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大学英语分级考试样题HUST Placement Test (Sample)试卷一Part I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short Conversations Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.1. A. $24B. $12.C. $6.D. $18.2. A. At 6:15.B. At 6:45.C. At 7:15.D. At 7:45.3. A. Pass up the food.B. Take a bite of the cake.C. Make a wish.D. Cook a great cake.4. A. Because her clock stopped working.B. Because her arms couldnt move.C. Because her aunt failed to come again.D. Because her sleep was disturbed by the fire alarm.5. A. He doesnt know where the library is.B. He would like to borrow books from the woman.C. The woman doesnt need a map to find the library.D. He also wants to know where the library is.6. A. Fine but cold.B. Sunny and hot.C. Rainy and cold.D. Rainy and hot.7. A. The man should watch the program too.B. The man should leave the television on.C. The program will be over soon.D. Shell watch television later.8. A. Turn off the electricity.B. Pack their clothes.C. Call a taxi.D. Lock the suitcase.9. A. She took a bus.B. She walked.C. She drove herself.D. She was given a ride.10. A. The doctor can see him for a short time.B. He can bring in another chair.C. There will be a short wait.D. His appointment is for another time.Section B PassageDirections: In this section, you will hear a short passage. At the end of the passage, you will hear 5 questions. Both the passage and questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A. B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Questions 11 through 15 are based on the following passage.11. A. Because they prefer fresh flowers.B. Because they think all false things are ugly.C. Because false things are useless.D. Because they do not like to do “True” or “False” exercises.12. A. Because he didnt think all false things were ugly.B. Because he believed his grandfather had lied.C. Because he thought his grandfather could find no answer.D. Because he wanted to show he was cleverer than his grandpa.13. A. He thought his grandson could give an example.B. He thought his grandson was very clever.C. He thought what he had said was a certain truth.D. He thought his grandson wouldnt agree with him. 14. A. He looked ugly.B. He looked younger and lively.C. He looked empty and flat.D. He looked clever.15. A. False things are more beautiful than real things.B. Not all false things are ugly.C. The grandson was cleverer than his grandpa.D. The professor was quite ugly. 请翻到试卷二继续作听力理解题第三和第四部分，并将答案写在试卷二上。Part II Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage 1It is important for us to know something about drugs. A drug is a chemical substance. It can bring about a physical, emotional, or mental change in people. Alcohol and tobacco are drugs. The caffeine found in coffee, tea, cocoa, and some soft drinks is a drug.Drug abuse(滥用) is the use of a drug, legal or illegal, that hurts a person or someone close to him. A drug user is the person who takes the drug. There are many kinds of drug users. Experimental users are those who may try drugs once or twice. They want to see what the effects will be. Recreational users take drugs to get high. They use drugs with friends or at parties to get into the mood or things. Regular users take drugs all the time. But they are often able to keep up with the normal routine of work, school, housework, and so on. Dependent users cant relate to anything but drugs. Their whole life centers around drugs. They feel extreme mental or physical pain when without drugs.All drugs can be harmful. The effect of any drug depends on a lot of things. How a drug acts depends on how much or how often it is taken. It also depends on the way it is taken. Some drugs are smoked. Others are swallowed or injected. Drugs act differently on different people. The place and the people around you affect the way a drug works.Sometimes people take more than one drug. Multiple drug use is not only common, but also harmful. A deadly example is the use of alcohol and sleeping pills at the same time. Together these drugs can stop normal breathing and lead to death.In fact, only a few kinds of drugs can cause physical dependence. Tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana（大麻） are three common drugs. They are the first ones most people use and become dependent on.16. Which of the following is not considered as a drug according to the passage?A. caffeineB. teaC. alcohol D. tobacco17. Which of the following are the most serious drug users?A. experimental drug usersB. recreational drug usersC. regular drug usersD. dependent drug users18. The deadly example is mentioned in paragraph 4 to show that _.A. multiple drug use is very harmfulB. the use of alcohol can stop normal breathingC.the use of sleeping pills can lead to deathD. drug use is very common19. This passage mainly talks about _.A. harmfulness of drug abuseB. types of drug usersC. facts about drugsD. effects of drug use20. The word “high” in line 6, paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “_”.A.tallB. sensitiveC. excitedD. dependentPassage 2People everywhere today see and hear advertisements constantly: in signs, in newspapers or magazines, on television, on the radio, even on the internet! No matter