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QUESTION BOOKLET



TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2017)

-GRADE FOUR-


TIME
LIMIT:

130

MIN




PART I DICTATION
[10 MIN]



Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the

first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the

second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with

intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you

should check your work. You will then be given ONE minute to check through your work once more.


Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET

ONE.



PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION
[20 MIN]



SECTION A TALK

In this section you will hear a talk
.
You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look


at the task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure

what
you
fill
in
is
both
grammatically
and
semantically
acceptable.
You
may
use
the
blank
sheet
for

note-taking.

You have thirty seconds to preview the gap-filling task.


Now listen to the talk. When it is over, you will be given two minutes to check your work.

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SECTION B CONVERSATIONS
In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation, five questions will
be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY.
After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices
of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

You have thirty seconds to preview the choices.
Now, listen to the conversations.
Conversation One
Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.
1.

A. It has wiped the data from the flash drive.
B.

It can’t read data from the flash drive.

C.

The files stored in it have got lost.
D.

The files in it can’t be opened.

2.

A. Get a total refund.
B.

Get a partial refund.
C.

Get a new computer.
D.

Get a new hard disk.
3.

A. Indifferent.
B.

Surprised.
C.

Anxious.
D.

Dissatisfied.
4.

A. By 8:30 tomorrow morning.
B.

After 8:30 tomorrow morning.
C.

At 8:30 this evening.
D.

Anytime tomorrow.
5.

A. 6574-3205.
B.

6547-2305.
C.

6457-2035.
D.

6475-3025.
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Conversation Two
Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.
6.

A. Hold a party at home.
B.

Introduce ourselves first.
C.

Avoid meeting them.
D.

Wait for them to visit us.
7.

A. Do nothing about it.
B.

Tell him to stop.
C.

Give him a reason to stop.
D.

Call the police immediately.
8.

A. Try to be patient.
B.

Try to be sympathetic.
C.

Don’t appear to be friendly.

D.

Don’t answer their questions.

9.

A. No more than five minutes.
B.

Five to ten minutes.
C.

About half an hour.
D.

About an hour.
10.

A. Family Circle Magazine.
B.

Morning radio programs.
C.

Betty’s website.

D.

CBS news website.
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PART III LANGUAGE USAGE
[10 MIN]
There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases
marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on
ANSWER SHEET TWO.
11.

_____ combination of techniques authors use, all stories
—
from the briefest anecdotes to the
longest novels
—
have a plot.
A.

Regarding
B.

Whatever
C.

In so far as
D.

No matter
12.

She followed the receptionist down a luxurious corridor to a closed door,
__________
the women gave
a quick knock before opening it.
A.

on which
B.

but when
C.

wherein
D.

then
13.

Ms Ennab is one of the first Palestinian
_
________ with seven years
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racing experience.
A.

woman drivers
B.

women driver
C.

women drivers
D.

woman driver
14.

“I wondered if I could have a word with you.” The past tense in the sentence refers to a

____________.
A.

past event for exact time reference
B.

present event for tentativeness
C.

present event for uncertainty
D.

past event for politeness
15.

“If I were you, I wouldn’t wait to propose to her.” The subjunctive mood in the sentence is used

to
______ .
A.

alleviate hostility
B.

express unfavorable feelings
C.

indicate uncertainty
D.

make a suggestion
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16.

“It
5
s a shame that the city official should have gone back on his word.” The modal auxiliary

SHOULD express________ .
A.

obligation
B.

disappointment
C.

future in the past
D.

tentativeness
17.

Timothy Ray Brown, the first man cured of HIV, initially opted against the stem cell transplant
that ______
history.
A.

could have later made
B.

should have made later
C.

might make later
D.

would later make
18.

Some Martian rock structures look strikingly like structures on Earth that are known ______________
b
y
microbes.
A.

having been created
B.

being created
C.

to have been created
D.

to be created
19.

At that moment, with the crowd watching me, I was not afraid in the ordinary sense, as
_
___________
i
f

I
alone.
A.
would have been .
B.
should be . had been
C.
could be . were
had been

D.
might have been.
were
20.

You must fire
_
______
i
ncompetent assistant of yours
A.

the
B.

an
C.

that
D.

whichever
21.

Some narratives seem more like plays, heavy with dialogue by which writers allow their to reveal
themselves.
A.

characters
B.

characteristics
C.

charisma
D.

characterizations
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22.

If you intend to melt the snow for drinking water, you can______________
e
xtra purity by running it
through a coffee filter.
A.

assure
B.

insure
C.

reassure
D.

ensure
23.

The daisy-like flowers of chamomile have been used for centuries to
_
________________

anxiety and
insomnia.
A.

decline
B.

relieve
C.

quench
D.

suppress
24.

Despite concern about the disappearance of the album in popular music, 2014 delivered a great
crop of album
_
______ .
A.

publications
B.

appearances
C.

releases
D.

presentations
25.

The party’s reduced vote in the general election was
_________ of lack of support for its policies.
A.

revealing
B.

confirming
C.

indicative
D.

evident
26.

He closed his eyes and held the two versions of La Mappa to his mind’s

___________ to analyze their
differences.
A.

vision
B.

eye
C.

view
D.

sight
27.

Twelve pupils were killed and five __________
injured after gunmen attacked the school during
lunchtime.
A.

critically
B.

enormously
C.

greatly
D.

hard
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28.

A 15-year-old girl has been arrested __________ accusations of using Instagram to anonymously
threaten her high- school.
A.

over
B.

with
C.

on
D.

for
29.

It was reported that a 73-year-old man died on an Etihad flight _____________ to Germany from Abu
Dhabi.
A.

bounded
B.

binded
C.

boundary
D.

bound
30.

It’s
_______ the case in the region; a story always sounds clear enough at a distanced, but the
nearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes.
A.

unchangeably
B.

invariably
C.

unalterably
D.

immovably
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PART IV CLOZE
[10 MIN]
Decide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the
corresponding blank. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. Mark the letter for each word on ANSWER
SHEET TWO.
A. always
K. one




B. barely
G. leaf

L. online

C. demise
H. lost

M. rising



D. emergence
I. naturally

N. single


E. gained
J. object
O. value
F. implications
Millions of people now rent their movies the Netflix way. They fill out a wish list from the 50,009 titles on
the company’s Web site and receive the first few DVD’s in the mail; when they mail each one back, the next one
on the list is sent. The Netflix model has been exhaustively analyzed for its disruptive, new-economy_________
(31). What will it mean for video stores like Blockbuster? What will it mean for movie studios and theaters?
What does it show about “long tail” businesses
--
ones that combine many markets into a (32) target audience?
But
one
other
major
implication
has
_______________(33)
been
mentioned:
what
this
and
similar
Internet-based businesses mean for the United States Postal Service.
Every day, some two million Netflix envelopes come and go as first-class mail. They are joined by millions
of other shipments from
before the Internet.
The _________________ (35) of “snail mail” in the age of instant electronic
communication has been
predicted
at
least
as
often
as
the
coming
of
the
paperless
office.
But
the
consumption
of
paper
keeps
_____________ (36). It has roughly doubled since 1980. On average, an American household receives twice
as many pieces of mail a day as it did in the 1970's.
The harmful side of the Internet's impact is obvious but statistically less important than many would guess.
People
(37) write fewer letters when they can send e-mail messages. To ___________________ (38) through
a box of old paper correspondence is to know what has been
___________________
(39)
in
this
shift:
the
pretty stamps, the varying look and feel of handwritten and typed correspondence, the tangible (40)
that
was
once in the sender’s hands.
(34) pharmacies, eBay vendors, and other businesses that did not exist
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