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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS
-- GRADE EIGHT --
MODEL TEST SEVEN
TIME LIMIT: 195 MIN
PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION [35 MIN ]
SECTION A MINI-LECTURE
In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Some of the gaps may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes while completing the task. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. Now listen to the mini-lecture.
SECTION B INTERVIEW
In this section 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.
Questions I to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview.
1. What is essential for a good interviewer?
A. Professional knowledge.
B. Experience in the area.
C. Curiosity about the interviewees.
D. Enthusiasm about the job.
2. Why Michael has to watch the interview back to tell whether it's been a good one?
A, Because he isn't confident enough in himself.
B. Because he usually is too indulged in the interview to be aware of his own performance.
C. Because television interview is often more interesting than it actually is.
D. Because television interview depends much on the way the director shoots it.
3. How does Michael manage to bring out the best in people?
A. By communicating with them in advance.
B. By exuding a great sense of humor during the interview.
C. By doing thorough researches into them in advance.
D. By asking thought-provoking questions.
4. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Michael when he is doing interviews?
A. He always sticks to his list of questions.
B. Sometimes interviewees would talk about something that he's not really thought about.
C. He sometimes lets the interviewee direct the flow of conversation.
D. He doesn't have a list of questions at all.
5. What does Michael think of a career as an interviewer?
A. It's a good job for young people with talent, ambition and energy.
B. Talent plays the most important role in the career.
C. One has to pass several examinations to pursue a career as an interviewer.
D. It sometimes can be very boring.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section 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.
Questions 6 to 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds toanswer the questions. Now listen to the news.
6. Where was the report about rebel forces from?
A. Chad's government.
C. French embassy.
B. Capital N'Djamena.
D. City of Abeche.
7. France's ambassador has left Rwanda because Rwanda has decided to____
A. stay away from possible danger
B. show France its power
C. cut the connection between the two countries
D. arrest some of the top Rwandan officials
Question 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.
8. The investigation was dangerous because______
A. the mine was badly damaged
B. the ventilation system was broken
C. the mine was too deep
D. the safety facility was destroyed
Questions 9 to 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
9. The development of__ inside the mosquito has been blocked.
A. molecule in the gut
B. genetic gene
C. malaria parasite
D. disease-spreading tissue
10. Which of the following description is INCORRECT?
A. The new strain of mosquito has been released into the wild
B. Scientists have done similar researches before.
C. The new strain of mosquito cannot spread the disease.
D. This kind of mosquito is genetically modified
PART H READING COMPREHENSION [30 MIN]
In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
TEXT A
High in a smooth ocean of sky floated a dazzling, majestic sun. Fragments of powdery cloud, like spray flung from a wave crest, sprinkled the radiant, lake-blue heaven.
Relaxed on a bundle of hay in a corner of a meadow bathed in sunlight, Paul lay dreaming. A gentle breeze was stirring the surrounding hedges; bees moved, humming thoughtfully, from scarlet poppy to purple thistle; a distant lark, invisible in blue light, was flooding the vast realm of the sky with glorious song, as the sun was flooding the earth with brilliance. Beyond the hedge a brook tinkled over softly-glowing pebbles. Butterflies hovered above nodding clover. An ant was busily exploring the uncharted territory of Paul's suntanned wrist. A grasshopper skidded briskly over his ankle. And the blazing sun was steadily scorching his fair freckled face to bright lobster red. Neither sun, nor grasshopper, nor ant, however, was able to arouse him.
Not even when a fly started crawling over his face did he open his eyes. For Paul was a thousand miles away,in a world of eternal snow and ice. Across the towering mountain range, a bitter gale was screaming furiously as with one hand he gripped a projecting knob of rock while with his axe he hacked out the next narrow foothold in the rock. As their infallible guide, he was leading his gallant party of climbers up a treacherous, vertical wall of rock towards the lofty peak above, hitherto unconquered by man. A single slip, however trivial, would probably
result in death for all of them. To his right he could glimpse the furrowed glacier sweeping towards the valley, but he was far too absorbed in his task to appreciate fully the scene around or even to be aware of a view of almost unearthly beauty. A sudden gust of wind nearly tore him from the ledge where he was perched. Gradually he raised his foot, tested the new foothold on the sheer rock wall, transferred his weight, and signaled to the climbers below.
Not until a tractor started working in the next field did he become conscious of his far from icy surroundings. He sat up, wiped his forehead with his handkerchief, glanced at his watch and sighed in resignation. He had a headache through sleeping in the hot sun, a pain in his shoulder from carrying his rucksack; his legs felt stiff and his feet ached. With no enthusiasm whatever he pulled the bulging rucksack over his shoulders and drew a large-scale map from his pocket. At the far end of the meadow two slates in the wall, which at this point replaced the hedge, indicated a stile, and beyond he could faintly see a thin thread of path which dwindled and finally disappeared as it climbed the steep slope of the down, quivering in the glare of the sun. The whole of Nature seemed to be luxttriating in warmth, sunshine and peace. Wherever he looked, leaves on twigs, grass blades, flower petals, all were sparkling in sunlight.
