General English Qualifying Test for Non-English Major Graduate Students, December 29, 2013
PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (25 minutes, 20 points)
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Section A (1 point each)想死了怎么办
Directions: In this ction, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be read only once. Choo the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
1. Woman: Let’s go e a movie!
Man: I can’t. I barely have enough money for food. I’m broke until my next paycheck.
Question: What does the man mean?
2. Woman: What web-hosting place do you recommend？
Man: Most of them are pretty good. Just make sure they have 247 technical support.
Question: What does the man think it’s important for a good web-hosting?
3. Woman: Sir, what would you like to order?
Man: A beefsteak and some salad.
Woman: Any drinks?
Man: No, thank you.
10种对肾最佳的食物Question: Where does the conversation probably take place?
4. Woman: Johnny, has Tommy returned your CD yet? It’s been a week.
Man: Don’t worry about it, he’ll return it sooner or later.
Question: What does the man mean?
5. 盈余分配Man: Did you e the new 3D movie at the IMAX theatre？
Woman: No. Was it any good？
Man: It was better than good. It was out of this world.
Question: What does the man think of the new 3D movie?
6. Woman: Do you like skiing?
Man: I really enjoy skiing. It’s one of my favorite sports.
Woman: You must go very frequently then.
Man: Oh it costs a lot, so I go skiing every now and then……
Question: How often does the man go skiing?
7. Man: When are you going to moving to your new apartment??
Woman: I want to, but I can’t do it all by mylf.
Man: I can give you a hand if you can wait until this weekend.
Question: What does the man mean?
8. Woman: Hey, why do you have so many clocks in your bedroom? Do you need all of them?
Man: Yeah, I need thunder to wake me up!
Question: What does the man mean?
9. Woman: 毛毛虫的生长过程You look worried. What’s wrong with you?
Man: I am late. But I have to register right now. Can you keep an eye on my bag plea?
Question: What does the man want the woman to do?
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Section B (1 point each)
Directions: In this ction you will hear two mini-talks. At the end of each talk, there will be some questions. Both the talks and the questions will be read to you only once. After each question, there will be a pau. During the pau, you must choo the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
Mini-talk One
There is something hard to resist about cherries. The small red fruit is a popular asonal food around the world.
Cherries are thought to be native to western Asia. It is a member of the same family of plants as the ro. It is cloly related to the plum. Like cherry trees, plum trees also flower in early spring.
There are two major kinds of cherries harvested in the world: sweet and sour鸡简笔画图片. Sour cherries are not eaten fresh becau they contain little sugar. Instead, they are proces
d to make prepared foods like jellies and pies and to make alcoholic drinks. The United States is a major producer of sour cherries. Among the states, Michigan is the top producer.
Sweet cherries contain much more sugar than their sour relatives and are usually eaten fresh. Washington state is the biggest American producer, followed by California and Oregon.
Fresh cherries do not store well. They must reach market as soon as possible. So they cost more than many other kinds of fresh fruit.
Cherry trees are also valued for their springtime blossoms.
Cherry blossoms are popular in many parts of Asia and Europe, especially in Japan. But Washington, D.C., has some of the most famous cherry trees in the world. Japan gave the United States 3,500 cherry trees in nineteen twelve as a gift of friendship.
破产申请书Years later Japan gave another gift of three thousand eight hundred trees. In the early nin
eteen eighties, the United States provided Japan with cuttings to help replace Japane trees lost in a flood.
Question 10: What plant family does the cherry belong to ?
Question 11: Which state is the biggest sweet cherry producer in the US ?
Question 12: How many cherry trees did Japan give the United States in 1912 ?
