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维和考试英语 UNPOL Candidates Selection Test Part One: Listening Comprehension (20 minutes;20%) Directions: In section A, you will hear 10 short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. You must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D as quickly as possible. Then mark the corresponding letter properly on the answer sheet. In section B, you will hear 3 short passages. At each end of the passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages and questions will be spoken only once. You must choose the best answer of each question from the four choices marked A, B, C and D as quickly as possible. Then mark the corresponding letter properly on the answer sheet. Section A 1. A) On Thursday night. B) On Monday night. C) On Friday morning. D) On Thursday morning. 2. A) Try to help him find rooms in another hotel. B) Check to see if there are any vacancies in her hotel. C) Let him move to a room with two single beds. D) Show him the way to Imperial Hotel. 3. A) Robust. B) Brave. C) Generous. D) Dangerous. 4. A) He loves his present job. B) He is going to open a store. C) He is about to retire. D) He works in a repair shop. 5. A) She has confidence in him. B) She has also won a scholarship. 1/16 C) She is surprised at the news. D) She is not interested in the news. 6. A) His only son is dying. B) His mother died some time ago. C) He didn't like after his sick wife. D) He hasn't taken good care of his son. 7. A) At the airport. B) In a travel agency. C) In a hotel. D) At the reception desk. 8. A) He is not equal to the job. B) He is not well paid for his work. C) He doesn't think the job is challenging enough. D) He cannot keep his mind on his work. 9. A) The talks haven't started yet. B) The talks haven't achieved much. C) The talks have produced a general agreement. D) The talks broke down and could go no further. 10. A) Help him to carry some luggage. B) Get some travel information. C) Tell him the way to the left-luggage office. D) Look after something for him. Section B Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) Crowded air traffic. B) The large size of airplanes. C) Mistakes by air traffic controllers. D) Bad weather. 12. A) They bumped into each other over a swimming pool. B) They avoided each other by turning in different directions. C) They narrowly escaped crashing into each other. D) One plane climbed above the other at the critical moment. 13. A) To show the key role played by air traffic controllers. B) To show the great responsibility shouldered by the pilots. C) To give an example of air disasters. 2/16 D) to show that air travel is far safer than driving a car. Passage Two Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. A) Her unique experience. B) Her future prospects. C) Her favorite job. D) Her lonely life. 15. A) Authority. B) A good relationship. C) Good luck. D) Independence. 16. A) She will live an empty life. B) She will work in a bookstore. C) She will remain single. D) She will earn a lot of money. 17. A) She should find a good job. B) She should open a small restaurant. C) She should have more control over her life. D) She should get married. Passage Three Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 18. A) In day-care centers where little children were taken care of. B) In areas in Chicago poor people lived. C) In places where hot lunch was provided for factory workers. D) In schools where free classes were organized for young people. 19. A) For young people and adults. B) For immigrants. C) For factory works. D) For poor city children. 20. A) Jane Adams' contributions to society. B) Jane Adams' struggle for women's liberation. C) Jane Adams' life story. D) Jane Adams' responsibility for the poor. 3/16 Part Two: Reading Comprehension (40 minutes; 20%) 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 decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter properly on the answer sheet. Questions 21-25 are based on the following passage: e.g., alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even People can be addicted to different things— television. People who have such an addiction are compulsive: they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders. They feel that they must spend money. This compulsion, like most others, is irrational—impossible to explain reasonably. For compulsive spenders who buy on credit, charge accounts are even more exciting than money. In other word word文档格式规范word作业纸小票打印word模板word简历模板免费word简历 s, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending enormous amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy. There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things that they don’t need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game. When they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason. It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also business people. Stores, companies, and advertises use psychology to increase business. They consider people’s needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods. Psychologists often use a method called “behavior therapy” to help individuals solve their personality problems. In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money. 