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PRACTICAL ENGLISH TEST FOR COLLEGESLEVEL AMODEL TEST TEN Part I Listening Comprehension Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections. Section A Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will he spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1. A) Leave the children at home. B) Let the children make the decision themselves. C) Arrange some games for the children. D) Tell the children some stories. 2. A) He dislikes it because of too much violence. B) He likes it very much. C) He thinks highly of it. D) He thinks it is boring. 3. A) She didnt bring her handbag with her. B) She was telling a lie. C) She was still in the office. D) She couldnt find her handbag. 4. A) Angry. B) Disappointed. C) Happy. D) Worried. 5. A) At the airport. B) At the information desk. C) At the platform. D) In the plane. Section B Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. Both the conversations and questions will be read two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Conversation 1 6. A) From the advertisement on the newspaper. B) From the personnel manager. C) From her former colleague. D) From her teacher. 7. A) She majors in English. B) She majors in pre-school education. C) She majors in business administration. D) She majors in law. Conversation 2 8. A) A trip abroad. B) The teachers suggestion. C) A weekend activity. D) A future plan. 9. A) On September 10. B) On October 26. C) On Sunday. D) On Saturday. 10. A) The park. B) The river. C) The suburbs. D) The mountains. Section C Directions: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a recorded passage. After that you will hear five questions. Both the passage and the questions will be read two times. When you hear a question, you should complete the answer to it with a word or a short phrase (in no more than 3 words). The questions and incomplete answers are printed in your test paper. You should write your answers on the An. ewer Sheet correspondingly. Now listen to the passage. 11. What does the prison allow its prisoners to do? It allows its prisoners to without any guards. 12. What do prisoners do before going out? They have to . 13. Why was the prisoner late one night? He was late because he was invited to have a meal and . 14. Why was the guard angry? The guard hated to at that time. 15. What did the guard threaten to do if the prisoner did this again? The guard wouldnt . Part II Vocabulary and Structure Directions: This part is to test your ability to construct grammatically correct sentence. It consists of 2 sections. Section A Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A ), B), C) and D ). Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 16. Neither of the young men who had applied for a position in the university . A) has been accepted B) have been accepted C) was accepted D) were accepted 17. is known to the world, Mark Twain is a great American writer. A) That B) It C) Which D) As 18. that bad weather was on the way, the climbers decided to put off their attempt on the Alps until the following week. A) Having told B) Being told C) Telling D) Having been told 19. Only after I mailed the letter that I had forgot to put a stamp on it. A) I remembered B) did I remember C) I didnt remember D) didnt I remember 20. It was he was ill that he did not go to Mount Tai with us in our summer vocation. A) because B) as C) since D) though 21. When he just got off the plane, he gave us a good description of he had seen in Spain. A) what B) that C) which D) how 22. Ill give you my telephone number in case you want to get in touch with me. A) will B) should C) would D) need 23. John told us that by the end of the year he and his wife together for thirty years. A) would have been living B) would have lived C) would have been lived D) will have been living 24. Mary was picked from thousands of applicants for a teaching job. A) up B) off C) out D) in 25. Not only the whole nation, but the whole Europe, indeed the whole human society to alter its attitude to racial problems. A) need B) needs C) has a need D) have a need Section B Directions: There are 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in the brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet. 26. The government should take the (initial) to end the strike. 27. (see) from the plane, the lights of the cities at night are just like the stars in the sky. 28. All the villagers started off to search for the (miss) boy after they received the call from the parents. 29. He asked whether he (have) to do the whole experiment again if he failed in a single test. 30. She was so interested in the book that she (read) it for three hours before she realized it. 31. Those world famous oil-paintings (exhibit) at the Museum of New York now are part of their collection. 32. (electric) in the area has been cut for three hours because of thunderstorm. 33. If it (rain) last night, the ground would be wet and the temperature would be low today. 34. All of them are astonished, because such a thing has never (hear) of before. 35. Price is a major (considerate) for people in buying anything. Part III Reading Comprehension Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the reading materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed. Task 1 Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 to 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes into contact with them. Their valuesthis cant be repeated too oftenare not necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important things for the very old people. The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a flat with decaying food covered by small worms, and an old person lying alone on bed, taking no notice of the worms. Is it interfering with personal freedom to insist that they go to live with .some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, think we are in danger of carrying this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old. Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car: it needs more mechanical maintenance as it gets older. You can carry this comparison right through to the provision of spare parts. Never forget that such operations are painful experience, however good the results. At what point should you cease to treat the old body? Is it morally right to try to push off death by pursuing the development of drugs to excite the forgetful old mind and to activate (使.