《大学英语》水平测试一

《大学英语》水平测试一

Spot dictation (test 1-8)

1.

Good driving can only be learned by (1)_______ and a strong desire to be a (2)_______ driver. Many drivers only look (3)_______ while driving. You must train yourself to (4)_______ your eyes (5)_______ you can see not only the road ahead of you but (6)_______ on each side of you and behind you. Concentration is one of the most important (7)_______ in safe driving. The driver's seat is (8)_______ daydreaming or window shopping. (9)_______ is it a place for a tired driver or a worried one. Driving an automobile is a (10)_______ job.

2.

Australia is about the same (1)_______ as the continental United States. About (2)_______ people live in Australia. Most of (3)_______ live in one area, along Australia's southeastern coast. Most of Australia is (4)_______ by either (5)_______ or (6)_______. Very few people live in these areas. However, the southeastern coast has a (7)_______ climate. This means that the weather does not get too hot or too cold, and there is (8)_______ rain. Most of Australia's (9)_______ are (10)_______ along the southeastern coast.

3.

In many English houses people eat (1)______ a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. Breakfast (2)______ at any time (3)______. It consists of porridge, bacon, eggs, and toast of (4)______ with jam. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast.

Lunch comes at (5)______. It can range from a ham sandwich to a three-course meal. Afternoon tea is between 4 and 5 and dinner is (6)______. The first course is soup. The next course generally consists of meat or fish with vegetable. Then comes some (7)______ dessert, either (8)______ of various kinds: apples, pears, bananas, etc. But (9)______ English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner (10)______ the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very simple.

4.

There must be (1)_______ people who did not (2)_______, even if they wanted to, (3)_______ they could not (4)_______ off work; they had their families to support or, (5)_______, they had to stay at home in order to (6)_______.

With the opening of the (7)_______ in January 1971, people in Britain are now able to (8)_______ despite these difficulties, for (9)_______ are specially designed so that (10)_______.

5.

If you are in a hurry and you want to (1)_______ there is no better place than a (2)_______ restaurant. You (3)_______ the restaurant, pick up a tray, knife, fork, and spoon and queue (4)_______ where the food is on display. You pick out (5)_______ and put it on your tray, which you have to (6)_______ a special rack till you reach the cashier. The cashier will (7)_______. After paying, you take your tray to any table you like. You can (8)_______ or with another customer. You can have a good meal (9)_______. And —as there is no waiter you don't (10)_______.