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New Horizon College English TestBand Four (A)2006.6Part I Listening Comprehension (25%)Section ADirections: In this section, youll hear ten short conversations. After each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and question will be read only once. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question. 1. A. In a shoe shop.B. In a warehouse. C. In a department store.D. In a store for mans clothes. 2. A. It is typical December weather for this region. B. It wont snow until December. C. There has never been much snow down South. D. Such a large amount of snow is unusual for this month. 3. A. Hes not sure.B. Hell go by plane. C. Hell go by train.D. Hell go by bus. 4. A. She must walk five miles.B. She must walk five or six blocks. C. She must walk to the corner.D. She must walk three blocks. 5. A. Its too soon to go back there again. B. The mail was sent back to the post office. C. He doesnt have anything to drop in the mailbox. D. The post office was closed an hour ago. 6. A. His age.B. His income. C. His hobby.D. His job. 7. A. She doesnt like singing.B. Shes scared. C. She cant read music.D. Her voice is bad. 8. A. In another building.B. In his office. C. In the bathroom.D. At a meeting. 9. A. Writing checks for tickets.B. A train trip. C. Todays rainstorm.D. How to use their tickets.10. A. $358.B. $158. C. $200.D. $258.Section BDirections: In this section, youll hear a short passage. The passage will be read only once. At the end of the passage youll hear five questions about what was said. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.11. A. To draw moving objects.B. To keep away from dangerous things.C. To hunt animals.D. To cling to their parents.12. A. How to read and write.B. How to count and calculate.C. How to hunt and farm.D. How to depend on other people.13. A. Their parents could teach them all they needed.B. Teachers came to their homes.C. They didnt need to count money.D. Other peoples experiences meant little for them.14. A. They didnt live together with their parents any longer.B. They were not satisfied with the old way of living.C. They began to move from place to place.D. They had to learn from people living far away.15. A. Reading, writing, and entertainment.B. Reading, writing, and arithmetic.C. Reading, farming, and researching.D. Reading, writing, and survival.Section CDirections: In this section, youll hear a passage three times. Listen carefully during the first reading. Then listen again. When the first part of the passage is being read, you should fill in the missing words during the pause at each blank. After listening to the second part, you are required to write down the main points according to what was said. Check your answers when the passage is read the third time. If you are in a (1) _ country, youll often see people walking with their dogs. A dog is the most useful animal in the world, but the (2) _ why one keeps a dog has changed.Once upon a time, a man met a dog and wanted it to help him in the (3) _ against other animals, and he found that the dog (4) _ to him and did what he told him to. Later people used dogs for the (5) _ of other animals, and the dogs did not eat what they got until their master (6) _. So dogs were used for (7) _ sheep and (8) _ chickens.(9) _. They keep them to frighten thieves. But the most important reason is that people feel lonely in the city. (10) _. For a young wife, a dog is her child when she doesnt have her own. (11) _. Now people do not have to use a dog, but they keep on as a friend, just like a member of the family.Part II.Reading Comprehension. (30%)Directions: Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions. Text 1In the primary school, a child is in a comparatively simple setting and most of the time forms a relationship with one familiar teacher. On entering secondary school, a new world opens up and frequently it is a much more difficult world. The pupil soon learns to be less free in the way he speaks to teachers and even to his fellow pupils. He begins to lose gradually the free and easy ways of the primary school, for he senses the need for a more cautious approach in the secondary school where there are older pupils. Secondary staff and pupils suffer from the pressures of academic work and seem to have less time to stop and talk. Teachers with specialist roles may see hundreds of children in a week, and a pupil may be able to form relationships with very few of the staff. He has to decide which adults are approachable; good schools will make clear to every young person from the first year what guidance and personal help is available but whether the reality of life in the institution actually encourages requests for help is another matter. Adults often forget what a confusing picture school can offer to a child. He sees a great deal of movement, a great number of people often rather frightening-looking people and realizes that an increasing number of choices and decisions have to be made. As he progresses through the school the confusion may become less but the choices and decisions required will increase. The school will rightly expect the pupil to take the first steps to obtain the help he needs, for this is the pattern of adult life for which he has to be prepared, but all the time the opportunities for personal and group advice must be presented in a way which makes them easy to understand and within easy reach of pupils. 