1、TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2001)GRADE FOURTIME LIMIT: 135 MINPART I DICTATION (20 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
2、 readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of IS 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 who
3、le passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO.PARTH 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 CONVERSATIONSIn this section you will h
4、ear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions I to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation ,you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now,listen to the conversation.1. The elephant can
5、 be described asA. playful. B. ferocious. C. slow. D. thoughtful.2. The man tried his best to _ to avoid being hurt by the elephant.A. stare back at the elephant B. roll over the groundC. hold the tusks D. hit the elephant in the eyes3. The encounter with the elephant can be described asA. close. B.
6、 not risky. C. joyous. D. deadly.Questions 4 to 6 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation ,you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.4. Whats Dons problem?A. He cant find his office key. B. He has misplaced some exams.C. Hes
7、unable to talk. D. He doesnt like his classroom.5. What would Don do?A. To get someone to hand out the exams.B. To cancel the class though hes not willing to do so.C. To ask Professor Webster to find someone to teach the class.D. To make Janet to be his teaching assistant.6. What does Janet offer to
8、 do?A. Teach Dons class while he is absent. B.Give Professor Webster the key to Dons office.C. Make an appointment with the doctor. D. Return some exams to the students.Questions 7 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer t
9、he questions.Now, listen to the conversation.7. What did the man think of the people in the Ice Age?A. They lived in caves. B. They traveled in groups.C. They had an advanced language. D.They ate mostly fruit.8. What is NOT the thing the Ice Age People used to build their house?A. Wood. B. Animal bo
10、nes and skins.C. Ice. D. Natural stones.9. How did people in the early Ice Age keep warm?A. They lived in large groups. B. They used sand as insulation.C. They kept fires burning constantly. D. They built houses facing south.10. What does the man want the woman to do?A. Meet his history teacher. B.
11、Lend him her magazine when shes done with it.C. Come over to his house after class. D. Help him study for an history test.SECTION B PASSAGESIn this section ,you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions II to 13 are based on the
12、following passage. At the end of the passage ,you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the passage.I I . Our clothes canA. tell who we are. B. improve our communicative skills.C. cultivate our values. D. dictate our lifestyles.12. Traditionally menA. cared little about clo
13、thing. B.had poor taste about clothing.C. were very conscious about clothing. D. were proud of womens clothes.13. What is true of blue-collar workers according to the research to the research of 1995?A. They cared more about clothing than white-collar workers.B. They were manipulated by white-collar
14、 workers.C. They ridiculed white-collar workers for their clothing.D. They conformed to the accepted pattern of clothing.Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following talk. At the end of the talk,you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the talk.14. To work in an internati
15、onal organization as an interpreter, oneA. should study in a university. B. must be officially recognized.C. should be a graduate of linguistics. D. must have a good command of foreign language.15. To an interpreter, the ability to use his mother tongue seems to be _ that to use a foreign language.A
16、. more important than B. less important thanC. more difficult than D. less difficult than16. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A. Body language can help interpreters understand the speaker.B. Good interpreters may have a good command of two languages.C. An interpreter may express the in
17、formation in a very different way in another language.D. They are only required to translate from foreign languages into their mother tongue.Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following talk. At the end of the talk, you will be given 20.seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the talk.17. Or
18、iginally, cola was sold asA. a soft drink. B. a medicine.G. flavored hard candy. D. cooking oil.18. Why does the speaker mention John Pamberton?A. He sold cola to doctors. B. He was a drug store clerk.C. He developed the cola syrup. D. He suffered from severe headaches.19. How was cola syrup made in
19、to a soft drink?A. By mixing it with special oils. B. By heating it.C. By combining it with different flavors. D. By adding soda water.20. What does the speaker mainly discuss?A. A recipe for a soft drink. B. The medicinal effects of cola.C. The history of cola. D. Soft-drink production.SECTION C NE
20、WS BROADCASTQuestions 21 and 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. Nigeria returned to the Commonwealth afterA. she had sentenced minority rights activists to death.B. the military had resumed
21、control of the country.C. power had been handed over to an elected president.D. she had negotiated with Commonwealth leaders.22. The Commonwealth consists of_ countries which were former British colonies.A. 54 B. 29 C. 9 D. 95Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the new
22、s item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.23. The space shuttle Discovery completed a _ mission upon its return to the Kennedy Space Centre.A. 11-day B. 94-day C. 10-day D. 49-day24. When the spacecraft was going to land,A. it produced a lot of noise. B. th
23、ere were scattered showers.C. people could see it high in the sky. D. people could neither see nor hear it.Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will begiven 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now,listen to the news.25. How many people died during the
24、collision?A. Two. B. Eighteen. C. Three. D. Five.26. Three Albanians were arrested forA. attacking the patrol boat. B. smuggling in refugees.C. causing the accident. D. injuring refugees. Question 27 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5seconds to answer th
25、e question.Now, listen to the news.27. The news item is mainly aboutA. efforts to salvage Sun Vista. B. negotiation with the ships owner.C. threats Sun Vista poses to passing ships. D. a newspapers comment on Sun Vista.Questions 28 to 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item ,
26、you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.28. According to the Roman Catholic organization, human rights are increasingly violated inA. the Central American countries. B. Rome.C. the Central African countries. D. America.29. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an instance of human rights violations?A. Murder. B. Torture. C. Arrests. D.Disappearances.30. There are refugeesA. in Guatemala from El Salvador. B. in El Salvador from Guatemala.C. in El Salvador from Honduras. D. in Honduras from El Salvador.
