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Part III  Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

SECTION A

Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Example: You will hear:

A) 2 hours.     B) 3 hours.

C) 4 hours.     D) 5 hours.

From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose ［D］ on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. 

                                   Sample Answer ［A］ ［B］ ［C］ ［D］

 11.M: How do you think of my new suit? I think I should dress more professionally after I got this new job.

W: Well, the style is fine. But trust me, you might want to consider the choice of color

 Q: What does the woman say about the man’s suit?

12.M: Shall we try the new restaurant ? Joan said that it served the best food she had ever had.

W: Sounds wonderful.. But I had to give a presentation tomorrow and I need to do a trail run

Q: What is the woman going to do?

13. W: I’ve been working on this thesis for more than 30 hours now. I feel exhausted, and the headache is killing me. I think I need a change of pace

M: I hate to say but I told you so

  Q: What does the man suggest the woman to do?

14. W: We haven’t had such a severe winter for so long. The forecast calls for heavy snow again tonight. I’m glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week.

M: Me too . But let’s call tomorrow morning before we leave for the airport to make sure our flight hasn’t been delayed or canceled

   Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

15. M: Oh, I must register for Dr Johnson’s class, but the problem is that I don’t get paid until tomorrow. Could you hold a place for me until tomorrow?

W: I’m sorry, but we are not permitted to reserve spaces in a class without full payment or a note from the professor .I’m afraid you’ll have to wait and take your chances.

  Q: What does the woman imply?

16. W: So how was the play last night? Did I miss out anything good?

  M: Hardly, I kept looking at my watch the whole time.

  Q: What does the man mean?

17. W: There are so many children at the school. I wonder how the teacher keeps track of them!

  M: I used to get cold feet at the thought of teaching a class of 100. That’s a fact.

  Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

18. M: I heard that you’ve been to Maine for two weeks last summer. How is your vacation?

  W: The weather is terrible and the hotel food makes me sick. I used to enjoy going there though.

Q: What conclusion can be made about the woman’s holiday?

Conversation One

M: Listen! I’m terribly sorry. I’m late.

W: I’ve only been waiting for over an hour, that’s all

M: Yes, I know, and I would have…….Just let me explain . I…I tried to get here in time, but just after I left home, the car broke down,

W: The car broke down?

M: Yes, and ….well…luckily…there was a garage near me, And,,,,and it took them a while to repair it,

W: Why didn’t you at least phone?

M: I would have! But I didn’t know the number of the restaurant.

W: You could have looked it up in the telephone book!

M: Yes, but…You’ll never believe this…I couldn’t remember the name of the restaurant. I knew where it was, but forgot the name,

W: I see, Well, it was lucky you find a garage to repair your car

M: Yes, It was something I couldn’t do myself, It didn’t take too long, but that’s why I’m late, you see.

W: HU huh. Which garage by the way?

M: Uh……The one near my flat, Lewis Brothers.

W: I know the garage very well!

M: Yes, Let’s see now. Let’s have something to eat, What about some…..

W: A pity it’s Sunday.

M: Pardon?

W: A pity it’s Sunday.. The garage is closed on Sunday!

Questions19 to 22 are based on the longer conversation you have just heard.

19. When should the appointment be?

20. Which name did the man forget?

21, Where does the conversation take place?

22.What do we learn from the conversation?

Conversation Two

W: What did you do during the earthquake, James?

M: Stayed in bed.

   W: What do you mean? Didn’t you try to get outside?

   M: No, I’d got terrible flu, so I just stayed in bed,

   W: So what happened?

   M: Well, I must have slept through the first earthquake although nobody believes me. They said it was so noisy, Then I woke up about four in the morning, Still feeling terrible with the flu, Eyes running, nose running, You know how you feel when you got the flu.

   W: Don’t I just. I’ve been lucky so far this year though.

   M: So I decided to get up and make a cup of tea, I’d just got into the kitchen when I started to feel all unsteady on my feet, Then I got this roaring noise in my ears. I still thought it was the flu, you see.

   W: So what happened then?

M: Well, I slowly realized that it wasn’t me feeling dizzy and the noises weren’t in my head. I heard the people upstairs screaming, The wooden floor started moving up and down, the doors and windows started rattling and banging, all the kitchen cupboards were thrown open and cups and saucers came crashing to the floor, the kitchen clock fell from the wall…….

W: Well, what did you do? 

M: What could I do ?I just stood there and watched.

W: Why didn’t you try to get out?

M: I told you, I was feeling too ill. And the nearest park was a long walk from my flat, And I didn’t want to be with a lot of people. So I just stayed in bed and hoped for the best, I didn’t really think the house was going to fall down around me. Though several did, I found out there,

Questions23 to 25 are based on the longer conversation you have just heard.

23. What was wrong with the man?

24. What happened to the man during the first earthquake?

25. What was the man doing when the second earthquake came?

SECTION B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken 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 the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Scientists in Canada say big ocean fish have almost disappeared from the world since the start of industrial fishing in the 1950s. The scientist found that populations of large fish like tuna, swordfish and cod have dropped by 90 percent in the past fifty years.

