英语四级考试模拟题及答案

英语四级考试模拟题及答案

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Test Paper 4

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。

Part II Reading Comprehension（Skimming & Scanning）(15minutes)

Directions: In this part , you will have 15minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.

For question 1-7, mark

Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N ( for NO ) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.

For question 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.

The average population density of the world is 47 persons per square mile, Continental densities range from no permanent inhabitants in Antarctica to 211 per square mile in Europe. In the western hemisphere, population densities range from about 4 per square mile in Canada to 675 per square mile in Puerto Rico. In Europe the range is from 4 per square mile in Iceland to 831 per square mile in the Netherlands. Within countries there are wide variations of population densities. For example, in Egypt, the average is 55 persons per square mile, but 1300 persons inhabit each square mile in settled portions where the land is arable(可耕的).

High population densities generally occur in regions of developed industrialization, such as the Netherlands, Belgium, and Great Britain, or where lands are intensively used for agriculture, as in Puerto Rice and Java.

Low average population densities are characteristics of most underdeveloped countries. Low density of population is generally associated with a relatively low percentage of cultivated land. This generally results from poor quality lands. It may also be to natural obstacles to cultivation, such as deserts, mountains or malaria-infested（疟疾成灾的）jungles; to land uses other than cultivation; to social obstacles; and to land ownership systems which keep land out of production.

More economically advanced countries of low population density have, as a rule, large proportions of their populations living in urban areas. Their rural population densities are usually very low. Poorer developed countries of correspondingly low general population living on arable land, which is as great as the rural concentration found in the most densely populated industrial countries.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答；8－10题在答题卡1上。

1.Along the banks of the Nile, we may expect to find many settlements.

2.In timberland area of the world, the density of the population is relatively low.

3.There are no permanent inhabitants in Antarctica because there is on transportation.

4.The title that best expresses the ideas of the passage is “How people live”.

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5.Puerto Rico is a land of heavy industrialization.

6.This passage has probably been taken from a world geography book.

7.Low density of population is generally associated with a relatively poor transportation.

Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

Section A

Directions:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one of more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. 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 on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

11. A) The movie is not good. B) The movie is excellent.

C) He wants to see the movie again. D) He doesn?t want to stay home.

12. A) He gambled it away. B) He had it with me.

C) He lost his money. D) He took it out of the bank.

13. A) Becaus e she didn?t like the color.B) Because it was too small.

C) Because it was too large. D) Because it was too expensive.

14. A) She goes by car. B) She travels by bus.

C) She walks. D) She shops by phone.

15. A) She is at home. B) She is at the store.

C) She went for a walk. D) She is getting a newspaper.

16. A) Wait for a taxi. B) Buy some food.

C) Go on a trip. D) Book train tickets.

17. A) The man didn?t practice hard enough.B) The man should find a new partner.

C) The man should not give up. D) The man should not dream of being a superstar.

18. A) The y don?t have to go the concert.B) His brother should let them use the car.

C) The subway is fine with her. D) A car wouldn?t be any faster.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

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19. A) To book a hotel room for him. B) To meet an old friend of hers.

C) To pass a message to Mary. D) To mail a letter for him.

20. A) Neighbors. B) Father and daughter. C) Husband and wife. D) Friends

21. A) Staying at a hotel. B) Talking on the phone

C) Chatting with her husband. D) Staying at home.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

22. A) To the ticket office. B) To the railway station.

C) To the science museum. D) To the post office

23. A) At the platform No.4 B) At the platform No.5.

C) At the platform No.6. D) At the platform No.7.

24. A) About every 5 minutes. B) About every 6 minutes.

C) About every 7 minutes. D) About every 60minutes.

25. A) At the Star Street Station. B) At the State Street Station.

C) At the Seventh Street Station. D) At the State Stream Station.

Section B

Directions:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of the passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C), D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

Passage One

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. A) They wanted Rome to become the center of the world.

B) They wanted to pave important roads wit large, flat stones.

C) They needed to keep their soldiers busy by making them build roads.

D) They needed the roads to move large armies and trade goods.

27. A) They cracked the rock with fire and cold water.

B) They used explosives to break up the rock.

C) They dug through mountains with machinery.

D) They did it the way we do in modern times.

28. A) Building roads without machinery was almost impossible 2,000 years ago.

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B) It took a long time for the Romans to build roads by hand

C) People still use the old Roman way of building roads.

D) Stones were used only in roads in Asia.

