Placement Test for Graduate Students 电子科技大学研究生入学英语.docx

1、Placement Test for Graduate Students 电子科技大学研究生入学英语Placement Test for Graduate StudentsAugust, 20161.本分级测试主要检测学生英语听力、阅读和写作能力，为英语教学分班提供依据，希望同学们认真答题，体现出自己真实水平。2.本测试同时也为教师教学提供参考，测试成绩按一定比例计入平时成绩。3.本测试时长共90分钟。测试对速度有一定要求，同学们可参考各部分建议，合理分配答题时间。4.第125题为听力，请用耳机收听。5.所有答案做在机读卡上。6.试卷请妥善保管，开学第一周带到课堂。PART I LISTENI

2、NG COMPREHENSION (30 minutes, 25 items)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 9 short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be read only once. Choose the best answer fro

3、m the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scored Answer Sheet.1. A. Beauty has advantages and disadvantages.B. Beauty has different meanings to different people.C. Beauty brings attention and opportunities.D. Beauty come

4、s from action and good qualities.2. A. She may give him a hand. B. She is using the book now. C. She will keep the book for him. D. She cannot lend him the book.3. A. Rachel comes here once a month.B. Rachel rarely gets to see her.C. Rachel lives fairly close to her.D. Rachel visits her quite often.

5、4. A. She didnt receive the text message. B. She forgot about the time change. C. Her roommate forgot to give her the message. D. Her roommate was too nervous to tell her.5. A. Small luck plays a big role. B. She misplaced her textbook. C. He should have got better grades. D. The test was based on l

6、ecture material.6. A. On the 8th of June. B. On the 9th of June. C. On the 16th of June. D. On the 18th of June.7. A. Watch the movie later. B. Change the channel. C. Set the alarm clock. D. Go to sleep.8. A. Wear casual clothes. B. Wear a formal suit. C. Dress in a costume. D. Dress up for the part

7、y.9. A. She always skips breakfast. B. She needs tea to feel alert. C. She likes to drink coffee. D. She rarely wakes up early.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two mini-talks. At the end of each talk, there will be some questions. Both the talks and the questions will be read to y

8、ou only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scored Answer Sheet.Questions 10-12 are based on Mini-talk 1.10. AS

9、outhern Europe. BThe United States. CUnited Arab Emirates. DNorth Africa.11. AThe tail. BThe windows. CThe wings. DThe engines.12. ATo overcome weather issues. BTo make a trip in a tiny plane. CTo change the airplane industry. DTo prove the power of new energy sources.Questions 10-12 are based on Mi

10、ni-talk 2.13. AFeeling sad or depressed. BFeeling sleepy at work. CFeeling tired in the morning. DFeeling unable to think clearly.14. AAn extra hour of sleep. BUnmatched work schedule and lifestyle. CTravel by air far distances. DTime zone change.15. AWorkers report the same level of improvement. BA

11、 better rest can benefit employers financially. CEarly risers have little improvement in wellbeing. DNighttime work is hard on some of the workers.Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be pl

12、ayed 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 the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center. Questions 16 to 18 are based on Recording 1.16. AHow catastrophic natural disasters tu

13、rn out to be to developing nations. BHow the World Meteorological Organization studies natural disasters. CHow powerless humans appear to be in face of natural disasters. DHow the negative impacts of natural disasters can be reduced.17. ABy training rescue teams for emergencies. BBy taking steps to

14、prepare people for them. CBy changing peoples views of nature. DBy relocating people to safer places.18. AHow preventive action can reduce the loss of life. BHow courageous Cubans are in face of disasters. CHow Cubans suffer from tropical storms. DHow destructive tropical storms can be.Questions 19

15、to 22 are based on Recording 2.19. A. Pay back their loans to the American government.B. Provide loans to those in severe financial difficulty.C. Contribute more to the goal of a wider recovery.D. Speed up their recovery from the housing bubble.20. A. Some banks may have to merge with others.B. Many

16、 smaller regional banks are going to fail.C. It will be hard for banks to provide more loans.D. Many banks will have to lay off some employees.21. A. It will work closely with the government.B. It will endeavor to write off bad loans.C. It will try to lower the interest rate.D. It will try to provid

