Quiz 2
1. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. Beautiful. |
| B. Beautiful and intelligent. |
| C. Intelligent and kind. |
| D. Beautiful, intelligent and kind. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
2. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. The man is positive and the woman is negative. |
| B. The woman is positive and the man is negative. |
| C. Both the man and woman are critical. |
| D. Both the man and woman admire it. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
3. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. An ugly duckling. |
| B. A traditional beauty. |
| C. A beauty in a special way. |
| D. A plain Jane. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
4. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. Steve is better-looking than his girlfriend. |
| B. Steve's girlfriend is better-looking than he is. |
| C. Though Steve is plain-looking, his girlfriend loves him. |
| D. Though Steve's girlfriend is plain-looking, he loves her. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
5. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. She wants to look younger. |
| B. She wants to look better even than a movie actress. |
| C. She wants to look like a movie actress in one of the man's photos. |
| D. She wants to look like the movie actress in her photos. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
Part II |
Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers. |
A 20-year-old Australian model and dancer won the Miss Universe title in a two-hour beauty (S1) watched by television viewers around the world.
Jennifer Hawkins, a 5-foot-11 blonde with blue eyes, was chosen from eighty beauty (S2) . Miss U.S.A., Shandi Finnessey, was awarded second place.
Hawkins received the crown from (S3) Miss Universe, Amelia Vega, and then walked the length of the stage to the (S4) of the crowd. Several times she reached up to touch her crown, as if to remind herself she had actually won the (S5) .
Besides modeling and dancing, Hawkins also organizes a dance team that (S6) Australia. Her interests include surfing, camping and watching ballet.
Before the contest began, Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan, who (S7) at the Miss Universe finals, defended beauty contests from critics who insist such events treat women merely as playthings. She said, “(S8) ”
Despite Estevan's support, many people question the value of beauty contests. (S9) Conservative religious groups in India forced such contests to move from Calcutta when they threatened bombings.
(S10) They hope Australia is going to shine for what it is, an unforgettable place. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
(1) | contest | contest |
(2) | k | queens |
(3) | outgoing | outgoing |
(4) | cheers | cheers |
(5) | title | title |
(6) | | tours |
(7) | performed | performed |
(8) | | A beautiful woman has very great powers to convince, and we have seen many misses who have done a great job. |
(9) | | Women's Liberation organizations in the United States regularly demonstrate in protest outside Miss America and Miss World contests. |
(10) | | All the same, some Australians were hoping the two-hour show would draw world attention tothe beauty of their country and attract tourists. |
Part III |
Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. |
1. | Why does Pamela want to have plastic surgery? |
| A. To become a movie actress. |
| B. To become an anchorwoman. |
| C. To become a fashion model. |
| D. To find a white-collar job. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
2. | What surgery has Pamela had? |
| A. Enlarging her breasts. |
| B. Removing wrinkles from her neck. |
| C. Making her face thinner. |
| D. Making her nose tip more pointed. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
3. | What did Pamela think about beauty and character? |
| A. Beauty is as important as a noble character. |
| B. Beauty is more important than a noble character. |
| C. Beauty is less important than a noble character. |
| D. Beauty and a noble character are less important than ability. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
4. | How do Pamela's parents and boyfriend react to her plastic surgery? |
| A. Her boyfriend is against it while parents are for it. |
| B. Her boyfriend is for it while her parents' opinion is unknown. |
| C. Both her parents and boyfriend are for it. |
| D. Both her parents and boyfriend are against it. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | B |
5. | How long would her new looks last, according to Dr. Carson? |
| A. One to two years. |
| B. A few years. |
| C. Nearly a decade. |
| D. Unpredictable. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | B |
Part IV |
Directions: Choose the right answer. |
1. | But your haircuts haven't been _________________ your character. Your hair is at war with your soul. |
| A. with harmony in |
| B. with harmony to |
| C. in harmony with |
| D. in harmony to |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
2. | If I may say, I'm an expert at matching hairstyles _________________ personalities. |
| A. in |
| B. on |
| C. at |
| D. to |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | D |
3. | By putting a few yellow _________________ in your hair, it will become a work of art. |
| A. streaks |
| B. lines |
| C. threads |
| D. wires |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
4. | Robert Brown, 75, a retired construction engineer _________________ the voice lift several years ago and sounded younger. |
| A. underwent |
| B. went under |
| C. conducted |
| D. was conducted |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
5. | Men are turning to plastic surgery and cosmetic _________________ to brighten up their appearances at a faster rate than women. |
| A. process |
| B. cure |
| C. procedures |
| D. treatment |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
Quiz 3
1. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. Forest fire is very bad this year. |
| B. Forest fires will be worse next year. |
| C. Forest fire will be brought under control next year. |
| D. Forest fire has been brought under control. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
2. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. The earthquake was not as strong as the Tokyo one. |
| B. The earthquake was stronger than the Tokyo one. |
| C. The two of them were lucky enough to live in an earthquake-proof hotel. |
| D. The earthquake has leveled the house to the ground. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
3. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. There will be a volcanic eruption on La Palma island. |
| B. La Palma island will be completely submerged. |
| C. Tidal waves will strike the coasts of two continents. |
| D. Tidal waves will die down along the coasts of Africa and North America. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | C |
4. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. She knows a lot about floods. |
| B. She is an earthquake expert. |
| C. She is interested in meteorites. |
| D. She is worried about natural disasters. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
5. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. The man thinks modern technology can tame nature while the woman does not. |
| B. The woman thinks modern technology can tame nature while the man does not. |
| C. Both the man and woman think mankind can conquer nature. |
| D. Neither the man nor the woman thinks mankind can conquer nature. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
Part II |
Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers. |
A few years ago, my friend and I were walking (S1) noon on a street near my home in a northern (S2) of Teheran. This area is well-known because it is a beautiful avenue that (S3) two major traffic circles. It is located at the (S4) of a high mountain.
