Part IV
Directions: Choose the right answer.
1. I've won a large sum of money in the lottery. I'm ________________ myself with joy. A. beside B. behind C. below D. above Your answer A smashed-up her car. A. blowing B. firing C. expressing D. exploding Your answer D ________________. Don't lose your cool. A. blow off B. blow up C. throw up D. throw down Your answer B Correct answer B Correct answer D Correct answer A 2. Mary was ________________ with anger. Her son
3. You do look a little miserable. Please don't
4. Some people do look attractive when they ________________. A. run furious B. rush into rage C. fly into a rage D. blow up fury Your answer C guess I really ________________. A. was slightly angry B. should have been furious C. shouldn't flare around. D. shouldn't have flared up Your answer D Correct answer D Correct answer C 5. Now I've calmed down. After all, it was just an accident. I
Quiz 2
Part I
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. Beautiful.
B. Beautiful and intelligent. C. Intelligent and kind.
D. Beautiful, intelligent and kind. Your answer Correct answer D D 2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. The man is positive and the woman is negative. B. The woman is positive and the man is negative. C. Both the man and woman are critical. D. Both the man and woman admire it. Your answer A Correct answer A 3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. An ugly duckling. B. A traditional beauty. C. A beauty in a special way. D. A plain Jane. Your answer C Correct answer C 4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. Steve is better-looking than his girlfriend. B. Steve's girlfriend is better-looking than he is.
C. Though Steve is plain-looking, his girlfriend loves him. D. Though Steve's girlfriend is plain-looking, he loves her. Your answer B Correct answer B 5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. She wants to look younger.
B. She wants to look better even than a movie actress. C. She wants to look like a movie actress in one of the man's photos.
D. She wants to look like the movie actress in her photos. Part II
Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the
Your answer D Correct answer D main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers.
A 20-year-old Australian model and dancer won the Miss Universe title in a two-hour beauty (S1) (1)watched by television viewers around the world.
Jennifer Hawkins, a 5-foot-11 blonde with blue eyes, was chosen from eighty beauty (S2)
(2). Miss U.S.A., Shandi Finnessey, was awarded second place.
Hawkins received the crown from (S3) (3)Miss Universe, Amelia Vega, and then walked the length of the stage to the (S4) (4)of the crowd. Several times she reached up to touch her crown, as if to remind herself she had actually won the (S5) (5). Besides modeling and dancing, Hawkins also organizes a dance team that (S6) (6)Australia. Her interests include surfing, camping and watching ballet.
Before the contest began, Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan, who (S7) (7)at the Miss Universe finals, defended beauty contests from critics who insist such events treat women merely as playthings. She said, “(S8) (8)”
Despite Estevan's support, many people question the value of beauty contests. (S9)
(9)Conservative religious groups in India forced such contests to move from Calcutta when they threatened bombings.
(S10) (10)They hope Australia is going to shine for what it is, an unforgettable place. Your answer Correct answer (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) contest queens outgoing cheers title tourists performed contest queens outgoing cheers cheers tours performed A beautiful woman has very A beautiful woman has very great powers to convince (8) and we have seen many Mses. who have done a great job Women right organization in the United States regular (9) demonstrate the they are out of Miss America and Miss World contest. All the same,some great powers to convince, and we have seen many misses who have done a great job. Women's Liberation organizations in the United States regularly demonstrate in protest outside Miss America and Miss World contests. All the same, some Australians were hoping the Australians were hoping the (10) two hour show will draw the two-hour show would draw world attention to the attract tourists
Part III
Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1. Why does Pamela want to have plastic surgery? A. To become a movie actress. B. To become an anchorwoman.
world attention tothe beauty tourists. beaauty of the country and of their country and attract