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.
Example: When will the magazine probably arrive? A. Wednesday. B. Thursday. C. Friday. The answer is B.
Conversation 1 1. Why doesn’t the man take exercise often? A. Because he is not interested in it. B. Because he is healthy enough. C. Because he has no time for it. 2. In the woman’s opinion, what is the advantage of being healthy? A. Being healthy makes him more attractive. B. Being healthy can help him walk a longer distance. C. Being healthy is good for his work.
Conversation 2 3. What can we infer from this conversation? A. Cheng Hong and Xiao Wei have met somewhere before. B. Cheng Hong and Xiao Wei have never met each other. C. Cheng Hong and Xiao Wei are familiar with each other. 4．What is the woman going to do now? A. She is going to her office. B. She is going to do some shopping. C. She is going to meet some friends at the airport.
Conversation 3
5. Where was one of the biggest diamonds found? A. In Britain. B. In South Africa . C. In America. 6. What do you know about one of the biggest diamonds mentioned in the news? A. It is believed to be made as a wonderful work. B. It was set in the crown of British Queen. C. It weighs 168 carat, and it’s white and pure.
Conversation 4 7. Who is the man talking to? A. A teacher. B. A doctor. C. A policewoman. 8. What happened to the man’s son last year? A. He had a very bad cold. B. He had a small operation. C. He felt too tired to go to school. 9. According to the conversation, what may be the problem with the man’s son? A. He feels tired of working every day. B. His operation has a bad effect on him and he is rather sick. C. His schoolwork makes him feel tired and he may need a good rest.
Conversation 5 10. How long did Penny live in an apartment in downtown Denver? A. For more than six years. B. For over ten years. C. For almost four years. 11. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Penny is more than 50, but she looks young. B. Henry is much older than Penny. C. Penny is 40 years old . 12. What can we conclude from this conversation? A. Henry lives alone and doesn’t get on well with his neighbors. B. Henry and Penny are both satisfied with the neighborhood. C. Penny and Henry both are always busy with work.
Conversation 6 13. Who is Jake’s doctor? A. Jake’s doctor is Bob. B. Johnson is Jake’s doctor. C. Not Bob but Dories is Jake’s doctor. 14. What do we learn about Jake’s wife? A. She has been dead for years. B. She is good at cooking. C. She is making good money as a model. 15. What does the man say about Jake’s daughter? A. She is careless and lazy about her schoolwork. B. She loves her father and gets along well with her father. C. She is always caring about herself.
SECTION B
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a mini-talk. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you’ve got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS. You’ll hear the mini-talk TWICE.
Topic Students’ 16 sometimes comes from their parents.
Reasons Some parents can’t help with the difficulties their children 17 in adjusting to high school. Some parents aren’t 18 the kinds of problems their children face. Some parents are accustomed to seeing As and Bs on Primary school report cards. Some parents 19 as extensions of themselves.
Result In their involvement and identification with their children, they 20 that everyone is different and that each person must develop in his or her own way.
PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE SECTION A Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. 21. In _________ 1990’s, he was still so poor ________ student that nobody could imagine how rich he would be in the future. A. /; a B. the; a C. /; / D. the; / 22. ---Do you know the town? ---Yes. This is the most peaceful place I _____. A. see B. saw C. have seen D. had seen 23．¬¬¬¬______ in Delhi yesterday, the Indian Premier said: “We believe that economic progress in India is in everyone’s interest and not just in the interest of Indians.” A. Speaking B. Spoken C. Speak D. To speak 24．James told his father that he would come back to home when he was _______ being called his son. A. worth B. worthy C. worthy of D. worthwhile 25. Jessica is worrying about ______ she has passed the exam. A. what B. that C. if D. whether 26．More than one student ______ J. K. Rowling’s Harry Porte so far. A. have read B. has read C. read D. had read 27．Seldom ______a person to the same extent as Yuan Longping caught th