That day, the sun was (S5) , but the weather suddenly changed. (S6) we were walking between the two circles, it started raining very hard. We started to (S7) the boulevard to get to the second circle. It was raining so hard that we decided to go inside a restaurant instead. (S8) At first, we did not know what was going on. We went outside the restaurant to see what was happening. People seemed shocked.
(S9) We were scared. Cars, rocks, and people were floating on the water like little toys toward the little market at the south end of the circle. The height of the water was almost to the top of the trees.
After a few minutes, the flood’s flow was reduced, so we decided to leave the area before the water entered the street we were on.
(S10) Later, we also learned that a dam had burst as the rain started. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
(1) | at | at |
(2) | section | section |
(3) | connects | connects |
(4) | bottom | bottom |
(5) | shining | shining |
(6) | AS | As |
(7) | cross | cross |
(8) | | Ten minutes later, as we were looking out the window, we saw everyone was running away from something. |
| (9) | | A huge flood was streaming down the mountain. We were standing on a higher place, so we could see everything. |
| (10) | | It was reported that the flood destroyed a big area and approximately 300 people were killed or disappeared that day. |
Part III |
Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. |
1. | Why was the door to the balcony wide open? |
| A. The weather was hot. |
| B. It was too moist inside. |
| C. It was too dry inside. |
| D. The scene outside was beautiful. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
2. | Why was the man unable to shut the windows? |
| A. The window was deformed. |
| B. The wind was too strong. |
| C. He was scared stiff by the loud thunder. |
| D. He was frightened by the lightning. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
3. | How did he manage to close the window? |
| A. He asked his wife to close it together. |
| B. He used a mop to close it. |
| C. He waited until the wind was less strong. |
| D. He waited until the hail was over. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
4. | What did the speaker do after seeing the lightning? |
| A. He closed the window. |
| B. He turned off the TV. |
| C. He turned off the lights. |
| D. He pulled out the electrical plugs |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
5. | What is the sequence of the events? |
| A. Sun---wind---thunder and lightning---sun---hail. |
| B. Sun---hail---thunder and lightning---wind---sun. |
| C. Sun---wind---thunder and lightning---hail---sun. |
| D. Sun---wind---hail---thunder and lightning---sun. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
Part IV |
Directions: Choose the right answer. |
1. | Our flight to Tokyo was delayed by twelve hours. A typhoon ________________ the east coast, and it was chaos. |
| A. beat |
| B. hit |
| C. struck at |
| D. attacked on |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
2. | Tsunami waves can be ________________ meters high. They toss cars and houses around as though they were children's toys. |
| A. a dozen of |
| B. dozen of |
| C. dozens |
| D. dozens of |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
3. | It is reported that at least 1,068 people are dead, 1,600 are ________________, and 25,000 are in need of emergency food and other forms of assistance. |
| A. missing |
| B. missed |
| C. losing |
| D. loss |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
4. | A key factor in the widespread destruction is the extensive deforestation and the ________________ of settlements along the floodplains of rivers. |
| A. present |
| B. presence |
| C. absent |
| D. absence |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | B |
5. | The flood ________________ for humanitarian relief workers to rescue stranded people and deliver badly needed food, medicine and supplies to residents |
| A. found difficult |
| B. found it difficult |
| C. made difficult |
| D. made it difficult |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
Quiz 4
1. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. Forest fire is very bad this year. |
| B. Forest fires will be worse next year. |
| C. Forest fire will be brought under control next year. |
| D. Forest fire has been brought under control. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
2. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. The earthquake was not as strong as the Tokyo one. |
| B. The earthquake was stronger than the Tokyo one. |
| C. The two of them were lucky enough to live in an earthquake-proof hotel. |
| D. The earthquake has leveled the house to the ground. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
3. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. There will be a volcanic eruption on La Palma island. |
| B. La Palma island will be completely submerged. |
| C. Tidal waves will strike the coasts of two continents. |
| D. Tidal waves will die down along the coasts of Africa and North America. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | C |
4. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. She knows a lot about floods. |
| B. She is an earthquake expert. |
| C. She is interested in meteorites. |
| D. She is worried about natural disasters. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
5. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. The man thinks modern technology can tame nature while the woman does not. |
| B. The woman thinks modern technology can tame nature while the man does not. |
| C. Both the man and woman think mankind can conquer nature. |
| D. Neither the man nor the woman thinks mankind can conquer nature. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
Part II |
Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers. |
A few years ago, my friend and I were walking (S1) noon on a street near my home in a northern (S2) of Teheran. This area is well-known because it is a beautiful avenue that (S3) two major traffic circles. It is located at the (S4) of a high mountain.
