97phd Test Paper
Code # 2
CLASS ______NAME ______CODE ______
(Type A)
PART C
Directions: In PART C you will hear several talks. After each talk you will hear some questions. The talks and the questions will be spoken just once. When you hear a question,read the four possible answers and decide which is the best answer. Then, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.
Example:
You will hear:
Then you will hear:
You will read: (A)To keep fish alive.
(B)To punish criminals.
(C)To preserve dead bodies.
(D)To help heal wounds.
From the talk we know that thousands of years ago salt was used to keep the dead from decaying.So the best answer to this question is (C), "To preserve dead bodies." Therefore,you should choose answer (C).
( ) 1 (A)He is in debt.
(B)He has to resign as Chairman of the Student's Union.
(C)He lags behind in his studies.
(D)He has to sell his car.
( ) 2 (A)The first year. (C)The second year.
(B)The fourth year. (D)The third year.
( ) 3 (A)He can't get along with his schoolmates in the Union.
(B)He can't do the work well.
(C)He is in debt.
(D)He can't get through his studies.
( ) 4 (A)Mathematics. (C)Electronics.
(B)Physics. (D)Economics.
( ) 5 (A)No,she doesn't want to. (C)No,she can't.
(B)Yes,she's going with Vince. (D)Yes,she's going with Joe.
( ) 6 (A)At McDonsld's. (C)With Vince.
(B)For Jackson and Sons. (D)For a construction company.
( ) 7 (A)In September. (C)In August.
(B)In May. (D)In June.
( ) 8 (A)Tonight. (C)This afternoon.
(B)Tomorrow. (D)The day after tomorrow.
( ) 9 (A)Abundant natural resources.
(B)The quality of management.
(C)The skills of people from other countries.
(D)The workingman.
( ) 10 (A)100 years. (C)350 years.
(B)200 years. (D)400 years.
( ) 11 (A)The value of machines. (C)The value of work.
(B)The value of time. (D)The value of money.
( ) 12 (A)Machines. (C)The children.
(B)Technology. (D)Unionization.
( ) 13 (A)The wheel. (C)The camera.
(B)Movies. (D)Nylon.
( ) 14 (A)In the second half of the 19th century.
(B)In the 1960's.
(C)In the first part of the 20th century.
(D)In the early 1800's.
( ) 15 (A)Movies with sound. (C)The radio.
(B)Nylon. (D)The computer.
( ) 16 (A)Japan. (C)The United States.
(B)Russia. (D)China.
( ) 17 (A)Cleveland. (C)Chicago.
(B)New York. (D)Iowa.
( ) 18 (A)Seventeen. (C)Eighteen.
(B)Nineteen. (D)Sixteen.
( ) 19 (A)He ran a restaurant. (C)He worked on TV.
(B)He was an author. (D)He was a painter.
( ) 20 (A)1885. (C)1961.
(B)1915. (D)1900.
( ) 21 (A)France. (C)Germany.
(B)Ireland. (D)England.
( ) 22 (A)The Indians. (C)The blacks.
(B)The Irish. (D)The Dutch.
( ) 23 (A)To keep together in a racial group.
(B)Because they're discriminated against.
(C)For religious reasons.
(D)Because they don't like other people.
( ) 24 (A)Italy. (C)Ireland.
(B)Germany. (D)England.
( ) 25 (A)Inventors. (C)Photographers.
(B)Science fiction writers. (D)Health-care workers.
( ) 26 (A)How thermographic photography was invented.
(B)The advantages of X-rays over thermography.
(C)Scientific photography for diagnostic purposes.
(D)Several new techniques for reducing pain.
( ) 27 (A)With charts and graphs. (C)With different colors.
(B)With a thermometer. (D)With moving lights.
( ) 28 (A)To get a better understanding of illness.
(B)To discover the side effects of thermography.
(C)To find out why a body requires rest.
(D)To improve the analysis of blood and tissue samples.
( ) 29 (A)It is not painful.
(B)Patients can see the pictures.
(C)The process is very relaxing.
(D)No radiation is involved.
( ) 30 (A)Thermographic techniques are now widely used.
(B)Scientific research on thermography is still being conducted.
(C)Thermography will not mad diagnosis easier for doctors.
(D)Acceptance of thermographic techniques has not been enthusiastic.
SECTION II : STRUCTURE
PART A
Directions: There are several incomplete sentences in this part. For each of them you are to choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence . Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.
Example:
I have been to the Great Wall three times ______1979.
(A)from
(B)after
(C)for
(D)since
The best answer is (D), because the sentence should read, "I have been to the Great Wall three times since 1979." Therefore, you should choose (D).
