大学英语一周一练第一单元答案全解

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Key to Model Test (1) Band One
Part I. Understanding Sentences
Key: Section A: BABBB BBABA
Section B: AABAC BCABC
Part II. Understanding Conversations
Key: Section A: DBCAACBA
Section B: ADACADC
Section A
1. M: How many students passed the final English exam in your class?
W: Thirty. But still as many as 40 percent of the class failed. Quite disappointing, isn’t
it?
Q: What does the woman think of the exam?
[解析] D. 观点态度题. 从女士所说的 “Quite disappointing”来看，考试结果出乎意
料， 令人失望，与选项 D 中的 “fell short of her expectations” 意义相同，所以答案为
D. 注意选项A与D内容相反
2. W: Lots of young men enjoy extreme sports, do you?
M: Believe it or not, that is the last thing I’d ever want to do.
Q: What does the man mean?
[解析] B. 观点态度题. 女士问男士是否喜欢极限运动吗? 男士回答说极限运动是“the
last thing I’d ever want to do”.这里暗含否定，即：极限运动是他最不愿意做的事情，
即他不喜欢极限运动。注意last一词暗含否定的用法。（对话是靠词汇表达的，因此
理解了词汇也就掌握了解题根本。这里所说的词汇不局限单词， 还包括惯用语、俚
语、习语等。关键的时候。一个词、一个习语就决定了成败）
3. W: When I go on a diet, I eat only fruit, and that takes off weight quickly.
M: I prefer to eat whatever I want, and then swim regularly to lose weight
Q: How does the man control his weight?
[解析] C. 行为活动题. 男士说他通过游泳减肥, 关键词为swim regularly, 指运动的一种
方式, 选项C为体育锻炼, 所以C是正确答案. 其余三个选项都是对话中女士所采取的减
肥措施.
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4. M: When are we supposed to hand in our term paper, Mary?
W: They are due by the end of the week. We’ve only two days left. We’ll just have to
hurry.
Q: What does the woman mean?。
[解析] A 谈论话题题. 女士所说的关键词due也就是意味着是deadline, 既然只有两天的
时间, 说明The deadline is approaching soon . 如果没有听清due一词, 由女士的have to
hurry也可推出答案.
5. W: How about the show last week, Jack?
M: I wish I hadn’t gone to see it
Q: what does the man mean?
[解析] A. 推理判断题。男士回答用得是虚拟语气，而虚拟语气往往表示与事实不相符
的情况， 即： 说话人后悔去看展出了。 由此可见，上周的展出不怎么样，选项A正
确。（英语中的句式结构：条件句、强调句、比较结构虚拟语气等都可以提供解题线
索）。
6. M: I cannot believe my phone bill this month. It seems too high.
W: Yeah, that happened to me a lot last year, but this year I have just cut down on my
long-distance calls.
Q: What does the woman imply?
[解析] C. 观点态度题. 女士说：“this year I have just cut down my long-distance

calls.”
可以推断出long-distance calls take a lot of money. “cut down” here means reduce。
7. M: The subway sure is crowded this morning.
W: Yeah. It’s a pain but if we all drove everyday we wouldn’t be able to breathe in this
city.
Q: What does the woman imply?
[解析] B. 推理判断题。男士说“if we all drove everyday we wouldn’t be able to breathe
in this city” 用得是虚拟语气表示如人们都开车，我们将无法呼吸，可以推断出汽车污
染空气。选项B是答案。
8. W: Have you saved enough to buy that new laser printer for your computer yet?
M: You know money seems to be burning a hole in my pocket lately. Maybe next
month.
Q: What does the man mean?
