TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS GRADE EIGHT
（SAMPLE）QUESTION BOOKLET
PAPER ONE
TIME LIMIT：［95 MIN.］
PART Ⅰ LISTENING COMPREHENSION ［40 min.］
In Sections A，B and C you will hear everything once only.Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Mark the correct response for each question on your Coloured ANSWER SHEET.
SECTION A TALK
Questions 1 to 5 refer to the talk in this section.At the end of the talk you will be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.
Now Listen to the talk.
1.Margery Hooper is speaking to students____.
A.at a music conference B.on a holiday course
C.at a holiday resort D.on a training course
2.____is NOT run in the Summer Music School.
A.Music History B.Chorus
C.Elementary Guitar course D.Classic Music
3.The guitar course
4.Students requiring course materials should____.
A.buy them from the secretary B.buy them in the main hall
C.register with the secretary D.go to the bookstore after 10 a.m.
5.Students wishing to go on excursions are requested to____.
A.book in good time B.produce their course number
C.book the coach direct D.note the coach number
SECTION B CONVERSATION
Questions 6 to 10 are based on a conversation between an American man and a British man. At the end of the conversation you will be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.
Now Listen to the conversation.
6.____in British and American English have diverged very much according to the speakers.
A.Regular noun plural forms B.Irregular noun plural forms
C.Verb tenses D.None of the above items
7.The past tense of the verb “eat”____ .
A.is spelled differently in British and American English
B.is pronounced differently in British and American English
C.is pronounced to rhyme with “get” in American English
D.is pronounced to rhyme with “late” in British English
8.In____ ，we usually don't hear the sounding of ［r］ after vowels like “bird”。
A. Scotland
B.Ireland
C.the whole of the western counties of England
D.area around New York City
9.As for the pronunciation of “a” in a word like “dance”，。
A. all Americans pronounce it as ［］
B.all British people pronounce it as ［］
C.educated speakers in Britain pronounce it as［］
D.people in American West pronounce it as ［］
10.Both of the two speakers agree that____ .
A.in Britain and America people speak utterly different languages
B.there are few things identical in British and American English
C.British and American English are imcomprehensible to each other
D.British and American English are understandable between the two peoples
