1、QUESTION BOOKLETTEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2015)-GRADE FOUR-TIME LIMIT: 135 MINPART I DICTATION 15 MINListen 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
2、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 2 minutes to check through your work once more.Plea
3、se write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION 20 MINIn Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow Mark the best answer to each question on Answer Sheet Two.SECTION A CONVERSATIONSIn this section
4、you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 1 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 -1.
5、Why is the trip to Mars a one-way trip?A. The return trip is too expensive.B. There is no technology to get people back.C. People dont want to return.D. The return trip is too risky.2. According to the man, what is more important for those recruits?A. Intelligence.B. Health.C. Calmness.D. Skills.3.
6、What is the last part of the conversation about?A. The kind of people suitable for the trip.B. Interests and hobbies of the speakers.C. Recruitment of people for the trip.D. Preparation for the trip to Mars.Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you
7、 will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.4. What is showrooming?A. Going to the high street.B. Visiting everyday shops.C. Visiting shops and buying online.D. Buying things like electrical goods.5. According to the conversation, the man had bought all the foll
8、owing things online EXCEPT_A. CDsB. shoesC. cameraD. food6. According to the conversation, the percentage of people who showroomed while Christmasshopping was_.A. 3%B. 33%C. 42%D. 24%- 2 -7. One reason for people to showroom is that they_.A. want to see the real thing firstB. want to know more about
9、 pricingC. can return the product laterD. can bargain for a lower shop priceQuestions 8 to 10 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.8. What is the conversation mainly about?A. How
10、to avoid clashes of exams.B. How to schedule exams.C. How to use the faculty lounge.D. How to choose the courses.9. What does the student have to do first in order to take the exams?A. To draw up the final schedule.B. To arrange an invigilator.C. To choose a date on the draft schedule.D. To find the
11、 information on the bulletin board.10. According to the conversation, the Dean will _.A. sign the sheet in the faculty loungeB. take care of the bulletin boardC. consult the studentsD. finalize the exam scheduleSECTION B PASSAGESIn this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages
12、 carefully and then answer the questions that followQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the passage.- 3 -11. Which of the following cities has the oldest Chinatown in North America?A. Ne
13、w York.B. San Francisco.C. Boston.D. San Diego.12. The Chinatown in San Francisco attracts _tourists a year.A. 20,000B. 100,000C. 17 millionD. 7 million13. Where can tourists see the fish markets?A. In Stockton Street.B. In Grant Avenue.C. In Portsmouth Square.D. In Bush Street.Questions 14 to 17 ar
14、e based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the passage.14. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Obesity can damage ones health.B. Obesity is a growing problem all over the world.C. Obesity has
15、affected both boys and girls.D. Obesity is directly related to ones habit.15. The purpose of the three-year study is to _.A. learn more about the link between sleep and weightB. find out why some children find it difficult to go to sleepC. identify the ways parents reduce their kids weightD. see if
16、there is difference in sleep patterns over the period16. According to the study, the daily healthy sleep time for the 3rd to 6th graders should bearound _hours.A. 8B. 9C. 10D. 11- 4 -17. According to the passage, obesity is most likely related to _.A. raceB. genderC. sleep timeD. parentsQuestions 18
17、 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the passage.18. According to a number of studies,_is the main factor for early-age smoking.A. genderB. personalityC. environmentD. money19. Which of the following
18、 statements is CORRECT?A. Some early-age smokers never go beyond experimenting.B. Most early-age smokers soon stop experimenting.C. Very few continue smoking throughout their teenage years.D. Children quickly become regular smokers by carrying cigarettes.20. All the following are features of smokers
19、 EXCEPT _.A. strong peer influenceB. low sense of achievementC. high sense of rebellionD. close family relationshipSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 21 and 22 are based on the follow
20、ing news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.- 5 -21. Why were some children offered only fruit and milk for lunch?A. The school stopped providing school lunch.B. Some parents preferred fruit and milk for lunch.C. Their parents f
21、ailed to pay for school lunch.D. These children chose to have something different.22. How did parents react to the schools way of handling the situation?A. They were upset.B. They were surprised.C. They were furious.D. They were sad.Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of
22、the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.23. According to the news, what is the main advantage of the digital key?A. Guests can pay without going to the front desk.B. Guests can go direct to their rooms.C. Guests can check out any time.D. Guests can
23、 make room reservations.24. The hotel company intends to have the system in _ of its hotels in the next threemonths.A. 2B. 3C. 100D. 150Questions 25 and 26 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.25. A
24、ccording to the court ruling, Shrien Dewani_.A. will be extradited even if he is unfit to stand trialB. will remain in South Africa for medical treatmentC. will stand trial in South Africa once proved fitD. will return to the U.K. for medical treatment - 6 -26. What was Dewani accused of?A. Killing
25、his wife in the U.K.B. Being involved in a taxi accident.C. Hiring a crew of hit men.D. Having his wife killed.Question 27 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question.Now, listen to the news.27. The U.N. new vote would allow all the
26、 following EXCEPT _.A. the suspension of an existing arms embargoB. the use of force by European Union troopsC. the extension of U.N. peacekeeping missionD. the ban on travel and freeze of assetsQuestion 28 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to a
27、nswer the question.Now, listen to the news.28. What is the news mainly about?A. Behavior of alcoholics.B. Causes of early death in Russia.C. Causes of alcohol poisoning.D. Number of death over 10 years.Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be give
28、n 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.29. The total investment in film-making in Britain in 2012 was _.A. 945B. 1.07 billionC. 500,000D. 87,00030. Hollywood studios prefer to make films in Britain because _.A. the UK is a good film locationB. the cast usually comes from Britai
29、nC. Hollywood emphasizes qualityD. production cost can be reduced- 7 -PART III CLOZE 15 MINDecide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on Answer Sheet Two.Electricity is such a part of our everyd
30、ay lives and so much takenfor granted nowadays (31) _we rarely think twice when we switchon the light or turn on the TV set. At night, roads are brightly lit, enablingpeople and (32) _to move freely. Neon lighting used inadvertising has become part of the (33) _of every modern city.In the home, many
31、 (34)_devices are powered by electricity.(35) _ when we turn off the bedside lamp and are(36) _ asleep, electricity is working for us,(37) _our refrigerators, heating our water, or keeping our roomsair-conditioned. Every day, trains, buses and subways take us to andfrom work. We rarely (38) _to cons
32、ider why or how they run -8-31. A. thatB. thusC. asD. so32. A. carB. truckC. trafficD. pedestrians33. A. appearanceB. characterC. distinction.D. surface34. A. money-savingB. time-savingC. energy-savingD. labour-saving35. A. OnlyB. RarelyC. EvenD. Frequently36. A. fastB. quiteC. closelyD. quickly37.
