CET-6 Exercise 1



READING COMPREHENSION

In this section there are four passages followed by fifteen questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the correct answer. Mark your choice on your answer sheet.



TEXT A

University teaching in the United Kingdom is very different at both undergraduate and graduate levels from that of many verseas countries.

An undergraduate course consists of a series of lectures, seminars and tutorials and, in science and engineering, laboratory classes, which in total account for about 15 hours per week. Arts students may well find that their official contact with teachers is less than this average, while science and engineering students may expect to be timetabled for up to 20 hours per week. Students trying for a particular degree will take a series of lecture courses which run in parallel at a fixed time in each week and may last one academic term or the whole year.

Associated with each lecture course are seminars, tutorials and laboratory classes which draw upon, analyze, illustrate or amplify the topics presented in the lectures .Lecture classes can vary in size from 20 to 200 although larger sized lectures tend to decrease as students progress into the second and third year and more options become available. Seminars and tutorials are on the whole much smaller than lecture classes and in some departments cab be ob a one-to-one basis (that is, one member of staff to one student). Students are normally expected to prepare work in advance for seminars and tutorials and this cab take the form of researching a topic for discussion, by writing essays to by solving problems. Lectures, seminars and tutorials are all one hour in length. whilstlaboratory classes usually last either 2 or 3 hours. Much emphasis is put on how to spend as much time if not more studying by themselves as being taught. In the UK it is still common for people to say that they are "reading" for a degree! Each student has a tutor whom they cab consult on any mater whether academic or personal. Although the tutor will help, motivation for study is expected to come from the student.



1. According to the passage, science and engineering courses seem to be more _____ than arts courses.

A. motivating

B. varied

C. demanding

D. interesting



2. Which of the following is the length of lectures or seminars or tutorials?

A. 1 hour

B. 2 hours

C. 3 hours

D. 15 hours



3. In British universities teaching and learning are carried out in _____.

A. a variety of ways

B. laboratory classes

C. seminars and tutorials.

D. lectures and tutorials.



TEXT B

Who said the only way to learn about a country you can't visit is by reading a book? Dan EckBerg's television students at Hopkins High School know better. They're seeing countries and learning about cultures with the aid if electronic communications.

Using computers, satellite hookups, and telephone hotlines, Eckberg's students have already followed a team of cyclists 11 500 miles across the continent of Africa, sat atop Mount Kilimanjaro, and sweltered in the Sahara Desert.This winter they'll interact with an expedition exploring Central America in search of the classic Maya culture.

You can join them.

How? By following Eckberg and his class as they track adventures of Dan and Steve Buettner, two world-class bicyclists, joined by archaeologists and a technical support team, are interacting with students via the Internet, the worldwide computer network.

From classroom or home computer, students can make proposals to the Buettners or the archaeologists at the various Central American locations they've been exploring as of their Maya Quest expedition.

"We hope that someone will ask a question that can't readily be answered," says Hopkins High School student Barry Anderson," and through the online activities, an answer will be found -- a discovery!"

Having students "discover" why a civilization as advanced as the Maya collapsed in the 9th century is one key goal for the leaders of the Maya Quest expedition. The more important goal is using interactive learning to discover the cause of the decline and compare it to issues we face today -- natural disasters, environmental degradation, and war.

Ten lesson plans -- on topics ranging from the Maya language to the Maya creation myth -- have been developed for the interactive expedition.

"Through a combination of live call-in television and the Internet," says Echberg, "we're hoping to build excitement and engagement in learning in our school."



4. Dan Eckberg and his students learn about Africa by _____.

A. reading books.

B. watching video tapes.

C. interacting via the Internet.

D. cycling 111 500 miles.



5. Which of the following activities is NOT involved in Dan Eckberg and his students' expedition?

A. Going to visit various Central American locations.

B. Getting information through electronic communications.

C. Discussing different topics on the Maya civilization.

D. Forming research proposals and discovering the answers.



TEXT C

Most earthquakes occur within the upper 15 miles of the earth's surface. But earthquakes can and do occur at all depths to about 460 miles. Their number decreases as the depth increases. At about 460 miles one earthquake occurs only every few years. Near the surface earthquakes may run as high as 100 in a month, but the yearly average does not vary much. In comparison with the total number of earthquakes each yea, the number of disastrousearthquakes is very small.

The extent of the disaster in an earthquake depends on many factors. If you carefully build a toy house with an Erector set, it will still stand no matter how much you shake the table. But if you build a toy house with a pack of cards, a slight shake of the table will make it fall. An earthquake in Agadir, Morocco, was not strong enough to be recorded on distant instruments, but it completely destroyed the city. Many stronger earthquakes have done comparatively little damage. If a building is well constructed and built on solid ground, it will resist an earthquake. Most deaths in earthquakes have been due to faulty building construction or poor building sites. Another very serious factor is panic. When people rush out into narrow streets, more deaths will result.The United nations has played an important part in reducing the damage done by earthquakes. It has sent a team of experts to all countries known to be affected by earthquakes. Working with local geologists and engineers, the experts have studied the nature of the ground and the type of most practical building code for the local area. If the local area. If followed, these suggestions will make disastrousearthquakes almost a thing of the past.