Passage Two

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. A) Generally speaking, people want to do things in their own way.

B) Only a few people can have their own way all the time.

C) People in society can make their own decisions.

D) Sometimes one man?s decisions may be so harm to another person.

30. A) The structure of the society.

B) The selfish behavior of some drivers.

C) The social norms for people to communicate with others.

D) A traffic accident.

31. A) Poor road conditions.

B) The shortage of time.

C) The improper regulation of the traffic police.

D) The thoughtlessness of selfish drivers.

Passage Three

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

32. A)Three B) Four C) Five D) Six

33. A) Driving B) Crossing the road C) Drinking D) Littering

34. A) Travelers to the country B) Women who take along children

C) Children under 16 years old D) Students under 18 years old.

35. A) If you need help ,please turn to your teachers

B) The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country

C) It is against the law for anyone to buy cigarettes or tobacco.

D) It is against the law to throw away waste material in any places.

Section C

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 read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check

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what you have written.

注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上；请在答题卡2上作答。

Part IV. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the blank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.

The White House is the 47 of the President of the United States and his family. It wasn't called the White House until Teddy Roosevelt named it in 1901.

James Hoban 48 the White House in 1792. He was 49 the job because he had won a contest sponsored by the government; His design had been 50 as the best.

President John Adams was the first to live in the White House. When he and his wife, Abigail 51 in, it was a huge 52 in the middle of a swamp. Many of the rooms were unfinished. Abigail used the 53 East Room as a drying room for laundry. More rooms were 54 every year. Rare shrubs and trees were planted on the grounds.

Yet, all this work was for nothing. In the War of 1812, the British 55 the mansion to the ground. The White House was rebuilt in 1817. The beauty of its 56 and furnishings has been growing ever since.

Section B

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. 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 Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.

Long ago men learned that the world of nature is built with mathematical exactness according to refined and powerful laws: every bee strokes its wings exactly 440 times a second to propel

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itself forty miles an hour; the eye of every fly has exactly 7000 lenses; every spider's thread is composed of 300 single threads. The progress of civilization itself can be measured by its range of mathematics. The early Egyptians knew enough of geometry to build the pyramids and the Greeks used trigonometry to measure the circumference of the earth two thousand years before Columbus sailed. European civilization combined geometry and trigonometry with the decimal system of the Arabs to produce the maps with which the Europeans explored the world. In a later century, mathematicians studied the pendulum of the newly invented clock and created the language of calculus to measure motion. The yardstick of measurement today must cover everything from units tinier than atoms to distance of millions of light years. Speed and accuracy are vital. In navigating amid planets and stars, man must have the help of some kind of machine calculators for fast and absolutely accurate information.

57. The author shows how the exactness of nature's law is reflected in .

A) man's civilization B) the creature of nature

C) machine calculators D) all of the above

58. The progress of civilization can be measured by .

A) the range of man's mathematics

B) man's desire to define nature's laws

C) the skill with which man has applied calculus

D) man's success in defining natural laws

59. Which of the statements is TRUE?

A) The Greeks knew enough geometry to measure the circumference of the earth.

B) The early Egyptians knew enough trigonometry to build the pyramids.

C) The Arabs used the decimal system to produce maps to explore the world.

D) Man cannot navigate in space without sophisticated calculators.

60. Egyptian Pyramid construction makes use of .

A) geometry B) trigonometry C) calculus D) both A and B

61. The passage suggests that .

A) the world of nature is built with mathematical exactness

B) progress in civilization demands even better mathematical tools

C) in ancient times there was little need for mathematics

D) man must still develop a yardstick of measurement that will cover light years

Passage Two

Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.

In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply separated and where many household tasks are shared to a greater or lesser extent, notions of make superiority are hard to maintain. The pattern of sharing in tasks and in decisions makes for equality, and this in turn leads to further sharing. In such a home, the growing boy and girl learn to accept that equality more easily than did their parents and to prepare more fully for participation in a world characterized by

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cooperation rather than by the "battle of sexes".

In the process goes too far and man's role is regarded as less important-and that has happened in some cases --- we are as badly off as before, only in reverse. It is time to reassess the role of the man in the American family. We are getting a little tired of "Momism" --- but we don't want to exchange it for a "neo-Popism". What we need, rather, is the recognition that bringing up children involves a partnership of equals. There are signs that psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and specialists on the family are becoming more aware of the part men play and that they have decided that women should not receive all the credits --- nor all the blame. We have almost given up saying that a woman's place is in the home. We are beginning, however, to analyze man's place in the home and to insist that he does have a place in it. Nor is that place irrelevant to the healthy development of the child. The family is a cooperative enterprise for which it is difficult to lay down rules, because each family needs to work out its own ways for solving its own problems. Excessive authoritarianism has unhappy consequences, whether it wears skirts or trousers, and the ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is pertinent (与…有关) not only to a healthy family.

