综合英语一级试卷(7)

15. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. Passage One

In the west, birthdays are very special days, especially for children. Often, children have birthday parties. They invite their friends, who bring presents to the party. There are games, and prizes, and a birthday tea with sandwiches, biscuits, ice cream and a birthday cake. If the child is four years old, he has four candles, and so on. When the little guests leave, they each get a small present and a balloon.

Birthdays are special days for older people, too. Family members and friends give presents, and send birthday cards. When people meet someone on their birthday, they say “Happy birthday!” or “Many happy returns of the day!”

The most important birthday is the eighteenth. When you are eighteen, you are grown up. You can vote, you can get married, and you can even go to prison! People often have a big party on their eighteenth birthday. But until a few years ago, the most important birthday was the twenty-first. In Britain, if you live to be a hundred, the Queen sends you her congratulations. Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. For whom are birthdays special days?

17. Which birthday was the most important one in the past? 18. What will happen if you live to be a hundred in Britain?

Passage Two

Mr. and Mrs. Brown were going abroad for their holiday. They had a dog called Blackie which they were very fond of, but they could not take him abroad with them. So they tried to look for a good place to leave him in, and at last found a place which looked after dogs very well while their owners were away. They took Blackie there just before they left.

At the end of their holiday, they got back to England very late at night, and as they thought that the place where Blackie was staying might be closed at the hour, they decided to wait until the next morning before going to get him back.

When they brought the dog back home, Mr. Brown said to his wife. “Do you know, dear, I don’t think Blackie can have enjoyed his stay at that place very much. He barked all the way home as if he wanted to tell me something.”

Mrs. Brown looked at the dog carefully and then answered, “You are quite right, dear. He was certainly trying to tell you something. But he wasn’t trying to tell you that he hadn’t enjoyed his stay at the place. He was only complaining that you were bringing the wrong dog home.” Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19. Why did they have to leave the dog somewhere before they went abroad for holiday? 20. Who took the dog to the place where dogs could be well looked after ? 21. Why didn’t they immediately get the dog back when they got back home? 22. Why did the dog bark all the way home?

扬州大学大学英语一级考试试卷 （UCET Band 1A 2007-07-4）

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Passage Three

Imagine you are a doctor of medicine from Japan. You are at an international meeting in Europe. You want to communicate with a doctor from Africa. What language do you speak with him? The answer is probably English.

Today, nearly 600 million people around the world use the English language. Only half of them speak English as their first language.

Why is English useful for international communication? For one thing, many books and papers in special fields are in English. As a result, people with great knowledge in these special fields often learn English. Such people from different countries can use their English for international communication. English is really a world language. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard 23. What is the purpose of the international meeting mentioned in the talk? 24. How many people use the English language today according to the speaker? …… 此处隐藏：2124字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……