21. According to the psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money__________. A) and takes great pleasure from what he or she buys B) in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in life C) just to meet his or her strong psychological need D) entirely with an irrational eagerness 4/16 22. According to the writer, compulsive bargain hunters are in constant search of the lowest possible prices__________. A) because they want to save money to help their budgets B) because they can openly boast of their triumph over others in getting things for less C) and will not have money problems if they can keep to their budgets D) but they seldom admit they feel satisfied if they can get things for less than others 23. Which of the following is true? A) All people spend money for exactly the same reason that they need to buy things. B) Business people and advertisers can use the psychology of money to increase sales. C) Business people understand the psychology of compulsive buying better than scientists do. D) Compulsive bargain hunters do not have problems with money. 24. The article is mainly about__________. A) the psychology of money-spending habits B) the purchasing habits of compulsive spenders C) a special psychology of bargain hunting D) the use of the psychology of spending habits in business 25. From the passage we may safely conclude that compulsive spenders or compulsive bargain hunters__________. A) are really unreasonable B) need special treatment C) are really beyond remedies D) can never get any help to solve their problems with money Questions 26-30 are based on the following passage: Attention to detail is something everyone can and should do—especially in a tight job market. Bob Crossley, a human-resources expert, notices this in the job applications that come across his desk every day. “It’s amazing how many candidates eliminate themselves,” he says. “Resumes arrive with stains. Some candidates don’t bother to spell the company’s name correctly. Once I see mistake, I eliminate the candidate,” Crossley concludes. “If they cannot take care of these details, why should we trust them with a job?” Can we pay too much attention to details? Absolutely. Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward. “To keep from losing the forest for the trees,” says Charles Garfield, associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco, “we must constantly ask ourselves how the details we’re 5/16 working on fit into the larger picture. If they don’t, we should drop them and move to something else.” Garfield compares this process to his work as a computer scientist at NASA. “The Apollo?moon launch was slightly off-course 90 percent of the time,” says Garfield. “But a successful landing was still likely because we knew the exact coordinates of our goal. This allowed us to make adjustments as necessary.” Knowing where we want to go helps us judge the importance of every task we undertake. Too often we believe what accounts for others’ success is some special secret or a lucky break. But rarely is success so mysterious. Again and again, we see that by doing little things within our grasp well, large rewards follow. 26. What is the passage mainly about? A) It is not necessary to be a perfectionist. B) It is attention to details that helps realize major goals. C) It is of great importance to be adjustable. D) It is largely a matter of luck to get success. 27. Decide which one of the following four statements is true according to the passage. A) Some job applicants were rejected because they failed to present details about their background. B) Some job applicants were rejected because they eliminated their names from the resume. C) Some job applicants were rejected because they presented a resume copy that was unclean. D) Some job applicants were rejected because they lacked education in spelling. 28. The word “eliminate”(Para.1, line 3) in this passage means “__________”. A) object B) neglect C) get rid of D) catch up with 29. The example of the Apollo?moon launch is given to show that__________. A) failure is the mother of success B) minor mistakes can be neglected in achieving major objectives C) adjustments help avoid major mistakes D) a good understanding of the goal helps in deciding which details can be ignored 30. We can infer from the passage that__________. A) although too much attention to details may be costly, they should not be overlooked. 6/16 B) careless applicants lose their jobs C) we should be aware of the importance of a task before carrying it out D) working on details that are of vital importance to the whole task then success is within reach Questions 31-35 are based on the following passage: Is language, like food, a basic human need? Judging from the drastic experiment of Frederick?in the 13th century it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue he told the nurses to keep silent. All the infants died before the first year. But clearly there was more than language deprivation here. What was missing was good mothering. Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the capacity to survive is seriously affected. Today no such drastic deprivation exists as that ordered by Frederick. Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking. Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to the cues and signals of the infant, whose brain is programmed to mop up language rapidly. There are critical times, it seems, when children learn more readily. If these sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal time for acquiring skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again. Linguists suggest that speech milestones are reached in a fixed sequence and at a constant age, but there are cases where speech has started late in a child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ( Intelligence Quotient). Recent evidence suggests that an infant is born with the capacity to speak. What is special about Man’s brain, compared with that of the monkey, is the complex system which enables a child to connect the sight and feel of, say, a teddy-bear with the sound pattern “teddy-bear”. But speech has to be triggered, and this depends on interaction between the mother and the child, where the mother recognized the cues and signals in the child’s babbling, clinging, grasping, crying, smiling, and responds to them. Insensitivity of the mother to these signals dulls the interaction because the child gets discouraged and sends out only the obvious signals. Sensitivity to the child’s non-verbal cues is essential to the growth and development of language. 31. Frederick?’s experiment was “drastic” because__________. A) he wanted to prove children are born with ability to speak B) he ignored the importance of mothering to the infant C) he was unkind to the nurses D) he wanted his nurses to say no mother tongue 32. The reason some children are backward in speaking today is that__________. 7/16 A) they do not listen carefully to their mothers B) their brains have to absorb too much language at once C) their mothers do not respond to their attempts to speak D) their mothers are not intelligent enough to help them 33. By “critical times” the author means__________. A) difficult periods in the child’s life B) moments when the child becomes critical towards its mother C) important stages in the child’s development D) times when mothers often neglect their children 34. Which of the following is not implied in the passage? A) The faculty of speech is inborn in man. B) Children do not need to be encouraged to speak. C) The child’s brain is highly selective. D) Most children learn their language in definite stages. 35. If the mother does not respond to her child’s signals, __________. A) the child will never be able to speak properly B) the child will stop giving out signals C) the child will invent a language of its own D) the child will make little efforts to speak Questions 36-40 are based on the following passage: In 1957, a doctor in Singapore noticed that hospitals were treating an unusual number of influenza like cases. Influenza is sometimes called “flu” or a “bad cold”. He took samples from the throats of patients and in his hospital was able to find the virus of this influenza. There are three main types of the influenza virus. The most important of these are type A and B, each of them having several subgroups. With the instruments at the hospital the doctor recognized that the outbreak was due to a virus in group A, but he did not know the subgroup. Then he reported the outbreak to the World Health Organization in Geneva. W.H.O. published the important news alongside reports of a similar outbreak in Hong Kong where about 15—20% of the population had become ill. As soon as the London doctors received the package of throat samples, doctors began the standard tests. They found that by reproducing itself with very high speed, the virus had grown more than a million times within two days. Continuing their careful tests, the doctors checked the effect of drugs against all the known subgroups of virus type A. None of them gave any protection. This, then, was something new, a new influenza virus, against which the people of the world had no help whatever. 8/16 Having found the virus they were working with, the two doctors now dropped it into the noses of some specially selected animals, which get influenza as much as human beings do. In a short time the usual signs of the disease appeared. These experiments proved that the new virus was easy to catch, but that it was not a killer. Scientists, like the general public, call it simply Asian flu. The first discovery of the virus, however, was made in China before the disease had appeared in other countries. Various reports showed that the influenza outbreak started in China, probably in February of 1957. By the middle of March it had spread all over China. The virus was found by Chinese doctors early in March. But China is not a member of the World Health Organization and therefore does not report outbreak of disease to it. Not until two months later, when travelers carried the virus into Hong Kong, from where it spread to Singapore, did the news of the outbreak reach the rest of the world. By this time it was well started on its way around the world. Thereafter, W.H.O.’s Weekly Reports described the steady spread of this great virus outbreak, which within four months swept through every continent. 36. Where did the influenza not occur? A) In Singapore. B) In Hong Kong. C) In Beijing. D) In London. 37. The outbreak in Hong Kong was due to a virus in __________. A) a new subgroup of Group A B) an old subgroup of Group A C) a new subgroup of Group B D) an old subgroup of Group B 38. Why did the two doctors drop the flu into the noses of animals? A) To test the speed and effect of virus reproduction. B) To see how it can affect the animals. C) To find the channel of the virus spread. D) To decide on the virus name. 39. Where was the flu first found? A) In Hong Kong. B) In Singapore. C) In China. D) Not mentioned. 40. When did the virus reach the rest of the world? A) In February. 9/16 B) Before March. C) In April. D) After May. Part Three: Vocabulary and Structure (30 minutes; 20%) Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter properly on the answer sheet. 