2021年1月23日发(作者：裴善继)

TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2019)
-GRADE FOUR-
TIME LIMIT: 130 MIN
PART I

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[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





































[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 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.


C. She didn
’
t like her maiden name.
B. She was then a feminist.
D. She took her husband
’
s surname.

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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.

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.


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.
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.
7.
A. To prepare a list of things that you have done.
B. To let your boss know that you want a pay rise.

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
B. do other types of writing
D. other types of writing
12. ________ the attempted rescue mission, the hostages might still be alive.


A. If it not had been for


C. Had it not been for


B. If had it not been for
D. Had not it been for
13. Members of the Parliament were poised ________ ahead with a bill to approve construction of the oil pipeline.


A. to move
B. moving
C. to moving
D. at moving
14. Writers
often
coupled
narration
with
other
techniques
to
develop
ideas
and
support
opinions
that
otherwise
________
abstract, unclear, or unconvincing.


A. may remain
B. could remain
C. must have remained
D. might have remained
15. Protocol was ________ enabled him to make difficult decisions without ever looking back.


A. who
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

entrance.

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A. one thing
B. such one thing
C. any one thing
D. the one thing
17. The bad news was that he could be a very dangerous person ________ he choose to be.


A. should
B. could
C. might
D. must
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 ________.


A. supply additional information about London


C. put restrictions on the identity of Harry
B. describe the antecedent
“
London
”

D. narrate a sequential action taken by Harry
21. A group ________ casinos has urged officials not to grant a license to a facility in the city.


A. opposed to

B. objected to
C. posed against
D. protested against
22. After the war, he worked on an island in the Pacific, helping the natives and medical ________ understand each other
’
s

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
________
feelings
and
so
much

misunderstanding in international communication.


A. injurious
B. injured
C. injuring
D. injury
24. To illustrate the limits of First Amendment free speech, many have noted that the Constitution does not give you the right
to falsely ________
“
Fire!
”
in a crowded theater.


A. yelp
B. yank
C. yell
D. yield
25. The
company
announced
that
it
has
achieved
its
mission
to
create
a
local
food
economy
that
is
________
to
any
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
________
about
how he went about his business.


A. thoughts
B. opinions
C. concerns
D. reasons
27. Electronic
cigarettes
should
be
subject
________
the
same
taxes
and
limitations
on
public
use
as
traditional
tobacco
products.


A. about
B. at
C. to
D. on
28. FC Barcelona, ________ the most iconic club in world soccer, beat Manchester United 2-0 to claim the UEFA Champions

League title.


A. controversially
B. arguably
C. debatable
D. finally
29. The store sells liquid vitamins ________ designed for children under 3.


A. explicitly
B. specially
C. speculatively
D. specifically
30. The three law ________ officers on the plane came to the rescue of a fellow passenger who was allegedly trying to kill

herself.


A. enforcement
B. reinforcement
C. imposition
D. coercion

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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
blanks. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. Mark the letter for each word on
ANSWER SHEET TWO
.

am
F.

inseparable


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
________ (31) television has changed the way
family
members
interact.
Those
who
believe
in
technological
determinism
would
argue
that
these
changes
in
the
cultural
landscape were the ________ (32) result of new technology.
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
technologies. Are we more or less powerless in the ________ (36) of advances such as the Internet, the World Wide Web, and
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
these
technologies
are
indeed
neutral
and
their
power
________
(38)
in
how
we
choose
to
use
them,
we
can
utilize
them
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.
”


B.

d
isagreement

L.

thinking
C.

f
actually

M.

thoughtful

I.

perspective
tely
E.

inevitable
J.

resides



PART V

READING COMPREHENSION






































[35 MIN]
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
.

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 out 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.
(2) That is one reason why America absorbs immigrants better than any other rich countries, according to a new

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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
“
smooth
s”
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.


A. cautiously favorable
B. slightly negative

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
the slightest hesitation, I walked over and asked if I could help her find something. The woman smiled up at me and

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B. imperfect labor markets

D. inadequate skills of immigrants
B. People who run business.
D. People who are willing to earn less.

C. strongly negative
D. quite ambiguous
42. Who will favor the study results by researchers from the University of California?
43. It can be inferred from the passage that the author
’
s attitude is ________ towards immigration.