01年8月托福听力文字
PartA
1.W: Tina says you won’t be able to make it to the meeting tomorrow evening.
M: Yeah, sorry about that. I just found out that I have to work over time.
Q: What does the man mean?
2.W: Would you mind taking a picture of me in front of the fountain?
M: Not at all. But I’m not sure how this camera works.
Q: What will probably happen next?
3.W: Oh my goodness. Your help services card is sitting right here in your file, it shouldhave been sent out to you weeks ago. I hope you haven’t had any need for it.
M: No, not yet. But it’s nice to know I have it, so I don’t need to reapply.
Q: What does the man mean?
4.M: Excuse me, Pro.# But I’m still confused, could you go over that last point one moretime?
W: Of course, that’s what I’m here for.
Q: What does the woman mean?
5.M: I’m sorry I made you wait. The bus was stuck in traffic and took forever to get here.
W: No harm done. I was able to catch up on some reading.
Q: What can be inferred about the conversation?
6.M: That’s a really nice raincoat, Lisa.
W: Thanks. I like it too. If only it had a heavy line in it before I can wear it in winter too.
Q: What does the woman mean?
7.M: I just heard the news that Mary won the election. That must be a big disappointmentfor you.
W: Well, actually, she probably was the best candidate this time around, and I can alwaysrun again next year.
Q: What does the woman imply?
8.W: Do you have your film festival schedule with you? I’d like to find out what’s playingthis weekend.
M: I past it on to my roommate, but there should be more in the bookstore. I can pickone up for you next time on there.
Q: What does the man offer to do?
9.W: My new neighbor next door is really great. She # fantastic collection of classicalmusic, I mean dozens of composers I’ve never even heard of.
M: Hmm… Just be careful Annie, a hobby like that can be contagious and expensive.
Q: What does the man imply?
10.M: The bus they are renting to take us to the museum? It’s goanna leave at ten in frontof the library. So, let’s meet on the library steps before ahead, ok?
W: Oh I thought I told you. I have a dentist appointment this morning so I’m going to meetup with you guys downtown at the museum, ok?
Q: What does the woman imply?
11.M: Gee, you have a lot of change in that jar. Are you a coin collector?
W: No, I’m just saving them for a rainy day.
Q: What does the woman mean?
12.W: I saw you in the lecture hall yesterday on your way out to Pro. #’s philosophyclass.
I was quite surprised, I couldn’t imaging you are someone interested in philosophy.
M: I don’t know what’s so surprising, there are lots of engineering students in that class.
Q: What can be inferred about the man?
13.M: Did I hear that right? Out reports are due next Friday?
W: Just the introduction, the rest will find out about today in class.
Q: What does the woman mean?
14.M: This painting would go great in my room, but they want 30 dollars for it and it’sprobably mostly for the frame.
W: Then why don’t you # it # separately?
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
15.W: Dr. Smith, this is #, those stretching exercises that you recommended are reallyhelping with my back pain. But the pills you prescribed, I think, they are giving me aheadache.
M: That’ not unusual, let’s try cutting back two, just one a day, all right?
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
16.W: Congratulations, Tom. I heard you got a job with the Wilson Company.
M: Hmm, thanks, Pro.#, but it’s a little too soon for congratulation, all I got so far is aninterview, early next week, on Thursday.
Q: What does the man imply?
17.W: I’m never going to volunteer to help Janet with the party again.
M: I know what you mean. We ended up doing most of the cleaning-up.
Q: What can be inferred about the party?
18.W: This is a pretty small room to be sharing with someone. Don’t you find it a littlecrowded?
M: Well, I don’t know about my roommate. But me, I’m used to being a little cranes. Igrew up with six brothers, remember?
Q: What does the man mean?
19.M: Excuse me, do you know what time the train to MiddleTown leaves?
W: You mean left, the last one was in eleven p.m. and that’s it, till tomorrow morning.
Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?
20.M: I’m thinking about wearing a suit to the party tonight, what do you think?
W: Well, I haven’t heard anything about dressing up. I bet a sweater would be fine.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
21.M: If you see your friend Julia in the next couple of days, would you mind asking her togive me a call, I was hoping she’d be able to help out with course registration next week.
W: Sure, Pro.#, if I see her. She’s made herself pretty scarcely lately.
Q: What does the woman mean?
22.W: I’ve never seen a larger collection of this author’s books than the one here in thislibrary. It’s impressive how many she managed to write in her lifetime.
M: Yeah, actually a lot more than even this collection was Seger.
Q: What does the man imply about the author’s books?
