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THE TENTH BASIC ENGLISH TEST FOR SICHUAN VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
LEVEL THREE

Caution: All the answers must be blacked on the Answer Sheet.

Ⅰ. Listening Comprehension: (20 points)

Part A

Direction: In this part, you'll hear 4 words. Each word will be given twice. After hearing each word, find the one you heard from the 4 choices given.

1. A. chase B. chief C. Chinese D. cheese
2. A. block B. clock C. knock D. black
3. A. passion B. fashion C. portion D. action
4. A. pleasant B. president C. present D. peasant

Part B

Directions: In this part, you'll hear 4 sentences. Each sentence will be given twice. After hearing each sentence, read the 4 choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the sentence you heard.

5. A. I saw a kind of flowers from Bob.
B. I have sent some flowers to Bob.
C. It's very kind of Bob to send me the flowers.
D. I am sure to send some flowers to Bob.
6. A. The tour was worth the time but not the money.
B. The tour was worth both the time and the money.
C. The tour was worth the time.
D. The tour was worth neither the time nor the money.
7. A. We met at 6:50. B. Bill arrived at 6:20.
C. It was 6:05 when we met. D. I met Bill at 5:45.
8. A. There are nearly 300 people in the theatre.
B. There are nearly 600 people in the theatre.
C. There are nearly 800 people in the theatre.
D. There are nearly 1,200 people in the theatre.

Part C

Directions: In this part, you'll hear 4 short conversations between 2 speakers. Each conversation will be given twice. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. After hearing each question, read the 4 choices and decide which one is the best answer.

9. A. John can't answer this math problem.
B. John is good at math.
C. He can help John to solve this math problem.
D. There is no easy answer to this math problem.
10. A. At a station. B. In a hospital.
C. At a restaurant. D. At a store.
11. A. At 5:15. B. At 5:30. C. At 5.45. D. At 6:20.
12. A. Because he is too weak to say very much.
B. Because he does not know this area very well.
C. Because he is very much afraid.
D. Because he has never taken a bus before.

Part D

Directions: In this part, you'll hear 2 short passages. Each passage will be given 3 times, After hearing the passage, read the 4 choices and choose the best anser according to the passage.

Part D----1

13. The shops and stores in a shopping center are______.
A. close to your house B. on the top of a big roof
C. in the same building D. near banks and restaurants.
14. A five-and-cent store usually sold______.
A. small and cheap things
B. expensive things
C. things worth quite a few dollars
D. everything you need in the house
15. _____ have baskets ready for people to carry things they are going to buy.
A. Shopping centers B. Supermarkets
C. Five-and-ten-cent stores D. fine stores in America
16. Stores are usually open______.
A. every day B. from Monday to Friday
C. from Monday to Saturday D. from Monday to Sunday

Part D----2

17. By _____ evening there was money left for Mrs. Black.
A. Wednesday B. Thursday C. Friday D. Tuesday
18. Mr. Black told his wife to write down _____on the next page.
A. when she spent the money.
B. why she spent the money.
C. where she spent the money.
D. what she bought with the money.
19. _____ Mrs. Black began to write down how much her husband had given her.
A. At the beginning of July B. By the end of July
C. On the last Friday evening of June D. Every day
20. In the end, Mrs. Black was sure_____.
A. that his wife had a habit of saving money
B. that his wife spent her money without care and thought
C. that most of the money had been spent on food
D. about how the money had been spent

Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Sentence Structure:( 30 points )
Directions: Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences.

