中国名校四级密卷---上海外国语大学卷
Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension(20 minutes)
Section A
Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1.A) The man doesn’t want to see Mr. Williams.
  B) Mr. Jones is in an inferior position than Mr. Williams.
  C) Mr. Jones used to be in charge.
  D) Mr. Willams doesn’t want to do tomorrow.
2.A) They need to make more efforts.
  B) They’ll have more work to do tomorrow.
  C) The others have done the greater part of it.
  D) They’ve finished more than half of it.
3.A) She was feeling very sorry.
  B) She felt a bit annoyed.
  C) She was in a hurry.
  D) She was in her office.
4.A) Jane was telling a lie.
  B) The woman wasn’t being sincere.
  C) Jane has already come back from Paris.
  D) Jane wasn’t in Paris that day.
5.A) The knife belongs to him.
  B) Bob should mind his own business.
  C) The man once borrowed Bob’s knife.
  D) Bob’s knife isn’t as good as that of the man.
6.A) He’ll miss the meeting that afternoon.
  B) He’ll have an appointment with the host.
  C) He won’t miss the meeting.
  D) He is very hardworking.
7.A) Because she won’t fulfill her promise.
  B) Because her mother would be very angry.
  C) Because she can’t finish the job ahead of schedule.
  D) Because she would be the last to finish the job.
8.A) He always talks on the phone for that long if it’s toll free.
  B) They have so much free time to talk on the phone for that long.
  C) They talked on the phone for too long.
  D) He wants to know what they talked about.
9.A) at a restaurant
  B) at the cinema
  C) in the office
  D) at a department store
10.A) She wrote the thesis for the man.
   B) She warned the man about writing on such a topic.
   C) She likes to take risk.
   D) She was secretary to Professor Smith.

Section B
Directions:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken 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.
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11.A) Americans are too attached to their cars.
   B) American cars are too fast.
   C) Automobiles endanger health.
   D) Automobiles are the main pubic transportation tools of USA.
12.A) Because they pollute air.
   B) Because they are natural hazards.
   C) Because they are increasing in numbers.
   D) Because people don’t walk so often.
13.A) control of natural hazards
   B)control of heavy traffic
   C)control of heart disease
   D)control of manmade hazards
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14.A) It smashed into a row of houses.
   B) It was run over by a truck.
   C) It was too nervous to leave the strip in the middle of the road.
   D) It hit a truck.
15.A) A passenger.
   B) The dog.
   C) The truckdriver.
   D) A policeman.
16.A) In the street.
   B) In a family swimming pool.
   C) In a public swimming pool.
   D) In a kindergarten.
17.A) A big steak.
   B) A piece of bread.
   C) A bottle of milk.
   D) An extra bone.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18.A) Seasonal variations in nature.
   B) How intelligence changes with the change of seasons.
   C) How we can improve our intelligence.
   D) Why summer is the best season for vacation.
19.A) Summer.
   B) Winter.
   C) Fall.
   D) Spring.
20.A) All people are less intelligent in summer than in the other seasons of the year.
   B) Heat has no effect on people’s mental abilities.
   C) People living near the equator are the most intelligent.
   D) Both climate and temperature exert impact on people’s intelligence.
Part Ⅱ    Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B),C), and D). You should decided on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 　
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
    The horse came into existence before man on earth. Although the earliest remains of primitive horses have been found on the North American continent, many scientists believe this small species traveled over a land mass. In the Bering Sea to found the beginnings of the modern horse in Asia. It became extinct（绝种的）in America. Other scientists believe that the horse may have originated in Asia. In any event the animal soon spread into China, Europe, and the Middle East. The first modern horses to be introduced into the American continent came with the early Spanish explorers. Horses were bred into many types. The heavy horses developed in the low countries of Europe and were used for work and by the medieval knights （中世纪骑士）to ride. The oldest breed of horses is said to be the Arabian. The only true wild horses left in 20th century are found in Mongolia. Horses are said to rate in intelligence after the ape, elephant, the dog. They have excellent memories and can sometimes find their way home when lost, and sense danger better than their masters. The early civilizations of man that had made use of the horse developed more rapidly than those which had not.
21. What are some of the characteristics of the horse?
A) Poor memories.
B) More intelligent than the dog.
C) Great loyalty.
D) In some areas they can exceed the abilities of man.
22. Where did the horse originate?
A) In the Middle East.
B) In Europe.
C) On the North American continent.
D) In Spain.
23. What were the primary uses of the horse for early man?
A) For food.
B) For power.
C) To make money.
D) To work for him.
24. What can be said about the varieties of horses?
A) The early horses were larger than the more modern breeds.
B) The only true wild horses left in the 20th century are in the Middle East.
C) The oldest breed of the modern horses is said to be the Arabian.
D) Medieval Knights preferred fast, active horses.
25. What might be the author’s possible purpose in writing this passage?
A) To tell readers that horse appeared earlier than human being.
B) To inform us that horses can help us a lot.
C) To introduce the history and characteristics of horses.
D) To introduce the primitive horses to modern man.
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
    With tremendous force a great mass of solid rock suddenly moves deep inside the earth. Shock waves travel upward, and the su