PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A Directions: In this section you’ll hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter ( A, B or C) on the question booklet. You will hear each conversation TWICE.
Conversation one 1. Where does this conversation probably take place? A. Inside the room. B. Outside the room. C. On the bus. 2. What’s the weather like this afternoon? A. Sunny. B. Rainy. C. Warm. Conversation two 3. What are the speakers talking about? A. Going to the park. B. Going for an outing. C. Planning a picnic. 4. When are they going there? A. Next Sunday. B. Next weekend. C. This Sunday. Conversation three 5. Why does the man see the doctor? A. He hurts his legs. B. He is extremely tired. C. He has a fever and cough. 6. What does the woman advise the man to do? A. To take some medicine. B. To stay in bed for 10 days. C. To have a thorough examination. Conversation four 7. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Boss and secretary. B. Teacher and student. C. Brother and sister. 8. For what does the girl bake a cake?
A. To serve the visitors. B. To earn some money. C. To give her Mom as a gift. 9. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The boy will lend the girl some money. B. The girl has no money to buy her Mom a gift. C. The boy will buy his Mom some carnations. Conversation five 10. Why is the woman worried about Kate? A. Because Kate’s been terribly ill these days. B. Because Kate’s been looking terrible lately. C. Because Kate’s been badly wounded recently. 11. How long has Kate been like this? A. For several days. B. For a couple of months. C. For a couple of weeks. 12. What is Kate going to do tomorrow? A. To ask for sick leave. B. To change her job. C. To see her doctor. Conversation six 13. What’s the man’s comment on the letter? A. Too simple. B. Too polite. C. Too long. 14. To whom is the woman writing a letter? A. A famous professor. B. Her colleague. C. Her boss. 15. Which one is TRUE according to the conversation? A. The man will be the interviewer. B. The woman won’t make a change to the letter. C. The woman is lowering herself. SECTION B Directions: In this section you’ll hear a mini-talk. Listen carefully and fill in the numbered blanks with the information you’ve got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS. You will hear the mini-talk TWICE. My friend Leo I. My comments on Leo: ▲ make up 16 excuses when he refuses to do something II. Examples of his excuses: ▲ had to get a new set of tires put on his truck Fact: refused to work but 17 with me at home ▲ had to get 18 for his truck Fact: refused to have a date with his girlfriend ▲ had been getting a new set of tires put on his truck Fact: refused to move furniture to my 19 III. Conclusion ▲ I need a new set of 20 . ▲ I’m beginning to get tired of Leo’s excuses.
PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE SECTION A Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. 21. Because of the variety of cultural backgrounds, the educational experience of Lincoln’s students is not limited to ______ offered in the classroom and textbooks. A. one B. it C. that D. those 22. There was a very interesting remark in a book by an Englishman that I read recently ______ what he thought was the reason for this American characteristic. A. giving B. gave C. give D. given 23. Preparations for the 2010 Shanghai Expo are under way, and buildings are being built ______ there used to be a dockyard. A. in which B. where C. that D. what 24. ______ in the Olympic Games that he didn’t even notice his wife came back home, ______ made his wife full of anger. A. So absorbed he was; which B. So lost he was; that C. So absorbed was he; which D. So lost was he; that 25. We had to make the corrections by hand as the computer ______ do them for us. A. mightn’t B. needn’t C. shouldn’t D. wouldn’t 26. Bill already had an insight into ______ they could achieve financially, and the two of them decided to set up their own company. A. what B. that C. which D. why 27. As everyone views the world differently, it’s very easy for two people to get to a point ______ they disagree with each other. A. which B. where C. that D. how 28. If you listen attentively to ______ fine music, you are away from your immediate surroundings and living in ______ world of passion and imagination. A. /; a B. the; a C. the; the D. /; the 29. I was elected captain of volunteers, a success which gave me more pleasure than any I______ since. A. was having B. had C. have had D. have 30. I got to the office early that day, ______ the 7:30 train from Paddington. A. having caught B. caught C. to catch D. catching 31. －Wu Xining stayed in the tent in July this summer. －Oh, dear! She _____ a lot of difficulties. A. may go through B. must go through C. ought to have gone through D. must have gone through 32. One can never expect success to come
