Section C
Directions: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a recorded passage. After that you will hear five questions. Both the passage and questions will be read two times. When you hear a question, you should complete the answer with a word or a short phrase (in no more than 3 words). The questions and incomplete answers are printed on your test paper. You should write your answer on the Answer Sheet correspondingly. Now the passage will begin.
11. What was the ambition of an eleven-year-old boy?
The ambition of him is to be _____.
12. Where did he learn to use his feet as “hands”?
In _____.
13. How did he spend his spare time?
He spent all his spare time _____.
14. Could signalmen see the young driver while he was traveling along?
_____.
15. Why did the railway man smile?
Because the boy said _____.
Part Ⅱ Structure (15 minutes)
Directions:This part is to test your ability to construct grammatically correct sentences. It consists of 2 sections.
Section A
Directions:In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word on words from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
16. Since Helen is angry, we ___.
A)had better leaving her alone
B)should leave her alone
C)might as well leave her alone
D)had rather leave her alone
17.It wasn’t such a good TV set ___ she had pnomised us.
A)that B)as C)which D)what
18.___ for your advice, we’d never have been able to overcome the difficulties.
A)Had it notB)If it were notC)Had it not been D) If we had not been
19.No longer is computer technology confined to any one country; ___ than in Europe.
A)hardly this more is true B)seldom is this more true
C)little this is mone true D)nouhere is this more true
20.___ such a good chance, he planned to learn more.
A)To be given B)Having been given
C)Having given D)Giving
21.Mark often attempts to escape ___ whenever he breaks traffic regulations.
A)having been fined B)to have been fine
C)to be fined D)beng fined
22.The atmosphere is as much a part of the earth as ___ its soils and the water of its takes, rivers and oceans.
A)are B)is C)doD)has
23.Finally, the thief handed everything ___ he had stolen to the police.
A)which B) what C)whateverD)that
24.___ the temperature, ___ water turns into steam.
A)The high, the fast B)Higher, faster
C)The more higher, the faster D)The higher, the faster
25.Our company is ___ of other makers of spare parts for the airplane.
A)in advance B)aheadC)abreact D)in front
