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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (1999) -GRADE FOUR TIME LIMIT: 140 MINPART WRITING 45 MINSECTION A COMPOSITION 35 MINWe see advertisements on television every day. Some people think that TV advertising brings us benefits, but others dont think so. What is your opinion ?Write a composition of about 150 words on the following topic: A MAJOR ADVANTAGE/DISADVANTAGE OF ADVERTISING ON TELEVISIONYou are to write in three paragraphs.In the first paragraph, state just ONE major advantage or disadvantage of TV advertising.In the second paragraph, give one or two reasons to support your point of view.In the last paragraph, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.SECTION B NOTE-WRITING 10 MINWrite a note of about 50 - 60 words based on the following situation:Youve learned that your friend Jimmy is ill these days. Write him a note expressing your concern, asking after his health and giving your best wishes.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy.PART DICTATION 15 MINListen 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.PARTA LISTENING COMPREHENSION 20 MINIn Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.SECTION A STATEMENTIn this section you will hear eight statements. At the end of each statement you will be given10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions. 1How well did the speaker do in the test? AHe answered the last four questions. BHe answered the last few questions first. CHe answered only some of the questions. DHe answered all the questions except the first. 2Jane thinks that Swiss cheese Atastes the best. Btastes very bad. Cis better than butter cheese. Dis no better than other cheese. 3John went to _ first. Athe cinema Bthe repair shop Cthe gas station Dthe service station 4Betty wishes to Asend away the cleaning lady. Breplace the cleaning lady. Ckeep the cleaning lady. Ddo the house cleaning. 5How much did Fred pay for his car? AHe paid half the price the salesman asked. BHe paid twice as much as the salesman asked. CHe paid the price the salesman asked. DHe neednt have paid that much for the car. 6Permanent education is practical because Athere are no limits at all. Bthere are no age limits. Cno one is getting really too old. Dno one wants to learn at old age. 7According to the speaker, the most difficult thing is Atraveling from place to place. Bkeeping away from crowds. Cmaking holiday plans. Dfinding a place with many people. 8William lost his job because Ahe was always sick. Bhe usually went to work late. Che made a mistake in his work. Dhe got angry with his boss. SECTION B CONVERSATION In this section, you will hear eight short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions. 9Mark refused to take the job because Athe working hours were not suitable. Bthe job was not well paid. Che had to do a lot of travelling. Dthe job was quite difficult. 10What do they think about the restaurant? AThe service there is not good. BThe food might not be good. CThe waiter is not hospitable. DThe restaurant is too small. 11Which language does Mary speak well? AChinese. BFrench. CJapanese. DEnglish. 12The woman believes that John Awas playing a joke. Bwas leaving Boston. Cwas moving to Boston. Dwas selling his house himself. 13The woman should have arrived by A 10:45. B10:40. C10:55. D11:00. 14What do we learn from the conversation? AJohn is not sick. BJohn is feeling better. CJack hasnt been sick. DJack has not got better. 15The tone of the man is that of Asurprise. Bsarcasm. Cdisappointment. Dhumour. 16The two speakers are probably Ain a parking ground. Bat a ferry-crossing. Cin a traffic jam. Dat a petrol station. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Questions 17 and 18 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. 17Some Haitians are on strike in order to Aget proper medical treatment. Bask for their political rights. Cprotest against the US decision. Ddemand food supply aid from USA. 18The strikers are denied entry into the US because AAIDS virus has been found among them. Bthey can not get political asylum in the US. Cthe US government has refused to take them. Dthey dont accept proper medical treatment. Question 19 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. 19The US auto-makers decided to stop their action because AJapanese auto-makers promised to stop dumping cars in the US. Bthe Government promised to solve the US-Japan trade imbalance. Cthree US companies have ended the US-Japan trade imbalance. DJapan agreed to sell cars at the agreed prices inside the US.Questions 20 and 21 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news. 20Where did the storms first strike? AThe eastern US. BThe Gulf of Mexico. CThe Canadian border. DSome areas in Cuba. 21The storms have resulted in the following EXCEPT Adeath and damage. Bdisruption of air services. Cdestruction of crops. Drelocation of people. Question 22 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. 22According to the news, France was strongly criticized for Aconducting five nuclear tests on Wednesday. Bcarrying out a series of nuclear tests in the Pacific. Cgetting disappointing results in the nuclear program. Drefusing to sign a global treaty banning nuclear tests. Questions 23 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. 23The news item is mainly about Aair traffic problems. Bsafety improvement. Cthe number of flights. Dflight training courses. Questions 24 and 25 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. 24What is the purpose of the meeting in Luxembourg? ATo control patrol boats on the River Danube. BTo end economic sanctions against Serbia. CTo step up economic sanctions against Serbia. DTo send police officers to search the river. 