２０08 National Ｅngｌish Contest fｏｒ Coｌlｅge Sｔuｄenｔs (Level Ｃ－-- Preliｍｉnary）
Pａrt I Listeninｇ Comｐｒehｅｎsiｏn (２5 mｉnutes, 30 marks) Section A (5 marｋs)
In thiｓ seｃtiｏn， you will ｈear fiｖe sｈｏｒｔ conｖeｒｓaｔioｎs． At ｔhe ｅnd ｏf ｅａch conｖeｒｓation, ａ quｅstiｏn wiｌl ｂe ａsｋed aboｕｔ wｈａt waｓ said. Bｏth thｅ conveｒｓａtion ａnｄ thｅ quesｔion wiｌl be read ｏnly once. After each qｕesｔion, there ｗiｌl be ａ pause. Duｒiｎg the paｕse, read ｔhe ｔｈree cｈoiｃes mａｒkeｄ A， B ａｎd C， 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. Ｔｏ ｂuy ａ nｅｗｓpａpeｒ. ?B. To finｄ a cｈemist. Ｃ. To post a lｅttｅr.
2. A. Their bｉlｌｉｎｇ sysｔｅm ｈas been effiｃiｅnt. B. Thｅｉｒ ｏlｄ billiｎg syｓtem is oｕtdａted.
C． Hｅ’s ｕnｉmpｒessed ｗitｈ ｔhe nｅｗ bilｌinｇ system.
3． A． She’ｓ bｅｅn on vａcation． Ｂ. Ｓhe’s been ａt the ｇrｏcｅry stｏre．
Ｃ. Sｈe’s beｅn on ａ ｂusiness trｉｐ.
4. Ａ. To go tｏ ｔhe marｋet. ?B. Tｏ havｅ ｃｏffee. C. To ｈａvｅ a discｕssiｏｎ．
5． Ａ. Chａnging a fliｇht reservａｔｉｏｎ. Ｂ. Cａｎceling a hotｅl ｒeservation.
Ｃ． Reserｖｉｎg an eｘｔrａ hotel roｏm. Ｓection Ｂ (10 ｍarkｓ)
In thiｓ ｓectiｏｎ, yｏｕ wilｌ hear ｔwo loｎg conｖersatｉｏns. Each ｃonversatｉｏn ｗill be ｒｅad only once． At thｅ ｅnd ｏｆ each coｎveｒsatｉｏn, ｔherｅ wilｌ bｅ a oｎe-minute ｐausｅ. Ｄuｒing the ｐauｓe, read thｅ five questions, eacｈ with thｒｅｅ choices maｒked A， B ａｎｄ Ｃ， and decide which ｉｓ ｔhｅ best answer. Tｈen ｍarｋ the corrｅｓpoｎding lettｅr on ｔhe Anｓweｒ Ｓheeｔ with a ｓiｎgｌe line tｈrｏugｈ the ｃeｎtｅr． Cｏnversａｔion ｏｎｅ
6. Ｗhat’ｓ Tanｉａ’ｓ pｈone ｎuｍber? A. ５06-6178? ??B. 5０１-6678 ?? C． 501-668７ ７. Ｗho is goiｎg sｈoｐpｉnｇ at Ｈarrods? A． Tania．? B． Kａrl. ? ??C. Karｌ’ｓ ｍother. 8． Ｈｏw is Taｎｉa going to get to Harrodｓ?
A. On foot. ?? ? Ｂ. By ｔaｘi． ? ?C． Ｂｙ tubｅ. 9. Which sｔｒeeｔ plan sｈoｗs the wａy froｍ ｔhｅ statiｏn? 10. Whａt kind of wine doeｓ Karｌ ｗａｎｔ? A. Ｒｅd Ｍeｒlｏt. ??Ｂ. Whitｅ Boｒdeaux. ??C. Rosｅ Chｉａｎｔi. Conｖerｓatioｎ Ｔwo
1１． Which dｒawｉnｇ shows the pｏsｉtion of ｔhe ｈandｌe？ 12. What other prｏduct ｆeａtureｓ ａｒe includｅd？ A. A range ｏｆ haｎdｌe sizｅｓ. B. A variety of color ｃombinaｔions. C. Ａ set of rings ｆor different-ｓized ｔins． 13. What’ｓ the purpose of the V-cｌip？
Tｏ ｈoｌd the pａint brush sｏ it ｄrips iｎ ｔhe cａｎ.
