New Horizon College English TestBand Four (A)2005. 6Paper OnePart I. Listening Comprehension (20%)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversationand the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be apause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C), and D)and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter with asingle line through the center.Example: You will hear: M: Is it possible for you to work late, Miss Grey?W: Work late? I suppose so, if you really think it’s necessary.Q: Where do you think this conversation most probably took place?You will read: A) At an office.B) In a waiting room.C) At an airport.D) In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at an office. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose [A] and mark it with a single line through the center.1. A. She doesn’t want her boyfriend to give her a car.B. Her boyfriend has a lot of money.C. The man ought to lend some money to her boyfriend.D. Her boyfriend was making fun of the man.2. A. 4:00. B. 4:22. C. 4:15. D. 4:20.3. A. He is going to change his job. B. He isn’t doing well with his work.C. He is doing pretty well now.D. He doesn’t like his work.4. A. In the city. B. In the country. C. Near his company. D. Near the town.5. A. He hasn’t seen it. B. He liked it better than Jaws.C. He thought Star Wars was not as good as Jaws.D. He didn’t like it.6. A. Typing a proposal. B. Writing a proposal.C. Posting a proposal.D. Checking a proposal.7. A. Follow the doctor’s advice. B. Forget to take any pills.C. Take five pills.D. Take two pills.8. A. The woman didn’t hear the man come in.B. The woman pretended to be deaf when the man came in.C. The woman didn’t mind the man’s disturbing her.D. The woman asked the man to get home early next time.9. A. Three times. B. Two times. C. Five times. D. Eight times.10. A. 6. B. 12. C. 10. D. 18.Section B Compound Dictation (10%)Directions:In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is readfor the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10 youare required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact wordsyou have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, whenthe passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.People over the age of 65 in the U.S.A. are called senior citizens. Life for these people is more different than for (S1) Americans. Most senior citizens retire, or no (S2)work full time. Also it is (S3) for people of this age to (S4) with their children and grandchildren. (S5) tend to live in their own houses or (S6) away from their families.For many senior citizens, the years after 65 are not (S7) . They feel unproductive when they no longer work. In addition, they may feel lonely being away from their families and the contacts they had in their work. Moreover, (S8).Other senior citizens enjoy their lives. They feel free to do things they were not able to do when they were working and raising families. They now have time to enjoy hobbies and sports and travel. Many senior citizens move to retirement communities located in warm climates. (S9).The number of senior citizens in the U.S. is increasing rapidly because people are livinglonger than before. (S10).Their concerns are receiving a wider audience than ever before. The time may come when all Americans will look forward to becoming senior citizens.Part II. Reading Comprehension (40%)Directions:Read the following passages carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.Passage 150,000 people work at Disney’s largest theme park, Walt Disney World in Qrlando, Florida. Do all of them like the job?One Disney worker explains how “cast members” are given jobs according to their age and appearance. For example: Young and pretty workers get jobs where they will interact a lot with customers; Anyone who might seem less “presentable” work on the night shift, from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.Mike Cohen, a Disney worker and a trade union activist, says that most Disney workers don’t stay with the company for very long. “You can make $10 per hour if you are here for 10 years, but because so many people leave, two-thirds of the workers at the park make $6.57per hour or less. ”Disney has not increased its starting wage for 5 years. Disney claims that it offers “competitive” salaries. But Cohen doesn’t agree. Disney is planning to expand and will need about 10,000 new workers-but about 75% of the new jobs will also be low paid.Cohen is also unhappy about the way people have to work at Disney World. “ We have to push as many tourists through each side as we can. I’m supposed to handle 2,000 visitors an hour. It’s just like a factory with assembly-line production, only this is a fun factory. ” Cohen says that the most important thing for the company is the number of people who are processed through each side; if the number is too small, the management complains to the workers. But he says that you never hear the management ask, “Are being safe enough? ”Disney workers also have to smile all the time. Even when customers are rude (which happens every day ), the workers must keep smiling. Cohen says: “We are supposed to make eye contact, greet each and every guest and smile for eight hours. If you don’t, you get reprimanded (训斥).”He added he sometimes hears customers saying that the workers at Disney are not so happy as they used to be. He is not surprised: if someone isn’t paid enough, you don’t expect them to be happy.11. It can be inferred from the context that a “ cast member ” of Disney is it’s .A. security guardB. cookC. employeeD. shop assistant12. Disney World is the one of the American recreation resorts while many employeesthink .A.it’s so competitive working at Disney World.B.it’s so much fun working at Disney World.C.it’s no fun working at Disney World.D.it’s very dangerous working at Disney World.13. Which is Not mentioned as a disadvantage of the job at Disney World ?A. AccommodationB. SafetyC. PayD. Manner14. Which