[解析] A. 谈论话题题. 从男士的回答：money seems to be burning a hole in my pocket
lately可知他近来花钱很多, 没有足够的钱买, 所以答案为A。
Section B
Conversation 1
[解析]
1. 主旨题。 对话中女生说她们选了体育课-攀岩，并说服Ben 也参加，推断出选
项A与此相符；对话中女生说Rock-climbing is a good chance to challenge your
body and will，这并非对话的主旨，所以选项B，C， D与对话主题不符。
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2. 细节题。对话中男生说：“这里全是平地，怎么攀岩？” 选项D与此相符；选项A
与对话不符，既然是一门课，一定有人教；选项B, C与对话矛盾。
3. 推理题。对话中女生说：攀岩不是目的，重要的是在这过程中可以学到忍耐等
其它技能，选项A与此相符。
4. 细节题。对话中女生说前几周进行手与上体的锻炼，选项C与此相符；选项B，
A与对话问题不符；选项D未提及。
Conversation 2
[解析]
5. 推理题。对话中女生说在海边渡周末，并说海边不是认真学习的地方等，可推
断出她是去海边放松，选项A与此相符；选项B“拜访她的朋友”与对话主题不
符；选项C，D片面。
6. 细节题。对话中女生说她需要完成论文，由此可见，她还没完成作业，选项D
与此相符；选项A与对话矛盾；选项B与题意不符。
7. 细节题。选项C与题意符，选项A,D未提及；选项B与对话不符。
Part III. Understanding Passages
Key: ABDBBB
Passage one
Passage Two
Part IV. Dictation
Section A:
1. plane, plan, 2. bake, back 3. made, mad 4. fate, fat 5. seat, set
6. beat, bet, 7. least, lest 8. bite, bit 9. sight, sit 10. type, tip
Section B:
1. A foreign language is a weapon in the struggle of life.
2. We must believe that each one of us is able to do something well, and that, when we
discover what this something is, we must work until we succeed.
3. There is no light during the night although there is a light on the right.
4. She didn’t sit on the seat and here is the bill for the beer.
5. A small leak will sink a great ship.
6. There is no secret of success but hard work.
7. Have an aim in life, or your energi

es will all be wasted.
8. No sweet without sweat.
9. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
10. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
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Part V. Vocabulary and Structure
1. D [译文] 不像他的哥哥，汤姆健谈且易于与别人交朋友。
[考点] 形近词及词性辨析。
[解析] A. (形容词/副词) “相似的，相像的”（常作表语）/“同样地”；B. (名词)
“爱好”；C.（动词）“不喜欢，厌恶”；D. （介词/形容词）“不像，和…
不同”/“不相似的”。根据句意可知空上需填介词，而四个选项中只有D是
介词，故选D。
2. A [译文] 不仅是学生，老师也能从这次英语竞赛中受益。
[考点] 动词辨义。
[解析] A. benefit (vt. /vi.), 常用于以下两个句型：A benefit B “A使B受益”，B
benefit from A “B从A中受益”，符合句意和搭配。B. derive (vt./vi.), 常用
于以下两个句型：derive from“源于，追溯?的起源”，derive sth. from
sth“从?中得到/获得?”，如：derive knowledge from practice (从实践
中得到知识) The story derives from an old legend. (这个故事来源于一则
古老的传说。) reward和acquire都是及物动词，reward“报答，酬谢，奖
赏”， 常用于reward sb. for sth. “因?奖赏某人”A，reward sb. for sth.“用
?酬谢某人”；acquire“得到，获得”。 根据句意只能选择A。
3. D [译文] 他们采取了有效措施防止有毒气体泄漏。
[考点] 形近词及近义词辨析。
