TEM4模拟试题8[1].doc

TEM-4    Test 8

TIME LIMIT: 140 MIN.

PART I    LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN.]

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

SECTION A    STATEMENT

In this section you will hear 8 statements.    At    the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following 8 questions.    Now listen to the statements.

1. How much did they pay for the skirt?
A. '50
B. '15
C. '25
D. '75

2. Which statement is true?
A. Only Bill submitted the report.
B. Every student handed the report to Bill.
C. Every student except Bill didn't submit the report.
D. Only Bill didn't turn in the report.

3. How much does Peter earn?
A. Peter's yearly salary is about '5,000.
B. Peter's weekly salary is about '500.
C. Peter's weekly salary is about '1,000.
D. Peter's monthly salary is about '1,000.

4. Which statement is true?
A. One-fourth of the clothes at parker's shop were sold out.
B. One-fourth of the clothes are now on sale.
C. Prices are as much as 25% lower.
D. Prices on all the clothes are one-fourth lower than any other shop.

5. What is the one drawback of the new supermarket according to Susan?
A. The unreasonable prices.
B. Packing her own groceries.
C. The attitude of the employees.
D. Not enough variety in vegetables.

6. We waited for _____.
A. 10 minutes
B. 20 minutes
C. 40 minutes
D. 50 minutes

7. Which statement is true?
A. Jane didn't remember Jean.
B. Jane and Jean are not good friends.
C. Jane likes Jean.
D. Jean likes Jane.

8. Allan _____.
A. has a favorite pastime on a cold day in winter -- climbing a mountain
B. doesn't like climbing a mountain
C. goes to the mountain except on a cold winter's day
D. doesn't go to the mountain on a cold winter's day though he likes mountain climbing

SECTION B    CONVERSATION

In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations between two speakers.    At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following 8 questions.    Now listen to the conversations.

9. Where does this conversation most probably take place?
A. In an office
B. In a restaurant
C. At a station
D. In a café

10. How much does one chair cost?
A. '35
B. '65
C. '20
D. '55

11. How did the man and his sister feel about the play?
A. They thought that the play was fascinating.
B. The man thought that the performance was terrible.
C. The man thought the costumes were excellent, but his sister thought they were too dull.
D. His sister was fascinated by their performance.

12. What will Jim do this afternoon?
A. Jim will go right home after his class.
B. Jim will go home at about 6:00.
C. Jim will go to the library at 4:00.
D. Jim will go to the laboratory at 3:00.

13. Which of the following is not true in this conversation?
A. Drums caused the terrible sound.
B. Tom was playing his drums.
C. The man was irritated by the terrible sound.
D. Tom had a terrible nervous breakdown.

14. What did the woman say about the report?
A. She will type it next week.
B. She would rather work on it than do nothing.
C. It took her an entire week to type it.
D. She still hasn't quite finished with it.

15. What do we learn from the man's response?
A. He agrees with the woman about the cherries.
B. The cherries aren't grown here.
C. There aren't any cherries today.
D. He wants to know whether the cherries are good or not.

16. What was the woman's opinion?
A. The project was very easy.
B. The man should go to class.
C. The man should sit in the back of the classroom.
D. She's further behind in her work than the man is.

SECTION C    NEWS BROADCAST

Questions 17 and 18 are based on the following news item.    At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following questions.    Now listen to the news.

17. When did the latest bomb explosion take place?
A. It took place just one hour after two other bombings.
B. It took place on Thursday.
C. It took place on Tuesday when the train was entering a station.
D. It took place on Tuesday when the train was leaving a station.

18. What was the result of the earlier two other bombings in Pakistan?
A. Nobody died or was injured.
B. At least six people died.
C. Forty-eight people were injured.
D. Both B and C.

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

19. How many explosions are mentioned in the news?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four

20. How many people were injured in these explosions?
A. 44
B. 32
C. 12
D. 2

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

21. How did people react towards the new stamps?
A. People were not very interested in the new stamps.
B. The new stamps are believed to be the most popular stamps in British history.
C. People just went to the post offices to have a look.
D. People formed long lines to see Princess of Wales.

