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1、Pl acement Test ( 2007)I.Listening Comprehension 聽力理解聽力分兩部分，共20 題，每題 1 分，共 20 分。Part A 第一部分：本部分為十組對話，每組對話后有一個問題。對話讀兩遍。問題讀一遍，每聽完一個問題后，從答題紙上的A）、B）、C）、D）四個選擇中選出最合適的答案，并涂黑。Part AB) At a bank.D) In a hotelB) Two dollarsD) Five dollarsB) Last June.D) Last August.1. A) At a travel agency.C) In a restaurant

2、.2. A) One dollar.C) Three dollars.3. A) Last May.C) Last July.4. A) The woman intends to work out of doors.B) The woman s clothes are warm enough.C) The air quality is rather poor outside.D) The temperature outside is quite low.5. A) He plans to apply for a scholarship.B) He plans to make a special

3、 TV program.C) He will study at Oxford next year.D) He will go to Britain this year.6. A) He actually has little interest in classical music.B) He only enjoys certain kinds of classical music.C) He prefers to collect classical music rather than listen to it.D) He likes others kinds of music apart fr

4、om classical music.7. A) He wants to rent his apartment out.8. He wants to read the ads in the paper.9. He wants to reserve a room before departure. .10. He wants to ask about the cost of studying abroad.8. A) The woman and James.C) James and Bill.9. A) He found the lecture very dull.C) He only enjo

5、yed part of it.shorter.10. A) He will take a French course.again.C) He can t speak it as well as before.college.8) The woman and Bill.D) The woman, James and Bill.8) Heliked the lecture very much.D) He wished the lecture had beenB) He has to learn it all overD) He studied French while in第二部分：本部分為短文聽

6、力測試，共三篇。每篇讀兩遍，問題讀一遍。聽完后，請回答問題，從答題紙上的A)、B)、C)、D)四個選項中選出最合適的答案，并涂黑。Part BPassage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) It is a place in the center of the car park.B) It is an area marked with white lines.C) It is a garage specially built for her.D) It is in a corner

7、 with a fence round it.12. A) Ask the young man to move his car away.B) Insist that the young man leave the college at once.C) Park her car beside the young man s car and go to bed.D) Punish the girl for dating the young man so late at night.13. A) Because she found herself caught in the middle of a

8、n appointment.B) Because she didn t recognize Miss Baker in the darkness.C) Because she didn t know they had been in Miss Baker s parking area.D) Because she thought Miss Baker wanted to sit next to her boyfriend.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on passage you have just heard.14. A) People in

9、 ancient Egypt.B) People in ancient Rome.C) People in the Middle Ages.D) People in the 19th century.15. A) They cost too much money and labor.B) They made the Romans overly fond of luxury.C) They forbade early Christians to bathe in them.D They resulted in the spread of diseases.16. A) They went to

10、public baths or swimming pools.B) They took regular baths in private bathrooms.C) They put a lot of roses into their bath water.D) They wrote make-up to cover their dirty bodies.17. A) River bath.B) Mud bath.C) Powder bath.D) ShowerPassage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have ju

11、st heard.18. A) South Asia.B) Southeast Asia.C) East Asia.D) North Asia.19. A) Because government policies encourage childbirth.B) Because their religion discourages birth control.C) Because economic development stimulates population growth.D) Because the education level of the Arab people remains l

12、ow.20. A) More than forty percent.B) More than three percent.C) Less than one percent.D) Nearly half ofpercent.II . Reading Comprehension 閱讀理解本部分共4篇文章，20個問題，每題2分，共40分。(A)“Good morning” , the easiest of daily greetings, is now out of style.According to most manner experts, “good morning ” is vanishin

13、g from our speech and taking good manners along with it.Nowadays people are most likely to greet each other in the morning with a “Hi ” , “Hey,”“ What s up?” or “ How s it going? ” Certainly no one waits for answersto these greetings.The loss of “Good morning ” is the most visible example of the gen