33、A. movingB. startingC. repairingD. driving38. A. troubleB. botherC. hesitateD. remember(39) _something goes wrong.In the summer of 1959, something (40) _go wrong with thepower-plant that provided New York with electricity. For a greatmany hours, life came almost to a (41)_. Trains refused tomove and
34、 the people in them sat in the dark, (42) _to doanything; lifts stopped working, so that (43) _you were luckyenough not to be (44)_between two floors, you had theunpleasant task of finding your way down (45)_of stairs.Famous streets like Broadway and Fifth Avenuein a(n) (46) _ became as gloomy and u
35、ninviting(47) _the most remote back streets. People were afraid to leavetheir houses, (48) _although the police had been ordered to- 9 -39. A. whenB. ifC. untilD. after40. A. didB. wouldC. couldD. should41. A. pauseB. terminalC. breakdownD. standstill42. A. incompetentB. powerlessC. hesitantD. helpl
36、ess43. A. althoughB. whenC. asD. even if 44. A. trappedB. placedC. positionedD. locked45. A. stepsB. levelsC. flightsD. floors46. A. timeB. instantC. pointD. minute47. A. likeB. thanC. forD. as48. A. forB. andC. butD. or(49) _in case of emergency, they were just as confused and(50) _as anybody else.
37、- 10 - 49. A. stand asideB. stand downC. stand byD. stand in50. A. aimlessB. helplessC. unfocusedD. undecidedPART IV GRAMMAR they need to be stored in the original hard drive, our long-term memory. Especially in the case of children, “factual knowledge must precede skill,“ says Daniel Willingham, a
38、professor of psychology, at the University of Virginia meaning that the days of drilling the multiplication table and memorizing the names of the Presidents arent over quite yet. Adults, too, need to recruit a supply of stored knowledge in order to situate and evaluate new information they encounter
39、. You cant Google context.Last, theres the possibility, increasingly terrifying to contemplate, that our machines will fail us. As Sparrow puts it, “The experience of losing our Internet connection becomes more and more like losing a friend.“ If youre going to keep your memory on your smart phone, b
40、etter make sure its fully charged.- 15 -81. Googles eyeglasses are supposed to_A. improve our memoryB. function like memoryC. help us see faces betterD. work like smart phones82. According to the passage, “cognitive habits“ refers to_A. how we deal with informationB. functions of human memoryC. the
41、amount of informationD. the availability of information83. Which of the following statements about Sparrows research is CORRECT?A. We remember people and things as much as before.B. We remember more Internet connections than before.C. We pay equal attention to location and content of information.D.
42、We tend to remember location rather than the core of facts.84. What does the author mean by “context“ ?A. It refers to long-term memory.B. It refers to a new situation.C. It refers to a store of knowledge.D. It refers to the search engine.85. What is the implied message of the author?A. Web connecti
43、ons aid our memory.B. People differ in what to remember.C. People need to exercise their memory.D. People keep memory on smart phones.TEXT BI was a second-year medical student at the university, and was on my second day of rounds at a nearby hospital. My universitys philosophy was to get students se
44、eing patients early in their education. Nice idea, but it overlooked one detail: second-year students know next to nothing about medicine.Assigned to my team that day was an attending a senior faculty member who was there mostly to make patients feel they werent in the hands of amateurs. Many attend
45、ings were researchers who didnt have much recent hospital experience. Mine was actually an arthritis specialist. Also along was a resident (the real boss, with a staggering mastery of medicine, at- 16 -least to a rookie like myself). In addition, there were two interns (住院实现医生). These guys were just
46、 as green as I was, but in a scarier way: they had recently graduated from the medical school, so they were technically MDs.I began the day at 6:30am. An intern and I did a quick check of our eight patients; later, we were to present our findings to the resident and then to the attending. I had thre
47、e patients and the intern had the other five piece of cake.But when I arrived in the room of 71-year-old Mr. Adams, he was sitting up in bed, sweating heavily and panting(喘着). Hed just had a hip operation and looked terrible. I listened to his lungs with my stethoscope, but they sounded clear. Next
48、I checked the log of his vital signs and saw that his respiration and heart rate had been climbing, but his temperature was steady. It didnt seem like heart failure, nor did it appear to be pneumonia. So I asked Mr. Adams what he thought was going on.“Its really hot in here, Doc,“ he replied.So I at
49、tributed his condition to the stuffy room and told him the rest of the team would return in a few hours. He smiled and feebly waved goodbye.At 8:40 am., during our team meeting, “Code Blue Room 307!“ blared from the loudspeaker.I froze.That was Mr. Adamss room.When we arrived, he was motionless.The autopsy (尸
