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College English Test-Band XPart I Listening Comprehension (35%)Section A （10%）Directions: 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 conversation and the question 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. A) It is raining. B) It is snowing.C) It is cloudy. D) It is clear.2. A) They are faster. B) It is the only thing availableC) Buses are not safe. D) Buses are too crowded.3. A) In Europe. B) At home.C) In Canada. D) In China.4. A) Barry no longer lives in New York. B) Barry doesn’t know how to economize.C) The woman called Barry in California. D) The woman didn’t ever meet Barry.5. A) It is closed. B) 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.C) 12 noon to 9 P.M. D) 9 A.M. to 12 noon.6. A) The way to handle stress is key to success.B) The degree to which stress reaches is vital.C) Stress is not necessarily a bad thing.D) Stress is the motivation that can work in you.7. A) Change his mind. B) Study until midnight.C) Sleep late in the morning. D) Go to bed early.8. A) Eating something good for breakfast. B) Exercising just after getting up.C) Buying the next larger size. D) Not exercising so many times a day.9. A) Material wealth. B) Inner beauty.C) A good family background. D) Shared love.10. A) Jim is at a meeting now. B) Jim’s roommate is out.C) Jim has moved to another room. D) Jim is with his girlfriend now.Section B （10%）Directions: In this section, you will hear several 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage:11. A) They appeared in all the advertisements for the campaign.B) They went from school to school to expose lies to students.C) They were involved in many aspects of the campaign and appeared in some of the advertisements.D) they put up” Not for Sale” posters outside tobacco companies.12. A) Close to 90 B) 50C) Close to 140 D) Nearly 9013. A) They held a pizza and pool party to attract teenagers to watch their commercial.B) They held a recruiting party to make it known that new members are needed.C) They held a pizza and pool party to welcome 50 new members.D) They began a raining program for the 50 new members.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage:14. A) At Sydney. B) At Chicago.C) At Hong Kong. D) At Melbourne.15. A) A number of iron boxes . B) A pile of woolen goods.C) A number of wooden boxes. D) Some clothing.16. A) After the plane left London. B) Before the plane left London.C) Two days ago. D) That morning.17. A) ￡345. B) ￡435. C) ￡230. D) ￡335. Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage:18. A）The two levels of language usage.B）Purpose of language usage.C）The two differences between formal language and informal language.D）Several situations of language usage.19. A）When we write business letters.B）When we have a conversation with our parents' friend.C）When we talk with our colleagues.D) When we give class lectures.20. A) Other levels of language usage.B) Another difference between formal and informal language.C) The situations in which informal language is used.D) The identification of formal language and informal language.Section C （15%）听写练习请做在答题纸二上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 S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, youcan 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.There are two things I have always wanted to do---- write and live on a farm. Today I’m doing both. I am not in E. B. White’s class as a writer or in my neighbors’ ___S1___ as a farmer, but I’m getting by. And after years of ___S2___ with city and ___S3___ living, my wife Sandy and I have finally found___S4___ here in the country.It’s a ___S5___ sort of life. We grow n early all of our fruits and ___S6___. Our hens keep us in eggs, with several dozens ___S7___ over to sell each week. Our bees provide us with honey, and we cut enough wood to just make it ____________S8_______________.It’s a satisfying life too. In the su mmer we canoe on the river, __________S9____________ and take long bicycle rides. We get excited about sunsets. We love the smell of _________________S10__ _______________________. We watch for hawks in the sky and deer in the cornfields.Part II Reading Comprehension (40%)Section ADirections: In this part, you should go over the passage quickly and decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.A lot of my friends are moving out of the city. They’re buying houses in the suburbs because they want to get away from the noise, smog, traffic, and crimes of the city. One friend says, “There’s too much air pollution in the city. I prefer the suburbs, where the air is clean.” Another friend complains about thetraffic: There are too many cars downtown! You can’t find a parking place, and the traffic jams are terrible.” Everyone complains about crime: “The city is full of criminals. I rarely leave my house atnight----it’s too dangerous.”Before