62. Sharing tasks and decisions in a family leads to ____ _.

A) momism B) neo-popism C) inequality D) further sharing

63. If a boy or a girl has grown up in a home with sharing tasks and decisions, he or she will probably _ ___ _.

A) believe that life is a "battle of sexes".

B) accept equality as their parents did.

C) prepare more fully for participation in a cooperative world.

D) insist that man has a place in the home.

64. According to the author, man's role in the American family __ _ __.

A) less important than woman's B) equal to woman's

C) irrelevant to the healthy development of the child D) hard to maintain

65. Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and specialists on the family ___ __.

A) are paying in creased attention to man's place in the home.

B) suggest that we exchange "Momism" for a "neo-popism".

C) women should receive all the credits and blames.

D) men should receive all the credits and blames.

66. The ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is ___ __.

A)related to either a healthy democracy or a healthy family

B)related to a healthy family as well as healthy democracy

C)related to neither a healthy democracy nor a healthy family

D)none of the above

Part V Cloze (15 minutes)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices

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marked A), B), C), D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

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Part VI Translation (5 minutes)

Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in the brackets.

注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上。请在答题卡2上作答。

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Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are given 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Mobile Telephone on Campus. You should write no less than 120 words and base your composition on the outline below.

1.学校园里越来越多的学生拿手机；

2.手机对学生的影响；

3.你的观点。

Mobile Telephone on Campus

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Part II Reading Comprehension(Skimming & Scanning) (15 minutes)

1. [Y] [N] [NG]

2. [Y] [N] [NG]

3. [Y] [N] [NG]

4. [Y] [N] [NG]

5. [Y] [N] [NG]

6. [Y] [N] [NG]

7. [Y] [N] [NG]

8. In highly industrialized communities, we may expect .

9. The most densely populated community in the western hemisphere is .

10. Low average population densities are characteristics of most .

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Part III Section A

Section B

11. [A] [B] [C] [D] 16. [A] [B] [C] [D] 21. [A] [B] [C] [D] 26. [A] [B] [C] [D] 31. [A] [B] [C] [D] 12. [A] [B] [C] [D] 17. [A] [B] [C] [D] 22. [A] [B] [C] [D] 27. [A] [B] [C] [D] 32. [A] [B] [C] [D] 13. [A] [B] [C] [D] 18. [A] [B] [C] [D] 23. [A] [B] [C] [D] 28. [A] [B] [C] [D] 33. [A] [B] [C] [D] 14. [A] [B] [C] [D] 19. [A] [B] [C] [D] 24. [A] [B] [C] [D] 29. [A] [B] [C] [D] 34. [A] [B] [C] [D] 15. [A] [B] [C] [D] 20. [A] [B] [C] [D]

25. [A] [B] [C] [D]

30. [A] [B] [C] [D]

35. [A] [B] [C] [D]

Part III Section C

People use money to buy food, books and hundred of other things they need. When they work, they get (36) in money. Most of money used today is made of (37) or paper. But in the time long ago, people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kind of

money was (38) . In China, cloth and (39) were used as money. (40) tusks, money tails and (41) were used in some parts in the world. (42)

was also a kind of money used by the people in some (43) . Some animals were used as money, too.

The first copper coins were made in China.(44) . Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later, some countries began to make coins of gold and silver.

(45) when people needed a lot of coins to

buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. (46) .

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Part IV Section A Section B Part V

47. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] 48. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] 49. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] 50. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] 51. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] 52. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] 53. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] 54. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] 55. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] 56. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] 57. [A] [B] [C] [D] 58. [A] [B] [C] [D] 59. [A] [B] [C] [D] 60. [A] [B] [C] [D] 61. [A] [B] [C] [D] 62. [A] [B] [C] [D] 63. [A] [B] [C] [D] 64. [A] [B] [C] [D] 65. [A] [B] [C] [D] 66. [A] [B] [C] [D]

67. [A] [B] [C] [D] 77. [A] [B] [C] [D]

68. [A] [B] [C] [D] 78. [A] [B] [C] [D]

