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中山大学

新生英语入学测试试卷

College English Placement Test

September 7, 2008

Part Ⅰ

Listening comprehension (25%)

Reading comprehension (1%,20%) Part Ⅱ

Directions：There are 4 passages in this part. Each passages 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 on the Answer Sheet with a single line

through the center.

Passage 1

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage：

A third of Britons are overweight, states a report published in January by the Royal College

of Physicians, the result of an 18-month-long study. About five per cent of the children weigh too

much, and are likely to stay that way for life; in the mid-twenties age group the proportion of fat

people rises to a third, and of the middle-age population half are overweight.

Fat people risk severe health problem, says the report, including high blood pressure,

breathlessness, and various forms of heart disease. Smoking is particularly risky for overweight

people.

The safest way to lose weight is to eat cereals, bread, fruit and vegetables, and cut down on

fatty meats, butter and sweet foods. Fat diets do far more harm than good; slimming machines that

vibrate muscles have not been proved useful; saunas merely remove a little body water, and health

farms, says the report, serve as expensive holidays.

Exercise is most important to health, the report emphasizes; though it doesn't necessarily

reduce weight, it maintains the correct proportion of body fat to body muscle. And it isn't only for

the young. From middle age a minimum of 20 minutes of gentle physical jerks should be practiced

three times a week.

The report advocates several public health measures to combat the high prevalence of

overweight in this country. They include an increase of tax on alcohol to reduce its increasing, and

dangerously fattening, consumption; and the provision of more sports facilities by local authorities.

Britain's doctors, the report concludes, must learn to be more sympathetic and specific in their

advice to the overweight, encouraging a change in eating habits on a long-term basis, and taking

into account the many -often complex - reasons why fat people are fat

31. The passage mainly talks about_______.

A. Britons' overweight problem

B. how to avoid getting overweight

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C. the cause of Britons overweight

D. the relations between overweight and health problems

32. According to the report, a person is most likely to stay fat for the whole of his life if

he________.

A. gets fat in his twenties B. gets fat in his middle age

C. was born fat D. gets fat when he is a child

33. The report suggests that exercise

A. is a way to reduce weight B. is a sure way to keep one healthy

C. sometimes increases weight D. can convert fat to muscle

34. The report points out that drinking too much alcohol

A. will also cause a person to get overweight

B. will cause a person to do less sport

C. will make a person forget the fact that he is fat

D. will lead a person to bad eating habits

35. Britain’s doctors, when treating the overweight, should

A. encourage a long-term diet for everyone

B. be more considerate and give detailed advice

C. first consider why so many people are overweight

D. do all of the above

Passage Two

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage：

Knowing ahead of time how to get out during a fire can save needed time. The best way out

in a fire is the route you use to go in and out everyday. Yet in a fire this route may be blocked. Be

sure to plan other escape routes.

Practice your escape plan an night when it is dark. Be sure that your plan is good and will

work. For instance, make sure that a child can actually open the window he is supposed to use for

his escape. Teach children to close their bedroom doors. Tell them to will by an open window until

someone can reach them from outside. If an adult cannot be wakened, children should understand

that they must leave by themselves.

Choose a meeting place outside. This way you can tell if everyone is safely out of the

building. Know where nearby telephones or fire alarm boxes are found.

If you live in an apartment, try to get everyone out. Learn where the fire alarm is in the

building. Your family should know what the fire alarm bell or horn sounds like. They should know

what to do when they hear it. Try to get the other families in your building together to have fire

drills. Write down the telephone number of the fire department. Tape the number to each phone.

Don’t forget to let the babysitter in on your plans. Tell your babysitter what to do in case of fire.

Early warning is the key to a safe escape. It has been shown time and time again that a family

can escape if warned early enough.

36. Which of the following statements is true?

A. You must take the route you use to go in and out in a fire.

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B. The route is always blocked in a fire.

C. You should not rely on one route during a fire.

D. During a fire, planning escape route can save you needed time.

37. Which is the best advice for children during a fire?

A. Children should awaken an adult before they leave.

B. Children should close the bedroom doors and windows.

C. Children should jump out of window even though they are in a high place.

D. Children should open a window and wait there for help.

38. People who live in apartment should______.

A. practice the plan together B. make sure they know the fire chief.

C. not have to pay for insurance D. do fire drills separately

39. If you are trapped in a bedroom during a fire, you should______.

A. hide under the bed. B. stand in a corner

C. lie still. D. close the bedroom doors.

40. When the best time to practice escape plan?

A. At dusk B. In the afternoon

C. In the morning D. At night

Passage Three

Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage：

Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds

of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways. The simple reason for this is

that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society. There are

more ideas, more disagreements in interest, and more groups and organizations with different

beliefs. In addition, there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed

societies. All these factors tend to promote social change by opening more areas of life to decision.

In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer occasions for people to

see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same. And although

conditions may not be satisfactory, they are at least customary and undisputed.

Within a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the

material aspects of the culture than in the non-material, for example, in technology rather than in

values; in what has been learned later in life rather than what was learned early; in the less basic

and less emotional aspects of society than in their opposites; in the simple elements rather than in

the complex ones; in form rather than in substance; and in elements that are acceptable to the

culture rather than in strange elements.

Furthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it comes more readily in

human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with sharp dichotomies(一分为二). This is

one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other

American minorities, because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and their white

counterparts.

41. The passage is mainly discussing _______.

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A. two different societies

B. the necessity of social change

C. certain factors that determine the ease with which social changes occur

D. certain factors that promote social change

42. ______ is one of the factors that tend to promote social change.

