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Test Paper for Comprehensive English Course (Book 1)Time limit 120mins Class Student No. Name MarkⅠ.Compound dictation(10’=1’Χ10)In this part you will hear a passage once, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard.From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When humans first 1 , they were like newborn children, unable to use this 2 tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kind’s future 3 and cultural growth increased.Many linguists believe that evolution is 4 for our ability to produce and use language.They 5 that our highly evolved brain provides us 6 an innate language ability not found in lower 7 . Proponents of this innateness theory say that our 8 for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, 9 a function of the growth of the brain during childhood. Therefore there are critical 10 times for language development.Ⅱ.Grammar and structure.(15’=1’Χ15)For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.1. My pain _______ apparent the moment I walked into the room, for the first man I metasked sympathetically:‖ Are you feeling all right?‖A. must beB. had beenC. must have beenD. had to be2. Above the trees are the hills, ____ magnificence the river faithfully reflects on thesurface.A. whereB. of whoseC. whoseD. which3. Do you think it possible to have the work ____ within 3 days.A. to doB. doneC. to be doneD. being done4. She would have been more agreeable if she had changed a little bit, ____?A. hadn’t sheB. hasn’t sheC. wouldn’t sheD. didn’t she5. Without electronic computers, much of today’s advanced technology________.A. will not have been achievedB. have not been achievedC. would not have been achievedD. had not been achieved6. We started burning some leaves in our yard, but the fire got ____and we had to call the firebrigade to put it out.A. out of handB. out of orderC. out of placeD. out of way7. Astronauts are ____ all kinds of tests before they are actually sent up in a spacecraft.A. inclined toB. subjected toC. prone toD. bound to8. The policeman ____ noted something different about the fellow’s accent.A. undoubtedB. doubtlessC. doubtfulD. undoubting9. In his unhappiness he had come even to question his ____.A. diversityB. entityC. prosperityD. minority10.As you must have seen from my work, I’m perfectly ____of him.A. indignantB. independentC. influentialD. innocent11. The newly-elected President says the election was ____compliance with the law.A. spaciousB. sophisticatedC. substantialD. steady12. You can’t be ____careful in making the decision as it was such a critical case.A. veryB. quiteC. tooD. so13. I don’t know if the story is true, but I’ll try to ____it.A. conformB. identifyC. fortifyD. verify14. Every society has its own peculiar customs and ____of acting.A. waysB. attitudeC. behaviorD. means15. When Robert discovered that the company was engaged in dishonest business, heimmediately____ all connections with it.A. offsetB. separatedC. severedD. vanquishedⅢ.Paraphrase(10=2’Χ5)In this part, there are 5 sentences. Please explain them in English in your own words.1.Human being for the most part live wholly on the surface or far beyond the presentmoment and that part of the future which is quickly to follow it.2.But it is the real bottom line in every area of society.3.I want smiles through tears, bittersweet moments of reminiscence and the chance to offersome last bits of wisdom.4.People who lace genuine core values rely on external factors.5.I think of good manners as a sort of hidden beauty secret.Ⅳ.Translation(20’=2’Χ5+5’Χ2)Section A: In this section there are 5 Chinese sentences. Please translate each sentence into English.1.这座山峰高耸于群山之上，从山峰上可以看到一片美丽的景色。

2.我们偶然想出来的那个计划也许不合逻辑，但它却行之有效。

3.演员必须清晰地发音吐字，否则，观众听不清楚，不知所云。

4.外贸部长与几个非洲国家就技术和贸易协定进行了谈判。

5.大会主席宣布选举结果后，全场沸腾起来，顿时成了欢乐的海洋。

Section B: In this section there are 2 English paragraphs. Please translate the underlined part into Chinese.6.Coeducation is the most desirable form education. It is an integrated community wherestudents are instructed without distinction of sex. They are given the opportunity to know each other and compete with each other. Girls can ask questions, protest and challenge teachers. Boys can be seen sitting quietly, listening to female speakers. With the full spectrum of experience offered, life is an open possibility for man as well as woman.Everyone is anxious to let their minds flower into full blossom.7.For prose is the achievement of civilization, of people who have learned to discusswithout blows or invective(抨击), who know that truth is hard to find and worth finding, who do not begin by accusing an opponent of wickedness, but elicit reason and patience by displaying them. You cannot say in poetry what the best prose says, or accomplish what the best prose accomplishes. Civilization may not surpass a primitive society in heights of rapture or heroism, but it is, if it be civilization, better for everyday life, kinder, more rational, more sustained in effort; and this kindness and reason and sustained effort are expressed and encouraged in the masterpieces of prose.