That day, the sun was (S5) , but the weather suddenly changed. (S6) we were walking between the two circles, it started raining very hard. We started to (S7) the boulevard to get to the second circle. It was raining so hard that we decided to go inside a restaurant instead. (S8) At first, we did not know what was going on. We went outside the restaurant to see what was happening. People seemed shocked.
(S9) We were scared. Cars, rocks, and people were floating on the water like little toys toward the little market at the south end of the circle. The height of the water was almost to the top of the trees.
After a few minutes, the flood’s flow was reduced, so we decided to leave the area before the water entered the street we were on.
(S10) Later, we also learned that a dam had burst as the rain started. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
(1) | at | at |
(2) | section | section |
(3) | connects | connects |
(4) | bottom | bottom |
(5) | shining | shining |
(6) | AS | As |
(7) | cross | cross |
(8) | | Ten minutes later, as we were looking out the window, we saw everyone was running away from something. |
(9) | | A huge flood was streaming down the mountain. We were standing on a higher place, so we could see everything. |
(10) | | It was reported that the flood destroyed a big area and approximately 300 people were killed or disappeared that day. |
Part III |
| Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. |
1. | Why was the door to the balcony wide open? |
| A. The weather was hot. |
| B. It was too moist inside. |
| C. It was too dry inside. |
| D. The scene outside was beautiful. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
2. | Why was the man unable to shut the windows? |
| A. The window was deformed. |
| B. The wind was too strong. |
| C. He was scared stiff by the loud thunder. |
| D. He was frightened by the lightning. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
3. | How did he manage to close the window? |
| A. He asked his wife to close it together. |
| B. He used a mop to close it. |
| C. He waited until the wind was less strong. |
| D. He waited until the hail was over. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
4. | What did the speaker do after seeing the lightning? |
| A. He closed the window. |
| B. He turned off the TV. |
| C. He turned off the lights. |
| D. He pulled out the electrical plugs |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
5. | What is the sequence of the events? |
| A. Sun---wind---thunder and lightning---sun---hail. |
| B. Sun---hail---thunder and lightning---wind---sun. |
| C. Sun---wind---thunder and lightning---hail---sun. |
| D. Sun---wind---hail---thunder and lightning---sun. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
Part IV |
Directions: Choose the right answer. |
1. | Our flight to Tokyo was delayed by twelve hours. A typhoon ________________ the east coast, and it was chaos. |
| A. beat |
| B. hit |
| C. struck at |
| D. attacked on |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
2. | Tsunami waves can be ________________ meters high. They toss cars and houses around as though they were children's toys. |
| A. a dozen of |
| B. dozen of |
| C. dozens |
| D. dozens of |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
3. | It is reported that at least 1,068 people are dead, 1,600 are ________________, and 25,000 are in need of emergency food and other forms of assistance. |
| A. missing |
| B. missed |
| C. losing |
| D. loss |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
4. | A key factor in the widespread destruction is the extensive deforestation and the ________________ of settlements along the floodplains of rivers. |
| A. present |
| B. presence |
| C. absent |
| D. absence |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | B |
5. | The flood ________________ for humanitarian relief workers to rescue stranded people and deliver badly needed food, medicine and supplies to residents |
| A. found difficult |
| B. found it difficult |
| C. made difficult |
| D. made it difficult |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
Quiz 5
Part I |
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. |
1. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. The man wants to leave, and the woman tries to keep him. |
| B. The woman wants to leave, and the man tries to keep her. |
| C. The woman wants the man to leave, and the man wants to stay. |
| D. The man wants the woman to leave, and the woman wants to stay. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
2. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. The man is employed by a head-hunting company. |
| B. The man works in the same company as the woman. |
| C. The man will take the offer. |
| D. The man is offering a job to the woman. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
3. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. She will definitely go to the man's company. |
| B. She won't go to the man's company unless the offer is good enough. |
| C. She will stay in her company whatever happens. |
| D. She will not stay in her company unless it raises her pay. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
4. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. The position is especially suitable for women. |
| B. The position requires the combination of a man and a woman. |
| C. The woman is excited about this position. |
| D. The woman is willing to be devoted to the company. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | A |
5. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. The man wants to leave because he did not get a raise. |
| B. The man wants to leave because the woman is not satisfied with his work. |
| C. The woman intends to lighten the man's work load. |
| D. The woman intends to increase the man's work load. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
Part II |
Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers. |
Hong Kong's jobless rate fell to a six-month low in October as a tourism boom helped revive the city's economy, prompting companies to step up (S1) .
