New Horizon College English TestBand One (A)2005．1Paper OnePart I Listening Comprehension: (20%)Section ADirections: In this section, you’ll hear ten short conversations. After each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversationand question will be read only once. Listen carefully and choose the best answerto each question.1. A. Changing her clothes. B. Driving her carC. Having a meal.D. Typing an essay.2. A. She cannot read. B. Nobody can tell.C. She has no watch.D. She is too sorry.3. A. He's a boat builder. B. He smokes a pipe.C. He paints watercolors.D. He's a plumber.4. A. She goes to bed early. B. She is alone.C. She is not tired.D. She is single.5. A. Return some books. B. Go home.C. Read Matthew's book.D. Leave class early.6. A. She's careless.B. She likes George very much.C. She's not concerned with George's health.D. None is correct7. A. The speed limit was not clearly marked.B. The speed limit is 10 miles per hour.C. The speed limit is 40 miles per hour.D. The speed limit is 50 miles per hour.8. A. On the grass. B. Near the pool.C. At home.D. On his bike.9. A. Philadelphia. B. California.C. Florida.D. Arizona.10. A. Jason Daniels isn't home right how.B. The caller dialed the wrong number.C. Jason Daniels can't come to the phone right now.D. Jason Daniels doesn't want to speak to the calls.Section BDirections: In this section you'll hear a short passage. The passage will be read once. At the end of the passage, you'll hear five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.11. A. He's a tourist guide. B. He" a businessman.C. He's an interpreterD. He's a schoolteacher.12. A. English and French. B. Gentian and Greek.C. German and FrenchD. English and Greek13. A. He could not speak Greek B. He could speak English onlyC. He could not afford a holidayD. He was not familiar with Athens14. A. One month B. Several weeksC. A few daysD. The passage does not say15. A. Mr. Brown had a wonderful time in GreeceB. Mr. Brown’s Greek was good enoughC. Mr. Brown did not speak Greek wellD. Even Greeks had trouble with their own languageSection CDirections: There is a passage with ten blanks in this section. You’ll hear the passage read twice.Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with what you have heard.Now I’d like to talk to you about the (1) ______ exam. The exam will be held next Thursday, the last day of exam week. (2) ______ to bring along two or three pens in (3) ______ you run out of ink. Unlike the mid-term this test will not include multiple-choice questions. It will (4) _____ entir ely of essays. You’ll have to answer three of the five essay questions. The exam will be comprehensive, which means you will be (5) _____ for all of the subject (6) _____ we’ve covered in class. I would suggest you (7) _____ the textbook as well as your cl ass notes. The final will count for 50% of your grade in the (8) _____ ; the research project will count for (9) _____ ; and the mid-term 30%. I’ll be in my office almost all day on Tuesday of next week. If you (10) _____ into any problem, please feel free to stop in. Good luck with your studying and I’ll see you on Thursday.Part II Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: Read the following passages carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.Text 1On a practical level, teachers need a wide variety of skills and abilities. They have to be ready to spend many hours at home planning their lessons and preparing homework. They have to be well organized in class, patient with students, able to appear bright and interested even if they are in fact tired or unhappy, and lively enough to control a group of young people for almost 200 days a year. Outside the classroom, they may have to prepare teaching materials, to choose books to use as texts, to help organize the work of other teachers, or to organize spare time activities for students.If you think that you have all the necessary qualities, you may feel that you would like to be a teacher. One way to decide, if you live in the United States, is by joining a club for future teachers, such as Student Action for Education. Clubs like this give advice about your field, and also allow you to watch teachers at work, attend meetings and experiment with teaching methods and equipment. You could also talk with the job advisor at your school or university. Finally, you could try teaching a younger student or becoming an advisor at a summer camp for children. Any activity in which you are dealing with children will help you decide whether you have a calling for teaching.16. The first paragraph is mainly about ________.A) how to plan lessons and prepare homeworkB) how to help organize the work of other teachersC) various skills and abilities teachers needD) how to prepare teaching materials17.The second paragraph is mainly concerned with ________.A) the ways of deciding one's future employmentB) the ways to decide whether teaching should be one's future employmentC) joining a club for future teachersD) talking to an advisor when choosing future employment18. According to the author, a teacher should show a firm mind ________.A) that suffers only from tirednessB) that suffers only from unhappinessC) that suffers only from unusual tiredness or unhappinessD) that is able to control tiredness and unhappiness19.Student Action for Education is ________.A) a summer camp for childrenB) an activity at a summer campC) a club for future teachersD) a club for job advisors20. Which of the following does the author suggest to a person who wants to be a teacher?A) Watching teachers at work, or organizing