21. ---Where_____ the radio? I can't see it anywhere.
___I ______ it right here. But now it's gone!
A. have you put....put
B. did you put....had put
C. had you put....was putting
D. were you putting....have put
22. As they discussed on, they got_______.
A. much exciting B. more and more excited
C. every exciting D. more and more exciting
23. ---John, nice to see you here. Are you on holiday today?
---No, but_____.
A. I like to B. I'd like to
C. I'd like D. I'd like to be
24. I'm not sure which restaurant_____.
A. to eat on B. eating C. to eat at D. to eat
25. ---You make me a beautiful dress, Mrs. Green.
---_____. I'm glad you like it.
A. No, just so-so B. Not at all
C. I don't think so myself D. Thank you
26. What do you think of the film ______yesterday?
A. shown B. to be shown C. being showed D. to show.
27. The little boy seemed ____ a good beating, for he was black and blue all over.
A. to be given B. to have been given
C. to give D. to have given
28. The traffic will always pile up during the ____ hour.
A. hard B. rush C. hurry D. rest
29. _____to London three times, Mr. Smith knows much about the city.
A. Having been B. having being C. Been D. Being
30. I didn't see your sister yesterday. If she____, she would have enjoyed the lecture.
A. has come B. did come C. came D. had come
31. My new glasses cost me _____ the pair I bought five years ago.
A. times three B. three times as many as
C. as much three times as D. three times as much as
32. _____ a year ago that I would be able to speak English now.
A. Little I thought B. Little did I think
C. Little do I think D. Little I think
33. Peter, you ____ play with the glass, You ____ hurt yourself.
A. mustn't ... may B. won't ... can't
C. needn't ... must D. can't ... shouldn't
34. It was because of his absence ____ we had to delay the meeting.
A. why B. that C. who D. which
35. The harder you_____ , _____progress you will make.
A. will work ... greater B. will work ... much
C. work ... much greater D. work ... the greater
36. ---How did you get to my office so fast?
---I entered the building _____ the side door.
A. by B. with C. into D. in
37. ---What a beautiful day!
---Yes, it's ____ that I'd like to take a walk.
A. so well weather B. such nice weather
C. too nice weather D. nice weather so that
38. Customers can buy things they cannot afford at on time, _____ is allowed by the bank.
A. that B. which C. of which D. what
39. The sports meeting will be held on time unless it _____.
A. will rain B. rains C. rained D. is raining
40. Of course she behaved awfully, but ______, she is your sister.
A. however B. for C. after all D. in addition
41. No one can tell ______ in the future.
A. what new use people may find for bamboo
B. may what people find new use for bamboo
C. people may find what new use for bamboo
D. what new use may people find for bamboo
42. What I mean is _____ you must be more patient.
A. if B. which C. because D. that
43. Don't ____ that you can do whatever you want to do.
A. make over B. make up C. make in D. make out
44. If anyone in the village is ill, Dr. Johnson ______.
A. will always send for B. is always sent for
C. will be always sent D. will always send
45. ---Have you moved into the new house?
---Not yet. The rooms _____.
A. are being painted B. are painting
C. are painted D. are being painting
46. This is the reason_____ she will never forget the day ____ she joined the league.
A. that ... when B. why ... which
C. that ... why D. why ... when
47. _____ John could find a job, he could hardly support his big family.
A. Sine B. Because C. Once D. Ever if
48. The old _____ in our motherland.
A. is taken good care of B. are taken good care of
C. takes good care D. take good care of
49. If he could help me, I am sure he ______.
A. should B. must C. would D. did
50. How pleased she was _____ such a skirt on!ⅤⅥⅦ
A. with B. by C. at D. for

Ⅲ. Cloze:(10points)
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are 4 choices. Please choose the best answer.

It was two weeks 51 Christmas, and Mr. Smith was very busy. She 52 a lot of Christmas cards to send to her friends and to her husband's friends. She put them on the table in the living-room, Then, 53 her husband came home from work, she 54 him, "Here are the Christmas carks 55 our friends. And here are some stamps, a pen and our book of addresses. Will you please 56 hte cards while I am cooking the dinner?"
Mr. Smith did not say 57 , but walked out of the living-room and went to his study. Mrs. Smith was very 58 with him, but did not say anything, either.
Then a minute later he come back with a box full of Christmas cards. All of them had addresses and 59 on them.
"These are from last." he said, "I forgot to 60 them.

51. A. ago B. after C. before D. later
52. A. bought B. wrote C. borrow D. sold
53. A. where B. why C. before D. when
54. A. said to B. said C. talked D. spoke
55. A. of B. for C. with D. about
56. A. send B. write C. make D. put
57. A. anything B. nothing C. something D. some thing
58. A. happy B. glad C. worried D. angry
59. A. stamps B. Christmas C. pictures D. maps
60. A. buy B. sent C. post D. write

Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension: (40 points)
Directions: In this part there are 4 passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passages and choose the best answer.


A

A rich American went to Paris and bought a picture from a French artist. The American thought the picture was fine because the paid a lot of money for it. But when he came to his hotel and wanted to hang the picture up on the wall, he could not tell which was the top and which was the bottom of the picture. He turned the painting this way and that, but still could not decide which was the top and which was the bottom.
Then he had an idea. He hung the painting in the dining-room and invited the painter of the picture to dinner. When the painter came , the painter came, the American said nothing to him about the picture. They went into the dining-room to have dinner. Then the painter began to have his soup, and he looked at the picture several times. When he began to eat his fish, he put on his glasses and looked over to the picture in order to look at it closely. At last, when he began to drink his coffee, he found that the picture was upside down.
"Why, my friend," he said, "my picture is upside down." "Indeed! why did it take you so long to find that out?" said the American. "You painted it, didn't you?.