—GRADE FOUR—
MODEL TEST ONE
PART I DICTATION [10 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 2 minutes to check through your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A TALK
[20 MIN]
In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at the task on the ANSWER SHEETONE and write NO 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 THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.
Now, listen to the talk. When it is over, you will be given TWO minutes to check your work.
SECTION B CONVERSATIONS
In this section, you will hear two conversations. At the end of the conversion, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken ONCE 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 ANSWER SHEET TWO.
You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions. Now, listen to the conversations.
Conversation One
Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.
1. A. A two-storied and four-bedroom house located in a small town.
B. A tow n house with two floors, two bedrooms, and four bedrooms. C. A two-bedroom tow n house with four bathrooms, two floors. D. A two-storied house located in a street with an area of 1080m
2. A. $ 250,000.
B. $ 260,000. C. $ 253,000. D. $ 263,000.
3. A. His credit score is of average level.
B. His credt score is of adva nved level. C. He pays on time occasi on ally. D. He keeps records of the credit. 4. A. His gross mon thly in come is sufficie nt.
B. His prefere nee of a moderate life of loa n.
C. The in terest of the 30-year one is bey ong his capacity. D. His un willi ngn ess to pay much mon ey. 5. A. Credit.
B. Life of the loa n. C. Bank policy. D. I ncome. Con versatio n Two
Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.
6. A. When you want to save more mon ey.
B. When you want to get a disco unt. C. When the gift is on your shopp ing list. D. When the gift is worth the money. 7. A. Limit 1.
B. Limit 3. C. Limit 5. D. Limit 6.
8. A. If I buy the goods, I will save more mon ey.
B. If I don 'buy the goods, there will be no such goods. C. If I buy the goods, I will get a free gift.
D. If I don 'buy the goods, they will raise the price. 9. A. In order to let you con pare prices whe n buying.
B. In order to let you ignore the high price. C. In order to let you buy thi ngs in adva nee. D. In order to let you wait to buy some better thin gs. 10. A. Stay focused ” are the key words when shopping.
B. Kellt Grant tells us to make a shopp ing list and check it twice whe n shopp ing.
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C. Kelly Grant recommends the shop now, save later ” shopping way. D. Coup ons are the things that the stores want you to come back aga in. PART III LANGUAGE USAGE
[10 MIN]
There are twenty sentences in this sect ion. Ben eath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your an swers on An swer Sheet Two.
11. Among the sentences below, it is sentence____ that denotes
future of present cause ”.
A. The hugely successful British boy band will split soon. B. The hugely successful British boy band may be splitting soon. C. The hugely successful British boy band is going to split soon. D. The hugely successful British boy band is splitting soon.
12. The following determiners can be used with uncountable nouns EXCEPT _______ .
A. heaps of B. lots of C. umptee n D. qua ntities of
13. Which of the italicized parts indicates CONTRAST?
A. Mr White is prin cipal of the school, an d an expert in tran slati on. B. He is not man eno ugh, and that ' all.
C. Jack grew wheat on his farm duri ng the day, an d he studied astr nomy at ni ght. D. He didn 'stay up late, and he was tardy for school. 14. There was a storm ______ I had never experieneed before.
A. such as B. as which C. with which D. for such
15. This rule ______ to every one who ______ for the post.
A. will apply … will apply B. applies …will apply C. will apply …applies D. applies ….is applying
16. Who _______ in but the Preside nt himself!
A. is comi ng B. should come C. came
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D. has come
17. Which of the following prepositional phrases can function as an adverbial?
A. I don 'twant a book with a torn cover. B. The grass was wet with rain. C. It is in bad taste to boost. D. Betwee n four and six will suit me.
18. Though the young lady was very pretty and gracious, she was none ____ happier for her beauty.
A. the B. much C. more D. enough
19. Which of the following best explains the meaning of Shall my daughter do your shopping for you? ”
A. Do you agree to my daughter doing your shopp ing for you? B. Are you willi ng to let my daughter do your shopp ing for you? C. Do you want my daughter to do your shopp ing for you? D. Am I willi ng to let my daughter do your shopp ing for you?
20. There is no reas on they should limit how much vitamin you take, ______ they can limit how much water you drink.
A. nor
B. no more tha n C. not more tha n D. any more tha n
21. Harry took a ______ of his drink and then put the glass down.
A. taste B. lick C. mouth D. sip
22. As he made no ______ to our quarrel, I assumed he had forgiven me.
A. refere nee B. stateme nt C. comme nt D. men ti on
23. At the casualty department my brother had his injury _______
A. cured B. healed C. relieved D. treated
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24. I n the ______ majority of cases, this is a vital operati on.
