2005年1月高等学校英语应用能力A级试题

Part I Listening Comprehension(15 minutes)

Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections.

Section A

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C), D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1. A、It’s attractive. B、It’s exciting. C、It’s important. D、It’s boring.

2. A、At a railway station. B、At a bank. C、At an airport. D、At a parking lot.

3. A、By referring to the receptionist. B、By calling the telephone operator. C、By asking his friend.

D、By finding it in the phone book. 4. A、He’s the boss. B、He’s a visitor.

C、He’s a new employee. D、He’s the woman’s friend. 5. A、$400 B、$200 C、$300. D、$150.

Section B

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. Both the conversations and questions will be spoken only two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 6. A、Sports wear B、Holiday wear. C、Summer wear.

D、Casual wear.

7. A、See more examples. B、Try on some T-shirts. C、 Meet the designers D、Place an order.

8. A、He wanted to check the order number. B、He wanted to order some computers. C、He wanted to report on the problem. D、He wanted to see the secretary.

9. A、They got a wrong order number from the caller. B、They failed to deliver the computers on time. C、They couldn’t find the order form. D、They made a wrong delivery. 10. A、The salesman. B、The manager. C、Mr. Peterson. D、Mary

Section C

Directions: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a recorded passage. After that you will hear five questions. Both the passage and the questions will be read two times. When you hear a question, you should complete the answer to it with a word or a short phrase (in not more than 3 words). The questions and incomplete answers are printed in your test paper. You should write your answer on the Answer Sheet correspondingly. Now the passage will begin. 11.Why do more middle-aged adults have to take care of their aging parents? Because people are living _______ .

12. What does the speaker think of the job of taking care of an aging parent? It’s _______ .

13.How are the family roles changed?

The dependent parents are cared for as if they were _______ . 14.What can a nursing home do for aging parents? It provides them with proper _______ .

15.What benefit can middle-aged adults get by sending their parents to a nursing home?

They can return to their_______ .

Part II Vocabulary and Structure (15 minutes)

Section A

Directions: There are 10 incomplete statements here. You are required to complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

16._____________ he was seriously ill, I wouldn’t have told him the truth. A、If I knew B、If I know C、Had I known D、Did I know

17.She got to know the young man very well ________ she had worked for so long. A、to whom B、in whom C、whom

D、 with whom

18.The car _________ by the side of the road and the driver tried to repair it. A、breaks down

B、was breaking down C、has broken down D、broke down

19.When he went out, he would wear sunglasses _______ nobody would recognize him.

A、so that B、now that C、as though D、in case

20.We were all excited at the news ______ our annual sales had more than doubled. A、which B、that C、it D、what

21.Some people think ______ about their rights than they do about their responsibilities. A、so much B、too much C、much more D、much too

22.The City of London, _____ repeatedly in 1940 and 1941, lost many of its famous churches.

A、bombed B、to bomb C、bombing

D、having bombed

23._____ traveling expenses rising a lot, Mrs. White had to change all her plans for the tour.

A、Since B、As for C、By