Section A 

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.The dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. 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 testpaper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Example: You will hear: Mr. Smith is not in. Could you please give him a message? 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 with a single line through the centre. Now the test  will begin.

1. A) I liked my subject.

    B) Yes, it was my major.

    C) I’m majoring in art.

    D) I majored in computer science.

2. A) You mean the richest man in the world?

    B) What do you want to know?

    C) Yes, I know him.

    D) My neighbor has this name.

3. A) No, that’s not good.                

    B) Yes, it is.

    C) It doesn’t matter.               

    D) So do I.

4. A) It’s Mary’s.             

   B) It’s her.

   C) It’s Tom.              

   D) It’s over there.

5. A) He went to London.       

    B) He will go to London.

    C) He is in London.

    D) He has been in London for two months.

Section B 

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. 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 centre.

6. A) On Thursday afternoon.         

    B) On Thursday morning.

    C) On Saturday afternoon.

    D) On Sunday afternoon.

7. A) She’ll find the books David wants.

    B) She’ll give David her library card.

  C) She’ll use her own library card to borrow some books for David.

  D) She’ll use David’s library card to borrow some books he wants.

8. A) The man can smoke over there.

    B) The man can smoke just here.

    C) The man can smoke anywhere.

    D) The man can’t  smoke anywhere.

9. A) She saw an ad in the newspaper.

   B) She heard about it during a television interview.

    C) A friend told her about it.

    D) She saw it on a unit of job opening.

10. A) A new skirt.           B) A birthday cake.

     C) A new table.           D) A table cloth.

Section C

Directions: In this section you will hear a recorded short passage. During the second reading, you are required to put the words or phrases that you hear on the Answer Sheet in order of the numbered blanks. The third reading is for you to check your writing. Now the passage will begin.

     Most people know what a hot dog is. It’s a sausage in a roll. But do you know why it’s called hot dog? Well, the long red sausage（香肠，腊肠）which  11    a hot dog is called a Frankfurter（牛肉及猪肉腊肠）. It got its name from the German town Frankfurt. The sausages were very 12    , but hot Frankfurters were difficult to sell in crowds. One man, Henry Stevens, had the job of 13     the crowds at baseball（棒球）games. He had an idea, why not put the Frankfurters in long hot bread rolls? This made them easy to sell. The red sausages were hot and had an attractive taste, and became very popular. But an American cartoonist drew along German sausage dog in place of the Frankfurter. So a Frankfurter in a roll soon became 14         a hot dog. It was a joke, but some people really thought sausages 15 dog meat. For a while, sales of hot dogs fell, but not for long.