where you are, you are probably going to see or hear advertisements, or commercials. Some people say that advertising has a bad influence, or effect. Says writer Noreen Janus:Advertisers use mainly a few themes again and again: happiness, youth, success, status, luxury, fashion, and beauty. They hide class differences and problems in the workplace. Many ads suggest that you can solve all human problems by buying things. They suggest that modern things are good and traditional things are bad. As one ad professional said, “ Once the TV set goes to work, the family is like a kid in a candy store. They watch 450 commercials a week. They see all the beautiful things. And they want everything that they see.”However, not everyone thinks that advertising is a bad thing. Some people say advertising sometimes gives us useful information about different products- for example, the advantages of buying one product instead of another. Also, shopping sometimes makes us feel good. When people see a famous person on TV talking about a certain kind of shoes or jacket, they like how they feel when they buy the same shoes or jacket. According to Writer Judith Williamson:The meaning in most peoples lives comes from what they use than from what they produce in their jobs. Clothes, furniture, all the things that we buy involve decisions and the use of our own choice. Shopping is a social event.21. This passage mainly discusses _.A. the advantages of advertisementsB. the disadvantages of advertisementsC. the happiness in watching advertisementsD. both positive and negative aspects of advertisements22. From paragraph 2, we can infer that _.people buy everything they see on TVmodern things are better than traditional onesads often mislead peopleads show people the way to solve problems23. Those who have a positive attitude towards advertising claim that _.advertising sometimes enables shoppers to make the right decision when shoppingadvertising makes ordinary people feel as important as famous peopleadvertising enables shoppers to see famous peopleadvertising brings shoppers good mood24. The attitude of the writer towards advertising is _.negativeB. positiveC. neutralD. indifferent25. The word “commercials” in line 3, paragraph one is closest in meaning to “_”.themesB. advertisementsC. businessesD. merchantsPassage 3With a camera fitted into a pair of sunglasses connected to a computer, a 62-year-old blind man, Jerry White, has learned to recognize objects well enough to navigate the New York City subway system independently. Its been a long time in coming. Jerrys road to partial sight began in 1978, when doctors in New Yorks Dobelle Institute implanted 68 electrodes(电极) on the surface of a region of Jerrys brain called the visual cortex-where signals from the eyes are processed. By electrically stimulating the area, doctors hoped that they could restore some of Jerrys vision. But when Jerry tried to focus on objects, he saw only flickers of light appearing like “stars,” called phosphenes. Normally, the rain does not interpret the phosphene patterns as identifiable objects.Thats where the computer comes in. Jerrys first electronics package was the size of a small refrigerator. Today, Jerrys sunglasses are outfitted with a tiny view camera that captures images that are processed by a portable computer. The computer weighs 10 pounds and is no bigger than a dictionary. When Jerry scans an object, he sees a pattern of phosphenes. Computer algorithms(算法系统) enlarge the edges of the pattern so that it appears as an outline. The computer then signals a second microcomputer that controls stimulation electronics to send information about the objects location to Jerrys brain.Other scientists are studying implants in the retina, the light-sensing tissue at the back of the eye. A major benefit of the Dobelle system is that it can help the estimated 1.1million Americans whose blindness has many causes, not just damage to the retina.The system does have its limitations, however. It only covers an area about 2 inches wide by 8 inches tall viewed at arms length, giving Jerry tunnel vision. To overcome this problem, the commercial version of the system, which will be marketed abroad by the end of this year, will feature 512 electrodes.26. The word “phosphenes” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _.A. sparks B. patternsC. signalsD. objects27. The phrase “tunnel vision” in the last paragraph means _.A. the image of a tunnelB. a narrow range of viewC. looking through a tunnelD. a limitation of the system28. It can be safely concluded that_. A. with a camera fitted into a pair of sunglasses connected to a computer , Jerry can travel alone in New York.B. the device will be commercially successfulC. the Dobelle system can help all blind people.D. computers can help the brain interpret the phosphene patterns29. It is implied in this passage that _. A. eye signals are processed in a special region of the brainB. in 1978, doctors restored some of Jerrys visionC. only one computer is needed for the deviceD. the computer used today for the device can capture images30. This passage is most probably taken from_.A. a doctors prescriptionB. a science magazineC. a daily newspaperD. an advertisementPassage 