1. Which of the following can best describe his situation? a. Hurt. b. Scared. c. Dumbfounded. d. Ruined.
2. Why didn’t I do the job? a. Because it would be too time-consuming. b. Because I wanted to do it myself. c. Because nobody had done it before. d. Because nobody joined me.
3. What could he do for the rest of his life? a. Nothing. b. Be a councilman. c. Reconsider his life. d. Be a humble clerk.
4. Which of the following is closest in meaning to what you’ve just heard? a. I have no doubt that she will type her paper tomorrow. b. No one believes that she is a good typist. c. I didn’t know she had so many pages to type tomorrow. d. It seems that she won’t be able to complete her typing by tomorrow morning.
5. What do we know about Susan? a. She learned Spanish in America. b. She doesn’t know Spanish. c. She improved her Spanish in Mexico. d. She knew Spanish before going to Mexico.
6. Which of the following is true about the politician? a. He had proposed the same policy 2 years before the speech. b. He did mention his old advocacy in his speech. c. There was no time for the politician to talk about his advocacy. d. His speech was just the opposite of what he had advocated 2 years before.
7. What happened to train travel? a. Trains were stuck in the snow. b. People couldn’t get train tickets. c. Many people had to stand on the train. d. Train travel was suspended because of severe snowstorm.
8. What happened to him after the World Tennis Tournament? a. He became famous. b. He joined the airlines industry. c. He had habitual headaches. d. He became a hair stylist.
9. What is bound to happen if a judge is not capable of his work? a. Injustice. b. He would be displaced. c. He would be dismissed. d. Miscarriage.
10. How is the weather like?
a. Good enough for outing. b.Bad c.Not as good as it was a while ago. d.It’s getting better.
Listen to the following passages and then choose the best answer to each question by ticking the corresponding circle. You may need to scribble a few notes in order to answer the questions satisfactorily. There are 2 passages in this part, each with 5 questions. And each question carries 5 points. You will hear the passages only once. At the end of each passage, you will have 2 minutes to finish the questions.
11. What did I do in Washington? a. I worked in a drugstore. b. I worked in a copy room. c. I did research about my family. d. I worked in a library.
12. What did I find out on the paper left by a customer? a. His family tree. b. My mother’s family tree. c. My grandmother’s family tree. d. My father’s family tree.
13. How did I find the man who left the paper? a. He came back for the paper. b. He came back for more copying. c. He came to me. d. He invited me to his home.
14. How were Frank and I connected? a. My grandmother and his grandmother were sisters. b. We were first cousins once removed. c. We were second cousins once removed. d. My great-grandmother and his great-grandmother were sisters.
15. How many children did Frank have? a. 8. b. 4. c. 10. d. Don’t know.
16. When did a mass move to the suburbs begin in the U.S.? a. In the 1960s. b. In the 1940s. c. In the 1970s. d. In the 1950s.
17. What kind of people moved to the suburbs? a. Middle-class people. b. The rich. c. The poor. d. The young.
18. What happened to the city after the mass move? a. Housing costs decreased. b. Crime rate was much lower than before. c. All business moved out. d. Cities declined.
19. What happened to businesses after the mass move? a. They established branches in suburbs. b. They scattered here and there in cities. c. Some bigger companies moved out. d. They lost many employees.
20. What does the speaker think of the movement to the suburbs? a. People may miss the cultural life in cities. b. The movement is still developing. c. It satisfies man’s need to live and work in an ideal environment. d. People may like the companionship in suburbs.