paper one
part i listening comprehension
section a
directions: in this section you will hear 10 short conversation. at the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. the conversation and the questions will be a pause. during the pause, you must read the four choices marked a, b, c, and d, and decide which is the best answer. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
1. a. he's a pharmacist.
b. he's a salesman.
c. he's a librarian
d. he's a doctor.
2. a. she got interested in what she was reading.
b. she didn't wake up in time.
c. she went home for lunch.
d. she did her shopping.
3. a. she needs a quieter place.
b. she likes to listen to the recorder.
c. the new apartment is cheaper.
d. the present one is too expensive.
4. a. in the side street
b. at the crossroads
c. on the main road
d. on the motorway
5. a. windy
b. fine
c. rainy
d. overcast
6. a. tom will surely come to repair the video recorder.
b. tom is very trust worthy.
c. tom cannot repair the video recorder.
d. tom doesn't keep his word.
7. a. by car
b. by bus
c. by bike
d. on foot
8. a. 2.30 pounds.
b. 2.2 pounds.
c. 5 pounds.
d. 5 pence.
9. a. take a course
b. see the city
c. go to the park
d. take a rest
10. a. looking for an apartment.
b. taking a suburban excursion.
c. looking for a job.
d. asking the man for his opinions
section b
directions: in this section you will hear 3 short passages. at the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. after you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked a, b, c, and d, and decide which is the best answer. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
passage one
questions 11-13 are based on the passage you have just heard:
11. a. he was short of money and wanted to do something useful.
b. he had taught in a school before.
c. he had received the degree of m.a.
d. he like schools.
12. a. he was nervous.
b. it was too hot to travel comfortably.
c. it was rather complicated.
d. he hated interviews.
13. a. only art was important.
b. games were unimportant.
c. it was vital for the headmaster and the writer to play the same game.
d. games were a vital part of a boy's education.
passage two
questions 14-15 are based on the passage you have just heard:
14. a. in 1965
b. seven years after the marriage began
c. four years ago
d. several weeks ago
15. a.at first he was very supportive, but now he is very unhappy about her success.
b. at first he was critical, but now he is pound of his wife's success.
c. his attitude has no change.
d. he is different to his wife's job.
passage three
questions 16-20 are based on the passage you have just heard:
16. a. disadvantages of left-handedness.
b. advantages of the left-handers.
c. left-handed people.
d. movements involving the hands.
17. a. the right-handed people know how to deal with the left-handed people.
b. quite a number of players are left-handed.
c. the winners are always the left-handed people.
d. the players are more right-handed than left-handed.
18. a. they are a small minority.
b. they are unpleasant.
c. they are clumsy.
d. they are good at sports.
19. a. the majority of people, about nine out of ten, are right-handed .
b. many tools and devices are still designed mainly for rig ht-handed people.
c. no one is totally right-sided or left-sided.
d. shaking hands can also be done with the left-hand.
20. a. putting the head on one side.
b. scratching the back.
c. threading the needle.
d. interlocking the fingers.
section c (compound dictation)
direction: in this sectionyou will hear a passage three times. during the first reading, youshould listen carefully for a general idea of the whole passage. thenlisten to the passage again. when the first part of the passage isbeing read, you should fill in the missing word during the pause ateach blank. after listening to the second part of the passage, you arerequired to write down the main points according to what you have justheard. finally, when the passage is read the third time you can checkwhat you have written.
as my train wasn't due to leave foranother hour, i had plenty of time to 21) . after buying somenewspapers to read on the 22) , i made my way to the 23) office tocollect the heavy 24) i had left there three days before. there wereonly a few people waiting, and i took out my wallet to find the receiptfor my case. but it didn't seem to be where i had left it. i emptiedthe 25) of the wallet, and 26) , money, 27) of paper, and photographsfell out of it; but no matter how hard i 28) , the receipt was nowhereto be found.
when my turn came, i explained the situationsorrowfully to the assistant. the man looked at me suspiciously as ifto say that he heard this type of story many times and asked me todescribe the case. 29) .
after i had done this, i went to lookamong the shelves. 30) . again i took out my wallet; this time to pay.i pulled out a ten-shilling note and the "lost" receipt slipped outwith it. i couldn't help blushing and looked up at the assistant. hewas nodding his head knowingly, as if to say that he had often seenthis happen before too!
question 36-40 are based on the following passage.
