Part L Listening Comprehension ( 25％)
Section A: Spot Dictation
Directions: In this section, you are going to hear a passage. The passage will he read only once. As you listen to the passage, fill in the blanks with the words you hear. After the passage, there will be a 3-minute pause. During the pause, you must write the words on the Answer Sheet.
A recent university research project investigated the attitudes of postgraduate science students (1)
____the learning of English vocabulary. The results were urprising. I'll (2) ____three of them.
firstly, most of the stcrdeaats think that (3) ____every word ill English has just one meaning. This is, of course:, completely (4) ____to the facts. A glance at any English dictionary will show this. The student will (5) ____find seven or eight meanings listed for (6) ____simple' words.
Why, then, have these students made such a mistake:' One reason irnay be that they're .ill (7) ____. students. Scientists try to use words ill their special subject which have one meaning, and one meaning
only. Another reason., of course,could be the way in Which these Student, Were They may have used vocabulary lists when they first learner English. (M one side of the page is the word in Iaaglish-, on the other sloe, a single \ti'ord in the (Q) native language.
'l°he second attitude that (10) ____from the findings is
equally mistaken. (11) ____all the students think that every word in English has an exact (12)
____equivalent. Again, this is far from the trijth. Sometimes one word in Iinglish can only be translated by a (13) ____in the student's native languial c. "there are other (l4) ____ill translation which we won't mention here. (:ertainly the idea of a one word for one word translation (15) ____is completely false. Translation machines, which tried to work on this (16) ____
failed completely.
The third result'of the investigation showed another (17) ____in the students' thinking. They believe that as soon as they know the meaning of a word, they're in a (18) ____to use it correctly. This is untrue for any language but is perhaps particularly (19) ____for English. The student has to learn when to use a word as well as to know what it means. Some words in English mean almost the same but they can only be used in certain situations.
What, then, is the best way to increase one's vocabulary? This can be answered in three
words-observation, (20) ____and repetition.
Section B: Multiple Choice
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage. At the end of the passage, you will hear S questions. The passage and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D and decide which is the best answer. Then write your choice on the Answer Slicet.
21. A) It had no efFect on living cells. 13) It had effects on living cells. C) It had effects only on children.
I)) It had effects only on adults.
22. A) An increasing number of cancers in children.
I3) A link between an electric current and the energy fold.
C) A causal link between the power-line or device and the energy field.
1)) A Small increased chance ofcancer in children living near electric power-line.
23. A) 446. 13) 464. C ) 223. 1))234.
24. A) Because he doesn't have enough evidence.
R) Because other scientists have not studied his results yet. C.) Because he discovered no
direct link between disease and electricity.
D) Because the link between cancer and electricity has not yet been
proved.
25. A) Health and environment.
B) Electric current and the energy field. C) Electricity and cancer.
D) Electrical workers and cancer.
Section C: Question and Answer
研究生考试
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage. The passage will be read only once. Then try to answer the following questions according to what you have heard. Remember you should write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
26. Why aren't most new doctors interested in beginning work in a small town?
27. Why do many small town doctors work long hours? 28. What is the growing problem in the
United States? 29. How many new doctors did the National Health Service Corps produce in 1979?
30. Whom did a hospital in Parkersprary offer a reward o€ 5,000 dollar to?
Part 11[. Vocabulary (20%),
Directions: In each question, decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
31. To qualify for such a position, the native would first have to receive specialized training, and this
is____
A) refused B) discouraged
C) denied D) forbidden
32. The little girl wore a very thin coat. A sudden gust of cold wind made her____
A) whirl B) shift
C) shiver D) shake
33. Presently, there are nine teachers in my team, who have____the task of teaching advanced English to
more than 500 non-English majors.
A) inclined B) hesitated
C) afforded  D) undertaken
34. The press demands that politicians____the sources of their income.
A) betray B) conceal
C) disclose D) renew
35. Having gone through all kinds of hardships in life, he became a m with a strong____
A) philosophy B) idealism
C) morality D) personality
36. One new____to learning a foreign language is to study the language in its cultural context.
A) approach B) solution
C) manner D) road
37. To maintain public____is not only the policemen's duty but f every citizen's responsibility.
A) custom B) confidence
C) security D) simplicity
38. All was dark in the district except for a candle____through th curtains in one of houses.
A) glimmering B)glittering
C) flaming D) blazing
39. One of the stands____and dozens of people were either killer or injured.
A) destroyed B) collapsed
C) corroded D) ruined
40. "Me, afraid of him?" he said with a(n) ____smile, "Not me!"
A) contemptible  B) amusing
C) contagious D) contemptuous
41. He will simply no listen to anybody; he is____to argument.
A) impervious B) imperceptible
C) impassable D) blunt
42. Stop asking all these personal questions! It is bad manners to be
A) inquisitive B) impatient
C) acquisitive D) informative
43. He____between life and death for a few days but then he pul:
A) hovered B) lurched
C) wavered D) fluctuated
44. We are prepared to satisfy all your____claim
A} legitimate B) legible
C) intimate D) legislative
45. There is not a Greek word which is the exact____of the English word ' stile'.
A) equivalent B) copy
C) counterpart D) meaning
46. The prizes will be____at the end of the school year.
A) distributed  B) attributed
C) granted D) contributed
47. During our stay in Paris we were splendidly____by the Italian Ambassador.