高等学校英语应用能力考试真题汇编-(B级) 目录

高等学校英语应用能力考试真题汇编-(B级) 节选

    “高等学校英语应用能力考试”  (Practical English TEst f；0r Colleges)是教育部批准实行的
一项教学考试，由高等学校英语应用能力考试委员会与各省、市、自治区教学主管部门实施。
其考试对象为高等职业学校、普通高等专科学校、成人高等学校，以及本科办职业技术学院的
学生。
    “高等学校英语应用能力考试”分为A级和B级。B级覆盖了《(高职高专教育英语课程教学
基本要求(试行))》B级所规定的全部内容。B级考试共分为五大部分：听力理解、词汇用法
和语法结构、阅读理解、英译汉和写作。
    为了帮助考生更好地全面了解本考试的试卷构成、考试题目、题型、考试内容及考试的难
易度，同时使考生了解自己目前的英语水平，我们编写了这本《(高等学校英语应用能力考试真
题汇编(B级))》。
    本书由9套完整的高等学校应用英语能力考试(B级)试卷组成，每套试卷都有参考答
案、听力文字材料和评分标准，并附有听力录音。
  本书的特点是：
    (1)权威性：本书由高等学校英语应用能力考试委员会组织编写，试卷内容、难易程
度、覆盖面和试卷质量严格按照高等学校英语应用能力考试大纲编写。
    (2)科学性：所有试卷中的题目都由高等学校英语应用能力考试委员会特聘的高等学校
英语应用能力考试命题人员命题，经考试委员会专家组初审，并在部分省市高校测试，取得数
据，在此基础上*后修订成稿。
  (3)实用性：每套试卷单独装订，试卷排版格式与实考试卷完全一致，并附有标准答题
纸，可以在模拟的全真考试环境中练习，既便于学生自己使用，也便于课堂教师使用。
    编者在这里必须要指出的是：我们编写本书的目的只是为了让考生和教师熟悉了解高等学
校英语应用能力考试，提供有针对性的、可靠的参考资料。学生要学好英语，要在“高等学校
英语应用能力考试”中取得好成绩，还需平时认真学习，在平时创造条件多使用英语。
    本书由上海交通大学陈永捷教授担任主编。
    由于编者水平有限，本书不足之处希望广大使用者不吝指正。
    编者
    2007年10月            Test Five
Part I                   Listening Comprehension            (15 minutes)
Directions:  This part is to test your listening abiliTV. It consists of 3 sections.
Section A
Directions:  This section is to test your ability to give proper responses. There are $ recorded
                questions in it. After each question,, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two
                times. 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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Example:   You will hear:
               You will read:  A) I'm not sure.
                                  B) You're right.
                                  C) Yes, certainly.
                                  D) That's interesting.
               From the question we learn that the speaker is asking the listener to leave a message.
               Therefore, C) Yes, certainly is the correct answer. You should mark C) on the Answer
               Sheet.
                                                                                                  IA] [BI I~l [DJ
               Now the test Will begin.
 1. A) No, you can't.                        C) Yes, that's right.
    B) No, you shouldn't do it.                 D) Yes. I'm looking for a lamp.
2. A) It's on the fourth floor.                   C) It's 14 stories.
    B) R's near Main Street.                    D) It's far from here.
3. A) Half past eight.                       C) Every three days.
    B) Once a week.                          D) In August.
4. A) Yes, I am very happy.                   C) Thank you all the same.
    B) You, too.                              D) You're very polite.
5. A) No, I don't like it.                     C) No, I am not hungry.
    B) A piece of cake, please.                  D) A cup of tea, please.
Section B
Directions:  This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded
               dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and
               questions will be spoken two times. 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 Answer Sheet with a single line
               through the center.
 6. A) Traveling.                          C) Sports.
     B) Hunting.                             D) Painting.
 7. A) Two dollars.                         C) Twenty-eight dollars.
     B) Fourteen dollars.                       D) Forty dollars.
 8. A) In Berlin.                            C) In Paris.
     B) In London.                            D) In New York.
 9. A) Working in the office.                  C) Having a holiday.
     B) Traveling on business.                   D) Staying at home.
10. A) She feels sorry for him.                  C) She doesn't want to make a call.
     B) She doesn't have any money.             D) She wants to make a phone call.
Section C
Directions:  In this section you will hear a recorded short passage. The passage is printed in the test
               paper, but with some words or phrases missing. The passage will be read three times.
               During the second reading, you are required to put the missing words or phrases on the
               Answer Sheet in order of the numbered blanks according to what you hear. The third
               reading is for you to check your answers. Now the passage will begin.
       This is a very small     11     town that doesn't have many tourists, and it's in the
      12     of Wales, and it's a very grey town to look at. The houses are made from grey stone, the
shops     13     grey, the bridge is grey, and everything is grey, but the people are very friendly.
They love talking     14     and finding out the news about everybody who lives near the town
and in the town. If you break your leg, everybody in the town knows about it     15     the
ambulance has reached the hospital. The town is really very nice, and its people are very
kind.
Part II                  Vocabulary & Structure             (15 minutes)
Directions:  This part is to test your ability to use words and phrases correctly to construct
               meaningful and grammatically correct sentences. It consists of 2 sections.
 Section A
 Directions:  There are 10 incomplete statements here. You are required to complete each statement
                 by choosing the appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You
                 should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the
                 center.
 16. The sight of the clock            me that I was late.
      A) remembered                          C) recalled
      B) reminded                            D) reasoned
 17. No sooner            arrived than he was asked to leave again.
      A) he has                               C) he had
      B) has he                               D) had he
 18. The goal            which he had strived ail his life was finally reached.
      A) with                               C) toward
      B) at                                 D) after
 19. He is a man who can            all sorts of hardships.
      A) make up of                           C) put up with
      B) get rid of                            D) come up with
20. The dog and the wolf look so            that children can't tell one from the other.
      A) alike                                 C) like
      B) unlike                                D) likely
                                                                                                                                    .
21. That holiday I spent more money than I intended
     A) to spend                             C) spend
     B) being spent                          D) to be spending
22. Mr. Brown is offering a(n)            of $1 000 to anyone who finds his missing boy.
      A) price                                 C) reward
     B) award                                D) fee
23. During my short visit there I noticed a group of people                some kind of computer
     game.
     A) to play                            C) to be playing
     B) playing                               D) played
24. The research workers are trying to            some new methods to increase the production.
     A) work out                             C) lead to
     B) get up                             D) take in