students' spare time activitiesB) Preparing and correcting homework, experimenting with teaching methods andequipmentC) Joining a future teachers' club, talking with job advisors, or working with childrenD) Planning lessons, or attending teachers' meetingsPassage 2There are different ideas about pets in different parts of the world. In most cultures, animals are in a worse position than human beings. In some cases, however, people treat their pets like members of their families, or perhaps better. In the United States and Europe, there are special shops that sell clothing and food for cats and dogs.In many countries of the world, there is special food for pets. It is common for big markets in many places to sell cat food and dog food. However, in a small town in France, there is a special restaurant for dogs. Dogs are the only customers. There is seating for twenty of them. The dogs choose from a variety of dishes on the menu.Of course, in most parts of the world, pets don't live in such wealth and comfort. People treat their pets in a more practical way. People own cats and dogs because they keep away mice and other unwanted animals. Owners have some loving feelings for their pets, but they do not see them as equal to family members. In most places in the world, there isn't any special clothing or fine food for animals. There aren't any special restaurants for dogs.Pets around the world live in a great variety of ways, just as people do.21. According to the passage, in most countries _________.A) people treat their pets like members of their familiesB) there are special shops that sell clothing for dogs and catsC) animals are in a worse position than human beingsD) pets such as dogs and cats are very popular22. According to the passage, there are ___________.A) restaurants for dogs in every city in FranceB) no dogs or cats that wear clothingC) some people who treat their pets far better than they treat their childrenD) many owners of dogs and cats in the United States and Europe23. For many people, pets may have a more practical function because _________.A) cats and dogs can be used to keep away miceB) pets are often useful companions for old peopleC) pets can sometimes be sold to make moneyD) some pets may show loving feelings for their owners.24. In your opinion, which of the following sentences is probably true?A) Dogs and cats like to wear expensive clothing.B) Many people visit the dog restaurant in France.C) People in every part of the world like to buy fine clothing for their pets.D) In some cases, animals have better food and clothing than people.25. The main idea of this reading passage is: _______.A) Dogs enjoy fine restaurantsB) A rich cat can afford to go to any restaurantC) People treat pets in very different ways in different parts of the worldD) It is stupid to have special food and clothing for animalsPassage 3What makes Americans spend nearly half their food dollars on meals away from home? The answers lie in the way Americans live today. During the first few decades of the twentieth century, canned and convenience foods freed the family cook from full-time duty at the kitchen range. Then, in the 1940s, work in the wartime plants took more women out of the home than ever before, setting the pattern of the working wife and mother.Today about half of the country’s married women are employed outside the home. But, unless family members pitch in with food preparation, women are not fully liberated from that chore. Instead many have become, in a sense, prisoners of the completely cooked convenience meal. It is easier to pick up a bucket of fried chicken on the way from work or t take family out for pizzas, or burgers than to start opening cans or heating up frozen dinners after a long, hard day.Also, the rising divorce rate means that there are more single working parents with children to feed. And many young adults and elderly people, as well as unmarried and divorced mature people, live alone rather than as part of a family unit and don’t want to bother cooking for one.Fast food is appealing because it is fast, it doesn’t require any dressing up, it offers a “fun”break.26. American women left home to work in large numbers because of_________.A) the improved living standardB) the increase in food priceC) the need of wartime industryD) the modernization of the kitchen27. The phrase “pitch in” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_________.A) “offer help and support”B) “eat with good appetite”C) “offer compliment”D) “disagree with”28. What is a working mother’s best choice if she does not have time to prepare dinner for thefamily according to the passage?A) Making a meal out of canned food.B) Buying some chicken on the way home and frying it.C) Taking the family to dinner at a pizza place.D) Heating up frozen dinners.29. Which of the following groups of Americans are most likely to cook their meal at home?A) Single working mothers.B) unmarried mature people.C) elderly people living alone.D) Unemployed women with family.30. What is this passage mainly about?A) Women’s liberation in America.B) Changes in the American family during Word War II.C) Reasons for the popularity of fast food in America.D) Rising divorce rate in America today.Part III. Vocabulary and Structure (15%)Directions: Choose the best one to complete each sentence.31. My thoughts were _______ from the subject by the arrival of her.A) attracted B) suffered C) distracted D) related32. Snap judgments, if ________, have usually been considered signs of immaturity or lack of common sense.A) taking seriously B) taken seriouslyC) take