TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS （2006）
-GRADE EIGHT-
TIME LIMIT: 190MIN
PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (30MIN)
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PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)
In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.
TEXT A
11. According to the story Doctor Reefy’s life seems very ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A. eccentric B. normal C. enjoyable D. optimistic (A)
12. The story tells us that the tall dark girl was in the family way. The phrase “in the family way” means＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A. troubled B. pregnant C. twisted D. cheated (B)
13. Doctor Reef lives a ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ life.
A.happy B. miserable C. easy-going D. reckless (B)
14. The tall dark girl’s marriage to Doctor Reef proves to be a ＿＿＿＿＿ one.
A. transient B. understandable C. perfect D. funny (A)
15. Doctor Reef’s paper balls probably symbolize his ＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A eagerness to shut himself away from society
B suppressed desire to communicate with people
C optimism about life
D cynical attitude towards life (B)
Text B
16. From the first two paragraphs , we learn that
A. the townsfolk deny the RSC ’ s contribution to the town’s revenue A
B. the actors of the RSC imitate Shakespeare on and off stage
C. the two branches of the RSC are not on good terms
D. the townsfolk earn little from tourism
17. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that
A. the sightseers cannot visit the Castle and the Palace separately
B. the playgoers spend more money than the sightseers B
C. the sightseers do more shopping than the playgoers
D. the playgoers go to no other places in town than the theater
18. By saying “Stratford cries poor traditionally” (Line 2-3, Paragraph 4), the author implies that
A. Stratford cannot afford the expansion projects
B. Stratford has long been in financial difficulties
C. the town is not really short of money C
D. the townsfolk used to be poorly paid
19. According to the townsfolk, the RSC deserves no subsidy because
A. ticket prices can be raised to cover the spending
B. the company is financially ill-managed
C. the behavior of the actors is not socially acceptable
D. the theatre attendance is on the rise D
20. From the text we can conclude that the author
A. is supportive of both sides
B. favors the townsfolk’s view
C. takes a detached attitude
D. is sympathetic to the RSC. D
PARTⅣ ＰＲＯＯＦＲＥＡＤＩＮＧ＆ ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN)
The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way.
For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line.
For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “∧”sign and white the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.
For an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash ““∧” and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.
EXAMPLE
When “∧”art museum wants a new exhibit, (1) an
It nev/er buys things in finished form and hangs (2) never
them on the wall. When a natural history museum
wants an exhibition, it must often build it. (3) exhibit
Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert with (1) ______
The skill of pronouncing his own language; but few people are even
moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages. Now there many
reasons this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest (2) _______
that the fundamental reason which people in general do not speak (3) _______
foreign languages very much better than they do are that they never (4) _______
fail grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, (5) _______
and consequently never set to tackling it in the right way. Far (6) _______
too many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreign language
is a skill--- one needs careless training of a special kind, (7) _______
and one that cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of
itself. I think even teachers of language, while recognizing the
importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical
teaching, the branch of study concerning with (8) _______
speaking the language. So the first point which I want to make is (9) _______
that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher
should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this,
and by his whole attitude to the subject should get the student
to feel that here is a matter worthy receiving his close attention. (10) ______
ANSWER：(1) with—in (2) reasons for (3) which---why
(4) are---is (5) fail to (6) set about
(7) careless---careful (8) concerning----concerned (9) whi/ch
(10) worthy of