[解析] A. efficient (adj.) “效率高的（指事物），有能力的（指人）”，如：an
efficient machine (效率高的机器), an efficient secretary (有能力的秘书)。
B. beneficial (adj.) “有益的”，如：Sunshine is beneficial to plants. （阳
光对植物有益。）C. valid “有效的，具有法律效力的”，如：The ticket
is valid for 5 days. （此券有效期为5天。）D. effective“有效的，生效
的，起作用的”，如：The law is effective immediately.（这项法律立即生
效。）This medicine is especially effective against polio.（该药对小儿麻
痹症有特效。）注意：valid 指有（法律）效力的，effective指达到预期
效果的，奏效的。根据句意应选D。
4. A [译文] 这部小说表现出对人性的深刻了解。
[考点] 固定搭配。
[解析] insight 常用于固定搭配an insight into sth.意思是“对?的深入了解”，
如：The teacher had unusual insight into children’s emotions.（这位老师
对儿童的情感有不同寻常的了解。）其他三个词都不与介词into搭配。
Outlook “观点，看法”，如：He’s got a very positive outlook on life.（他
有着非常积极的人生观。）imagination“想像”，如：Poets, artists and
inventors need imagination.（诗人、艺术家和发明家都需要想象力。）
fancy

“愿望，空想，幻想”，如：By the power of fancy we may create an
unreal world.（靠想象力我们可以创造出一个幻想的世界。）注意：
imagination着重根据现实创造性地构思新的想象。Fancy指无根据地想
象，凭空揣想或把现实作虚构的安排。
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5. A [译文] 要到那农舍去惟有穿过田地。
[考点] 固定搭配。
[解析] access“接近，通道，入口”，其后常接介词to ，构成“access to sth.”的固
定搭配，意为“接近，进入…的途径”，如：the access to the building（进
入大楼的途径），access常与动词have, gain, get连用，构成have/gain/get
access to的结构，意为“可以使用，获得（某物）；可以接近/接触（某
人）”。如：He has access to the president.（他有机会接近总统。）We
have access to a good library.（我们可以使用图书馆。）avenue“街道，道
路”，如：an avenue of peach trees（一条长满桃树的街道。）；exposure
“暴露，揭露，暴光”，如：Exposure of the body to strong sunlight may
be harmful.（人体暴露在强烈的日光下可能是有害的。）edge“边缘”，
如：at the edge of the lake（在湖边），后三个选项都不符合本题的题意
和搭配，只有A是符合题意的，故选A。
6. C [译文] 缺乏信心是你提高英语水平的最大障碍。
[考点] 名词辨析。
[解析] restraint“抑制，遏制，约束”，scarcity“缺乏，不足，稀少”，barrier“障
碍”，barrel“桶，筒”，根据题意只能选C。
7. B [译文] 关于这场事故的最终技术报告成功地加强了最初调查的结果。
[考点] 近义词辨析。
[解析] 这四个选项都是及物动词。emphasize“强调”，reinforce“加强，增强（比
喻意义，指给某事物更多的支持）”，如：reinforce sb’s opinion, argument,
conviction.（支持某人的意见、论点、信念）。Your argument has
to be reinforced so as to be more persuasive. （为了更有说服力，你的论
点还需要加强。）；multiply“使增多/繁殖，乘”，如：Her fortune was
multiplied as the years passed.（随着岁月的推移，她的财富成倍地增
加。）；5 multiplied 4 is 20.（五乘四得二十。）increase“增加/长”，多
指数量方面的增多。如：The population has increased rapidly.（人口迅
速增长。）根据句意应选B。
8. B [译文] 作为老师，约翰有义务唤起学生对教育的快乐感觉。
[考点] 固定搭配。
[解析] commit（犯（罪）），干（错/坏事）），后常接介词to，构成“be committed
to...（承诺/答应做某事）”的固定搭配。如：He has committed
himself to support his brother’s children.（他已答应负责养育他哥哥的