4Children learn orthography - the rules of spelling - through teaching, and also by themselves through reading. The relative influence of these two kinds of learning is an important issue in the study of reading, but it is hard to determine because children have both types of experience with most rules. Here we show that children can learn a sophisticated orthographic rule for themselves, without the help of teaching.In two experiments, we asked eight-and-nine-year-old children (102 children in the first experiment and 90 in the second. to write pseudo-verbs (the made-up verbs) which either had the same or different stems in the present and past tense. If children knew the stem-based rule, they should put -ed endings on the past tense of pseudo-verbs that have the same stem as in the present tense more often than on those that do not.The experiments show that many eight-and-nine-year-old children use a morphemically based, but entirely untaught, orthographic rule. The discovery has important implications for theories of spelling. The dominant theoretical approach to the study of spelling has been the dual-route model, which claims that people spell words either by converting sounds into letters, or through a lexical route in which spellings of known words are retrieved whole from memory. The idea of whole-word retrieval has been criticized on the basis that the lexical route involves analysis of words into morphemes(词素). Our data support this morphemic view, and indicate that morphemic structure has a radical effect on the way that children spell known and unknown words. 31. The author believes that _. A. children learn the rules of spelling mainly through teachingB. it is difficult to decide whether children learn orthography mainly through teaching or through readingC. with the help of teaching , children will learn orthography betterD. children can learn the rule for verb endings in a short time32. The word “sophisticated” (paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to _.A. complicatedB. simpleC. falseD. true33. From this passage, it can be inferred that school children _.A. have no difficulty in learning the rules of spellingB. can only spell simple words correctlyC. have the ability to spell unknown wordsD. cannot convert sounds into letters34. The writer of this passage conducted two experiments in order to _. A. prove that children can learn difficult orthographic rule themselvesB. prove that children can write English through teachingC. show the importance of spelling for childrenD. show the importance of teaching children to read35. The significance of the discovery lies in that_.A. many eight- and nine-year old children use a morphemically based ruleB. it proves that people spell words by converting sounds into lettersC. it proves that people spell words through a lexical routeD. it provides evidence against the idea of whole-word retrievalPart III Vocabulary and StructureDirections: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.36. This is a very popular film, and it would be wise to _ seats well in advance. A. occupy B. book C. engage D. obtain37. The old lady got into the _ of getting up early every morning. A. tradition B. mannerC. favor D. habit38. Im _ to get the tickets for the show tonight, because there are hardly any left. A. anxious B. afraidC. excited D. curious39. University teachers dont go out very often as their work _ all their time. A. takes off B. takes up C. takes over D. takes away40. Her name was on the _ of my tongue, but I just couldnt remember it.A. tip B. edgeC. top D. front 41. In spite of the fact that his _ experiments had failed, Prof. Smith persisted in his research.A. curious B. casualC. inevitable D. initial42. There seems to be a highly _ type of flu going around. A. influential B. frequent C. infectious D. beneficial43. Kindness is one of the most important _ a man should have. A. quantities B. areas C. efforts D. qualities44. I _ to tell you that there is nothing we can do to help you. A. remember B. regret C. refuse D. pretend45. Wouldnt it be better for you to complete this course than _ a new one?A. taking B. take C. to take D. be taken46. _ that the trade between the two countries reached its highest point. A. During the 1970s B. It was in the 1970s C. That it was in the 1970s D. It was the 1970s47. That radio is pretty loud. Cant you turn it _ a little? A. off B. on C. up D. down48. Careful surveys have shown that as many as 50 percent of patients do not take drugs _ directed. A. like B. so C. for D. asThe owners of the company granted the demands that the workers _ on them.A. had made B. are making C. be making D. had been made50. The manager lost his _ just because his secretary was ten minutes late. A. mood B. temper C. mind D. passionThe local hospital is reported _ ten years ago when Dr. White became its first president.A. to have been set up B. to be set up C. being set up D. having been set up52. To kill time before the train left, we went to a movie, after_ we returned to the hotel. A. that B. this C. it D. which53. Once a decision is made, it must be firmly _. A. carried out B. worked out C. turned out D. picked out54. She _ the wet clothes on the grass to dry them in the sun. A.