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College English TestJune. 5, 2010Paper OnePart I Listening Comprehension (20%)Directions: ark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1.A)He loves Jazz more than classical music.B)He does not like classical music.C)He likes classical music more than any other music.D)He loves classical music more than Jazz.2.A)Jane is 20 years old.C)Jane left Paris 15 years ago.B)Jane is 23 years old.D)Jane is still in Paris.3.A)In a department store.C)In a stationery store.B)In a drugstore.D)In a bookstore.4.A)It doesnt matter which colour to choose.B)Its difficult to make a choice.C)Its none of her business.D)Its easy to decide which to choose.5.A)Peterson is good at history.B)Peterson is happy with the test result.C)Peterson is poor at history.D)Peterson is unpleasant to this teacher.6.A)The secretary is not very efficient.B)The secretary is a man.C)The secretary has not been working there very long.D)The secretary is married.7.A)Mr. Browns phone number.B)It was just an hour ago that the man met Mr. Brown.C)The woman forgot to write down the phone number.D)The woman needed a sheet of paper to put down the number.8.A)Smoking.C)Air pollution.B)Coughing.D)Air condition.9.A)The woman complains of what the man has done.B)The woman thinks they can afford it.C)The woman disagrees with the man.D)The woman thinks it unnecessary to buy a new computer.10.A)He has already gone on his trip.C)He is all prepared for his trip.B)He must pack one more suitcase.D)He needs to buy one more suitcase.Section BPassage OneThe following questions are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A)The graduates only.B)The graduates and their teachers.C)The graduates, teachers, parents and friends of the graduates.D)Teachers and parents of the graduates.12.A)Wear long robes and caps with square tops.B)Make speeches.C)Chat with each other.D)Take pictures of each other.13.A)Congratulate their classmates.B)Chat with their teachers, friends and relatives and take pictures with each other.C)Take pictures with each other.D)Hold a graduation party.Passage TwoThe following questions are based on the passage you have just heard.14.A)The climate varies a little all over the United States.B)The climate varies a lot in the United States.C)There is no variation in climate in the United States.D)The climate is very pleasant all the year round.15.A)It is cold in winter and hot in summer.B)It is warm in winter and comfortably cool in summer.C)It is warm in winter and unpleasantly hot in summer.D)It is neither cold nor hot all the year round.16.A)They grow them by themselves.C)They get them by airplanes.B)They get them by ships.D)They get them by trucks and trains.Passage ThreeThe following questions are based on the passage you have just heard.17.A)An unmarried young lady.C)A teacher.B)A mother of a child.D)An old woman.18.A)She seldom uses the bicycle.B)She uses the bicycle in summer as well as in winter.C)She uses the bicycle all the year round.D)She uses the bicycle mostly on fine days.19.A)Bad weather.C)Missing of the wheels.B)Accidents.D)The above three.20.A)The husband likes bicycle-riding very much.B)The husband likes fresh air and a lot of exercise.C)The husband doesnt like his wife to ride a bicycle.D)The husband doesnt like to wait a long time for a bus.Part IIReading Comprehension (40%) Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. Deaths from cigarettes are likely to more than triple over the next quarter century to 20 every minute around the world, scientists warn in a new global survey. The survey covers 45 countries, 15 more than the previous study. The additional nations are from eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Sixty million deaths have been caused by smoking since the 1950s, the investigators estimate. They predict smoking will kill about 10 million people a year by 2020, the vast majority in developing countries where the habit continues to attract young women. Investigators were unable to acquire smoking statistics from every country, which would allow the most precise estimates. Instead, they compared data on lung-cancer death rates among American non-smokers to the lung-cancer death rate in each country to get an estimate of the number of smoking in a nation. The researchers said they used lung-cancer rates as the yardstick (标尺) because in developed countries, lung cancer is closely related to smoking and so seldom caused by any other factor among non-smokers. According to the report, 10 percent of middle-age British men will die from smoking by the time they are 35 to 69 years old. In Poland, 20 percent of men are doomed to die from smoking, the researchers predict.21.It can be inferred from the passage that now the deaths from cigarettes every minute are most close to _.A)6B)7C)8D)922.According to the passage, in the previous report countries from _ are not included.A)AsiaB)AmericaC)the eastern EuropeD)Africa23.One reason that more deaths from cigarettes are from developing countries is _.A)the medical conditions there are very poorB)many women start to smoke thereC)theres no control over cigarette advertisingD)there are more male smokers24.Why lung-cancer is used in the