孩子。）He committed himself to the cause of revolution.（他献身于革
命事业。）与devote和dedicate相关的

短语分别为be devoted to… 和be
dedicated to…。故只有B正确。
9. C [译文] 校长因那个学生抢救落水儿童的英雄事迹而授予他一枚奖章。
[考点] 动词辨析。
[解析] 这四个选项都是及物动词或名词。作动词时，credit“记入贷方，信任”，
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prize“重视，珍视”，award“授予”（奖章、奖金、称号等），后接双宾
语，构成award sb. sth. 或award sth. to sb.(授予某人某物) 的固定结构。
如：They awarded the best students special scholarships.（他们授予最好
的学生特殊奖学金。） reward “报答，酬谢，奖赏”，多以人或人的行为
为宾语，常构成以下结构： reward sb. for sth. “因?奖赏某人”；reward
sb. for sth.“用?酬谢某人”。如：He rewarded her with money.（他用钱
来酬谢她。）作名词时，award “奖品，奖”，指由于成绩优等或贡献卓
越而获得的奖励，往往是一种荣誉，可以是精神的，也可以是物质的。
如：The Olympic winner received a gold medal as an award. （奥林匹克
运动会的冠军得到金牌一枚作为奖品。）reward 指因某人的劳动或行
为而得到的“报酬、奖励”或因具有某项高贵品质（如美德、诚实、善良
等）而得到的“奖赏、回报”。如：credit“信誉/用，信贷，学分”，prize
指竞赛优胜者或抽彩获得的“奖品、奖金”，一般是物质上的，比award
更具体，当表示奖励等级时（如一等奖、二等奖等）常用该词，而不用
award。如：John was awarded the first prize.（约翰被授予一等奖。）根
据句意应选C。
10. C [译文] 这本书论及有关二次大战的一些问题。
[考点] 形近词辨析。
[解析] concern (n./vt.) 作名词时，意为“关心，关联，有关的事，公司，企业”；
作动词时，意为“涉及，有关；使关心/担心”。它有以下几个常用短语：
be concerned about/for sth.（担心/忧??）；be concerned in sth.（与某
事有牵连或对某事负责任）；be concerned with sth.（与某事物有关，涉
及某事物）；As/so far as sb./sth. be concerned（就??而言）。如：We
are all concerned about/for his safety.（我们都关心他的安全。）He was
concerned in the crime.（他与那起罪案有牵连。）Her latest documentary
is concerned with youth unemployment.（她最近的一部记录片是关于
青年人失业问题的。）As far as I am concerned, nothing is more interesting
than playing chess.（就我而言，没有什么比下象棋更有意思了）。根
据题意，the Second World War前缺少一个介词，而这四个选项中，只
有C. concerning是介词，意为“关于”。而A. concerned是形容词，做前置
定语时，意为“担心的，忧虑的”，做后置定语时，意为“有关的”，如：
concerned parents（忧心忡忡的家长

们）；the things concerned（有关的
事）。B, C选项是concern的被动式，也不符合题义，故应选C。
11. C [译文] 据报道，这个当地卫生组织是25年前建立的，当时Dr. Andon是第一任主
席。
[考点] 不定式作复合谓语结构的一部分。
[解析] 不定式作复合谓语结构的一部分就是指 “be said/reported/known... +不
定式”。此结构也可转换成：“It is said/reported/known... that” 句型。
如：Shanxi Province is known to have rich coal reserves.(=It is known that
Shanxi Province has rich coal reserves.) （据了解山西省有丰富的煤炭资
源。）本题中需考虑用不定式的哪种形式，即考虑它的“体”和“态”。因
题中“25年前”在“is reported”之前发生，且 “health organization” 与 “set
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up” 之间是被动关系，所以不定式用完成被动式：to have been set up, 故
选C。
12. C [译文] 他在需要钱的时候放弃工作是十分愚蠢的。
[考点] 不定式的逻辑主语。
[解析] 在不定式的复合结构中，逻辑主语与句中表语构成逻辑主谓关系，此时
复合结构“for sb. to do sth.”应改为“of sb. to do sth.”，适用于此结构的
表语形容词大都为表示人物性格特征和行为表现的形容词。如：foolish,
