Section B A Short Passage(2%)
Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. At the end of the passage, you will hear two questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken twice. After you hear one question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C), and D).
Questions 11 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) negative emotions increase with age
B) happiness increases with age
C) sadness increases with age
D) anxiety increases with age
12. A) Being single would affect one’s levels of happiness.
B) People after 50 would feel less stress.
C) As people get older, they become more thankful for what they have.
D) As people get older, they have better control of their emotions
Section C Spot Dictation(3%)
Dictions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. Listen carefully during the first reading. Then listen to the passage again. When it is being read the second time, you should fill in the six blanks with the exact words or phrases you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
The Internet search --13--company called Google has announced it will give more than twenty-five million dollars in money and investments to help the poor. The money will be spent over the next five to ten years in several areas, including poverty reduction and --14--business development. The company says the effort is to use the power of information and technology to help people improve their lives.
Google.org will invest in ways to help small and --15--size businesses grow. Google.org also will work with local partners to improve public services and reduce poverty. Google.org will also give money to help two --16--change programs announced earlier this year. One of these programs studies ways to make renewable energy less costly than coal-based--17--. The other program is examining efforts to speed up common public use of electric cars.
Google.org can give money called grants much like other --18--foundations. It can also invest in ideas and technologies that may or may not be profitable over time. To date, Google.org has spent seventy-five million dollars.
S13)_______ S14)______ S15)______ S16)______ S17)______ S18)______
Part II) Vocabulary and Structure (35%)
Section A (15%)
Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You must choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
19.Fifteen minutes _____ enough for me to go back home from the supermarket.
A) is B) are
C) has D) have
20.The higher you climb, _____.
A) there will be thinner air B) the thinner the air will be
C) the thinner will the air be D) the air will be thinner
21.Before the lady _____ the sofa, she had checked the price in other stores.
A) has ordered B) had ordered
C) ordered D) was ordering
22.My flight _____ at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning. Will you come to see me off?
A) leaves B) is left
C) will have left D) will be left
23.Mr. Johnson moved to Paris in 2002, and _____ there for ten years.
A) has lived B) had lived
C) lived D) lives
24.His opinion was contrary _____ ours, but he said he would work well with us.
A) to B) with
C) from D) of
25.Recently there has been a shortage _____ water in the northwest of China.
A) with B) of
C) in D)about
26.This plan is currently _____ consideration by the Ministry of Education.
A)under B) in
C) for D) above
27.You _____ have crossed the road when the traffic lights were red.
A) mustn’t B) wouldn’t
C) oughtn’t to D) needn’t
28._____ is known to all, Hemingway is a very great American writer.
A) As B) It
C)What D) That
29.Haerbing is the coldest place ____ I have ever been to.
A) where B)that
C) what D) which
30.The reason _____ I’m calling is to tell you about the job interview next Friday.
A)why B) for
C)as D)because
31.The young man spoke confidently, _____ impressed me most.
A) so that B) which
C) that D) in which
32.We do not necessarily grow wiser _____ we grow older.
A) as B) for
C) since D) until
33.My only request is that this problem _____ as soon as possible.
A) should be settled B) would be settled
C) will settle D)shall settle
Section B (20%)
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You must choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
34.Information that does not make any _____ is hard for us to remember.
A) sense B) mistake
C) trouble D) difference
35.Another piece of _____ in the bedroom was an old-fashioned bed.
A) mixture B) manufacture
C) feature D) furniture
36.Miss Cathy will be in _____ of our company when the manager is away next week.
A) charge B) honor
C) place D) spite
37.Some people in Shanghai complain of the rapid _____ of life in this big city.
A) speed B) rate
C) pace D) growth
38.The earthquake has been the worst natural _____ to hit China in recent years.
A) distance B)disaster
C)disease D)discovery
39. Mary, could you _____ my mother while I am away in Shanghai?
A)attend B)handle
C)arrange D)settle
40.You may watch the movie, and I _____ that you’ll be fond of it.
A)guarantee B)reveal
C)prove D)disclose
41.I will not _____ you to watch TV unless you finish your assignment.
A)agree B)let
C)permit D)have
42.You should _____ the police immediately, since there is important evidence.
A)inform B)claim
C)ask D)propose
43.Training is provided, so no _____ experience is needed for the job.
A)various B)previous
C)cautious D)conscious
44.We are very lucky to be _____ after the terrible earthquake.
A)alive B)live
C)alike D)active
45._____ had she received the letter than she started back home.
A)No sooner B)Hardly
C)No more D)Seldom
46. John calculates as quickly as Lucy, but not as _____.
A)normally B)directly
C)clearly D)accurately
47. I’ll _____ remember the day when I entered the college.
A)always B)almost
C)nearly D)really
48.Regardless _____ which method we choose, the result will be the same.
A)for B)on
C)with D)of
49.The two Chinese girls were _____ the 40 students awarded the scholarship of Beijing University.
A)among B)along
C)besides D)between
50.The Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur stand out _____ the clear sky.
A)in B)against
C)on D)above
51.It is believed that the new chairman will be fit _____ the position.
A)for B)to
C)in D)with
52.The reporter sent back bad news that there was still no sign of _______ in the military attack.
A)survivors B)soldiers
C)patients D)prisoners
53. As we all know, the shape of __________ often represents love.
A)diamond B)arrow
C)square D)heart
