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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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