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15-3-5

试卷编号：15-3-5

考试时间：60 分钟

满分：100.4 分

Part 1 Short dialogs and multiple choice questions

(Each item: 2 point(s))

Directions: Listen to the following recording, and then choose the correct answers to the questions you hear. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.

A. Valentine's Day should be done away with.

B. The man's girl friend is asking for too much.

C. The man should buy gifts for his girlfriend.

D. The man is poor.

A. Stories about monsters.

B. Stories about pirates.

C. Children not afraid of fighting.

D. Children in strange costumes.

A. He is happy.

B. He is exceptionally sad.

C. He misses those who died in war.

D. He celebrates the victory.

A. A housewife.

B. A housekeeper.

C. A President.

D. It is not known.

A. A king.

B. A queen.

C. Those who want to sell gifts.

D. Those who employed servants.

A. In the club.

B. At Jane's home.

C. In the national park.

D. In the shopping mall.

A. The cookies.

B. The CD.

C. The camera.

D. The map.

A. 2.

B. 12.

C. 20.

D. 24.

Part 2 Short passages and multiple choice questions

(Each item: 2 point(s))

Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog.

1.On what day was the beginning of the new year first observed in 16th century France?

A. On January 1st.

B. On February 1st.

C. On March 1st.

D. On April 1st.

2.On whom did people play tricks after Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar?

A. Those who celebrated the New Year's Day on April 1st.

B. Those who celebrated the New Year's Day on January 1st.

C. Those who followed Gregory's idea.

D. Those who accepted the new calendar.

3.How did French children fool their friends?

A. By hiding a fish in their friends' bag.

B. By putting a paper fish on their friends' back.

C. By saying, "School has been canceled."

D. By saying, "Look! A flock of geese!"

4.What is mentioned as a common trick in the United States?

A. Telling a classmate that the teacher has fallen ill.

B. Telling a friend that a bird is flying past.

C. Saying "Your shoelace is untied."

D. Saying "Your pants are unzipped."

5.What is considered the cleverest April fools joke?

A. One that is played with a large audience around.

B. One that is first played on April Fool's Day.

C. One that makes everyone laugh except the victim.

D. One that makes everyone laugh, including the victim.

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.

6.Which of the following is true of the origin of Halloween?

A. It began in Ireland to mark the end of the winter.

B. It began in Ireland to celebrate the harvest.

C. It began in the U.S. to celebrate the harvest.

D. It began in the U.K. to celebrate the end of the year.

7.According to the passage, why did people made bonfires on 31st October?

A. To cook a meal.

B. To warm themselves.

C. To avoid sickness and other problems.

D. To celebrate the harvest.

8.When did Hallow start to be celebrated in the United States?

A. In the 19th century.

B. Before the 19th century.

C. Nearly a thousand years ago.

D. Thousands of years ago.

9.If you do not give sweets to children on Halloween, what might they do?

A. Play a game with you.

B. Play a trick on you.

C. Sing for you.

D. Leave without doing anything.

10.According to the passage, what will Mexicans do on The Day of the Dead?

A. Tell the dead what they have done.

B. Tell the dead what they will do.

C. Put wines in front of the graves.

D. Put food and flowers on the graves.

Part 3 Short passages/dialogs and multiple-choice questions (Each item: 2 point(s))

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog.

1.Which of the following would be the best title for the dialog?

A. Easter and Easter Eggs.

B. Three Stages of Easter.

C. Features of Easter.

D. Ways to Celebrate Easter.

2.What do Easter eggs and a rabbit symbolize?

A. Everlasting peace and happiness.

B. Changes in people's life.

C. Harvest, autumn, rebirth.

D. Rebirth, spring, fertility.

3.What stages does Easter have?

A. Palm Sunday, Ash Wednesday, and Good Friday.

B. Ash Friday, Palm Sunday, and Good Wednesday.

C. Palm Saturday, Ash Wednesday, and Good Friday.

D. Ash Sudan, Palm Friday, and Good Tuesday.

4.What do ashes remind people of?

A. How Christ went to heaven.

B. How Christ returned from the grave.

C. How Christ suffered on the cross.

D. How Christ was reborn.

5.What did "Good Friday" once mean?

A. Easter Egg Friday.

B. Easter Rabbit Friday.

C. Holy Friday.

D. Excellent Friday.

Part 4 Short passages/dialogs and blank filling

(Each item: 2 point(s))

Directions: Listen to the following recording, then answer the questions by filling in the blanks. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time to write the missing words. Use the second playing to check your answers.

Questions 1 to 11 are based on the same passage or dialog.

>>What takes place on November 11th?

On that day Americans (1)(2)

>>What does the term "veteran" mean?

It means not just soldiers who (3)(4)

>>How is Veterans Day observed in America?

(5)

public officials (6)(7)

>>Why does the United States observe Memorial Day?

It observes Memorial Day in (8)(9)

>>What does The Library of Congress Folklife Center collect?

The Center collects (10)(11)

Part 5 Short passages/dialogs and cloze

(Each item: 1.8 point(s))

Directions: Listen to the following recording, then fill in the blanks. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time to write the missing words. Use the second playing to check your answers.

Questions 1 to 18 are based on the same passage or dialog.

Rupert Smith promised his wife he would buy a (1)

Thanksgiving dinner. When Rupert came home, his wife asked, "Where's our turkey for (2)

Rupert (3)(4)

(5)

Now he was heading (6)(7)

butcher was just (8)

my wife will (9)(10)

The butcher discovered only one (11)

Rupert. Rupert found it (12)

the bird back (13)(14)

(15)(16)

Rupert answered, "That one doesn't look (17)(18)

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