A. Joint interest B. Advanced technology

C. Different points of view D. Less emotional people

43. The expression greater tolerance（paragraph 1） refers to _____.

A. greater willingness to accept social change

B. quicker adaptation to changing circumstances

C. more respect for different beliefs and behavior

D. greater readiness to agree to different opinions and ideas

44. According to the passage， which of the following is NOT true？

A. Social change tends to meet with more difficulty in basic and emotional aspects of society.

B. Disagreement with and argument about conditions tend to slow down social change.

C. Social change is more likely to occur in the material aspect of society.

D. Social change is less likely to occur in what people learned when they were young.

45. Why has change not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to white people?

A. Black people used to be slaves

B. White people are of more different origins

C. Black people are poor

D. White people like to make shape change

Passage four

Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage：

Most employers say that they wish to employ the right person for the right job. A recent

report by Britain's Independent Institute of Manpower Studies，however，disagrees with this. The

report states that most employers wish to avoid employing the wrong person. Rather than looking

for the right person，they are looking for applicants to turn down.

The report also suggests that in Britain and in many other parts of the world，the selection

methods used to pick out the right person for the job certainly do not match up to those used to

judge a piece of new equipment. Employers used three main selection methods: interviewing，

checking resume or application forms and examining references. Most of the employers asked in

this survey stated that these selection methods were used more for “weeding out” unsuitable

applicants rather than for finding suitable ones.

Interviews were considered to be more reliable than either resume checks or references from

past employers. Research，however，proves otherwise. Interviewers’ decisions are often strongly

influenced by their earlier judgment of the written application. Also，different employers view

facts differently. One may consider applicants who have frequently changed jobs as people with

broad and useful experience. Another will see such applicants as unreliable and unlikely to stay for

long in the new job.

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Some employers place great importance on academic qualifications whereas the link between

this and success in management is not necessarily strong. Some employers use handwriting as a

standard. The report states that there is little evidence to support the value of the latter for judging

working ability. References，also，are sometime unreliable as they are not very important，while

checks on credit and security records and applicants' political opinions are often the opposite.

The report is more favorable towards trainability tests and those which test personality and

personal and mental skills. The report concludes by suggesting that interviewing could become

more reliable if the questions were arranged in a careful，organized system and focused on the

needs of the employing organization.

46. According o the passage, when most employers want to hire workers, _______.

A. they will try to find suitable people

B. they will look for the right applicant

C. the wrong applicants are to be turned down

D. to turn down the wrong people is what they say they aim to do

47. It is implied that ______.

A. to evaluate a right person is more difficult than to evaluate equipment

B. employers are more successful in selecting the right equipment than the right persons

C. criteria will be set up according to the real situation of the applicants

D. curriculum vitae means application forms

48. Most of the recruiters ______.

A. consult the applicants B. can find suitable peoples

C. prefer curriculum vitae or references D. use different ways to sort out the unsuitable

applicants

49. Which of the following is True?

A. Employers get different conclusions from the facts.

B. Changing jobs frequently will reduce the change to be recruited.

C. Academic qualifications will guarantee the applicant managing ability.

D. Handwriting is a valid way to evaluate an applicant.

50. It can be inferred from the passage that successful employees will be those who _____.

A. have outstanding references B. are strong in emotional quotient

C. take interviewing seriously D. have strong political leanings

Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure (35%

Section A (1%, 30%)

Directions: there are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are fo

ur choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then

mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

51. They had a fierce _____ as to whether their company should restore the trade relationship

which was broken years ago.

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A. crash B. debate C. contest D. disagreement

52. The early pioneers had to _____ many hardships to settle on the new land.

A. go in for B. go back on C. go through D. go on

53. The local health organization is reported _____ twenty-five years ago when became

its first president.

A. to be set up B. to have been set up

C. being set up D. having been set up

54. He invented a plough _____ any other in existence.

A. far superior to B. more superior than

C. more superior to D. much superior than

55. He is watching TV? He is _____ to be cleaning his room.

A. known B. considered C. regarded D. supposed

56. As scheduled, the communication satellite went into _____ round the earth.

A. circle B. path C. orbit D. course

57. If this bill is not paid within five days, your gas supply will be _____.

A. abandoned B. cut off C. turned down D. lost touch

58. When no one answered the door, she _____ through the window to see if anyone was there.

A. spotted B. inquired C. scanned D. peered

59. I don’t want to lend any money to him; he is already in debt _____ me.

A. for B. to C. of D. with

60. Nowadays advertising cost money to him; he is already in debt _____ me.

A. connection B. reaction C. relation D. proportion

61. A large part of human activity, particularly in relation to the environment, is _____ conditions

or events.

A. in contract to B. in favor to C. in response to D. in case of

62. She said she liked dancing but was not in the _____ for it just then.

A. manner B. intention C. desire D. mood

63. The car _____ halfway for no reason and we could not move.

A. broke off B. broke down C. broke up D. broke out

64. In Britain today women _____ 44% of the workforce and nearly half the mothers with children

are in paid work.

A. build up B. stand for C. make up D. conform to

65. The plan seem quite simple to me, but I just can’t _____ to my classmates.

A. get it across B. get at it C. get it down D. get through it

66. A man who is cruel to his children should be held in _____.

A. context B. contempt C. controversy D. convict

67. The villagers were very _____ towards anyone who passed through.

A. hospital B. hospitalized C. hospice D. hospitable

68. I meant _____ you about it, but I forgot to do so.

A. to have told B. to have been told

C. to tell D. telling