Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the 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. At a restaurant.

B. At a café.

C. In a supermarket

D. At a grocery.

2. A. At a boarding school

B. Near gate 5

C. In an airport terminal

D. At a railway station

3. A. In a department store.

B. In an office

C. In a drugstore      

D. In a stationary store.

4. A. In a restaurant.

B. In a bus

C. In a train.

D. In a theater.

5. A. At a railroad station.

B. In a bus terminal.

C. In a hotel room

D. At the checkout of a supermarket.

6. A. In a grocery store.

B. In a fast food restaurant.

C. At a pharmacy.

D. In a cafeteria.

7. A. In an express train.

B. At a railway terminal.

C. At the airport.

D. In an office.

8. A. In a car.

B. At a drive-in restaurant.

C. In the countryside.

D. At a railway station.

Now you will hear two long conversations.

Conversation One

09. A) He wanted to study English.

B) He wanted to find some ways to solve his problem.

C) He wanted to improve his oral English.

D) He wanted to talk with his friends.

10. A) all the time.  

B) from time to time.  

C) in no time.  

D) for the time.  

11. A) Avoid making some mistakes.  

B) Reading some books.  

C) Try to speak as much as possible.  

D) Be confident in yourself.

Conversation Two

12. A) At a television studio.

B) At school.

C) On holiday.

D) In a factory.

13. A) They are talking about the weather.

B) They are talking about how to learn a foreign language.

C) They are talking about their dream.

D) They are talking about English Speech Contest.

14. A) She seems rather sympathetic.

B) She appears rude.

C) She seems to be admired.

D) She appears to find them very interesting.

15. A) The head of a school.

B) An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.

C) Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.

D) A room that is comfortable and secluded.

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 letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One

16. A) It describes something that really is not possible.

   B) It describes the possibility to have two of the same person appear together.

   C) It describes someone overwhelmed by anger and joy.

   D) It describes someone who is extremely excited because of anger or joy.

17. A) You may do something strange in extreme excitement.

   B) You are beside yourself with happiness.

   C) You lose self-control due to happiness or anger.

   D) You turn over the lid of your cooking pot to let the heat out.

18. A) He acts without careful thinking.

   B) He becomes careless and forgetful.

   C) He becomes unreasonable in whatever he does.

   D) He behaves in a strange way.

19. A) Expressions used to describe someone in great joy.

   B) Origins of some expressions describing someone I great anger.

   C) Meanings and effectiveness of some common expressions.

   D) People’s excitement and related expressions.

Passage Two

20. A) English majors.

   B) Senior students at college.

   C) Beginners in English study.

   D) Non-English majors at college.

21. A) She likes listening to English programs on radio and TV.

   B) She wants to get a good job.

   C) She enjoys English opera.

   D) She majors in English.

22. A) School Life

   B) Studying English

   C) Why Learn a Language?

   D) Difficulties with English

Passage Three

23. A) age

   B) weather

   C) money

   D) people’s appearance

24. A) the process of the war

   B) have enough money, food, ect., to live on

   C) fill or use space or time, occupy

   D) The thing that counts most in successfully carrying through a difficult task.

25. A) Courage and willingness will definitely result in errors.

   B) Starting a conversation is more difficult than closing it.

   C) Choose an appropriate topic and the conversation will be a success.

   D) Mistakes are unavoidable when you learn to speak a foreign language.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 21 to 28 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from29 to 30 you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

Suppose you have the chance to study in the U.S. one day, you will find the first 26 (A. semester  B. semet  C. semestera  D. semesters ) of college is always the most difficult, 27 (A. finding in  B. finding next  C. finding for  D. finding out) what classes are like, what your reading load will be, how many papers you must write, ect. 28 (A. Founding  B. Organizing  C. Arranging  D. Orienting) your time will be difficult, too. How much time do you have to 29 (A. contribute  B. dedicate  C. devote  D. pledge) to studying every day, how can you clean, 30 (A. coop  B. cooer  C. cook  D. copper) and study and have time left to visit friends? During your first semester you will also 31  (A. encamps  B. meet  C. encourage  D. encounter)language difficulties. If you cannot understand your teachers or that they are speaking too quickly, don’t 32 (A. hesitate  B. vacillate  C. waver  D. falter) to ask them to slow down or speak more clearly . Spoken English is very different from written English. It is full of idiomatic 33 (A. expression  B. expressions  C. expressional  D. expressionist) that make absolutely no sense to people whose knowledge of spoken English is less than 34 (A. faltering  B. fluent  C. flounce  D. flue). Listening to American students talk, listening to television and radio, and will help you 35 (A. break through  B. break down  C. break away  D. break back) the idiom barrier quickly.