( ) 31 I didn't hear ______because there was too much noise where I was sitting.
(A)what said (C)what did he say
(B)what he said (D)what was he saying
( ) 32 "I'm surprised to learn that you're going back to Chicago." " Yes, I'd hoped that I ______have to go back again, but I do." (A)don't (C)hadn't
(B)won't (D)wouldn't
( ) 33 It is useful to science ______the earth as an object in space. (A)to consider (C)considers
(B)considering (D)the consideration of
( ) 34 According to the information, the newly-instructed highway is said to be______.
(A)lengthy twenty miles (C)about twenty miles long
(B)length about twenty miles (D)in twenty miles of length
( ) 35 ______found four-leaf clover is considered a lucky sign.
(A)It is rarely (C)The rarely
(B)Rarely (D)Despite its being rarely
( ) 36 "Will you go home tomorrow evening?" "No, I am going to a lecture, or at least, I am planing ______."
(A)on (C)so
(B)to (D)it
( ) 37 Bernard Foucault ______in 1851 that the earth is rotating.
(A)who proved (C)he proved
(B)proved (D)it was proved
( ) 38 Do you know ______?
(A)how much cost the books (C)the books cost how much
(B)how much do book cost (D)how much the books cost
( ) 39 Pluto, the outermost plant of the solar system, ______photographically in March 1930.
(A)discovered (C)by discovery
(B)was discovered (D)when discovered
( ) 40 The sentence "Tom would not have done me any harm." is an example of ______.
(A)s+v+c (C)s+v+o+o
(B)s+v+o (D)s+v+o+c
( ) 41 "For tonight's homework, do pages forty and forty-one in the workbook." "Professor Jones, I think that is ______work."
(A)much too much (C)too hard
(B)much the more (D)hardest
( ) 42 If you could have bought a recorder, what ______?
(A)would you buy (C)would you have buy
(B)would you have bought (D)would you be buying
( ) 43 "Aren't you in Sally's tennis' class?" "No, hers ends______."
(A)when mine begins
(B)at the time for me to begin
(C)at the same time as I begin
(D)when is the beginning of mine
( ) 44 "Where have you been? I haven't heard from you for months." "I know, ______."
(A)It's been a long time that I wanted to write you
(B)I've been wanting to write you for a long time
(C)It's been for a long time I've been wanting to write you
(D)I've wanted to write you
( ) 45 As a Congressman from Ohio,a Republican,and ______the antiwar movement, the young politician became well known during the 1969's.
(A)a leader of (C)leading
(B)to lead (D)he was leading
( ) 46 "I've invited Bill over tonight." "Then you'd better turn on ______."
(A)the porch's light (C)the light's porch
(B)the light porch (D)the porch light
( ) 47 ______all his faults, he is a great man.
(A)Regardless (C)Ever
(B)However (D)With
( ) 48 ______all the nationalities,the Hans are by far the majority who make up about 94 percent of China's population.
(A)In (C)With
(B)Of (D)To
( ) 49 You may not go out ______your work is done.
(A)before (C)where
(B)until (D)as
( ) 50 You may sit ______you like.
(A)for (C)though
(B)but (D)where
( ) 51 Improvement of an ______is a far easier achievement than a rend new insight.
(A)already existing invention (C)invention in being
(B)invention already existing (D)invention nowadays
( ) 52 "Why aren't you skiing this week-end?" "Well, I didn't want to go alone,and no one ______with me."
(A)went (C)had gone
(B)has gone (D)would go
( ) 53 "Has this motorcycle you are selling been ridden very much?" " It ______by the previous owner for only two weeks."
(A)is used (C)had use
(B)was used (D)used
( ) 54 I tried to get out of the business, ______I found impossible. (A)who (C)that
(B)which (D)what
( ) 55 "Rex told me you moved." "Yes, into a huge ______."
(A)two-story house (C)two-stories house
(B)house of two story (D)house two storied
( ) 56 Croquet is a popular lawn game ______players hit wooden balls through wire arches called wickets.
(A)when (C)is when
(B)which (D)in which
( ) 57 "Frank broke his leg in that accident." "He was lucky he ______."
(A)isn't killed (C)hadn't been killed
(B)hasn't been killed (D)wasn't killed
( ) 58 ______coming of the Space Age,a new dimension has been added to the study of the planets.
(A)While (C)When the
(B)It is the (D)With the
( ) 59 Botanists are not sure where the first plant was grown or even ______.
(A)what plant was (C)what plant was it
(B)it was what plant (D)what plant it was
( ) 60 Until the present century ______demand for natural gas.