14、eral decline in how we address eac h other. “ How people talk to each other has declined, ” said manner authority Letitia Baldrige. “ Weneed to be warmer to each other. ” Baldrige said she mourns the loss of “ Good morning. ”“It s the nicest, cheeriest, brightest thing to say. It makes people feelgo

15、od, ” she said.“ You are almost forced to smile with it. When you say good morning , yourface is inclined to light up. ”Manner expert Judith Ri said there are a number of factors contributing to the loss of this greeting: a workplace that doesn t en courage social interaction,neighborhoods that have

16、 abandoned community togetherness, and a home environment where parents are lazy in encouraging manners and where TV and computer games win out over gathering for the family dinner.“ We are simply not as formal as we used to be, ” said Judith Ri with a sigh.根據(jù)上面文章內(nèi)容，從每題下面四個選項中選出一個最合適的答案，并在答題紙上將所選的編號

17、字母涂黑。21 When we see something is “ out of styleA) it is dull and boringC) it is not in very good taste22. When you greet people with a “ HowA) you wait for a definite answer such as7' _l-” , we mean D.B) it is easy and informalD) it is no longer in much uses it going? ” in the morning, .“ Everyt

18、hing is OK ”B) they will stop and tell you how they are getting alongC) you just say it and do not expect an answer from themD) they will give you a bright and cheerful smile in return23. Most manner experts think when “Good Morning ” is vanishing from our speech,B) brighter greetings takeD) people

19、treat each other asA) good manners are gone with itits placeC) people become rude and impolitestrangers24. The manner expert thinks that we have lost the greeting of “Good Morning" mainly because.A) people do not want to talk as much as they used to doB) people are too busy to spend time on suc

20、h traditional greetingsC) modern way of life has set people apart from one anotherD) TV and computer games have taking the place of family entertainment25. What is the author ' s tone in this article?A) Matter of fact.B) Sad.C) Humorous.D) Ironic(B)Drinking too much fluid when exercising vigorou

21、sly-which is often recommended in training-can actually kill you, sports medicine expert Timothy Noakes has warned.He says that drinking too much is unnecessary and can befatal ."Perhaps thebest advice is that drinking according to the personal needs of thirst seems to be safe and effective. ”N

22、oakes cites the example last year, when a womanin the Boston marathon died from a severe lack of salt in the blood because she drank too much sports drink before and during the race. Her death was not an isolated incident. Similar cases have occurred in athletes, army personnel and hikers.Convention

23、al thinking has been that thirstis not a good indicator of how muchfluid we need, and is actually a late signal of severe fluid loss. This has led to doctrines where athletes are encouraged to drink more than they want to.Now a new set of guidelines based on evidence has been developed, and recently

24、 adopted by USA Track and Field.It says the average person should probably be drinking between 400 ml and 800 ml in an hour in most forms of recreational and competitive exercise.People gently exercising in a mild environment would probably need less, and professional athletes competing in warm envi

25、ronments at higher intensities would probably need more.Cool drinks are absorbed more readily by the exercising body than warm drinks, and those containing sodium, such as sports drinks, are also more quickly absorbed. 根據(jù)上面文章內(nèi)容，從每題下面四個選擇中選出一個最合適的答案，并在答題紙上把所選 的編號字母涂黑。26. The word “ fatal ” in the sec

26、ond paragraph is nearest in meaning to.A) uselessB) harmfulC) wastefulD) ineffective27. By giving the example of the woman s death, the experts try to tell us that.A) people need more salt than usual in their blood when they exercise hardB) people will die for lack of salt in their blood when they r

27、un long distancesC) drinking too much fluid while exercising vigorously may endanger one s lifeD) the marathon race is an unsafe sport during which sudden deaths may occur28. Athletes are actually encouraged to drink more than they really need because many people think that.A) when you feel thirsty

