高职英语应用能力测试题

Practical English Test Paper

Part ⅠListening comprehension

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PartⅡVocabulary & Structure

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: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A), B), C), D). You are required to complete the sentence by deciding on the most appropriate choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

16. By the end of this year, I ________ English for ten years.

A) have studied B) am studying C) will be studying D) shall have studied

17. If you ________ there yesterday, you would have seen her.

A) were B) would have been C) were being D) had been

18. It was ________ day that all the men were in short sleeves.

A) so warm a B) such warm C)such warm a D) so warm

19. ________ did Jack realize that there was danger.

A) Upon entering the store B) When he entered the store

C) After he had entered the store D) Only after entering the store

20. Everybody got down on their hands and knees to look for the _______ card.

A) losing B) missing C) missed D) disappearing

21. One common family name is Smith; ________ is Brown.

A) the other B) another C) other one D) other

22. This suitcase is ________ heavy for me to carry.

A) too B) very C) enough D) so

23. All the afternoon he worked with the door ________.

A) locking B) to lock C) being locked D) locked

24. He works too carelessly. That is ________ we can’t understand.

A) all that B) what that C) what D) all which

25. The doctor doesn’t think it helpful _______.

A) to run every morning for the patients B) the patients’ running every morning

C) to the patients running every morning D) for the patients to run every morning

Section B

Directions:Fill in the blanks with the proper words and expressions given below, changing the form where necessary.

26. The new look of the city _________ (leave) a very deep impression upon those foreign visitors.

27. The ages of the students in this class _______ (vary) from 18 to 21.

28. He ________ (check) in yesterday morning, and would stay for three days.

29. I was really ________ (embarrass) when I knocked a cup of tea over him.

30. Pat is ________ (on one’s way) to Li Hong’s home, and she will talk with Li about the party held last

night.

31. To be able to communicate _______ (efficient) with native speakers is always the final goal of my English

study.

32. There are big ______ (crowd) in the stadium ready to cheer for their home team.

33. Basic English is ________ (include) in the compulsory courses for the freshmen in out university.

34. Shall we ________ (put up) the tent near the river?

35. The local hot spring (温泉) is very _______ (help) for his wounded leg.

P artⅢReading Comprehension

Directions:This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the reading materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.

Task 1

Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should mark the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

My Two American Friends

When I was studying English at a training center in Washington D.C. in 1998, I shared a house with two young Americans, Jim and Steve. Jim was studying French and Steve Chinese, both at the Foreign Service Institute(学院). We shared many things in common, but we also thought and acted quite differently. Steve was interested in speaking Chinese. He always tried every opportunity to talk with me with his very English-like pronunciation. I was often touched(打动) with his diligence（勤勉）. However, I wanted to practice English with him, too. So we often spoke at the same time in the other’s mother tongue. Jim was fresh from college and the youngest of the three. He was going out all the time. The only time we met was at breakfast. There was a small round table in our kitchen, where we sat around to enjoy our food. Steve had Chinese fast food such as dumplings or noodles, and I ate bread and boiled eggs. But Jim often just drank a cup of tea because he had nothing in his fridge. He was too busy dating pretty French girls to do any shopping. I often offered him some of my food. But Steve told me in his poor Chinese that I didn’t need to do that. He said that it was Jim’s own fault and that it served him right（他活该）. Although he was learning Chinese, he still held his American sense of values.

Two years later, I returned to China. The three of us still keep in touch. Jim now works in a travel agency in Paris. He got married to one of the pretty girls. He wrote to tell us that now he can enjoy a delicious breakfast with his beautiful wife every morning in their comfortable living room. Steve wants to work in China. And I’m helping him with this. I have introduced him to the dean of the Overseas Section of our university. H e is very interested in Steve. He wants to know if Steve can work here teaching the overseas students Chinese. I have sent the message to Steve. I’m sure he’d b very happy to accept the job. However, I hope he could try harder to improve himself. Otherwise, all the overseas students would speak with his terrible pronunciation!

36.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A.Steve and Jim were more alike in character.

