Passage 1
1.How long has Greenspan been Chairman of the U.S Federal Reserve Board according to the
passage?
a. almost 20 years
b. 12 years.
c. 5 years.
d. 4 years.
2.What do you know about his parents when he was very young?
a. They were poor.
b. They divorced.
c. They deserted him.
d. They moved to New York.
3.What was young Greenspan fond of?
a. Baseball and basketball.
b. Tennis and basketball.
c. Movies and tennis. D. Sports and music.
4.Which of the following does the passage imply?
a.It is a pity that Greenspan has given up his career as a musician.
b.Today Greenspan as Chief of Federal Reserve Board can do whatever he likes.
c.Greenspan’s income was higher when he worked on Wall Street.
d.Greenspan wasn’t very good at his studies since he earned his PhD at the age of 51.
5.Which of the following describes the speaker’s attitude in telling the story of Greenspan?
a. positive.
b. Neutral.
c. Negative.
d. Critical.
Passage 2
1.In which country does the teenager live?
a.Austria
b. Australia
c. Germany
d. Poland
2.In which country does the student live?
a.Austria
b. Australia
c. Poland
d. Germany
3.How did the teenager feel when he learned where the student lived?
a.much annoyed
b. very much surprised
b.quite excited d. completely shocked
4.What did the teenager do after he received the message?
a.Called an ambulance to the student’s home
b.Went on with his surfing on the internet
c.Put a call to Germany through an international operator
rmed the student’s parents about her condition
5.What could be inferred from the story?
a.The teenager knew exactly how to act in a case of emergency
b.The teenager and the student had been pen-pals for some time.
c.The student could find no help from her own country
d.The student would have been healthy if she were not onlin
e.
Passage 3
1.What are the two speakers doing?
a.They are having a chat about the Internet.
b.They are talking about how to use the Internet.
c.One is interviewing another about the use of Internet.
d.They are talking about the difference between the Internet and e-mail.
2.Mostly for what does the man use the Internet?
a.Chatting online
b. finding information
b.Joining in news groups d. looking through libraries.
3.How often does the man go online?
a. 2 or 3 hours a week
b.Around 4 to 9 hours a week
c.Less than 3hours a week
d.About 4 weeks a week
4.What do you know about the man?
a.He knows it’s important to limit himself in using the Internet
b.He can’t use the Internet at daytime
c.He can’t resist the temptation of the Internet
d.He’s only a beginning user of the Internet
5.Which of the following is not the man’s tips for people who are interested in using the
internet?
e it at cheap rate times
b.Limit your time
c.Don’t get sidetracked
d.Don’t visit certain websites
Dictation 1
While pretending to help the 1)_______ change a tire, a thief stole a 2)_______ from the latter’s car, but in doing so he 3)_______ his lottery ticket, which was picked up by the professor. Next day, the professor learned from 4)____ that the ticket was a 5)_______. Then began a 6)______ with his conscience. In the end he decided he could not keep the ticket and 7)______ in newspapers and on 8)________.Hundreds of people tried to 9)______him into giving them the cash, but the professor recognized one voice. The robber turned out to be a 35-year-old unemployed father. He gave back the suitcase and burst into 10)______.
Dictation 2
Two American 1)_______teachers, Mildred and Patty Hill wrote the song “Good Morning to All”and sang every morning to their 2)_______. Later the 3)______ of the song became “Good Morning to You”. In 1924 the song appeared in a book of music 4)______ by Robert Coleman and a second verse “Happy birthday to you” was 5)____ to it, which quickly became more 6)_____. By mid-1930s it was used frequently in 7)_____, radio shows and Broadway 8) ______without the Hill family 9)______. Jessica Hill filed a suit and won in 1934. Now every time the song is sung publicly, the Hill family 10)_______.
Dictation 3
One morning I was sitting in a 1) _______ college classroom listening to a sociology professor explain why he thought corporal punishment for 2) _______ children was a great idea. He suggested that “bad” children should be offered the 3) ________ to choose the 4) ________ of punishment for themselves, from a selection of belts, switched, and sticks. I couldn’t believe my ears at this. I was so angry that without 5) ________, I raised my hand and asked the professor if