There is one type of earthquake disaster that little can be done about. This is the disaster caused by seismic sea waves, or tsunamis. (these are often called tidal waves, but the name is incorrect. They have nothing to do with tides.) in certain areas, earthquakes take place beneath the sea. These submarineearthquakes sometimes give rise to seismic sea waves. The waves are not noticeable out at sea because of their long wave length. But when they roll into harbors, they pile up into walls of water 6 to 60 feet high. The Japanese call them "tsunamis"， meaning "harbor waves", because they reach a sizable height only in harbors. Tsunamis travel fairly slowly, at speed up to 500 miles an hour. An adequate warning system is in use to warn all shores likely to be reached by the waves. But this only enables people to leave the threatened shores for higher ground. There is no way to stop the oncoming wave.



6. Which of the following CANNOT be concluded from the passage?

A. The number of earthquakes is closely related to depth.

B. Roughly the same number of earthquakes occur each year.

C. Earthquakes are impossible at depths over 460 miles.

D. Earthquakes are most likely to occur near the surfaces.



7. The destruction of Agadir is an example of _____.

A. faulty building construction.

B. an earthquake's strength.

C. widespread panic in earthquakes.

D. ineffective instruments.



8. The united Nations' experts are supposed to _____.

A. construct strong buildings.

B. put forward proposals.

C. detectdisastrousearthquakes.

D. monitor earthquakes.



9. The significance of the slow speed of tsunamis is that people may _____.

A. notice them out at sea.

B. find ways to stop them.

C. be warned early enough.

D. develop warning system.



TEXT D

One of the good things for men in women's liberation is that men no longer have to pay women the old-fashioned courtesies.

In an article on the new manners, Ms. Holmes says that perfectly able woman no longer has to act helplessly in public as if she were a model. For example, she doesn't need help getting in and out of cars. "Women get in and out of cars twenty times a day with babies and dogs. Surely they can get out by themselves at night just as easily."

She also says there is no reason why a man should walk on the outside of a woman on the sidewalk. "Historically, the man walked on the inside so he caught the garbage thrown out of a window. Today a man is supposed to walk on the outside. A man should walk where he wants to. So should a woman. If, out of love and respect, he actually wants to take the blows, he should walk on the inside-- because that's where attacks are all hiding these days."

As far as manner are concerned, I suppose I have always been a supporter of women's liberation. Over the years, out of a sense of respect, I imagine, I have refused to trouble women with outdated courtesies.

It is usually easier to follow rules of social behavior than to depend on one's own taste. But rules may be safety broken, of course, by those of us with the gift of natural grace. For example, when a man and woman are led to their table in a restaurant and the waiter pulls out a chair, the woman is respected to sit in the chair. That is according to Ms. Ann Clark. I have always done it the other way, according to my wife.

It came up only the other night. I followed the hostess to the table, and when she pulled the chair out I sat on it, quite naturally, since it happened to be the chair I wanted to sit in. I had the best view of the boats.

"Well," my wife said, when the hostess had gone, "you did it again."

"Did what?" I asked, utterly confused.

"Took the chair."

Actually, since I'd walked through the restaurant ahead of my wife, it would have been awkward, I should think, not to have taken the chair. I had got there first, after all.

Also, it has always been my custom to get in a car first, and let the woman get in by herself. This is a courtesy I insist on as the stronger sex, out of love and respect. In times like these, there might be attackers hidden about. It would be unsuitable to put a woman in a car and then shut the door on her, leaving her at the mercy of some bad fellow who might be hidden in the back seat.



10. It can be concluded from the passage that _____.

A. men should walk on the inside of the sidewalk.

B. women are becoming more capable than before.

C. in women's liberation men are also liberated.

D. it's safe to break rules of social behavior.



11. The author was "utterly confused" because he _____.

A. took the chair out of habit.

B. was trying to be polite.

C. was slow in understanding.

D. had forgotten what he did.



12. He "took the chair" for all the following reasons EXCEPT that _____.

A. he got to the chair first.

B. he happened to like the seat.

C. his wife ordered him to do so.

D. he'd walked ahead of his wife.



13. The author always gets in a car before a woman because he _____.

A. wants to protect her.

B. doesn't need to help her.

C. chooses to be impolite.

D. fears attacks on him.



14. The author is_____ about the whole question of manners and women's liberation.

A. mildly joking

B. bitterly satirical

C. rather serious

D. severelycritical



15. Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage?

A. Manners ought to be thrown away altogether.

B. In manners one should follow his own judgment.

C. Women no longer need to be helped in public.

D. Men are not expected to be courteous to women. 　



GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one world or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. Mark your choices on your answer sheet.