41. Although there are different opinions among them, they finally ________ a plan. A) agree to B) agree with C) agree on D) agree in 42. The ________ of human knowledge are being pushed further. A) boundaries B) borders C) limits D) edges 43. Since mixtures are composed of two or more pure substances, each ________ changes state at a different temperature. A) company B) compound C) companion D) component 44. Kate refused to ________ the car keys to her husband until he had promised to wear his safety belt. A) hand over B) hand down C) hand out D) hand in 45. Quite a lot of people watch TV only to ________ time. A) waste B) spend C) kill D) pass 46. They did not find ________ to prepare for the worst conditions they might meet. A) worth they while 10/16 B) it worthwhile C) it worth D) it worthy 47. The ________ action of the policemen saved the people in the house from being burnt. A) supreme B) significant C) prompt D) vital 48. In most urban and suburban areas of the world, sick people go to a doctor for ________. A) cure B) diagnosis C) healing D) treatment 49. After everyone was seated, the chairman ________ to announce his plans. A) mumbled B) tended C) attempted D) proceeded 50. You didn’t go over the lessons before the exam and you can find no ________ for your failure. A) explanation B) excuse C) exception D) expectation 51. The pet is, ________ , a member of the family. A) so speaking B) so to be called C) so as to speak D) so to speak 52. After resting for a few weeks, the British adventurer set off once more ________ his friends’ attempts to dissuade him. A) as opposed to B) in contrast to C) in spite of D) instead of 11/16 53. The presence of elements ________ iron greatly affects the physical properties of steel. A) rather than B) more than C) other than D) less than 54. The English language contains a(n) ________ of words which are comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversation. A) altitude B) latitude C) multitude D) attitude 55. They were waiting anxiously for the ________ of the jury’s deliberation. A) outset B) outcome C) output D) outlet 56. The football match was televised ________ from the worker’s stadium. A) alive B) living C) live D) lively 57. The ________ of a vocation to be spent in Dalian is fascinating and pleasant. A) perspective B) prospect C) respect D) perception 58. Before we decide to ________ Henry, we should be sure that he is trust-worthy. A) count about B) count to C) count of D) count on 59. I don’t understand this point; please ________ it by giving one or two examples. A) illustrate B) imbue C) identify D) imitate 12/16 60. He was so fast asleep that even the ________ ringing of the alarm clock failed to wake him up. A) consistent B) primary C) periodic D) persistent 61. We should be able to do the job for you quickly, ________ you give us all the necessary information. A) in case B) provided that C) or else D) as if 62. He wrote back to say that he had received out letter and the ________ sample. A) adding B) added C) attached D) attaching 63. Indeed, almost every scientist now finds it impossible to read all the works relevant to his own subject, ________ extensively outside of it. A) still more reading B) much less to read C) much less reading D) much more to read 64. Everybody in the household listened ________ to what he said. A) respectively B) respectably C) respectfully D) appreciably 65. The test results were so ________ that the scientists knew that they had made a great ________ in medicine. A) significant / breakout B) magnificent / outturn C) considerable / outbreak D) significant / breakthrough 66. The university students ________ to the club’s work by helping its activities, cleaning the floor of the club’s building and making furniture for it. A) attribute B) contribute 13/16 C) continue D) distribute 67. Don’t ________ to let me know if there is anything I can do for you. A) reject B) prevent C) hesitate D) refuse 68. Television keeps us informed about ________ events and the latest developments in science and politics. A) current B) fashionable C) new D) past 69. Linda was in a ________ as to whether to go out with her boyfriend or to stay at home. A) consciousness B) delight C) dilemma D) rage 70. The University of Chicago ________ the finishing graduate students less tuition because it knew that these students were hard up for money. A) expended B) offered C) cost D) charged 71. Improved consumer confidence is ________ to an economic recovery. A) crucial B) subordinate C) cumulative D) satisfactory 72. Although the body is made up of many different tissues, these tissues are arranged in an ________ and orderly fashion. A) incredible B) intricate C) internal D) initial 73. My sister is quite ________ and plans to get an M. A. degree within one year. 14/16 A) aggressive B) enthusiastic C) considerate D) ambitious 74. His ________ was telling him that something was wrong. A) intuition B) hypothesis C) inspiration D) sentiment 75. As one of the youngest professors in the university, Miss King is certainly on the ________ of a brilliant career. A) threshold B) edge C) porch D) course 76. Very few people understood his lecture, the subject of which was very ________. A) dim B) obscure C) conspicuous D) intelligible 77. This movie is not ________ for children to see: it contains too much violence and too many love scenes. A) profound B) valid C) decent D) upright 78. The wood was so rotten that, when we pulled, it ________ into fragments. A) broke off B) broke away C) broke through D) broke up 79. The detective and his assistant have begun to ________ the mysterious murder. A) come through B) look into C) make over D) see to 80. Sadly, the Giant Panda is one of the many species now in danger of ________ . 15/16 A) extinction B) migration C) destruction D) extraction 16/16