The rate fell to 8 percent from 8.3 percent in September, the government said in a statement.
"Economic (S2) is apparently underway. The unemployment rate has fallen a great deal," said Steven Xu, an (S3) .
"We will probably see the unemployment rate varying between 6.5 percent and 7 percent by the (S4) of next year."
Tourist arrivals-- more than half of which come from the Chinese (S5) -- rose 7.9 percent in September to 1.47 million, a (S6) for the month, the Hong Kong Tourism Board said.
Hong Kong hotels hired 800 people in August and will take (S7) another 700 employees by the end of this year, the Hong Kong Hotels Association said.
(S8) . That's helping revive consumer confidence in the city and prompting non-tourist sectors to hire.
(S9) . A financial management and consultant company, is recruiting 100 financial planners to meet increased demand for wealth management.
(S10) . |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
(1) | harving | hiring |
(2) | recovery | recovery |
(3) | economist | economist |
(4) | middle | middle |
(5) | | mainland |
(6) | record | record |
(7) | on | on |
(8) | | Stores, hotels and restaurants are adding workers to cope with a surge in Chinese tourists since the Chinese government relaxed restrictions governing visits to Hong Kong |
(9) | | Hong Kong's biggest phone company is hiring around 150 to 200 sales representatives following the launch of new services |
(10) | | The government last month raised its 2003 economic growth forecast to 3 percent from 2 percent |
Part III |
Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. |
1. | What did the Mexican fisherman say when advised to stay out longer and catch more fish? |
| A. He was tired. |
| B. He could not find many more fish. |
| C. He had caught enough fish for his family's immediate use. |
| D. He had caught enough fish for his family's long-term consumption. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
2. | Which of the following is the sequence of actions the American suggests for the Mexican? |
| A. selling to the factory-owning a factory-owing a fleet of boats |
| B. owing a fleet of boats-selling to the factory-owning a factory |
| C. owing a fleet of boats-owning a factory-selling to the factory |
| D. selling to the factory-owing a fleet of boats-owning a factory |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
3. | What did the American suggest the Mexican could finally do to make millions of dollars? |
| A. Expand his fleet. |
| B. Expand his factory. |
| C. Sell more fish to the middleman. |
| D. Sell his company stock to the public. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
4. | What did the American advise the Mexican to do after the latter had made millions of dollars? |
| A. Lead a leisurely life. |
| B. Lead a colorful life in Mexico City. |
| C. Lead a profitable life in Los Angeles. |
| D. Follow an MBA program. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
5. | What does the Mexican's final answer imply? |
| A. Playing with one's children is more fun than drinking wine. |
| B. Drinking wine is more fun than playing the guitar. |
| C. It is not worthwhile to work hard to expand one's business. |
| D. It is a good idea to work hard to make plenty of money. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
Part IV |
Directions: Choose the right answer. |
1. | Some people want a fixed routine so that they don't have to ________________ new circumstances over and over again; others think variety is the spice of life. |
| A. adapt to |
| B. adapt at |
| C. adjust with |
| D. adjust for |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
2. | I'll try my best to get here earlier in future. Perhaps I could work later to ________________ the time I've lost. |
| A. make up with |
| B. make up for |
| C. make with |
| D. make for |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
3. | The logical place to start downsizing would be in administration. They're usually ________________. |
| A. too staffed |
| B. too much staffed |
| C. above staffed |
| D. overstaffed |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
4. | Mr. Stone was known ________________ as a hard-nosed boss who watched his employees like a hawk. |
| A. far and wide |
| B. far and broad |
| C. distant and near |
| D. distant and wide |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | A |
5. | He was making one of his regular tours of the factory when he ________________ a young man leaning against a pile of boxes just outside the foreman's office. |
| A. looked |
| B. spotted |
| C. placed |
| D. located |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
Quiz 6
Part I |
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. |
1. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. A TOEFL examination. |
| B. Any English language examination. |
| C. Good luck. |
| D. Ill luck. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
2. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. To keep evil away. |
| B. To wish for more money. |
| C. To show friendliness. |
| D. To treat a wound. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
3. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. She will paint it brown. |
| B. She wants the man to paint it brown. |
| C. She asks the man to climb up the ladder. |
| D. She asks the man not to walk under the ladder. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
4. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. The building is a 13-floor one. |
| B. The building does not have a 13th floor. |
| C. The building has a 13th floor but nobody lives there. |
| D. The building has a 13th floor but few people live there. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | B |
5. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. It causes a car accident. |
| B. It causes an injury. |
| C. It prevents bad luck. |
| D. It makes plenty of money. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
Part II |
Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers. |
Easter Island in the southern Pacific Ocean remains a mystery. When the island was (S1) , it was almost uninhabited, but there were many statues on it. People are (S2) to know who lived there before its discovery, how they lived, and why they (S3) out. Different theories give different explanations, but none is completely convincing.
