PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION
In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only.Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Mark the correct response for each question on your answer sheet.
SECTION A STATEMENT
In this section you will hear eight statements. At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.
1. What does the speaker mean?
A. The food is too much.
B.It's unnecessary for him to order food.
C.The more food he ordered, the better.
D.It's necessary to order so much food.
2. What's the speaker's opinion about the house?
A. The color of blue made it an attractive house.
B. The color of blue spoiled the house.
C. The house needs to be painted blue.
D. The house remains as attractive as before.
3. When did the typhoon finally come ?
A. Monday.
B. Tuesday.
C. Wednesday.
D. Sunday
4. What does the speaker say about handwriting?
A. Steve writes the best.
B. The speaker has the best handwriting.
C. Kate's handwriting is better than Steve's and the speaker's.
D. The speaker's handwriting is better than Kate's, but not as good as Steve's.
5. What does the speaker mean?
A. Both my cousin and I went to the supermarket.
B. I came across my cousin at the supermarket.
C. didn't go to the supermarket.
D. My cousin went to the supermarket alone.
6. What happened?
A. The train was stuck in the snow.
B. The train went out of track.
C. People couldn't board on the train for the snow.
D. People stood by the train to watch the storm.
7. What does Bill want to do?
A. He wants to check his credit card.
B. He wants to exchange check for some money.
C. He wants to draw some money from his credit card.
D. He wants to have his driver's licence checked.
8.What does the speaker mean?
A.The paper was long as expected.
B.The paper came out short as expected.
C.The paper turned out better than expected.
D.The paper was too short to be good.
SECTION BCONVERSATION
In this section, you will hear eight short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.
9. How much does the coat cost at the regular price?
A.'20.
B.'30.
C.'40.
D.'60.
10.Why did the man look tired?
A. Because he stayed up too late.
B. Because he went to bed too early.
C.Because he went to the zoo with his son.
D. Because he worked overtime.
11.What's the woman's job?
A. A real estate agent.
B. An Advertisement agent.
C. A tax collector.
D. A lawyer.
12.Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. in the woman's house.
B. in the man's colleague's office.
C. over the phone.
D. in a restaurant.
13. What are they talking about?
A. a football match.
B. a broken ankle.
C. an injury.
D. X-ray technology.
14. Where is the woman going?
A. to the library.
B. to the theatre.
C. to the research institute.
D. to the laboratory.
15. What does the woman mean?
A. She doesn't care about the decision.
B. She doesn't want to give the man too much trouble.
C. She prefers to find out by herself.
D. She would be happy to know about it.
16. What is the relationship between the man and Micky?
A. Father and son.
B. Uncle and nephew.
C. Grandfather and grandson.
D. Teacher and student.
SECTION CNEWS BROADCAST
Questions 17 and 18 are based on the following news item.At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following two questions.
Now listen to the news.
17. What caused some Hamas members to be arrested?
A. A bomb explosion at a military site.
B. An explosion at a Jewish housing project.
C. An attack against Palestinian residents.
D.A boarder dispute with Jewish.
18.When did the explosion take place?
A.Tuesday.
B.Monday.
C. Yesterday.
D. Last week.
Questions 19 and 20 are based on the following news item.At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following two questions.
Now listen to the news.
19.At least how many people have died after liposuction?
A. One.
B.Four.
C.Five
D.Six.
20. What is the news about?
A. safety of cosmetic surgery.
B. cost of cosmetic surgery.
C. popularity of cosmetic surgery.
D. a medical journal.
Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news item.At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following two questions.
Now listen to the news.
21. Large sum of money is needed for the development of all the following EXCEPT
A. housing.
B. airports.
C. water supplies.
D.roads.
22. How often does the APEC hold its meeting?
A. Once a month.
B. Once a year.
C. Every 10 years.
D. Every Sunday.
Question 23 is based on the following news item.At the end of the news item you will be given 10 seconds to answer the following question.
Now listen to the news.
23.The UN team returned to the capital of Congo because they would
A. investigate the President.
B. join a demonstration.
C.study their security situation.
D.help Rwandan refugees.
Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news item.At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following two questions.
Now listen to the news.
24. The diplomats from the international contact group is calling for
A. solving Kosovo crisis peacefully.
B. more pressure on Yugoslavia.
C.talks with the leader of the Ethnic Albanians.
D. a meeting with the United Nations Security Council.
25. The major powers will hold an emergency meeting
A. in Kosovo.
B.in Yugoslavia.
C. in London.
D.in UN's headquarters'.
