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SECTION I: LISTENING (3.0 points) (You will hear twice for each part)
Part 1. Listen to the recording twice. Choose the correct answer for each of the following blanks. Where is the man going on vacation?
A. Italy
B. France
C. Germany
Where did he meet Claudia?
A. at a music store
B. at the post office
C. on the Internet
What advice does Markus give Pete about meeting Claudia's parents?
A. be on time
B. take a small gift
C. smile and be friendly
What is one thing Markus does NOT say about greeting Claudia?
A. shake her hand
B. give her a friendly hug
C. take her some flowers
Markus' final suggestion for Pete is that he should:
A. brush up on his German.
B. buy souvenirs for Claudia's family.
C. visit Berlin during his visit.
SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR
Part 1: Questions from 16 to 36.
Choose the best answer to each question.
Tom. "I'm sorry. I won't be able to come". - Mary. “_______”.
A. Great
B. Oh, that's annoying
C. Well, never mind
D. Sounds like fun
_______ air essential is to man, so is water to fish.
A. As
B. Just
C. Since
D. Like
If you had taken my advice, you _______ in such difficulties now.
A. wouldn't have been
B. hadn't been
C. wouldn't be
D. won't be
One's fingerprints are _______ other person.
A. different from
B. different from any
C. differ from any
D. different from those of any
Jane wasn't in when I arrived. I suppose she _______ I was coming.
A. must have forgotten
B. must forget
C. may forget
D. can't have forgotten
_______ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an optical illusion.
A. The Moon
B. The Moon which
C. When the Moon
D. That the Moon
I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but _______.
A. I'm not invited
B. I will not be invited
C. I have not been invited
D. I was not invited
Jane. “It's going to rain”. Mary. “_______”.
A. I hope not so
B. I don't hope either
C. I don't hope so
D. I hope not
A good friend is _______ will stand by you when you are in trouble.
A. the one who
B. a person that
C. people who
D. who
_______, we tried our best to complete it.
A. Difficult as the homework was
B. Thanks to the difficult homework
C. As though the homework was difficult
D. Despite the homework was difficult
The ______ will be chaired by Mr. Sheldon, one of the most innovative directors in the company.
A. category
B. qualification
C. committee
D. productivity
The customer returned his order saying its switch was defective, and the online store agreed to ______ the full amount to his account.
A. magnify
B. credit
C. discontinue
D. charge
His neighbors found his ______ manner bossy and irritating, and they stopped inviting him to backyard barbeques.
A. insentient
B. magisterial
C. preparatory
D. restorative
Steven is always ______ about showing up for work because he feels that tardiness is a sign of irresponsibility.
A. legible
B. tolerable
C. punctual
D. literal
Candace would ______ her little sister into an argument by teasing her and calling her names.
A. advocate
B. provoke
C. perforate
D. expunge
The dress Arid wore _______ with small, glassy beads, creating a shimmering effect.
A. titillated
B. reiterated
C. scintillated
D. enthralled
Being able to afford this luxury car will ______ getting a better- paying job.
A. maximize
B. recombinant
C. reiterate
D. necessitate
Levina unknowingly ______ the thief by holding open the elevator doors and ensuring his escape.
A. coerced
B. proclaimed
C. abetted
D. sanctioned
Shakespeare, a(n) ______writer, entertained audiences by writing many tragic and comic plays.
A. numeric
B. obstinate
C. generic
D. prolific
I had the ________ experience of sitting next to an over-talkative passenger on my flight home from Brussels.
A. satisfactory
B. commendable
C. galling
D. acceptable
Some scientists believe that music came before speech and (56) ______ as a development of making calls.
A. was
B. swelled
C. reacted
D. arose
In fact, there is (57) ______ theory that the earliest languages were chanted or sung rather than spoken
A. one
B. every
C. such
D. that
Indeed, in some cultures, music is a form of (58) ______ history.
A. enjoying
B. making
C. recording
D. stating
The Aboriginal Australians, for example, use music as a means to (59) ______ on histories of the land and spirits to the next generation.
A. move
B. pass
C. hand
D. happen
A study of intellectually (60) ______ children showed
A. disabled
B. inactive
C. incapable
D. disordered
that they could recall more (61) ______ after it was given to them in a song than after it was read to them as story.
A. facts
B. knowledge
C. memory
D. information
Researchers also report that people score better on a standard intelligence (62) ______ after listening to Mozart.
A. form
B. scheme
C. examination
D. test
The so-called “Mozart effect” has also been (63) ______ by findings
A. supported
B. given
C. marked
D. remembered
that rats (64) _______ up on Mozart run faster through a complex network of paths or passages, known as a maze.
A. held
B. brought
C. stood
D. set
Overall, it seems that in most instances people who suffer from any form of mental (65) ______ benefit from listening to music.
A. badness
B. hurt
C. illness
D. pain
The passage is mainly about the
A. history of silent movies
B. disadvantages of synchronized sound
C. development of sound with movies
D. research into sound reproduction
According to the passage, films using sound effects were screened
A. before 1896
B. as early as 1896
C. as early as 1922
D. in 1927
The word 'screenings' in is closest in meaning to
A. projections
B. revelations
C. demonstrations
D. diversions
Which of the following is not mentioned as a producer o! sound to accompany movies?
A. a jazz singer
B. single pianist
C. a small band
D. a gramophone
It can be inferred that
A. most movie theaters had a pianist
B. sound-effects machines were not common because they were expensive
C. orchestras couldn't synchronize sound with the pictures
D. gramophones were developed about the same time as moving pictures.
According to the passage, gramophones were ineffective because they
A. got out of synchronization with the picture.
B. were too large for most movie theaters.
C. were newly invented and still had imperfections
D. changed speeds when the needle jumped.
The word 'sequence' is closest in meaning to
A. interpretation
B. progression
C. distribution
D. organization
The phrase 'these signals' refers to
A. sounds
B. series
C. marks
D. sensors
According to the passage, sound-on-film guaranteed synchronization because the recording was
A. made during the film of the picture.
B. read by an optical sensor
C. inserted beside the image on the film
D. marked on the gramophone
Short feature films produced as early as 1922 _______
A. were recorded by optical sensors
B. put musicians out of work
C. were only effective for dialogue sequences
D. preceding talking pictures