A. treme ndous B. han dsome C. broad D. wide
25. ________ caused the accident has not yet been found.
A. What B. Whatever C. Whichever D. Which
26. What happe ns to her? She ' bee n behavi ng very strange _____ late.
A. by B. of C. for D. till
27. My young brother has really gotten under my skin. The underlined part means ______
A. made me angry B. made me tired C. made me excited D. made me anno yed 28.
— I'm glad to see you look ing so well. — Yes, I feel as _____ as a fiddle.
A. well B. fit C. fine D. fresh
29. The local wine is rather rough, but you 'soon __________ a taste for it!
A. receive B. adopt C. acquire D. accept
30. The rays of the morning sun begi n to shine through _______ win dows, cast ing a glow of
gold over the Ian dscape. A. carved an tique woode n B. an tique carved woode n C. an tique woode n carved D. woode n an tique carved PART IV CLOZE
[10 MIN]
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Decide which of the words give n in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blank. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. Mark the letter for each word on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
A. emergi ng F. tran sformed B. testify G. pigme nt L. ritualistic C.sought H. pain stak ing M. figure D. mergi ng I. in total N. exta nt E. in gen eral J. close O. shifted K. ratify Painting, the executi on of forms and shapes on a surface by means of (31) ______ , has
bee n con ti nu ously practiced by huma ns for some 20,000 years. Together with other activities that may have bee n (32) _______________ in orig in but have come to be desig nated as artistic such as music or dance, pain ti ng was one of the earliest ways in which man (33) ___ to express his own pers on ality and his (34) ____ un dersta nding of an existe nee bey ond the material world.
Un like music and dan ce, however, examples of early forms of painting have survived to the prese nt day. The moder n eye can derive aesthetic as well as an tiquaria n satisfact ion from the 15,000-year-old-cave murals of Lascaux-- some examples (35) _____________________________ to the considerable powers of draftsmanship of these early artists. And painting, unlike other arts, exhibits universal qualities that make it easy for viewers of all nations and civilizations to understand and appreciate.
The major (36) _______ examples of early painting any where in the world are found in
Western Europe and the Soviet Union. But some 5,000 years ago, the areas in which important paintings were executed (37) __________________________ to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and n eighbori ng regi ons. Therefore, Wester n shared a Europea n cultural traditi on the Middle East and Mediterra nean Bas in an d, later, the coun tries of the New World.
Wester n pain ti ng is (38) ___ dist in guished by its concen trati on on the represe ntati on of the huma n (39) _____ , whether in the heroic con text of an tiquity or the religious con text of
the early Christian and medieval world. The Renaissance extended this tradition through a(n) (40) exam in ati on of the n atural world and an in vestigati on of bala nce, harm ony, and
perspectives in the visible world, li nking painting to the develop ing scie nces of an atomy and optics. PART V READING COMPREHENSION SECTION A MUTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
[35 MIN]
In this section there are three passages followed by ten multiple choice questions. For each multiple choice question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D.
Choose the one that you thi nk is the best an swer. Mark your an swers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
PASSAGE ONE
Given the lack of fit between gifted students and their schools, it is not surprising that such students often have little good to say about their school experienee. In one study of 400 adults who had achieved distinction in all areas of life, researchers found that three-fifths of these in dividuals either did badly in school or were un happy in school. Few MacArthur Prize fellows, wi nners of the MacArthur Award for creative accomplishme nt, had good things to say about their precollegiate schooling if they had not been placed in adva need programs.
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Anecdotal reports support this. Pablo Picasso, Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, Oliver Goldsmith, and William Butler Yeats all disliked school. So did Winston Churchill, who almost failed out of Harrow, an elite British school. About Oliver Goldsmith, one of his teachers remarked, \"Never was so dull a boy. \" Often these children realize that they know more than their teachers, and their teachers often feel that these children are arrogant, inattentive, or unm otivated.
Some of these gifted people may have done poorly in school because their gifts were not scholastic. Maybe we can acco unt for Picasso in this way. But most fared poorly in school not because they lacked ability but because they found school un challe nging and con seque ntly lost interest. Yeats described the lack of fit between his mind and school: \"Because I had found it difficult to attend to anything less interesting than my own thoughts, I was difficult to teach.\"
As no ted earlier, gifted childre n of all kinds tend to be stron g-willed Con flicts with teachers.
When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers. A writing prodigy studied by David Feldman and Lynn Goldsmith was taught far more about writing by his journalist father than his English teacher. High-IQ childre n, in Australia studied by Miraca Gross had much more positive feeli ngs about their families tha n their schools. About half of the mathematicia ns studied by Benjamin Bloom had little good to say about school. They all did well in school and took honors available, and some skipped grades.
