英语专业1993专八试卷

TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (1993)-GRADE EIGHT-PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION(30 min)PAPERONEIn this part of the test you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully andthen answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct response for each question in your ANSWER BOOKLETSECTION A CONVERSATIONQuestions 1 to 5 refer to the conversation in this section.1. Janet is not happy about Paul' s arrangement becauseA. Paul hasn' t told her about the invitationB. the au pair girl will stay athomeC. their children cannot stay at their friend' s homeD. Saturday is a bad dayfor her2. According to the conversation, we know that Sam Urwin isA. a man in charge of charity in townB. a businessmanC. a schoolmate of Janet' s D. a neighbour of theirs in Canada3. The following statements about Sam are true exceptA. Sam is very fond of duck and goes out shooting ducks a lotB. Sam likes golf better than shootingC. Sam is Janet' s favourite back in CanadaD. Sam pays much attention to his figure4. Paul will buy the wine atA. a pubB. a shop where drinks are sold to take awayC. Downes'D. a supermarket near his office5. The conversation takes placeA. in the course of their dinnerB. in the kitchen before supperC. in the sitting room after supper D. late in the afternoonSECTION B TALKQuestions 6 to ID refer to the talk in this section.6. One specific difference between animal brain and human brain isA. the division of sidesB. the controlling functionsC. the cross-over effectD. the verbal abilities7. People got to know things like the specialized abilities of the human brainA. during the last decadeB. early this centuryC. through Dr Rogers Barry D. after many experiments8. The 'Split Brain Experiments' were consideredA. a surgical experiment with the nerveB. a help to the patients' recoveryC. a further proof of what had been known beforeD. a great step in brain research9. The right hand was still able to write after the splitting of the brain, becauseA. verbal ability is located in the left hemisphereB. the left hemisphere has a logic functionC. the right hemisphere can recognize and rememberD. information is going through the left hemisphere10. This talk is mainly aboutr-Ak the different functions of the two hemispheresB. the Split Brain Experiments in California" C. the synthesizing ability of the hemispheres D. the different ways of informationhandlingSECTION C INTERVIEWQuestions 11 to 15 refer to the interview in this section.11. The woman said that TV is a medium thatA. gives kids a lot of good informationB. teaches kids to be passiveC. teaches kids something that they cannot learn from booksD. gets kids so excited that they literally come out of their chairs12. The womanpointed out that teachers are forced into the role of having to compete withA. the exciting films that kids are shown in schoolB. the kinds of things kids learn from their parents at homeC. the kinds of programmes kids watch on TVD. the good acting of the actors and actresses in films13. The womansaid that she uses a number of educational films in a class she teaches onA. minorities B. historyC. ancient, civilizationsD. Black Americans14. According to the woman, when she shows films in class, the kids always seem toA. miss the really important pointsB. appreciate the really important pointsC. catch the really important pointsD. understand the really important points15. The woman said that the fact that kids audibly and visibly react the way theydo to certain violent scenes in these films isA. pessimistic B. understandableC. very surprising D. sadSECTION D NEWS BROADCASTQuestions 16 to 20 refer to the news broadcast in this section.16. The news from Luxemburg tells us that the EC ministersA. are trying to help make peaceB. came to visit LuxemburgC. are involved in Yugoslavia' s ethnic conflictD. have made a successful cease-fire17. The information concerning President Bush is aboutA. his attitude towards developing countriesB. his opinions of some former USSR republicsC. the US action following other countriesD. the US recognition of LithuaniaTEM8-93-218. The tropical storm in Southern IndiaA. was caused by cyclonesB. would have had more serious casualties but for cyclone sheltersC. was brought about by the landslidesD. loosened top soil in Sri Lanka19. The number of the female senators in the 102nd Congress was20. Before she became the first Black woman senator, Miss Carol Moseley BraunA. worked in a country club of menB. served as an aide in the Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionC. was the Recorder of Deeds in IllinoisD. was on the Judiciary Committee in CaliforniaPART II LISTENING & NOTE-TAKINGFill each of gaps with ONE word. You may refer to your notes. Make sure the word you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable.The CinemaThe