test 7

11． M: Ann is always complaining about her job.

W: Maybe if you try keeping sending and receiving messages every day, you’d see what it’s like. Q: What does the woman mean?

12. W: I thought you had gone to the corner drugstore.

M: I did, but the druggist had been robbed on his way to the store this morning. I had heard all about that before I could get the medicine. Q: What did the man mean?

13. M: Could you lend me your new edition of the dictionary for a few days?

W: It’s out of the question.

Q: What did you learn about the woman? 14. W: How long should I stay out of school?

M: It depends. You still have a headache. Let me feel your pulse. Q: What does the man do?

15. M: Did you have any trouble finding the campus I told you about? W: Yes, because it was a mile away from where you told me it should be. Q: How much farther had the woman gone to find the campus? 16. W: How long may I keep them?

M: One month. You will be fined 10 cents for each day if the books are overdue.

Q: Where does the conversation happen? 17. M: I heard you got a ticket last week.

W: Yes. I drove down a one-way street in the wrong direction. Q: Why did the woman get a ticket?

18. W: Hello, David, this is Jane from the university. Can I speak to Susan?

M: I’m sorry, she’s just left for the office, and she could reach there by 9:00.

Q: Where is Susan now? Conversation one

M: Hi, we are planning to go to the Disney World, there’s something new to see.

W: I strongly suggest you save tips for it. M: I have no idea. How can you save?

W: I have long been considered as a family guide to Disney World. I’ve been to the park more than 25 times with my kids, and I’ve developed a few money-saving tips.

M: That’s great. What kind of tickets should I buy if we’re visiting for four days?

W: Buy the Five-Day All-in-One Hopper Pass, if you’re visiting for fewer days. It’s a deal.

M: Yes, it seems I’ve got it. The pass costs $229 for visitors aged 10 and

up, $183 for kids aged 3-9.

W: And it is free for kids under three.

M: Do you think this all-in-one pass is appropriate for us?

W: Absolutely. Without this pass, you’ll have to pay separately for Pleasure Island and the Water Parks which would cost a family $100. M: Can we play in the Tomorrow Land or Adventure Land? W: Yes, you don’t need to pay extra money if you have got the pass. M: How can I book a hotel economically?

W: You can get a Magic Kingdom Club Gold Card. Cardholders get up to 20% off Disney hotel rooms plus prices on the theme park tickets and goods from Disney stores.

M: How much do I need to pay for the membership? W: $65 to become a Gold Card Member. 19. What is the main content of the conversation?

20. What ticket should the visitors buy if they plan a three-day tour? 21. How much is it if the parents with a five-year-old kid go there? 22. Which is NOT the benefit of owning the Club Gold Card? Conversation Two

W: Mr. Smith, I have difficulty in understanding some sentences. M: OK, what are they? I’m ready to help.

W: For example, ”Simon sometimes is yellow ”; “Millie is blue today”; “Peter has green fingers”; “John has told a white lie”. There is a color in

each of these sentences. What do they mean?

M: All the colors used here are closely connected with the social cultures. W: I am just doing the research on them.

M: OK, in English , yellow sometimes means cowardice. Blue usually represents sadness. A person with green fingers grows plants well. And a white lie is not a bad lie.

W: Could you give me an example for “a white lie”, please?

M: Certainly. For example, I want to give you some cakes, but in fact you don’t like them. What will you say? W: “No, thanks. I’m not hungry.”

M: that’s a white lie. If you say “No, I don’t like them”, it is impolite. W: What does “He gave me a black look” mean? M: Here “black’ means “angry”.

W: Can you give me an example of “green”?

M: “A green room” is a room in which actors or performers rest or wait when they are not performing on stage. W: Oh, I see. Thank you very much.

M: So here are more questions for you. Everyone want to visit or live in “the White House” but not in “a green house”. You may be “a black horse”, but you never want to be “a white elephant”. Do you know why? W: Er, those are still so new to me. I’m going to check right now. 23. What is the main idea of the conversation?

24. What do “green fingers” mean according to the conversation? 25. Which of the following is correct? Passage one

What the secret of eternal youth? Please try a tomato! At this rate, scientists will have to come up with a better description for the tomato than mere “super food”.