research?A)Because lung-cancer among non-smokers is mainly caused by smoking.B)Because its easiest to collect information about lung-cancer.C)Because most smokers have lung-cancer.D)Because lung-cancer is the biggest killer of human beings.25.Non-smokers have lung-cancer mainly because _.A)people around them smokeB)they are infected by other patientsC)they work too hardD)lung-cancer is the most widespread disease nowadaysPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. The first celebrations in honor of mothers were held in the spring in ancient Greece. They paid tribute to Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe suggested the idea of Mothers Day in 1872. Howe, who wrote the words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, saw Mothers Day as being dedicated to peace. Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia is credited with bringing about the official observance of Mothers Day. Her campaign to establish such a holiday began as a remembrance of her mother, who died in 1905 and who had, in the late 19th century, tried to establish “Mothers Friendship Days” as a way to heal the scars of the Civil War. Two years after her mother died, Javis held a ceremony in Grafton, West Virginia to honor her. She was so moved by the proceedings that she began a massive campaign to adopt a formal holiday honoring mothers. In 1910, West Virginia became the first state to recognize Mothers Day. A year later, nearly every state officially marked the day. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed Mothers Day as a national holiday to be held on the second Sunday of May. Today, many celebrations of Mothers Day are held throughout the world. Although they do not all fall at the same time, such countries as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia and Belgium also celebrate Mothers Day on the same day as the United States.26.Mothers Day was regarded as a nationwide official holiday in the U. S. in _.A)1872B)1905C)1910D)191427.Howe suggested people to observe Mothers Day for _.A)peaceB)comforting mothersC)loveD)honoring God28.Javis mother _.A)worked hard to gain official recognition of Mothers DayB)help start the observance of Mothers Friendship DaysC)wanted to do something to help people recover from the Civil WarD)instructed Javis to start a campaign for Mothers Day29.Javis started the campaign for Mothers Day in _.A)1872B)1905C)1907D)191030.Which description about Mothers Day is true?A)Howe was the first person coming up with the idea of Mothers Day.B)Javis started the campaign for Mothers Day at the request of her mother.C)Mothers Day doesnt necessarily falls on the same day.D)All the States in the U.S. started to observe Mothers Day before 1910.Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. Sugar is so much a part of our modern life that we only really think about it when, for some reason, we cannot obtain it. It has been known to man for at least 3,000 years, but has come into common use only in modern times. Until quite recently it was considered as a medicine and as a luxury for the very rich only. Sugar is, then, very important to our civilization. But what exactly is it? Of course, most of us recognize sugar immediately as the sweet material which we put in coffee or cakes. This common form of sugar is derived from two plants: the sugarcane (a type of grass which grows to a height of twenty feet) and the sugar beet (which grows under ground). But there are in fact many types of sugar, and the chemist recognizes hundreds of different varieties, each coming from a different source. About 90% of the sugar is produced as food. Only 10% is used in industry for purposes other than food production. Yet sugar has great possibilities for use as the basis of chemicals. It can even be used for making plastics. In the future these potential uses will certainly be developed more than in the past. There are many reasons why we should increase the production of sugar. Most important is that it is one of the most highly concentrated of energy foods. Thus sugarcane and sugar beet produce an average of 7,000,000 calories per acre. In this way they have the advantage over potatoes which give only 4,000,000, while the figure for wheat and beans is 2,000,000 each. So three acres of land growing wheat, beans and potatoes give only slightly more energy than one acre of sugar.31.The heading of Paragraph 1 may be _.A)What Sugar IsC)The Advantages of SugarB)Sugar Through the AgesD)Present and Future Uses of Sugar32.The third paragraph emphasizes _.A)about 90% of sugar is used as foodC)sugar is used for making plasticB)only 10% is used in industryD)future uses of sugar33.Sugar has been used widely _.A)for 3,000 yearsB)in modern timesC)quite recentlyD)for 300 years34.How many common forms of sugar are exemplified in this passage?A)One.B)Two.C)One hundred.D)Several hundreds.35.The main reason why we should increase the production of sugar is _.A)it tastes sweetB)we can save plenty of landC)we can get more foodD)its one of the least highly concentrated of energy foodsPassage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. Long hours at the screen can cause aching eyes, blurred vision and headaches, experts say. In