28、there is already a severe loss of fluid in your bodyB) athletes lose much more fluid in their body when they do sportsC) when athletes are exercising vigorously they often forget their thirstD) athletes competing at higher intensities need more water than ordinary people 29. How much you should drin

29、k while exercising seems to have nothing to do with.A) the kind of exercise you are doingB) the amount of salt in your bloodC) the environment in which you are exercisingD) the intensity of exercise you are taking30. The best title for this article would be.A) New Ideas about Drinking During SportsB

30、) Conventional Thinking about Drinking During SportsC) Drinking Too Much During Sports Can Be FatalD) Athletes Should Be Careful about Drinking During Sports(C)For more than two days in September 1974, the people of Honduras shut their windows, locked their doors and crouched( 蹲伏 )in their homes. Fi

31、fi was outside, and they were frightened.Fifi wasn t a pet dog as the name suggests. It was a hurricane, one of the most destructive natural phenomena in the world.Whydo we give human names to hurricanes? Two hundred years ago, many hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the saint s day on whi

32、ch the storms occurred.Later, storms were known by the name of the city where they came ashore. Finally, in 1953, hurricanes started getting people s names-specifically female names.Male names were added in 1979.There are six sets of names all together. Each list is used every six years and consists

33、 of 21 names, starting with every letter but Q,U,X,Y and Z, The names alternate between males and females.A storm won t get a name until its winds reach about 62.4 kph at which pointit becomes a tropical storm. At 118.4 kph it is declared a hurricane.The 126 names on the list are used only for storm

34、s that form off the Atlanticcoast of the US. There are separate lists for the Pacific. If a hurricane should cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific, it would get a new name.Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in the US, is in charge of picking names for storms of the Atlantic coa

35、st. He works together with his counterparts in two dozen other countries in the Caribbean, Central America and North America.“ If we have a hurricane that causes a large loss of life or damage, a countrywill request that the namebe retired, ” he said. “ If it s a French name, we replace it with a Fr

36、ench name, Spanish, with a Spanish. Sometimes people write in to suggest names for hurricanes. ”根據(jù)上面文章內(nèi)容，從每題下面四個選擇中選出一個最合適的答案，并在答題紙上把選的題號字母涂黑。31. We can learn from the article that Fifi was.A) the name of a wild animal in Honduras which attacked peopleB) the name of the city in Honduras where the st

37、orm came ashoreC) the name of a god the Caribbean people worshiped but fearedD) the name given to the terrible storm that hit Honduras in 197432. When the author says “ The name alternate between males and females ” he means.A) the male name and female names are mixed togetherB) a male name and a fe

38、male name occur one after anotherC) the male names and female names have the same numberD) the male and female names are chosen without a definite plan33. Whether a storm should be given a namefrom the 126 namesdepends muchon .A) its wind speed per hourB) its destructive powerC) the place where it s

39、trikesD) the direction of its wind34. When should a name for hurricanes be retired and replaced with a new one?A) When a name starts with the letter Q,U,X or ZB) When a name hasn t been used for a long timeC) When some people write in to suggest retiring itD) When a hurricane causes tremendous destr

40、uction35. In this article the author centers around .A) where hurricanes usually occurB) why hurricanes are so destructiveC) how storms and hurricanes get their namesD) what people should do when a storm comes(D)Archaeology(考古學(xué) ) is the interpretation of objects and information thattogether provide

41、clues to the past. These clues are often thought of as coming solely from the objects that have remained from the culture of past peoples.The purpose of archaeology is to get a first-hand glimpse, through the clues available, of what it was like to live in past times. The challenge is to learn to di

42、scover evidence without destroying it. This takes knowledge of how to recover evidence carefully, what to observe, and what to do with what is found.Archaeology is not limited to the buried past or remote ages. It is a technique for discovering and conserving evidence of all times and places. It ext

43、ends its inquiry both below and above ground. Because most high schools do not have faculty members who are trained archaeologists, or historians who do research, or museum conservationists who preserve objects or data of historical value, this program is largely up to the individual student to impl

