[00:00.88]Test One [00:12.48]Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension [00:16.36]Section A [00:18.43]Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. [00:28.83]At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. [00:36.05]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. [00:42.39]After each question there will be a pause. [00:46.44]During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), [00:55.09]and decide which is the best answer. [00:58.48]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. [01:07.04]Now, let’s begin with the eight short conversations. [01:12.29]11.M: I can’t understand why Bob isn’t here yet. [01:19.15]Do you think we should try to call him or go and look for him? [01:22.87]W:He's probably just got held up in traffic. [01:26.81]Let's give him a few more minutes. [01:29.22]Q: What are the speakers probably going to do? [01:48.63]12.M: Hi, Susan, have you decided where to live when you get married? [01:54.91]W:I’d like to live in the downtown area near my work. [01:58.79]But Nelson wants a house in the suburbs to save on expenses. [02:03.39]Q:Why does Susan want to live in the city? [02:21.08]13.M: I’d like to buy a copy of Professor Franklin’s book On American Culture. [02:29.94]W:I’m sorry. The book has been out of print for some time now. [02:35.08]Q:Where does the conversation most probably take place? [02:54.50]14.W: I’ve just locked my keys in my room. Now what should I do? [03:01.07]M:I can’t believe it, you are always so careless. [03:05.00]Anyhow, let’s calm down and try to figure things out. [03:09.05]Q:What does the man suggest? [03:26.96]15.W: Can you give us your e-mail address? [03:31.77]So we can get back to you as soon as possible. [03:34.50]M:I’ll send you an e-mail, so we don’t have to do the spelling on the phone, OK? [03:40.19]Q:What are the speakers doing? [03:58.87]16.W: Hi, George, could you give me a ride? [04:04.45]I want to buy some food for the picnic. [04:07.30]M:OK, I’m going home. [04:09.70]But I can drop you at the supermarket. [04:12.32]Q:What does the woman want to do? [04:31.12]17.W: My name is Helen Ware, W-A-R-E. [04:39.10]Can I get a class permit for biology? [04:42.16]M:Oh, no. Not now. Registration for students whose last names begin with “W” doesn’t start until tomorrow. [04:50.88]Q:What does the man mean? [05:09.99]18.M: What was the weather like when you left New York last week? [05:16.35]W:It was very much like the weather here in Beijing. [05:19.73]So you needn’t take a lot of clothes if you don’t plan to stay there long. [05:24.44]Q:What do we learn from the conversation? [05:43.28]Now you’ll hear two long conversations. [05:47.23]Conversation One [05:49.08]W:Hello, Mary Smith here. [05:51.49]Could I speak to Mr. Brown, please? [05:54.33]M:Speaking. [05:55.53]W:Oh, it’s you, Andrew, is it? [05:58.05]I didn’t recognize your voice. [06:00.45]Sounds as if you’re miles away. [06:03.30]M:Oh, hello, Mary. Yes, the line isn’t very good. [06:07.90]I’ll speak a bit louder. Is that any better? [06:12.05]W:Yes, that’s much better now. [06:14.69]Andrew, it looks as if I won’t be able to keep the appointment we made. [06:20.70]M:That was to be Friday, wasn’t it? [06:23.76]W:Yes, I’m so sorry. [06:26.61]This visitor I was actually expecting last week had some kind of change in his schedule, [06:33.28]and now he’s rung me up to say the only day he can come is next Friday. [06:39.20]M:I see. [06:40.39]W:And the trouble is, as he’s over from Argentina, [06:44.01]I can’t very well put him off. Hope you understand. [06:48.05]M:Well, I suppose so. [06:50.79]W:But could we meet on Saturday? [06:53.52]Or would you prefer the beginning of next week? [06:57.48]M:Afraid I’m tied up at the weekend. And…let me just check. [07:03.27]Tuesday would be all right, I think. [07:05.68]W:Tuesday is O.K. for me too. Could you come here at 11:30 as we’d arranged? [07:12.36]I’ll show you round our place, we could lunch together and work out the terms of our contract in the afternoon. [07:19.46]How does that sound to you? [07:21.33]M:Yes, fine. I’ll write it down in my diary. That’s Tuesday, 12th December. [07:28.66]Right, I’ll be at your place at 11:30 then. [07:33.03]W:Thanks, Andrew. Hope I haven’t messed up your arrangements too much. [07:37.41]M:Oh no, these things happen, don’t they? [07:40.36]See you next Tuesday. And