23.M: My boss keeps asking me to work overtime but I always said no because I don’twanna jeopardize my studies, but I’m starting to waver.
W: I wouldn’t give in if I were you.
Q: What does the woman mean?
24.M: What’s keeping Kevin? He said last night he’d meet us here by 2 o’clock and it’salready 2:30.
W: It’s so typical of him, isn’t it? Just watch, he’s going to show up in 5 minutes withsome wild excuse.
Q: What does the woman mean?
25.W: Woo, are all those books you’ve got there required for the modern European historyclass?
M: No, a lot of these listed are optional, but you know me, when I do something, I do it200 percent.
Q: What does the man mean?
26.M: Let’s go to a movie after dinner.
W: That’s attempting. However, the tennis tournament is tomorrow, and I need to get in
a short practice session tonight.
Q: What will the woman probably do this evening?
27.M: I just got this car and already it’s falling apart. First, one of the door handles fell offand now the inside light won’t go on when you open the door.
W: Hey, what’s the big deal? Falling apart is when your car needs a new engine, likemine does.
Q: What does the woman imply?
28.M: Oh, Mrs. Wilson, now the classes are starting again and I could probably keepworking at the front desk if you are willing to give me a flexible schedule and let me comein and work between classes, I really would like to stay.
W: And we like that too, trouble is, that means the front desk won’t be covered and well,the hotel just can’t operate that way.
Q: What does the woman mean?
29.W: You didn’t care for the movie, did you?
M: You can say that again.
Q: What does the man mean?
30.M: That grade on my philosophy paper? It really took me by surprise, you know I workhard in everything, but I never thought I get such a high grade, I mean, she actually gaveme an A.
W: We look Pro.# as scare, but, I won’t call her over-the-terrible , so you really haveyourself to thank.
Q: What does the woman mean?
PartB
31-35: listening to two friends preparing dinner
M: We are almost finished. Could u hand me the white pepper?
W: Why white pepper and not black? Aren’t they the same thing?
M: Well, they are from the same plant, but white pepper is milder. I usually prefer it, it hasa more settle flavor.
W: How? Aren’t they from the same plant?
M: Well. It depends on how ripe it is when it’s fixed. You surely have a lot of questions,
W: That’s because u have all the answers. Did u learn about this stuff in cooking school?
M: Yeah, we study all kinds of herbs and spices.
W: So go on. It’s interesting. How do we get black pepper done?
M: Ehh. Well, the pepper corn is actually a fruit. It grows on ripe. it’s not really black orwhite. It turns from green to yellow to red as it ripens. For black pepper, u pick it when it’sstill a little immature, and then dry.
W: Dry in darkness?
M: Well, the skin turns dark as it dries.
W: Does that means white pepper is pepper without the skin.
M: Exactly. It is put to dry in the sun after the skin is wrapped up. It’s also mature a littlelonger than black pepper.
W: So they do all that just to get a milder pepper corn?
M: Right. and for special reason. Some chefs like the idea that he keeps white sourceswhite.
W: This green pepper corns are interesting. I never see them before.
M: Green pepper has a very distinctive flavor. Some people really like it.
W: So it must be picked really young.
M: Right. It’s not sun dry. It’s either put in a liquid or a freeze dry to keep the color.
W: Well, u r quite the pepper expert, aren’t u?
M: Oh, a good chef gets to know about spices.
W: I’ll be judge of that. Let me taste. Hmm, u passed.
Q 31: What r the speakers mainly discussing?
Q 32: How did the man learn about pepper?
Q 33: What happens to black pepper after it’s picked?
Q 34: According to this man, why some cooks prefer white pepper?
Q 35: Why the woman tells the man he passes?
36-38 conversation between students
M: I didn’t see u in creative writing class today. What happened?
W: Oh, just a dentist appointment. That’s all. Say, did we get a new assignment for nextweek
M: Yeah. A really interesting one, actually. We’re supposed to write a short story that hassome sort of limitation or, or, constraints imposed on it.
W: What do you mean? Like rhyming in a Poem?
M: Well, that’ll be idea. But what we write has to be prose, as prose poetry. Just to makerhyme in a poem is too easy, I guess. I think Prof. ### really wants to challenge ourselves,to put our creativity to the test.
W: Well, did she give any hints about what’s on her mind?
M: No really, but I may have an idea the kind of thing what she’s looking for. I just finisheda really strange book by some French guy. He wrote a whole book without even using asingle e,
W: A whole book without a single e? How’s possible? But, wait a minute. I didn’t know u
can read French.
