128. What did the banking expert Claire Matthews say about the couple? A. They are likely to escape being caught. B. They will be caught in a couple of days. C. They will be caught sooner or later. D. It will take a long time to catch them.
129. Which of the following could be the best title for the news item? A. A couple that robbed a bank. B. A criminal couple caught.
C. Bank error and police involvement.
D. Bank error makes customers multi-millionaires.
Questions 130 to 134 are based on the same passage or dialog.
130. What was Clive doing? A. He was going out. B. He was coming home.
C. He was presenting a report at a meeting. D. He was sleeping.
131. What did the police officer see at the crime scene? A. A young businessman lay in a pool of blood. B. Clive's key was in the lock of the door. C. Clive was dead. D. All of the above.
132. What did the taxi driver NOT say?
A. He was just one block away from the scene. B. He heard a loud noise.
C. He had the car window down.
D. He saw a parcel delivery truck nearby.
133. What did the delivery man say?
A. He guessed someone must have waited outside for Clive to come out. B. He guessed someone must have followed Clive home. C. He heard something like a car backfiring.
D. He saw the taxi driving fast away from the crime scene.
134. What strange thing did the delivery man say that caused the officer's suspicion? A. He played the radio loud. B. He did not hear anything.
C. He knew Clive was coming back home early in the morning. D. He knew Clive was going to work early in the morning.
Questions 135 to 139 are based on the same passage or dialog.
135. According to the passage, what can make you an easy victim to of identity theft? A. Viruses. B. Hackers.
C. Both A and B. D. Neither A nor B.
136. What does the speaker advise you to do about sensitive data? A. Keep them off your computer.
B. Keep them anywhere in your computer.
C. Keep them in a special file in your computer. D. Keep them in Drive C of your computer.
137. Why shouldn't you save credit card information on shopping sites? A. Shopping sites will charge you a monthly fee. B. Shopping sites will charge you a yearly fee. C. Hackers may delete your personal data. D. Hackers may download your personal data.
138. What should you do if you get an email with a link that asks for personal information? A. Open the link and provide your personal information. B. Visit the website by typing in the address.
C. Phone the website to provide your personal information.
D. Open the link and provide only part of your personal information.
139. What can you achieve by turning your computer off when you are not using it? A. Save electricity.
B. Make the computer live longer. C. Destroy hackers or viruses.
D. Prevent hackers or viruses from doing anything.
Questions 140 to 144 are based on the same passage or dialog.
140. What did the police officer find?
A. He found a crashed car and a dead body. B. He found a crashed car and two dead bodies. C. He found a crashed car and a monkey in it.
D. He found a crashed car with an injured man in it.
141. What happened when the officer was looking at the car? A. The injured man called for help. B. The injured woman called for help.
C. A monkey jumped out of the car. D. A monkey came out of the woods.
142. How did the monkey motion the owners of the car had been drinking? A. He pretended to turn up a can by his mouth. B. He raised a can and poured the water out. C. He drank some water.
D. He got some water from a can.
143. How did the monkey motion the owners of the car had been smoking? A. He struck a match to light a cigarette. B. He put a cigarette between his lips.
C. He put his fingers together and held them to his mouth. D. He pretended to be smelling at something.
144. Who was driving the car at the time of the car crash? A. The man. B. The woman. C. The monkey. D. Nobody.
Questions 145 to 149 are based on the same passage or dialog.
145. Whom did the team from Ottawa University interview? A. Nearly 400 young drivers. B. More than 400 male drivers.
C. More than 400 male and female drivers. D. Nearly 400 drivers of all ages.
146. What did most of those interviewed believe? A. They drove better than younger people. B. They drove better than most women. C. They drove better than others. D. They drove as well as others.
147. What does Mr. Brown really think about the effect of confidence in driving? A. It is absolutely positive. B. It is mostly positive. C. It is mostly negative.
D. It is neither positive nor negative.
148. According to the speaker, what should government road safety departments start doing? A. Treating research on drivers lightly. B. Treating research on drivers seriously.
C. Making serious research on drivers. D. Making a little research on drivers.
149. What is the passage mainly about? A. Most drivers are over-confident.
B. Male drivers are more confident than female drivers. C. Older drivers are more confident than younger drivers.
D. More regulations should be introduced against reckless driving. Questions 150 to 154 are based on the same passage or dialog.
150. Which of the following is true according to the speaker? A. No one loves flying. B. Only birds love flying. C. Not everyone likes to fly.
D. Most people know how to deal with fear of flying.
151. According to the speaker, if one and his neighbor both fear flying, what can they do to lessen their fears?
A. Talk about their experiences in flying. B. Share their fears with each other. C. Break the ice with a firm handshake.
D. Walk across the aisle to talk to the person.
152. What is the advantage of bringing an MP3 player with you when flying? A. It can create a small world of your own. B. It can decrease the noise from the engine. C. You can concentrate on the music you like. D. All of the above.
153. What does the speaker finally suggest?
A. Do something that engage your mind to forget the fear. B. Do something interesting to forget the fear. C. Try to forget the height. D. Try to remember the height.
154. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? A. The Importance of Overcoming Fear of Flying. B. Types of People Who Fear Flying. C. Ways to Lessen Your Fear of Flying.
D. The Relationship between Fear and Types of Passengers. Questions 155 to 159 are based on the same passage or dialog.
155. Why do some people fear darkness?
A. They had a frightening experience in darkness. B. They were born with phobia of darkness. C. They are just like children.
D. They have too often stayed in brightly-lit rooms.
156. What makes the idea of being harmed stay in a phobic patient's mind? A. He has not escaped from the frightening situation quickly enough. B. He has not tested his idea of the frightening situation. C. He has not got help from family members. D. He is an irrational person by nature.
157. What are phobic patients exposed to in an exposure therapy? A. Many cheerful things.
B. Different kinds of frightening things. C. Darkness. D. Strong light.
158. How do phobic patients deal with a fearful situation in a step-by-step therapy? A. They give up whenever they want to.
B. They do not feel relaxed until the end of the therapy. C. They overcome different levels of fear all at once. D. They overcome different levels of fear one by one.
159. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage? A. Fear of Darkness: A Problem for Many. B. How to Overcome Fear of Darkness. C. Irrational Fear of Darkness.
D. The Causes and Handling of Fear of Darkness.
Part 4 Short passages and True/False questions (Each item: 1)
Directions:Listen to the following recording, then mark the statements T (true) or F (false). You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to write the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.
Questions 160 to 164 are based on the same passage or dialog.
160. Fashion design started about a thousand years ago. T F
161. Fashion designing grew because of increased tourism.