2021年1月23日发(作者：欧阳衮)
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2019)
-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,
except
the
first
sentence,
will
be
read
sentence
by
sentence,
or
phrase
by
phrase,
with
intervals
of
fifteen
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.
Write on
ANSWER SHEET ONE
. The first sentence of the passage is already provided.
Now, listen to the passage.

PART II
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
MIN]
[20

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


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 questions.
Now, listen to the conversations.
Conversation One
Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.


1.

A. Writer.
B. Wells.
C. Writer Wells.
D. Susan Writer Wells.
2.

A. She was a career woman.

B. She was then a feminist.
ANSWER SHEET ONE
TEM-4
2019
C. She didn’t like her
maiden name.
3.

A. She named herself after her profession.
C. She named herself after a day of the week.
4.

A. It gives women greater equality.
5.

A. History of surnames in America.
C. Traditional surnames in Europe.
D. She took her husband’s
surname.
B. She named herself after her home town.
D. She named herself after the sculptor.
B. It is a good solution to an old problem.
B. Feminist movement in the 1960s.
D. Reasons for inventing surnames.
C. The problem troubling feminists still remains. D. The surname problem has partly been solved.


Conversation Two
Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.


6.

A. A reporter from a weekly program.
C. A guest on a weekly program.
7.

C. To let everybody know your achievement.
8.

A. Because the boss has the data on your work
C. Because it is unprofessional to do so.
9.

A. We could earn praise from our boss.
C. Things change quickly in work situations.
10.

A. Websites.
B. Radio programs.
B. An executive director from a company.
D. A magazine editor from San Diego.
D. To shamelessly promote yourself to your boss.
B. Because you will be given more work to do.
D. Because others may lose trust in you.
B. We may forget the good things we’ve
done.
D. The boss will review our performance data.
C. Research reports.
D. Government documents.
A. To prepare a list of things that you have done. B. To let your boss know that you want a pay
r
ise.

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

11.

Moving from beginning to end by order of time, narration relies on a more natural pattern of organization than
A. will other types of writing
C. On other types of writing
12.


B. do other types of writing
D. other types of writing
.
the attempted rescue mission, the hostages might still be alive.
B. If had it not been for
D. Had not it been for
ahead with a bill to approve construction of the oil pipeline.
C. to moving
D. at moving

A. If it not had been for
C. Had it not been for
13.

Members of the Parliament were poised
A. to move
B. moving
14.

Writers
often
coupled
narration
with
other
techniques
to
develop
ideas
and
support
opinions
that
otherwise
abstract, unclear, or unconvincing.
A. may remain
15.

Protocol was
A. who
B. could remain
C. must have remained
D. might have remained
enabled him to make difficult decisions without ever looking back.
B. what
C. which
D. that
16.

The woman had persuaded him
to do

he
was hired never to do -- reveal the combination for the lock on the
ANSWER SHEET ONE
TEM-4
2019
entrance.
A. one thing
B. such one thing
C. any one thing
D. the one thing
he choose to be.
D. must
.
17.

The bad news was that he could be a very dangerous person
A. should
B. could
C. might
18.

“If not us, who? If not now, when?” These two questions are used
as a
A. sign of anger
B. call for action
C. refusal to change
D. denial of commitment
19.

What is the function of the present progressive in “They are always calling me by the wrong

name”?

A. To express unfavorable feelings.
C. To indicate uncertainty.
B. To alleviate unnecessary hostility.
D. To dramatize a fact.
20.

“Harry was compelled to resign and to come down to London, where he set up as an army coach.” The relative clause in
the sentence serves to
.
B. describe the antecedent “London”

D. narrate a sequential action taken by Harry
A. supply additional information about London
C. put restrictions on the identity of Harry
21.

A group
A. opposed to
casinos has urged officials not to grant a license to a facility in the city.
B. objected to
C. posed against
D. protested against
understand each
other’s
22.

After the war, he worked on an island in the Pacific, helping the natives and medical
behavior and cultures.
A. faculty
B. persons
C. members
D. personnel
23.

The subject of manners is complex. If it were not, there would not be so many
misunderstanding in international communication.
A. injurious
B. injured
C. injuring
D. injury
feelings and so much
24.

To illustrate the limits of First Amendment free speech, many have noted that the Constitution does not give you the right
to falsely
A. yelp
“Fire!” in a crowded
theater.
B. yank
C. yell
D. yield
to any
25.

The company announced that it has achieved its mission to create a local food economy
that
is
environment.
A. Adoptable
B. amendable
C. alterable
D. adaptable
26.

Although Patterson acknowledges the disappointing season he had
with the Vikings, he
has no second
how he went about his business.
A. thoughts
B. opinions
C. concerns
D. reasons
about
27.