of the following is TRUE according to Mike Cohen ?A.He can’t understand why many Disney workers have giver up their jobs.B.Most Disney workers earn less than $10 for each hour.C.Disney workers are not encouraged to please those rude guests.D.Disney workers are supposed to give each customer a ride.15. The word “ presentable ” (Para. 2 ) probably means .A. good-lookingB. differentC. previousD. physicalPassage 2After-sales service and guarantee become an integral and essential part of a “good brand”on both local and regional levels, and the provision of such also produces solid ground for customer loyalty.Customers today are a lot more demanding than before. Being able to find after-sales service creates a feeling of convenience and a sense of responsibility from the manufacturer. This is very important to build customer loyalty and explains why more 24-hour hotline centers are available nowadays.Product guarantee is also one of the major factors when a potential customer decides to make a purchase. Whether this be in the form of a written guarantee or a guarantee based on reputation, the importance to the consumer is self-evident. A brand’s research & development, an unavoidable investment, usually back up safety guarantees for marketers nowadays. Product testing and refinement are conducted for both new and existing products. With the help of computerized machinery, quality control has achieved the highest level than ever before to enable consistency in production. For the consumer this means a quality of guarantee for that brand whether it be available at home or abroad.16. After-sales service and guarantee can provide the customers with ________.A. solid ground for loyaltyB. sense of responsibilityC. a feeling of convenienceD. sense of satisfaction17. More 24-hour hotline centers appear because ________.A. more and more customers demand after-sales servicesB. there are more and more complaints from customersC. more companies come to realize the importance of after-sales services.D. they have become a new type of investment18. Product guarantee ________.A. must in written formB. can be based on the company’s reputationC. is not often provided by the companiesD. often fails to meet in reality19. Product testing and refinement are conducted for ________.A. new products onlyB. quality productsC. dangerous productsD. both new and existing products20. Which is NOT mentioned concerning product guarantee?A. A brand’s research & development.B. Product testing and refinement.C. Quality control.D. Product distribution.Passage 3Psychics are people who can get information about people, places, or situations through a sixth sense — a sense that exists in addition to those of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching. They can use their psychic ability to heal people who are sick, to give advice, to give hints about the future, and to do many other things. And it's not just individuals who use psychics; sometimes companies and governments use psychics, too. One year a company called Delphi and Associates earned $120,000 on the stock market with the help of psychics."So how can I get some psychic help?" you may ask yourself. Well, you don't have to pay a lot of money to a professional psychic. You can start by using your own psychic ability.Psychic abilities are really just another sense, similar to our other five senses. The difference is that we never develop our psychic sense in the same way that we develop our other senses. We train our eyes to see the difference between a V and a U; we train our ears to hear the difference between a /ch/ and a /sh/ sound; we can feel the difference between silk and leather; we can smell and taste if milk is sour. But our sixth sense, our psychic sense, seldom develops very much. Because most of us ignore our psychic sense for so long, it takes some time to develop it. If you have never played soccer before, you cannot expect to be a good player after three lessons. It might take years to become really good. Psychic ability works the same way.21. People use psychics ________.A. mainly to see the futureB. to make moneyC. to see what one cannot usually seeD. for many reasons22. ________ learn to use their psychic abilityA. Many peopleB. Many companiesC. Few peopleD. Few governments23. Psychic abilities ________.A. are similar to other sensesB. work in the same way as other sensesC. are different from other sensesD. work together with other senses24. Our psychic sense seldom develops very much because ________.A. we never use itB. we never believe in itC. we ignore itD. we don't want to take time to train it25. The attitude of the author towards psychic abilities is ________.A. positiveB. ironicalC. criticalD. neutralPassage 4It is not often realized that women held a high place in southern European societies in the 10th and 11th centuries. As a wife, the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry（嫁妆）or decimum. Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of being abandoned, but in reality its function in the social and family life of the time was much more important. The decimum was the wife's right to receive a tenth of all her husband's property. The wife had the right to hold back consent, in all transactions（交易）the husband would make. And more than just a right: the documents show that she enjoyed a real power of decision, equal to that of her husband. In no case do the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status of husband and wife.The wife shared in the management of her husband's personal property, but the opposite was not always true. Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own inheritance against husbands who tried to exceed their rights, and on occasion they showed a fine fighting spirit. A case in point is that of Maria Vivas, a Catalan woman of Barcelona. Having agreed with her husband Miro to sell a field she had inherited, for the needs of the household, she insisted on compensation（赔偿）. None being offered, she succeeded in dragging her husband to the official in charge to have a contract duly drawn up assigning her a piece of land from Miro's personal inheritance. The unfortunate husband was obliged to agree, as the contract says, "for the sake of peace." Either through the dowry or through being hot-tempered, the Catalan wife knew how to win herself, within the context of the family, a powerful economic position.26. A decimum was ________.A. the wife's inheritance from her fatherB. a gift of money to the new husbandC. a written contractD. the wife's right to receive one-tenth of her husband's property27. In the society described in the passage, the legal standing of the wife in marriage was________.A. higher than that of her husbandB. lower than that of her husbandC. the same as that of her husbandD. higher than that of a single woman28. What compensation did Maria Vivas get for the field?A. Some of the land Miro had inherited.B. A tenth of Miro's landC. Money for household expenses.D. Money from Miro's inheritance.29. Could a husband sell his wife's inheritance?A. No, under no circumstances.B. Yes, whenever he wished to.C. Yes, if she agreed.D. Yes, if his father-in-law agreed.30. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an effect of the dowry system?A. The husband had to share the power of decision in marriage.B. The wife was protected from being abandoned.C. The wife gained a powerful economic position.D. The husband was given control over his wife's property.Part III. Cloze (10% )Directions: Fill in each blank in the passage with the most likely answer.My grandparents believed you were either honest or you weren’t. There was no state in 31 . They had a simple motto (格言) 32 on their living-room wall: “Life is like a field of newly fallen snow; 33 I choose to walk every step will 34 . ” They didn’t have to talk about it-they demonstrated the motto by the 35 they lived.They understood instinctively that integrity (正直) means having a 36 standard of morality and ethics (伦理标准) that is not relative 37 the situation at hand. Integrity is an inner standard for 38 our behavior. Unfortunately, integrity is in short 39 today-and getting scarcer. 40 it is the real bottom line in every 41 of society. And itis something we must demand 42 ourselves.A good test for this value is to look at 43 I call the Integrity Triad (三元素), which44 of three key principles:Stand 45 for your convictions in the face of personal pressure. When you know you are right, you can’t 46 .Always give others 47 that is rightfully theirs. Don’t be afraid of those who might have a better idea or who might even be smarter than you are.Be honest and open about who you really are. Be yourself. Don’t 48 in a personal cover-up of areas that are 49 in your life. When it’s tough, do it tough.Self-respect and a clear 50 are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationship with others.31. A. middle B. between C. half D. center32. A. hanging B. hanged C. hangs D. to be hung33. A. when B. what C. where D. and34. A. show B. demonstrate C. reveal D. express35. A. method B. way C. manner D. style36. A. private B. individual C. self D. personal37. A. to B. with C. in D. on38. A. analyzing B. commenting C. judging D. criticizing39. A. store B. supply C. storage D. use40. A. But B. Thus C. Therefore D. So41. A. field B. realm C. place D. area42. A. of B. for C. from D. by43. A. that B. which C. what D. whether44. A. makes up B. consists C. constitutes D. composes45. A. strong B. firm C. determined D. powerful46. A. give up B. give in C. break down D. stick to47. A. trust B. credit C. success D. criticism48. A. involve B. take C. relate D. engage49. A. pleasant B. enjoyable C. unpleasant D. terrible50. A. conscience B. consciousness C. realization D. awarenessPaper TwoPart IV. Word-building (10%)Directions: Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate form of the word given.51. (honorable) They are fighting for things like , reputation and pride.52. (memory) The statue was erected as a to all the people who were killed inthe war.53. (correspond) As the course becomes more difficult and demanding, there is usually adrop in attendance.54.（entitle）You to take faulty goods back to the store where you bought them.55. (dispose) During the coming days Americans will be throwing away some 35 millionChristmas trees, creating an urban nightmare.56. (persist) Her and enthusiasm have helped the group to achieve its success.57. (ski) We went in the French Alps last year.58. (keen) Candidates shall be selected on the basis if future promise of leadership,strength of character, a mind and a balanced judgement.59. (intensity ) It is reported that fighting around the capital has in the last fewhours.60. (industry) The Revolution is the period of time during which work began tobe done more by machines in factories than by hand at home.Part V. Cloze(5%)Directions: The following paragraph was chosen from your textbooks . Choose the exact word to fill in each blank (some words are unnecessary).at vacuum up refreshing to stretch want back please for temporary away soakingIf you live with other people, their 61 absence can be 62 . Solitude will end on Thursday. If today I use a singular pronoun to refer 63 myself, next week I will use the plural form. While the others are absent you can 64 out your soul until it fills 65 the whole room, and use your freedom, coming and going as you 66 without apology, staying up late to read, 67 in the bath, eating a whole pint of ice cream 68 one sitting, moving at your own pace. Those absent will be 69 . Their waterproof wintercoats are in the closet and the dog keeps watching for them at the window. But when you live alone, the temporary absence of your friends and acquaintance leaves a 70 ; they may never come back.Part VI. Writing(15%)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the title Make Our Cities Greener . You should write at least 120 words and yourcomposition should be based on the following points:1. 城市绿化的现状。