TEM4模拟试题1[1].doc

TEM-4 Test 1

TIME LIMIT: 140 MIN.

PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (25 min.)

In Section A, B, and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct response for each question on your answer sheet.

SECTION A STATEMENT

In this section you will hear eight statements. At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.

Now listen to the statements.

1. Joe went to court because he was a ______
A. law breaker.
B. trainee lawyer.
C. friend of the judge.
D. traffic policeman.

2. Where did the speaker think they were supposed to meet?
A. On the platform.
B. On the train.
C. Near the stairs.
D. At the information desk.

3. What is being described?
A. Telephone.
B. Telegraph.
C. Microfilm.
D. Microscope.

4. How long was the coach delayed?
A. Three hours and forty five minutes.
B. Five and a half hours.
C. Two hours and forty five minutes.
D. Eight hours and fifteen minutes.

5. What does the speaker imply?
A. I want you to have a fully enjoyable holiday.
B. Your plans for the trip interest me a lot.
C. I think you should arrive according to the plan.
D. We are now making plans for your journey.

6. What does the speaker mean?
A. The shop told me this would happen.
B. I didn't know it would be like this.
C. It became smaller but still fits me.
D. the cardigan is well worth the price.

7. When will the writer's new book be published?
A. In the spring.
B. In the summer.
C. In the autumn.
D. In the winter.

8. What does the speaker mean?
A. Traveling by car is more dangerous than by air.
B. There are 300 air crashes each year in the U.S.
C. The air crashes each year kill about 50 000 people.
D. Traveling by plane is more dangerous than by air.

SECTION B CONVERSATION

In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following nine questions.

Now listen to the conversations.

9. What does the man mean?
A. It's really nice to have a change.
B. they ought to have been changed long ago.
C. The curtains are of a wrong color.
D. The curtains are still quite good.

10. The woman's usual attitude towards films is ______
A. mixed.
B. fascinated.
C. enthusiastic.
D. disinterested.

11. According to the conversation, the woman's sister ______
A. was probably upset.
B. had little education.
C. always writes like that.
D. usually never writes.

12. The man's purpose in visiting was to ______
A. take a course.
B. see the city.
C. go to the park.
D. take a rest.

13. What does the man indicate?
A. Most people like the museum.
B. It is difficult to get up early.
C. There might be varied opinions.
D. it is a problem to get there.

14. What does the woman mean?
A. She does not really need his help.
B. She has not started thinking about it yet.
C. She is very grateful to the man for his advice.
D. She has already talked with the man.

15. Which of the following best describes the woman's reaction?
A. Overjoyed.
B. Confused.
C. Surprised.
D. Supportive.

16. The woman is going to the supermarket tomorrow because ______
A. the supermarket is closing down after Christmas.
B. the man is going to help her with shopping.
C. tomorrow is the only day she is free before Christmas.
D. she wants to get through food for the holiday period.

17. John is going to France because ______
A. he'll start a new business in properties.
B. he has been left property there.
C. he's made a fortune with his uncle.
D. his uncle wants his company there.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Question 18 is 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.

18. What happened to the schoolboy?
A. he forgot to lock the cold store door.
B. He was forced to work throughput the night.
C. he caught cold while working at the butcher's.
D. he was locked up by accident in a cold store.

Questions 19 and 20 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions.

Now listen to the news.

19. Mr. Warren Christopher ______
A. believes there is hope for peace.
B. will report to the UN on Thursday.
C. will hold more talks before leaving the region.
D. is not sure that the peace process will succeed.

20. With whom did Christopher NOT meet?
A. The Syrian President.
B. The PLO leader.
C. The Jordanian President.
D. The Israeli Prime Minister.

Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions.

Now listen to the news.

21. The number of the escaped prisoners is ______
A. 6.
B. 5.
C. 1.
D. 7.

22. Following the prison breakout, the Government is to ______
A. restructure the prison service.
B. discipline some prison officers.
C. recruit more security staff.
D. look into security conditions.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions.