fact, eyestrain surpasses even wrist pain as the top physical complaint among heavy computer users. When peering into the computer screen, the eyes focusing muscle is at constant tension. Like any muscle, it feels sore when overloaded. And when someone spends a lot of time looking at something close, the eye muscle can get stuck on the near-focus setting and have difficulty relaxing, leaving the person temporarily nearsighted, a condition called accommodative spasm (痉挛) that can last seconds or hours. This is why after looking at a monitor all day, some computer workers complain that their distance vision is blurred when they attempt to drive home. The letters on the screen are not as clearly defined as on a printed page. Take a magnifying glass to your monitor and youll see the letters, each made up of pinpoint sources of light, have no sharp edges. But those liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors, like those found on laptop computers, are easier on the eyes because they display sharper images. And studies have shown that when people are working on a computer, their rate of blinking goes down by two-thirds, which can result in dry, stinging eyes. This is especially a problem for contact-lenses wearers.36._ used to be the biggest physical problem that computer users had.A)Dry eyesB)Blurred visionC)HeadacheD)Wrist pain37.Working hours before the screen will _.A)impose too much burden on the eyes focusing muscleB)bring about near-sightednessC)make it difficult for the user to learn drivingD)magnify the letters on the screen38.LCD monitors are better in terms of eye protecting because _.A)they are more expensiveB)they will not blur the users eyesC)they bring about no eye problemsD)they display letters with sharp edges39.Dry, stinging eyes are caused by _.A)lower rate of blinking of the computer users eyesB)letters on the screen without any edgesC)overburden on the focusing muscleD)a constant tension40.Which group of people are most likely to get dry, stinging eyes?A)Drivers.C)Glasses wearers.B)Doctors.D)Contact-lenses wearers.Part IIIVocabulary and Structure (15%)Directions: 41.Some of the suggestions have been _ but others have been turned down as they are quite impracticable.A)receivedB)acceptedC)adaptedD)adopted42.Over a third of the population was estimated to have no _ to the health service.A)assessmentB)assignmentC)exceptionD)access43.Only if these conditions are fulfilled _ to the next stage.A)the application can proceedC)proceeds the applicationB)the application proceedsD)can the application proceed44.Life is interesting to people who _ themselves to new ideas.A)presentB)exhibitC)exposeD)explain45.Hes getting a phone _ tomorrow.A)inspiredB)insulatedC)institutedD)installed46.These popular images are not without foundation, though they are often _.A)blamedB)crowedC)exaggeratedD)boasted47.Dont have him for a friend. He is _ a criminal.A)anything butB)but forC)nothing butD)rather than48.Literature and art have a great _ peoples ideology.A)impact inB)influence onC)effect overD)impression on49.San Francisco is usually cool in the summer, but Los Angeles _.A)is rarelyB)rarely isC)hardlyD)is scarcely50.He promised that he would take my proposal into _.A)noticeB)thoughtC)accountD)practice51.Usually, _ oil from wells is refined by heating it in a closed still.A)uncoveredB)unusedC)crudeD)unexplored52.In Britain people _ four million tons of potatoes every year.A)swallowB)disposeC)consumeD)exhaust53.When you look at their new system, ours seems very old-fashioned by _.A)contraryB)contractC)controversyD)contrast54.The poor old man lived _ life in the countryside.A)a lonelyB)aloneC)an aloneD)lonely55.He is _ kink and generous.A)in natureB)of natureC)from natureD)by nature56.Regardless_his appearance, he is a learned person.A)toB)ofC)forD)in57.Song, in its beginnings, was closely _ to music.A)relatedB)connectedC)joinedD)bound58.He was bankrupt, so he committed _.A)killingB)deathC)murderingD)suicide59.The water at the bathing beach was _ by refuse from the factory.A)poisonedB)possessedC)pollutedD)polished60.Old superstitions seem _ to educated people.A)illiterateB)ignorantC)incredibleD)imaginary61.I think you should have _ before you go to work.A)sleepB)the sleepC)a good sleepD)some good sleep62.Completed projects must be _ by 10 March.A)submergedB)submittedC)subjectedD)subdued63.He purposely tried to _ good relations with the press.A)cultivateB)cultureC)culminateD)curb64.We looked at four cars today. The first two were far too expensive, but _ ones were reasonably priced.A)otherB)othersC)the otherD)another65.Her talents will _ her to get a scholarship to college.A)be able toB)be ably toC)be ability toD)enable66.The girl is not _ she seems to be.A)whatB)likeC)thatD)the same67.In 1859, August Lindbergh, a man of pioneering instincts and liberal sympathies, came to America to _ new opportunities and greater freedom.A)seekB)searchC)exploreD)survey68.Eventually they went on strike and achieved a(n) _ in working hours to 52 hours a week!A)increaseB)inflationC)reductionD)refusal69.The people at the party were worried about Janet because no one was _ she had gone.A)known where thatC)noticed of place whereB)aware of whereD)told the place70.St