Ⅴ.Cloze(10=1’Χ10)There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are 4 choices A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best fits into the passage.A language is a signaling system which operates with symbolic vocal sounds, and which isused by a group of people for the purpose of communication.Let’s look at this 1 in more detail because it is language, more than anything else, that distinguishes man from the rest of the 2 world.Other animals, it is true, communicate with one other by means of cries: for example, many birds utter 3 calls at the approach of danger; monkeys utter 4 cries, such as expressions of anger, fear and pleasure. 5 these various means of communication differ in important ways in human language. For instance, an imals’ cries do not6 thoughts and feelings clearly. This means, basically, that they lack structure. They lack the kind of structure that 7 us to divide a human utterance into words.We can change an utterance by 8 one word in it with another: a good illustration of this is a soldier who can say, e.g., ―tanks approaching from the west‖; but a bird has a single alarm cry, which means ―danger!‖This is why the number of 9 that an animal can make is very limited: the great tit is a case in point; it has about twenty different calls, 10 in human language the number of possible utterances is limitless. It also explains why animal cries are very general in meaning.1. A. classification B. definition C. function D. perception2. A. that B. it C. as D. what3. A. mating B. exciting C. warning D. boring4. A. identical B. similar C. different D. unfamiliar5. A. But B. Therefore C. Afterwards D. Furthermore6. A. infer B. explain C. interpret D. express7. A. encourages B. enables C. enforces D. ensures8. A. replacing B. spelling C. pronouncing D. saying9. A. signs B. gestures C. signals D. marks10. A. whereas B. since C. anyhow D. somehowⅥ.Reading comprehension(20’=2’Χ10)In this section there are five passages followed by 10 questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answer marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the correct answer.Text oneA century ago in the United States, when an individual brought suit against a company,public opinion tended to protect that company. But perhaps this phenomenon was most striking in the case of the railroads. Nearly half of all negligence cases decided through 1896 involved railroads. And the railroads usually won.Most of the cases were decided in state courts, when the railroads had the climate of the times on their sides. Government supported the railroad industry; the progress railroads represented was not to be slowed down by requiring them often to pay damages to those unlucky enough to be hurt working for them.Court decisions always went against railroad workers. A Mr. Farwell, an engineer, lost his right hand when a switchman's negligence ran his engine off the track. The court reasoned that since Farwell had taken the job of an engineer voluntarily at good pay, he had accepted the risk. Therefore the accident, though avoidable had the switchmen acted carefully, was a "pure accident". In effect a railroad could never be held responsible for injury to one employee caused by the mistake of another.In one case where a Pennsylvania Railroad worker had started a fire at a warehouse and the fire had spread several blocks, causing widespread damage, a jury found the company responsible for all the damage. But the court overturned the jury's decision because it argued that the railroad's negligence was the immediate cause of damage only to the nearest buildings. Beyond them the connection was too remote to consider.As the century wore on, public sentiment began to turn against the railroads -- against their economic and political power and high fares as well as against their callousness toward individuals.1. Which of the following is NOT true in Farwell's case?A. Farwell was injured because he negligently ran his engine off the track.B. Farwell would not have been injured if the switchman had been more careful.C. The court argued that the victim had accepted the risk since he had willingly taken hisjob.D. The court decided that the railroad should not be held responsible.2. What must have happened after the fire case was settled in court?A. The railroad compensated for the damage to the immediate buildings.B. The railroad compensated for all the damage by the fire.C. The railroad paid nothing for the damaged building.D. The railroad worker paid for the property damage himself.3. The following aroused public resentment EXCEPT _____.A. political powerB. high faresC. economic lossD. indifference4. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. Railroad oppressing individuals in the US.B. History of the US railroads.C. Railroad workers' working rights.D. Law cases concerning the railroads.Text twoHawaii's native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty over its own affairs. But much of the archipelago's political establishment, which includes the White Americans who dominated until the second world war and people of Japanese, Chinese and Filipino origins, is opposed to the idea.The islands were annexed by the US in 1898 and since then Hawaii's native peoples have fared worse than any of its other ethnic groups. They make up over 60 percent of the state's homeless, suffer higher levels of unemployment and their life span is five years less than the average Hawaiians. They are the only major US native group without some degree of autonomy.But a sovereignty advisory committee set up by Hawaii's first native governor, Joahn Waihee, has given the natives' cause a major boost by recommending that the Hawaiian natives decide by themselves whether to re-establish a sovereign Hawaiian nation.However, the Hawaiian natives are not united in their demands. Some just want greater autonomy within the state -- as enjoyed by many American Indian natives over matters such as education. This is a position supported by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), a state agency set up in 1978 to represent the natives' interests and which has now become the moderate face of the native sovereignty movement. More ambitious is the Ka Lahui group, which declared itself a new nation in 1987 and wants full, official independence from the US.But if Hawaiian natives are given greater autonomy, it is far from clear how many people this will apply to. The state authorities only count as native those people with more than 50 percent Hawaiian blood.Native demands are not just based on political grievances, though. They also want their claim on 660,000 hectares of Hawaiian crown land to be accepted. It is on this issue that native groups are facing most opposition from the state authorities. In 1933, the state government paid the OHA US' 136 million in back rent on the crown land and many officials say that by accepting this payment the agency has given up its claims to legally own the land. The OHA has vigorously disputed this.5. Hawaii's native minority refers to _____.A. Hawaii's ethnic groupsB. people of Filipino originC. the Ka Lahui groupD. people with 50% Hawaiian blood6. Which of the following is NOT true of John Waihee?A. He is Hawaii's first native governor.B. He has set up a sovereignty advisory committee.C. He suggested the native people decide for themselves.D. He is leading the local independence movement.7. Various native Hawaiians demand all the following EXCEPT _____.A. a greater autonomy within the stateB. more back rent on the crown landC. a claim on the Hawaiian crown landD. full independence from the USText threeThe worldwide consumption of bakery products is increasing. Many populations that formerly relied solely on rice or coarser grains as their main source of carbohydrates show a preference for compounded bakery products as new industry and increased incomes make them more widely accessible. Japan is an outstanding example of countries following this trend. The United States has shown a steady downward trend in per capita consumption of cereal-based foods for many years, and the consumption of sweet bakery foods, such as cakes or pastry, has been increasingly displacing bread consumption.Probably 95% of the white bread sold in the United States is enriched with thiamin, niacin, riboflavin, and iron, and about 30% of the 50 states have laws requiring white bread enrichment. Formerly, calcium and vitamin D were frequently added to enriched bread, butlack of consumer demand and questionable nutritional benefit led to gradual phasing out of these enrichments. India has attempted to encourage consumption of protein-enriched bread, with some success. Except for research projects, little has been done in other countries, however. In areas where bakery products comprise a large proportion of the diet, they could provide an ideal vehicle for nutritional supplementation. Then need for better quality protein in the daily diet occurs mostly in the developing countries, where carbohydrate foods -- usually cereals -- are the basic components of the diet and therefore the logical protein carriers.8. Japan is used in this passage to illustrate a fashion in many countries to _____.A. enrich breadB. invest more in food industryC. increase consumption of bakery foodsD. increase a reliance on rice and grains9. According to the passage, popular cereals could be the best way in developing countriesto _____.A. supplement the dietB. displace rice consumptionC. increase