1、A person’s pronunciation has nothing to do with his or her listening competence. ( )
A、错
B、对
2、An effective way to locate stress in a word is to check the dictionary. ( )
A、错
B、对
3、Which of the following words are correct in stress? ( )
A、economy /ɪ’kɒnəmɪ/
B、economist /ɪ’kɒnəmɪst/
C、economic /ɪ’kɒnəmɪk/
D、economical /ɪ’kɒnəmɪkl/
4、Which of the following English vowels CANNOT be found in Chinese articulation? ( )
A、/ai/
B、/æ/
C、/eə/
D、/e/
5、Which of the following words share the same vowel in pronunciation? ( )
A、wear
B、bear
C、pair
D、beer
6、Listen to the following conversation and answer Questions 6-10. What is the possible relationship between Clare and Beppe? ( )
A、 They are on a language exchange program.
B、 Teacher and student.
C、 Relatives.
D、 Old friends.
7、Beppe speaks ( ) and wants to improve his ( ) .
A、Italian, French
B、Italian, English
C、English, accent
D、English, French
8、What was Beppe’s last job? ( )
A、To deal with people’s computer problems on the phone.
B、To help people solve pschological problems.
C、To make phone calls to sell computers.
D、To help people solve emotional problems.
9、What’s Beppe’s new job? ( )
A、Writing computer programs for a bank.
B、Dealing with people’s computer problems.
C、Working as a receptionist.
D、Working as an operator.
10、Why is Beppe happy with his new job? ( )
A、Because it’s a relaxing job.
B、Because he can earn more money.
C、He can go together with Scottish friends on weekends.
D、Because he’s working all the time.
11、Listen to the following passage and complete Statements 11-15. Then try to practice shadow reading sentence by sentence or phrase by phrase. When the first rose appeared on earth it was pure white. A nightingale saw the rose and flew over to see it m
A、 ecastacy
B、 ecstacies
C、 ecstacying
D、 ecstacied
12、The little bird ______ its breast against the flower and began to sing.
A、 pressed
B、 prest
C、 pressing
D、 press
13、As it sang it ( ) to feel the thorns that tore its breast andand pierced its heart.
A、 ceases
B、 ceased
C、 cease
D、 ceasing
14、The blood ran down from the its heart and ( ) the rose crimson red.
A、 stains
B、 staining
C、 stain
D、 stained
15、Towards the centre, where the blood did not reach, the rose was paler — as it ( ) to this day.
A、 remaining
B、 remains
C、 remain
D、 remained
