闵行区教育局中级职称英语考试(7)Part I Listening Comprehension (20%) (15 minutes)Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections.Section ADirections:This section is to test your ability to give proper responses. There are 5 recorded questions in it. After each question, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. 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) I'm not sure. B) You're right. C) Yes, certainly. D) That's interesting.From the question we learn that the speaker is asking the listener to leave a message.Therefore C) Yes, certainly, is the correct answer. You should mark C) on the Answer Sheet. [A] [B] [C] [D]Now the test will begin.1. A) With pleasure. B) That’s great.C) What a pity! D) Please don’t.2. A) About 10 dollars B) By 12 o’clock.C) In the photo shop. D) A moment ago.3. A) Why not? B) I see.C) I don’t think so. D) Go ahead.4. A) Yes, please. B) No problem.C) Don’t worry. D) Thank you.5. A) What’s there? B) Can I help you?C) No trouble. D) Thank you very much.Section BDirections: 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. The dialogues and questions will be spoken two times. 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 centre.6. A) The man will do everything.B) The man needs a rest.C) Alice offers to help.D) Alice is quite busy.7. A) They are free. B) They are chargedC) They are expensive D) They are cheap.8. A) Many people died in the fire.B) Two person were injured.C) There was a traffic accident.D) There was an air crash.9. A) Buy a train ticket for her.B) Enjoy a concert with her.C) Go to the meeting with her.D) Drive her to the railway station.10. A) Where to have the meeting.B) When to have the meeting.C) Who to attend the meeting.D) What to discuss at the meeting.Section CDirections: In this section you will hear a recorded short passage. The passage is printed in the test paper, but with some words or phrases missing. The passage will be read three times. During the second reading, you are required to put the words or phrases that you hear on the Answer Sheet in order of the numbered blanks according to what you hear. The third reading is for you to check your writing.Now the passage will begin.Good evening, ladies and gentlemen!First of all, let thank you for inviting us to such a great Christmas party. We ____11____ enjoyed the delicious food and excellent wine. Also, the music was perfect, so if I were a better dancer, I would have enjoyed the party twice ___12____. I enjoyed meeting and ___13___ to yon, and sharing the time together. I hope we'll be able to keep good relationship and make___14___ another great one together.Thank you again for the ___15___ party. We have had a great time.Part II. Vocabulary and Structure (40%) (30 minutes)Directions:There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section, for each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.16.He is a very good listener at home, but back in his office he ________orders.A. is used to givingB. used to giveC. is used to giveD. used to giving17.Approval of the patient’s family should be sought before doctors ________ such operations.A. make upB. consist ofC. carry outD. make out18.I did not expect such unkind treatment _______ .A. at handB. at your handsC. in handD. by hand19.Air hostesses _______ the press that they were going on strike.A. reverted toB. referred toC. related toD. revealed to20.I don’t agree with all you say, but I’ll _______at that.A. let it goB. let it offC. let it outD. let it into21.I haven’t really _______ my new job yet.A. got throughB. got intoC. got alongD. get at22.Some people like to live in the countryside because _______ life is more peaceful than citylife.A. cruelB. rudeC. ruralD. urban23.These two medical instruments work on the same ________ .A. principalB. propertyC. principleD. personality24.She ________ in tears when she heard the news.A. broke outB. broke upC. broke downD. knocked out25.This pill can ________ headaches.A. revealB. relieveC. referD. resume26.When boundaries between countries are not clearly _______ , there is usually trouble.A. definedB. imaginedC. measuredD. idealized27.There is no point _______ the piano unless you practice every day.A. to learn to playB. in learning to playC. by learning to playD. having learned to play28.I hope the doctor can _______ the pain in my shoulder.A. rescueB. fixC. treatD. cure29.He finished his studies with the help of educational _______.A. backgroundB. foundationC. baseD. ground30.His horse was given the highest _______ at the show.A. awardB. rewardC. prizeD. price31.This difficulty did not in the least shake his _______.A. thoughtB. opinionC. determinationD. idea32.It wasn’t _______ yesterday ______ I noticed something wrong with the machine.A. till… thatB. until … thatC. until … whenD. until … before33.“Sixty ________ of the pupils are boys” means that of every hundred pupils, sixty are boys.A.gradeB. rateC. percentageD. percent34.I can’t ________his endless complaining a moment longer.A. endureB. experienceC. conquerD. persist35.You will have to ________ a severe test.A.get inB. get offC. get throughD. get out36.