careless, thoughtful, kind等。故正确答案为C。
13. B [译文] 一到工厂，他就开始工作。
[考点] 固定结构 “on + 动名词”。
[解析] “on + doing sth.” 这一结构表示“就在某时或某场合（之后）”；“一?就
?”。故正确答案为B。
14. D [译文] 有人告诉吉姆第二天有个晚会。
[考点] 动名词的复合结构。
[解析] 因about是介词，所以后面要接动名词作宾语。该动名词的逻辑主语是
there，所以由“there + 动名词being”构成动名词的复合结构作about的宾
语。再如：I’m not in favor of mother selling the old house.（我不赞成
母亲将老房卖掉。）选项A和C都是谓语形式，而about后面不是一个从
句，不能用谓语形式。选项B没有用be的动名词形式。故正确答案为D。
15. C [译文] 汤姆斯·爱迪生在失去了赖以独立生活的经济来源后，不得不找了份夜间
电话接线员的工作。
[考点] 分词作状语。
[解析] 题中两个句子之间无连词连接，没有从句形式，可排除A。B是以主语从
句形式出现，但后面缺少谓语动词，连接不上。D虽然是分句形式，但
与子句逻辑不符，所以也应排除。只有C选项 Deprived of是过去分词，
引导短语作主句的原因状语，符合题意。
16. D [译文] 学生们做完了所有的练习题，老师开始继续讲课文。
[考点] 分词独立主格作状语。
[解析] 首先从形式上观察，主句与前面部分用逗号隔开，故前面部分应是分词
作状语，又主句的主语是the teacher，而分

词的主语是the students，两
者不一致，所以分词需带有自己的逻辑主语，这种带主语的分词结构称
作分词的独立主格。本题中，分词的独立主格作原因状语，强调结果，
又因学生做完习题动作先于老师继续讲课文，故应该用分词的完成式。
因此选D。
17. D [译文] 生命是一支应该越燃越亮的蜡烛。
[考点] 过去分词短语作定语。
[解析] 动词mean的用法之一就是构成被动语态，即is meant，表示“人们打算或
强烈期待（发生某事）”，mean作为及物动词，后接动词不定式表示“意
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欲，打算”或“故意”。candle本身并没有“意图”，所以不能选B、C，be
meant to do这一结构一般不用进行时，故不可选A 。故本题答案为D。
18. A [译文] 如果配戴妥当，眼镜能校正大部分健康眼睛的视力问题。
[考点] 分词作状语。
[解析] 对于分词作状语的题，要弄清楚分词与主句主语之间的逻辑关系，在本
句中，“glasses”和“fit”之间是被动关系，另外，分句的主语和主句主语相
同，并且分句的谓语动词为“be”可省略主语和谓语部分，实际上，该分
句应为“When glasses are well fitted”，由此可知，答案选A。
19. B [译文] 他妻子每天工作得很晚使他很生气。
[考点] 带逻辑主语的动名词。
[解析] 一般情况下，动名词的逻辑主语为谓语动词的主语，如果动名词动作的
发出者不是谓语动词的主语时，则需要有自己的逻辑主语。动名词的逻
辑主语就是在动名词前加一个名词的所有格或物主代词。若这个动名词
做宾语，也可以用代词的宾格。本题中，从成分判断，空格处应充当句
子的主语，所以B选项（带逻辑主语的动名词）可作主语，his wife作逻
辑主语。而其他三个选项都是句子，要想做主语，句首必须用that来引
导，而选项A, C, D中均没有that，故不正确。因此正确答案为B。
20. B [译文] 边境协议签署后，两国之间的紧张气氛开始缓和。
[考点] 分词独立主格作状语。
[解析] 本题中，从形式上观察，后面是个完整的句子，此句子与前面用逗号隔
开，因而从形式上可判断出，空上需要一个分词短语来做状语，依语法
要求，句子主语“the tension...”同时应为“signing/signed”的逻辑主语，但
显然不正确，所以应在分词前面加上其真正的逻辑主语，构成分词独立
结构或独立主格，作原因状语，四个选项中，只有B符合要求，为正确
答案。
Part VI. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
1. [答案] C。 从语法角度分析，此处所填的词应为副词；再从语义角度来看，根据上
文中的does not usually ... directly，只有C符合句意。
2. [答案] I。 本题考查动词convince的用法

，即convince sb. that …。 其它动词均不
符题意，故选I。
3. [答案] K。 本题考查对句意的理解。此处所填的词应为形容词，且根据manufacturers（
产品制造商）和storekeepers（店主）之间的关系（产品制造商必
须使店主相信储存他们的产品能获利），只有K符合。
4. [答案] L。 本题考查动词短语call for的意思，即要求，需要。
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Part VII. Error correction
1. 【参考答案】： way∧find out → to
【详细解答】： 不定式做目的状语，to不能省略。
2. 【参考答案】： tracking → track