69. [A] [B] [C] [D] 79. [A] [B] [C] [D]

70. [A] [B] [C] [D] 80. [A] [B] [C] [D]

71. [A] [B] [C] [D] 81. [A] [B] [C] [D]

72. [A] [B] [C] [D] 82. [A] [B] [C] [D]

73. [A] [B] [C] [D] 83. [A] [B] [C] [D]

74. [A] [B] [C] [D] 84. [A] [B] [C] [D]

75. [A] [B] [C] [D] 85. [A] [B] [C] [D] 76. [A] [B] [C] [D] 86. [A] [B] [C] [D]

Part VI Translation (5 minutes)

87. The effective work of maintaining discipline . (往往是那些经常给校方提建议的学生)。

88. Carrie reached home in high good spirits ， . (想掩饰也掩饰不住)。

89. Language learning is active learning, . (学习者应该利用一切机会运用语言)。

90. Children are very eager to become . (像电影中英雄们那样强壮勇敢的人)。

91. Traditionally, Chinese young people live with their parents . (在长大成家之前)。

参考答案

Test Paper 4

Part I Writing

Mobile Telephone on Campus

With the development of science and technology, mobile telephone becomes more and more popular. Even the students on campus begin to use mobile telephone. Is it a good or bad thing? Mobile telephone, on the one hand, is good to the students. For one thing, it enables them to keep in touch with their friends and family more conveniently and quickly. For another, it can make the students fashionable and proud.

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On the other hand, mobile telephone has a negative effect on the students. First, it will cost them more money than before. Second, it will distract them from their study. Third, it will sometimes become a nuisance especially when it rings in class or in the library.

In my opinion, it is not good for the students on campus to use mobile telephone. Since the students? main purpose on campus is to study, they should pay much attention to their study. If they want to use mobile telephone, they can use it after graduation.

Part II Reading comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

1-7 Y Y N N N Y NG

8.urban development 9. Puerto Rico 10. under-developed

Part III Listening comprehension

Section A

11-18 ADCCBCCC 19-21CAA 22-25 CCBB

Section B

Passage one 26-28 DAB Passage two 29-31 BBD Passage three 32-35 CAAB

Section C

36. paid 37. metal 38. shells 39.knives 40.Elephant 41. salt 42. Rice 43. islands

44. They were round and had a square hole in the center.

45. But even gold and silver were too heavy to carry

46. The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the money

used today.

Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Section A 47-51CAJLO 52-56 IGEHM

Section B 57-61 BADAB 62-66 DCBAB

Part V Cloze

67-71 BDCDC 72-76 BADAA 77-81 BDBCD 82-86 BDDCC

Part VI Translation

87. is usually performed by students who advise the academic authorities.

88. which she could scarely conceal.

89. learner should take advantage of chance to use the language.

90. as strong and brave as heroes in the film.

91. until they grow up and marry.

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Tape Script of Listening Comprehension

Test Paper 4

Part III Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is

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the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.

11. W: Was the movie as good as you expected?

M: It was a waste of time and money. We should have stayed at home.

Q: How does the man feel about the move?

12. W: Do you have a savings account at the bank?

M: I used to, but recently I withdrew all the money.

Q: Wh at happened to the man?s money.

13. W: I?d like to exchange this hat for one a size smaller.

M: yes, of course. Pick out another one. I?ll put this one back.

Q: Why did the customer return the hat?

14. W: I hardly ever go shopping by car now. The shopping center is within walking distance. M: well, you are lucky. The nearest store I can go to is about 3 miles away.

Q: How does the woman go shopping?

15. M: Where is Joan?

W: She ran out of sugar and went out to get some.

Q: Where is probably Joan now?

16. M: The taxi is waiting downstairs, let…s hurry.

W: Wait a minute. I…ll take some food with us. I don…t like the meal served on the train.

Q: What are the speakers going to do?

17. M: I think you?d better find another partner. I love table tennis, but I don?t think I am improving.

W: Look Paul it?s still too early to quit. Nobody expects you to be a superstar.

Q: What does the woman mean?

18. M: I'd like to drive to the concert, but my brother has the car tonight.

W: Who needs a car? We can take the subway if we go a little earlier.

Q: What does the woman mean?

Now you’ll hear the long conversation.

Long Conversation 1

W: Hello!

M: Hello, Lucy. This is John. Could you do me a favor? I' v tried to phone my wife six times and I can't get through. The line is busy all the time. Could you possibly go next door and give her a message?

W: Sure! What do you want to tell Mary?

