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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORSTEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2005)-GRADE FOUR - TIME LIMIT: 130 MIN PART I DICTATION 15 MIN Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE. PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION 15 MIN In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet. SECTION A CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. 1. According to the conversation, Mr Johnson is NOT very strong in A. history.B. geography.C. mathematics.D. art. 2. Mr Johnson thinks that _ can help him a lot in the job. A. logicB. writingC. historyD. mathematics 3. Mr Johnson would like to work as a(n) A. adviser.B. computer programmer. C. product designer. D. school teacher. Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. 4. What is the main purpose of the research? A. To make preparations for a new publication.B. To learn how couples spend their weekends. C. To know how housework is shared.D. To investigate what people do at the weekend. 5. What does the man do on Fridays? A. He goes to exercise classes.B. He goes sailing. C. He goes to the cinema.D. He stays at home. 6. On which day does the couple always go out? A. Friday.B. Saturday.C. Sunday.D. Any weekday. 7. Which personal detail does the man give? A. Surname.B. First name.C. Address.D. Age. Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. 8. Parcel Express needs the following details about the sender EXCEPT A. name.B. address.C. receipt.D. phone number. 9. Parcels must be left open mainly for A. customs check.B. security check. C. convenience s sake. D. the company s sake. 10. The woman s last inquiry is mainly concerned with A. the time needed for sending the parcel.B. the flight time to New York. C. the parcel destination.D. parcel collection. SECTION B PASSAGES In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage. 11. Where is the train to Nanjing now standing? A. At Platform 7.B. At Platform 8.C. At Platform 9.D. At Platform 13. 12. Which train will now leave at 11:35? A. The train to Jinnan.B. The train to Zhengzhou. C. The train to Tianjin.D. The train to Hangzhou. 13. Which train has now been cancelled? A. The train to Jinnan.B. The train to Zhengzhou. C. The train to Tianjin.D. The train to Hangzhou. Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage. 14. The museum was built in memory of those A. who died in wars.B. who worked to help victims. C. who lost their families in disasters.D. who fought in wars. 15. Henry Durant put forward the idea because he A. had once fought in a war in Italy.B. had been wounded in a war. C. had assisted in treating the wounded. D. had seen the casualties and cruelties of war. 16. Which of the following statements about the symbols is INCORRECT? A. Both are used as the organization s official symbols. B. Both are used regardless of religious significance. C. The red cross was the organization s original symbol. D. The red crescent was later adopted for use in certain regions. 17. How should cheerleading be viewed according to the passage? A. It is just a lot of cheering.B. It mainly involves yelling. C. It mainly involves dancing.D. It is competitive in nature. Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage. 18. How do the cheerleaders perform their jobs? A. They set fireworks for their team.B. They put on athletic shows. C. They run around the spectators.D. They yell for people to buy drinks. 19. Why do the cheerleaders sometimes suffer physical injuries? A. Because they try dangerous acts to catch people s attention. B. Because they shout and yell so their voice becomes hoarse. C. Because they go to the pyramid and the hills to perform. D. Because they dance too much every day for practice. 20. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. The first cheerleaders was a man named John Campbell. B. Cheerleaders contests are only held at the state level. C. Before 1930 there were no women cheerleaders. D. The first cheerleading occurred in 1898. SECTION C NEWS BROAOCAST Questions 21 to 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. 21. How many of the emigrants died after being thrown into the sea? A. 15 of them.B. 3 of them.C. 100 of them.D. Dozens of them. 22. The illegal emigrants came from A. Italy.B. Africa.C. the Mediterranean region.D. places unknown. Question 23 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news. 23. What does the news item mainly report? A. China will send three people into space in a week. B. Three Chinese astronauts will spend a week in space. C. The Shenzhou VI will be launched next year. D. Shenzhou V circled the earth for two days. Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. 24. Which of the following had NOT been affected by the wildfires? A. Houses.B. Land.C. Skies.D. Cars. 25. The fires were thought to have been started A. purposefully.B. accidentally. C. on the Mexican border.D. in southern California. Questions 26 to 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news. 26. _ ranks second among leading tourism nations. A. FranceB. The United States C. SpainD. Italy 27. It is predicted that by 2020 China will receive _ visitors. A. 77 millionB. 130 millionC. 36.8 millionD. 100 million 28. According to a Xinhua report, last year saw a _ per cent increase in the number of Chinese traveling abroad. A. 16.6B. 30C. 100D. 37 Question 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news. 29. What would happen to the Argentine officers? A. They would be arrested by Spanish authorities. B. They would be tried in an Argentine court. C. They would be sent to Spain for trial. D. They would be tortured or murdered. 30. What accusation would the Argentine officers face? A. Violation of human rights. B. Involvement in illegal actions. C. Planning anti -government activities. D. Being part of the military rule. PART III CLOZE 15 MIN. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet. A person s home is as much a reflection of his personality as the clothes he wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time. Depending on personality, most have in mind a(n) “ (31) _ home” . But in general, and especially for the student or new wage earners, there are practical (32) _ of cash and location on achieving that idea. Cash (33) _, in fact, often means that the only way of (34) _ when you leave school is to stay at home for a while until things (35) _ financially. There are obvious (36) _of living at home personal laundry is usually (37) _ done along with the family wash; meals are provided and there will be a well -established circle of friends to (38) _. And there is (39) _ the responsibility for paying bills, rates, etc. On the other hand, (40) _ depends on how a family gets on. Do your parents like your friends? You may love your family (41) _do you like them? Are you prepared to be (42) _ when your parents ask where you are going in the evening and what time you expect to be back? If you find that you cannot manage a(n) (43) _, and that you finally have the money to leave, how do you (44) _ finding somewhere else to live? If you plan to stay in your home area, the possibilities are (45) _well -known to you already. Friends and the local paper are always (46) _. If you are going to work in a (47) _ area, again there are the papers and the accommodation agencies, (48) _ these should be approached with (49) _. Agencies are allowed to charge a fee, usually the (50) _ of the first week s rent, if you take accommodation they have found for you. 31. A. ideal B. perfect C. imaginary D. satisfactory 32. A. deficiencies B. weaknesses C. insufficiencies D. limitations 33. A. cut B. shortage C. lack D. drain 34. A. getting over B. getting in C. getting back D. getting along 35. A. improve B. enhance C. develop D. proceed 36. A. concerns B. issues C. advantages D. problems 37. A. still B. always C. habitually D. consequently 38. A. call in B. call over C. call upon D. call out 39. A. always B. rarely C. little D. sometimes 40. A. little B. enough C. many D. much 41. A. and B. but C. still D. or 42. A. tolerant B. hostile C. indifferent D. good-tempered 43. A. agreement B. consensus C. compromise D. deal 44. A. go about B. go over C. go in for D. go through 45. A. seldom B. less C. probably D. certainly 46. A. dependent B. a good source of information C. of great value D. reliable 47. A. familiar B. cold C. humid D. new 48. A. though B. while C. since D. as 49. A. enthusiasm B. hesitation C. caution D. concern 50. A. same B. equivalent C. equal D. similarity PART IV GRAMMAR Walt Disney and the American Way of Life, by Steven Watts, confirms that he was very definitely on the side of ordinary Americans in the 30s and 40s he voted for Franklin Roosevelt, believing he was a champion of the workers. Also, Disney was not an apologist for the FBI, as some have suggested. In fact, he was always suspicious of large, bureaucratic organizations, as is evidenced in films like That Darned Cat, in which he portrayed FBI agents as bungling incompetents. By the time he died in 1966, Walt Disney was an icon like Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers. To business people and filmmakers, he was a role model; to the public at large, he was “ Uncle Walt” the man who had entertained them all their lives, the man who represented them all their lives, the man who represented all that was good about America. 86. Walt Disney is believed to possess the following abilities EXCEPT A. painting.B. creativityC. management.D. merchandising. 87. According to the passage, what was the pleasant side of Disney s patriotism? A. He sided with ordinary Americans in his films. B. He supported America s war efforts in his own way. C. He had doubts about large, bureaucratic organizations. D. He voted for Franklin Roosevelt in the 30s and 40s. 88. In the sixth paragraph the sentence “ Disney was more or less the genuine article” means that _. A. Disney was a creative and capable person. B. Disney once agreed to work for the FBI. C. Disney ran his company in a democratic way. D. Disney was sympathetic with ordinary people. 89. The writer s attitude toward Walt Disney can best be described as A. sympathetic.B. objective.C. critical.D. skeptical. TEXT C Why do you listen to music? If you should put this question to a number of people, you might receive answers like these: “ I like the beat of music ” , “ I look for attractive tunefulness” , “ I am moved by the sound of choral singing” , “ I listen to music for many reasons but I could not begin to describe them to you clearly.” Answers to this question would be many and diverse, yet almost no one would reply, “ Music means nothing to me.” To most of us, music means something; it evokes some response. We obtain some satisfaction in listening to music. For many, the enjoyment of music does not remain at a standstill. We feel that we can get more satisfaction from the musical experience. We want to make closer contact with music in order to learn more of its nature; thus we can range more broadly and freely in the areas of musical style, form, and expression. This book explores ways of achieving these objectives. It deals, of course, with the techniques of music, but only in order to show how technique is directed toward expressive aims in music and toward the listener s musical experience. In this way, we may get an idea of the composer s intentions, for indeed, the composer uses every musical device for its power to communicate and for its contribution to the musical experience. Although everyone hears music differently, there is a common ground from which all musical experiences grow. That source is sound itself. Sound is the raw material of music. It makes up the body and substance of all musical activity. It is the point of departure in the musical experience. The kinds of sound that can be used for musical purposes are amazingly varied. Throughout the cultures of the world, East and West, a virtually limitless array of sounds has been employed in the service of musical expression. Listen to Oriental theatre music, then to an excerpt from a Wagner work; these two are worlds apart in their qualities of sound as well as in almost every other feature, yet each says something of importance to some listeners. Each can stir a listener and evoke a response in him. All music, whether it is the pulsation of primitive tribal drums or the complex coordination of voices and instruments in an opera, has this feature: it is based upon the power of sound to stir our senses and feelings. Yet sound alone is not music. Something has to happen to the sound. It must move forward in time. Everything that takes place musically involves the movement of so