The Easter Islanders had their own system of (S4) , different from any other in the world. No other (S5) Islanders knew how to write. The American (S6) did not know how to write either. Who (S7) the Easter Islanders how to write, or did they develop their own system? Remember that writing was first invented in Asia only a few thousand years BC.
(S8) . How did the Easter Islanders get them? Is it possible that a few Easter Islanders traveled 2,300 miles to Chile, got sweet potatoes, and brought them back? But this is unlikely. (S9) , which was only colonized in 1492. Could Easter Island have been colonized by people from Chile? Yet, DNA taken from graves dug up on Easter Island has shown that these people were Polynesians, not American Indians. The Polynesians lived on the sea and knew how to travel thousands of miles in their small canoes. They knew where they were going. The American Indians did not know how to do that. Yet, (S10) . Also, the seeds could have been brought in the stomachs of birds. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
(1) | discovered | discovered |
(2) | eager | eager |
(3) | died | died |
(4) | writing | writing |
(5) | Pacific | Pacific |
(6) | Indians | Indians |
(7) | taught | taught |
(8) | | The Easter Islanders lived on sweet potatoes they farmed. These sweet potatoes came from the Americas |
(9) | | Remember that the distances involved were great, further than the distance from Europe to the closest place in the Americas |
(10) | | a few American Indians could have reached Easter Island, because of a storm, and brought the seeds of sweet potatoes with them |
Part III |
Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. |
1. | When did people begin to record animals falling from skies? |
| A. Hundreds of years ago. |
| B. Thousands of years ago. |
| C. In 1877. |
| D. In 1957. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
2. | What did Dr. Smith notice? |
| A. An alligator climbing ashore. |
| B. An alligator falling to the ground, seriously wounded. |
| C. An alligator falling to the ground dead. |
| D. An alligator falling to the ground and crawling towards the tent. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
3. | How many alligators did the doctor find within 200 yards? |
| A. Eight. |
| B. Seven. |
| C. Six. |
| D. Two. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
4. | How did Mr. and Mrs. Tucker conclude that the alligator dropped from sky? |
| A. They heard the soft sound of a falling object. |
| B. They heard a groan. |
| C. They heard both a thump and a groan. |
| D. They saw a dark object dropping to the ground. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | C |
5. | How did the airship officer know that the alligator had fallen from the sky? |
| A. He saw it falling with his own eyes. |
| B. One of his crew members saw it falling. |
| C. The crew of another airship saw it falling. |
| D. The officer did not take an alligator aboard. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
Part IV |
Directions: Choose the right answer. |
1. | My Uncle gave me this lucky mascot when I was five, and it's been with me ever since. It brought me luck in all my college exams. I can't ________________ part with it. |
| A. bring myself to |
| B. get myself |
| C. take myself to |
| D. help myself |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
2. | Congratulations for getting the interview! I've ________________ for you. |
| A. crossed my legs for you |
| B. crossed my arms for you |
| C. got your fingers crossed |
| D. got my fingers crossed |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
3. | David Copperfield is the world's greatest magician; he's certainly ________________. |
| A. worth seen |
| B. worth looked |
| C. worth looking |
| D. worth a look |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
4. | A magician never tells his secrets. David attempts the impossible, and no one has any idea ________________ he does it. |
| A. which |
| B. where |
| C. what |
| D. how |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
5. | If you smash your mirror, your soul will be damaged too, dooming it to an early death, and not giving it an entry into ________________. |
| A. sky |
| B. the sky |
| C. heaven |
| D. the heaven |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
Quiz 7
Part I |
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. |
1. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. A one-day trip to the waterfalls. |
| B. A two-day trip to the waterfalls. |
| C. A trip to the caves. |
| D. A free travel book. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
2. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. He was exhausted from the whirlwind tour of Europe. |
| B. He was surprised by the beautiful scenery in Europe. |
| C. He was robbed and almost killed on his trip to Europe. |
| D. He enjoyed his trip to Europe tremendously. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
3. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. The man cannot download photos from the Internet. |
| B. The man's phone can take pictures. |
| C. The woman will lend her camera to the man. |
| D. The woman will email her photos to the man. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
4. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. She will buy a good camera. |
| B. She will use the negatives to make copies. |
| C. She will ask the man to email her some photos. |
| D. She will email the photos to the man. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
5. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. It was perfect. |
| B. It was excellent though there were some minor problems. |
| C. It was bad though there were a few good points. |
| D. It was very bad. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
Part II |
Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers. |