M: I can’t. I read the English translation. But get this. There’s not one e in that either.
W: No way. Think of the words u couldn’t use.
M: I know, but that translator manages it. I got the book at home if you want to check outfor yourself. What’s really amazing to me is that leaving e in English gonna involve acomplete different group of words and ends in French. It’s really mind of #.
W: Sometime you have to show me that book. But right now I better get going the writingfor next week. I already have a couple of ideas thanks to you. And I think I just might beable to work on it to something interesting.
Q 36: What is the students’ assignment to write?
Q 37: Why did the man mention a book by a French author?
Q 38: What the point does the man make about the letter?
PartC
39-42 listen to a lecture in geography class.
We only have a few minutes left so I’d like to go over a couple of points before we move on. Remember, although there are both horizontal and vertical movements in air. The term wind applies only to horizontal movement. And more air is involved in horizontal movements than Vertical movements. And what causes the horizontal movement?Alternately, it’s the solar radiation, because the unequal heating of the earth than the atmosphere produces horizontal differences in air pressure. These differences set winds in motion. Essentially, winds are the naturest way of balancing uneven distribution air pressure over the earth. Secondly, let me repeat my answer to the question we had before about wind direction. Many people get confused by what they hear in weather forecast.
We talk about wind direction In terms of where the wind’s coming from, not where it’s blow to Wind direction Good reason to this. To weather broadcasters, the origin of winds is more important than its destination. The winds origin helps them predict the weather.
Logically, in the northern hemisphere, a north wind turns to bring cold wind. South wind warm weather. I haven’t forgotten vertical air we don’t have time today to talk about them in depth. In our Next class then, I’ll begin by discussing updraft and downdraft and how they affect the wealth. I suspect most of you can guess which of the two brings warm which weather, and which brings cold
Q 39: According to the speaker, how’s the wind defined?
Q 40: Why does the speaker mention solar radiation?
Q 41: According to the speaker, which weather broadcast can be confusing?
Q 42: What will the speaker discuss in the next class?
43-46 listen to part of a talk in psychology class
Some of the most practical lessons coming out of research in psychology are the area ofmemory. People ask, why can’t I remember that term from the physical charge or thelibrary books in due? Of a lot of people, memory may be weak, because they don’t use itenough. It’s like muscle if you don’t exercise it, it won’t get strong. That’s why it’s importantto keep our mind active, to keep on learning through our life, we can do this by reading,playing memory game and seeking out #. It’s my guess though that the lack of stimulationisn’t a problem for students like you. More likely, the life u r in is so busy and stimulatingthat it’s itself may sometime interfere with learning. Later on I will discuss how informationis recorded from memory. But, first, the information needs to be recorded, in other words,learned. And for busy people like u and me, that will be the real problem # the lines. If weare distracted, or we are trying to think what we are going to do next, the incomingmessage just might not be getting recorded effectively. And that leads to the first tip forstudents who want to improve their memories. Give your full attention to the informationyou hope to retain. Research clearly shows the advantages of this, and also of activelearning, of consciously trying to visualize a new fact, perhaps to make a mental picture,even a wild ridiculous one, so the new fact will stick in memory. Let me illustrate that for uhere a little more this evening.
Q 43: What’s the talk mainly about?
Q 44: What does the speaker illustrate with the example of muscle?
Q 45: What does the speaker suggest students do to learn new information moreeffectively?
Q 46: What will the speaker probably do next?
47-50Listen to part of a talk in a biology class.
The professor is discussing insect behavior
Today, we are going to continue our discussion on social insects, focusing on theArgentine ants, which as u might guess is a species of ants that are natives to Argentina.
We’ll consider what happened to this type of ant after some members of the species moveto California from their original habitat. Ok, well, in Argentina, these Argentine ants behavelike most ant species around the world. They fight other ants of the same species if thoseants are from some other nests. But the Argentine ants living in California behavedifferently. Ants from different nests form a single large colony. Within this colony, there islittle aggression among ants from different nests. And when they fight with insects fromoutside their colony, the Argentine ants can quickly recruit a huge army from their networkof nests. This of course gives them advantages over other ants’ species. So then, why doArgentine ants behave differently in California than they do in Argentina? Well, usinggenetic testing, researches found that all the Argentine ants in California were very similargenetically. You see, when the first Argentine ants came to California, their populationmust have been very small and all the later generations of Argentine ants there must havedescended from the same few ancestors. So they are all closely related. This discovery isimportant, because for most social insects, membership in a colony is based on howclosely related they are genetically.
Q 47: What aspect of Argentine ant is mainly discussed?