2008年十月在职英语摸底测试题.doc

2008年在职英语摸底试题Part Dialogue Communication (15minutes, 15points)Section A Dialogue CompletionDirections: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D .Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue. 1Speaker A: Excuse me, but can you tell us where the conference room is?Speaker B: _. The conference room is located on the third floor of the hotel.A. Of course, sir. B. Yes, pleaseC. Right, sir. D. You are welcome.2. Speaker A: _ Speaker B: Im running a temperature, and feel sick.A. What can I do for you? B. What seems to be the trouble?C. What are you doing these days? D .How long has this been going on?3. Speaker A: Nancy, you look very well. Speaker B: Thank you. Jane. You look wonderful too. Your weekend swimming must have done good to you. Speaker A: _A. You think so? Thats encouraging B. Thats very kind of you.B.Are you serious? Thank you anyway. D. Are you kidding? I dont believe it.4. Speaker A: It took me ten years to build up my business, and it almost killed me. Speaker B: Well, you know what they say: _A. There is no smoke without fire. B. Practice makes perfect.C.All roads lead to Rome. D. No pains, no gains.5. Speaker A: Dont you smoke? Speaker B: _A. No. Nothing interests me less than smoking.B. Yes. I have never smoked in my life.C. No. Only once in a while.D. Yes. And I hate others smoking in my face.Section B Dialogue ComprehensionDirections: In this section, you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices given by mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.6. Woman: I just found out at registration that the creative writing class is full. Now I have to wait a whole year to get in.Man: Why dont you check back after the first week? Somebody might drop it.Question: What does the man suggest the woman should do?A.Make sure the registration office didnt make a mistake. B.Decide whether to drop the course next week.C.Find out if a place opens up in the course later.D.Take the course next year.7. Woman: I hear that the research center has chosen Frank as head of the team. Is that true? Man: You said it. But they must have been out of mind in the choice! Question: What does the woman mean? A. The research center has made a good choice. B. The research center has made a stupid choice.C. The research center is enthusiastic about choosing the head. D. The research center hasnt made a choice yet. 8. Woman: You often complain a lot about your boss. But today you are different. Man: We had a heart-to-heart talk and I saw him with new eyes. Question: What does the man mean?A. He saw his boss as a real person for the first time.B. He is now complaining in a different way.C. He has made his boss change his attitude.D. He has changed his opinion of his boss.9. Woman: Maybe we should take the front street this morning. The radio announcer said that the traffic is very heavy on the freeway.Man: Well, if he says to take the front street, we should go the other way.Question: What does the man think of the radio announcer?A: Hes humorous. B. He makes no mistakes.C. He doesnt speak clearly D. Hes unreliable.10. Woman: I didnt see you at the concert last night. Whats wrong with you? Man: Thats not my cup of tea.Question: What does the man mean?A. He is not fond of concerts.B.He didnt like the tea at the concert.C.He left early to have some tea with somebody else.D.He doesnt want to tell the woman why he was not there.Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes, 10 points)Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.11. The work has_ the status of a classic among the composers admirers.A. required B. acquired C. Inquired D. inspired12. Some people think they can read mans_ from his handwriting.A. attribute B. feature C. property D. character13. The young heir was so _that he gave all his money away in a couple of years.A. handsome B. genuine C. talented D. generous14. Only by understanding the Web deeply _hope for people to grasp its full potential.A. can there be B. can be there C. be there can D. there can be 15. What youre _to read may challenge your assumptions about the kind of world we live in.A. around B. ahead C. above D. about16. The goal is to use crops, weeds and even animal waste _the petroleum that fuels much of American manufacturing.A. in terms of B. in favor of C. in spite of D. in place of17. The _he said it he knew what a mistake he had made.A. moment B. time C. occasion D. hour18. I_ rather solve the problems in my farm myself than seek the help of other people.A. should B. shall C. would D. will19. From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the _that its disadvantages are far greater than its advantages.A. solution B. conclusion C .answer D. attention20. By the time you have completed the essential training, you _exposed to virtually every new feature of the course.A. will have been B. will be C. would have been D. would be21. Too often teachers _with parents involve complaints about childrens misbehaviors and laziness.A. acquaintances B. associations C. conferences D. consultations22._I admit that the problems are difficult, I dont agree that they cannot be solved.A. When B. Where C. While D. Why23. He should _be allowed to get up until he has completely recovered from his illness.A. in case B. in any