my friends move out of the city, they usually recite the advantages of suburban life: green grass, flowers, swimming pools, barbecues, and so on. Yet after my friends have lived there for a year or so, they realized that suburban life is not so pleasant as they were expecting. What causes this change? Their gardens! They soon learn that one unavoidable part of suburban life is yard work. After they work all weekend in their gardens, they’re much too tired to take a swim in their pools or even to cook some meat on their barbecues. And they have another complaint: they can’t live in suburbs without a car. Most of my friends moved to the suburbs to avoid traffic, but now they have to commute to work downtown. They sit on a busy freeway two hours every day!My opinions about urban life are very different from my friends’----I live downtown; and I love it! Why? Well, first, I love nature----flowers, trees, and animals. In the city, I have all the advantages of nature: I can walk through the public park, smell the flowers, and sit on the grass under the trees. I can visit the animals in the zoo. Yet I have none of the disadvantages: I don’t have to do yard work or feed the animals. Also, in the city, I can get everywhere by bus; if there’s a traffi c jam, I can walk home.It seems that everyone is moving to the suburbs to avoid the crime of the big cities. I have a theory about urban crime, however, so I feel safe downtown. The criminal life will reflect changes in society: if people are buying homes in the suburbs, the criminals will soon follow. Criminals want to avoid noise, smog, and pollution, too. Soon overcrowding and crime will be problems of the suburbs instead of the city!Do the following statements agree with information given in the passage?21. Many of the writer’s friends have moved out of the city and are enjoying a restful life in the suburbs.A) Yes B) No C) Not given22. The writer has decided to join his friends and buy a house in the suburbs.A) Yes B) No C) Not given23. After they have lived in the suburbs for over a year, the writer’s friends feel unhappy with their life there.A) Yes B) No C) Not given24. The writer’s friends enjoy driving on th e freeway.A) Yes B) No C) Not givenSection BDirections: There are 4 passages in this part. 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 25 to 28 are based on the following passage:In the early 1600’s, a group known as Separatists lived in Engl and. They were people who wanted to worship god, study the Bible and pray, but the English laws did not allow them to worship as they desired. They were hunted down, beaten, and locked up.Eventually, they heard about freedom of religion in Holland, and planned to escape. After much hardship, they were allowed to leave England.Now called Pilgrims, they lived in Holland for 12 years, but left because they couldn’t stand the hard life, and couldn’t work their own trades. They wanted to find a Kingdom of God for their posterity (后代) to practice religion freely. So they hired the Speedwell and the Mayflower to carry them across the Atlantic to a new land in America.The Speedwell had many leaks and had to turn back. The Mayflower took in their passengers, making a total of over 100. They sailed two months and three days, exhausted and hungry.On November 11, 1620, the Mayflower spotted land. They landed in Province town, Massachusetts. For over a month, they sent men to find the perfect place for them to build their colony. When they finally found a place, they called it Plymouth.Right away they started building homes, knowing winter was near.Unfortunately, a violent storm hit when the houses were not yet finished. The Pilgrims were forced to stay on cramped (狭窄的) Mayflower for their first winter in the new world. When this winter was over, over half of them had died.The Pilgrims eventually made a good friend who helped them. His name was Squanto. He showed them where fish swam, how to hunt deer, and how to plant corn.Squanto was a Native American who was kidnapped early in his life and taken to England. This is why he was able to communicate with the Pilgrims.With the help of the Native Americans, there was plenty for everyone to eat that first summer, and also plenty to last for the next winter.The Pilgrims had so much to be thankful for. They gave thanks for good friends, new homes, freedom of religion, and plenty of food in a three-day celebration with their Native American friends.Today we continue the celebration of the Pilgrims and the Native Americans and call it Thanks-giving.25. The Pilgrims spend their first winter ____________.A) in their newly finished houses B) on the ship that carried them across the AtlanticC) celebrating their newly-won freedom D) making friends with the native people26. The Pilgrims learnt to adapt to the new environment ___________.A) with the help of the nativesB) by imitating the Native AmericansC) by trial and errorD) by learning from their earlier experience in Holland27. How did the Pilgrims get along with the Native Americans?A) They were hostile to each other.B) They kept a distance from each other.C) They were very friendly to each other.D) They learned from each other.28. What is the central idea of this passage?A) The origin of Thanksgiving.B) Religious Freedom.C) Early English settlements in America.D) Hardships experienced by the Pilgrims.