seriously D) to be taken seriously33. The pictures are similar, but there are _______ differences between them.A) subtle B) inevitable C) excessive D) invaluable34. There has been an upsurge of interest in chamber music. _______, opera is receiving aboost from increased record sales.A)Alike B) Likely C) Likewise D) Liking35. I suggest that _________ the show season starting in June, it should be brought forwardto May.A) along with B) rather than C)other than D) except for36. Good managing of a company ________ great efforts.A) calls on B) calls out C) calls in D) calls at37. Women and youth in rural Southern Communities now ______ the fastest growingsegment of people with AIDS.A)compose B) consist of C)constitute D) construct38. The heating system here has an ______ temperature control.A) aggressive B) intentional C) accidental D) automatic39. Insurance statistics show that most wives ______ their husbands.A) survey B) inspect C) survive D) engage40. _________ the way he laughed as he told it, it meant to be humorous.A)Judged from B) Judging fromC) Having judged from D) After having Judged from41. ______ the government’s record on unemployment, their chances of winning the electionlook poor.A) Give B) Giving C) Given D) To give42. From the top of the hill you can get a beautiful _______ of the entire park.A) perspective B) profitC) prospective D) position43. We consider ________ the instrument be adjusted each time it is used.A) that it necessary B) necessary that C) it necessary D) necessary of it that44. Only two people survived the fire that ______ at midnight.A) broke out B) broke off C) broke up D) broke down45. She was typing ________ me to hand her the book.A) while asked B) asked C) asking D) while asking46. I was made _______ two hours for an appointment in the chilly wind.A) wait B) to wait C) waiting D) waited47. What a ________ smell! Open the window and air the room.A) disgusting B) pleasing C) distracting D) disturbing48. He has been working in this lab for many years and his health has been seriously ______ bybeing near the chemicals.A) affected B) effected C) effect D) affect49. He spoke ________ no one could understand him.A) so fast as B) very fast that C) that fast so D) so fast that50. When I went to college, I learned that all students were _______ to take an English course.A) claimed B) requested C) inquired D) required51.The company has ______ its main office from New York to Chicago.A) transformed B) transported C) transferred D) transfered52. Well, let’s put our heads together and find a solution ______ the problem.A) of B) for C) to D) on53. His business was very successful, but it was at his family’s _______.A) exposure B) expense C) behalf D) concern54. Prior ____ her marriage, my mother used to live in New York.A) in B) than C) to D) of55. He always knew what time it was, as if by ________.A) instinct B) imagination C)instruction C) instant56. I don’t think I’m _____ of your success at your present job.A) envious B) complaint C) anxious D) concern57. The company has ______ in most European Capitals.A) representation B) represents C) presentations D) representatives58. To be or not to be, this is a ________.A) question B) problem C) request D) issue59. Only in a few countries_______ a reasonable standard of living .A) the whole of the population enjoysB) the whole of the population do enjoyC) does the whole of the population enjoyD) the whole of the population enjoy60. Most people have no real idea how to change to healthy food, and Maureen was no________.A) foundation B) possibility C) exception D) ignorancePaper TwoPart IV. Complete each of the following sentences with the proper form of the word given in brackets (10%)1. (origin) The coat was __________ $100. Now it’s $20 cheaper.2. (wake) The children are still ________, waiting for their mother to come back.3. (clear) Our teacher has attempted to _________ a difference between “know that” and“know how”.4. (occasion) The couple only see each other very _________.5. (usual) It is not ______ for him to come home at the small hours. He is very busy withhis work.6. (efficient) The ____ of the government received complaints.7. (entertain) He made a face, much to the ________ of us.8. (analyze) The ________ of the samples on the murder spot showed some valuable cluesto the police.9. (regard) He says what he thinks, ________ of other people's feelings.10. (reason) The employee were quite unsatisfied with the ______ explanation given bythe managers and decided to go on strike.Part V. Cloze. (10%)Directions: Fill in each of the following blanks with one word, in each case, use the exact word that appears in your textbook.Learning a foreign language has been a ___(1)___ experience for me, but one that I wouldn’t __(2)____ for anything. Not only did learning another language teach me the ___(3)__ of hard work, but it also give me __(4)__ into another culture, and my mind was opened to new ways of seeing things. The most __(5)____ result of having learned a foreign language was that I could __(6)___ with many people than before. Talking with people is one of my __(7)____ activities, so being able to speak a new language lets me meet new people, participating in ____(8)___, and form new, unforgettable friendships. ___(9)____ that I speak a foreign language, instead of staring into space when English is being spoken, I can participate and make friends. I am able to reach out and __(10)____ the gap between my language and culture and theirs.Part VI. Translate the following sentences into English. (15%)1.当时你全身心地投入到了了自己正在谈论的事情中，是那么专注，以至于完全没有感觉到害羞。