In recent years the weekend has begun to decline in importance. While most people work a five-day workweek, (S1) the hardware costs outweigh human costs, the (S2) of the modern economy means that leaving a factory idle for two days or an office (S3) is too great an expense. Thus, many workers (S4) work on weekends. Since this is seen as a greater burden, most employers pay (S5) for weekend work, either by agreement or by law.
The rapid increase in the number of two-income (S6) has also changed the character of the weekend. (S7) the stay-at-home spouse would do the shopping during the week. With both working, most of the shopping must be done on weekends, leaving less time for recreation. (S8) .
The functions of the workweek and weekend vary a great deal in some areas. Stores that rely on office workers will see far less business on a weekend, while those in the suburbs or in residential areas will see far more. (S9) , so Friday and Saturday nights are the busiest for bars, restaurants, clubs, and movie theaters. There is substantially less activity on many websites on weekends.
(S10) . |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
(1) | when | when |
(2) | competitiveness | competitiveness |
(3) | unmanned | unmanned |
(4) | regularly | regularly |
(5) | extra | extra |
(6) | households | households |
(7) | Previously | Previously |
(8) | | To serve these new shoppers it is also necessary for more stores to remain open and thus more people to work on weekends |
(9) | | Weekends are days when people can safely sleep in and also not have to worry as much about the ill effects of a hangover |
(10) | | One area in which the weekend has remained unaffected is education, where schools are shut on Saturdays and Sundays |
Part III |
Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. |
1. | What is the passage mainly about? |
| A. The reasons juggling attracts more attention. |
| B. A comparison between juggling and other forms of entertainment. |
| C. The development of juggling. |
| D. A comparison between ancient and modern juggling skills. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
2. | Why did jugglers fall into disfavor after the decline of the Roman Empire? |
| A. Because religious people disliked them. |
| B. Because they did not get enough tips. |
| C. Because they did not have good skills. |
| D. Because they really had very low morals. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
3. | Which of the following is NOT mentioned as part of Philip Astley's circus? |
| A. Clown acts. |
| B. Magic. |
| C. Horse performances. |
| D. Juggling. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
4. | What was true of the jugglers in the 19th century Variety and Music Hall theatres? |
| A. They performed before the musical acts. |
| B. They performed after the musical acts. |
| C. They performed in the center of the stage. |
| D. They performed in front of the drawn curtain. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
5. | What happened to juggling in the early to mid-20th century? |
| A. It prospered because of the better economy. |
| B. It declined because of the Great Depression. |
| C. It prospered because of the publicity it received from the mass media. |
| D. It declined because of competition from other forms of entertainment. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
Part IV |
Directions: Choose the right answer. |
1. | I'm going to backpack my way round. I like being independent and seeing things ________________ my own pace. |
| A. on |
| B. through |
| C. at |
| D. with |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
2. | I'll burn the concert ________________ DVD for you afterwards, so you can watch it at home. |
| A. to |
| B. into |
| C. onto |
| D. on |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | A |
3. | Jack, you're sitting in front of your computer again! The sea and the sand are only ________________ away. |
| A. walks |
| B. feet |
| C. steps |
| D. paces |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | C |
4. | I understand the computer is a wonderful thing, but you have to be careful not to get too much ________________ a good thing. |
| A. in |
| B. at |
| C. from |
| D. of |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
5. | It would be a lot healthier if you played a chess game ________________, in the park. |
| A. outdoor |
| B. outdoors |
| C. in the outdoors |
| D. at the outdoor |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
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Quiz 9
Part I |
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. |
1. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. Decrease imports. |
| B. Increase imports. |
| C. Decrease its deficit by 5%. |
| D. Increase its deficit by 5%. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
2. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. Raise the oil prices. |
| B. Import less oil. |
| C. Use less oil. |
| D. Take buses more frequently. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
3. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. It benefits the developing nations a great deal. |
| B. It increases the developing nations' GDP a great deal. |
| C. Developed nations may benefit more than developing nations from it. |
| D. Developing nations may benefit more than developed nations from it. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
4. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. The richest people have contributed most to the nation. |
| B. The richest people should contribute more to society. |
| C. A smaller middle class is favorable to equality for all people. |
| D. A larger middle class will benefit all people. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
5. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. The same as the woman's opinion. |
| B. The WTO is a good thing. |
| C. The WTO is no good. |
| D. The WTO is good but not without problems. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
Part II |
Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers. |
The U.S. economy lost steam in the second quarter as consumers hit by high-energy costs turned thrifty.