41. The author quotes the remarks of one of Oliver Goldsmith's teachers _____ .
A. to provide support for his argument.
B. to illustrate the strong will of some gifted children. C. to explain how dull students can also be successful. D. to show how poor Oliver's performanee was at school. 42. Pablo Picasso is listed among the many gifted children who _____ .
A.
B. C. D.
paid no attention to their teachers in class. contradicted their teachers much too often.
could not cope with their studies at school successfully.
behaved arrogantly and stubbornly in the presenee of their teachers.
classes whe n noncon formists.
Noncon formity and stubbor nn ess (and Yeats's level of arroga nee and self-absorpti on) are likely to lead to
43. Many gifted people attributed their success _____ .
A.
B. C. D.
mainly to parental help and their education at home.
both to school instruction and to their rparents' coaching. more to their parents' encouragement than to school training. less to their systematic educati on tha n to their tale nt.
PASSAGE TWO
A controversy erupted in the scientific community in early 1998 over the use of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid ) fingerprinting in criminal investigations. DNA fingerprinting
was
introduced in 1987 as a method to identify individuals based on a pattern seen in their DNA, the molecule of
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which genes are made. DNA is prese nt in every cell of the body except red blood cells. DNA fingerprinting has been used successfully in various ways, such as to determ ine paternity where it is not clear who the father of a particular child is. However, it is in the area of criminal investigations that DNA fingerprinting has potentially powerful and con troversial uses.
DNA fingerprinting
and other DNA analysis techniques have revolutionized
criminal
in vestigati ons by givi ng in vestigators powerful new tools in the attempt to trove guilt, not just establish innocence. When used in criminal investigations, a DNA fingerprint pattern from a suspect is compared with a DNA fingerprint pattern obtained from such material as hairs or blood found at the scene of a crime. A match between the two DNA samples can be used as evide nee to convict a suspect.
The controversy in 1998 stemmed form a report published in December 1991 by populati on gen eticists Richard C. Lew on ti n of Harvard Uni versity in Cambridge, Mass., and Dan iel L. Hartl called in to questi on
the methods to calculate how likely it is that a match
between two DNA fingerprints might occur by chance alone. In particular, they argued that the current method cannot properly determine the likelihood that two DNA samples will match because they came from the same in dividual rather tha n simply from two differe nt in dividuals who are members of the same eth nic group. Lew on ti n and Hartl called for better surveys of DNA patter ns methods are adequate.
In response to their criticisms, population geneticists Ranajit Chakraborty of the University of Texas in Dallas and Kenneth K.Kidd of Yale University in New Haven, Conn., argued that eno ugh data are already available to show that the methods curre ntly being used are adequate. In January 1998, however, the federal Bureau of Investigation and laboratories that con duct DNA tests announ ced that they would collect additi onal DNA samples form various ethnic groups in an attempt to resolve some of these questions. And, in April, a National Academy of Sciences called for strict standards and system of accreditation for DNA testing laboratories.
44. Before DNA fin gerpri nting is used, suspects _ .
A. would have to leave their fin gerpri nts for further in vestigati ons B. would have to submit evide nee for their innocence C. could easily escape conviction of guilt D. could be con victed of guilt as well
45. The attitude of the Federal Bereau of In vestigati on shows that __ .
A. eno ugh data are yet to be collected form various eth nic groups to confirm the un likelihood of two DNA samples coming from two in dividual members
B. eno ugh data of DNA samples should be collected to confirm that only DNA samples form the same pers on can match
C. eno ugh data are yet to be collected from various eth nic groups to determ ine the likelihood of two differe nt DNA samples coming form the same pers on
D. additi onal samples from various eth nic groups should be collected to determ ine that two DNA samples are un likely to come from the same pers on
46. The Nati onal Academy of Sciences holds the sta nee that __ .
A. DNA testi ng should be systematized
B. only authorized laboratories can con duct DNA testi ng C. it is authorized to work out sta ndards for testi ng D. it has the right to accredit laboratories for DNA testi ng
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PASSAGE THREE
A few mon ths ago I was nomin ated for Governor of the great State of New York, to run aga inst Stewart L. Woodford and Joh n T. Hoffma n, on an in depe ndent ticket. I somehow felt that I had one prominent advantage over these gentlemen, and that was, good character. It was easy to see by the n ewspapers, that if ever they had known what it was to bear a good name, that time had gone by. It was plain that in these latter years they had become familiar with all manner of shameful crimes. But at the very mome nt that I was exalt ing my adva ntage and joying in it in secret, there was a muddy un dercurre nt of
discomfort \"rili ng\" the deeps of my happ in ess -- and that was, the havi ng to hear my n ame ban died about in familiar conn ecti on with those of such people.
