English Examination for Graduates （Paper A）20241229I. Listening Comprehension （20%)Directions： In this part， you are going to listen to four passages。 At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions。 Both the passages and the questions will be read only once。 After you hear a question， you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B， C， and D. Then mark your answer on the Answer Sheet。Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage。1.A. He read a lot of books on management。B。 He made every step safe enough。C. He prepared himself well beforehand.D。 He had knowledge for the next phase。2.A。 news reporter B. American dreamC。 lucky boy D。 poor child3.A. generals B。 committees C。 armies D. schools4.A. reading different books B. attending seminarsC. listening to audiotapes D。 learning on one's own5.A。 face—to-face contact B. eyeball—to—eyeball contactC。 person-to—person contact D。 call—to—call contactQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage。6.A。 More and more people take up the habit of smoking.B。 There are more smoking women than smoking men in the USA。C。 It is good news that more people have given up smoking.D. The U.S. has more smoking people than any other country。7.A。 age， income and educationB。 age， sex and incomeC。 occupation, income and sexD。 occupation, income and education8.A. City people are less likely to smoke。B。 People in rural areas are more likely to smoke.C。 Men with higher incomes tend to smoke。D。 Well –educated men with high incomes are generally less likely to smoke。9.A。 The situation is quite the same for women as for men。B。 Better—educated women are likely to smoke heavily。C. There are ...
