2005年新生分级测试

Placement Test (2005)I.Listening Comprehension听力理解分两部分：共20题，每题1分，共20分。

第一部分：本部分为十组对话，每组对话后有一个问题。

对话读两遍。

问题读一遍，每听完一个问题后，从答题纸上A、B、C、D的四个选择中选出最合适的答案，并涂黑。

Part A1. A. In New York. B. In Boston. C. In Michigan. D. In Washington.2. A. Ten dollars. B. Eight dollars. C. Four dollars. D. Two dollars.3. A. Cleaning the house. B. Buying a house.C. Arranging the furniture.D. Shopping for furniture.4. A. A book. B. A bookseller. C. A newspaper. D. A magazine.5. A. He doesn’t have a seat. B. He does not like the class.C. He is a graduate student.D. He takes required courses only.6. A. The professor hadn’t prepared the demonstration well enough.B. The professor didn’t want to teach the class.C. The professor was the only one to show up.D. The professor postponed the class.7. A. Mail the woman a catalog as soon as possible.B. Look for an extra catalog for the woman.C. Give the woman the information she needs from the catalog.D. Tell the woman when she can pick up a new catalog.8. A. Skip his lunch. B. Invite the boys home.C. Miss the game.D. Eat too fast.9. A .In the winter. B. In August. C. In October. D. In April.10. A. Want ads in the newspaper are useless.B. It usually takes months to find a job.C. It wasn’t easy for the woman to get a job.D. She got a job at the TV studio.第二部分：本部分为短文听力测试，共三篇，每篇读两遍。

听完后，请回答三或四个问题，从答题纸A,B,C,D的四个选项中选出最合适的答案，并涂黑。

Part BPassage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A. 5 pennies per day B.5 pennies per monthC.5 pennies per weekD.15 pennies per week12. A. To protect their own chickens.B. To reduce the large cat population.C. To eat cat meat.D. To help Walter make money.13. A. From helping the farmers with the farm work.B. From doing the housework for the old lady.C. From burying dead cats for the old lady.D. From selling the old lady’s cats to his friends.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A. Because the delivery by way of Panama was more reliable.B. Because the delivery by way of Panama was cheaper.C. Because the delivery by way of Panama was faster.D. Because the delivery by way of Panama was more convenient.15. A. Ten days. B. Two weeks. C. One month. D. More than a month.16. A. Because many horses had died of overwork.B. Because mail was carried by train.C. Because telegraph was put to use.D. Because the telephone was invented.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A.5 to 10 seconds. B. 16 to 30 seconds.C. 5 to 10 minutes.D. 20 to 30 minutes.18. A. Dry and sunny. B. Hot and damp.C. Warm and rainy.D. Cold and snowy.19. A. To a church. B. To a one-storey house.C. To a basement.D. Under a tree.20. A. It seldom occurs in summer.B. It is unpredictable.C. It moves more than 5000 miles per hour.D. It does the greatest damage to vehicles and buildings.II.Reading Comprehension 阅读理解本部分共四篇文章，20个问题，每题2分，共40分。

（A）People express their personalities(个性) in their clothes, their cars, and their homes. Because we might choose certain foods to “tell” people some thing about us. Our diets can also be an expression of our personalities. For example, some people eat mainly high-class foods, such as caviar(鱼子酱) and lobster(龙虾) and they eat only in expensive restaurants (never in snack bars).They might want to show the world that they know about the “better things in life.”Human beings can eat many different kinds of food, but some people choose not to eat meat. Vegetarians often have more in common than just their diet. Their personalities might be similar too. For example, vegetarians in the United States and Canada may be creative people, and they might not enjoy competitive(竞争的) sports or jobs. They worry about the health of the world, and they are probably strongly opposed to war.Some people eat mostly fast food. One study shows that many fast-food eaters have a lot in common with one another, but they are very different from vegetarians. They are competitive and good at business. They are also usually in a hurry. Many fast-food eaters might not agree with this description of their personalities, but it is a common picture of them.Some people also believe that people of the same astrological sign(星座) have similar food personalities. Arians (born under the sign of Aries, between March 21 and April 19) usually like spicy food, with a lot of onions and pepper. People with the sign of Taurus (April 20to May 20)prefer healthful fruits and vegetables, but they often eat too much. Sagittarians (November 22 to December 21) like special foods from many different countries.根据上面文中内容，从每题下面的四个选择中选出一个最合适的答案，并在答题纸上把选的编号字母涂黑。