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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS -GRADE FOUR (SAMPLE SEVEN)- TIME LIMIT: 130 MIN. PART Ⅰ DICTATION [15 MIN.] Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE. PART Ⅱ LISTENING COMPREHENSION [15 MIN.] In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet. SECTION A CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to4 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. 1. What had Chinese Americans been associated for many years in the United States? A. Restaurants. B. Laundries. C. Gold. D. Both A and B. 2. When did the first Chinese reach the U.S.? A. 1849 B. 1858 C. 1859 D. 1869 3. Where did the first Chinese arrive in the U.S.? A. Massachusetts. B. Ohio. C. California. D. Virginia. 4. What is wrong about the first Chinese people to reach the U.S.? A. They were so different from the others. B. They patiently succeeded in turning a seemingly worthless mining claim into a profitable one. C. They became the scapegoats of their angry com