Part I Listening Comprehension (15 minutes)  

Directions: This part is to test your listening ability, ft consists of 3 sections.  

Section A  

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There  are .5 recorded dialogues in it.

After each dialogue, there is a recorded  question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. 

When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer  from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D)

given in your test paper  Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with  a single line

through the center.  

Example: You will hear:  

You will read: A) New York City.  

B) An evening party.  

C) An air trip.  

D) The man’s job.  

From the dialogue we learn that the man is to take a fiight to New York  Therefore, C) An air trip is the correct answer.

You should mark C) on   the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.   [A] [B] [C] [D]  

Now the test will begin.  

1. A) It’s attractive. C) It’s important.  

B) It’s exciting.    D) It’s boring.  

2. A) At a railway station. C) At an airport.  

B) At a bank.                 D) At a parking lot.  

3. A) By referring to the receptionist.    C) By asking his friend.  

B) By calling the telephone operator. D) By finding it in the phone book.  

4. A) He’s the boss. C) He’s a new employee.  

B) He’s a visitor. D) He’s the woman’s friend.  

5. A) $400. C) $300.  

B) $200. D) $150.  

Section B  

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations.  There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there  are some recorded questions. Both the conversations and questions will  be spoken

two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on  the correct answer from the 4 choices marked,4), B), C)and 17)) given in  your test paper Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the   Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.  

Conversation 1  

6. A) Sports wear.   C) Summer wear.  

B) Holiday wear. D) Casual wear.  

7. A) See more samples.       C) Meet the designers.  

B) Try on some T-shirts. D) Place an order.  

Conversation 2  

8. A) He wanted to check the order number.  

B) He wanted to order some computers.  

C) He wanted to report on a problem.  

D) He wanted to see the secretary.  

9. A) They got a wrong order number from the caller.  

B) They tailed to deliver the computers on time.  

C) They couldn’t find the order form.  

D) They made a wrong delivery.  

10. A) The salesman. C) Mr. Peterson.  

B) The manager.  D) Mary.  

Section C  

Directions: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a recorded passage.

After that you will hear five questions. Both the passage and the questions will be read two times. When you hear a question, you should complete the answer to it with a word or a short phrase (in not more than 3 words). The questions and incomplete answers are printed in your test paper. You should write your answer on the Answer Sheet correspondingly.

Now the passage will begin.  

11. Why do more middle-aged adults have to take care of their aging parents?  

Because people are living  

12. What does the speaker think of the job of taking care of an aging parent?  

It’s  

13. How are the family roles changed?  

The dependent parents are cared for as if they were  

14. What can a nursing home do for aging parents?  

It provides them with proper  

15. What benefit can middle-aged adults get by sending their parents to a nursing home?

They can return to their  

Part II Structure (15 minutes)  

Directions: This part is to test your ability to construct grammatically correct   sentences. It consists of  2 sections.  

Section A  

Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center  

16. he was seriously iii, I wouldn’t have told him the truth.  

A) If I knew C) Had I known  

B) If I know D) Did I know  

17. She got to know the young man very well she had worked for so long.  

A) to whom C) whom  

B) in whom D) with whom  

18. The car by the side of the road and the driver tried to repair it.  

A) breaks down C) has broken down  

B) was breaking down D) broke down  

19. When he went out, he would wear sunglasses nobody would recognize   him.  

A) so that C) as though  

B) now that D) in case  

20. We were all excited at the news our manual sales had more than   doubled.  

A) which C) it  

B) that D) what  

21. Some people think about their fights than they do about their   responsibilities.  

A) so much C) much more  

B) too much D) much too  

22. The City of London, repeatedly in 1940 and 1941, lost many of its   famous churches.  

A) bombed C) bombing  

B) to bomb D) having bombed  

23. traveling expenses rising a lot, Mrs. White had to change all her plans   for the tour.  

A) Since C) By  

B) As for D) With  

24. I felt so embarrassed that I couldn’t do anything but there when I first   met my present boss.

A) to sit C) sat  

B) sitting D) sit  

25. With the introduction of the computer, libraries today are quite different from   they were in the past.  

A) that C) which  

B) what D) those  

Section B  

Directions: There are 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.  

26. It is important that he (be) called back immediately.  

27. It is (reason) for parents to pay for their children’s education.  

28. At the meeting a (propose) was put forward by John Smith.  

29. As a rule, readers (not allow) to take dictionaries out of the reading room.  

30. It has been a long winter, and we’re (eager) waiting for the coming of spring.  

31. They fully recognized the enormous (strong) and influence of the union.  

32. By the end of last year, nearly a million cars (produce) in that auto factory.  

33. (Take) the financial difficulties into consideration, we’d better put off the plan till next year.  

34. Dr. Richard, together with his wife and three children, (be) to arrive in Beijing this afternoon.  

35. The global average air temperature is believed (rise) in the near future.