Electronic cigarettes should be
subject
products.
A. about
28.

FC Barcelona,
League title.
A. controversially
B. arguably
B. at
the same taxes and limitations on public use as traditional tobacco
C. to
D. on
the most iconic club in world soccer, beat Manchester United 2-0 to claim the UEFA Champions
C. debatable
designed for children under 3.
C. speculatively
D. finally
29.

The store sells liquid vitamins
A. explicitly
30.

The three law
herself.

B. specially
D. specifically
officers on the plane came to the rescue of a fellow passenger who was allegedly trying to kill
ANSWER SHEET ONE
TEM-4
2019
A. enforcement
B. reinforcement
C. imposition
D. coercion


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

am
F. inseparable

eement

L. thinking
lly

M.
thoughtful

I. perspective
tely
E. inevitable
J. resides


To
some
thinkers,
it
is
machines
and
their
development
that
drive
economic
and
cultural
change.
This
idea
is
referred
to
as
technological
determinism.
Certainly
there
can
be
no
doubt
that
machines
contributed
to
the
Protestant
Reformation and the decline of the Catholic
Church’s
power in Europe or
landscape were the
(32) result of new technology.
(31) television has changed the way
family
members
interact.
Those
who
believe
in
technological
determinism
would
argue
that
these
changes
in
the
cultural
But others see technology as more neutral and claim that the way people use technology is what gives it significance. This

(33) accepts technology as one of many factors that shaped economic and cultural change; technology’s influence
is
(34) determined by how much power it is given by the people and cultures that use it.
This
(35) about the power of technology is at the heart of the controversy surrounding the new communication
(36) of advances such as the Internet, the World Wide Web, and
technologies. Are we more or less powerless
in the
instant global audio and visual communication? If we are at the mercy of technology, the culture that surrounds us will not be
our
(37), and the best we can hope to do is make our way reasonably well in a world outside our own control. But if

(38)
in
how
we
choose
to
use
them,
we
can
utilize
them
these
technologies
are
indeed
neutral
and
their
power
responsibly and
(39) to construct and maintain whatever kind of culture we want. As film director and technophile
Steve Spielberg explained, “Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our
lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have thought or
(40), to imagine something
wonderful.”


PART V
READING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
In this section there are several passages followed by ten multiple-choice questions. For each question, there are
four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer and mark your answers
on
ANSWER SHEET TWO
.
[35 MIN]

PASSAGE ONE
(1)

Life can be tough for immigrants in America. As a Romanian bank clerk in Atlanta puts it, to find a good job
“you have to be like a wolf in the forest –
able to smell ou
t the best meat.” And if you can’t find work,
don’t expect the
taxpayer to bail you out
. Unlike in some European countries, it is extremely hard for an able-bodied immigrant to live
off the state. A law passed in 1996 explicitly bars most immigrants, even those with legal status, from receiving almost
any federal benefits.

ANSWER SHEET ONE
TEM-4
2019
(2)

That is one reason why America absorbs immigrants better than any other rich countries, according to a new
study by the University of California. The researchers sought to measure the effect of immigration on the native-born in
20 rich countries, taking into account differences in skills between immigrants and natives, imperfect labor markets and
the size of the welfare state in each country.
(3)

Their results offer ammunition for fans of more open borders. In 19 out of 20 countries, the authors calculated
that shutting the doors entirely to foreign workers would make the native-born worse off. Never mind what it would do
to the immigrants themselves, who benefit far more than anyone else from being allowed to cross borders to find work.
(4)

The
study
also
suggests
that
most
countries
could
handle
more
immigration
than
they
currently
allow.
In
America, a one-percentage point increase in the proportion of immigrants in the population made the native-born 0.05%
better off. The opposite was true in some countries with generous or ill-designed welfare states, however. A one-point
rise in immigration made the native-born slightly worse off in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
Sweden and Switzerland. In Belgium, immigrants who lose jobs can receive almost two-thirds of their most recent wage
in state benefits, which must make the hunt for a new job less urgent.
(5)

None of these effects was large, but the study undermines the claim that immigrants steal jobs from native or
drag
down
their
wages. Many
immigrants
take
jobs
that
Americans
do
not
want,
the
study
finds.
This
“smooths”
the
labor market and ultimately creates more jobs for locals. Native-owned grocery stores do better business because there
are immigrants to pick the fruit they sell. Indian computer scientists help American software firms expand. A previous
study
found
that
because
immigrants
typically
earn
less
than
locals
with
similar
skills,
they
boost
corporate
profits,
prompting companies to grow and hire more locals.

