Test for English Majors
2015
Grade Four
PART ⅠDICTATION
Listen to the following passage.
Altogether the passage will be read to you four times.
During the first reading,
which will be done at normal speed,
listen and try to understand the meaning.
For the second and third readings,
the passage will be read sentence by sentence,
or phrase by phrase,
with intervals of 15 seconds.
The last reading will be done at normal speed again
and during this time you should check your work.
You will then be given 1 minute to check through your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
Now listen to the passage
Male and Female Roles in Marriage
In the traditional marriage,
the man worked to earn money for the family.
The woman stayed at home to care for the children and her husband.
But things are different these days.
There are two major differences in the male and female roles now.
One is that both men and women have many more choices.
They may choose to marry or stay single.
They may choose to work or to stay at home.
A second difference is that within marriage many decisions are shared.
Men and women now decide things together in a marriage.
The second and third readings.
You should begin writing now.
In the traditional marriage,
the man worked to earn money for the family.
The woman stayed at home to care for the children and her husband.
But things are different these days.
There are two major differences in the male and female roles now.
One is that both men and women have many more choices.
They may choose to marry or stay single.
They may choose to work or to stay at home.
A second difference is that within marriage many decisions are shared.
Men and women now decide things together in a marriage.
The last reading.
In the traditional marriage,
the man worked to earn money for the family.
The woman stayed at home to care for the children and her husband.
But things are different these days.
There are two major differences in the male and female roles now.
One is that both men and women have many more choices.
They may choose to marry or stay single.
They may choose to work or to stay at home.
A second difference is that within marriage many decisions are shared.
Men and women now decide things together in a marriage.
Now, you have one minute to check through your work.
That is the end of Part I Dictation.
PART ⅡLISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A TALK
In this section you will hear a talk.
You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY.
While listening, you may look at ANSWER SHEET ONE
and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are)
both grammatically and semantically acceptable.
You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.
You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.
Now listen to the talk. When it is over,
you will be given TWO minutes to complete your work.
A Speech During Freshmen’s Week
I would first of all like to welcome you all to the college.
I know you have all worked hard in order to get here
and I hope you will find all your effort has been worthwhile
and that we will be able to help you achieve
your ambitions as far as possible.
Please make use of our facilities to the full and
if you are in any doubt of what we have to offer,
please do not hesitate to ask.
I would like to make clear to you your part of the contract,
which you must fulfil if you wish us to fulfil ours.
Learning, as I’m sure you realise is a two way process
and without a significant investment from you,
all our efforts will come to nothing.
Now, about class attendance.
You are required to attend 80% of classes.
If you do not do so,
we will not be able to give you a certificate of attendance
should you require one for any particular purpose.
In other words,
we will not regard you as having followed the course at all.
The compulsory courses are those classes
you take in your assigned groups.
In a minute, Mr. Lucas will tell you which group you are in.
The extra, individual work available in the laboratory
or the computer room is, of course, optional.
In addition to classwork,
you are supposed to put in 3-4 hours a day of private study.
This year we have changed our methods of assessment,
in an effort to get away from the formal examination
and move towards a system which better reflects work done throughout the year.
You are required to hand in 5 pieces of written work
as part of your final assessment-
these you may choose from your class assignments.
At the end of the course
there will be a formal examination consisting of 3 three-hour papers.
You do not have to take the last of these-
you can submit a 10, 000 word extended essay instead.
You should discuss the title of this with your tutor.
You can obtain more details about the examination from your tutor.
On a more practical note,
we do not want to have too many rules and regulations,
but for the sake of public safety and comfort there must be some.
It is expressly forbidden to smoke in the classrooms
as this poses a fire hazard.
We also ask that you do not take food and drink into the classrooms.
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