Model Test 4 Section A
1. M:It doesn't make any sense to go home for spring vacation now.
W: That's right.
Especially since you'll be graduating in May.
Q: On what did the two speakers agree?
2.Shall I bring you your coffee now or would you rather have it with your lunch?
M: I'd like it now,please.
Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?
3. M:Could you please explain the assignment for Monday,Miss Smith?
W: Certainly. Read the chapter in your textbook
and come to class preparing to discuss what you've read.
Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
4. W: If I were you, I'd be more careful about locking the back door at night.
M: Don't worry.No one will break in.
Q: What does the woman think will happen?
5. W: Tickets are four dollars for adult.
Children's tickets are half price.
M:Okay.I'd like two adults' and two children's tickets,please.
Q: How much did the man pay for the tickets?
6.Did you buy a birthday present for your brother?Not yet,I've been thinking about getting him a record.
He likes classical music.
Q: Which record would the woman's brother like best?
7. M: I hope that the bank will be open.
W: The sign says: nine A.M.to five P.M. weekday
nine A.M. to twelve noon on Saturdays,closed Sundays.
Q: When will the bank be open on Saturday?
8. W: I'm sorry,sir.
Would you please spell your last name?
M: Yes. It's Jensen. J-E-N-S-E-N.
Q: What is the man's last name?
9. M: Good morning.
I'd like to speak to Mr.Adams,please.
This is Edward Miller at the Sun Valley Health Center.
W: Mr. Miller, my husband isn't at home.
I can give you his business phone if you'd like to call him at work,though.
Q:Where is Mr.Adams now?
10. W:How much are these pillows,please?
M: Four dollars each or seven dollars for the pair.
Q: How much does one pillow cost?
Section B
Passage One
By 1862 telegraph communications linked San Francisco with eastern cities
and by 1869,the first transcontinental railroad connected the Pacific coast with the Atlantic seaboard.
Today San Francisco has a population of almost three million.
It is the financial center of the West
and serves as the terminus for trans-Pacific steamship lines and air traffic.
The port of San Francisco
which is almost eighteen miles long with forty-two pier
handles between five and six million tons of cargo annually.
And now,if you will look to your right
you should just be able to see the east section of the Golden Gate Bridge
The bridge,which is more than one mile long
spans the harbor from San Francisco to Marin County and the Red Wood Highwall
It was completed in 1937 at a cost of thirty-two million dollars
and is still one of the largest suspension bridges in the world.
11. How long is the Golden Gate Bridge?
12. What is the population of San Francisco today?
13. How much did it cost to complete construction of the Golden Gate Bridge?
Passage Two
Man's first real invention
and one of the most important inventions in history,was the wheel
All transportation and every machine in the world depend on it.
The wheel is the simplest yet perhaps the most remarkable of all invention
Because there are no wheels in nature--no living things was ever created with wheel
How,then,did man come to invent the wheel?
Perhaps some early hunters found that they could roll the body on
a heavy animal through the forest on logs more easily than they could carry it.
However,the logs themselves weighed a lost
It must have taken a great prehistoric thinker to imagine two thin slices on
log connected at their centers by a strong stick
This would roll along just as the logs did
yet be much lighter and easier to handle.
Thus the wheel and axle came into being
and with them the first carts.
14. Why was it remarkable of man to invent the wheel?
15. According to this passage, what might be the first wheel?
16. Where might the idea for the wheel have come from?
Passage Three
Good morning, and welcome to American studies 101
I would like to begin this semester by discussing the region of the United States known as the Northeast
This region includes twelve states and a small are
called the District of Columbia that is the home of the national government.
The Northeast is a very important part of the United States
for although it covers only about six percent of the nation's geographical are
it contains approximately one-fourth of the country's population
New York,the most popular city in the United States
and several other large cities are located in this region.
Why are these twelve states so important.
In the first place
the Northeast was one of the first sections of the country to be settled by European
Busy cities developed there when most of America was still a sparsely settled wilderness.
Many crucial events in the nation's early history took place there
I'll be describing some of those events Wednesday in my second lecture.
Today the Northeast is a great manufacturing and trading region
Thousands of factories produce a wide variety of good
and provide other regions of the country with items they need.
Many large manufacturing firms have their central headquarters here.
Some of the country's largest banks
investment agencies,and publishing houses are found in the Northeast
Several of its cities are noted for their museum
Some of the cuntry's best known colleges and universities are also located in this region.
Finally the Northeast is the principal location for much of the country's international trade
In the heart of this region New York city is the home of the United Nations.
17. When is the lecture probably given?
18. What is this lecture mainly about?
19. How is the Northeast described in the talk?
20. According to the speaker why is the Northeast an important part of the Unied States today
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