22. How many kinds of stamps are on sale?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five

Question 23 is based on the following news item.    At the end of the news item you will be given 10 seconds to answer the following question.    Now listen to the news.

23. Which statement is true about the financial markets in the news?
A. The news is about what has been happening on the share markets in Tokyo, New York and London.
B. The news tells us the relations between US Dollar, German Mark, Japanese Yen and Pound.
C. London's share index was 10 lower.
D. Both A and B.

Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news item.    At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following questions.    Now listen to the news.

24. Who announced the measure after fighting broke out?
A. Head of the riot police.
B. The city's mayor.
C. German fans.
D. Holland football supporters.

25. How many people were arrested by police?
A. Two
B. Thirty-seven
C. Forty-seven
D. Fifty-seven

PART II    CLOZE [15 MIN.]

Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.    Select the correct choice for each blank.
Proclamation of 1763 was declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in
North America, mainly intended to (26)_____ the Indians by checking the encroachment of white settlers on their lands.    After Indian (27)_____ had resulted in the start of Pontiac's War (1763-64), British authorities determined to (28)_____ intercolonial rivalries and abuses by dealing with Indian problems (29)_____.    To this end, the (30)_____ organized new British territories in America -- the provinces of Quebec, East and West Florida, and Grenada (in the Windward Islands) -- and a vast British-administered Indian reservation west of the Appalachians, from south of Hudson Bay to north of the Florida.    It forbade all white settlement (31)_____ Indian territory, ordered those settlers already there to withdraw, and strictly limited future settlement.    For the first time in the history of European colonization in the New World, the proclamation (32)_____ the concept of Indian land titles, prohibiting (33)_____ of patents to any lands claimed by a tribe (34)_____ the Indian title had first been (35)_____ by purchase or treaty.
Although (36)_____ to alter western boundaries, the proclamation was nevertheless offensive to the colonies as (37)_____ interference in their affairs.    Treaties following Pontiac's War drew a more acceptable line of settlement, and the balance of territory north of the Ohio River was added to Quebec in 1774.    The proclamation, however, failed to (38)_____ the westward movement of pioneers, (39)_____ disregard of its provisions (40)_____ decades of continued Indian warfare throughout the area.

26.
A. facilitate
B. dilapidate
C. conciliate
D. distillate

27.
A. grimaces
B. grievances
C. grime
D. groans

28.
A. reduce
B. deduce
C. overthrow
D. subdue

29.
A. as a rule
B. as a token
C. as a whole
D. as a judge

30.
A. procession
B. proclamation
C. procedure
D. probation

31.
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. for

32.
A. fortified
B. formalized
C. formulized
D. formulated

33.
A. issuance
B. assurance
C. innocence
D. insurance

34.
A. lest
B. if
C. unless
D. provided

35.
A. distinguished
B. extinguished
C. distinguishing
D. extinguishing

36.
A. not intending
B. not intended
C. not extending
D. not extended

37.
A. done
B. undone
C. due
D. undue

38.
A. stem
B. branch
C. shoot
D. bough

39.
A. its
B. which
C. whose
D. who

40.
A. revoked
B. evoked
C. revolved
D. evolved

PART III    GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY [15 MIN.]

There are twenty-five sentences in this section.    Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.    Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence.

41. When they heard the _____ for help that rang through the building, the firemen rushed
into it.
A. emergency
B. fight
C. noise
D. appeals

42. The viewers of the poet's most recent book _____ his reputation.
A. enlarged
B. enriched
C. enhanced
D. encouraged

43. Do not _____ across a main road without first looking to the right and the left.
A. advance
B. proceed
C. march
D. progress

44. The airplane _____ soon after taking off.
A. crushed
B. clashed
C. smashed
D. crashed

45. The study also showed that, _____ to what many people believe, if you skip breakfast, you will not lose weight.
A. contrary
B. identical
C. equivalent
D. hostile