Tｏ prｅｖｅnｔ paｉnt fｒom geｔting onto ｔｈe ｐaiｎted surfaces.
Ｔｏ prｅvent the ｂrush ｄrying out if ｔｈe paｉnter iｓ iｎｔｅrruｐtｅd． 1４. Who wｉll probａbly ｕsｅ the caｎ-ｈolder? A. Aｒｔiｓts. ??B． Decorａtors. ?? Ｃ. Soldｉers. １５. How ｍuch doｅs ｔhe ｐrodｕｃt cost? A. ￡４. ??? ?B. ￡5． ??? Ｃ. $４. Seｃtion C （5 mａrｋs)
In tｈis seｃtion， you wｉlｌ hｅａｒ fｉve shｏrｔ neｗs item． Eacｈ itｅm wｉll be read ｏnｌy ｏnce. Ａftｅｒ ｅaｃh item, ｔｈｅｒｅ wiｌｌ be a ｐauｓe. Durｉｎg ｔhe pａuse， ｒｅad ｔｈe ｑuestion aｎd thｅ thｒee chｏiｃｅs ｍarｋed A, B aｎd Ｃ, aｎd deｃidｅ wｈｉch is the best answer． Thｅn ｍark thｅ coｒrespondiｎg letter on the Ａnsweｒ Sheet with a single lｉｎｅ thｒoｕｇh the cｅnter.
1６． Whaｔ haｓ ｐrompted thｅ nｅw adminiｓtraｔｉon to rｅｖiew the Ａuｓtｒalｉa’s ｃｉｔiｚenship tesｔ?
A. Iｔ’ｓ out oｆ ｄａte. ???B. Higheｒ ｉmmigration rａｔｅs.? C． Many ａｐpｌicants faiｌing iｔ.
17. Which train proviｄeｓ the ｅａsiest way to ｓee Mouｎt Fuji?
Ａ. Froｍ Tｏkｙo to Yoｋohａｍａ. ? B． From Osａｋａ ｔｏ Yokohａma． Ｃ. From Toｋyｏ ｔｏ Osaka.
18． Hｏw ｍａny U.N. emplｏｙees were kilｌed ｉｎ 20０7？ Ａ. １7． ?Ｂ. ４2. ? ???C. 59.
19. Whａt have studｉes ｆound out ａbout seveｒe pneumｏｎia treａｔmenｔ? No meｄicａtｉｏn workｓ ｉｎ deｖｅloｐｉng coｕｎｔｒｉeｓ. Ｉt can be effectｉvely tｒeated at home with oｒal antｉbiｏｔics.
It ｃan ｏnｌｙ be treated in ｔｈe hｏspｉtaｌ with ｉnjｅctａbｌe aｎtｉbiotｉcs. 2０. Whａt waｓ ｔｈe bar’s businｅss like ｂeｆore the sｍoking ｂan？
A. Almost emｐty ｅvery day. ?? B. Usuａｌｌｙ croｗdeｄ ａｔ ｍiddaｙ. C. Empty on Wｅdnesdａys. Seｃｔion D (10 ｍarkｓ)
Ｉｎ thiｓ sectｉｏｎ, you wiｌｌ hear a sｈorｔ ｐａsｓage. Ｔhere ａre ten missiｎg woｒds ｏr ｐhrases. Fｉll ｉｎ the blaｎｋs with tｈe ｅxaｃt woｒds you hear oｎ ｔhe tapｅ. Rememｂeｒ ｔo wriｔｅ ｔhe anｓweｒs on tｈe Answer Sｈeet.
Crime isn’t ｒｉｓiｎg becausｅ tｈe laws aｒe not strｉct eｎough, ｏr bｅcａuｓe the (21) ____＿___ are not tｏｕgｈ eｎougｈ, oｒ ｓｉmｐｌy bｅcaｕse ｔｈere ａreｎ’ｔ enouｇh ｐoｌiceｍｅｎ on the beat. It iｓ rising becａuse the agenｃies and ｉｎdivｉduals who ｃaｎ have ａ (22) ____＿__ ｅｆfect ｏn ｃｒime aｒe not ｐulｌｉng tｏgether or in tｈe ｓamｅ (２３) _＿＿＿＿_. The ｐolice ａｒe one of thosｅ agｅnｃies, of course. Buｔ cｒime preｖｅntiｏｎ ｉs alｓo a mattｅr ｆor (24) _＿＿＿_＿ who
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