25International efforts against Serbia have been ineffective because Aships carrying illegal supplies still sail along the river. Bmore illegal goods have been carried over land. Clocal authorities didnt attempt to stop illegal goods. Dthere has been disagreement over economic sanctions. PART CLOZE 15 MIN Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Choose the best one for each blank. Our ape-men forefathers had no obvious natural weapons in the struggle for survival in the open. They had neither the powerful teeth nor the strong claws of the big cats. They could not 26 with the bear, whose strength, speed and claws 27 an impressive smallfire weaponry. They could not even defend themselves 28 running swiftly like the horses, zebras or small animals. If the ape-men had attempted to compete on those terms in the open, they would have been 29 to failure and extinction. But they were 30 with enormous concealed advantages of a kind not possessed by any of their competitors. In the search 31 the pickings of the forest, the ape-men had 32 efficient stereoscopic vision and a sense of colour that the animals of the grasslands did not possess. The ability to see clearly at close range permitted the ape-men to study practical problems in a way that lay far 33 the reach of the original inhabitants of the grassland. Good long- distance sight was 34 another matter. Lack of long-distance vision had not been a problem for forest-dwelling apes and monkeys because the higher the viewpoint, the greater the range of sight so 35 they had had to do was climb a tree. Out in the open, however, this simple solution was not 36 . Climbing a hill would have helped, but in many places the ground was flat. The ape-men 37 the only possible solution. They reared up as high as possible on their hind limbs and began to walk upright. This vital change of physical position brought about considerable disadvantages. It was extremely unstable and it meant that the already slow ape-men became slower still. 38 , they persevered and their bone structure gradually became 39 to the new, unstable position that 40 them the name Homo erectus, upright man. 26Amatch Bcompare Crival Dequal 27Abecame Bequipped Cposed Dprovided 28Ain Bupon Cby Dwith 29Adriven Bdoomed Cforced Dled 30Abestowed Bgiven Cpresented Dendowed 31Afor Bof Con Dat 32Aprogressed Bgenerated Cdeveloped Dadvanced 33Afrom Bapart Cbeyond Dabove 34Arather Bquite Cmuch Dreally 35Aanything Bthat Ceverything Dall 36Aavailable Benough Csufficient Dconvenient 37Achose Badopted Caccepted Dtook 38AHowever BTherefore CMeanwhile DSubsequently 39Aaccustomed Bfamiliarized Cadapted Dsuited 40Aobtained Bcalled Cdeserved Dearned PART GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY 15 MIN There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. 41After _ seemed an endless wait, it was her turn to enter the personnel managers office. Athat Bthere Cwhat Dit 42The three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighbouring country, _ by the police each time. Ahad been captured Bbeing always captured Conly to be captured Dunfortunately captured 43Professor Johnson is said _ some significant advance in his research in the past year. Ahaving made Bmaking Cto have made Dto make 44Fat cannot change into muscle _ muscle changes into fat. Aany more than Bno more than Cno less than Dmuch more than 45It is not so much the language _ the cultural background that makes the book difficult to understand. Abut Bnor Cas Dlike 46There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of mountain climbing than _ in the public mind today. Aexists Bexist Cexisting Dto exist 47Ive never been to Lhasa. but thats the city _. AId most like to visit Bwhich I like to visit mostly Cwhere I like to visit DId like much to visit 48He _ unwisely, but he was at least trying to do something helpful. Amay have acted Bmust have acted Cshould act Dwould act 49If you have really been studying English for so long, its about time you _ able to write letters in English. Ashould be Bwere Cmust be Dare 50Hes _ as a bellyacher-hes always complaining about something. Awho is known Bwhom is known Cwhat is known Dwhich is known 51. _, he always tries his best to complete it on time. AHowever the task is hard BHowever hard the task is CThough hard the task is DThough hard is the task 52Much as _, I couldnt lend him the money because I simply didnt have that much spare cash. AI would have liked to BI would like to have CI should have to like DI should have liked to 53My cousin likes eating very much but he isnt very _ about the food he eats. Aspecial Bpeculiar Cparticular Dspecific 54Your advice would be _ valuable to him, who is now at a loss as to what to do first. Aexceedingly Bexcessively Cextensively Dexclusively 55More often than not, it is difficult to _ the exact meaning of a Chinese idiom in English. Aexchange Btransfer Cconvey Dconvert 56She refused to _ the door key to the landlady until she got back her deposit. Ahand in Bhand out Chand down Dhand over 57The scientists have absolute freedom as to what research they think it best to_. Aengage Bdevote Cseek Dpursue 58The Olympic Games _ in 776 B.Cin Olympia, a small town in Greece. Aoriginated Bstemmed Cderived Ddescended 59 We should always bear in mind that _ decisions often result in serious consequences. Aurgent Binstant Cprompt Dhasty 60The fact that the management is trying to reach agreement _ five separate unions has led to long negotiations. Aover Bupon Cin Dwith 61The chairman of the company said that new techniques had _ improved their production efficiency. Aviolently Bseverely Cextremely Dradically 62The local authorities realized the need to make _ for elderly people in their housing programmes. Apreparation Brequirement Cspecification Dprovision 63The guest team was beaten by the host team 2 _ 4 in last years CFA Cup Final. Aover Bin Cto Dagainst 64The police let him go, because they didnt find him guilty _ the murder. Aof Bin Cover Don 65As a developing country, we must keep _ with the rapid development of the world economy. Amove Bstep Cspeed Dpace PART READING COMPREHENSION 30 MIN SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION 25 MIN In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the correct answer. TEXT A 1 Surprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are just not kept. 2 We know that more than 850,000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital. We also know there is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital. 3 Little wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital teaching available differ a great deal across the country. It is found that half the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter have only a part-time teacher. The special childrens hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals in the country and holiday areas are worst off. 4 From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have some contact with a hospital teacher - and that contact may be as little as two hours a day. Most children interviewed were surpris