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1、试卷用后随即销毁。严禁保存、出版或复印。QUESTION BOOKLETTEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2021)-GRADE FOUR-TIME LIMIT: 130 MINPART I DICTATION10 MINListen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand th
2、e 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 done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 1 minute to check through your w
3、ork once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.PART II LISTENING PREHENSION20 MINSECTION A TALKIn this section, you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at the task onANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Mak
4、e sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.Now listen to the talk. When it is over, you will be given TWO minutes to check your work.SECTION B CONVERSATIONSIn this sect
5、ion, you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question, there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A, B
6、, C and D, and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions.Now, listen to the conversations.Conversation OneQuestions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.1. A. To tell the man that he has been shortlisted for interview.B. To ask the man
7、 a few questions about his interview.C. To e*plain to the man how to make a presentation.D. To tell the man the procedure of the interview.2. A. Questions related to the job.B. General questions about himself.C. Specific questions about his CV.D. Questions about his future plan.3. A. Questions from
8、the interviewers.B. Questions from the interviewee.C. Presentation from the interviewee.D. Requests from the interviewee.4. A. Educational and professional background.B. Problems he has faced and solved.C. Major successes in his career so far.D. pany future and his contribution.5. A. 11 a.m., ne*t T
9、uesday.B. 11 a.m., ne*t Thursday.C. 9. a.m., this Tuesday.D. 9 a.m., this Thursday.Conversation TwoQuestions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.6. A. The disadvantages of college loans.B. Government financing in college education.C. How to handle the problem of college loans.D. How college studen
10、ts pay for their education.7. A. It has increased by 6 to 8%.B. It has increased by 8 to 10%.C. It has decreased by 6 to 8%.D. It has decreased by 8 to 10%.8. A. Students family ine.B. First year salary after graduation.C. A fi*ed amount of 30,000 dollars.D. Payment in the ne*t ten years.9. A. Stude
11、nts can borrow money first.B. Students pay no ta* on savings.C. Students pay less ta* after graduation.D. Students withdraw without paying ta*.10. A. Giving up charitable or volunteer work.B. Neglecting their study at college.C. Giving up further education.D. Neglecting high salary in job-seeking.PA
12、RT III LANGUAGE USAGE10 MINThere are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best pletes the sentence.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.11. How can I concentrate if you _ continually _ me with si
13、lly questionsA. haveinterruptedB. areinterruptedC. hadinterruptingD. wereinterrupting12. Among the four sentences below, Sentence _ e*presses the highest degree of possibility.A. It may take a long time to find a solution to the problem.B. It might take a long time to find a solution to the problem.
14、C. It could take a long time to find a solution to the problem.D. It should take a long time to find a solution to the problem.13. She is a better speaker than _ in the class.A. any boyB. the other boysC. other any girlD. all the girls14. Nobody heard him sing, _A. did oneB. did heC. didnt theyD. di
15、d they15. I cant put up with _.A. that friend of youB. that friend of yoursC. the friend of youD. the friend of yours16. There has been an increasing number of _ in primary schools in the past few years.A. man teacherB. men teacherC. man teachersD. men teachers17. This is one of the issues that dese
16、rve _.A. being mentionedB. mentioningC. to mentionD. for mention18. The audience _ e*cited on seeing _ favorite star glide onto the stage.A. weretheirB. wereitsC. wastheirD. wasones19. _ your advice, I would have made the wrong decision.A. Hadnt it been forB. Had it not been forC. Had it been forD.