________ I am alive, that’s really what matters.A.As long asB. becauseC. sinceD. Although37.We _______ our work after a rest.A. consumedB. assumedC. resumedD. released38.What’s the ________ place you have ever been to?A.farthestB. furtherC. fartherD. furthest39.As one of the nations leading in science we attract many more ________ people to thiscountry than we lose.A.SmartB. talentedC. aptitudeD. able40.He won’t ________ to your request easily.A. give outB. give offC. give upD. give in41.He’s one of the headstrong people who are hard to _________.A.talk withB. talk overC. talk roundD. talk about42.They spend all their money on their house, ________ we prefer to spend ours on traveling..A. thoughB. whereasC. whereD. because43.The car was totally destroyed by the _________ of the crash.A. admissionB. effectingC. impactD. influence44.That incident taught him not to judge a person _______ appearance.A. byB. inC. throughD. with45.The meeting could take place as soon as today, weather ________.A. permitsB. permittingC. permittedD. was permitted46.We must buy the tent this week so that it will be ________for camping on the weekend.A. in no timeB. sometimesC. in timeD. on time47.I am going to have this bad tooth__________.A.pulling outB. pull overC. pull outD. pulled out48.The child clung ________ his mother, begging her not to leave.A.WithB. toC. onD. at49.We don’t want the kids to ________. They seldom get such a chance.A.knock outB. get outC. miss outD. come out50.His chance of success is very ________ because he is not trying his best.A.LikelyB. slimC. thinD. possible51.These clothes were not ________ for such a formal occasion.A.appropriateB. relativeC. reluctantD. cautiously52.Can such a thing _________ happening again?A. prevent fromB. have prevented fromC. be prevented fromD. to prevent from53Our country has many _______ resources.A.peculiarB. potentialC. possibleD. practical54Peter is ________of winning the post as assistant to the managing director.A.safeB. determinedC. consciousD. confident55Mary hadn’t said a single word since supper, _______ her husband.A.or hadB. nor hadC. neither hadD. nor hasPart III. Reading Comprehension (30%) (30 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage 1Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.Research shows that the average high school student will study four hours per week for any major test. The outcome of this four hours of study varies from an A to an F, which means that in high school grades are strongly determined by intelligence since everyone studies the same amount of time.But college is different. Most of the students are highly intelligent and each has plenty of time for self-study. To score high on any test, a college student has to work hard and, probablymore importantly, know how to use his or her time most efficiently. The problem is that your study habits formed in high school may make you unable to study well in college because you have never experienced what it takes to perform at the college level. That is why the freshman year is the hardest year for all college students.Based on my extensive observation of student performances on college tests, I recommend the following study time per test: 6 hours per week for an A, 4 hours for a B, 3.5 hours for a C, 2.5 hours for a D and 0 hours for an F. An hour of study is defined as studying for 45 minutes and a break of 15 minutes. Ten hours of continuous study without a break is defined as one hour of study. The brain does not process and store information the way students prefer studying. Occasionally, some succeed by studying at the last minute, but they are exceptions to the rule.Research also suggests that the slowest 10 percent of the students may need 5 to 6 times as much time to learn the same material as the fastest 10 percent. Each person is very likely to have strengths and weaknesses. Overcoming your weakness increases your strength.56.According to the writer, the reason why high school students get different test results is that________.A.some students have good study habits while others do notB.some students work harder than the rest of themC.their intelligence varies from person to personD.their teachers teach them in different ways57.The freshman year is considered the hardest for all college students because ________.A.they feel worried among so many intelligent peopleB.they are too anxious to score high on all testsC.they don’t know yet how to study at the college levelD.they have to take a lot of courses at the same time58.In order to study efficiently, the writer suggests that one should ________.A.spend 10% of his time on the most difficult subjectsB.set aside 1/4 of the studying time for breakC.take a one-hour rest after 10 hours of studyD.study 6 hours and then take a good rest59.What takes the fastest students to learn in one hour may take the slowest students ________.A.3 hoursB.2 hoursC.4 hoursD.5 hours60.From the way this passage is written, it can be concluded that the writer is most probably________.A.a high school teacherB.a college studentC.a high school studentD.a college teacherPassage 2Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.A soap is a popular television drama serial（连续剧）about the daily lives and problems of a group of people. The stories make viewers laugh, cry and wait to see what happens next. Thus, viewers would come.For some soap fans, it is like the end of the world when “Another World” ends after 35-year run. That’s because soaps these days can’t satisfy devoted viewers. Altogether, daily viewers have decreased from 69.6 million to 48.8 million since 1991. For instance, ABC’s “All My Children” drew 8.3 million in 1991, now 4.5 million.One reason is that soaps are difficult in an era marked by various electronic games. Girls who used to watch daytime dramas with their mothers now go