16. According to the passage one of the problems for pupils entering secondary schools is that _.A) they are taught by many different teachersB) they do not attend lessons in every subjectC) the teachers are not so friendly and helpfulD) the teachers give most attention to a few pupils17. In secondary schools every pupil having problems should _.A) know how to ask for help B) go to ask any teacher he can find C) discuss his problem in class D) turn to his parents for help18. It can be inferred from the passage that the author is mainly concerned about _.A) academic standardsB) the role of specialist teachersC) the training of the individual teachersD) the personal development of pupils19.Which of the following statements is TRUE? A) All the secondary schools know the way to encourage students requests for help. B) The secondary schools are responsible for offering personal and group advice to new pupils. C) Secondary school pupils enjoy greater freedom in communicating with teachers and fellow pupils. D) Secondary school pupils can easily get the help they need.20. The most appropriate title for the passage would be _.A) Primary School and Secondary School B) Problems for New Secondary School Teachers C) Problems for New Secondary School Pupils D) Academic Work and Personal RelationshipText 2In the 1960s, medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated the tricky point that any major change can be stressful. Negative events like serious illness of a family member were high on the list, but so were some positive life-changing events, like marriage. When you take the Holmes-Rahe test you must remember that the score does not reflect how you deal with stress it only shows how much you have to deal with. And we now know that they way you handle these events dramatically affects your chances of staying healthy. By the early 1970s, hundreds of similar studies had followed Holmes and Rahe. And millions of Americans who work and live under stress worried over the reports. Somehow, the research got boiled down to a memorable message. Womens magazines ran headlines like Stress causes illness! If you want to stay physically and mentally healthy, the articles said, avoid stressful events. But such simplistic advice is impossible to follow. Even if stressful events are dangerous, many like the death of a loved one are impossible to avoid. Moreover, any warning to avoid all stressful events is a prescription (处方) for staying away from opportunities as well as trouble. Since any change can be stressful, a person who wanted to be completely free of stress would never marry, have a child, take a new job or move. The notion that all stress makes you sick also ignores a lot of what we know about people. It assumes were all vulnerable (脆弱的) and passive in the face of adversity (逆境). But what about human initiative and creativity? Many come through periods of stress with more physical and mental vigor than they had before. We also know that a long time without change can lead to boredom, and physical and mental strain. 21. The result of Holmes-Rahes medical research tells us _. A) what should be done to avoid stressB) rethink educational strategiesC) what kind of event would cause stressD) how to cope with sudden changes in life22.The studies on stress in the early 1970s led to _.A) widespread concern over its harmful effectsB) great panic over the mental disorder it could causeC) an intensive research into stress-related illnessesD) popular avoidance of stressful jobs23.The score of the Holmes-Rahe test shows _.A) how much pressure you are underB) how positive events can change your lifeC) how stressful a major event can beD) how you can deal with life-changing events24.Why is such simplistic advice (Line 1, Para. 3) impossible to follow?A) No one can stay on the same job for long.B) No prescription is effective in relieving stress.C) People have to get married someday.D) You could be missing opportunities as well.25. According to the passage people who have experienced ups and downs may become _.A) nervous when faced with difficulties B) physically and mentally strainedC) more capable of coping with adversityD) indifferent toward what happens to themText 3Transportation and communication networks bring people together. Yet sometimes people themselves create barriers to transportation and communication.In some countries, laws stop people from moving freely from place to place. Over the centuries, many groups of people have been denied the freedom to travel because of their race, religion, or nationality. In the Middle Ages, for example, Jews were often forbidden to move about freely within certain cities. South Africas government used to require black Africans to carry passes when they traveled within the country. Some governments require all citizens to carry identification papers and to report to government officials whenever they move.Countries set up customs posts at their borders. Foreign travelers must go through a customs inspection before they are allowed to travel in the country. Usually travelers have to carry special papers such as passports and visas. Some countries even limit the number of visitors to their country each year. Others allow tourists to visit only certain areas of the country, or they may require that travelers be with an official guide at all times during their stay.Many of those barriers to travel also act as barriers to communication. When two governments disagree with each other on important matters, they usually do not want their citizens to exchange