环球雅思英语水平测试题基础段入学

环球雅思英语水平测试题基础段入学

环球雅思英语水平测试卷

PART I

1.The medicine is on sale everywhere. You can get it at _______ chemist's.

A) each B) some C) certain D) any

2. You cannot be _______ careful when you drive a car.

A) very B) so C) too D) enough

3. Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to, _______the color of his skin.

A) with the exception of B) in the light of

C) by virtue of D) regardless of

4. Housewives who do not go out to work

often feel they are not working to their

full

_______.

A) capacity B) strength C) length D) possibility

5. I hate people who _______ the end of

film that you haven't seen before.

A) reveal B) rewrite C) revise D) reverse

6. The old couple decided to ________ a

boy and a girl though they had three

children

of their own.

A) adapt B) bring C) receive D) adopt

7. The government is trying to do something to _______ better understanding between

the two countries.

A) raise B) promote C) heighten D) increase

8. The newspaper did not mention the

_______ of the damage caused by the fire.

A) range B) level C) extent D) quantity

9. The soldier was of running away when

the enemy attacked. Please find out the

word

below which has the opposite meaning.

A) scolded B) charged C) accused D) punished

10. Had he worked harder, he _______ the

exams.

A) must have got through

B) would have got through

C) would get through D)

could get through

11. Only under special circumstances

_______ to take make up tests.

A) are freshmen permitted B) freshmen are permitted

C) permitted are freshmen D)

are permitted freshmen

12. It seems oil _______ from this pipe

for some time. We'll have to take the

machine

apart to put it rignt.

A) had leaked B) is leaking C) leaked D) has been leaking

13. When he arrived, he found _______ the

aged and the sick at home.

A) none but B) none other than

C)nothing but D) no other than

14. The pressure _______ causes Americans

to be energetic, but it also puts them

under

a constant emotional strain.

A) to compete B) competing C)

to be competed D) haveing competed

15. Once environmental damage _______, it

takes many years for the system to recover.

A) has done B) is to do C) does D) is done

16. Studies show that the things that contribute most to a sense of happiness

cannot be

bought, _______ a good family life, friendship and work satisfaction.

A) as for B) in view of C) in case of D) such as

17. John seems a nice person, _______ I

don't trust him.

A) Even though B) Even so C) Therefore D) Though

18. I don't think it advisable that Tim

_______ to the job since he has no experience.

A) is assigned B)

will be assigned

C) be assigned D)

has been assigned

19. _______, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more

rapidly

than a man whose command of language is

poor.

A) Other things being equal

B) Were other things equal

C) To be equal to other things

D) Other things to be equal

20. _______ that my head had cleared, my

brain was also beginning to work much

better.

A) For B) Now C) Since D) Despite

PART II

Passage One

We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn't even lift her eyes from the book. Mum pointed at a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to sit down. While I watched, mouth open in surprise, Mum took off her hat and coat and gave them to me to hold. She walked quietly to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop . She pushed the mop past the desk and as the nurse looked up, Mum nodded and said, "Very dirty floors." "Yes. I'm glad they've finally decided to clean them," the nurse answered. She looked at Mum strangely and said, "But aren't you working late?" Mum just pushed harder, each swipe of the mop taking her farther and farther down the hall. I watched until she was out of sight and the nurse had turned back to writing in the big book. After a long time Mum came back.

Her eyes were shining. She quickly put the

mop back and took my hand. As we turned to

go out of the door, Mum nodded politely to

the nurse and said, "Thank you." Outside,

Mum told me: "Dagmar is fine. No fever."

"You saw her, Mum?" "Of course. I told her

about the hospital rules, and she will not

expect us until tomorrow. Dad will stop worrying as well. It's a fine hospital.

But such floors! A mop is no good. You need

a brush."

21. When she took a mop from the small room

what Mum really wanted to do was ______.

[A] to clean the floor

[B] to please the nurse

[C] to see a patient

[D] to surprise the story-teller

22. When the nurse talked to Mum she

thought Mum was a _______.

[A] nurse [B] visitor

[C] patient [D] cleaner

23. After reading the story what can we

infer about the hospital?

[A] It is a children's hospital.

[B] It has strict rules about visiting

hours.

[C] The nurses and doctors there don't

work hard.

[D] A lot of patients come to this hospital

every day.

24. Why did Mother go to see Dagmar in the hospital?

[A] To give her some message about Dad.