【详细解答】： 本句中，动词use使用的是use sth. to do sth.结构，其中的不定式有
两个，用and连接，因此第二个to是不定式符号，不是介词to，其
后应该用动词原形。
3. 【参考答案】： in → across
【详细解答】： 句中“by building a dam in a river”意为“通过建造一座横跨在河流上
的大坝”，大坝是横跨在河上，不是在水中，不能用in
4. 【参考答案】：profits → benefits
【详细解答】：benefit指通过正常的手段获得的好处，例如：She has derived much
benefit from working as a librarian in the past years.
profit主要指金钱上的获利，例如sell sth. at a profit出售某物而获
利。题中 the benefits of technology是指使用科技带来的益处。
5. 【参考答案】： made → taken
【详细解答】： 考固定搭配take care(of)
6. 【参考答案】： from → in
5. [答案] G。 本题考查名词的词义辨析。customers 顾客；retailers 零售商。根据逻辑
关系只有retailers才会sell his type of product，故选G。
6. [答案] O。 本题考查动词短语appeal to的用法及意思。appeal to sb.在本文中是“吸
引某人，使某人感兴趣”的意思。
7. [答案] B。 be forced on sb.是动词短语force sth. on sb.的被动用法，意思是“勉强某
人接受某事物”。
8. [答案] E。 本题考查对上下文的理解。第二段说的是广告商和顾客之间的关系。
“顾客是上帝。”，所以广告商必须要作调查了解顾客的需求。尽管作
了很大的努力，但是顾客又是易变的。故选E。
9. [答案] D。 switch sth. to…是固定搭配，意思为“转变，改变”。
10. [答案] F。 persuasive，形容词，有说服力的；令人信服的。根据上下文，只有F符
合句意。
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【详细解答】： result in 导致，带来，句中说海洋油井开采事故将导致石油溅出到
海洋中，符合题意。
7. 【参考答案】： added∧the air → to
【详细解答】： add… to sth.意为给某处增添某物，符合题意
8. 【参考答案】： into → /
【详细解答】： 本题考点是动词用法。enter意为进入某处时，用作及物动词，后接
表示地点的名词做宾语。enter into意为参加，加入

，开始从事。句
义是汽车尾气进入到空气中，因此删掉into。
9. 【参考答案】：soak∧the ground → into
【详细解答】： 本题考动词搭配。soak into sth进入（并穿过）某物；渗透，根据句
意废旧物质会渗透到大地中，污染地表水。
10. 【参考答案】： these → new
【详细解答】： 本题考察对段落的理解。这段在总结全文的基础上，指出人类在利
用科技解决已有问题的同时，还必须负责地去利用技术阻止污染这
样的新问题出现。上句的old和下句new 形成对比，因此改成new。
Part VIII. Writing (略)
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Key to Unit 1
Part I. Understanding Sentences
Section A:
Directions: Listen to the following 10 sentences. Each sentence will be read two times. After each sentence,
there’ll be a break of 10 seconds. During the break, read the two choices A and B, and
choose the one that is the best answer.
1. It would be better if the weather had been a little cooler during the holiday.
2. Tom and Jack appear to be honest.
3. I wish I could get the book I wanted.
4. Tom is an absent-minded man, but Jack is just the opposite to him.
5. He asked Tina to hurry up in case they might be late for the concert.
6. I heard Martin got full marks in the English exam.
7. The teacher asks the students to explain the text sentence by sentence.
8. He suggests Jack take fewer courses this term since the courses they will take are very
difficult.
