TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2009)-GRADE FOUR-    TIME LIMIT: 130 MIN
Part I  DICTATION  (10MIN)                             
  PART LISTENING COMPREHENSION (20 MIN)
SECTION A  TALK
Five Bad Study Habits
1. Taking linear notes
Students try to write down (1)        of a lecture
SOLUTION:
a) Revisit the information and put it into a chart or (2)       
b) Review your notes from days past
c) Reflect and make (3)        between key concepts
d) Create a fill-in-the-blank test from your notes
2. Highlighting the book
Abuse highlighter without doing reading (4)       
SOLUTION:
a) Use highlighted information to create a practice exam
b) Put highlighted words onto (5)        and practice them
3. Rewriting notes
Students assume that (6)        is good for memorization
SOLUTION:
a) Review notes in the shrinking outline methods
b) (7)       
4. Rereading the chapter
Reread the chapter before an exam
SOLUTION:
      (8)        rereading chapters into the active steps and practice tests
5.  Memorizing definitions
  Students learn the definitions by heart
SOLUTION:
a) Give yourself a short essay practice test
b) Explain the definition and (9)        of a term
c) (10)        the term to others
d) Test and retest yourself
SECTION B  CONVERSATIONS
CONVERSATION ONE
1. A.Because he was in a big hurry.          B.Because he didn’t check the product.
 C.Because the box was tightly sealed.        D.Because the scratch was invisible.
2. A. the customer made it himself.        B. there was definitely not one then.
 C. the customer should have checked.    D. the customer was making trouble.
3. A. annoyed      B. surprised    C. indifferent        D. worried
4.A. Five.        B. Four.        C. Three.            D. Two.
5.A. the customer makes no more complaints.    B. the customer can produce the receipt.
C. the customer is still unhappy with it.      D. the customer brings it back within a week.
CONVERSATION TWO
6. A. the menu.    B. the place.    C. the reception.    D. the campaign.
7.A. Friday next week.              B. Thursday next week.
 C. April 30th.                  D. This week.
8. A.It is held annually.              B.It is held at headquarters.
C.30 people will attend it.        D.It will offer a new menu.
9. A.He wants people to communicate while eating.     
B.He wants to create an intense atmosphere.
 C.He is lack of funds for the campaign.     
D.He wants to create an intense atmosphere.
10. A.The number of participants hasn’t been confirmed. 
B.The man is the woman’s old customer.
C.The man knows the woman very well.         
D.The woman will send the man confirmation early this week.
PART III    LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)
  11. What a nice day! How about the three of us _____ a walk in the park nearby?
  A. to take            B. take        C. taking        D. to be taking
  12. If there were no subjunctive mood, English _____ much easier to learn.
  A. could have been      B. would be  C. will be        D. would have been
  13. She _____ fifty or so when I first met her at a conference.
  A. had been            B. must be    C. has been      D. must have been
  14. _____ the boss says, it is unreasonable to ask me to work overtime without pay.
  A. Whatever          B. Whenever  C. Whichever    D. However
  15. A new laptop costs about _____ of a second-hand one.
  A. the price of three times              B. three times the price
  C. as much as the three times price      D. three times more than the price
  16. We consider ______ he should have left without telling anyone beforehand.
  A. strange why        B. it strange what C. it strange that  D. that strange
  17. It is going to be fine tomorrow. _______.
  A. So is it.            B. So it is.      C. So it does.      D. So does it.
  18. Little _____ about her own safety, though she herself was in great danger.
  A. she cared          B. she may care  C. may she care    D. did she care
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  19. The couple had no sooner got to the station _____ the coach left.
  A. when              B. as          C. until          D. than
  20. Aren't you tired? I ____ you had done enough for today.
A. should have thought  B. must have thought 
C. might have thought  D. could have thought

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