ma� TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2019) -GRADE FOUR-TIME LIMIT: 130 MIN PART I DICTATION 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, except the first sentence, 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 ONE minute to check through your work once more. Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE. The first sentence of the passage is already provided. Slang We often use slang expressions when we talk, because they are so vivid and colorful. PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A TALK [10 MIN] [20 MIN] Jn this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at the task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure what you fill in is 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 check your work. SECTION B CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the choices. Now, listen to the conversations. CONVERSATION ONE Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One. 1. A. Writer. B. Wells. 2. A. She was a career woman. C. She didn't like her maiden name. 3. A. She named herself after her profession. C. She named herself after a day of the week. 4. A. It gives women greater equality. C. The problem troubling feminists still remains. 5. A. History of surnames in America. B. Feminist movement in the 1960s. C. Traditional surnames in Europe. D. Reasons for inventing surnames. C. Writer Wells. D. Susan Writer Wells. B. She was then a feminist. D. She took her husband's surname. B. She named herself after her home town. D. She named herself after the sculptor. B. It is a good solution to an old problem. D. The surname problem has partly been solved. Tjl[!l 2019 -1 CONVERSATION TWO Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two. 6. A. A reporter from a weekly program. C. A guest on a weekly program. B. An executive director from a company. D. A magazine editor from San Diego. 7. A. To let your boss know that you wa...