(A)little (C)there was little
(B)and little (D)was there little
PART B
Directions: There are several sentences in this part. Each sentence has four parts underlined. The four underlined parts are marked (A), (B),(C) and (D). Identify the one underlined part that is WRONG. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.
Example:
A number of foreign visitors were taken to the industrial exhibition ~~~~~A~~~~~ ~~~~~~~B~~~~~
which they saw many new products.
~~C~~ ~D~
Answer (C) "which" is wrong,because the sentence should read,"A number of foreign visitors were taken to the industrial exhibition where they saw many new products." Therefore, you should choose (C).
( ) 61 In the 1930's more than two thousand interviews with
~~~~~~A~~~~~~ ~~~~B~~~ former slaves were conducted by members of the Federal ~~~~~~~~~C~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~D~~~~~~~~
Writers Project.
( ) 62 Bats are able to guide them by producing sound waves ~~~~~~A~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~B~~~~~~~~
too high for us to hear .
~~~~~~C~~~~~ ~~~~~D~~~~~
( ) 63 In the opinion with most people, a teacher's status in ~~~~A~~~ ~~B~~
the community will usually improve as he gets a higher
~~~~~C~~~~~ ~~~~~D~~~~ salary.
( ) 64 Speaking in English ,the announcer said that the plane for ~~~~~~~~~~~~A~~~~~~~~~~~
London would be delayed for several hours and the ~~~~~~~~~~~B~~~~~~~~~~~
passengers had better return to their homes or hotels to ~~~~~~~C~~~~~~~
wait further information.
~~~~D~~~
( ) 65 My neighbor had a small but well-chosen library,and ~~~A~~~ ~~~~~~~B~~~~~~~
seemed to spend a good deal of time to cultivate his ~~~~~~~~~~~C~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~D~~~~~~~
mind.
( ) 66 Absurdly is one of the most prominent themes of ~~~~~~A~~~~~ ~~~~~B~~~~~ ~~~~~~C~~~~~~
twentieth century drama.
~~~~~~~~~~D~~~~~~~~~~
( ) 67 As she was tired of her long walk , she went to bed ~~~A~~ ~~~~~~~~B~~~~~~~~
much earlier than usual .
~~~~C~~~ ~~~~~~~D~~~~~~
( ) 68 Her cough so aggravated her condition that the doctor had ~~~~~~~A~~~~~~
to bring her to the hospital where she lay in the ward ~~~~B~~~~ ~~~C~~~
awaiting further treatment.
~~~~~D~~~~~
( ) 69 In the fact of the increasing intensity of fire, the ~~~~~~~A~~~~~~
planes were forced to come low and rapid over the ~~~~~~~B~~~~~~~ ~~~~C~~~~ ~~~~D~~~
trees.
( ) 70 One should not talk about unpleasant subjects for a social ~~~A~~~
gathering. Also , we should avoid any subject that might
~~~~B~~~ ~~~~C~~~~ hurt the feelings of the people you are with .
~~~~D~~~
( ) 71 If Greg had tried harder to reach the opposing
~~~~~~~A~~~~~~ ~~~~~B~~~~ ~~~~~~C~~~~~ shore, we would not have had to pick him up in the boat.
~~~D~~~
( ) 72 I haven't settled the question of if I'll go to ~~~~~~~~~~~A~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~B~~ ~~~C~~
your place or stay here.
~~~~D~~~
( ) 73 Although aging improves some foods, fish must be handled ~~~~~~A~~~~~
prompt and careful from the moment of the catch ~~~~~~~~~~~~B~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~C~~~~~~
until final processing .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~D~~~~~~~~~~~~
( ) 74 Algae are aquatic plants who may serve as food for ~~~A~~~ ~~~B~~~ ~~~C~~
many large and small animals.
~~~~D~~~
( ) 75 The world is pretty complicated today compared with
~~~~~A~~~~ ~~~~~~~~B~~~~~~~~ that it was forty years ago.
~~~~C~~~ ~~~D~~
( ) 76 First we packed our few valuables in waterproof bags, then
~~~~A~~~ we locked the house, and finally we had left , ~~~~~B~~~~~ ~~~~~~C~~~~~
concealing our trail the best we could.
~~~~D~~~
( ) 77 I recall that I had a terrible struggle to find
~~~~~A~~~~ ~~~B~~~ ~~~~~C~~~~~ anything entire ligneous in the school libraries.
~~~~~~~~~D~~~~~~~~~
( ) 78 Having swam two-thirds of the distance across the ~~~~~~~~A~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~B~~~~~~ ~~~~~C~~~~
England Channel, Dixon could not give up now.