to their rooms where they can watch cable on their own TV set, or play video games, or wander on the Internet. Besides, the audience was too old, at 47 on average. TV stations have to get the right viewers because women, from 18 to 49, have the income to buy the things pushed by advertisers. It’s gotten to the point where it’s financially driven.But networks aren’t about to drop soaps, as long as advertisers like them so much. It’s very efficient and cheap to spread heavily a number of ads. On the other hand, there’s not much to replace them. Talk and other shows have a bad record, and they don’t reach a concentrated female audience. The channels believe that they will attract younger viewers, the next generation of soap watchers, by starring new characters and putting in fresh blood into plot（情节）lines. There’s no secret. People want a good story.61.What is NOT true about “Another World”?A.It is a TV series.B.It has been on for 35 years.C.Some viewers feel sorry for the end of their favorite TV series.D.Its producers have been threatened for stopping it.62.Soaps have lost _______ daily viewers since 1991.A.less than 20,00,000B.20,000,000C.over 20,000,000D.over 2,000,00063.The soap industry has to work harder to attract the audience for the following reasons exceptthat ________.A.advertisers and faithful viewers need itB.other TV shows are much better and going to beat the soapC.there are various means of enjoymentD.the young generation don’t like soaps64.What does the author mean by “putting in fresh blood into the plot lines”?A.To add violence to the story.B.To create attractive events which make up the story.C.To add some new words to the story.D.To make the story look real.65.The main idea of the passage is about ________.A.the present condition and prospect of soapsB.soap’s decline in viewersC.profits brought by soaps through advertisementsD.a brief history of soaps’ developmentPassage 3Questions 66 to 70 are based on the following passage.My grandson, Daniel, and I have always been very close. When Daniel's father remarried after a divorce, Daniel, who was eleven, and his little sister, Kristie, came to live with us. My husband and I were more than happy to have kids in the house again.Things were going along just fine until the diabetes( 糖尿病) I've lived with most of my adult life started affecting my eyes. And then more seriously, my kidney(肾), Then everything seemed to fall apart.Three times a week, I had to go to the hospital to be hooked up to a dialysis machine (透析机.). I was living, but I couldn't really call it a life -- it was an existence. I had no energy. I dragged myself through my daily chores (家庭杂事) and slept as much as I could, My sense of humor seemed to disappear.Daniel, seventeen by then, was really affected by the change in me. He tried as hard as he could to make me laugh, to bring back the grandma who loved to clown around(开玩笑) with him. Even in my sorry state, Daniel could still bring a smile to my face.But things were not improving. After a year on dialysis, My condition was deteriorating(恶化) and the doctors felt that if I didn't receive a kidney transplant within six months, I would surely die. Ne one told Daniel this, but he knew -- he said all he had to do was rock after me, To top it off (更糟糕的是), as my condition worsened, there was a chance I would become too weak to have the transplant surgery at all, and then there would be nothing they could do for me. So we started the tense and desperate wait for a kidney.I was adamant（坚决的) that I didn't want a kidney from anyone I knew. I would wait until an appropriate kidney became available, or I would literally die waiting. But Daniel had other plans. The time that he took me to my dialysis appointments, he did a little secret research on his own. Then he announced his intentions to me."Grandma, I'm giving you one of my kidneys. I'm young and I'm healthy..." He paused. He could see I wasn't at all happy with his offer. He continued, almost in whisper, "And most of all, I couldn't stand it if you weren't around." His face wore an expression of appeal mixed with determination. He can be as stubborn as a mule(像骡子一样固执) once he decides on something -- but I've been told many times that I can out-stubborn any mule!We argued. I couldn't let him do it. We both knew that if he gave up his kidney, he'd also give up his life's dream: to play football. That boy ate, drank and slept football. It was all he evertalked about. And he was good, too. Daniel was co-captain and star defensive tackle( 防守阻截队员) of his high school team; he expected to apply for a football scholarship and was looking forward to playing college football. He just loved the sport."How can I let you throw away the thing that means the most to you?" I pleaded with him."Grandma," he said softly, "compared to your life, football means nothing to me.'After that, I couldn't argue anymore. So we agreed to see if he was a good donor(~;~4,~-) match, and then we'd discuss it further. When the tests came back, they showed Daniel was a perfect match. That was it. I knew I wasn't going to win that argument, so we scheduled the transplant.Both surgeries went smoothly. As soon as I came out of the anesthesia(麻醉), I could tell things were different. I felt great! The nurses in the intensive care unit had to keep telling me to lie back and be quiet--- I wasn't supposed to be that lively! I was afraid to go to sleep, for fear I would break the spell (破除魔法) and wake up the way I had been