U.S. gross domestic product, a (S1) of total output within the nation's borders, climbed at a (S2) and weaker-than-expected 3 percent annual rate in the April-June period, Commerce Department data (S3) .
Consumer spending rose at an insignificant 1 percent rate, a mere shadow of the 4.1 percent jump of the first quarter and the (S4) gain since the second quarter of 2001, when the economy was in recession.
The degree to which consumers were (S5) to buy surprised Wall Street analysts. A leading (S6) , John Lonski, called the spending gain "shockingly small".
(S7) said big energy price hikes were one factor that hit consumer spending in the spring.
(S8) .
While GDP growth proved weaker than expected, the economy's pulse has already shown signs of quickening. (S9) .
Bond prices rose as investors saw weakness, but the dollar moved higher against the euro as foreign exchange traders saw strength. Stock prices were little changed.
"(S10) ," Treasury Secretary John Snow told correspondents. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
(1) | measure | measure |
(2) | modest | modest |
(3) | showed | showed |
(4) | weakest | weakest |
(5) | | reluctant |
(6) | | economist |
(7) | | Analysts |
(8) | | Inflation rose at a relatively speedy 3.3 percent rate in the second quarter, the same as at the start of the year |
(9) | | Other data on Friday showed consumer spirits have brightened a bit this month while business activity has picked up in the Midwest |
(10) | | When you combine the first quarter and the second quarter, we're growing at 3.75 percent, which is a very strong, sustainable growth rate |
Part III |
Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. |
1. | What does a compulsory license require drug manufacturers to do? |
| A. To give up their patents completely. |
| B. To give up their patents in case of health crises. |
| C. To shorten the period of their patents. |
| D. To keep their patents intact. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
2. | What is true of large drug companies under compulsory licenses? |
| A. They are compelled to sell their drugs at low prices. |
| B. They are compelled to sell their drugs at high prices. |
| C. They must allow other companies to produce their drugs at low costs. |
| D. They are not compelled to disclose their intellectual property. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
3. | Why do international drug companies oppose the Doha agreement? |
| A. They think it will prevent drug companies from seeking cures for diseases. |
| B. They must pay a great deal for their research. |
| C. Patents help drug companies recover the costs of developing new medicines. |
| D. All of the above. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
4. | What do developing countries want during health emergencies? |
| A. They want to import low-cost drugs. |
| B. The want to import high-cost effective drugs. |
| C. The want to export low-cost drugs. |
| D. The want to export high-cost drugs. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
5. | What would be the best title for the passage? |
| A. WTO Debate Between Rich and Poor Countries on Drug Production. |
| B. WTO Debate on the Advantages and Disadvantages of Compulsory Licenses. |
| C. WTO Agreement on Drug Patents. |
| D. WTO Agreement Against Compulsory Licenses. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
Part IV |
Directions: Choose the right answer. |
1. | Excuse me, it just ________________ my mind what GDP stands for. |
| A. slipped |
| B. slipped away |
| C. slipped off |
| D. slipped through |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| A | A |
2. | GDP is simply a gross measure of market activity, of money changing hands. It makes no distinction ________________ between the desirable and undesirable. |
| A. that |
| B. what |
| C. whichever |
| D. whatsoever |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
3. | The bank's president and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at the woman for using a $250,000 Rolls as collateral ________________ a $5,000 loan. |
| A. to |
| B. at |
| C. over |
| D. against |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| D | D |
4. | Rich nations welcomed the new deal, which ________________ them to a plan to cut back on the huge subsidies they spend on farmers. |
| A. commutes |
| B. commits |
| C. committees |
| D. commissions |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| B | B |
5. | Developed nations promised to give developing nations better ________________ to their markets. |
| A. entry |
| B. entrance |
| C. access |
| D. accession |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
| C | C |
Quiz 10
Part I |
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. |
1. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. A TOEFL examination. |
| B. Any English language examination. |
| C. Good luck. |
| D. Ill luck. |
2. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. To keep evil away. |
| B. To wish for more money. |
| C. To show friendliness. |
| D. To treat a wound. |
3. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. She will paint it brown. |
| B. She wants the man to paint it brown. |
| C. She asks the man to climb up the ladder. |
| D. She asks the man not to walk under the ladder. |
4. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. The building is a 13-floor one. |
| B. The building does not have a 13th floor. |
| C. The building has a 13th floor but nobody lives there. |
| D. The building has a 13th floor but few people live there. |
5. | (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) |
| A. It causes a car accident. |
| B. It causes an injury. |
| C. It prevents bad luck. |
| D. It makes plenty of money. |
Part II |
Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers. |
Easter Island in the southern Pacific Ocean remains a mystery. When the island was (S1) , it was almost uninhabited, but there were many statues on it. People are (S2) to know who lived there before its discovery, how they lived, and why they (S3) out. Different theories give different explanations, but none is completely convincing.