16. The noise of the plane died ____ in the distance.

A. away

B. out

C. down

D. off



17. A narrow path ____ the stream to the other side of the park.

A. joins

B. crosses

C. unites

D. passes



18. Peter and John work on ____ days.

A. altering

B. alternative

C. alternable

D. alternate



19. I have ____ with you. Why didn't you keep your appointment with me yesterday?

A. an argument to make

B. a row to share

C. a bone to pick

D. a leg t o pull



20. She was very interested in the work of certain charities, and made a regular ____ to them.

A. subscription

B. contribution

C. allowances

D. tribute



21. How can I ever concentrate if you _____ continually_____ me with silly questions?

A. have ...interrupted

B. had ... interrupted

C. are ...interrupting

D. were ... interrupting



22. When you have finished with that video film, don't forget to put it in my drawer, _____?

A. do you

B. will you

C. don't you

D. won't you



23. He left orders that nothing _____ touched until the police arrived here.

A. should be

B. ought not be

C. must be

D. would be



24. Mr. White works with a chemicals import & export company, but he_____ for this industrial fair, since he is on leave.

A. has worked

B. works

C. has been working

D. is working



25. The physicist has made a discovery, _____ of great importance to the progress of science and technology.

A. I think which is

B. that I think is

C. which I think is

D. which I think it is.



26. _______, he is ready to accept suggestions from different sources.

A. Instead of his contributions

B. For all his notable contributions

C. His making notable contributions

D. However his notable contributions



27. The team can handle whatever _____.

A. that needs handling

B. which needs handling

C. it needs handling

D. need to be handled



28. Come and see me whenever _____.

A. you are convenient

B. you will be convenient

C. it is convenient to you

D. it will be convenient to you



29. It was a physician that he represented himself, and _____ he was warmly received.

A. as much

B. such as

C. as that

D. so that



30. I have never been to London, but that is the city _____.

A. where I like to visit most

B. I'd most like to visit

C. which I like to visit mostly

D. where I'd like most to visit



31. I was to have made a speech if ______.

A. I was not called away

B. nobody would have called me away

C. I had not been called away

D. nobody called me away



32. I felt that I was not yet ______ to travel abroad.

A. too strong

B. strong enough

C. so strong

D. enough strong



33. The plane found the spot and hovered close enough to _____ that it was a car.

A. ensure

B. examine

C. verify

D. testify



34. The encouraging factor is that the ______ majority of people find the idea of change acceptable.

A. numerous

B. vast

C. most

D. massive



35. The increase in student numbers _______ many problems for the universities.

A. forces

B. presses

C. provides

D. poses



36. Please _____ from smoking until the aero plane if airborne.

A. refrain

B. prevent

C. resist

D. restrain



37. Reporters and photographers alike took great ______ at the rude way the actor behaved during the interview.

A. annoyance

B. offence

C. resentment

D. irritation



38. Topics for composition should be _____ to the experiences and interests of the students.

A. concerned

B. dependent

C. connecting

D. relevant



39. The novel contains some marvelously revealing _____ of rural life in the 19th century.

A. glances

B. glimpses

C. glares

D. gleams



40. Sometimes the student may be asked to write about his _____ to a certain book or article that has some bearing on the subject being studied.

A. reaction

B. comment

C. impression

D. comprehension



41. Picking flowers in the park is absolutely ____.

A. avoided

B. prohibited

C. rejected

D. repelled



42. Tony has not the least ____ of giving up his research work.

A. intention

B. interest

C. wish

D. desire



43. Two if the children have to sleep in one bed, but the other three have _____ once.

A. similar

B. singular

C. different

D. separate



44. Am I to understand that his new pot ______ no responsibility with it at all?

A. keeps

B. supports

C. carries

D. possesses



45. animals that could not ____ themselves to the changed environment perished and those that could survived.

A. change

B. adapt

C. modify

D. conform



error correction



This part consists of a passage. In this passage, there are 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to ad a word, cross out a word, or change a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blankets provided.



Examples:



Television is rapidly becoming the literatures of our periods. period

Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature as a school subject are valid for^study of television. the

If it takes you 6 hours to read this book, somewhere in the world 2,500 people will

have died of starvation or of hunger-related illness by the time you spend. 46.

Why are so many hungrily? Susan George affirms with conviction, 47.

and with solid evidence, that it is not because there are too many passengers on "Spaceship Earth", not because bad weather or 48.

changing climates, but because food is controlled by the rich. Only the poor go hungry. The multinational agribusiness corporations. Western government with his food "aid" policies and supposedly eutral 49.

multilateral development organizations share responsibility for

their fate. They all work in cooperation to local elites, themselves 50.

nurtured and protected by the powerful in the developing world. 51.

United States agripower paves the way, leads the pack and is

gradualimposing its control over the whole planet. 52.

Only those fortunate people who can become consumers will

eat in the "Brave New World" being shaped by the well-fed. The

standard liberal solution to feed the word-population control 53.

or the Green Revolution-are just that the hungry poor don't 54.

need. All they need is social change, otherwise known as justice.

With that, they could, and would, resolve most of their problems ourselves. 55.



COMPOSITION For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 120 words according to the following statement: Some of your classmates think that more pressure from academic studies is not beneficial to students. You either agree or disagree with them. The title of your writing is:

Should College Students Take Part-time Jobs
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