M: Could you just say I've come into an old friend and 1' m staying with him? I' m not at the hotel and I'll give her a ring later.

W: Sure, I'll go right now.

M: Thanks a lot, Lucy.

W: OK. Bye!

M: Bye!

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19. What did the man ask the woman to do?

20. What is the relationship between the two speakers?

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21. What is Mary probably doing?

Long Conversation 2

M: Uh, where am I?

W: Excuse me. Do you need any help?

M: Nah, I?m just looking... well, actually... yeah. I want to go to the science museum, but I've been lost for the past few hours. And I can't make heads or tails of these ticket machines.

W: Ah, well, just press this button. [Oh, yeah.] And from here, it's one dollar fifty.

M: Okay.

W: Then, get on the train at platform number 6.

M: All right. Oh. And how often do the trains come around this time of day?

W: Usually, they come about every six minutes.

M: Okay. And where do I get off the train?

W: Get off at the State Street Station, three stops from here.

M: Okay. I got it. Thanks for your help.

W: No problem. Good luck.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

22. Where does the man want to go？

23. Where should the man get on the train?

24. How often do the trains come？

25. Where should the man get off the train？

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. Passage One

Over 2,000 years ago, Rome was the center of a large empire. The Romans needed a way to move their large armies quickly so they could protect their huge country. They needed land trade routes. So they joined all the parts of their empire by a network of roads.

Beginning in 300 B. C. the Romans built roads in Europe, Asia, and North Africa. By A. D. 200, they had built 50,000 miles of almost straight highways.

To build their roads, the Romans sometimes had to dig tunnels through mountains. They did not have explosives to cut through rock. They heated the rock with fire and then threw cold water over it. When the rock cracked, they dug it out with hand tools.

Roman soldiers and slaves built the roads without powerful machinery. They had only simple tools. Yet the roads were so well built that they were used for hundreds of years.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. Why did the Romans build so many roads?

27. What did the Romans do to dig tunnels for mountain roads?

28. What conclusion can we make from the passage?

Passage Two

Men usually want to have their own way. They want to think and act as they like. No one,

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however, can have his own way all the time. A man cannot live in society without considering the interests of others as well as his own interests. “Society” means a group of people with the same laws and the same way of life. People in society may make their own decisions. One man?s decisions may so easily harm another person. For example, a motorist may be in a hurry to get to a friend?s house. He sets out, driving at full speed like a competitor in a motor race. There are other vehicles and also pedestrians on the road. Suddenly there is a crash. There are screams and confusion. One careless motorist has struck another car. The collision has injured two of the passengers and killed the third. Too many road accidents happen through the thoughtlessness of selfish drivers.

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. What is Not true according to the passage?

30. What is the passage about?

31. According to the passage, what often leads to road accidents?

Passage Three

Good afternoon, and welcome to English .We hope that your visit here will be a pleasant one. Today I would like to draw your attention to a few of our laws.

The first one is about drinking .Now, you may not buy alcohol in this country if you are under 18 years of age, nor may your friends buy it for you.

Secondly, noise. Enjoy yourselves by all means, but please don't make unnecessary noise, particularly at night .We ask you to respect other people who may wish to be quiet.

Thirdly, crossing the road. Be careful. The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country. Use the crossings for walking and do not take any chances when crossing the road.

My next point is about litter. It is against the law to throw away waste material in a public place .When you have something to throw away, please put it in your pocket and take it home, or put it in a litter bin.

Finally, in regard to smoking, it is against the law to buy cigarettes or tobacco if you are under 16 years of age.

I'd like to finish by saying that if you require any sort of help or assistance, you should get in touch with your local police station, who will be pleased to help you. Now, are there any questions?

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

32. How many laws are there discussed in the speech?

33. Which of the following is NOT talked about in the passage?

34. Who does the speaker give advice to?

35. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

Section C

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 read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

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People use money to buy food, books and hundred of other things they need. When they work, they get (36) paid in money. Most of money used today is made of (37) metal or paper. But in the time long ago, people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kind of money was (38) shells In China, cloth and (39) knives were used as money. (40) Elephant tusks, money tails and (41) salt were used in some parts in the world. (42) Rice was also a kind of money used by the people in some (43) islands. Some animals were used as money, too.

The first copper coins were made in China. (44) They were round and had a square hole in the center. Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later, some countries began to make coins of gold and silver. (45) But even gold and silver were too heavy to carry when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. (46) The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the money used today.

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