~~~~~~~~~~D~~~~~~~~~~
( ) 79 While same of lawyers would endorse opposite view, ~~~~~~A~~~~~ ~~~~~~B~~~~~
most would probably agree that freedom of the press ~~~~C~~~
is not absolute .
~~~~~~~~~D~~~~~~~~~
( ) 80 Baroque has been the term using by art historians
~~~~~~A~~~~~ ~~~~B~~~~ ~~~~~~~C~~~~~~ for almost a century to designate the dominant style of ~~~~~~~~D~~~~~~~
the period 1600-1750.
( ) 81 The mother sold her house because her son could ~~~~A~~~ ~~~B~~~ ~~~~~C~~~~~
get expensive college education .
~~~~~~D~~~~~~
( ) 82 Doctors often study film records of complex operations ~~~~~~~A~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~B~~~~~~
in order for improving their own knowledge and skill.
~~~~~~~~C~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~D~~~~~~
( ) 83 Because radio communication had failed once before, I ~~~~~A~~~~~ ~~~~~~~B~~~~~~
was afraid the men in the plane might be lost with the ~~~~~~C~~~~~ ~~~~D~~~
crew on the platform.
( ) 84 The industrial trend is in the direction of more
~~~~A~~~~ ~~~B~~ ~~~~C~~~ machines and less people.
~~~~D~~~
( ) 85 Not until did William Harvey make the discovery was it
~~~~~~~~~~~~~A~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~B~~~~ known that the blood circulates .
~~~~~~ ~~~C~~~ ~~~~~~~D~~~~~~
( ) 86 Give it to whoever it really belongs to ; it little
~~~~~A~~~~~ ~~~B~~ ~~~~~C~~~~ matters to me now whose it is.
~~~~D~~~~
( ) 87 When you speak, you should speak loudly enough
~~~~A~~~ ~~~~~~~~B~~~~~~~ ~~~~~C~~~~ to hear .
~~~~~D~~~~~
( ) 88 Every precaution must be done to keep all medications
~~~~~A~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~B~~~~~~~~~ and dangerous substances out of a child's reach.
~~~~~C~~~~ ~~~~~~D~~~~~~
( ) 89 The reason that Roberto Clemente, the great baseball star, ~~~~A~~~
was on the plane that crashed was because he was ~~~~~B~~~~~ ~~~~~C~~~~~
on his way to help the victims of the earthquake.
~~~~~~~D~~~~~~
( ) 90 We were really looking forward at seeing you at the
~~~~~~~~~~~A~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~B~~~~ meeting and were very disappointed when you didn't
~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~C~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~D~~~~ appear .
~~~~~~~
SECTION III : VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSION
PART A ( VOCABULARY )
Directions: You will find that in each sentence in PART A, a word or a phrase or a blank is underlined below each sentence you will find four other words or phrases. You are to choose the one word or phrase which would best keep the meaning of the original sentence if it were substituted for the underlined word or phrase. Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.
Example:
The teacher asked Mary to review the selected material.
~~~~~~
(A)go over
(B)take out
(C)reward
(D)examine
The best answer is (A), because the sentence " The teacher asked Mary to go over the selected material," is closest in meaning to the original sentence "The teacher asked Mary to review the selected material." Therefore, you should choose answer (A).
( ) 91 There are many inconveniences that have to be ______when you are camping.
(A)put up (C)put off
(B)put up with (D)put away
( ) 92 She tried to ______herself from hitting the child, but she could not.
(A)check (C)avoid
(B)prevent (D)restrain
( ) 93 You've been over working recently, and would find a holiday ______.
(A)healthful (C)profitable
(B)energetic (D)beneficial
( ) 94 The retired boxer ______to buy a public house.
(A)suggests (C)thinks
(B)means (D)imagines
( ) 95 The architects were ______to have finished their designs by last Monday so that we could begin work next month.
(A)regarded (C)acquired
(B)supposed (D)assigned
( ) 96 The beginning of the book is the early part of the actual contents after the ______.
(A)cover (C)index
(B)notes (D)preface
( ) 97 We admired the ______with which she walked across the room.
(A)manner (C)attitude
(B)grace (D)behavior
( ) 98 The paymaster was attacked and the payroll money was seized by armed ______.
(A)thieves (C)pickpockets
(B)burglars (D)robbers
( ) 99 John has been living with his brother all the time, and so they are ______.
(A)gregarious (C)essential
(B)capricious (D)inseparable
( ) 100 The ______step is often the most difficult.