9. John was more sorry than angry when he heard the bad news.
10. The assignment was much more difficult than I had expected.
Section B:
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear 10 sentences. Each sentence will be read two times. At the end
of each sentence, there’ll be a break of 10 seconds. During the break, you’ll read the three
choices marked A, B and C, and choose the best answer to complete the sentence.
1. They will have a cup of coffee before they move on to the next question after a longtime
discussion.
2. He won’t give up learning English though it is difficult to learn well..
3. He thinks Gone With The Wind is a very excellent movie and is well worth seeing.
4. All the students in the university can get access to the online library resources.
5. As teachers, we should be patient with all the students especially when they are not doing
well in their studies.
6. When I was in college, all the students were not required to take the courses they didn’t
like.
7. Not only I but also all my classmates enjoy learning English through an online course.
8. When he read the novel, he came across many new words.
9. Unlike cars, bicycles can stop anywhere they want.
10. This is an important meeting and all the employees are required to participate in it.
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Part II. Understanding Conversations
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations. .At the end of each conversation, one
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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
1. M: How many students passed the final English exam in your class?
W: Thirty. But still as many as 40 percent of the class failed. Quite disappointing,
isn’t it?
Q: What does the woman think of the exam?
2. W: Lots of young men enjoy extreme sports, do you?
M: Believe it or not, that is the last thing I’d ever want to do.
Q: What does the man mean?
3. W: When I go on a diet, I eat only fruit, and that takes off weight quickly.
M: I prefer to eat whatever I want, and then swim regularly to lose weight
Q: How does the man control his weight?
4. M: When are we supposed to hand in our term paper, Mary?
W: They are due by the end of the week. We’ve only two days left. We’ll just have to
hurry.
Q: What does the woman mean?
5. W: How about the show last week, Jack?
M: I wish I hadn’t gone to see it
Q: what does the man mean?
6. M: I cannot believe my phone bill this month. It seems too high.
W: Yeah, that happened to me a lot last year, but this year I have just cut down on my
long-distance calls.
Q: What does the woman imply?
7. M: The subway sure is crowded this morning.
W: Yeah. It’s a pain but if we all drove everyday we wouldn’t be able to breathe in
this city.
Q: What does the woman imply?
8. W: Have you saved enough to buy that new laser printer for your computer yet?
M: You know money seems to be burning a hole in my pocket lately. Maybe next
month.
Q: What does the man mean?
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Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 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 the best answer. Then
mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Conversation 1
W: Ben, have you chosen an elective course yet for this term?
M: No. Why?
W: You’ve got to take rock-climbing. Rock-climbing is a good chance to challenge
your body and your will. We just had the first class and it looks like it’s going to be
great.
M: You think I should take rock-climbing? You’ve got to be kidding. Besides, how can
they teach rock climbing when it’s completely flat around here?
W: That’s not important. You can’t just start climbing without any training. You have
to get in shape, learn how to use the ropes, the belts... There’s a lot of preparation.
M: You don’t think it’s just a little bit dangerous?
W: Not, if you know how to use the safety equipm

ent, which is, by the way, pretty hitech.
You have to learn how to use it before you do any real climbing.
M: Well, what’s the appeal? We’ll spend the whole semester studying something we
don’t actually get to do.
W: We will take a climbing trip during the vacation. But that’s not the point. Climbing
is not the only goal. In preparing to climb you learn patience, mental discipline
and you gain physical strength, especially in your hands. For the first few
weeks we’re going to concentrate entirely on hand and upper body exercises.
M: All that in one sport? Maybe you are right. Since it’s not too late to join the class,
maybe I will.
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
1. What is main idea of the conversation?
2. What does the man imply about rock-climbing at their college?
3. Why is the woman interested in rock-climbing?
4. What will the first few classes focus on?
Conversation 2
M: Hey, Lynn. Looks like you’ve got some sun this weekend.