B. The author didn’t enjoy talking with Steve.

C.The three of then were all language majors.

D. Their living condition was rather poor.

37.Which of the following is true about Jim?

A. He had a French way of making friends.

B. Going out with girls cost him a lot of time.

C.He learned French in order to date Paris girls.

D. He liked doing housework.

38.What is the author’s opinion of Steve?

A. Steve was a very hardworking fellow.

B. Steve enjoyed cooking Chinese food.

C.Steve enjoyed shopping more than Jim.

D. Steve’s Chinese accent was quite pure (纯正).

39.What does the last sentence of the 1st paragraph imply?

A.Steve didn’t like offering help to other.

B. American people only eat their own food.

C. Steve wanted Jim to do his own shopping.

D. Americans and Chinese differ in their sense of values.

40.What can be learned form the last paragraph?

A.Jim is a very good husband.

B. Steve enjoys teaching Chinese.

C. The author works for overseas students.

D. The three friends still keep in touch.

Task 2

Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.

Specialists in marketing have studied how to make people buy more food in a supermarket. They do all kinds of things that you do not even notice. For example, the simple, ordinary food that everybody must buy, like bread, milk, flour, and vegetable oil, is spread all over the store. You have to walk by all the more interesting --- and more expensive --- things in order to find what you need. The more expensive food is in package with bright-colored pictures. This food is placed at eye level so you see it and want to buy it. The things that you have to buy anyway are usually located on a higher or lower shelf. However, candy and other things that children like are on lower shelves. One study should that when a supermarket moved four products from floor to eye level; they were sold 78 percent more.

Anther study showed that for every minute a person in a supermarket after the first half hour, she or he spends $50. If someone stays forty minutes, the supermarket has an additional $5. So the store has a comfortable temperature in summer and winter, and it plays soft music. It is pleasant place for people to stay --- and spend more money.

Some stores have red or pink lights over the meat so the meat looks redder. They put light green paper around lettuce (莴苣) and put apples in red plastic bags.

So be careful in the supermarket. You may go home with a bag of food you were not planning to buy. The supermarket, not you, decided you should buy it.

41.Marketing specialists study_____.

A. the colors of their products

B. how to build shelves

C.methods of selling more products

D. how to own supermarkets

42. The more expensive kind of food is_____.

A. in bright-colored package

B. on high shelves

C. all near the front of the store

D. on lower shelves

43. According to the selection, children’s books are probably_____.

A. on low shelves

B. on higher shelves

C. spread all over the store

D. sold in supermarkets

44. A supermarket plays soft music because_____.

A. people like to listen to it

B. the store has a comfortable temperature

C. it will make people spend more money

D. it will remind people to buy more things

45. A good way to save money in a supermarket is to_____.

A. go just before dinner

B. buy things that are in the prettiest package

C. walk around and see what you need

D. make a list of what you need before you go

Task 3

Directions: Read the given passage carefully. After reading it, you are required to complete the outline below it. Then you should fill in the blanks (46 through50) in no more than 3 words on the Answer Sheet. International

Recruitment

Associates

Albert Street. Singapore February 5

Mr. Tatsuhilo Seo

Director, Personnel Department

Software Success

Namiki 2-8-136-101

Tokyo, Japan

Dear Mr. Seo,

International Recruitment Associates (IRA) is planned to announce the opening of our newest branch in Tokyo. With headquarters in Singapore, IRA is located in eight countries, including the United States and Germany. Companies such as yours turn to us to find the best candidate for openings in the fields of software development, technology, and engineering. With our worldwide base of operations, we have thousands of potential applicants at our fingertips.

We are enclosing our brochure, and references from satisfied clients around the world.

Please contact me by phone, or fax if you have any questions. Our local representative will contact you within the next two weeks to set up a meeting at your convenience.

Sincerely,

Tony Tan

Director of Marketing

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Enclosure

Task 4

Directions: You are required to find the equivalents to those given in Chinese in the table below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in the brackets in the Answer Sheet, numbered 51 through 55.