(A)quickest (C)last
(B)longest (D)first
( ) 101 I have time to tell you only the ______of our plan; I'll tell you the details later.
(A)facet (C)enigma
(B)gist (D)jot
( ) 102 Bill can play the piano, sing, and lead his orchestra ______.
(A)at once (C)all at once
(B)all the time (D)all of a sudden
( ) 103 It is not difficult to teach ______students.
(A)sensitive (C)vigorous
(B)smart (D)fashionable
( ) 104 He always wants to ______in affairs that are of no concern to him.
(A)impart (C)meddle
(B)ponder (D)abound
( ) 105 The driver's attention was ______by a child running across the road.
(A)detracted (C)destroyed
(B)disturbed (D)distracted
( ) 106 If he continues to do strange things, people will call him ______.
(A)boundless (C)eccentric
(B)lavish (D)genial
( ) 107 John was ______by letter that he had won a new car.
(A)professed (C)notified
(B)leased (D)awarded
( ) 108 That door ______when you open it. You must put some oil on the hinges.
(A)rumbles (C)rustles
(B)creaks (D)cracks
( ) 109 When working in pairs, everyone has a ______.
(A)friend (C)rival
(B)partner (D)competitor
( ) 110 A speech full of great praise for a particular person is ______.
(A)a tirade (C)an epilogue
(B)a eulogy (D)an invocation
( ) 111 He couldn't resist the ______of her rosy lips.
(A)attraction (C)fascination
(B)temptation (D)charm
( ) 112 I noticed his eyes in ______because they were very large.
(A)particular (C)special
(B)general (D)peculiar
( ) 113 The bus driver sounded his ______at the children in the street.
(A)bell (C)horn
(B)lights (D)warning
( ) 114 Generally speaking, a ______is at the end of the corridor.
(A)porch (C)basement
(B)balcony (D)toilet
( ) 115 There were five hundred ______at the state unified examination of CE4 in our university last year.
(A)applicants (C)participants
(B)attendants (D)candidates
( ) 116 Young children ______older ones, so older children should be good examples.
(A)look down upon (C)look after
(B)look up to (D)look up
( ) 117 He is working ______the government.
(A)with (C)on
(B)in (D)at
( ) 118 The boys ______the water from the bottom of the boat to keep it from sinking.
(A)scaled (C)scooped
(B)scanned (D)scoured
( ) 119 Ethel asked to be buried in ______ground.
(A)secret (C)serious
(B)scarce (D)sacred
( ) 120 You couldn't ______any secret even for an hour in that little town.
(A)keep (C)take
(B)get (D)learn
( ) 121 The ______of two houses proved such a financial burden that they were forced to sell one.
(A)upkeep (C)upsurge
(B)upshot (D)uproar
( ) 122 He ______working till he was seventy years old.
(A)kept on (C)followed
(B)kept up (D)succeeded
( ) 123 The girl came to the ______of the cliff, and looked down to see the ocean.
(A)brink (C)crag
(B)brim (D)recede
( ) 124 Technology has brought ______great social changes.
(A)in (C)about
(B)out (D)up
( ) 125 You must be more than careful in ______your money in that business.
(A)inventing (C)putting
(B)investing (D)placing
( ) 126 I ______be most grateful if you could let me have the details as soon as possible.
(A)ought to (C)should
(B)intend to (D)might
( ) 127 There has been a strong advertising ______to try and get people to give up smoking.
(A)activity (C)event
(B)campaign (D)occasion
( ) 128 If Bob thinks our plan will succeed, it probably will; his ______are usually correct.
(A)acclaims (C)mottoes
(B)hunches (D)suspensions
( ) 129 Sally likes Henry today, but she's so ______that she may hate him tomorrow.
(A)fickle (C)discreet
(B)pathetic (D)wistful
( ) 130 I won't pay top prices for goods of ______quality.
(A)backward (C)influential
(B)inferior (D)passive
PART B ( READING COMPREHENSION )
Directions: In PART B,you will be given a variety of reading material, followed by questions about the meaning of the material. You are to choose the one best answer (A), (B), (C) and (D) to each question. Answer all questions following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage. When you have decided on your answer, blacken the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.
PASSAGE 1
Partly because of the vast cultural gap between them, the Arabs and the European Jews rarely mix.
( ) 131 The Arabs and the European Jews
(A)aggregate peacefully even though their cultural backgrounds are different.
(B)live together peacefully because of their similar cultural background.
(C)do not get along well due to their wide difference of opinion and character.
(D)always hate each other.
( ) 132 The phrase "the vast cultural gap" refers to
(A)some big problems.
(B)the educational background.