2005年12月山东省高职高专英语应用能力考试试卷及答案

2005年12月山东省高职高专英语应用能力考试试卷

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(试卷一)

Part I Listening Comprehension (15 points, one point each) Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections. Section A (5 points)

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. The dialogues and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

1. A. In a store. B. In an office. C. In a restaurant. D. In a hospital.

2. A. Video stores. B. Video tapes. C. Watches. D. Movies.

3. A. The woman is interested in her present job.

B. The woman is working for a big company.

C. The man believes he has a bright future.

D. The man is interviewing a job applicant.

4. A. In a factory. B. In a bank. C. In a shop. D. In a bookshop.

5. A. Right now. B. This week. C. Next week. D. Two weeks later. Section B (5 points)

Directions:This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are recorded questions. The conversations and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the four choices marked A,B,C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Conversation 1

6. A. Whether to go to London. B. A business trip.

C. Where to spend their holiday.

D. Places of interests in Paris.

7. A. In July. B. In August. C. In September. D. In October.

8. A. Quite good. B. Just so so. C. Not good at all D. Very salty. Conversation 2

9. A. Find New York Airline’s office. B. Reserve an air ticket to Detroit.

C. Change his flight number.

D. Get his air ticket.

10. A. At about 4:30 B. At about 5:15

C. At about 6:30

D. At about 8:00

Section C (5 points)

Directions:In this section you will hear a recorded short passage. The passage is

printed on the test paper, but with some words or phrases missing. The passage will be read three times. The first reading is for you to get the general idea. During the second reading, you are required to choose the missing words or phrases according to what you hear in order of numbered blanks. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. The third reading is for you to check your answer .Now the passage will begin.

Today there are about 7,000,000 Americans in colleges and universities. In the United States __11___half of population are young persons under twenty-five. Many of them will soon be __12__the country. So their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and it is necessary for older people to understand what young people think and__13__. College students today have strong__14__about right and wrong. They are interested in making a better life. They see much that is wrong in the lives of their parents. It is hard for them to see what is right and good in the older ways. Because of this, there is often trouble in American__15__.

11. A. nearly B. near C. hardly D. hard.

12. A. in charge with B. change with C. in charge of D. in charge

13. A. feeling B. felt C. feels D. feel

14. A. ideas B. opinions C. views D. thoughts

15. A. farms B. farming C. farmers D. families

Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20 points, one point each) Directions:In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or phrase or expression from the four choices marked A, B, C and D, then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

16. By this time next year, we _____all the land into rice fields.

A. had turned

B. will have turned

C. have turned

D. have been turning

17. It is time we ______computes to the production of iron and steel.

A. will apply

B. applied

C. have applied

D. would have applied

18. Little ______that the police are about to arrest him.

A. he knows

B. he doesn’t know

C. does he know

D. doesn’t he know

19. ______he did at the party surprised everyone very much.

A. Where

B. Which

C. It

D. What

20. She did nothing but ______the whole time she was there.

A. complain

B. be complaining

C. complained

D. complaining

21. ______, he refused to give any explanation.

A. When asked to comment on the quality of the goods.

B. When he being asked to comment on the quality of the goods.

C. When asking to comment on the quality of the goods.

D. When he asked to comment on the quality of the goods.

22. The fact ______she had not said anything surprised all of us.