46. Large companies are _____ smaller firms by buying their shares.
A. taking off
B. taking up
C. taking over
D. taking on

47. With a school record like yours, I'm puzzled why you didn't _____ a university scholarship.
A. take for
B. care for
C. stand for
D. try for

48. The old family _____ in China has undergone some changes since liberation.
A. pattern
B. form
C. shape
D. construction

49. They are always _____ good terms with all of their neighbors for the sake of their children.
A. at
B. in
C. for
D. on

50. He got thoroughly wet and, _____, he caught a bad cold.
A. in consequence
B. in nature
C. in general
D. in sequence

51. Because of advances in science and technology in recent years, Americans are enjoying _____ time.
A. measure
B. pleasure
C. treasure
D. leisure

52. The Open College is based on a new _____ on education which emphasizes the use of modern air media to get messages across.
A. possession
B. perspective
C. prediction
D. proportion

53. Jim's close _____ to his brother made people mistake them for one another.
A. image
B. figure
C. appearance
D. resemblance

54. He hasn't any money so I _____ him some.
A. will be lending
B. will have lent
C. would lend
D. am going to lend

55. There's a man at the reception desk that seems very angry and I think he means _____ trouble.
A. making
B. to make
C. to have made
D. having closed

56. _____, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.
A. Other things being equal
B. To be equal to other things
C. Were other things equal
D. Other things to be equal

57. _____ the best boxer of his time, Sugar Ray Robinson lost only 3 out of 137 fights.
A. Having judged as
B. Being judged
C. Judging to be
D. Judged to be

58. He _____ the little girl, but he did.
A. ought not to have beaten
B. ought to not have beaten
C. ought to have not beaten
D. ought to have beaten

59. He _____ so sleepy if they _____ for a whole day.
A. wouldn't feel, did not work
B. wouldn't feel, were not working
C. wouldn't be feeling, were not working
D. wouldn't be feeling, hadn't been working

60. Before I came downstairs I had prepared myself very carefully for _____.
A. how I must say
B. what I must say
C. whom I must say
D. whether I must say

61. We hope the measures to control prices, _____ taken by the government, will succeed.
A. when
B. as
C. since
D. after

62. _____ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.
A. In spite of
B. But for
C. Because of
D. As for

63. Sometimes an Englishman is _____ enthusiastic, emotional, excited, etc. than any other nationality, but tends to display his feelings far less.
A. not much
B. no more
C. no less
D. much less

64. Never in my life _____ the impression made on me by my first visit to the late premier Chou.
A. I could forget
B. I shall forget
C. did I forget
D. shall I forget

65. Would you read my letter and correct the mistake, if _____?
A. some
B. any
C. ever
D. never

PART IV    READING COMPREHENSION [30 MIN.]

SECTION A    READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN.]

In this section there are five passages followed by fifteen questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answer marked A, B, C and D.    Choose the one that you think is the correct answer.

TEXT A

I first became aware of the unemployment problem in 1928.    At that time I had just come back from Burma, where unemployment was only a word, and I had gone to Burma when I was still a boy and the post-war boom was not quite over.    When I first saw unemployed men at close quarters, the thing that horrified and amazed me was to find that many of them were ashamed of being unemployed.    I was very ignorant, but not so ignorant as to imagine that when the loss of foreign markets pushes two million men out of work, those two million are any more to blame than the people who draw blanks in the Calcutta Sweep.    But at that time nobody cared to admit that unemployment was inevitable, because this meant admitting that it would probably continue.    The middle classes were still talking about "lazy idle loafers on the dole" and saying that "these men could all find work if they wanted to", and naturally these opinions spread among the working class themselves.    I remember the shock of astonishment it gave me, when I first mingled with tramps and beggars, to find that a fair proportion, perhaps a quarter, of these beings whom I had been taught to regard as cynical parasites, were decent young miners and cotton workers gazing at their destiny with the same sort of dumb amazement as an animal in a trap.    They simply could not understand what was happening to them.    They had been brought up to work, and behold!    It seemed as if they were never g