Now listen to the news.

23. The aim of the agreement is to ______
A. encourage trade in the region.
B. crack down on drug smuggling.
C. save the declining fishing industry.
D. strengthen cross-boarder police presence.

24. Which group of people is now taking advantages of the agreement?
A. Canadian police.
B. Businessmen.
C. Drug traffickers.
D. Customs officers.

25. The percentage of cocaine brought through the coast has increased by ______
A. 10%
B. 50%
C. 60%
D. 70%

PART II    CLOZE (15 min.)

Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your answer sheet.
Early Tudor England was to a large extent self-sufficient. Practically all the necessities of life-- food, clothing, fuel and housing -- were produced from native resources by native effort, and it was to (26)_____ these primary needs that the great mass of the population labored (27)______ its daily tasks. Production was for the most part organized in innumerable small units. In the country the farm, the hamlet and the village lived on (28)____ they could grow or make for themselves, and(29) _____ the sale of any surplus in the local market town,(30) ____ in the towns craftsmen applied themselves to their one-man business, making the boots and shoes, the caps and the cloaks, the (31)____ and harness of townsmen and countrymen(32)____. Once a week town and country would meet to make (33) ___ at a market which came (34) ___ realizing the medieval idea of direct contact between producer and (35) _____. This was the traditional economy, which was hardly altered for some centuries, and which set the (36) _____ of work and the standard of life of perhaps nice out of (37) ____ ten English men and women. The work was long and (38)____, and the standard of life achieved was almost (39)___ low. Most Englishmen lied by a diet which was often (40)____ and always monotonous, wore coarse and ill-fitting clothes which harbored dirt undermine, and lived in holes whose squalor would affront the modern slum dweller.

26.
A. settle
B. answer
C. satisfy
D. fill

27.
A. at
B. in
C. on
D. with

28.
A. which
B. what
C. whether
D. where

29.
A. with
B. by
C. on
D. for
30.
A. although
B. while
C. nevertheless
D. when

31.
A. machines
B. apparatus
C. equipment
D. implement

32.
A. similar
B. skin
C. like
D. alike

33.
A. exchange
B. bargain
C. dealing
D. ride

34.
A. close at
B. adjacent to
C. near to
D. near-by

35.
A. consumer
B. buyer
C. user
D. shopper

36.
A. model
B. form
C. pattern
D. method

37.
A. every
B. each
C. the
D. other

38.
A. cruel
B. hard
C. ruthless
D. severe
39.
A. unimaginatively
B. unimaginably
C. imaginarily
D. unimaginably

40.
A. weak
B. little
C. meager
D. sparse

PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (15 min.)

There are twenty-five 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 correctly completes the sentence. Mark your answer on your answer sheet.

41. You won't get a loan _______ you can offer some security.
A. lest
B. in case
C. unless
D. other than

42. ______ time, he'll make a first-class tennis player.
A. Having
B. Given
C. Giving
D. had

43. I _____ the party much if there hadn't been quite such a crowd of people there.
A. would enjoy
B. will have enjoyed
C. would have enjoyed
D. will be enjoying

44. This company has now introduced a policy ____ pay rises are related to performances at work.
A. which
B. where
C. whether
D. what

45. He wasn't asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, _______ insufficiently popular with all members.
A. having considered
B. was considered
C. was being considered
D. being considered

46. This may have preserved the elephant from being wiped out as well as other animals ______ in Africa.
A. hunted
B. hunting
C. that hunted
D. are hunted

47. The office has to be shut down ______ funds.
A. being a lack of
B. from lack of
C. to a lack of
D. for lack of

48. In international matches, prestige is so important that the only thing that matters is to avoid _____.
A. from being beaten
B. being beaten
C. beating
D. to be beaten

49. As it turned out to be a small house party, we ____ so formally.
A. need not have dressed up
B. must not have dressed up
C. did not need to dress up
D. must not dress up

50. Western Nebraska generally receives less snow than _____ Eastern Nebraska.
A. in
B. it receives in
C. does
D. it does in