have a nice weekend. [07:43.87]W:Thanks. You, too. [07:46.16]Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. [07:54.26]19.What is the conversation mainly about? [08:15.63]20.Why doesn’t the woman recognize the man’s voice at the beginning? [08:36.53]21.Why doesn’t the woman keep the appointment? [08:57.05]22.What will the speakers do when they meet next week? [09:17.62]Conversation Two [09:19.91]M:Hello, Lily. Come on in. How’ve you been keeping recently? [09:25.62]W:Quite well. Thanks. How’s your project? [09:28.35]M:Great. I’m playing a consultancy role. [09:31.63]I’ve only been here in China for a month, [09:35.68]but already on very good terms with my colleagues in the Department of Computer Science. [09:42.02]Well, sit down, please. [09:44.34]W:Dr. Francis, I’ve got a chance to go to Cambridge in August. [09:49.79]I wonder if you could tell me something about Britain. [09:52.86]M:Certainly. Well, I was actually brought up in Scotland. [09:58.22]But I’m sure I can give you some useful tips. Now, what do you want to know? [10:04.42]W:Things like weather. What’s the temperature there? [10:08.46]M:The temperature in Cambridge is warmer than Scotland, around 25, because it’s down south. [10:16.34]W:That’s nice. Do you know it’s 34 here? [10:21.60]By the way, where do you think I should stay? [10:24.76]M:Well, you can, I suppose, stay in the college-owned flats, [10:31.00]which are often near where you have your classes, or even on the campus. [10:36.25]That would certainly be convenient. [10:38.66]W:Yes, it would. [10:40.31]M:But it can also be a disadvantage because you are, in a sense, [10:45.55]separated from ordinary society, and I think learning from society is a valuable experience. [10:52.99]W:So what’s the alternative? [10:55.62]M:Maybe finding an English host family. I know of a student Ali. [11:01.11]He told me that he had learnt a lot by staying with a British family. [11:06.03]W: Thanks. It’s quite a good idea. [11:09.54]Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. [11:17.79]23.What is Dr. Francis? [11:37.60]24.Where does Dr. Francis suggest Lily should stay in Cambridge? [12:00.62]25.What does the man mean when he mentions Ali? [12:20.73]Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. [12:28.28]At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. [12:32.11]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. [12:36.92]After you hear a question, [12:38.78]you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). [12:47.31]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. [12:55.89]Passage One [12:57.98]Pamela Royal and her partner Edith Clark are the owners of the sea-view hotel in Brighton. [13:05.19]As much of their business is seasonal, they do a good deal of the work themselves. [13:11.53]In order to make a profit, it is necessary to keep down the cost of extra staff. [13:17.43]Although they’ve never made a fortune for the last ten years, [13:22.25]they have earned a reasonable living from the hotel. [13:25.81]They work extremely well together and each has her own duties. [13:30.84]In general, Pamela does the bookkeeping. [13:33.90]She is excellent with figures and seldom makes a mistake. [13:38.06]She also takes care of the decorations, particularly the flower arranging, which is her hobby. [13:44.19]Edith, on the other hand, makes all the staff arrangement, and when necessary, does the cooking. [13:51.34]She is a very patient woman. And if guests make complaints, she tries her best to solve their problems. [13:58.88]However, the two ladies do not do all the work themselves. [14:03.70]They usually employ college students to do the cleaning and washing-up. [14:08.73]Old Albert, who is a retired policeman, [14:11.47]goes in two hours a day to do the gardening and takes care of the swimming pool. [14:17.76]Both ladies are very popular. [14:19.83]They believe in having an informal relationship with the guests [14:24.35]and often make friends with the regular visitors. [14:27.52]Last month was their tenth anniversary in Brighton, and they had a dinner for their friends to celebrate. [14:34.52]Pamela gave a speech and everyone wished them lots of success for the future. [14:40.11]Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. [14:47.76]26. How do Pamela and Edith manage to keep down the cost of the hotel? [15:10.14]27. What jobs in the hotel