Placement Test (2006)
I. Listening Comprehension
听力理解分两部分，共20题，每题1分，共20分。
第一部分：本部分为十组对话，每组对话后有一个问题。对话读两遍。问题读一遍，每听完一个问题后，从答题纸上的A），B），C），D） 四个选项中选出最合适的答案，并涂黑。 Part A
1. A) Prepare a meal.
B) Wait for a friend. D) Go out to play. B) Before 5 p.m. D) In the afternoon.
C) Take a walk. 2. A) At 9 p.m.
C) Before 9 p.m.
3. A) Because she has got an appointment. B) Because she doesn’t want to. C) Because she has to work.
D) Because she wants to eat in a new restaurant. 4. A) The man would get better grades if he studied more. B) The test was based on lecture material. C) She misplaced her textbook.
D) The test was harder than she had expected. 5. A) She wants the man to go with her. C) Her car is nearby. 6. A) He often complains.
B) She will take a bus home.
D) Her home is within walking distance. B) He is a short man. D) He is always happy.
C) He is always worried.
7. A) He was deeply offended by Susan. B) He felt he could manage Susan’s question. C) He was worried about the answer. D) He became indifferent to Susan’s feelings. 8. A) He won’t go because he hasn’t been well. B) He won’t go because he doesn’t like Susan. C) He will go because that exercise might do him good.
D) He will go in spite of his illness. 9. A) He was hurt in an accident. B) His bicycle got broken. C) He was run over by a lorry. D) His bicycle ran into a lorry.
10. A) They should have called earlier in the day. B) They can not reserve a table in advance that day. C) The restaurant has no room for more diners. D) The restaurant is closed on weekends.
第二部分：本部分为短文听力测试，共三篇，每篇读两遍，问题读一遍。听完后请回答问题，从答题纸上的A），B），C），D）四个选项中选出最合适的答案，并涂黑。 Part B Passage One
Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) For one month. C) For three months.
B) For two months. D) For four months.
12. A) Tim and Dom were too careless.
B) The fishing ship was moving too fast.
C) Nobody on the fishing ship saw them. D) Their rowboat was not strong enough.
B) He chose to stay on the boat. D) He sent radio signals. B) Their journey. D) Their future.
13. A) He jumped into the water.
C) He shouted for help.
14. A) Their rowboat.
Passage Two
C) Their safety.
Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. 15. A) A pleasant sound.
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B) A pilot on a boat. D) A depth of twelve feet.
C) A turn in the river.
16. A) A printing manager.
C) A captain.
B) A newspaper boy. D) A journalist.
17. A) Because his novels are always full of humor and wit.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 18. A) A town with a university as one part of it. B) A town with more than one university in it.
C) A town with the university all over it.
D) A town with shops, banks and pubs in the university. 19 A)They don’t like the meals in the college.
B)There is not enough housing for all the students in the college. C)They want to enjoy life outside before the final year comes. D)There are not as many societies and clubs in the college. 20 A) Faculty and staff can drive cars in Cambridge.
B) Most students use bicycles in Cambridge. C) Students usually go to lectures by school bus. D) The roads in Cambridge are quite confusing.
B) Because Mark Twain is considered to be a gifted writer. C) Because Mark Twain stands for light on a dark night. D) Because Mark Twain is always warm-hearted.
II. Reading Comprehension 阅读理解
本部分共4篇文章，20个问题，每题2分，共40分。
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There are some people who actually enjoy work----in fact, they love to work. They spend many extra hours on the job each week and often take work home with them. These workaholics are as addicted (上了瘾的) to their jobs as other people are to drugs or alcohol.
In some city centers, workaholism is so common that people do not consider it unusual:
They accept the lifestyle as normal.
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Workaholism can be a serious problem. Because true workaholics would rather work than do anything else, they probably don’t know how to relax; that is, they might not enjoy movies, sports, or other types of entertainment. Most of all, they hate to sit and do nothing. The lives of workaholics are usually stressful (紧张的，压力重的), and this stress can cause health problems. In addition, typical workaholics don’t pay much attention to their families. They spend little time with their children, and marriages may end.
Is worhaholism always dangerous? Perhaps not. There are, certainly, people who work well under stress. Some studies show that many workaholics have great energy and interest in life. Their work is so pleasurable that they are actually very happy. For most workaholics, work and entertainment are the same thing. Their jobs provide them with a challenge; this keeps them busy and creative. Other people retire from work at age sixty-five, but workaholics usually prefer not to quit. They are still interested in work-and life-in their eighties and nineties.
Perhaps some people are forced to work, but their addiction to work seems to be a safe-even an advantageous-one.
根据上面文章内容，从每题下面四个选择中选出一个最合适的答案，并在答题纸上把所选的编号字母涂黑。
21 The word “workaholics ” in the first paragraph refers to those _________. A) who spend most of their time working and have no interest in other things B) who don’t know how to enjoy movies or do sports in their spare time C) who do not have a good relationship with their children and wives D) who are always under stress and don’t know how to get rid of it 22 .A problem worhaholism may cause is that_________. A) the chance to live together with families may be good B) the overwork might do damage to people’s health C) the life under stress might be dull and boring D) the ability to get along with people is not developed
23. According to the fourth paragraph what keeps a workaholic always busy is_________. A) the money his job provides B) the entertainment in life C) the challenge in his job C) the stress in his life
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24. Workaholics are not willing to leave their posts at age sixty-five mainly because________. A) they want more money B) they are still in good health C) they want to meet new people D) they feel work means a lot to them
25. Which of the following might be the best title for this article? A) Workaholism. B) Work and Entertainment. C) An Addiction. C) Work and Health.
(B)
For many people, there seems to be no escape from poverty; in other words, they are poor, and they have no hope that this will ever change. In addition, they have the social problems of poverty. Imagine this situation: a poor woman has an idea for a small business to lift her and her family out of poverty. She needs a little money to begin this business and goes to a bank to borrow the money. At this bank, as at most banks, the borrower must meet three necessary conditions: character, capacity, and collateral. She must show that she (1) is honest( has character), (2) is able to run her business( has capacity), and (3) owns a house, land, or something valuable( collateral) for the bank to take if she can’t pay back the money. So what happens to the woman? The bank won’t lend her money because she doesn’t have any collateral. One possible solution these days is microlending (lending a small amount of money). This is a system of special banks and programs that are loaning money to people in “borrowing groups,” For example, an international organization called Good Faith lends small amounts of money to people who wants to go into business. Each person must do two things to borrow money : take classes in business and join a borrowing group. This is a group of people who own and run their own small business. Everyone in the group must approve the loan of every other group member, or Good Faith won’t lend the money. To receive a loan from Good Faith, people still must have character. They find capacity in the business classes. But collateral is not necessary any longer. Instead of collateral, there is peer pressure, i.e., group members make sure that each person pays back his or her loan. They want to keep their “good name” and continue doing business with Good Faith.
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2006年北京市大学生入学英语分级测试
