复旦大学本科生新生大学英语分级考试试卷样题 (1)

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复旦大学本科生新生大学英语分级考试试卷（样题）

College English Placement Test

Part I Listening Section A Directions:

In this section, you will hear 5 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C), and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

1. A) In a classroom. B) In a restaurant. C) In a registration office. D) In a library.

2. A) To take a message.

B) To look up the phone number in the directory. C) To connect Mr. Jones with Miss Ruth. D) To return the call. ......

Part II Vocabulary and Structure Directions:

There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

1. There are laws on the books to combat fraud, _______________ whether it is conducted through the mail, over the phone, or on the Internet.

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A) regardless of B) on account of C) on behalf of D) by virtue of

2. The United States declared war on Britain in 1812. The first cause of the war was British interference ____________ American shipping. A) at B) to C) with D) on ......

Part III Reading Comprehension Directions:

There are five passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:

There's no doubt that primitive mankind first trod the world without the benefit of clothing. Historians suggest that thousands, perhaps millions of years passed before animal skins became fashionable. Then, sometime in the dim past, man discovered that the hair of certain animals pressed together stayed together. The fabric known as felt replaced animal skins. No one knows the age of felt - only that it was in use long before Neolithic man learned how to weave cloth a mere twelve thousand years ago.

The manufacture of felt is simple. Seen through a microscope, the hair of many animals appears as a barbed strand, the barbs all pointing toward the tip of the hair. When a number of hairs are pressed together, those which lie in opposite directions unite barbs and resist efforts to pull them apart.

Legend has it that St. Clement (patron saint of felt makers) discovered felt when, at the beginning of a long journey, he put carded wool between his feet and the soles of his sandals. When he reached his destination, he found no carded wool in his sandals. The wool had been compressed into felt. 1. This passage is about ________________________. A) how to weave cloth B) the first man-made fabric

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C) St. Clement, inventor of the scandal D) the manufacture of artificial hides

2. Before the invention of felt, man was forced _____________________________. A) to wear clothes of woven fabric B) to swing naked through the trees C) to wear sandals made of carded wool D) to wear the skins of animals

3. The manufacture of felt uses ___________________________. A) a chemical reaction between wool and leather B) pressure applied over a period of time

C) the strange physical characteristics of some animal hairs D) the wool carder and the microscope

4. The author considered felt as _________________________. A) the gift of St. Clement to man

B) the bridge between animal hides and woven cloth C) a strong, lightweight, durable fabric D) a material used for padding sandals

5. The author's purpose in writing this passage is to ______________________. A) give the age, manufacturing process and origin of felt B) reason why felt was not discovered earlier C) make a comparison of the merits of felt and wool D) show different viewpoints of the importance of felt ......

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