becauseireland is an island geographically near the mainland of the unitedkingdom, english rulers have fought since the middle-english ages toretain political control over it. attracted by the lush farmland,english and scottish landowners settled there, and in time of famine orpolitical unrest, the local workers suffered, while their landlordswere cushioned by their wealth. the history of modern ireland is, infact, largely a story of antagonism and resentment between the irishand their english and scottish rulers.
since the 1920's,ireland has been divided into two parts: northern ireland (ulster) andthe republic of ireland (eire). the north is still part of the unitedkingdom and is predominantly protestant; the south is an independentrepublic and is mainly catholic. the majority in ulster accept thispolitical compromise, but the active and mainly catholic minority arefighting for union with the independent republic of southern ireland.the ira, the irish republican army, have mounted bombing campaigns inmilitary and civil targets in ulster and england. they have sentletter-bombs to public figures, they have slot fellow irishmen whosupport the british or belong to opposing, and now equally militantprotestant groups. as a result of this, the british have stationed anarmy in belfast, the ira have been outlawed, and several of them havespent many years in prison or have died in support of their cause.whether this level of violence and repression is justifiable, andwhether the violence that could result from political change would beworthwhile are the controversial issues that divide everybody involved.
36. it suggested that the central problem is relationship between _______.
a. britain and ireland
b. ulster and eire
c. catholics and protestants
d. the irish republican army and ulster.
37. this outline su ggests that the central problem is ________.
a. many centuries old
b. about three centuries old
c. about 80 years old
d. a few years old
38. the ira is ________.
a. part of the ulster police force
b. part of american army
c. a group of militant priests
d. a terrorist organization
39. bomb attacks occur _______.
a. only in england
b. when public figures talk about ireland
c. only in northern ireland
d. in england and northern ireland
40. the writer feels that the controversy is about ________.
a. freedom
b. political change
c. the use of violence
d. injustice
question 46-50 are based on the following passage.
cultureis the sum total of all the tradition, customs, beliefs, and ways tolife of a given group of human being. in this sense, every group has aculture, however savage, undeveloped, or uncivilized it may seem to us.
to the professional anthropologists, there is no int rinsicsuperiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional;linguist there is no intrinsic hierarchy among languages.
peopleonce thought of the languages of backward groups as savage, undevelopedforms of speech, consisted largely of grunts and groans. while it ispossible that language in general began as a series of grunts andgroans, it is a fact establish by the study of "backward" languagesthat no spoken tongue answers the description today. most languages ofuncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremelycomplex, delicate, and ingenious pieces of machinery for the transferof ideas. they fall behind our western language not in their soundpatterns or grammatical structure, which usually are fully adequate forall language needs, but only in their vocabularies, which reflect theobjects and activities known to their speakers. even in thisdepartment, however, two things are to be noted: 1. all languages seemto possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion, either by puttingtogether words already in existence or by borrowing them from otherlanguages and adapting them to their own system. 2. the objects andactivities requiring names and distinctions in "backward" languages,while different from ours, are often surprisingly numerous andcomplicated. a western language distinguished merely between twodegrees of remoteness ("this" and "that"); some languages of theamerican indians distinguish between what is close to the speaker, orto the person addressed, or removed from both, or but of sight, or inthe past, or in the future.
this study of language, in turncasts a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists that allcultures are to be viewed independently, and without ideas of rank orhierarchy.
46. the language of uncivilizegroups as compared to western language are limited in _______.
a. vocabularies
b. grammatical structures
c. sound patterns
d. both a and b
47. the statement that "every group has a culture" grows out of the author's ______.
a. definition of culture
b. philosophy
c. feeling about human beings
d. bias in regard to civilized human
48. according to the author, anthropologists would have all culture viewed _____.
a. comparatively
b. independently
c. intrinsically
d. hierarchically
49. according to the author, language whether "civilized or not" have ____.
a. the potential for expanding vocabulary
b. the potential for increasing sound patterns
c. the same way to transfer ideas
d. the same grammatical structures
50. implied but not stated: ______.
a. the study of language is the same as the study of anthropology
b. the study of language has reinforced anthropologists in their view that there is no hierarchy cultures
c. the study of languages discredited the anthropological studies
d. the study of language casts a new light upon the claims of anthropologists
61. jenny advised me to have a ______ of brandy because it will make me less nervous.
a. bite
b. lick
c. sip
d. touch
62.working under the new expert who always encourage creativity on youngpeople, we have been _____ with better ideas in test design.
a. coming down
b. coming pout
c. coming along
d. coming up
63. passengers may leave bulky articles under the stairs ______ the conductor's permission.