17、Had not it been for20. The sentence I wish I had been more careful in spending my money e*presses the speakers _.A. hopeB. joyC. regretD. relief21. The Attorney General ordered a federal autopsy of Browns body, seeking to _ the family and munity there would be a thorough investigation into his death
18、.A. ensureB. insureC. assureD. ascertain22. The police department came under strong criticism for both the death of an unarmed man and its handling of the _.A. consequenceB. outeC. resultD. aftermath23. The Foreign Secretary tried to _ doubts about his handling of the crisis.A. dispelB. e*pelC. repe
19、lD. quell24. Mutual funds are thus best for investors who dont want to take the time to study stocks in detail or who _ the resources to build a portfolio.A. depriveB. lackC. yearnD. attain25. Chris ran _ John at a sporting-goods trade show and the two quickly struck _ an easy report.A. intoupB. oni
20、ntoC. acrossonD. againstinto26. “I am leaving the country soon, he told a _ convened group of reporters.A. especiallyB. particularlyC. speciallyD. specifically27. Israel and Humans had reached a deal on e*tending the _ ceasefire by an e*tra 24 hours until Tuesday at midnight.A. contemporaryB. makesh
21、iftC. spontaneousD. temporary28. _ to unplugging the alarm clock and trusting your ability to wake on time on your own, you should probably ease yourself into the new arrangement by keeping a very regular schedule for several weeks.A. DueB. PriorC. RelatedD. Thanks29. If you are an athlete, strong a
22、bdominal muscles help you ensure a strong back and freedom from injury during _ upper-body movement.A. valiantB. variableC. vigilantD. vigorous30. Finning is a cruel _ in which the sharks fins are lopped off, and the live shark is thrown back to sea.A. realityB. truthC. practiceD. skillPART IV CLOZE
23、10 MINDecide which of the words given in the bo* below would best plete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blank. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. Mark the letter for each word on ANSWER SHEET TWO.A. ampleB. binationsC. directlyD. disseminatedE. generationsF. genuinelyG. insteadH. listsI.
24、promulgatedJ. publicizedK. scantL. shapedM. sophisticatedN. transplantedO. virtualImagine a world without writing. Obviously, there would be no books: no novels, no encyclopedias, no cookbooks, no te*tbooks, no telephone books, no scriptures, no diaries, no travel guides. There would be no ball-poin
25、ts, no typewriters, no puters, no Internet, no magazines, no movie credits, no shopping lists, no newspapers, no ta* returns. But such (31)_ of objects almost miss the point. The world we live in has been indelibly marked by the written word, (32)_ by the technology of writing over thousands of year
26、s. Ancient kings proclaimed their authority and (33)_ their laws in writing. Scribes administered great empires by writing, their knowledge of recording and retrieving information essential to governing ple* societies. Religious traditions were passed on through (34)_, and spread to others, in writi
27、ng. Scientific and technological progress was achieved and (35)_ through writing. Accounts in trade and merce could be kept because of writing. Nearly every step of civilization has been mediated through writing. A world without writing would bear (36)_ resemblance to the one now we live in. Writing
28、 is a (37)_ necessity to the societies anthropologists call civilizations. A civilization is distinguished from other societies by the ple*ity of its social organization, by its construction of cities and large public buildings, and by the economic specialization of its members, many of whom are not
29、 (38)_ involved in food procurement or production. A civilization, with its ta*ation and tribute systems, its trade, and its public works, requires a (39)_ system of record keeping. And so, the early civilizations of Egypt, China, and (probably) India all developed a system of writing. Only the Peru
30、vian civilization of the Incas and their predecessors did not use writing but (40)_ invented a system of keeping records on knotted color-coded strings known as quipu.PART V READING PREHENSION35 MINSECTION A MULTIPLECHOICE QUESTIONSIn this section, there are three passages followed by ten multiplech
31、oice questions. For eachmultiple-choice question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.PASSAGE ONE(1) When I was twenty-seven years old, I was a mining-brokers clerk in San Francisco, and an
32、 e*pert in all the details of stock traffic. I was alone in the world, and had nothing to depend upon but my wits and a clean reputation; but these were setting my feet in the road to eventual fortune, and I was content with the prospect. My time was my own after the afternoon board, Saturdays, and
