【正文】 s to (A) audience (B) broadcast news (C) politician 14 (D) advertisement 17. According to the passage, as pared with televised speeches, traditional political discourse was more successful at (A) allowing news coverage of political candidates (B) placing political issues within a historical context (C) making politics seem more intimate to citizens (D) providing detailed information about a candidates private behavior 18. The author states that politicians assert but do not argue (line 18) in order to suggest that politicians (A) make claims without providing reasons for the claims (B) take stronger positions on issues than in the past (C) enjoy explaining the issue to broadcasters (D) dislike having to explain their own positions on issues to citizens 19. The word Reliance in line 21 is closest in meaning to (A) abundance (B) clarification (C) dependence (D) information 20. The purpose of paragraph 4 is to suggest that (A) politicians will need to learn to bee more personal when meeting citizens (B) politicians who are considered very attractive are favored by citizens over politicians who are less attractive (C) citizens tend to favor a politician who analyzed the issue over one who does not (D) citizens will need to learn how to evaluate visual political images in order to bee better informed 21. According to paragraph 5, staged political events are created so that politicians can (A) create more time to discuss political issues (B) obtain more television coverage for themselves (C) spend more time talking to citizens in person (D) engages in debates with their opponents 22. Which of the following statements is supported by the passage? (A) Political presentations today are more like advertisements than in the past. (B) Politicians today tend to be more familiar with the views of citizens than in the past. (C) Citizens today are less informed about a politician39。 1 國(guó)內(nèi)考試真題 SECTION 1: LISTENING COMPREHENSION 1. (A) The woman doesn’t drive often. (B) Traffic is better than it used to be. (C) Taking public transportation saves time. (D) The subway is crowded. 2. (A) Wear a heavy sweater to the game. (B) Exchange the tickets. (C) Take care of his cold. (D) Watch the game at home. 3. (A) He dropped out of Professor Johnson’s class. (B) He’ll probably take another class with Professor Johnson. (C) Professor Johnson’s lectures were boring. (D) Students weren’t allowed to bring drinks into Professor Johnson’s class. 4. (A) She hasn’t received any mail yet. (B) She doesn’t know where the post office is. (C) She thinks the post office is nearby. (D) A new post office has just opened. 5. (A) Someone else told him Fred had called. (B) The man looked for Fred at they gym. (C) It wasn’t really Fred who called. (D) Fred probably 3borrowed someone else’s sleeping bag. 6. (A) She hasn’t gone hiking in three years. (B) She plans to visit her relatives. (C) Her sister’s children love to hike in the mountains. (D) Her sister may move back to Colorado someday. 7. (A) He’s planning to move to a new house. (B) He hopes to change jobs. (C) He likes to keep his house clean. (D) He’s too busy to clean the house. 8. (A) Her coat is similar to the man’s. (B) She needs to buy a new coat. (C) Her sweater is not warm enough. (D) The man should have worn a sweater. 9. (A) Ask the people in the lounge to be quiet. 2 (B) Try to find another place to study. (C) Move the party to the dining room. (D) Turn on another light. 10. (A) Pick up the package at the post office. (B) Deliver the package in person. (C) Ask to have the package delivered to his home. (D) Find out the hours the post office is open. 11. (A) The mittee is discussing it. (B) It received a low grade. (C) It hasn’t been graded. (D) The woman hasn’t submitted it. 12. (A) He’ll see the doctor if he’s not better soon. (B) He has had worse colds in the past. (C) He’ll feel better once he sees the doctor. (D) His cold will go away by itself. 13. (A) Get his shower fixed. (B) Find out when the gym is open. (C) Take a shower at the gym. (D) Ask to be moved to another building. 14. (A) Make sure the registration office didn’t make a mistake. (B) Decide whether to drop the course next week. (C) Find out if a place opens up in the course later. (D) Take the course next year. 15. (A) He doesn’t think the room is too cold. (B) He’s already wearing a sweater. (C) He can’t address the problem right now. (D) He’ll turn up the heat as soon as class is over. 16. (A) Make a copy of the key for the woman. (B) Give the woman her key at her class. (C) Put the key in the woman’s mailbox. (D) Unlock the woman’s door. 17. (A) He recently spent a month in Chicago. (B) He can remend many things to do. (C) Chicago is an expensive place to have fun. (D) He’s going on the trip, too. 18. 3 (A) She likes the design of the car. (B) Someone famous is riding in the car. (C) She collects pictures of cars. (D) The car is in front of something interesting. 19. (A) The bus is usually late when it snows. (B) She’s not sure where her schedule is. (C) She can’t give the man a ride to work. (D) The times on her bus schedule may no longer be correct. 20. (A) She has trouble concentrating. (B) She’ll return the book if she doesn’t like it. (C) She is a fast reader. (D) She’ll lend the man the book when she’s finished. 21. (A) Pay the extra postage. (B) Send the package thirdclass. (C) Wait a few days to mail the package. (D) Deliver the package himself. 22. (A) He’s not very hungry. (B) He really wants to eat at the restaurant. (C) The restaurant is too expensive. (D) He knows a better place to go for a meal.