TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS
-- GRADE FOUR - TIME LIMIT: 130 MIN
PART 1 DICTATION [15 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 readings, the Passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 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 whole Passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
PART II 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 CONVERSATIONS
In this section 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.
l. What is an extended family according to the woman? A. A family with father, mother and the children. B. A family with a lot of friends dropping in. C. A family with elderly and unmarried relatives. D. A family with in-laws and married siblings.
2. Which of the following is TRUE about the British people? A. They don't like people to drop in without a previous invitation. B. They never send an elderly relative to an old persons' home.
C. They like their home and family better than their garden and pets. D. They think it the family's duty to look after an elderly Parent. 3. What did the woman do when she lived with the British'f4ffiily? A. She attended to the elderly in the family. B. She did all the gardening work.
C. She took care of the pets in the family. D. She helped with the housework.
Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the
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conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation.
4. What was the woman doing at lunchtime?
A. Giving a lecture. B. Discussing political science. C. Working on a science problem. D. Reading books in a library. 5. What habit has the woman recently gotten into?
A. Telling jokes. B. Falling asleep during meals. C. Staying late after class. D. Eating in the classroom.
6. How do the students demonstrate that they really enjoy Professor Hall's classes? A. They complete all their assignments. B. They study hard for his tests.
C. They compete for the best seats in the class. D. They read all the books he has recommended.'
7. Which word best describes Professor Hall's relationship with his students? A. Controversial. B. Impersonal. C. Patronizing. D. Cooperative.
Questions 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 does the woman do?
A. She's a university student majoring in business. B. She works as a professional jewelry designer. C. She's a high school student working part-time. D. She's attending a night school course.
9. How long does the woman spend on her business every day?
A. About 3 hours. B. About 5 hours. C. About 7 hours. D. About 9 hours.
10. The woman is probably interested in all the following EXCEPT _________ A. listening to pop songs B. designing jewellery C. reading political news D. watching other people
SECTION B PASSAGES
In this section you will hear several Passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 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.
11. What two holidays are mentioned in the passage?
A. Christmas and New Year's. B. New Year's and Thanksgiving. C. Thanksgiving and Christmas. D. Weddings and anniversaries. 12. Who makes roasted camel?
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A. Americans. B. Bedouins. C. Festival organizers. D. Europeans.
13. How many different creatures are used when preparing roasted camel? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
Questions 14 to 17 are 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. This talk covers each of the following topics EXCEPT _________. A. a comparison of growth rates by continent B. family planning education
C. problems resulting from the population explosion D. causes of the population explosion
15. The population explosion is caused chiefly by _________. A. a fall in death rates B. a rise in birth rates
C. competition between rich and poor countries D. an increase in the amount of food per person
16. The most urgent problem the population increase has caused is ________. A increased unemployment B. scarcity of farmland C. shortage of food
D. more work to be done to support all the children l7. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Asia has higher population growth rates than Latin America and Africa. B. The speaker is optimistic that the solution will be found in time. C. The speaker directly blames one continent for population explosion. D. The speaker simply reports the situation without identifying a solution.
Questions 18 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.
l8. What is the speaker?
A. A teacher of literature course. B. A lecturer of writing course. C. A course enrolment officer. D. A warden of school discipline. l9. What will the students do in class on Friday? A They will take one of the six major tests. B. They will be given a pop test.
C. They will be required to read a short story in class. D. They will have to write a composition. 20. When is this lecture given?
A. On Monday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday. D. On Friday.
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SECTION C NEWSBROADCAST
Questions 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. What caused some Hamas members to be arrested? A. A bomb explosion at a military site.
B. An explosion at a Jewish housing project. C. An attack against Palestinian residents. D. A boarder dispute with Jewish residents. 22. When did the explosion take place?
A. Tuesday. B. Monday. C. Yesterday. D. Last week.
Questions 23 and 24 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.
23. At least how many people have died after liposuction? A One. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six. 24. What is the news about?
A Safety of cosmetic surgery. B. Cost of cosmetic surgery. C. Popularity of cosmetic surgery. D. A medical journal.
Questions 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. Large sums of money are needed for the development of all the following EXCEPT________
A. housing B. airports C. water supplies D. roads 26. How often does the APEC hold its meeting?
A Once a month. B. Once a year. C. Every 10 years. D. Every Sunday.
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 UN team returned to the capital of Congo because ________. A. they are investigating the President B. they would join a demonstration
C. the situation was insecure D. they helped Rwandan refugees
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Questions 28 and 29 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.
28. Diplomats from the international contact group are calling for ________. A. solving Kosovo crisis peacefully B. more pressure on Yugoslavia
C. talks with the leader of the Ethnic Albanians D. A meeting with the UN Security Council
29. The major powers will hold an emergency meeting in ________.
A. Kosovo B. Yugoslavia C. London D. the UN headquarters
Questions 30 is 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.
30. According to the report, how many people are HIV-positive worldwide? A. 22 million. B. 36 million. C. 25 million. D. 58 million.
PART III CLOZE [15MIN.]
Decide 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 your answer sheet.
Clothes, decorations, physique, hair and facial (31) _________ give a great deal of information about us. For instances, we wear clothes to keep us warm, (32) __________ unlike animals we do not have a protective (33) _______ of hair. But for the purpose of communication, we dress (34)_________ clothes of different colors, style and material; we wear jewellery and other valuables; we use cosmetics and perfume; we (35) __________ beards and sideburns; and we smoke pipes and carry walking sticks.
Strict rules govern the clothes we wear. We do not, wear football boots with a dinner--jacket, (36) ________ a boiler suit to work in an insurance office. A clerk on Wall Street will wear more formal dress than someone in a (37) _________ job in a country town. Fashionable and smart (38) ________ are associated with good qualities, and well--dressed people have been (39) _______ to get more help and cooperation from (40) __________ strangers. For example, a woman is often given more (4l) _________ of help with her broken-down car when she is dressed attractively than when she is dressed less (42) _________.
Rebels consider themse1ves to be different from other people in society, and often (43) __________ their physical appearance to show this. In the last two decades in Britain there have been a number of (44) _________ movements with distinct uniforms. Hippies did not just wear simp1e clothes but dressed in a particular style
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