case C. in that case D. in no case24. If nature does not provide man with the necessary material, it is the laboratory _he will turn to for it.A. where B. which C. that D. what25. All flights _because of the snowstorm, they decided to take the train.A. were cancelled B. have been cancelledC. had been cancelled D. having been cancelled26. I really appreciate _to help me, but I am sure that I can manage it myself. A. you to come B. that you come C. your coming D. how you come27. A new system of quality control was to overcome the shortcomings in the firms products. A. invested B. informed C. introduced D. instructed28. It may be worthwhile at this moment to _ and see what results we have got after one years experiments. A. look back B. look around C. look up D. look forward29. I dont think Mi Watson will come here again today. Please give the ticket to comes here first. A. whomever B. whom C. who D. whoever30. Far too many owners of electric appliances have a hard time _ _ qualified repairmen to fix their machines A finding B. to find C to finding D. having foundPart III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes, 40 points)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B,C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.Passage OneDont have time to read anymore? Now you can get free, quick literature via email. More than 100,000 people open their email each day to read a chapter of a book, through Chapter-A-Day, an online book club created two years ago. Its a free email service that provides a short daily reading for busy people, exposing them to literature they may not find on their own, inspiring some to recommit to the reading habit. About 550 public library systems representing over 3,000 branch libraries already have signed up to offer Chapter-A-Day. Via email, participants get about five minutes worth of reading every day. After three chapters are emailed, the installments stop, and those who want to keep reading can borrow the book at their public library or purchase it online. Chapter-A-Day has eight free book clubs, and sells thousands of books each month. Chapter-A-Day started in 1999 when Suzanne Beecher, a lifelong book lover, realized how many of the women who worked part-time for her software development company didnt have time in their busy lives to read. She decided to type part of a chapter of a book, and send it to her employees through email. The next day she typed a little more, and continued to send literary installments each day. She says she started getting feedback from the staff about how reading made them feel. They were interested, and realized that, though they didnt have time in their busy lives for reading, just reading that little bit each day got them back in the habit. Realizing that many other people could benefit, she decided to take the idea even further and start an email chapter-a-day book club to help others ease their way back into daily reading. Reading makes changes in peoples lives. Beecher says. Pat Dempsey, a librarian at a public library in Ohio, has found Chapter-A-Day helps her library clients get back in the habit of reading. Its a different way to get people hooked on books, she says.31. Chapter-A-Day is intended to help people _ _. A. get back into the habit of reading B. relieve stress from office work C. find interesting books online D. buy books more conveniently32. The passage was written in _. A. 1999 B. 2000 C. 2001 D. 200233. It can be inferred that through Chapter-A-Day _ _. A. public libraries have become crowded with readers B. MS Beecher made much money for her software company C. people begin to read very slowly and patiently D. people cannot finish reading any book online34. The word installment in the passage probably means “ ”. A. a library email B. a rare piece of literature C. a free novel D. a part of a book35. Ms Beecher decided to expand her Chapter-A-Day service because .A. over 3,000 libraries had joined B. many other people could benefitC. eight book clubs supported her D. free email service was availablePassage Two Chicago Public Schools are going to great lengths to hire teachersnow the school district recruits teachers from other countries to help solve a shortage of teachers. It all started in 1999,when Rouses Hannon, a math and physics teacher from Palestine(巴勒斯坦)，visited Chicago. He read about the teacher shortage at Chicago Public Schools and asked the school board if theyd hire him. The board was interested and decided to create a special program for foreign-born teachers like Hannon, and he was the first teacher hired. The program is called the Global Educator Outreach or GEO, and its a partnership between in Chicago is so extreme, the Government allows the school district to temporarily hire foreign teaching candidates using H1-B visas. The Government grants these vise only to skilled foreign-born citizens so they can work in highly specialized jobs that cant be filled with available U.S. workforce. Through the GEO, the school district has hired dozens of teachers from 22 different countries. Applicants must pass an English language test and specialize in math, science, world language or bilingual(双语的) education. Hannon and the first GEO teachers started in the classroom at the beginning of the 2000-2001 