活动) the old body, knowing that it is designed to die? You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so long as they can see the technical opportunities, they will feel bound to give them a try on the principle that while theres life, theres hope. When you talk to old people, however, you are forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than it does on your ability to have fun. 36. It is implied in Para. I that . A) very old people enjoy living with their relatives B) social services have nothing to do with the very old people C) some old people like to live alone to have more personal freedom D) no one is willing to take care of very old people 37. Some social workers think that . A) health and safety are more important than personal freedom B) personal freedom is more important than health and safety C) old people should keep their rooms clean D) one should not take risks of dealing with old people 38. The comparison of a body and a car means . A) the human body cant be compared to a car B) the older a person is the more care he needs C) too much emphasis has been put on the old peoples values D) it is easy to provide spare parts for the old people 39. The word it (Line 2, Para. 3) refers to . A) the conclusion you have come to B) your talk to the old people C) whether age is happy or unpleasant D) ones money or ones health 40. The author probably agrees that . A) medical care for old people should be left to the doctors B) old people enjoy a happy life only if they are rich C) the opinion that we should try every possible means to save old people is doubtful D) it is always morally right to treat old people and push off death Task 2 Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 to 45. For years and years people have been saying that the railways arc dead. We can do without railways, people say, as if motorcars and planes have made the railways unnecessary. We all keep hearing that trains are slow, that they lose money, and that they are dying. But this is far from the truth. In those days of expensive oil, the railways have become highly competitive with motorcars and planes. If you want to carry people or goods from place to place, they are cheaper than planes. And they have much in common with planes. A plane goes in a straight line and so does a railway. What is more, it takes from the heart of a city into the heart of another. It doesnt leave you as a plane does, miles and miles from the city center. It doesnt hold you up as a car does, in endless traffic jams. And a single train can carry goods which a plane or motorcar could never do. Far from being dead, the railways are very much alive. Modern railway lines give you a smooth, untroubled journey. Where else can you eat well, sleep in comfort, feel safe and enjoy the scene while you are traveling at speed at the same time? And we are only at the beginning. For we have just entered the age of super fast trains, trains traveling at 150 miles an hour and more. Soon we will be wondering why we spent so much on motorcars we cant use because we have not enough money to buy the oil and planes we cant fly for the same reason. 41. Some people think the railways are unnecessary because . A) planes and motorcars have taken the place of trains B) oil is expensive today C) trains are super fast D) railways earn a large amount of money 42. According to the writer, it seems that . A) we can do without railways B) trains have much in common with motorcars and planes C) motorcars and planes are not as good as trains D) trains are as good as motorcars and planes 43. It is implied by the writer that . A) it is cheaper to travel by plane than by train B) the railway station is usually in the suburb of the city C) when you get off the plane you will find yourself in the center of the city D) no motorcar or plane can carry as much goods as a train does 44. The writer thinks that the railways are very much alive because . A) we can have a troubled journey B) we have enough money to fly in planes C) we can now travel by super fast trains D) we can travel by motorcars as well 45. The best title for this passage may be . A) Not the End But the Beginning B) Which Is the Best: Train, Motorcar or Plane? C) Trains Are More Competitive than Motorcars or Plane D) Oh, Super fast Trains Task 3 Directions: The following is a passage taken from a companys web page (网页). After reading it, you are required to complete the outline below it (No. 46 to No. 50). You should write your answers briefly (in no more than 3 words) on the Answer Sheet correspondingly. BP is one of Britains biggest companies and one of the worlds largest oil and petrochemicals (石油化工产品) groups. BP owes its origin to one man, William Knox DArey, who, shortly after the turn of the twentieth century, invested time, money and labour in the belief that worthwhile deposits of oil could be found in Persia. In the companys first six decades, its prime focus lay in the Middle East. But from the late 1960s the centre of gravity shifted westwards, towards the USA and Britain itself. However, the BP of today is an international company, having operations in over 70 countries. Its key strengths are in oil and gas exploration and production the refining, marketing and supply of petroleum product (石油产品); and the manufacturing and marketing of chemicals. It supports all its businesses with high quality research and technology. The following pages chronicle (记录) the development of the company from its early days through to the present. However, to do justice to a story as complex as BPs would require more than these few pages. This brief account covers only some of the principal milestones along the road from BPs beginnings in Persia to its current position as one of the worlds leading companies.Bps Profile Founder: (46) Prime focus in its first six decades: (47) Key Strength: 1. the exploration and production of (48) 2. the refinement and distribution of petroleum products 3. the production and distribution of (49) Content of the following web page: a brief record of the (50) of the company from its beginning to the present Task 4 Directions: The following is a list of terms of movies. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to (与.相同的) those given in Chinese in the table below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in the brackets on the Answer Sheet, numbered 51 to 55. A cinematograph B first-run cinema C continuous performance cinema D film society E premiere F film festival G distributor H shooting schedule I screenplay J exterior K special effects L slow motion M motion studio N spotlight O scenery P director Examples：(P)导演 (D)电影协会 51( )首轮影院 ( )首映式 52( )慢镜头 ( )电影剧本 53( )摄制计划 ( )电影制片厂 54( )发行人 ( )聚光灯 55( )电影节 ( )特技 Task 5 Directions: The following is a business letter. After reading it, you should give brief answers to the 5 questions (No. 56 to No. 60) that follow. The answers (in no more than 3 words) should be written after the corresponding numbers on the Answer Sheet. October 2, 2009 Dear Mr. Spencer, It was a pleasure to receive your inquiry of September 25 concerning the supply of our best air conditioners. We are enclosing our price list in which you will find full details of our usual trade discount. We note that you have requested an additional discount of 5%, and we would like to point out that the prices of our products have already been cut to the bottom, which cannot be offered by our competitors. We therefore regret that we are unable to allow you any discount in this aspect. You can, however, be sure that any advantage we receive in the way of manufacturing costs is always passed on to you in the form of lower prices. In spite of the increased