attitudes
88. According to
the passage, which of the following is not a
typical feature of the middle -class?
A. desiring for security
B. Making long term plans
C. having priorities in life
D. saving money
89.
Working
-class people's sense of security increased as a
result of all the following factor
except_________.
A. better
social security
B. more job
opportunities
C. higher
living standard
D. better
legal protection.
90.
Which of the
following statement is incorrect?
A.
Changes are
slowly taking place in all sectors of the British
society.
B.
The
gap between working -class and middle- class young
people is narrowing
C.
different in income will remain but
those in occupation will disappear
D.
middle-class
people may sometimes feel inferior to working-
class people
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TEXT C
the
For several days I saw
little of Mr. Rochester. In the morning he seemed
much occupied with business,
and in the
afternoon gentlemen from the neighborhood called
and some times stayed to dine
with him. When his foot was well
enough, he rode out a great deal.
During this time, all my knowledge of
him was limited to occasional meetings about the
house,
when he would
sometimes pass me coldly, and sometimes bow and
smile.
One evening, several
days later, I was invited to talk to Mr.
His changes of manner
did not offend me, because I saw that I
had nothing to do with the cause of
them.
Rochester after
dinner. He was
sitting in
his armchair, and looked not quite so severe, and
much less gloomy. There was a smile on
his lips, and his eyes were bright,
probably with wine. As I was looking at him, he
suddenly turned,
and asked
me,
―
do you
think I
‘
m handsome, Miss Eyre?
‖
it: ?No,
sir.
‖
The answer somehow slipped from my
tongue before I realized
―
Sir, I
‘
m sorry. I should have said that beauty
doesn
―
Ah, you
really are unusual! You are a quiet, serious
little person, but you can be almost
rude.
‘
t matter, or something like
th
―
No, you
shouldn
‘
t! I see, you criticize my appearance,
and then you stab me in the back! You
have
honesty and feeling.
There are not many girls like you. But perhaps I
go too fast. Perhaps you have
awful faults to counterbalance your few
good points
I thought to
myself that he might have too. He s
eemed to read my mind, and said
quickly,
you
‘
re right. I have plenty of
faults. I went the wrong way when I was
twenty
perhaps wis er. I am
not a bad man, take my word
-one, and
have never
found the right
path again. I might have been very different. I
might have been as good as you, and
for it, but I have done wrong. It
wasn
‘
tmy
all this? Because you
‘
rethe
thetic and give
‘
rethesy
m
pa
‖
ye
character, but circumstances which were
to blame. Why do I tell you
sort of person people tell their
problems and secrets to, because you
hope.
‖
It seemed he had quite a lot to talk to
me. He didn
was the case for
the first time.
‘
t seem to likethe totalkfinishquickly,
as
―
Don
‘
bet afraid of me, Miss
Eyre.
‖
He continued.
―
Youdon
‘
trelax or laugh very
much; perhaps
because of the
effect Lowood school has had on you. But in time
you will be more natural
with me, and laugh, and speak freely.
You
you
‘
ll fly very high. Good
night.
A. busy
about means_________
A.
around
B. on
C. outside
D.
concerning
‖
the)
？
(7thpara.
‘
re like a bird
in a cageyou. Whengetout of the cage,
‖
C.
friendly
D.
changeable
91. At the
beginning miss Eyre
‘
s
impressions of Mr. Rochester were all
except_________
B.
sociable
92.
In
?‖
.the word
93. Why did Mr. Rochester
say
―
..and the
you stab me in the back!
critical.
A.
Because Jane had intended to kill him with a
knife
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B.
Because Jane had intended to be more