school year. What do the GEO teachers think of the American classroom? Hannon, who was hired to teach math at Gage Park High School, says classrooms in Chicago are very different from those in Palestine. For one thing, he says, the fixed schedule that forces students to attend the same classes at the same time each day becomes too dull. In Palestine, the class schedule changes each week. He says in Palestine, the culture forces students to work hard because if they dont theyll be kicked out and put in vocational schools, which limits their career options. There is not nearly as much pressure for American students to do well. He says he has to do double the amounts of work just to get his students interested.36. Chicago Public Schools began to employ foreign teachers because .A. there were not enough American teachers B. a program for foreign teachers was startedC. the school board was interested in foreign teachersD. foreign teachers taught better than American teachers37. The American Government is involved in the program because A. the schools are public schools B. the Government is to finance the program C. the Government grants visas to the foreign teachers D. the program involves bilingual education38. It seems that the Global Educator Outreach will . A. be difficult to continue B. last a limited period of time C. pose a threat to US workforce D. be extended to other cities39. Chicago Public Schools do not seem to lack teachers of . A. English B. math C. science D. world language40. Hannon, as a GEO teacher, has found that . A. class schedules in America and Palestine are very much the same B. fixed class schedules make it easy for teachers to prepare lessons C. vocational schools offer a good career option for American students D. American students do not work as hard as Palestinian studentsPassage Three Workforce is defined as the total number of people who are available to work and earn incomes. The definition includes everyone who is employed or seeking paid employment, so it includes employers and the self-employed. Although the size of the workforce depends a great deal on the size of the total population, there are several other influences which also affect it. The age distribution of the total population has a very marked effect on the available workforce. If the population has a high proportion of very young people or of those too old to work, then the available workforce would be lower than if there were an evenly spread age distribution. If the population grows rapidly from natural increase, i.e., the number of births greatly exceeds the number of deaths, then as the total population increases, the proportion in the workforce declines. Sometimes a population is described as aging, which means that the birth rate is either falling or growing very slowly, and as people retire from the workforce, there are not enough young people entering it to replace those who are leaving it. The population is top-heavy with older people. So the percentage of the population in the workforce declines when there is either a rapid increase in births or a falling birth rate. The age distribution of the population has several important effects on the economy. If the population is aging and there is an increase in the number of people retiring without a corresponding increase in the number entering the workforce, this raises the problem of the ability of the economy to provide a reasonable level of social services to the retired group. If the aged are to be cared for in special homes or hotels, finances must be available for that purpose. If the size of the workforce is small relative to the total population, then the government tax receipts are relatively low and either the government has less money available to it or the workforce members have to be taxed more heavily.41. Workforce is composed of . A. both the employed and the self-employed B. people employed to work for others C. both employers and employees D. people available to work and earn incomes42. The factor that does not influence the size of the workforce is . A. the size of the total population B. the age distribution of a population C. the national economy D. the natural population growth43. It can be concluded from Paragraph 2 that . A. a population growth leads to a greater proportion of workforce B. a large population does not necessarily mean a high proportion of workforce C. the size of the aged determines the proportion of workforce D. the proportion of the very young determines the size of workforce44. The size of the workforce declines when . A. many people reach the retiring age B. the birth rate falls rapidly C. the number of retirees exceeds that of new workers D. the death rate increases45. The last paragraph focuses on . A. the factors that influence the workforce structure B. the importance of workforce distribution to the economy C. the relationship between age distribution and economyD. the influence of population growth on the national economyPassage Four Honesty is the best policy, as the English saying goes. Unfortunately, honesty often deserts us when no one is watching. British psychologists reported last week. Researchers at UKs Newcastle University set up an experiment in their psychology departments coffee room. They set a ket