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1、TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (1999)GRADE EIGHTPAPER ONE PART LISTENING COMPREHENSION (40 MIN. ) In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. SECTION A TALK Questions 1 to 5 refer to the talk in this section. At the end of the talk
2、you will be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the talk. 1. The technology to make machines quieter A. has been in use since the 1930s. B. has accelerated industrial production. C. has just been in commercial use. D. has been invented to remove all noises.
3、 2. The modern electronic anti-noise devices A. are an update version of the traditional methods. B. share similarities with the traditional methods. C. are as inefficient as the traditional methods. D. are based on an entirely new working principle. 3. The French company is working on anti-noise te
4、chniques to be used in all EXCEPT A. streets. B. factories. C. aircraft. D. cars. 4. According to the talk, workers in zones of quiet can A. be more affected by noise. B. hear talk from outside the zone. C. work more efficiently. D. be heard outside the zone. 5. The main theme of the talk is about A
5、. noise-control technology. B. noise in factories. C. noise-control regulations. D. noise-related effects. SECTION B INTERVIEW Questions 6 to 10 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the inter
6、view. 6. Employees in the US are paid for their time. This means that they are supposed to A. work hard while their boss is around. B. come to work when there is work to be done. C. work with initiative and willingness. D. work through their lunch break. 7. One of the advantages of flexible working
7、hours is that A. pressure from work can be reduced. B. working women can have more time at home. C. traffic and commuting problems can be solved. D. personal relationships in offices can be improved. 8. On the issue of working contracts in the US, which statement is NOT correct? A. Performance at wo
8、rk matters more than anything else. B. There are laws protecting employees working rights. C. Good reasons must be provided in order to fire workers. D. Working contracts in the US are mostly short-term ones. 9. It can be assumed from the interview that an informal atmosphere might be found in A. sm
9、all firms. B. major banks. C. big corporations. D. law offices. 10. The interview is mainly about _ in the USA. A. office hierarchies B. office conditions C. office rules. D. office life. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Question 11 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be gi
10、ven 15 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news. 11. Senator Bob Doles attitude towards Clintons anti-crime policy is that of A. opposition. B. support. C. ambiguity. D. indifference. Questions 12 and 13 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 30
11、 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. 12. Japan and the United States are now A. negotiating about photographic material. B. negotiating an automobile agreement. C. facing serious problems in trade. D. on the verge of a large-scale trade war. 13. The news item seems to indicate t
12、hat the agreement A. will end all other related trade conflicts. B. is unlikely to solve the dispute once and for all. C. is linked to other trade agreements. D. is the last of its kind to be reached. Question 14 and 15 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given
13、30 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. 14. According to the news, the ice from Greenland provides information about A. oxygen. B. ancient weather. C. carbon dioxide. D. temperature. 15. Which of the following statement is CORRECT? A. Drastic changes in the weather have been comm
14、on since ancient times. B. The change in weather from very cold to very hot lasted over a century. C. The scientists have been studying ice to forecast weather in the future. D. The past 10,000 years have seen minor changes in the weather. SECTION D NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLING In this section you wi
15、ll hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture once only. While listening to the lecture, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a 15-minute gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET after the mini-lecture. Use the blank sheet for note-taking
16、ANSWER SHEET At present companies and industries like to sponsor sports events. Two reasons are put forward to explain this phenomenon. The first reason is that they get (1) throughout the world. The second reason is that companies and industries (2) money as they get reductions in the tax they owe
17、if they sponsor sports or arts activities. As sponsorship is (3) careful thinking is required in deciding which events to sponsor. It is important that the event to be sponsored (4) the product(s) to be promoted. That is, the right (5) and maximum product coverage must be guaranteed in the event. Po
18、ints to be considered in sports sponsorship. Popularity of the event International sports events are big (6) events, which get extensive coverage on TV and in press. Smaller events attract fewer people. Identification of the potential audience Aiming at the right audience is most important for small
19、er events. The right audience would attract manufacturers of related products like (7) , etc. Advantages of sponsorship Advantages are longer-term. People are expected to respond 8 to the products promoted and be more likely to buy them. Advertising is 9 the mind. Sponsorship is better than straight
20、 advertising: a) less 10 b) tax-free PART PROOFREADING AND ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN. ) Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET as instructed.The hunter-gatherer tribes that today live as our prehistoric (1) _ human ancestors consume primarily a vegetable diet supplementing (2) _ with animal food
21、s. An analysis of 58 societies of modern hunter- gatherers, including the Kung of southern Africa, revealed that one-half emphasize gathering plant foods, one-third concentrate on fishing, and only one-sixth are primarily hunters. Overall, two-thirds and (3) _ more of the hunter-gatherers calories c
22、ome from plants. Detailed studies of the Kung by the food scientists at the University of London, showed that gathering is a more productive source of food than is hunting. An hour of hunting yields in average about 100 edible calories, (4) _ as an hour of gathering produces 240. (5) _ Plant foods p
23、rovide for 60 percent to 80 percent of the Kung diet, (6) _ and no one goes hungry when the hunt fails, interestingly, if they escape fatal infections or accidents, these contemporary aborigines live to old ages despite of the absence of medical care. They experience no obesity, (7) _ and no middle-
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