news or ideas freely. Countries often try to keep military or industrial information secret.Today, people have the ability to travel, to communicate, and to transport goods more quickly and easily than ever before. Natural barriers that were difficult or dangerous to cross a hundred years ago can now be crossed easily. The barriers that people themselves make are not so easy to overcome. But in spite of all the different kinds of barriers, people continue to enjoy travel and the exchange of goods and ideas.26. The examples in paragraph 2 are used to tell the reader that _.A. people were not so free to move about as they are nowB. people have not been allowed to travel freely for various reasonsC. people have to carry special papers in order to travel within their countryD. customs posts make it possible for people to travel in other countries27. Which is NOT mentioned as the possible limits some countries put on foreign visitors?A. They have to get a visa before they enter the country.B. Only a limited number of visitors are allowed to enter the country every year.C. Not every part of the country is open to foreign tourists.D. They have to report to government officials when they come to a new place.28. Some governments limit the freedom of communication because _.A. they dont want other countries know their secretsB. they often disagree with each other on important mattersC. they think such freedom may lead to warsD. they want to show their authority over communication29. We may learn from the passage that _.A. people dont care to remove barriers between countriesB. people have made no progress in improving transportation and communicationC. its even harder to overcome barriers made by man than natural onesD. barriers should be taken for granted as they always exist30. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?A. Importance of CommunicationB. Progress of Human SocietyC. Barriers Made by Man D. Restrictions on TransportationText 4The term culture shock has already begun to creep into the popular vocabulary. Culture shock is the effect that involvement in a strange culture has on the unprepared visitor. Culture shock is what happens when a traveler suddenly finds himself in a place where yes may mean no, where a fixed price is negotiable, where to be kept waiting in an outer office is no cause for insult, where laughter may signify (意味) anger. The culture shock phenomenon causes a breakdown in communication, a misreading of reality, an inability to cope. Yet culture shock is relatively mild in comparison with the much more serious malady（弊病）, future shock. Future shock is brought on by the premature arrival of the future. It may well be the most important disease of tomorrow. Take an individual out of his own culture and set him down suddenly in an environment sharply different from his own, with a different set of cues to react to different conceptions (概念) of time, space, work, love, religion, sex, and everything else, then the dislocation he suffers will be severe. Given few clues as to what kind of behavior is rational under the radically new circumstances, the victim may well become a danger to himself and others. Now imagine not merely an individual but an entire society, an entire generation including its weakest, least intelligent, and most irrational members suddenly transported into this new world. The result is mass disorientation (迷失方向), future shock on a grand scale. This is the prospect that man now faces. Change is avalanching（把淹没）upon our heads and most people are unprepared to cope with it. 31. Culture shock occurs when _. A. one loses all hopes of returning to his home environment B. one expresses ideas and emotions contrary to what he intends to express C. one cannot make accurate judgment using ones own value standardsD. one cannot conduct negotiations for goods of fixed prices32.Future shock is much more serious than culture shock as _.A. it concerns the problems of the futureB. it affects people on a grand scaleC. it causes mass casualties (伤亡)D. it destroys the foundation of the society33. The word cue in Para. 3 most probably refers to something that _.A. disorients an individualB. disturbs an individuals normal way of lifeC. helps an individual to function in societyD. arouses an individuals interest in the new culture34.One of the good measures to prevent future shock is to _.A. get people well-prepared for the future changesB. keep people well-informed of the cultures in different placesC. make people fight against the possible future changesD. acquaint people with the harm of the future changes35.It can be inferred that the authors tone in the passage is _.A. humorousB. exaggeratedC. ironic (讽刺的)D. seriousPart III.Vocabulary and Structure. (20%)Directions: Choose the best one to complete each sentence. 36.His results are not very _. He does well one week and badly the next.A. invariableB. consequentC. consistentD. continuous37._ available annually to the University for publishing books are exhausted for the present.A. ExpensesB. CostsC. FundsD. Money38.The revolutionary fighter would rather die with his head high than _ with his knees bent.A. to liveB. livingC. liveD. lived39._ in his reading that Susan hadnt dared to make a sound.A. So was he absorbedB. So absorbed he wasC. So absorbed was he D. So he was absorbed40.Since William had been seriously ill for several months, his parents were worried about _ to return to school full-time.A) he wantedB) he wantingC) him to wantD) his wanting41.