Fifteen miles off, over the ridge, across a broad valley and then over a higher, even steeper range of hills lay the youth hostel: supper, company, a cool dip in the river. With a momentary intense longing for ice-axe, blizzard, glacier and heroic exploit (none of which was at all familiar to him), Paul strode off unwillingly to less dramatic but equally heroic achievement in the tropical heat of an English sun.
11. All of the following failed to wake Paul up EXCEPT the __
A. sun
B. grasshopper
C. fly
D. tractor
12. What did the ant on Paul's wrist feel about it?
A. It was a new area for discovery.
B. It was very large.
C. It was very dangerous.
D. It was unattractive.
13. All of the following are similarities between Paul's dream and the journey ahead of him EXCEPT that __
A. they both demanded skill and courage
B. the weather conditions in both were extreme
C. they both could offer worthwhile views
D. they both involved hardship
14. What can be inferred about the mountain-climbing in Paul's dream?
A. It was not a great challenge.
B. Though difficult, it was not so dangerous.
C. If successful, they would be the first to reach the summit.
D. Paul was shocked by the beauty of the mountain.
15. Which category of writing does the passage belong to?
A. Narration.
B. Description.
C. Persuasion.
D. Exposition.
TEXT B
Isn't it amazing how one person, sharing one idea, at the right time and place can change the course of your life's history? This is certainly what happened in my life. When I was 14, I was hitchhiking from Houston, Texas, through E1 Paso on my way to California. I was following my dream, journeying with the sun. I was a high school dropout with learning disabilities and was set on surfing the biggest waves in the world, first in California and then in Hawaii, where I would later live.
Upon reaching downtown E1 Paso, I met an old man, a bum, on the street comer. He saw me walking,stopped me and questioned me as I passed by. He asked me if I was running away from home, I suppose because I looked so young. I told him, "Not exactly, sir," since my father had given me a ride to the freeway in Houston and given me his blessings while saying, "It is important to follow your dream and what is in your heart, son."
The bum then asked me if he could buy me a cup of coffee. I told him, "No, sir, but a soda would be great."We walked to a comer malt shop and sat down on a couple of swiveling stools while we enjoyed our drinks.
After conversing for a few minutes, the friendly bum told me to follow him. He told me that he had something grand to show me and share with me. We walked a couple of blocks until we came upon the downtown E1 Paso Public Library.
We walked up its front steps and stopped at a small information stand. Here the bum spoke to a smiling old lady, and asked her if she would bc kind enough to watch my things for a moment while he and I entered the library. I left my bclungings with this grandmotherly figure and entered into this magnificent hall of
learning.
The bum first led me to a table and asked me to sit down and wait for a moment while he looked for something special amongst the shelves. A few moments later, he returned with a couple of old books under his arms and set them on the table. He then sat down beside me and spoke. He started with a few statements that were
very special and that changed my life. He said, "There are two things that I want to teach you, young man, and they are these:
"Number one is to never judge a book by its cover, for a cover can fool you." He followed with, "I bet you think I'm a bum, don't you, young man?"
I said, "Well, uh, yes, I guess so, sir."
"Well, young man, I've got a little surprise for you. I am one of the wealthiest men in the world. I have probably everything any man could ever want. I originally come from the Northeast and have all the things that money can buy. But a year ago, my wife passed away, bless her soul, and since then I have been deeply reflecting
upon life. I realized there were certain things I had not yet experienced in life, one of which was what it would be like to live like a bum on the streets. I made a commitment to myself to do exactly that for one year. For the past year, I have been going from city to city doing just that. So, you see, don't ever judge a book by its cover, for a cover can fool you. "
"Number two is to lcam how to read, my boy, for there is only one thing that people can't take away from you, and that is your wisdom. "At that moment, he reached forward, grabbed my right hand in his and put them upon the books he'd pulled from the shelves. They were the writings of Plato and Aristotle--immortal classics from
ancient times.
The bum then led me back past the smiling old woman near the entrance, down the steps and back on the streets near where we first met. His parting request was for me to never forget what he taught me.
16. We can infer from the passage that at 14, the author __
A. did not do well in his study
B. did not like his mother
C. planned to live in California all his life
D. did not like his life in Huston
17. The author recognized the old man as a bum probably because __
A. the old man asked for money from him
B. the old man was sleeping on the street comer
C. the old man was poorly dressed
D. the old man told him so
18. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the old man?
A. He was a bum.
B. His wife died when he was young.
C. He knew the author.
D. He had thought the author a truant.
19. The old man implied that __
A. truths couldn't be disguised by covers
B. wisdom could come from reading
C. his wife's death made him depressed for years
D. he liked the life of a bum
20. The author probably feels __ the old man.
A. grateful to
B. sympathetic for
C. uneasy about
D. indifferent to