English Examination for Graduates (Paper A)
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I. Listening Comprehension (20%)
Directions: In this part, you are going to listen to four passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be read 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 your answer on the Answer Sheet.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.
1. A. He read a lot of books on management.
B. He made every step safe enough.
C. He prepared himself well beforehand.
D. He had knowledge for the next phase.
2. A. news reporter B. American dream
C. lucky boy
D. poor child
3. A. generals B. committees C. armies D. schools
4. A. reading different books B. attending seminars
C. listening to audiotapes
D. learning on one’s own
5. A. face-to-face contact B. eyeball-to-eyeball contact
C. person-to-person contact
D. call-to-call contact
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.
6. A. More and more people take up the habit of smoking.
B. There are more smoking women than smoking men in the USA.
C. It is good news that more people have given up smoking.
D. The U.S. has more smoking people than any other country.
7. A. age, income and education
B. age, sex and income
C. occupation, income and sex
D. occupation, income and education
8. A. City people are less likely to smoke.
B. People in rural areas are more likely to smoke.
C. Men with higher incomes tend to smoke.
D. Well –educated men with high incomes are generally less likely to smoke.
9. A. The situation is quite the same for women as for men.
B. Better-educated women are likely to smoke heavily.
C. There are more women smokers with low incomes.
D. Women with higher incomes and higher education do not tend to smoke.
10. A. The picture about the teenage smokers is similar to that of women smokers.
B. The situation among teenagers is quite the same with men.
C. High school students are more likely to smoke than college students.
D. Farmers? children tend to smoke more.
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.
11. A. crying one’s goods in the street B. signs with pictures
C. wall paintings
D. wall signs
12. A. signs with pictures B. tools over doors
C. wall paintings
D. symbols
13. A. Because they are most recently developed.
B. Because they can be understood by those who can neither read nor write.
C. Because they are cheap and fast.
D. Because they can be heard everywhere in a country.
14. A. Only some large companies can afford radio commercials.
B. Outdoor advertisements make up a small proportion of modern advertising.
C. Ads printed in newspapers are one of the most popular forms of advertising.
D. The ads called car trucks are almost part of our life.
15. A. modern advertising B. development of advertising
C. origin of advertising
D. significance of advertising
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.
16. A. An educational institution that is open to anyone who wants to receive higher
education.
B. An educational institution that conducts courses by means of television,
radio and correspondence courses.
C. An educational institution that is free of charge to all the students.
D. An educational institution that conducts its courses through open discussions.
17. A. They laughed at it. B. They doubted whether it would work.
C. They supported it.
D. They rejected it.
18. A. Because of its serious financial problems.
B. Because of the lack of support from the government and the public.
C. Because of the lack of qualified teachers.
D. Because of the limited number of courses it could conduct.
19. A. Seminars and lectures open to less advanced students are held from time
to time.
B. Short-term training courses are organized in different cities across the country.
C. Over a dozen study centers have been set up all over the country.
D. Special revision programs are broadcast on radio and TV.
20. A. The Open University is the best form of higher education.
B. When it was first on the air only a few people thought the Open University would succeed.
C. British people prefer the Open University to other universities.
D. The Open University is very good for those who want to strike a balance between further, education, career and family.
II. Vocabulary (25%)
Directions: There are 25 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
