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College English Model Test Two
—Band Six—
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-College English Model Test Two

试卷一

Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions 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.
Example: You will hear:
 You will read:
A) 2 hours.B) 3 hours.
C) 4 hours. D) 5 hours.
From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work they will start at 9 oclock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose ［D］ on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.

1. A) It’s interesting.     B) It turned out to be easy.
   C) It’s hard to judge.   D) It’s quite difficult.
2. A) She went to the party without knowing it.
   B) She was invited to the party.
   C) She was present for the party.
   D) She was absent from the party.
3. A) Joan will give out the assignments.    B) Joan will speak in the seminar.
   C) Joan won’t be present at the seminar. D) Joan won’t sign the petitions.
4. A) Present a new theory to the class.     B) Read more than one article.
   C) Read the book more thoroughly.         D) Write a better article for the class.
5. A) Her back hurt during the meeting.
   B) His support does not mean anything now.
   C) She agreed that it was a very good meeting.
   D) The proposal should be sent back to the meeting.
6. A) The library is within walking distance.
   B) The streets are not in good condition.
   C) The man should get a car instead.
   D) The man should exercise more.
7. A) Yes, she can study there if she is writing a research paper.
   B) Yes, but she needs to have the approval of her professor.
   C) Yes, because she is a senior student.
   D) No, it’s open only to teachers and postgraduates.
8. A) A seafood dinner is too expensive.     B) He doesn’t like seafood any more.
   C) He doesn’t have enough money.         D) He likes seafood very much.
9. A) He decided not to cancel her appointment.
   B) His new glasses aren’t comfortable.
   C) He’s too busy to get a checkup.
   D) He has to check when the appointment is.
10.A) His errors were mainly in the reading part.
   B) It wasn’t very challenging to him.
   C) It was more difficult than he had expected.
   D) He made very few grammatical mistakes in his test.

Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding litter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
 
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11.A) British.         B) Americans.         C) Germans.         D) Japanese.
12.A) Entirely effective.                    B) Totally incorrect.
   C) A complete failure.                    D) Quite difficult.
13.A) Have a greater sense of duty.          B) Can get higher pay.
   C) Can avoid working hard.                D) Can avoid busy traffic.

Passage Two
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14.A) It’s because there are many developing nations.
   B) It’s because people use too many man-made materials.
   C) It’s because we have more and more industry.
   D) It’s because we are building more vehicles.
15.A) Industry.                              B) Health.
   C) The Future of our children.            D) Clean air.
16.A) Man knows where the society is going.
   B) People don’t welcome the rapid development of modern society.
   C) The speaker is worried about the future of our modern society.
   D) Man can do nothing about the problem of pollution.

Passage Three
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17.A) To interest students in a career in counseling.
   B) To recruit counselors to work in the placement office.
   C) To inform students of a university program.
   D) To convince local merchants to hire college students.
18.A) A job listing.                         B) A resume.
   C) A permission slip.                     D) Their salary requirements.
19.A) Refine their interviewing techniques.  B) Arrange their work schedules.
   C) Select appropriate courses.            D) Write cover letters.
20.A) They pay the same wage.
   B) They involve working outdoors.
   C) They can be substituted for college students.
   D) They’re part-time.

Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions:  There are 4 reading 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 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
    We sometimes think humans are uniquely vulnerable to anxiety, but stress seems to affect the immune defenses of lower animals too. In one experiment, for example, behavioral immunologist (免疫学家)Mark Laudenslager, at the university of Denver, gave mild electric shocks to 24 rats. Half the animals could switch off the current by turning a wheel in their enclosure, while the other half could not. The rats in the two groups were paired so that each time one rat turned the wheel it protected both itself and its helpless partner from the shock. Laudenslager found that the immune response was depressed below normal in the helpless rats but not in those that could turn off the electricity. What he has demonstrated, he believes, is that lack of control over an event, not the experience itself, is what weakens the immune system.
    Other researchers agree. Jay Weiss, a psychologist at Duke University School of Medicine, has shown that animals who are allowed to control unpleasant stimuli don’t develop sleep disturbances or change in brain chemistry typical of stressed rats. But if the animals are confronted with situations they have no control over, they later behave passively when faced with experiences they can control. Such findings reinforce psychologists’ suspicions that the experience or perception of helplessness is one of the most harmful factors in depression.
    One of the most startling examples of how the mind can alter the immune response was discovered by chance. In 1975 psychologist Robert Ader at the University of Rochester School of Medicine conditioned (使形成条件反射) mice to avoid saccharin (糖精) by simultaneously feeding them the sweetener and infecting them with a drug that while suppressing their immune system caused stomach upsets. Associating the saccharin with the stomach pains, the mice quickly learned to avoid the sweetener. In order to extinguish this dislike for the sweetener, Ader reexposed the animals to saccharin, this time without the drug, and was astonished to found that those mice that had received the highest amounts of sweetener during their earlier conditioning died. He could only speculate that he had so successfully conditioned the rats that saccharin alone now served to weaken their immune systems enough to kill them.
21. Laudenslager’s experiment showed that the immune system of those who could turn off the electricity         .
  A) was strengthened    B) was altered     C) was not affected    D) was weaken
22. According to the passage, the experience of helplessness causes rats to           .
  A) try to control unpleasant stimuli
  B) turn off the electricity
  C) behave passively in controllable situations
  D) become abnormally suspicious
23. The reason why the mice in Ader’s experiment avoided saccharin was that             .
  A) they disliked its taste                B) it affected their immune systems
  C) it led to stomach pains                D) they associated it with stomachaches
24. The passage tells us that the most probable reason for the death of the mice in Ader’s experiment was that            .
  A) they had been weakened psychologically by the saccharin
  B) the sweetener was poisonous to them
  C) their immune systems had been alter by the mind
  D) they had taken too much sweetener during earlier conditioning
25. It can be concluded from the passage that the immune systems of animals          .
  A) can be weakened by conditioning
  B) can be suppressed by drug injections
  C) can be affected by frequent does of saccharin
  D) can be altered by electric shocks

Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
   The principal difference between urban growth in Europe and in North American colonies was the slow evolution of cities in the former and their rapid growth in the latter. In Europe, they grew over a period of centuries from town economies to their present structure. In North America, they started as wilderness communities and developed to mature urbanisms in little more than a century.
    In the early colonial days in North America, small cities sprang up along the Atlantic coastline, mostly in what are now New England and the Middle Atlantic states in the United States and in the lower Saint Lawrence Valley in Canada. This was natural because these areas were nearest England and France, particularly England, from which most capital goods (assets such as equipment) and many consumer goods were imported. Merchandising establishments were, accordingly, advantageously located in port cities from which goods could be readily distributed to interior settlements. Here, too, were the favored locations for processing raw materials prior to export. Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Montreal, and other cities flourished, and, as the colonies grew, these cities increase in importance.
    This was less true in the colonial South, where life centered around large farms, known as plantations, rather than around towns, as was the case in the areas further north along the Atlantic coastline. The local insulation and economic self-sufficiency of the plantations were antagonistic to the development of the towns. The plantations maintained their independence because they were located on navigable streams and each had a wharf accessible to the small shipping of that day. In fact, one of the strongest factors in the selection of plantation land was the desire to have it front on a water highway.
    When the United States became an independent nation in 1776, it did not have a single city as large as 50,000 inhabitants, but by 1820 it had a city of more than 100,000 people, and by 1880 it had recorded a city of over one million. It was not until after 1823, after the mechanization of the spinning and weaving industries, that cities started drawing young people away from farms. Such migration was particularly rapid following the Civil War (1861－1865).
26. What does the passage mainly discuss?
  A) Factors that slowed the growth of cities in Europe.
  B) The evolution of cities in North America.
  C) Trade between North American and European cities.
  D) The effects of the United States’ independence on the urban growth in New England.
27. The passage compares early European and North American cities on the basis of which of the following?
  A) Their economic success.
  B) The type of merchandise they exported.
  C) Their ability to distribute goods to interior settlements.
  D) The pace of their development.
28. According to the passage, early colonial cities were established along the Atlantic coastline of North America due to         .
  A) an abundance of natural resources
  B) financial support from colonial governments
  C) proximity to parts of Europe
  D) a favorable climate
29. According to the passage, all of the following aspects of the plantation system influenced the growth of southern cities EXCEPT the              .
  A) location of the plantation
  B) access of plantation owners to shipping
  C) relationships between plantation residents and city residents
  D) economic self-sufficiency of the plantations
30. The passage indicates that during colonial times, the Atlantic coastline cities prepared which of the following for shipment to Europe?
  A) Manufacturing equipment.       B) Capital goods.
  C) Consumer goods.                D) Raw materials.

Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
    In the United States, the need to protect plant and animal species has become a highly controversial and sharply political issue since the passage of the Endangered Species Act in 1973. The act, designed to protect species’ living areas, and policies that preserve and forests compete with economic interests. In the 1990’s, for example, the woodcutters in the Western United States were challenged legally in their attempt to cut trees for timber in the Cascade Mountains. The challenge was mounted to protect the endangered spotted owl (猫头鹰), whose remaining population occupies these forests and requires the intact, ancient forest for survival. The problematic situation set the interests of environmentalists against those of corporations and of individuals who stood to lose jobs. After months of debate and legal battles, the fate of the woodcutters—and the owls—was still undecided in mid－1992.
    Similar tensions exist between the developed and the developing nations. Many people in industrialized nations, for example, believe that developing nations in tropical regions should do more to protect their rain forests and other natural areas. But the developing countries may be impoverished, with populations growing so rapidly that using the land is a means to temporarily avoid worsening poverty and starvation.
    Many of the changes to Earth that concern scientists have the potential to rob the planets of its biological richness. The destruction of Earth’s Ozone Layer(臭氧层), for example, could contribute to the general process of impoverishment by allowing ultra-violet rays to harm plants and animals. And global warming could wipe out species unable to quickly adapt to the changing climates. Clearly, protecting Earth’s biological diversity is a complex problem. But solutions to humanity’s current problems will come only through coordinated international efforts to control human population, stabilize the composition of the atmosphere, and preserve intact Earth’s complex web of life.
31. Why does the author say that the protection of endangered species is a highly controversial issue?
  A) Because people can’t agree as to what species to protect.
  B) Because it is difficult to find an effective way to protect such species.
  C) Because it affects the interests of certain groups of people.
  D) Because it is a major problem involving a series of legal procedures.
32. According to the passage, the preservation of rain forests         .
  A) may hamper a developing country in its fight against poverty
  B) benefits developed countries rather than developing countries
  C) should take priority over the control of human population
  D) will help improve the living conditions in developing countries
33. According to the passage, cutting trees to grow more food          .
  A) will widen the gap between the developed and the developing countries
  B) is but a short-term relief to the food problem
  C) can hardly alleviate the shortage of food
  D) proves to be an effective way out for impoverished nations
34. Among “humanity’s current problems” (Line 6, Para. 3), the chief concern of the scientists is           .
  A) the impoverishment of developing countries
  B) the explosion of the human population
  C) the reduction of biological diversity
  D) the effect of global warming
35. The authors purpose in writing this passage is           .
  A) to describe the difficulties in solving humanity’s current problems
  B) to present the different views on humanity’s current problems
  C) to analyze the contradiction between countries in dealing with humanity’s current   problems
  D) to point out that humanity’s current problems can be solved through the cooperation  of nations

Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
    It’s hardly news that the immigration system is mess. Foreign nationals have long been slipping across the border with fake papers, and visitors who arrive in the U.S. legitimately often overstay their legal welcome without being punished. But since Sept. 11, its become clear that terrorists have been shrewdly factoring the weaknesses of our system into their plans. In addition to their mastery of forging passports, at least three of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers (劫机者) were here on expired visas. That’s been a safe bet until now. The Immigration and Naturalization Service(INS)（移民归化局）lacks the resources, and apparently the inclination, to keep track of the extimated 2 million foreigners who have intentionally overstayed their welcome.
    But this laxness(马虎)toward immigration fraud may be about to change. Congress has already taken some modest steps. The U.S.A. Patriot Act, passed in the wake of the Sept. 11 tragedy, requires the FBI, the Justice Department, the State Department and the INS to share more data, which will make it easier to stop watchlisted terrorists at the border.
    But what’s really needed, critics say, is even tougher laws and more resources aimed at tightening up border security. Reformers are calling for a rollback of rules that hinder law enforcement. They also want the INS to hire hundreds more border patrol agents and investigators to keep illegal immigrants out and to track them down once theyre here. Reformers also want to see the INS set up a database to monitor whether visa holders actually leave the country when they are required to.
    All these proposed changes were part of a new border-security bill that passed the House of Representatives but died in the Senate last week. Befroe Sept. 11, legislation of this kind had been blocked  by two powerful lobbies:universities,  which rely on tuition from foreign students who could be kept out by the new law, and business, which relies on foreigners for cheap labor. Since the attacks, they’ve backed off. The bill would have passed this time but for congressional maneuverings and is expected to be reintroduced and to pass next year.
    Also on the agenda for next year: a proposal, backed by some influential law-makers, to split the INS into two agencies—a good cop that would tend to service functions like processing citizenship papers and a bad cop that would concentrate on border inspections, deportation and other functions. One reason for the division, supporters say, is that the INS has in recent years become too focused on serving tourists and immigrants. After the Sept. 11 tragedy, the INS should pay more attention to serving the millions of ordinary Americans who rely on the nation’s border security to protect them from terrorist attacks.
36. Terrorists have obviously taken advatage of          .
  A) the legal privileges granted to foreigners
  B) the excessive hospitality of the American people
  C) the irresponsibility of the officials at border checkpoints
  D) the low efficiency of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
37. We learn from the passage that coordinated efforts will be made by various U.S. government agencies to           .
  A) refuse the renewing of expired visas
  B) ward off terrorist suspects at the border
  C) prevent the forgery of immigration papers
  D) limit the number of immigrants to the U.S.
38. It can be inferred from the passage that before Sept. 11, aliens with expired visas           .
  A) might have them extended without trouble
  B) would be closely watched by FBI agents
  C) might stay on for as long as they wished
  D) would live in constant fear of deportation
39. It is believed by many that all these years the INS          .
  A) has been serving two contradictory functions
  B) has been too liberal in granting visas to tourists and immigrants indiscriminately
  C) has over-emphasized its service functions at the expense of the nation’s security
  D) has ignored the pleas of the two powerful lobbies
40. Before Sept. 11, the U.S. Congress had been unable to pass stricter immigration laws because          .
  A) they might have kept away foreign students and cheap labor
  B) it was difficult to coordinate the efforts of the congressmen
  C) education and business circles cared little about national security
  D) resources were not available for their enforcement

Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41. Police          the angry demonstrators with tear gas (催泪瓦斯).
  A) dispersed     B) dispatched   C) deposited   D) detached
42. The audience showed its       of the clown’s performance.
  A) appreciation  B) absorption   C) assumption  D) attention
43. Although the two players are          in the tennis court, they are really good friends.
  A) partners      B) enemies      C) rivals      D) companions
44. The economic crises in that country have threatened the       of the government.
  A) stability     B) capability   C) capacity    D) permanence
45. We should always keep in mind that         decisions often lead to bitter regrets.
  A) urgent        B) instant      C) prompt      D) hasty
46. He has to spend three months of the year away from home, but there are        like extra free time and the chance to meet new people.
  A) compensation  B) reward       C) pension     D) interests
47. An elderly or         person is better off in a bungalow with no stairs to climb.
  A) sick          B) paralyzed    C) dumb        D) handicapped
48. Everyone should       to improve those qualities of selfexpression that enable him to communicate with his fellow men.
  A) confirm       B) strive       C) fail        D) adhere
49. Myths have       many of the world’s greatest poets, artists, musicians and scientists.
  A) inspired      B) overwhelmed  C) contradicted  D) comforted
50. The royal scandal has         media attention away from the economic crisis.
  A) corrected     B) contracted   C) subtracted    D) distracted
51. A most       argument about who should go and fetch the bread from the kitchen was  going on when I came in.
  A) trivial       B) delicate     C) minor         D) miniature
52. There was a long       silence between them after his angry words.
  A) clumsy        B) inconvenient   C) funny       D) awkward
53. The murderer        with the crowds with an attempt to shoot at the Prime Minister whenever he seized a chance.
  A) mingled       B) fused         C) stirred      D) merged
54. In many cultures people who were thought to have the ability to       dreams were likely to be highly respected.
  A) interpre      B) intervene     C) inherit      D) impart
55. It’s rather dangerous to touch it with a bare hand. You’d better        the handle with a plastic cloth.
  A) decorate      B) animate       C) stipulate    D) insulate
56. Another urgent problem       the new kingdom was that of the education of its citizens.
  A) conflicting   B) confronting   C) competing    D) combating
57. In winter your eyes should be         from light reflected from the snow.
  A) conserved     B) shielded      C) relieved     D) preserved
58. The First World War had far-reaching        in all the capitalist countries of the new world.
  A) challenges    B) compromises   C) consequences   D) sequences
59. A full       of all the reasons for and against closing the railway has begun.
  A) explosion     B) exploration    C) exploitation    D) explanation
60. The continuous unrest was          the nation’s economy.
   A) exaggerating   B) aggravating    C) amending      D) assimilate
61. While you pedal away on the exercise bicycle, a machine will be       your breathing and  pulse.
   A) reviewing     B) screening      C) surveying      D) monitoring
62. The dispute at the moment         around whether other delegates should attend.
   A) evolves       B) resolves       C) involves       D) revolves
63. Some fish have a greater          for acid water than others.
   A) tolerance     B) resistance     C) dependence     D) persistence
64. The school has been        as the meeting place for the evening art club.
   A) designed      B) resigned       C) designated     D) signed
65. The mercury in the thermometer is           to changes in temperature.
   A) sensitive     B) sensible       C) sentimental    D) sensational
66. American young people find the           into adulthood easy to face.
   A) transition    B) transfer       C) transfusion    D) transport
67. Will this shelf        the weight of the all these books?
   A) retain        B) maintain       C) sustain        D) remain
68. He was light-headed and was        from what was going on around.
   A) indifferent   B) detached       C) conscientious  D) confidential
69. Some armed rebels       the guards on duty outside the camp and wounded two of them.
   A) withdrew      B) revolted       C) revenged       D) assaulted
70. “MS”       “Master of Science”, while “MA” means “Master of Arts”.
   A) reclaims      B) proclaims      C) exclaims       D) signifies

试卷二

Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes)
Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blacks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.
    One of American’s most important imports is her moderm music.                S1.      
American popular music is played all over the nation. It is enjoyed by people.    S2.      
With all ages in all countries. The reasons for its popularity are its fast pace  S3.      
and rhythmic beat. The music has many origins in the United States. Country music
comes from the rural areas in the Southern United States is one source. Country   S4.      
music features simple themes and melodies, describing day-to-day situations and
feelings of country people. Many people appreciate this music because of the emotions
expressed by country music song. A second source of American popular music        S5.      
is the blues. It describes mostly sad feelings reflecting the difficult lives of American
blacks. It is usually played and sung by black musicians but it is popular to all S6.      
Americans. Rock music is a newer form of music. This music style featuring fast
and repetitious rhythm was influenced by the blues and country music. It is first S7.      
known as rock-and-rou in the 1950s. Since then, there had been many forms of      S8.      
Rock music: hard rock, soft rock, pop rock, disco music and others. Many
performers of popular rock music are young musicians. New popular songs are heard in S9.   
the radio several times a day. People hear these songs sing in their original English S10.    
or sometimes translated into other languages. The words may differ but the enjoyment
of music is universal.

Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition based on the following chart showing The Changes in China’s Foreign Trade. Explain the conclusion you have reached from the information in the chart and how the chart supports the conclusion. Your part of writing should be no less than 120 words.

The Changes in China’s Foreign Trade

1. Spurred by the fast growing economy, China has witnessed booming foreign trade in the last decade.
2. It is the “open door” policy that has brought about the prosperity.
3. Now China has decided to open her doors wider than ever before to the world.

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