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 32 are based on the following passage:Recently, one of my best friends Jennie, with whom I have shared just about everything since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we have both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boy friend, about how he experimented with drugs and was into other self-destructive behavior. I was blown away! She told me how she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even stealing out to see this guy because they didn’t want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn’t believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for a big trouble. I felt like I was getting nowhere. I just couldn’t believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boy friend.By the time she left, I was really worried about her and exhausted by the experience. It had been so frustrating that I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apar t to continue our friendship, but I put the power of friendship to the ultimate test. We’d been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.A Few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation, and then she told me that she had broken up with her boy friend. I just listened on the other end of the phonewith tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.29. What was the attitude of Jennie’s parents towards her relationship with her boy friend?A) They were rather tolerant.B) They were indifferent to it.C) They thought their daughter deserved a better friend.D) They did not allow her to continue it.30. How did the author react to Jennie’s relationship with her boy friend?A) She tried her best to dissuade Jennie from continuing it.B) She threatened to break up with Jennie if her advice was ignored.C) She was overcome with pride that Jennie told her about her boy friend.D) She was very angry with Jennie for choosing such a friend.31. How did the author feel when Jennie told her she had broken up with her boy friend?A) She felt relieved.B) She felt happy and proud.C) She felt frustrated and angry.D) She felt exhausted.32. What message does the author try to convey in this passage?A) The power of true friendship can conquer anything.B) Young people should be careful in choosing their friends.C) Parents should take good care of their children.D) Drugs can destroy innocent young people.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 36 are based on the following passage:It is, everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak, and the fact that he does in so short a period of time challenges explanation.Language learning begins with listening. Individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and late starters are often long listeners. Most children will “obey” spoken instruction some time before they can speak though the word obey is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out as particularly indicative(标示的) of delight, distress, sociability,and so on. But since these cannot be said to show the baby’s intention to communicate they can hardly be regarded as early form of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to their repertoire(能发出的全部声音). This self-imitation leads on to deliberate (有意识的) imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.33. The first paragraph is mainly about __________.A) the development of babies’ early forms of languageB) the difficulties of babies in learning to speakC) babies’ strong desire to communicateD) babies’ intention tocommunicate34. The author’s purpose in writing the second paragraph is to show that children _________.A) usually obey without asking questionsB) are passive in the process of learning to speakC) are born cooperativeD) learn to speak by listening35. From the passage we learn that ___________.A) early starters can learn to speak within only six monthsB) children show a strong desire role to communicate by making noisesC) imitation plays an important role in learning to speakD) children have various difficulties in learning to speak36. The best title for this passage would be __________.A) How Babies Learn to SpeakB) Early Forms of LanguageC) A Huge Task for ChildrenD) Noise Making and Language LearningPassage FourQuestions 37 to 40 are based on the following passage:Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long h ours alone at a typewriter. “You’ve got to want to write,” I say to them, “not want to be a writer.”The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years.I wasn’t going to be one of those people who die wondering: What if I would keep putting my dream to the test ---- even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.37. The passage is meant to __________.A) warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experienceB) advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writerC) show young people it’s unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth and fameD) encourage young people to pursue a writing career38. Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing career?A) He wasn’t able to prod uce a single book.B) He hadn’t seen a change for the better.C) He wasn’t able to have a rest for a whole year.D) He found his dream would never come true.39. “… people who die wondering, What if?” refers to “ those _________”.A) who think too much of the dark side of lifeB) who regret giving up their career halfwayC) who think a lot without making a decisionD) who are full of imagination even upon death40. “Shadowland” in the last sentence refers to __________.A) the wonderful one often dreams aboutB) the bright future that one is looking forward toC) the state of uncertainty before one’s final goal is reachedD) a world that exists only in one’s imaginationPart III Vocabulary and Structure (10%) （该部分也可能是cloze, 20个空格，占总分10%）Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.41.We made plans for a visit but ______ difficulties with the car prevented it.A) subordinate B) subsequent C) afterward D) next42. The light is so dim that I cannot ______ one object from another.A) divide B) take apart C) distinguish D) dispose43. Just go ______ your business and don’t keep looking out the window.A) on B) with C) along D) about44. The desert was regarded as ________ for settlement.A) uncertain B) unable C) unfit D) unlike45. If it _______ yesterday afternoon, I would have gone fishing.A) had not been raining B) were not rainingC) would not be raining D) should not be raining46. She’s going to the photographer’s ____.A) to have her photograph take B) to have her photograph takingC) to have her photograph taken D) to have taken her photograph47. The car was repaired but not quite to my _____.A) joy B) pleasure C) attraction D) satisfaction48. This is the reason ____ an aeroplane can’t fly in space.A) how B) which C) why D) what49. Will you help me _______ how to do these sums? I’m completely stuck.A) point out B) figure outC) come across D) look out50. Chris was not at the meeting and ________.A) her assistant wasn’t too B) her assistant wasn’t neitherC) so wa sn’t her assistant D) neither was her assistant51. Mary has been told by her boss to finish two reports within 24 hours. I ______ if she can do the work in time.A) suspect B) suspend C) doubt D) skeptical52. Suburbs and country areas are, in many ways, even more ______ than well-patrolled urban streets.A) secure B) tranquil C) vulnerable D) threatening53. Since the people cannot learn through legitimate channels all ______ they are anxious to learn, they pick up “news” wherever they can.A) which B) as C) what D) that54. It’s no use just telling me to do it; give me _________advice as to how to do it.A) active B) critical C) practical D) hopeful55. Watch your step, ________ you might fall into the water.A) or B) unless C) and D) but56. She was ______ in white like a nurse.A) clothing B) dressed C) wearing D) worn57. She ____ be Canadian because she’s got a British passport.A) mustn’t B) has not to C) can’t D) needn’t58. This report offered the most ______ and accurate information on the possible defects resulting from cloning.A) special B) particular C) trivial D) wicked59. Henry stood by me when I most needed it. I’ll always ______ that.A) impress B) register C) pledge D) appreciate60. Certainly in our society teachers don’t enjoy the respect that is _______ to doctors and lawyers.A) rewarded B) accorded C) designated D) transferredPart IV Translation (5%) 翻译练习题请做在答题纸二上Directions: Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese into English.S11. The peasants tried hard to ___________________________ _(抵制购买昂贵机器的诱惑) so that they could save lots of money.S12. With repeated hackers’ att acks on our system, we have come to__________________________ (意识到聘请一位计算机保安（computer-security）专家的必要性).S13. He secretly returned to the United States several times to(帮助其他奴隶通过地下铁路获得自由).S14. Since Tom runs a sheep ranch, he ________________(必须填写所得税的表格) at the end of each month.S15. Since he took up residence in the mountainous area, people _________________(对他的工作出很好的评价) .Part V Writing (10%) 作文请写在答题纸二上Directions: For this part, you are asked to write a composition on the following topic: Should Cars be Allowed Into College Campus? You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline below:1.现在某些高校校园禁止车辆驶入，2.这种规定的考虑，3.谈谈你的看法。