are given to the college students? [15:30.37]28. Why are the two ladies popular in the area? [15:51.41]Passage Two [15:53.71]Some people dream of being president of the United States, [15:57.76]some of becoming stars in a Hollywood movie, [16:01.92]and others of making millions of dollars overnight. [16:06.51]Could a dream like that come true in real life? [16:10.23]Well, it did happen to Peter Johnson. Peter was an auto mechanic. [16:16.79]One day, he walked into the Union Trust Bank in Waltermore and took ＄5,000 that did not belong to him. [16:27.03]The guards and other employees stood back and let him stuff the bills into his shirt and pants [16:35.17]without trying to prevent him from taking the money. [16:38.89]No one pressed the alarm. No one pulled the gun. No one called the police. [16:45.13]Why did they allow him to get away with it? Well, everything was legal. [16:51.15]Peter had won a contest promoted by a Waltermore radio station. [16:55.85]The first prize entitled him to enter the Union Trust Bank, [17:00.67]and gather up as much money as he could lay his hands on within five minutes. [17:06.44]Because he could not bring any large sacks or boxes into the bank, [17:11.15]all the money had to be placed in his pockets. [17:14.76]As the time went by, Peter ran about wildly and tried to pick up as many large bills as he could find. [17:22.85]When his time was up, he was out of breath, but was ＄5,000 richer. [17:30.08]Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. [17:35.77]29. Why did Peter go to the Union Trust Bank? [17:56.96]30. What was Peter’s job? [18:15.94]31. What did the guards do when Peter started gathering the money? [18:37.35]32. Why didn’t Peter take more money from the bank? [18:56.68]Passage Three [18:58.32]Larry Smith is one of the rescuers on the Golden Gate Bridge. [19:02.92]His job is to save people who attempt to jump into the sea. [19:07.52]If the telephone rings at three in the morning, he knows it’s trouble. [19:12.55]Someone is threatening to commit suicide. [19:15.94]Larry will get his things ready and in no time he will be out of the door heading to the spot. [19:23.27]“If you aren’t too late,” Larry says, [19:25.24]“you climb out onto the cold steel and try to talk to the poor soul and pull him or her back to safety.” [19:33.60]Many suicide attempts are made on the spur of the moment and lives can be saved. [19:40.38]But if you fail, if the person jumps into the bottomless sea water, [19:46.25]there’s no describing how helpless you feel. [19:49.53]Often would-be jumpers are driven to despair and see no hope of getting out of their misery. [19:55.98]The trick is to open a channel of communication with them. [20:00.80]Following are some tricks that have worked. [20:04.19]“Hey, if you’re going to jump, at least give me your mom’s phone number. [20:09.11]So I can call and tell her.” [20:11.13]“That’s a nice watch. If you’re going to jump, can I have it?” [20:15.18]Sometimes all it takes is the voice of the human being you cares. [20:20.43]Larry estimates he has rescued about 30 people in his ten years of service. [20:26.23]Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. [20:33.01]33. What is Larry’s job? [20:50.27]34. What is happening if Larry’s phone rings at 3 o’clock in the morning? [21:14.93]35. What does Larry Smith usually do to stop someone from jumping off the bridge? [21:39.73]Section C [21:41.26]Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. [21:47.07]When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. [21:52.97]When the passage is read for the second time, [21:55.92]you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. [22:04.35]For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. [22:12.12]For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard [22:17.70]or write down the main points in your own words. [22:21.63]Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. [22:28.31]Now listen to the passage. [22:32.79]Some people say that if you want to go into the recording business, [22:37.28]“It’s not what you know, but who you know, that matters.” [22:41.33]My first reaction to that is to disagree, but on second thought I must admit that there is some truth in it. [22:49.97]When you go for an interview for a job in a studio, [22:53.91]they will be interested in the qualifications you have on paper [22:58.51]but