a. at
b. with
c. on
d. in
64. the chairman was evidently ______ by jim's word and glared at him for a few minutes.
a. put down
b. put across
c. put away
d. put out
65. you _____ this exercise in written form. i'll give you the key.
a. don't need doing
b. needn't doing
c. don't need to do
d. needn't to do
66. the coir stood in four rows according to their ______ heights.
a. respectable
b. respectful
c. respective
d. respected
67. we can't understand uncle sam, for he always _____ whatever he says.
a. masters
b. molests
c. mumbles
d. muzzles
68. we can rely on william to carry out this mission, for this judgment is always ______.
a. unmistakable
b. reliable
c. unrequestionable
d. healthy
69. can you ______ how much it coats to feed the average family?
a. work out
b. work off
c. work at
d. work on
70. when two people feel the same way about each other, their feeling are _____.
a. liable
b. visible
c. typical
d. mutual
71. the new production of othello is very ambitious and extremely interesting, but somehow it doesn't quite _______.
a. come off
b. come through
c. come out
d. come round
72. ______ their help, we wouldn't have succeeded.
a. hadn't been for
b. had it not been for
c. it hadn't been for
d. hadn't it been for
73. a hibernating animal needs any food all through the winter ______?
a. need it
b. needn't it
c. does it
d. doesn't it
74. susan found that her job did not provide her with sufficient _____ for her ability.
a. capability
b. opening
c. range
d. scope
75. the rising crime rate is ____ major concern of _____ society.
a. the; the
b. a; /
c. a; the
d. /; the
76. she may be _____ experience, but she learns quickly.
a. lacking
b. lacking in
c. in need for
d. in lack of
77. this automobile plant has monthly _____ of 500 cars.
a. proficiency
b. capacity
c. strength
d. capacity
78. the __
___ driver thinks accidents only happen to other people.
a. average
b. common
c. usual
d. normal
79. the main road through littlebury was blocked for three hours today after an accident ______ two lorries.
a. containing
b. combini ng
c. involving
d. including
80. undergraduate students have no _____ to the rare books in the school liberty.
a. way
b. entrance
c. path
d. access
paper two
part i error correction
directions: thispart consists a short passage. in this passage, there are altogether 10mistakes, one in each numbered line. you may have to add a word, crossout a word, or change a word. if you add a word. put an insertion mark(^) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. if youcross out a word, put a slash (/) in the blank. if you change a word,cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank.
as good office secretary, mary smith knows that all phone
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calls must be answered promptly and handled efficiently. she
knows that a secretary must be pleasant and helpful, no matter
however busy she is or
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what kind of mood she maybe. she knows she must keep calm if
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a caller gets impatiently or becomes angry; also, of course, she
84.
knows she can never allow herself to lost her temper. if she does
85.
not have the information the callers ask, she must know who does
86.
have the information. finally, she knows that one of her most
important responsibilities is to "screen" telephone calls and to
know which calls to refer to her boss, which calls to refer to the
other people, and which calls to handle herself.
87.
a well-handling telephone call will give the caller a good
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impression of the company he or she is dealing with. for that
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reason, an office secretary who can handle telephone calls
cheerfully, tactfully, and efficiently is a valuable asset to some
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organization.
part ii translation from english to chinese
directions:in this part, there are five items, which you should translate intochinese. each i tem consists of one or two sentences. these sentencesare all taken from the reading passage you have just heard in thesecond part of the test paper.
you are allowed 15 minutes todo the translation. you can refer back to the passage so as to identifytheir meanings in the context.
91. (line 2-4.para. 1, passage 1)
arecent survey of prominent economists-both conservative andliberal-concluded that "an economist who argues for restrictinginternational trade is almost as common today as a physician who favorsleeching."
92. (line 4-7, para. 6, passage 1)
this is because free trade benefits the general public, while protectionism benefits special-intere
st groups, which are better organized, better financed and more informed.
93. (line 12-14, para. 2, passage 2)
whetherthis level of violence and repression is justifiable, and whether theviolence that could result from political change would be worthwhileare the controversial issues that divide everybody involved.
94. (line 2-4, para.2, passage 3)
sometimesattempts at emergency treatment turn out to be more dangerous than thebite itself, with amateurs heroically, but mistakenly, tryingdo-it-yourself surgery and other unnecessary measures.
95. (line 1-3, para. 4, passage 4)
thisstudy of language, in turn casts a new light upon the claim of theanthropologists that all cultures are to be viewed independently, andwithout ideas of rank or hierarchy.