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ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT TEST FOR POSTGRADURATESJune 2012Name_ Number _ Class_PartListening Comprehension (25%)Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions 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 the best answer is. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single line through the centre.Short Conversations1.A Ask friends to help her.B Try to finish both on Saturday.C Try to finish one work on Saturday.D Talk to both sides and ask for more time.2. A At a drug store. B At a hospital.C At a doctors office.D At a dentists office.3. A Interviewer and interviewee.B Employer and employee.C Teacher and student.D Doctor and patient.4. A Her husband is from another country.B Conflicts between couples are mainly from culture shocks.C The man has great difficulty getting along with his wife.D Couple from the same area have no conflicts.5. A In a car.B At a bus-stop.C In a bus.D In a theater.6. A The man is ill.B The man is a clerk.C The man does pay attention to his health.D The man has stayed in bed for a week.7. A Neither of their watches keeps good time.B The womans watch stopped 3 hours ago.C The womans watch goes too fast.D Its too dark for the woman to read her watch.8. A He went to the movie theater last night.B He was with another girl.C He was fast asleep.D He was watching another channel.Long ConversationsConversation OneQuestions 9-12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A On television.B At registration.C In class.D At work.10. A Students are not required to attend regular lectures.B The professor videotapes lectures for review.C Classes are held at various locations throughout the area.D Students received credit for work experience.11. A Its a requirement for psychology majors.B She wasnt able to get into the traditional course.C She lives far from the university.D She has to work a lot of hours this semester.12. A It requires too much travelling.B It limits interaction among students. C It increases class size.D It encourages students to watch too much television.Conversation TwoQuestions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A Going to Italy vs. helping her mother.B Going to Nepal vs. staying home.C Having fun vs. making money.D Attending her family vs. improving herself.14. A Find a high-paying part-time job.B Practice his knowledge in field work.C Borrow some money from a financial group.D Prepare for his last academic year in advance.15. A Many programs are provided.B It is difficult to get in.C Students fees are rather high.D Students have chances to go abroad.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the 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 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. AThe painting of Lisa will be unearthed. B The husband of Mona Lisa is to be discovered. C The bones of Leonardos Model might be unearthed. D Da Vincis painting is regained.17. A At a convent in Florence. B Near her home in Florence. C In a church in Paris. D Near her home in Paris.18. A Because Lisas husband asked Da Vinci to do it. B Because Lisa herself asked Da Vinci to do it. C Because Da Vinci once loved Lisa. D Because Da Vinci was Lisas neighbor.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A Patels mother.B Patels wife.C Patels partner.D Patels friend.20. A She was wide awake.B She was in sound sleep.C She was looking at the photos.D She was calling her partner.21. A It was in good condition.B It was overcrowded.C It carried 4 passengers.D It broke down halfway.22. A Patels Indian friends all died.B Patels friends all liked him.C Patel happened to sit in the back seats.D Patel might happen to drive the car.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A The housing affordability crisis.B The personal credit crisis.C The government credit crisis.D The party political crisis.24. A It is realizable.B It is obtainable.C It is unrealistic.D It is unpractical.25. A Insufficient houses being built.B The rising interest rates.C Uncertainty about the carbon tax.D Uncertainty about the government.Part Vocabulary (20%)Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.26. We need one hundred more signature before we take the _ to the governor. A) poster B) melee C) petition D) notice27. The ecologist felt a great _ from spotting the rare species at the foot of the mountain. A) thrill B) tremble C) lust D) thrift28. “ Better late than never” is a _that is very familiar to most English speakers. A) plaudit B) plenary C) plenty D) platitude29. She used to satisfy all the needs of the youngster, who had _ for more pocket money. A) impressed B) importuned C) informed D) improvised30. The belief that one should be honest is deeply _ in our culture. A) incurred B) ingenuous C）ingredient D) ingrained31. The company was financially _ and almost went into bankruptcy. A) corrupt B) cornered C) conjured