51. _____ no cause for alarm, the old man went back to his bedroom.
A. There was
B. Since
C. Being
D. There being

52. The brilliance of his satires was ______ make even his victims laugh.
A. so as to
B. such as to
C. so that
D. such that

53. If he _____ in that way for much longer he will find himself in the bankruptcy court.
A. carries on
B. carries off
C. carries by
D. carries away

54. Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not ____ close examination.
A. look up
B. pay up
C. keep up
D. stand up

55. He must give us more time, ______ we shall not be able to make a good job of it.
A. consequently
B. otherwise
C. therefore
D. doubtlessly

56. When there was a short ______ in the conversation, I asked if anyone would like anything to drink.
A. blank
B. space
C. pause
D. wait

57. You can do it if you want to, but in my opinion it's not worth the ____ it involves.
A. effort
B. strength
C. attempt
D. force

58. The main road through Little bury was blocked for three hours today after an accident ____ two lorries.
A. involving
B. including
C. combining
D. containing

59. Very few scientists _____ with completely new answers to the world's problem.
A. come to
B. come round
C. come on
D. come up

60. Hotel rooms must be _____ by noon, but luggage may be left with the porter.
A. departed
B. abandoned
C. vacated
D. displaced

61. The ____ physicist has been challenged by others in his field.
A. respectable
B. respectful
C. respective
D. respecting

62. I'll try to get in touch with him but he's_____ ever at home when I phone.
A hardly
B almost
C rarely
D occasionally

63. With hundreds of works left behind, Picasso is regarded as a very ____ artist.
A. profound
B. productive
C. prosperous
D. plentiful

64. The city suffered ______ damage as a result of the earthquake.
A. considered
B. considerate
C. considerable
D. considering

65. Undergraduate students have no _____ to the rare books in the school library.
A. access
B. entrance
C. way
D. path

PART IV READING COMPREHENSION (30min.)

SECTION A (25 MIN.)

In this part there are four passages followed by fifteen questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. choose the one that you think is the correct answer. Mark you choice on your answer sheet.

TEXT A

In the past thirty years many social changes have taken place in Britain. The greatest of these have probably been in the economic lives of women.
The changes have been significant, but, because tradition and prejudice can still handicap women in their working careers and personal lives, major legislation to help promote equality of opportunity and pay was passed during the 1970s.
At the heart of women's changed role in society has been the rise in the number of women at work, particularly married woman. As technology and society permit highly effective and generally acceptable methods of family planning there has been a decline in family size. Women as a result are involved in child-rearing for a much shorter time and related to this, there has been a rapid increase in the number of women with young children who return to work when the children are old enough not to need constant care and attention.
Since 1951 the proportion of married women whose work has grown from just over a fifth to a half. Compared with their counterparts elsewhere on the Continent, British women    comprise a relatively high proportion of the work force, about two-fifths, but on average they work fewer hours, about 31 a week. There is still a significant difference between women's average earnings and men's, but the equal pay legislation which came into force at the end of 1975 appears to have helped to narrow the gap between women's and men's basic rates.
As more and more women joined the work force in the 1960s and early 1970s there was an increase in the collective incomes of women as a whole and a major change in the economic role of large numbers of housewives. Families have come to rely on married women's earnings as an essential part of their income rather than as "pocket money". At the same time social roles within the family are more likely to be shared, exchanged or altered.

66. The general idea of the passage is about ______
A. social trends in contemporary Britain.
B. changes in women's economic status.
C. equal opportunity and pay in Britain.
D. women's roles within the family.

67. According to the author, an increasing number of married women are able to work because ______
A. their children no longer require their care.
B. there are more jobs available nowadays.
C. technology has enabled them to find acceptable jobs.
D. they spend far less time on child care than before.

TEXT B

Nature's Gigantic Snow plough

On January 10,1962, an enormous piece of glacier broke away and tumbled down the side of a mountain in Peru. A mere seven minutes later, when cascading ice finally came to a st