reliance on carbohydratesD. phase out necessary bread enrichments10. From the passage, we learn that there is a worldwide trend towards _____.A. enriching the nutritional value of breadB. increasing the consumption of proteinC. using bakery products as a source of carbohydratesD. using grains, such as rice, as a source of carbohydratesⅦ.Writing (15’)Write a composition about 200 words on the following topic:HonestyYou are to write in three parts.In the first part, state what your suggested way(s) is (are).In the second part, state one or two advantages of your suggestion.In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion.Marks will be awarded for content, organization grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.Test Paper for Comprehensive English Course (Book 2)Time limit 120mins Class Student No. Name MarkⅠ.Compound dictation(10’=1’Χ10)In this part you will hear a passage once, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard.FORTUNE Magazine 1 its annual list of the ―40 Richest Americans under the age of 40‖ recently. 2 the list is Mechael Dell, 39, chairman and founder of Dell Computer. With a wealth of US$17.95 billion, Dell has held the No.1 spot since the list started in 1999.Dell’s story 3 like a business fairy tale. He was a college student with nothing more than an idea to 4 the way computers were sold. Dell was born in February 1965,in Texas, US. He5 the University of Texas. His Original idea was to go to medical school but he decided to become the dormitory millionaire.His first business idea was to take apart an Apple computer in the bedroom of his parents’ Houston, Texas home. From there, he went on 6 computers out of his dorm room. He 7 an innovative approach to doing business: sell computers 8 to the consumer without going through retailers. And in the process, he decided to design and deliver a computer based on the consumer’s own 9 . 10 this there was absolutely no idea about about customizing(changing the design for specific desires) a PC. And, in 1984, he founded the Dell Computer Corporation with US$1,000.Ⅱ.Grammar and structure.(15’=1’Χ15)For each sentence there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. choose the one that best completes the sentence.1. All things ______, the planned trip will have to be called off.A. consideredB. be consideredC. consideringD. having considered2. Only when you have obtained sufficient data ______ come to a sound conclusion.A can you B. would you C. you will D. you can3. ____, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a manwhose command of language is poor.A. Other things being equalB. Were other things equalC. To be equal to other thingsD. Other things to be equal4. He insisted on the windows _____ open while he was sleeping.A. leftB. being leftC. leavingD. be left5. The concerned mother thrilled at the news of his son _________ to college.A. had been admittedB. admittedC. having been admittedD. having admitted6. I have the ____ of accepting all or part of the money.A. orientationB. optionC. optimumD. ornament7. There was nothing anywhere in ____.A. sightB. glimpseC. glanceD. seeing8. He’s always ____ about his ability.A. coaxingB. rebukingC. teasingD. boasting9. I am sure her decision will be fair and just, for she has had a reputation for being ____.A. impartialB. imperativeC. impulsiveD. improper10. You shouldn’t change jobs constantly, or people will become s uspicious of your ability to ____any job.A. holdB. sustainC. engageD. uphold11. It was so dark outside that he was just able to ____ the road in the dark.A. deriveB. discernC. diminishD. displace12. The basketball coach asked the players to ____ with their training after he gave someinstructions.A. proceedB. precedeC. preceptD. process13. The water table fluctuated from season to season and year to year because it is affected by climate ____.A. differenceB. conditionC. disturbanceD. variation14. Although the false bank-notes fooled many people, they did not _____ to close examination.A. look upB. pay upC. keep upD. stand up15. A hibernating animal needs hardly any food all through the winter,_______?A.need itB. needn’t itC. does itD. doesn’t itⅢ.Paraphrase(10’=2’Χ5)In this part, there are 5 sentences or short paragraphs. Please explain the underlined part in English in your own words.1.… a graduate relaxation of v igilance over what partners reveal to each other aboutthemselves2.My children have never been less lonely.3.As an Internet search on global warming now attests, the subject has become as rootedin out public consciousness as Madonna or microwave cooking4.…my father held up my mother as a model of feminine behavior5.…much of Europe is getting ready to shut down for business.ⅣTranslation(20’=2’Χ5 + 5’Χ2)Section A: In this section there are 5 Chinese sentences. Please translate each sentence into English.1.这是我第一次来纽约，但我还是设法找到了那家小公司。