before. But the good feeling didn't go away and I spent the evening joking and laughing with anyone who would listen. It was so wonderful to feel alive again !The next day, they moved me out of ICU and onto the floor where Daniel was recuperating( 复原) three doors away. His grandfather helped him walk down to see me as soon as I was moved into my room. When we saw each other, we didn't know what to say. Holding hands, we just sat there and looked at each other for a long time, overwhelmed by the deep feeling of love that connected us.Finally, he spoke. "Was it worthwhile, Grandma?"I laughed a little ruefully(懊悔). "It was for me! But was it for you'?" I asked him. He nodded and smiled at me. "I’ve got my grandma back.” And I have my life back. It still amazes me. Every morning, when I wake up, I thank God -- and Daniel--- for this miracle. A miracle born of the purest love.66. Grandma's diabetes brought about all the following EXCEPT that _________.A) her eyes and her kidneys were affectedB) grandma became quite a different personC) Daniel had to be sent back home to his fatherD) everything was thrown into confusion67. When grandma was at her lowest, what did Daniel do to bring her back to her usual self?A) He tried his best to make her laugh.B) He helped her with the daily chores.C) He gave up his dream of going to college.D) He searched desperately for a good donor match.68. How did grandma feel when Daniel announced his intention to give her one of his kidneys?A) She was moved by Daniel's selfless decision.B) She wasn't at all happy with Daniel's offer.C) She felt relieved that an appropriate kidney was available.D) She was enthusiastic about carrying the kidney of someone she loved.69. What would giving up a kidney mean to Daniel, according to the passage?A) He wouldn't be young and healthy thereafter.B) He didn't have to search for a good match any more.C) He could apply for a full scholarship to a college he desired.D) He would also give up his life's dream: to play football.70. How was grandma when she came out of the anesthesia after the surgery?A) She was feeling low.B) She was full of life.C) She was lethargic(无精打采).D) She was the way she had been before.Part IV. Cloze (10%) (15 minutes)Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices. You should choose the EXACT word that appears in your textbook. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Get a high grade. Learn a second language. Find a good job. __71__a lot of money. Few people would blame you __72__ wanting to do any one of these things--- or all the __73__. The question is, are these true goals or __74__ wishes?Most of us are familiar __75__the saying, “a goal __76__a plan is just a wish.” The ability to set and __77___ goals--- whether it’s the simple to-do list that gets you through the day __78__ major objectives __79__will define your life--- is the difference __80__ success and failure, between mere busywork and truly worthwhile accomplishments.71. A. Win B. Earn C. Get D. Obtain72. A. by B. from C. for D. out73. A. above B. below C. front D. before74. A. simple B. unique C. only D. mere75. A. to B. with C. for D. in76. A. in B. by C. without D. to77. A. achieve B. maintain C. keep D. sustain78. A. on B. otherwise C. or D. at79. A. they B. it C. this D. that80. A. with B. between C. besides D. byAnswer Sheet 7Student Number_____________ Name __________ Score__________I.Listening ComprehensionSection C (1%*5=5%)11. ___________________ 12.___________________ 13. ___________________ 14. ___________________ 15.___________________Test 7KEYI. Listening Comprehension (20%)Section A (1%*5=5%)1-5 ABCBDSection B (1%*5=5 %)6-10 DACDBSection C (2%*5=10%)11. really 12. as much 13. talking 14. next year 15. wonderful II. Vocabulary and Structure (1%*40=40%)16-20 ACBDA 21-25 BCCCB26-30 ABDBA 31-35 CBDAC36-40 ACABD 41-45 CBCAB46-50 CDBCB 51-55 ACBDBIII. Reading Comprehension (2%*15=30%)56-60 CCBDD 61-65 DCBBA66-70 CABDBIV. Cloze (1%*10=10%)71-75BCADB 76-80 CACDBTape scriptsEnglish Test 7Part I Listening comprehensionSection A1. Could you please send this letter for me?2. When can I come to have my photos?3. Excuse me, is that seat taken?4. Would you please tell me something about the machine?5. Mr. Wang, shall I take a message from you?Section B6. M: Hi, Alice. How is everything with you?W: As busy as usual.Q: What can we learn from the dialogue?7. W: Mike, may I use the telephone here?M: Sure. And the local calls are free here.O: What does the man say about local calls?8. M: Did you hear about the bus accident last night?W: Yes. It was terrible. Five people were injured.Q: What happened last night?9. W: I'm going to the railway station. Can you drive me there?M: Yes, it's my pleasure.Q: What docs the woman ask the man to do?10. W: Shall we have the meeting at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning?W: Wednesday morning at ten? It's OK for me.Q: What are they talking about?Section CGood evening, ladies and gentlemen!First of all, let thank you for inviting us to such a great Christmas party. We really enjoyed the delicious food and excellent wine. Also, the music was perfect, so if I were a better dancer, I would have enjoyed the party twice as much. I enjoyed meeting and talking to yon, and sharing the time together. I hope we'll be able to keep good relationship and make next year another great one together.Thank you again for the wonderful party. We have had a great time.This is the end of Listening Comprehension.。