Task 1
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should make the correct choice.
In some parts of the United States, farming is easy. But farming has always been difficult in the northeastern comer of the country, which is called New England.
New England has many trees and thin, rocky soft. Anyone who has wanted to start a new farm there has had to work very hard. The first job has been cutting down trees. The next job has been digging stumps of the trees out Of the soft. Then the farmer has had the difficult job of removing stones from his land.
The work of removing stones never really ends, because every winter more stones appear. They come up through the thin soil from the rocks below. Farmers have to keep removing stones from the fields. Even today, farms which have been worked on for 200 years keep producing more stones.
That is why stone walls are used instead of fences around New England fields. The stone walls axe not high; a man can easily climb over them. But they keep the farmer's cows from joining his neighbour's cows.
New England is an area ______.
A. in the United Kingdom of the Great Britain
B. which has been newly discovered by the Englishmen
C. which lies between Australia and New Zealand
D. which lies in the northeastern comer of the United States
Task 2
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.
The British policeman has several nicknames(绰号), but the most frequently used are "copper" and "bobby". The first name comes from the verb "cop" meaning "to take" or "capture", and the second comes from the first name of Sir Robert Peel, a 19th century politician(政治家), who was the founder of the police force. An early nickname for the policeman was "peeler", but this name has died out.
Visitors to England seem, nearly always, to be very impressed by the English police. In fact, it has be- come a joke that the visitors to Britain, when asked for his views of the country, will always say, at some point or other, "I think your policemen are wonderful".
Well, the British bobby may not always be wonderful but he is usually a friendly and helpful character.
A musical-hall song of some years ago was called, "If you want to know the time, ask a policeman". Nowadays, most people own watches but they still seem to find plenty of other questions to ask the police- man. In London, the policemen spend so much of their time directing visitors about city that one wonders how they ever find time to do anything else!
The British policeman has ______ nicknames mentioned in the passage.
A. several
B. two
C. three
D. many
A.He is tall and thin.B.He is crossing the street.C.He is Prof. Green, our new computer
A. He is tall and thin.
B. He is crossing the street.
C. He is Prof. Green, our new computer teacher.
D. He looks older for his age.
Section A
Directions: This section is to test your ability to give proper answers to questions. There are 5 recorded questions in it. After each question, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D.
(1)
A. Surely.
B. Yes, of course.
C. Good idea.
D. why not?