33、I was accustomed to putting it in on a little sail-boat on the bay. One day I ventured too far, and was carried out to sea. Just at nightfall, when hope was about gone, I was picked up by a small ship which was bound for London. It was a long and stormy voyage, and they made me work my passage witho
34、ut pay, as a mon sailor. When I stepped ashore in London my clothes were ragged and shabby, and I had only a dollar in my pocket. This money fed and sheltered me twenty-four hours. During the ne*t twenty-four I went without food and shelter.(2) About ten oclock on the following morning, dirty and hu
35、ngry, I was dragging myself along Portland Place, when a child that was passing, towed by a nurse-maid, tossed a big pear minus one bite into the gutter. I stopped, of course, and fastened my desiring eye on that muddy treasure. My mouth watered for it, my stomach craved it, my whole being begged fo
36、r it. But every time I made a move to get it some passing eye detected my purpose, and of course I straightened up then, and looked indifferent, and pretended that I hadnt been thinking about the pear at all. This same thing kept happening and happening, and I couldnt get the pear.(3) I was just get
37、ting desperate enough to brave all the shame, and to seize it, when a window behind me was raised, and a gentleman spoke out of it, saying:“Step in here, please.(4) I was admitted by a man servant, and shown into a sumptuous room where a couple of elderly gentlemen were sitting. They sent away the s
38、ervant, and made me sit down. They had just finished their breakfast, and the sight of the remains of it almost overpowered me. I could hardly keep my wits together in the presence of that food, but as I was not asked to sample it, I had to bear my trouble as best I could.(5) Now, something had been
39、 happening there a little before, which I did not know anything about until a good many days afterwards, but I will tell you about it now. Those two old brothers had been having a pretty hot argument a couple of days before, and had ended by agreeing to decide it by a bet, which is the English way o
40、f settling everything.(6) You will remember that the Bank of England once issued two notes of a million pounds each, to be used for a special purpose connected with some public transaction with a foreign country. For some reason or other only one of these had been used and canceled; the other still
41、lay in the vaults of the Bank. Well, the brothers, chatting along, happened to get to wondering what might be the fate of a perfectly honest and intelligent stranger who should be turned adrift in London without a friend, and with no money but that million-pound bank-note, and no way to account for
42、his being in possession of it. Brother A said he would starve to death; Brother B said he wouldnt. Brother A said he couldnt offer it at a bank or anywhere else, because he would be arrested on the spot. So, they went on disputing till Brother B said he would bet twenty thousand pounds that the man
43、would live thirty days, anyway, on that million, and keep out of jail, too. Brother A took him up. Brother B went down to the Bank and bought that note. Then he dictated a letter, which one of his clerks wrote out in a beautiful round hand, and then the two brothers sat at the window a whole day wat
44、ching for the right man to give it to.(7) I finally became the pick of them.1. In Para. 1, the phrase “set my feet probably means _.A. put me asideB. prepare meC. let me walkD. start my journey2. It can be concluded from Para. 2 that _.A. the man wanted to maintain dignity though starvedB. the man c
45、ould not get a proper chance to eat the pearC. the man did not really want the pear since it was dirtyD. it was very difficult for the man to get the pear.3. pared with BrotherA, Brother B was more _ towards the effect of the one-million-pound bank-note on a total stranger.A. neutralB. negativeC. re
46、servedD. positivePASSAGE TWO(1) The concept of peace is a very important one in cultures all over the world. Think about how we greet people. In some languages, the phrases for greetings contain the word for peace. In some cultures, we greet people by shaking hands or with another gesture to show th
47、at we are not carrying weapons that we e in peace. And there are certain symbols which people in very different cultures recognize as representing peace. Lets look at the origins of a few of them. The dove (2) The dove has been a symbol of peace and innocence for thousands of years in many different cultures. In ancient Greek mythology, it was a symbol of love and the renewal of life. In ancient Japan, a dove carrying a sword symbolized the end of war. (3) There was a tr