The Easter Islanders had their own system of (S4) , different from any other in the world. No other (S5) Islanders knew how to write. The American (S6) did not know how to write either. Who (S7) the Easter Islanders how to write, or did they develop their own system? Remember that writing was first invented in Asia only a few thousand years BC.
(S8) . How did the Easter Islanders get them? Is it possible that a few Easter Islanders traveled 2,300 miles to Chile, got sweet potatoes, and brought them back? But this is unlikely. (S9) , which was only colonized in 1492. Could Easter Island have been colonized by people from Chile? Yet, DNA taken from graves dug up on Easter Island has shown that these people were Polynesians, not American Indians. The Polynesians lived on the sea and knew how to travel thousands of miles in their small canoes. They knew where they were going. The American Indians did not know how to do that. Yet, (S10) . Also, the seeds could have been brought in the stomachs of birds. |
| Your answer | Correct answer |
(1) | discovered | discovered |
(2) | eager | eager |
(3) | died | died |
(4) | ridding | writing |
(5) | pecfic | Pacific |
(6) | | Indians |
(7) | talked | taught |
(8) | | The Easter Islanders lived on sweet potatoes they farmed. These sweet potatoes came from the Americas |
(9) | | Remember that the distances involved were great, further than the distance from Europe to the closest place in the Americas |
(10) | | a few American Indians could have reached Easter Island, because of a storm, and brought the seeds of sweet potatoes with them |
Part III |
Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. |
1. | When did people begin to record animals falling from skies? |
| A. Hundreds of years ago. |
| B. Thousands of years ago. |
| C. In 1877. |
| D. In 1957. |
2. | What did Dr. Smith notice? |
| A. An alligator climbing ashore. |
| B. An alligator falling to the ground, seriously wounded. |
| C. An alligator falling to the ground dead. |
| D. An alligator falling to the ground and crawling towards the tent. |
3. | How many alligators did the doctor find within 200 yards? |
| A. Eight. |
| B. Seven. |
| C. Six. |
| D. Two. |
4. | How did Mr. and Mrs. Tucker conclude that the alligator dropped from sky? |
| A. They heard the soft sound of a falling object. |
| B. They heard a groan. |
| C. They heard both a thump and a groan. |
| D. They saw a dark object dropping to the ground. |
5. | How did the airship officer know that the alligator had fallen from the sky? |
| A. He saw it falling with his own eyes. |
| B. One of his crew members saw it falling. |
| C. The crew of another airship saw it falling. |
| D. The officer did not take an alligator aboard. |
Part IV |
Directions: Choose the right answer. |
1. | My Uncle gave me this lucky mascot when I was five, and it's been with me ever since. It brought me luck in all my college exams. I can't ________________ part with it. |
| A. bring myself to |
| B. get myself |
| C. take myself to |
| D. help myself |
2. | Congratulations for getting the interview! I've ________________ for you. |
| A. crossed my legs for you |
| B. crossed my arms for you |
| C. got your fingers crossed |
| D. got my fingers crossed |
3. | David Copperfield is the world's greatest magician; he's certainly ________________. |
| A. worth seen |
| B. worth looked |
| C. worth looking |
| D. worth a look |
4. | A magician never tells his secrets. David attempts the impossible, and no one has any idea ________________ he does it. |
| A. which |
| B. where |
| C. what |
| D. how |
5. | If you smash your mirror, your soul will be damaged too, dooming it to an early death, and not giving it an entry into ________________. |
| A. sky |
| B. the sky |
| C. heaven |
| D. the heaven |
|