While it had long been credited with preventing some cancers, the fruit now appears to have two more healthy-giving benefits. A study has found that tomatoes have got protection against sunburn and helping keep the skin looking youthful. Tomatoes could provide a cheap and easy way of improving health. Researchers recommend two tomato-based meals a day for health. Possible menus include a glass of tomato juice with breakfast and a salad later or tomato soup for lunch and pasta with a tomato sauce for dinner. To test the fruit’s ability to protect the skin, ten volunteers were asked to eat five tablespoons of tomato paste mixed with oil every day for three months. Another ten had a daily does of olive oil-minus the tomato paste. Tests showed the tomato-eaters were a third better protected against sunburn. Other tests suggested the tomato-based diet had increased production of collagen, the protein that keeps skin supple. If that were not enough, the fruit also protects our elements of cells which turn the food we eat into energy. The fruit is likely to contribute to improved skin health, which in turn may have an anti-ageing

effect.

The researchers stressed, however, that their findings were not an excuse to throw away the sun cream. People should not think tomatoes in any way can replace sun creams. 26. what is the main idea of this passage?

27. According to the researchers, how many tomatoes a day will be healthy?

28. Which is NOT the effect of tomatoes? Passage Two

Nowadays , with the development of science and technology , we can use mobile phones to do many things such as taking photos, listening to music, sending message and so on. Many teenagers take mobile phones as a part of their everyday life. But now the students in New York feel unhappy because they are not allowed to bring their mobile phones to school any more.

Though there has been a ban on mobile phones in New York schools for years, usually the phones are ignored as long as they don’t ring during the class. But things have changed as the city has begun random security scanning at middle and high school from April 26. On that day , police officers seized 129 mobile phones, ten CD players, two iPods , a box of cutter and a knife. Though many parents complained this ban would prevent them form communicating with their children during the day, the

department of education said that the ban would prevent the students from using the phones to take pictures in locker rooms, cheat in tests and call friends together to start fights.

The students have different reasons from their parents to oppose the rule. To most of them, mobile phones are so necessary that they can’t imagine the life without them. A 14-year-old girl said she felt so empty. To her , life without a mobile phone will be “ really, really boring”. Will the mobile phone ban work out? Perhaps only time can tell. 29. what happened to the students in New York?

30. Which is the additional measure taken besides the ban? 31. What can be inferred from the passage? Passage Three

Middle-income families can expect to spend $ 204.060 on feeding, housing and schooling a child born in 2007 until his or her 18th birthday, the US government reported.

Child care and education costs will represent a larger share of costs than they were in the past. The cost of providing food decreased from 24 percent to 17 percent of total child-rearing costs, while child care and education expensed increase from 2 percent to 12 percent. Housing will be the single largest cost for US families-making up 33 to 27 percent of total expense across income groups. Factoring in inflation, the grand total for middle-income families comes to $269,040. Total costs also include

transportation, health care and other necessities. Child-rearing costs have soared and can vary dramatically accordingly to a family’s income. Families making less than $45,800 before taxes can expect to spend less than $148,320 in real terms over the course of their child’s first 17 years. Those on the other end of the income spectrum, making more than $77,100 a year, will spend $298,680 in 2007 on raising their 2007 child. Even though the study does not include the cost of college, it is found that children get more expensive as they get older. Teenagers were the most costly.

It is also noted that child-rearing costs are the greatest in the urban west, and lowest in the urban Midwest and rural areas across the country. 32. What is mainly discussed in this passage? 33. What is the correct statement?

34. What are the changing percentages of the cost of food? 35. when is the most costly period for raising a child? Section C

36. responsible 37. threaten 38. environment 39. climbers 40. gathered 41. confirmed 42. melting 43 shrinking

44. Researchers say 44 of these lakes could overflow during the next five years

45. However, they say it may be possible to remove water from the lakes before they overflow and use that water to create energy

46. However, researchers say the Himalayas have been harmed by an increase in visitors to the area, over-cutting of trees and other environmental destruction.