44、ement on his own. But there are many teachers who are trained and enthusiastic researchers and their help can be of great value.Archaeology requires many patiently-acquired skills. Below ground archaeology must be attempted only by trained and skilled people who work carefully and scientifically. Ar

45、chaeology should never be done simply for fun or simply to collect objects. Training for field archaeology, laboratory procedure, and report writing can be acquired only by working closely with a trained and qualified archaeologist. It is absolutely essential that one have this instruction and be le

46、d by trained archaeologists before attempting to investigate an archaeological site. Archaeology is no do-it-yourself hobby for the uninstructed.根據(jù)上面文章內(nèi)容，從每題下面四個選擇中選出一個最合適的答案，并在答題紙上把選的題號字母涂黑。36. The purpose of archaeology is.A) to discover buried treasureB) to find clues to the pastC) to compare pas

47、t with presentD) to study the originof mankind37. In the author s opinion, people engage in archaeology.A) for funB) for profitC) for collectionD) for learning38. The author wrote this article mainly for.A) high school teachers who teach historyB) college students who major in historyC) young people

48、 who are interested in archaeologyD) museum conservationists who preserve object39. By saying archaeology is no do-it-yourself hobby, the author means archaeology.A) should not be attempted in one s spare timeB) should be attempted with joint effortsC) should be attempted with instruction and guidan

49、ceD) should be attempted regardless of one s interest40. In this article, the author.A) gives a general introduction to archaeologyB) cites requirements for a trained archaeologistC) discuss details of uncovering a historic citeD) states the technology of discovering the past詞語用法和語法結(jié)構(gòu). Vocabulary an

50、d Structure本部分共 40 題，每題 0.5 分，共 20 分。根據(jù)句子的內(nèi)容，從A),B),C),D) 四個選擇中選出 一個最合適的答案，并在答題卡上把所選的編號字母涂黑。41. Cook then set sail to search the South Pacific forof the SouthernContinent, which no European had ever seenA) informationC) location42. His earliest reading was similar folk-stories and eighteenth-century

51、 of fact.B) signsD) marksto that of his father; it consisted ofnovelists, works of rather thanB) imaginationD) educationlives and 2 million seriousB) catchD) sufferunless it is with people whoB) find outD) pick upB) honorableD) comfortableA) inventionC ) events43. Each year about 55,000 citizens los

52、e their injuries in traffic accidents in America.A) meetC) getto talk44. A baby with perfect hearing will not learntalk . Then it will whatever language it hears.A) put togetherC) take upt think it was a/an45. Elizabeth wanted to become a nurse , but her mother didnprofession.A) capableC) valuable46

53、. No one wanted personal computers until an American called Dan Bricklin inventeda piece of software that would do lots of calculations in a second.A) completeB) sensitiveC) boringD) ready47. The ideal student is considered to be one who is motivated to learn leaning, not the one interested only in

54、getting high grades.A) in need ofB) for the sake ofC) in relation toD) as a result of48. Competition only works if consumers have the information they needto make sensible decisions.A) effectivelyB) steadilyC) correctlyD) actively49. The Government must a policy on environmental protection suitable

55、forthe next twenty years.A) work atB) work onC) work upD) work out50. These proposals deserve support because they much importance the needs of poor.A) attach toB) owe toC) put .toD) devote to51. Given the high costs and an apparent _of international will , there is no reason to believe that the sea

56、 will provide more of man s food in the years ahead .A) effectB) lackC) meansD) weakness52. Those who become members of the University also become citizens of Edinburgh.They are able to take of both university and city life .A) opportunityB) measureC) advantageD) hold53. I don t think you can agains

57、t her because she has had much moreexperience than you and your classmates.A) goB) standC) completeD) turn54. Through advertising, each manufacturingcompany triestopeoplethe high quality of its products.A) persuade withB) convinceofC) advise ofD) impress -with55. As everybody knows, China is one of the richest country in Asia