D) covered32. His irresponsibility and dishonesty _ the anger of his friends. A) indebt B) indicate C) incur D) incline33. Compared with all his peers, the young man had been _ successful in that field. A) conspicuous B) conspicuously C)notorious D) notoriously34. In this _ romantic novel, the author narrates a riveting love story. A) racy B) rave C) rapt D) ratio35. It is absolutely _that every driver of a vehicle must pass a drivers license test.A) mandatory B) machinery C) monetary D) mercury36.The challenge for the future lies in _ conditions in cities that will be favorable to economic growth. A) formulating B) fostering C）forbidding D) forking 37. The old lady _ about her granddaughter for about an hour.A) rated B) raved C) ranted D) ranked38. Cotton is the _ of the surrounding country. A) mainline B) mainspring C) mainstay D）mainland39. Linguistics _ a diverse range of subjects such as phonetics and stylistics. A) embraces B) emerges C) emits D) employs40. He really enjoyed the film because it was a_ of history and contemporary events.A) fuss B) flurry C) fuse D）fusion41. In China, home computer ownership is expected to _that of the U.S. and Europe combined.A) outline B) outrage C) outstrip D) outgrow42. The childs brain disorder was _. A) congenital B) conservative C) congenial D) congeal 43. Conservation is of _ importance. A) paralyze B) paramount C) paranoia D) paranormal 44. The use of animal in scientific tests raises difficult _ questions. A) ethical B) ethics C) ethnic D) cheeky45. TV coverage of the match had to be _ when it went into over-time. A) churned B) prolonged C) promoted D) addicted46. Lack of essential minerals can cause _ in unborn children. A) deform B) deformity C) declination D) diabetes47. All the cars are tested for _before they leave the factory.A) defection B) defects C) detection D) defector48. She had a(n) _ sense of guilt for sometime after breaking off her relationship with Henry.A) longing B) lingering C) leading D) leaning49. To her relief she was _ of all the charges laid against her. A) acquitted B) alleged C) acquired D) acquainted50. In many Western cultures, _ consciousness is based on a perception of objects in space, rather than of space itself. A) murky B) spatial C) subjective D) viable51. _ are those implicit cultural rules by means of which sets are arranged so that they take on meaning. A) Patterns B) Patrol. C) pavilion D) penetration 52. A small but _ group of critics, many of them supported by the oil and coal industries, still dont buy it. A) consistent B) persistent C) elegant D) parliament53. People from different cultures may unconsciously _ on each others sense of space.A) break B) breach C) infringe D) inflict54. Children are often very good at _ into a new culture.A) combining B) integrating C) constituting D) inflicting55. Different perceptions of time may cause cultural _. A) clashes B) clasps C) cores D) castes56. The tutor tried to dissuade students from using_ in formal writing. A) neo-fascist B) neologism C) neocolonialism D) neo-realist57. We help people with mental or physical _ to find work. A) handicaps B) mortal C) dilemma D) handcraft58. The _ of medical knowledge are being pushed farther outwards as time goes on. A) volunteer B) frontiers C) frontage D)chaplain59. We need _ evidence if we are going to take legal action. A) tangle B) thorny C) tangible D) newly60. The public were _ when they heard the president had been murdered. A) appalled B) intrude C) invaded D) attested61. The senator is opposed to any laws that _ on a citizens right to bear arms. A) destroy B) infringe C) salvage D) damage62. There was a _look on his face whenever he looked at his sweetheart. A) rapt B) capture C) rape D) rapture63. Parents must not _ their childrens bad behavior. A) connote B) afflict C) condone D) opt64. Nuclear power is still a _issue. A) vigilant B) livid C)viable D) prickly65. Despite fierce competition, she fought _ to win the gold medal. A) galley B) gallop C) gully D) gallantlyPart Reading Comprehension (40%)Directions: 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 then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 66 to 70 are based on the following passage. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the passage.