Unit 8 test
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Directions: Click on the speaker to the left to start playing the audio recordings for Parts I, II and III. They will be played continuously. Once the recording starts playing, please do NOT click on either the speaker icon or the 'Unit Quiz' link in the menu bar above. Otherwise, you may lose the chance of hearing the complete recording.
Part I
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.
1. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. It is important to offer an online friend a drink.
B. It is delightful to get a drink from an online friend.
C. Ensure that nobody puts anything harmful into your drink.
D. Be sure to shake the drink before you take it.
2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. She will run as fast as she can.
B. She will defend herself.
C. She will be scared to death.
D. She will buy a can of hairspray.
3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. Her bicycle.
B. Her sunglasses.
C. Her cell phone.
D. Her wallet.
4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. Mom and son.
B. Teacher and student.
C. Colleagues.
D. Strangers.
5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. His father.
B. His sister.
C. His teacher.
D. The woman speaker.
Part II
Directions: Listen to the passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read the third time, check your answers.
How can a teen be convinced to stop smoking—or persuaded never to take
up the (1) at all?
Those questions became even more (2) last week when the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that tobacco use (3) teenagers increased by nearly one-third in the last (4). In 1994, 27.5% of teens used cigarettes, smokeless tobacco or cigars. In 2004, 36.4% (5).
Teens have their own (6), their own pressures. What works for (7) smokers may not work for adolescents.
To survey the teens, the questions must be carefully phrased because \"(8)\says April Roeseler, a health educator and chief of local programs for the Tobacco Control Section of the California Department of Health Services, which runs the California Smokers' Helpline. With teenagers, counselors aim to be more conversational.
(9). In the next few weeks, the counselor sets up additional telephone appointments, with up to a total of eight sessions.
(10), says Lester Brown, assistant professor of family and preventative medicine at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and the principal investigator for the project. Researchers want to see whether the teens who quit remain non-smokers.
\"Things are looking promising,\" he says, but he could offer no success-rate figures.
Part III
Directions: Listen to the following recording, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.
1. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. World day against child labor.
B. The worst forms of child labor.
C. The reasons for child labor.
D. The solutions to child labor.
2. About how many children are doing dangerous jobs?
A. About 120 million.
B. Over 180 million.
C. About 250 million.
D. Nearly 750 million.
3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned among the worst forms of child labor?
A. Illegal sex trade.
B. Illegal drug trade.
C. Robbery.
D. Wars.
4. Where are the most children forced to work?
A. In Asia and Latin America.
B. In Asia and Africa.
C. In Africa and Latin America.
D. In Asia, Africa and Latin America.
5. What should be governments' first step to reduce and end child labor?
A. To find out the worst forms of child labor.
B. To identify the worst areas of child labor in the world.
C. To punish governments that do not fight against child labor.
D. To carry out special programs with time limits.
Part IV
Directions: Choose the best answer to each of the following statements.
1. Believe me, I'll never again be a slave ____ smoking.
A. at
B. in
C. to
D. with
2. It's the local youth throwing firecrackers. Don't go out. They're likely to throw one _____ you if you bother them.
A. to
B. at
C. for
D. through
3. The beggars really _________. I can't help but feel sorry for them. They look so miserable.
A. get to me
B. get in me
C. make to me
D. make in me
4. Someone must have made a copy of your credit card. You'll have to cancel it at once and get a new one. Hopefully, the bank will ______ the damage.
A. include
B. embrace
C. cover
D. pay with
5. My accountant is preparing my income tax ______, and I need to go over some of the receipts with her.
A. turn
B. return
C. pay
D. report
6. The government just squanders our ___________ tax money on some unnecessary projects.
A. hard-earned
B. hardly-earned
C. hard-earning
D. hardly-earning
7. Start-up companies, particularly those _______ new technology, sometimes produce huge returns to their creators and investors.
A. associating with
B. associated with
C. associates with
D. associate with
8. You can't understand gambling as an addiction unless you've been _______.
A. attracted
B. attached
C. hooked
D. booked
9. _____ every student the school had in the ESL and Limited English Proficiency Program, they would receive $400.
A. To
B. In
C. At
D. For
10. You don't have money you need to buy the equipment to be competitive.
You have just _____ enough funds to cover your day-to-day operational expenses.
A. merely
B. surely
C. barely
D. rarely
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