41.

Increase in immigration in Austria fails to improve locals’ life mainly
because of
A.

low wages for locals
C. the design of the welfare system
A.

People who have legal status.
C. People who receive state benefits.
43.

A.

cautiously favorable
B. slightly negative
B. imperfect labor markets
D. inadequate skills of immigrants
B. People who run business.
D. People who are willing to earn less.
towards immigration.
D. quite ambiguous
C. strongly negative
.
42.

Who will favor the study results by researchers from the University of California?
It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s
attitude is


PASSAGE TWO
(1)

There was something in the elderly woman’s behavior that caught my eye. Although slow and unsure of step,
the woman moved with deliberation, and there was no hesitation in her gestures. She was as good as anyone else, her
movements suggested. And
she had a job to do
.
(2)

It was a few years ago, and I had taken a part-time holiday-season job in a video store at the local shopping mall.
From inside the store, I’d begun to see the people rushing by outside in the mall’s concourse as a river of
humanity.
(3)

The elderly woman had walked into the store along with a younger woman who I guessed was her daughter. The
daughter was displaying a serious case of impatience, rolling her eyes, huffing and sighing, checking her watch every
few seconds. If she had possessed a leash, her mother would have been fastened to it as a means of tugging her along to
keep step with the rush of other shoppers.
(4)

The older woman detached from the younger one and began to tick through the DVDs on the nearest shelf. After

ANSWER SHEET ONE
TEM-4
2019
the slightest hesitation, I walked over and asked if I could help her find something. The woman smiled up at me and
showed
me
a
title
scrawled
on
a
crumpled
piece
of
paper.
The
title
was
unusual
and
a
bit
obscure.
Clearly
a
person
looking for it knew a little about movies, about quality.
(5)

Rather than rushing off to locate the DVD for the woman, I asked her to walk with me so I could show her
where
she
could
find
it.
Looking
back,
I
think
I
wanted
to
enjoy
her
company
for
a
moment.
Something
about
her
deliber
ate movements reminded me of my own mother, who’d passed away the previous
Christmas.
(6)

As we walked along the back of the store, I narrated its floor plan: old television shows, action movies, cartoon,
science fiction. The woman seemed glad of the unrushed company and casual conversation.
(7)

We found the movie, and I complimented her on her choice. She smiled and told me it was one she’d enjoyed
when she was her son’s age and that she hoped he would enjoy it as much as she had. Maybe, she said with a hint of
wistfulness, he could enjoy it with his own young children. Then, reluctantly, I had to return the elderly woman to her
keeper, who was still tapping her foot at the front of the store.
(8)

I escorted the older woman to the queue at the cash register and then stepped back and lingered near the younger
woman. When the older woman’s turn in line came, she paid in cash, counting out the dollars and coins with the same
sureness she’d displayed
earlier.
(9)

As the cashier tucked the DVD into a plastic bag, I walked over to the younger woman.
(10)

“Is that your mom?” I
asked.
(11)

I halfway expected her to tell me it was none of my business. But possibly believing me to be tolerant of her
impatience, she rolled her eyes and said, “Yeah.” There was exasperation in her reply, half sigh and half
groan.
(12)

Still watching her mother, I said
, “Mind some

advice?”

(13)

“Sure,” said the
daughter.
(14)

I smiled to show her I wasn’t criticizing. “Cherish her,” I said. And then I answered her curious expression by
saying, “When she’s gone, it’s the little moments that’ll come back to you. Moments like this.
I
know.”

(15)

It was true. I missed my mom still and remembered with melancholy clarity the moments when I’d used my
impatience to make her life miserable.
(16)

The elderly woman moved with her deliberate slowness back to her daughter’s custody. Together they made
their way toward the store’s exit. They stood there for a moment, side by side, watching the rush of the holiday current
and
for
their
place
in
it.
Then
the
daughter
glanced
over
and
momentarily
regarded
her
mother.
And
slowly,
almost
reluctantly, she placed her arm with apparently unaccustomed affection around her mother’s shoulders and gently guided
her back into the crowds.

44.

What does “
she had a job to do
” (Para. 1) mean according to the
context?
A.

She had a regular job in the store.
C. She wanted to ask for help.
B. She was thinking of what to buy.
D. She wanted to buy a DVD.
45.

What does the title of the DVD reveal according to the shop assistant?
A.

The elderly woman had some knowledge about movies.
B.

The elderly woman liked movies for young children.
C.

The elderly woman preferred movies her son liked.
D.

The elderly woman liked both old and new movies.
46.

In the passage the elderly woman’s daughter is
described as being

ANSWER SHEET ONE
.
TEM-4
2019