Model Test 4.mp3 CET 4 Listening ( Model Test Four) Section A Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item. 1. A) The history of public transportation B) The improvement of public transportation C) A new way of public transportation D) A specially built community 2. A) Slowly and safe B) Safe and fast C) Fast and dangerous D) Environmentally friendly and slowly Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item. 3. A) Emigration of top students, poor infrastructure, and low demand B) Emigration of all students, poor infrastructure, and high demand C) Emigration of all students, poor infrastructure, and funds shortage D) Emigration of top students, poor infrastructure, and funds shortage 4. A) Because the issues are too serous. B) Because there are no easy solutions. C) Because there are other difficult problems. D) Because education is important to economic development. Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item. 5. A) Because many people go to work by bus. B) Because governments can’t afford to solve the problem. C) Because there are more and more cars on the roads. D) Because no technology can control traffic conditions. 6. A) It can help reach an accident area faster. B) It can avoid traffic accidents. C) It can supervise emergency workers. D) It can solve traffic problems. 7. A) to reduce illegal phenomena on the roads B) to produce safer and faster vehicles C) to get visual information of the traffic D) to develop an intelligent system of road signals Section B Conversation One Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 8. A) How to go abroad for study. B) How to enjoy the freedom abroad. C) Cultural shock and how to minimize it. D) Re-entry shock and how to minimize it. 9. A) freedom from the stress of working B) freedom from social regulations C) freedom from the foreign culture D) freedom from the stress of study 10. A) They don’t attend classes at all. B) They participate in activities that their parents may be against. C) They stay out and never come back to school. D) They feel free to do what they like. 11. A) Be clear about what they’re going to do. B) Turn to their parents for advice. C) Ignore the cultural norms of their home countries. D) Turn to their friends for support. Conversation Two Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12. A) The modem was broken. B) The computer couldn’t start properly. C) The Internet connection didn’t work. D) The instruction book was of no help. 13. A) changing for a new computer B) changing for a new modem C) getting the computer repaired D) calling for a repair person for the computer 14. A) He didn’t want to replace a computer for her. B) He didn’t think the woman had bought the computer from him . C) He wanted to make the woman upset. D) He was trying to understand the problem. 15. A) The repair person would go to check the computer in the woman’s house. B) The woman would get a new computer as replacement. C) The woman would bring the computer and get it checked. D) The repair person would take back the computer and get it checked. Section C Passage One Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. A) It can think for itself. B) It has eyes, ears and lips. C) It has the mental ability of a two-year–old. D) It can express human feelings. 17. A) It can act like a mother. B) It can do dangerous jobs. C) It can look after a two-year-old baby. D) It can do entertaining work. 18. A) Work in the space stations. B) Fall in love. C) Watch television. D) Go to work in place of people. 19. A) critical B) negative C) objective D) enthusiastic Passage Two Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 20. A) He is too young to make a right decision. B) He doesn’t have enough experience. C) His decision is less important than others'. D) He can be given good advice from a different perspective. 21. A) a friend with rich knowledge B) a friend who has studied overseas C) her teachers and advisors D) her classmates 22. A) Her friend has experience of studying abroad. B) Her friend is a foreigner and familiar with the local life. C) Her friend can provide her with another perspective on herself. D) Her friend can decide her future career. Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 23. A) the reform of the retailing system B) the worship of consumption C) the dominance of selfishness D) a new generation of upper class consumers 24. A) Poverty still exists in a rich society. B) Unrestricted population growth is the root of over-consumption. C) Traditional rituals are often neglected in the process of modernization. D) Moral values are sacrificed in pursuit of material satisfaction. 25. A) Continue to pursue material richness. B) Focus on spiritual needs and give up the value of consumption. C) Keep consumption at a reasonable level. D) Overcome poverty regardless of the exploitation of resources.