Model Test One
11． M； Shouldn’t someone pick up the clothes from the cleaner’s?
W; Don’t look at me.
12. M: your hair looks lovely. Did you stale it yourself?
W: I wish I had, but I can’t do it this way. My neighbor gave me the name of a new salon.
13. M: $15.99 for the vase is too expensive. I will pay only $10.oo
W: Done. Sir. It’s yours for $10.00
How much less did the man pay for the vase than the original price?
14. W: She’s very talented pianist.
M: She sure is. She became a concert pianist at the age of 16 although she lost her sight in her childhood.
15. M: Excuse me, could you tell me where Dr. Brown’s office is?
W: it is on the fourth floor, but the elevator can only go to the third. So you will have to use the stairs to reach there.
16. M: did you hear about the computer that John bought for Mary?
W: He got a bargain.
17. M: why is it that whenever I open my mailbox lately I take out letters addressed to you?
W: Oh, until I find a new apartment, I’m having the post office forward my mail to your place.
18. W: Hi, Tom, I just came back yesterday. Anything new while I was away
M: congratulations. It’s said that you will be promoted to manager and become our boss.
Conversation 1:
M: Hi, Mary, going to the football game today?
W: Not to it. I am planning to watch it on TV
M: Why is that? Do you feel too poor to the end of the month?
W: Money is not the problem. I find it easier to follow football on television than in the stadium. When I see the game in person, I feel I am too far away from the action. And I always track of the ball.
M: I know just what you mean; besides on television the new cameras they use give super view all the plays but there is always so much excitement, people cheering and shouting when you are there in person. The enthusiasm is catching and I end up cheering right along with everyone else.
W: you are right there, but I’d like to know exactly what I’m yelling for. If I can’t see who has the ball I can’t get very excited. I really prefer watching it on TV
M: I see your point. Well. Enjoy the game
Conversation 2:
M: I’ve just found the most useful device at that new outdoors store, a water purifier.
W: A water purifier? You want ot carry even more equipment with you on our hiking trips?
M: If It’s light weight and saves work yes, and this one fits that description.
W: really, I bet it takes up a lot of room
M: not at all, it’s a straw, much like the ones you use to drink a soda or milk shake.
W: really. That’s small
M: Yah, it’s plastic and has a series of mineral and chemical filters that strain harmful , microbes from the water
W: Yes, but how good a job can it do filtering the germs out of the stagnant pond water or water from lakes and streams?
M: It’s fantastic. It makes the water entirely germ-free.
W: but what about salt or chemical pollutants that might be in the water. Does it clean those out?
M: N
o, it doesn’t remove salt and chemical but those are not major concerns when we’re out hiking and camping.
W: Hum, how long will a straw last?
M: for about 100 gallons, but don’t worry about measuring that large amount of water. There is a built-in safety feature, the mineral and chemical filters become clogged long before the limit reached and the straw stops drawing water.
W: I think I will go to get one for my camping trip this weekend. It will sure be helpful at the campsite.
Passage 1:
Men have travelled ever since they first appeared on the earth. In primitive times they did not travel for pleasure but to find new places where their herds could feed, or to escape from hostile neighbors, or to find more favorable climates. They travelled on foot. Their journeys were long, tiring, and often dangerous.
Being intelligent and creative, they soon discovered easier ways of travelling. They rode on the backs of their domesticated animals; they hollowed out tree trunks and, by using bits of wood as paddles, were able to travel across water. Later they traveled, not for necessity, but for the joy and excitement of seeing and experiencing new things. This is still the main reason why we travel today.
Scientists have invented machines that can explore outer space. Eventually there will be cheap day excursions to the moon and honeymoon on Venus. People will be able to fly from on planet to another in nasty little arrow shaped tubes. I say “people” because I have no intention of being one of them.
Passage 2:
Telephone books in the U. S have white, blue and yellow pages. The white pages list people with phones by last name. the blue pages contain numbers of city service, government agencies and public schools. Businesses and professional services are listed in a special section---the yellow pages
To make a long distance call, you need an area code. Each area in the U.S. has an area code. The area covered by one area code may be small or large. For example, New York City has 1 area code, but so does the whole state of Oregon. If you want to know the area code of a place, you can look it up in the area code map which is printed in the front of the white pages.
There are a lot of public telephones in the U.S. they have their own numbers. If you are making a long distance call on a public telephone and run out money, give the number on your phone to the person you’re talking to. Then hang up the receiver and he can call you back. If you make a long distance call and get a wrong number, call the operator and explain what happened. This means that you can make the call again to the right number without having to pay more money.
Passage 3:
People enjoy taking trips, but what are the reasons, they leave home? One reason is for education. People travel because they want to broaden their horizons to learn about other people and other places. They are curious about their cultures. When people are tourists, they get a qu
ick look at different ways of living. Even a short look at another kind of lifestyle is an important lesson.
On a trip, a person can lean directly ---by visiting museums and historic spots. What does a tourist lean when seeing the art museums, visiting the historical palaces and other scenic spots in Paris, and shops along the River Seine? He gets a vivid picture---a real---life---one of the French people. He learns about their attitudes, how they feel about business, beauty and history.
What about the tourist who goes to Hong Kong? Does he get the same information that he could get from a book? He might read that Hong Kong is crowded, that there is less than 200 square meters of space for each person, but seeing and feeling the lack of space will impress him much more. He might read that there are nearly 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway, but the sight of so many vehicles parked along the street will be a much more vivid lesson. This tourist to Hong Kong will never forget the contrasts—the straight vertical lines of the tall modern buildings and the moving lines of boats that people live in.
11—18：BCBDB ABD
19—22: ABBC 23—25: DAB
26—35: DAC CCB DCAB
36. cultured
37. misery
38. slums
39. settlement
40. initiated
41. Immigrants
42. fighting
43. situation
44. had great influence on development of the social work in U.S. and in other parts of the world.
45. Settlement houses of a similar kind were founded in many poor neighborhoods.
46. Jane Adams was awarded the Nobel Prize for what she had done for society.
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