(True涂A，False涂B)According to Freud, no mistakes in speaking, including mispronounced or misplaced words, momentary stammering, are in fact accidental. All are symptoms of inner conflicts, associated with the way in which our unconsciousness influences what we consciously say and do. Slips of the tongue are unconsciously motivatedby motives or feelings that we feel on an unconsciously level, but which are repressed from our conscious minds or which we try consciously but unsuccessfully to suppress. These often, but by no means always, involve sexual associations. As in other cases of the misunderstanding of actions or talk, slips of the tongue are often humorous, and could pass as jokes. The difference lies simply in whether or not the speaker consciously intended the words to come out as they did. Slips of the tongue shade over into other types of “inappropriate” speech, which Freud also believed are often unconsciously motivated as when a person fails to see that something he or she says has a clear double meaning. These again can be taken as jokes if deliberately intendedbut are otherwise lapses in the controlled production of talk that we expect people to sustain. One of the best ways of illustrating these points is to look at lapses in the talk of radio and TV announcers. Announcers speech is not like ordinary day-to-day talk, because it is not spontaneous, but scripted. It is also expected to be more nearly “perfect” than ordinary talkdelivered with fewer hesitations and more clearly articulated. Hence, when announcers, such as newscasters, make “bloopers,” they are more visible and obvious than in casual conversations. Yet announcers do, of course, make slips of the tongue, and many are funny or have the “only too true” nature to which Freud called attention. We tend to laugh more at verbal mistakes when announcers (or professors in lectures) make them than in ordinary conversation. Broadcasters and professors are supposed to be specialists in the production of faultless talk. The humor does not only reside in what is said, or mis-said, but in the discomfiture that the person might show at delivering a less than perfect performance. We temporarily see behind the mask of cool professionalism to the “ordinary individual” behind.66. According to Freud , all kinds of mistakes in speaking are symptoms of inner conflicts.67.Slips of the tongue are often humorous and comical.68.Sometimes a speaker can deliberately allow himself slips of the tongue in order to be humorous.69.News announcers speeches are as spontaneous as everyday talk.70.Audiences sometimes laugh at announcers slips of the tongue because they are afforded a glance at the human side of these professionals.Passage TwoQuestions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage.The use of deferential (敬重的) language is symbolic of the Confucian ideal of the woman, which dominates conservative gender norms in Japan. This ideal presents a woman who withdraws quietly to the background, subordinating her life and needs to those of her family and its male head. She is a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother, master of the domestic arts. The typical refined Japanese woman excels in modesty and delicacy; she “treads softly (谨言慎行)in the world,” elevating feminine beauty and grace to an art form.Nowadays, it is commonly observed that young women are not conforming to the feminine linguistic ideal. They are using fewer of the very deferential “womens” forms, and even using the few strong forms that are know as “mens.” This, of course, attracts considerable attention and has led to an outcry in the Japanese media against the de-feminization of womens language. Indeed, we didnt hear about “mens language” until people began to respond to girls appropriation of forms normally reserved for boys and men. There is considerable sentiment about the “corruption” of womens languagewhich of course is viewed as part of the loss of feminine ideals and moralityand this sentiment is crystallized by nationwide opinion polls that are regularly carried out by the media.Yoshiko Matsumoto has argued that young women probably never used as many of the highly deferential forms as older women. This highly polite style is no doubt something that young women have been expected to “grow into”after all, it is assign not simply of femininity, but of maturity and refinement, and its use could be taken to indicate a change in the nature of ones social relations as well. One might well imagine little girls using exceedingly polite forms when playing house or imitating older womenin a fashion analogous to little girls use of a high-pitched voice to do “teacher talk” or “mother talk” in role play.The fact that young Japanese women are using less deferential language is a sure sign of changeof social change and of linguistic change. But it is most certainly not a sign of the “masculinization” of girls. In some instances, it may be a sign that girls are making the same claim to authority as boys and men, but that is very different from saying that they are trying to be “masculine.” Katsue Reynolds has argued that girls nowadays are using more assertive language strategies in order to be able to compete with boys in schools and out. Social change also brings not simply different positions for women and girls, but different relations to life stages, and adolescent girls are participating in new sub-cultural forms. Thus what may, to an older speaker, seem like “masculine” speech may seem to an adolescent like “liberated” or “hip” speech.71.The first paragraph describes in detail _.A) the standards set for