the really important thing will be that you can show you have had some useful experience. [23:04.85]If you don’t know anyone like that, look in the yellow pages for the list of studios in your area. [23:11.64]Go round to the ones that seem to be successful and ask them if they need extra help. [23:17.65]They will not want to employ you unless you have some previous experience, [23:23.23]so tell them that you will work there for nothing, that you are just interested in recording, [23:28.59]and that you are on the lookout for any job that comes up. [23:32.64]If they accept you, at first you have to make the tea or sweep the floor. [23:38.16]When they get to know you and see that you like studio work, [23:41.98]they may give you more interesting jobs and think of employing you. [23:46.36]You will have to spend a year or so working there before they offer you a job, [23:52.49]but provided the studio is an active one doing music and speech work, [23:56.64]you will be able to learn a lot about recording in a year. [24:00.59]Of course, if you realize that the studio is no good, leave it and look for another one. [24:07.04]Now the passage will be read again. [24:11.41]Some people say that if you want to go into the recording business, [24:17.43]“It’s not what you know, but who you know, that matters.” [24:21.48]My first reaction to that is to disagree, [24:24.92]but on second thought I must admit that there is some truth in it. [24:30.17]When you go for an interview for a job in a studio, [24:34.00]they will be interested in the qualifications you have on paper [24:38.60]but the really important thing will be that you can show you have had some useful experience. [24:44.83]If you don’t know anyone like that, look in the yellow pages for the list of studios in your area. [24:51.62]Go round to the ones that seem to be successful and ask them if they need extra help. [24:57.63]They will not want to employ you unless you have some previous experience, [25:02.89]so tell them that you will work there for nothing, that you are just interested in recording, [25:08.36]and that you are on the lookout for any job that comes up. [26:03.37]If they accept you, at first you have to make the tea or sweep the floor. [26:08.62]When they get to know you and see that you like studio work, [26:12.23]they may give you more interesting jobs and think of employing you. [26:16.61]You will have to spend a year or so working there before they offer you a job, [27:12.56]but provided the studio is an active one doing music and speech work, [27:17.92]you will be able to learn a lot about recording in a year. [27:21.87]Of course, if you realize that the studio is no good, leave it and look for another one. [28:17.35]Now the passage will be read for the third time. [28:24.02]Some people say that if you want to go into the recording business, [28:31.03]“It’s not what you know, but who you know, that matters.” [28:35.08]My first reaction to that is to disagree, but on second thought I must admit that there is some truth in it. [28:43.83]When you go for an interview for a job in a studio, [28:47.66]they will be interested in the qualifications you have on paper [28:52.36]but the really important thing will be that you can show you have had some useful experience. [28:58.60]If you don’t know anyone like that, look in the yellow pages for the list of studios in your area. [29:05.49]Go round to the ones that seem to be successful and ask them if they need extra help. [29:11.40]They will not want to employ you unless you have some previous experience, [29:16.98]so tell them that you will work there for nothing, that you are just interested in recording, [29:22.45]and that you are on the lookout for any job that comes up. [29:26.28]If they accept you, at first you have to make the tea or sweep the floor. [29:31.97]When they get to know you and see that you like studio work, [29:36.01]they may give you more interesting jobs and think of employing you. [29:40.28]You will have to spend a year or so working there before they offer you a job, [29:45.53]but provided the studio is an active one doing music and speech work, [29:50.57]you will be able to learn a lot about recording in a year. [29:54.83]Of course, if you realize that the studio is no good, [29:58.51]leave it and look for another one. [30:02.12]This is the end of listening comprehension.