W: Yeah? I guess so. I spent the weekend at the beach.
M: Oh, yeah. That’s great! Where did you stay?
W: Some friends live there, and they invited me there for as long as I want to stay.
M: So why are you back here already?
W: Oh, I have a paper I need to work on. And I just couldn’t do any serious studying
at the beach.
M: I don’t blame you. So what did you do out there? I mean, besides, lying on the
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beach and taking a sun bath, obviously.
W: I had a walk up and down the beach and I played sand volleyball. You know I never
realized how hard it is to run on sand. I couldn’t get through a whole game before
I had to sit down. It’s much easier to run on wet sand near the water.
M: Did you go swimming?
W: I wanted to. But they said the water isn’t warm enough for that until a couple of
months from now. So I just waded in up to my knees.
M: It all sounds so relaxing. I wish I could get away to the beach like that.
W: It looks like you could. Don’t tell me you spent the weekend in the library again.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
5. How did the woman spend last weekend?
6. Why did the woman come home so soon?
7. When might the woman go swimming according to the conversation?
Part III. Understanding Passages
Directions: In this section, you will hear 2 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 One
It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a hurt brain. Without enough
blood, the brain lives only three to five minutes.
Dr. Robert J. White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to
help. He thinks doctors should try to make the brain very cold. If i

t is very cold, the
brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctors a longer time to do
something for the brain.
Dr. White tried his idea on 3 monkeys. First he taught them to do different
jobs. Then he operated on them. He made the monkey’s blood go through a machine.
The machine cooled the blood. Then the machine sent the blood back to the monkey’
s brains. When the brain temperature was 50 F., Dr. White stopped the blood to the
brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on. He warmed the blood again. After
their operations, the monkeys were like they were before. They were healthy and busy.
Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them.
Questions 1 to 3 are based on the passage you have just heard.
1. How long can the brain live without blood?
2. How does Dr. White think that he can help?
3. When did Dr. White warm the blood?
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Passage Two
My wife and I go to the theater whenever we can. But before we buy tickets, we
like to know if the play is good or bad. When a new play opens, we usually read the
newspaper to get information about it. Last week a new play opened at the theater. The
newspaper story said it was very interesting so we decided to go on Saturday night.
My wife took a long time to make up her mind what to wear and we left our house
a little late. By the time we got to the theater, the first act had already begun. We were
sorry we missed part of the play, because the rest of it was very funny. The newspaper
had been right. It was very good.
After the play was over, we met some friends we hadn’t seen for a long time. They
wanted to go to a night club. It had been many years since my wife and I had gone dancing,
but I finally agreed. By the time we got home, it was about two o’clock in the morning.
I’m not accustomed to staying out so late and I was extremely tired.
When I was younger, I didn’t have the money to go out for an evening like this.
Now that I can afford it, I don’t have the energy to really enjoy it.
Questions 4 to 6 are based on the passage you have just heard.
4. What does the speaker like to know about a new play?
5. Why were they late to the theatre?
6. Where did they go after the play?
Part IV. Dictation
Section A
Directions: Please write down the words you’ve heard on the blanks.
1. plane, plan, 2. bake, back 3. made, mad 4. fate, fat 5. seat, set
6. beat, bet, 7. least, lest 8. bite, bit 9. sight, sit 10. type, tip
Section B
Directions: Fill in the missing words in the blanks while listening to the sentences. The sentences will be
read 3 times.
1. A foreign language is a weapon in the struggle of life.
2. We must believe that each one of us is able to do something well, and that, when we
discover what this something is, we must work until we succeed.
3. There is no light during the night although there is a light on the right.
4. She didn’t sit on the seat and here is the bill for the beer.
5. A sma

ll leak will sink a great ship.
6. There is no secret of success but hard work.
7. Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted.
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8. No sweet without sweat.
9. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
10. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.