The study took 10 years. The researchers gather records from fishing business and governments around the world. The magazine Nature published the findings.

  The scientists say the common method called longline fishing is especially damaging to populations of large fish. This method involves many fishing lines connected to one boat. These wires can be close to 100 kilometers long, They hold thousands of sharp metal hooks to catch fish.

Longline fishing is especially common in the Japanese fishing industry,

The scientists say industrial fishing can destroy groups of fish much faster than in the past. The study suggests that whole populations can disappear almost completely from new fishing areas within 10 to 15 years, Dr,Worm says the destruction could lead a complete re-organization of marine life systems. He also suggests that the decreased number of large fish is not the only worry. Even the population that are able to reproduce do not get the chance to live long enough to grow as big as their ancestors. He says not only are there fewer big fish ,they are smaller than those of the past.

Questions26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26.Which of the following large fish is not mentioned whose populations have dropped dramatically during the past fifty years?

27.What’s the problem of longline fishing?

28.According to Dr,Worm, what will happen in the future?

Passage Two

People often show their feelings by the body positions they adopt. These can contradict what you are saying, especially when you are trying to disguise the way you feel. For example, a very common defensive position, assumed when people feel threatened in some way, is to put your arm or arms across your body. This is a way of shielding yourself from a threatening situation. This shielding action can be disguised as adjusting one's cuff or watchstrap. Leaning back in your chair especially with your arms folded is not only defensive, it's also a way of showing your disapproval, of a need to distance yourself from the rest of the company.
  A position which betrays an aggressive attitude is to avoid looking directly at the person you are speaking to. On the other hand, approval and desire to cooperate are shown by copying the position of the person you are speaking to. This shows that you agree or are willing to agree with someone. The position of one's feet also often shows the direction of people's thoughts, for example, feet or a foot pointing towards the door can indicate that a person wishes to leave the room. The direction in which your foot points can also show which of the people in the room you feel most sympathetic towards, even when you are not speaking directly to that person.

Questions29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. According to the passage, what reveals a person’s feeling?

30. According to the passage, what does a person mean when he puts his arms across his body?

31.What does a man mean when he adopts the same position as the one he is speaking to?

32. According to the passage, what may tell us if a person wants to leave?

Passage Three

  Have you heard of the old saying that laughter is the best medicine? Then listen to this. Seriously, research has already shown that mental stress can restrict blood flow to the heart. But now a study has linked laughter to increased blood flow. Laughter appears to cause the tissue inside blood vessels to expand. As a result, laughing may be important to reduce the risk of heart disease So says Doctor Michael Miller of the university of MaryLand Medical Center. He led a study of 20 men and women, all healthy. To get them to laugh, they watched part of the movie “Kingpin”, a 1996 comedy. To create the opposite emotions, they watched the opening battle in the 1998 war movie “Saving Private Ryan”.

The researchers used ultrasound technology to measure changes in blood flow through an artery in the arm. Blood flow increased in 19of the 20 people after they watched “Kingpin”. The increase was an average of 22percent. Doctor Miller says that is similar to the effects of aerobic exercise.

Blood flow decreased in 14 of the 20 people after they watched “Saving Private Ryan”. The decrease was an average of 35 percent.

Studies have shown that stress can reduce the body’s ability to fight disease. When the body is under stress, it produces hormones such as adrenalin. But too much of these hormones can be harmful.

Questions33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard

33.What can we learn about laughter from the passage?

34.What did Doctor Michael Miller do to get the 20 people laugh?

34According to the passage, how does stress do harm to a person?

Section C

Direction: In this section, you’ll hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words, Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上做答

Students may face problems when they follow a course of study through the medium of English—if English is not their mother tongue.

The problems can be divided into two （36）broad categories: psychological and linguistic.

Some of the common psychological problems really involve fear of the （37）unknown: for example, whether one's （38）academic studies will be too difficult, whether one will fail the examinations, etc. All students share these apprehensions. It's probably best for a student not to look too far ahead but to （39）concentrate day-by-day on increasing his knowledge and developing his ability. The overseas student in Britain may also suffer from （40）separation from his family and possible homesickness; enjoyment of his （41）activities in Britain and the passage of time are the only real help here.

Now let’s look at the linguistic problems. Most students will have learnt English at school, but if they've already been to college or university in their own countries they'll have studied mostly in their own language （42）except, perhaps, for reading some textbooks and （43）journals in English. In other words, they'll have had little everyday opportunity to practice using English.
  （44）When foreign learners first have the opportunity to speak to an English-speaking person they may have a shock: they often have great difficulty in understanding! There are a number of reasons for this. I'll just mention three of them.
  Firstly, it seems to students that English people speak very quickly. Secondly, they speak with a variety of accents. （45）Thirdly, these people tend to use totally different styles of speech in different situations, e.g. everyday spoken English, which is colloquial and idiomatic, is different from the English used for academic purposes. For all of these reasons students will have difficulty, mainly because they lack practice in listening to English people speaking English. Don't forget, by the way, that if （46）students have difficulty in understanding English-speaking people, these people may also have difficulty in understanding the students! That’s because they have the ideas, they knows what to say (in their own language) but they doesn't know how to say it in English.