[B] To make sure her room was clean.

[C] To check that she was still there.

[D] To find out how she was.

25. Which of the following words best describes Mum?

[A] polite [B] patient [C] changeable [D] clever

Passage Two

Long after the 1998 World Cup was won, disappointed fans were still cursing the

disputed refereeing decisions that denied

victory to their team. A researcher was appointed to study the performance of some top referees.

The researcher organized an experimental tournament involving four youth teams. Each match lasted an hour, divided into three periods of 20 minutes during which different referees were in charge. Observers noted down the referees' errors, of which there were 61 over the tournament. Converted to a standard match of 90 minutes, each referee made almost 23 mistakes, a remarkably high number. The researcher then studied the videotapes to analyse the matches in detail. Surprisingly, he found that errors were more likely when the referees were close to the incident. When the officials got it right, they were, on average, 17 meters away from the action. The average distance in the case of errors was 12 meters. The research shows the optimum distance is

about 20 meters. There also seemed to be an optimum speed. Correct decisions came when the referees were moving at a speed of about 2 meters per second. The average speed for errors was 4 meters per second. If FIFA, football's international ruling body, wants to improve the standard of refereeing at the next World Cup, it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues. He also says that FIFA's insistence that referees should retire at age 45 may be misguided. If keeping up with the action is not so important, their physical condition is less critical.

26. The experiment conducted by the researcher was meant to _______.

A) review the decisions of referees at the 1998 World Cup

B) analyse the causes of errors made by

football referees

C) set a standard for football refereeing

27. The number of refereeing errors in the experimental matches was _______.

A) slightly above average

B) higher than in the 1998 World Cup

C) quite unexpected

D) as high as in a standard match

28. The findings of the experiment show

that _______.

A) errors are more likely when a referee

keeps close to the ball

B) the farther the referee is from the incident, the fewer the errors

C) the more slowly the referee runs, the

more likely will errors occur

D) errors are less likely when a referee

stays in one spot

29. The word "officials" (Line 2, Para. 4) most probably refers to _______.

A) the researchers involved in the experiment

B) the inspectors of the football tournament

C) the referees of the football tournament

D) the observers at the site of the experiment

30. What is one of the possible conclusions of the experiment?

A) The ideal retirement age for an experienced football referee is 45.

B) Age should not be the chief consideration in choosing a football referee.

C) A football referee should be as young and energetic as possible.

D)An experienced football referee can do well even when in poor physical condition. Passage Three

It is said that the public and Congressional concern about deceptive(欺骗性的) packaging rumpus(喧嚣) started because Senator Hart discovered that the boxes of cereals consumed by him, Mrs. Hart, and their children were becoming higher and narrower, with a decline of net weight from 12 to 10.5 ounces, without any reduction in price. There were still twelve biscuits, but they had been reduced in size. Later, the Senator rightly complained of a store bought pie in a handsomely illustrated box that pictured, in a single slice, almost as many cherries as there were in the whole pie.

The manufacturer who increases the unit price of his product by changing his package size to lower the quantity delivered can, without undue hardship, put h is product into boxes, bags, and tins that will contain even 4ounce, 8ounce,

one pound, two pound quantities of breakfast foods, cake mixes, etc. A study of drugstore(杂货店) and supermarket shelves will convince any observer that all possible size and shapes of boxes, jars, bottles, and tins are in use at the same time, and, as the package journals show, week by week, there is never any hesitation in introducing a new size and shape of box or bottle when it aids in pro duct differentiation. The producers of packaged products argue strongly against changing sizes of packages to contain even weights and volumes, but no one in the trade comments unfavorably on the huge costs incurred by endless changes of package sizes, materials, shape, art work, and net weights that are used for improving a product's market position.

When a packaging expert explained that he was able to multiply the price of hard

sweets by 2.5, from 1 dollar to 2.50 dollars by changing to a fancy jar, or that he had made a 5ounce bottle look as thought it held 8 ounces, he was in effect telling the public that packaging can be a very expensive luxury. It evidently does come high, when an average family pays about 200 dollars a year for bottles, cans, boxes, jars and other containers, most of which can't be used anything but stuffing the garbage can.

31. What started the public and Congressional concern about deceptive packaging rumpus?

A) Consumers' complaints about the changes in the package size.

B) Expensive packaging for poor quality products.

C) A senator's discovery of the tricks in packaging.

D) The rise in the unit price for many

products.