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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2018)

-GRADE FOUR-

TIME LIMIT: 130 MIN

PART I

DICTATION

[10 MIN]

Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During

the first reading, which will be done 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 done at normal speed again and during this

time you should check your work. You will then be given ONE minute to check through your work once

more.

Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.

PART II

SECTION A

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

TALK

[20 MIN]

In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you

may look at the task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for

each gap. Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may

use the blank sheet for note- taking.

You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.

Now listen to the talk. When it is over, you will be given TWO minutes to check your work.

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SECTION B

CONVERSATIONS

In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation, five

questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be

spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you

should read the four choices of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to each question on

ANSWER SHEET TWO.

You have THIRTY seconds to preview the choices.

Now, listen to the conversations.

Conversation One

Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.

1.

A. Many foreign languages are spoken in Britain.

B.

Everyone in Britain can speak a foreign language.

C.

The British are unable to speak a foreign language.

D.

The British can survive on their mother tongue.

2.

A. Chinese.

B.

Polish.

C.

Punjabi.

D.

Urdu.

3.

A. To help improve international trade.

B.

To allow a speaker to hold a simple talk.

C.

To improve the education system.

D.

To encourage learning another language.

4.

A. It gives you self-satisfaction.

B.

It makes you more confident.

C.

It gives you an advantage.

D.

It makes you work hard.

5.

A. Workmates.

B.

Schoolmates.

C.

Teacher and student.

D.

Brother and sister.

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Conversation Two

Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.

6.

A. A dangerous event.

B.

An unreasonable fear.

C.

A small probability.

D.

A risk- assessing ability.

7.

A. One in one million.

B.

C.

D.

8.

A. Future events.

B.

C.

D.

9.

A. Traveling by air.

B.

C.

D.

10.

A. They get pleasure from risks.

B.

C.

D.

One in four million.

One in fourteen million.

One in forty million.

Catastrophic events.

Small- scale disasters.

Smoking hazards.

Riding a bicycle.

Catching bird flu.

Smoking cigarettes.

They can control potential risks.

They can assess danger from risks.

They have strong needs for risks.

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PART III

LANGUAGE USAGE

[10 MIN]

There

are

twenty

sentences

in

this

section.

Beneath

each

sentence

there

are

four

options

marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence or answers the question.

Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

11.

The Bent Pyramid outside Cairo ______ ancient Egypt

’

s first attempt to build a smooth-sided

pyramid.

A.

has been believed to have been

B.

was believed to be

C.

is believed to have been

D.

is believed to be

12.

U.S. News ______ rankings of colleges since 1983. They are a very popular resource for

students looking to apply to a university campus.

A.

maintains

B.

is maintaining

C.

maintained

D.

has been maintaining

13.

He was lured into a crime he would not ______ have committed.

A.

actually

B.

accidentally

C.

otherwise

D.

seldom

14.

She was once a young country wife with chickens in the backyard and a view of ______

mountains behind the apple orchard.

A.

blue hazy Virginia

B.

hazy blue Virginia

C.

Virginia hazy blue

D.

Virginia blue hazy

15.

I long to alleviate ______, but I cannot.

A.

the evil

B.

evil

C.

evils

D.

an evil

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16.

Indeed, it is arguable that body shattering is the very point of football, as killing and maiming

______.

A.

war

B.

are war

C.

of war

D.

are of war

17.

At ______, photography is a chemical process, during which

altered when exposed to light.

A.

its most basic

B.

its basic

C.

the most basic

D.

the basic

18.

She hired a lawyer to investigate, only to learn that Gabriel had removed her name from the

a light- sensitive material is

deed. The infinitive verb phrase

“

only to learn

”

is used ______.

A.

to express an intended purpose

B.

to indicate a high degree of possibility

C.

to reveal an undesirable consequence

D.

to dramatize a stated fact

19.

Which of the following italicized words DOES NOT carry the metaphorical meaning?

A.

I wonder what

’

s behind this change of plan.

B.

Jim turned to speak to the person standing behind him.

C.

This work should have been finished yesterday. I

’

m getting terribly

behind.

D.

I suppose I

’

m lucky because my parents were behind me all the way.

20.

My mother was determined to help those in need and she would have been immensely proud

of what has been achieved these last 20 years. The italicized part in the sentence expresses

______.

A.

a hypothesis

B.

a suggestion

C.

a contradiction

D.

a surprise

21.

When the police officers who took part in the King beating were first brought to ______,

their lawyers used the videotape as evidence against the prosecution.

A.

justice

B.

testimony

C.

trial

D.

verdict

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22.

______, the most controversial candidate in the election campaign, he has been strongly

criticized for his crude comments about women.

A.

Questionably

B.

Arguably

C.

Contentiously

D.

Debatably

23.

Prices have recently risen in order to ______ the increased cost of raw materials.

A.

cut

B.

buoy

C.

offer

D.

offset

24.

The celebrity says in court papers she

“

has no ______ of giving any authorization to anyone

to proceed with a divorce.

”

A.

recommendation

B.

recording

C.

recollection

D.

recognition

25.

What actually ______ a good angle

—

or a good selfie overall

—

is rooted in what we

considered beautiful.

A.

consists

B.

constitutes

C.

composes

D.

constructs

26.

The school is going the ______ mile to create the next generation of sporting stars thanks

to its unique development program.

A.

final

B.

further

C.

supplementary

D.

extra

27.

The teachers

’

union ______ a lawsuit against the district calling for repairing

school conditions.

A.

fired

B.

filed

C.

fined

D.

filled

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deplorable

”

28.

Last March the ______ of a 19

th

century cargo ship was found by an underwater

archaeological team.

A.

debris

B.

ruins

C.

remains

D.

wreck

29.

She

’

s worn his designs on ______ occasions from red carpets to movie premieres.

A.

countless

B.

countable

C.

numerical

D.

numeral

30.

A leading ______ intelligence and operations company has released its analysis of worldwide

reported incidents of piracy and crime against mariners.

A.

oceangoing

B.

oceanic

C.

marine

D.

maritime

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