A---- Do Not Disturb I---- Check-in Counter

B---- Hands Off J---- Entrance

C----Wet Paint K---- Duty Free Shop

D----Admission Free L---- No Entry

E---- Parking Lot M---- Quite Please

F----One Way Only N---- Keep Out

G---- Crossroads O---- Pay in Cash

H----- Emergency Exit

Task 5

Directions: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions (51 through 55) following it in no more than 4 words on the Answer Sheet correspondingly.

Center for Educational Progress

367 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94170

Professor Robert A. Handy

Department of Education

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC 27510

Dear Professor Handy:

We are very pleased that you have offered to make a presentation at the 4th California Conference on Bilingual (两种语言的) Education. Your talk, “Parents and Bilingualism,” is certain to be of great interest to many of the conference attendees, as your work in this field is quite well known.

The enclosed materials will tell you more about the conference schedule. Included, also, is a Presenter’s Information Package.

The Center will reimburse (付还、偿还) you against receipts for all travel and accommodation expenses associated with the conference. Please feel free to make a collect call （受话人付费电话）to my assistant, Ms. Aletha Jones, at (415) 855-2457 if you have any questions in this regard.

Thank you again for your participation. Your presentation is sure to help make our program a success. Yours,

Steven P. Ryan, Ed. D.

Director

Enclosures:

56. Why does Center for Educational Progress invite Dr. Handy?

The center invites him to give _________ at the 4th California Conference.

57. What does Dr. Handy’s field appear to be?

He studies in the field of _____________.

58. What did Dr. Handy receive from Dr. Ryan with the letter?

A Presenter’s _____________.

59 Who will pay Dr. Handy’s expenses associated with the conference?

___________________.

60. How can Dr. Handy do if he has to contact the center?

He can _______ to Dr. Ryan’s assistant, Ms. Aletha Jones.

Part IV Translation

Directions:This part number 61 through 65 is to test your ability to translate English into Chinese. After each sentence of number 61 to 64, you will read four choices of suggested translation. You should

choose the best translation and mark the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. And write

your translation of number 65 in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.

61. Besides care for personal appearance, you should pay close attention to your manner of speaking.

A. 在考虑外貌的同时，讲话的方式也应该受到充分的重视。

B．除了注意个人形象外，你还应该密切注意你的言辞。

C．除了注重个人形象外，言辞也应该给以密切注意。

D．不要太关心你的外表，而要给你的讲话礼仪以严密的注意。

62. Don’t discuss business in corridors; there are many ears.

A．不要在走廊里谈论事情，因为说不定有人听到。

B．不要在过道里讨论商务，这样别人会听到。

C．不要在走廊里谈论事情，因为隔墙有耳。

D．不要在门洞里讨论生意，因为有很多耳朵。

63. But government actions to stop the loss may be causing more problems than they solve.

A．但政府为杜绝损失而采取的行动所引起的问题可能会比已解决的问题还要多。

B．可是，政府行动虽已停止了损失却可能正引起比他们解决还多的问题。

C．不过，政府杜绝损失的行动可能引起的问题更多。

D．但是政府为制止损失所采取的行动可能正在引起比已解决的问题还要多的问题。

64. Scientists do not know why there are so many more right-handed people than lefties.

A．科学家不明白用右手干活的人比用左手的人多得多的原因。

B．科学家搞不清楚为什么惯用右手的人比左撇子多得多。

C．科学家不理解为什么有如此多得多的，多于左手的右手人。

D．科学家不知道惯用右手的人比左撇子多很多的原因。

65. Japan is a gift giving country. It is not unusual in Japan to offer a gift to a person who is leaving or has

been helpful. When people do that, the gifts tend to be substantial and expensive. However, at least in the typical Japanese style, it is not required to attach a thank-you note or card to the gift. Japanese people may express their gratitude and friendship directly through the gift they have carefully chosen and given to the very person they love and respect.

Part ⅤWriting

Directions: This part is to test your ability to do practical writing. You are required to write a business card according to the information given below. Remember to do the task on the Translation / Composition Sheet.

Words for reference: 教授：Professor 外国语学院：Foreign Language College 邮编：Post code 手机：Mobile