高等学校英语应用能力考试A级.docx

1、高等学校英语应用能力考试A级高等学校英语应用能力考试(A级)历年全真试卷(2002年6月) 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

2、. 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 and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the An

3、swer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: You will hear: You will read: A. New York City. B. An evening party. C. An air trip. D. The mans job. From the dialogue we learn that the man is to take a flight to New York. There fore, C. An air trip is the correct answer. You should mark

4、C on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Now the test will begin. A B C D 1. A. Tea. B. Wine. C. Coffee. D. Water. 2. A. To prepare a document. B. To sum up their sales. C. To bring him a document. D. To write a sales report. 3. A. Mr. Johnson has been the mans boss. B. The man a

5、nd Mr. Johnson are colleagues. C. The man is quite familiar with Mr. Johnson. D. Mr. Johnson has just got to know the man. 4. A. Two dollars. B. Three dollars. C. Four dollars. D. Five dollars. 5. A. Before the meal. B. During the meal. C. When the guest arrives. D. When the guest leaves. Section B

6、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 two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the

7、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 centre. Conversation 1 6. A. To Paris. B. To Rome. C. To London. D. To Berlin. 7. A. The 14:00 flight. B. The 17:20 fligh

8、t. C. The 19:30 flight. D. The 16:00 flight. Conversation 2 8. A. Near the harbor. B. Far away from the harbor. C. In the center of the city. D. Out of the city. 9. A. On Thursday. B. On Friday. C. On Saturday. D. On Sunday. 10. A. They are talking on the phone. B. They are touring the city together

9、. C. They are looking for a hotel. D. They are checking in at a hotel. Section C Directions: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a recorded pas- sage. After that you will hear five questions. Both the passage and the questions will be read two times. When

10、 you hear a question, you should complete the answer to it with a word or a short phrase ( in no more than 3 words). The incomplete answers are printed in your test paper. You should write your answers in the Answer Sheet correspondingly. Now the passage will begin. 11. What does the speaker think o

11、f her mother? Her mother is the _ person to her. 12. What does the speaker enjoy doing with her mother? She enjoys _ with her. 13. How will old people feel if they live alone? They will feel _. 14. Why do some young people dislike living with their parents? Because they think the old parents are _ t

12、o them. 15. What does the speaker think of old people? With their wide knowledge, they can _ young people. Part Structure (15 minutes) Directions: This part is to test your ability to construct grammatically correct sentences. It consists of 2 sections. Section A Directions: In this section, there a

13、re 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 16. All my classmates have passed the

14、physical education exam except _. A. John and I B. John and me C. I and John D. me and John 17. Ill lend you my computer _ you promise to take care of it. A. unless B. as C. while D. if 18. His mother told me that he _ read quite well at the age of five. A. should B. would C. could D. might 19. He w

15、as very sorry _ her at the airport. A. not to meet B. to not meet C. to have not met D. not to have met 20. Which do you think is _ important, wealth or health? A. more B. most C. the more D. the most 21. She gave up her job as a nurse because she found the children too difficult _. A. look after B.

16、 to look after C. looking after D. be looked 22. The students _ their papers by the end of this month. A. have finished B. will be finishing C. will have finished D. have been finishing 23. The news _ the Chinese football team had won the match excited all of us. A. that B. which C. what D. as 24. T

17、here is a nice-looking car there. Peter wonders _. A. it belongs to who B. whom does it belong to C. whom it belongs to D. who does it belong 25. The manager of the company insisted that all the staff members _ the new safety rules. A. would observe B. observe C. observed D. will observe Section B D

18、irections: There are 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in the brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet. 26. Neither the clerks nor the manager (know) _ anything about the accident now. 27. He ha

19、s to check the (spell) _ of a difficult word before he uses it. 28. He knows even (little) _ about the Olympic Games than I do. 29. That street is a very (desire) _ place for you to open a new store. 30. The police promised that they (try) _ their best to look into the matter. 31. Most of the people

20、 (invite) _ to the dinner party yesterday were my friends. 32. This is a very (danger) _ road :there were at least five serious accidents last year. 33. During the earthquake the room (shake) _ and all the pictures fell off the wall. 34. Weve never had any problem with our car in the past three year

21、s ; its highly reliable in (operate) 35. The teacher didnt mind (help) _ the student in her spare time. Part Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the reading materials carefully and do the task

22、s as you are instructed. Task 1 Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, num- bered36 through40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A , B, C and D. You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter

23、on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. In many countries, such as France, Greece, and Japan, it is often more difficult for students to pass the college entrance exams than to do the course work when they are actually in college, and students who dont have much money are at a dis

24、advantage. Students prepare for these tests for years in advance. Often，stu-dents attend a private school at night to get ready for them. These private schools are usually expensive. If their families dont have much money, students cant attend, and they might not pass the entrance exams without this

25、 extra preparation. In contrast, students can easily get into an American or Canadian college at least more easily than in other countries. American students take an entrance exam called the S.A.T. (the Scholastic Aptitude Test (学习能力测试) ). However, colleges do not consider only S. A. T. Scores. They

26、 also consider a students grades and activities throughout high school. A student who has done well in high school will probably get into college. What happens when a student finally enters a college or university? Students in China, Korea, or Japan might find their college studies easier than high

27、school work. On the other hand, when American or Canadian students begin college, many of them discover that they need to work very hard and study seriously for the first time in their lives especially if they plan to go to graduate school. 36. In France and Greece, students find that _. A. they hav

28、e to do extra preparation to pass the entrance exams B. private schools are inexpensive C. course work in college is more difficult D. college entrance exams are more difficult 37. From the first paragraph we can see that before entering college, students must A. pass the entrance exams B. study in

29、private schools C. earn enough money D. do some course work 38. In America, colleges usually take new students according to _. A. students grades and activities in high school only B. students scores of S. A.T. only C. both students S.A.T. scores and records in high school D. students objectives of

30、academic study 39. In North America, college students _. A. study harder than they did in high school B. study as hard as they did in high school C. find college studies easier than high school work D. find it easier to go to graduate school 40. This passage is mainly about _. A. advantages of colle

31、ge study in North America B. differences in college education In different countries C. American higher education D. higher education in general Task 2 Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 throug45. If you ever went to the United States to study in a college or a university, one of the first things you would have to do is to open a checking account. If you went to a bank to open an account, you would probably go through most of the following procedures. Not all