But after all, I could not recede. I was fully committed and must go on with the fight. As I was look ing listlessly over the papers at breakfast, I came across this paragraph, and I may truly say I n ever was so confoun ded before:
PERJURY. -- Perhaps, now that Mr. Mark Twai n is before the people as a can didate for Governor, he will condescend to explain how he came to be convicted of perjury by thirty-four wit nesses, in Wakawak, Coch in China, in 1863, the intent of which perjury was to rob a poor native widow and her helpless family of a meagre plantain patch, their only stay and support in their bereavement and their desolation. Mr. Twain owes it to himself, as well as to the great people whose suffrages he asks, to clear this matter up. Will he do it?
I thought I should burst with amazeme nt! Such a cruel, heartless charge -- I n ever had see n Coch in Chin a! I n ever had beard of Wakawak! I did n't know a pla ntain patch from a kangaroo! I did not know what to do. I was crazed and helpless. I let the day slip away without doing anything at all.
[Mem. -- During the rest of the campaign this paper never referred to me in any other way tha n as \"the infam ous perjurer Twain.\"]
Next came the \"Gazette,\" with this:
WANTED TO KNOW. -- Will the new can didate for Governor deig n to expla in to certain of his fellow-citizens (who are suffering to vote for him!) the little circumstanee of his cab in-mates in Montana los ing small valuables from time to time, un til at last, these things hav ing bee n in variably found on Mr. Twain's pers on or in his \"tr unk\" (n ewspaper he rolled his traps in), they felt compelled to give him a frien dly adm on iti on for his own good, and so tarred and feathered him and rode him on a rail, and then advised him to leave a permanent vacuum in the place he usually occupied in the camp. Will he do this?
Could anything be more deliberately malicious tha n that? For I n ever was in Montana in my life. [After this, this journal customarily spoke of me as \"Twain, the Montana Thief.\"]
I got to pick up papers apprehe nsively -- much as one would lift a desired bla nket which he had some idea might have a rattlesnake under it.
By this time anonymous letters were getting to be an important part of my mail matter. This form was com mon:
How about that old woma n you kicked of...
Shortly the principal Republican journal \"convicted\" me of wholesale bribery, and the leadi ng Democratic paper \" nailed\" an aggravated case of blackmail ing to me.
[In this way I acquired two additi onal n ames: \"Twa in, the Filthy Corrupti oni st,\" and \"Twa in, the Loathsome Embracer.\"]
There was no possible way of getting out of it, and so, in deep humiliation, I set about prepari ng to \"an swer\" a mass of baseless charges and mean and wicked falsehoods. But I never finished the task, for the very next morning a paper came out with a new horror, a fresh malignity, and seriously charged me with
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burning a lunatic asylum with all its inmates, because it obstructed the view from my house. This threw me into a sort of panic. And at last, as a due and fitt ing climax to the shameless persecuti on that party ran cor had in flicted upon me, nine little toddling children of all shades of color and degrees of raggedness were taught to rush on to the platform at a public meet ing and clasp me around the legs and call me PA!
I gave up. I hauled dow n my colors and surre ndered. I was not equal to the requireme nts of a
Gubernatorial campaign in the State of New York, and so I sent in my withdrawal from the can didacy, and in bitter ness of spirit sig ned it,
\"Truly yours,
\"Once a dece nt man, but now MARK TWAIN, I. P., M. T., B. S., D. T., F. C., and L. E.\" 47. Accord ing to Para.1, Twai n felt un comfortable probably because ____ .
A. he was afraid that his good fame would be blacke ned B. he felt relucta nt to associate with the evil people C. it brought no honor to the victor in an un equal con test D. it was too late to recede from a problematic competit on
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1048. The Gazatte accused Twain o ______ .
A. throw ing away his friend ' bel ongings B. mak ing a practical joke of his en emies C. steali ng and hidi ng a mate ' precious stuff D. occupy ing the camp of ano ther pers on
49. To injure Twa in ' reputatio n, his rivals tried all the followi ng EXCEPT _____ .
A. media disi nformatio n B. letters if false accusati on C. anonym ous blackmails D. humiliati on in public
SECTION B SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
In this section, there are five short answer questions based on the passages in Section A. An swer the questi ons with NO more tha n TEN words in the space provided on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
PASSAGE ONE
50. What makes gifted stude nts ofte n have little good to say about their school experie nee? PASSAGE TWO
51. What is the main idea of the passage? PASSAGE THREE 52. What does the word
\"apprehensively ” probably mean in Para.10?
53. What may be the title for the passage?
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