T TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2017) GRADE FOUR EST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2017) GRADE FOUR TIME LIMIT: 130 MINTIME LIMIT: 130 MIN PART IDICTATION10 MINPART IDICTATION10 MIN Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 1 minute to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on A ANSWER SHEET ONE.NSWER SHEET ONE. PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION20MINPART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION20MIN SECTION A TALKSECTION A TALK In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk O ONCE ONLYNCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at ANSWER SHEET ONEANSWER SHEET ONE and write N NO MORE THAN THREE WORDSO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have T THIRTYHIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. Now, listen to the talk. When it is over, you will be given T TWOWO minutes to check your work. SECTION B CONVERSATIONSSECTION B CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken O ONCE ONLYNCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A, B, C, and D, and mark the best answer to each question on A ANSWER SHEET TWONSWER SHEET TWO. You have T THIRTYHIRTY seconds to preview the questions. Now, listen to the conversations. CONVERSATION ONECONVERSATION ONE Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One. 1. A. It has wiped the data from theflash drive.B. It cant read data from the flashdrive. C. The files stored in it havegot lost.D. The files in it cant beopened. 2. A. Get a total refund.B. Get a partialrefund. C. Get a new computer.D. Get a new harddisk. 3. A. Indifferent.B. Surprised. C. Anxious.D.Dissatisfied. 4. A. By 8:30 tomorrow morning.B. After 8:30 tomorrowmorning. C. At 8:30 this evening.D. Anytime tomorrow. 5. A. 6574-3205.B.6547-2305. C. 6457-2035.D.6475-3025. 1 C CONVERSATION TWOONVERSATION TWO Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two. 6. A. Hold a party at home.B. Introduce ourselves first. C. Avoid meeting them.D. Wait for them to visit us. 7. A. Do nothing about it.B. Tell him to stop. C. Give him a reason to stop.D. Call the police immediately. 8. A. Try to be patient.B. Try to be sympathetic. C. Dont appear to be friendly.D. Dont answer their questions. 9. A. No more than five minutes.B. Five to ten minutes. C. About half an hour.D. About an hour. 10. A. Family Circle Magazine.B. Morning radio programs. C. Bettys website.D. CBS news website. PART III LANGUAGE USAGE10 MINPART III LANGUAGE USAGE10 MIN There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Choose one word or phrases that best completes the sentence. Mark you answers on A ANSWER SHEET TWO.NSWER SHEET TWO. 11. _ combination of techniques authors use, all stories from the briefest anecdotes to the longest novels have aplot. A. RegardingB. WhateverC. In so far asD. No matter 12. She followed the receptionist down a luxurious corridor to a closed door _ the women gave a quick knock before openingit. A. on whichB. but whenC. whereinD. then 13. Ms Ennab is one of thefirst palestinian _ with seven years racingexperience. A. woman drivesB. women driverC. women driversD. woman driver 14. “I wondered if I could have a word with you.” The past tense in the sentence refers to a _ . A. past event for exacttime referenceB. present event fortentativeness C. present event for uncertaintyD. past event forpoliteness 15. “If I were you, I wouldnt want to propose to her.” The subjunctive mood in the sentence is used to _ . A. alleviate hostilityB. express unfavorablefeelings C. indicate uncertaintyD. make asuggestion 16. “Its a shame that the city official should have gone back on his word.” The modal auxiliary SHOULD express _ . A. obligationB. disappointmentC. future in the pastD.tentativeness 17. Timothy Ray Brown, the first man cured of HIV,initially opted against the stem cell transplantation that _ history. A. could have later madeB. should have madelater C. might have laterD. would later make 18. Some martian rock structures look strikingly like structures on Earth that are known _ by microbes. A. having been createdB. being created C. to have been createdD. to becreated 19. At that moment, with the crowd watching me, I was not afraid in the ordinary sense, as 2 _ if I _