17、e more loans.22. A. It wont help the American economy to turn around.B. It wont do any good to the major commercial banks.C. It will win the approval of the Obama administration.D. It will be necessary if the economy starts to shrink again.Questions 23 to 25 are based on Recording 3.23. A. Being una

18、ble to learn new things.B. Being rather slow to make changes.C. Losing temper more and more often.D. Losing the ability to get on with others.24. A. Cognitive stimulation.B. Community activity.C. Balanced diet.D. Fresh air.25. A. Ignoring the signs and symptoms of aging.B. Adopting an optimistic att

19、itude towards life.C. Endeavoring to give up unhealthy lifestyles.D. Seeking advice from doctors from time to time. PART II Critical Reading (50 minutes, 29 items)Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices given and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brac

20、kets on your machine-scored Answer Sheet.Questions 26 and 27 are based on the following passage.Since 1970, national parks have had to double the number of signs warning visitors of possible hazards. The new signs have a dual purpose in that they also protect the parks from unnecessary litigation. I

21、n 1972, the National Parks Service in Yellowstone was forced to pay more than $87,000 to the victim of a bear attack. This ruling prompted Yellowstone historian Lee Whittlesey to write, “Analogously I could ask, should New Yorks Central Park have signs every ten feet saying, Danger! Muggers! just be

22、cause a non street-wise, non-New Yorker might go walking there?”26. The author mentions “the victim” primarily to _.A. support a previous claimB. summarize a counterargumentC. suggest a possible solutionD. elaborate on a hypothesis27. Lee Whittleseys attitude toward the “ruling” could best be descri

23、bed as _.A. disinterestedB. appreciativeC. enthusiasticD. sarcasticQuestions 28 and 29 are based on the following two passages:I had grown up in the United States virtually without relatives, which, in my intense desire to assimilate, was quite all right with me. But this attitude dissolved when I w

24、alked into that apartment in Beijing. I realized then that my extended family is not just a collection of accidental alliances but a living body, an entity that will welcome me for being simply who I am: the daughter of my mother, the niece of my aunts and uncles. We had never before seen each other

25、 but, in that moment, we shared a sense of connection and loyalty unlike anything I had previously experiences.28. When the author talks about being welcomed “for being simply who I am”, she attributes this acceptance to _.A. characterB. nationalityC. kinshipD. accomplishment29. The primary purpose

26、of the passage is to _.A. describe the authors travels to BeijingB. reveal how lonely the author often feltC. convey the authors sudden awareness of the importance of familyD. illustrate the closeness that existed among the authors mother, aunts, and unclesQuestions 30 and 31 are based on the follow

27、ing two passages:Some people like to act like things come easy to them. Take Cynthia Procter, for instance. If theres a test tomorrow, shell say something like, “Oh, I guess Ill watch television tonight,” just to let you know she isnt thinking about the test. Oh, brother. When I pass her house, she

28、is practicing the scales on the piano over and over. Then in music class she always lets herself get bumped around so she falls accidentally on purpose onto the piano stool and is so surprised to find herself sitting there that she decides just for fun to try out the ole keys. And what do you knowCh

29、opins waltzes just spring out of her fingertips. A regular prodigy.30. The underlined sentences serve primarily to _.A. highlight a point about friendshipB. Expand on an opinion about artistic interestsC. Respond to a challenge about the narrators integrityD. Support an observation about a particula

30、r behavior31. Which best describes the tone of the passage?A. sardonicB. reflectedC. humorousD. amazedQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the following two passages:Passage 1 The notion that cats are more intelligent than dogs originates in human presumption. From our observations of other humans, we in

31、fer that independence and reluctance to follow orders correlate with intelligence. So, when we see dogs slavishly obeying their owners commands, we leap to the conclusion that dogs must lack intelligence. By comparison, cats, with their Olympian detachment and cool disregard of their owners wishes, seem dignified, and therefore smart. Following this line of reasoning, we might be tempted to conclude that pigs are particularly dim-witted, since they spend most of their days wallowing in mud and filth.Passage 2 Are cats more intelligent than dogs? The typical cat