KEY TO LISTENING COMPREHENSION
1.A 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.C
11.A12.C13.C14.A15.D16.B17.B18.B19.C 20.A
21.A22.B23.C24.A 25.C
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EXPLANATION OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION
PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A STATEMENT
1.“他点的食物比需要的还多。”
换句话说他点的食物太多了，而实际上不需要这么多，所以选A。
2.“如果那间房子没被粉刷成蓝色， 将是个有吸引力的房子。”
这是个非真实条件句，用虚拟语气表示与真实情况相反，因此这句话可以理解为“由于漆成了蓝色， 这个房子变得没有吸引力了。” 即B: 蓝色糟蹋了这所房子。
3.“上周日天气预报说台风将在周一登陆， 但它是两天后才到的。”
这是个测试时间的细节题。 题中出现了两个时间状语作为干扰。 如果在听之前先看题目， 就知本题问的是台风最终登陆的时间，这样在听的时候就能有重点地留意相关信息Monday，two days late， 运用常识就可推算出答案为C：星期三。
4.“我的书法比Steve的好看， 但不如Kate的。”
本题出现了形容词的两个比较结构。 “形容词比较级+than-分句” 表示“比…更”;“not +as(so) +形容词原级+as…”相当于“less…than…”意思是“不如…”， 因此选C。
5.“我本来要去超市的， 但我的表姐突然来了。”
本题的前半句为虚拟语气， 其完整的意义是“If my cousin hadn't come suddenly, I would have gone to the supermarket.（如果我的表姐不是突然来的话， 我就已经去超市了）”。 按照虚拟语气要用相反的意思来理解的原则， 那么本句的意思是“我没去超市， 因为我的表姐突然来了。” 答案应为C。
6.“暴风雪使火车停滞不前。”
问发生了什么呢？ 我们可以用排除法。 B: 火车出轨了,原文只说火车停下来，并没提到偏离轨道;C: 由于大雪人们不能登上火车;D: 人们站在火车旁观看暴风雪 都与原文不相符，只有A：火车陷于雪里了，最有可能导致火车停下来， 因此选A。
7.“Bill需要用信用卡和他的驾驶证才能把支票兑换成现金。”
词组cash a check (cheque): 把支票兑成现金，是理解本题的关键。 答案为B。
8.“尽管研究论文很短， 但却比教授原来想的要好。”
A：论文如预期的一样很长；B：论文如预期的一样很短；论文实际上比预期的要好；D：论文太短了而不好。原文没提到对论文预期的是长是短， 只说比预期的好， 因此C最符合原文。
SECTION BCONVERSATION
9. M：“你买这件衣服花了多少钱？“
F：“由于是冬季大减价， 我只付了20美元， 但这是平时价格的三分之一。”
问平时这件衣服要花多少钱？ 经过简单计算， 平时的价格是减价时的三倍， 即D：'60。
off:低于﹑差于
10.F：“Gorden, 你看上去脸色苍白，就好像昨晚熬夜了似的。”
M：“实际上，我比平时还睡的早。 我很累是因为我经不住我儿子的恳求昨天带他去了动物园。”
为什么Gorden看上去很累呢？从M的回答可知是由于和儿子去了动物园， 因此答案为C。
give in (to)…：屈服， 让步于…
如：give in to one's fate: 屈服于命运
11.M：“租金是多少？”
F：“带家具的为两百美金一个月，外加20美元公用设备使用费。”
本题要求通过对话判断F的职业。 通过关键词如rent, furnished, utilities 可以推测本对话是在询问有关房子的租金， 那么F的职业一定是与租房有关， 通过对比四个选择项， 可以看出A: 代理房产商 最切合。
12.F:“Tony, 什么事情使你耽误了？晚饭已经准备好了。”
M:“我立刻就开车回来。刚才我在帮同事搬进新的办公室， 否则已经回来了。”
本题要求推测对话发生的地点。 根据对话内容可以推测，F在家里准备晚饭，M也许在车里，也许在办公室里，总之两人不在一起，但两人却在对话， 所以说他们可能通过电话联系。因此选C。
13.M：“这会使我很久踢不了足球吗？”
F：“不会太久。 我原以为你的脚裸扭伤，但X光检查显示只是挫伤。”
问两人在谈什么。 几个干扰项都似是而非，如果对原文只是一知半解，或仅凭几个词或词组，就有可能被迷惑，只有听懂全部内容并通过分析，才能断定尽管话题里出现了足球，提到了X光，但所有内容都是围绕着一次脚受伤而已，而脚也只是挫伤并非骨折，因此C为最佳答案。
14.F：“我必须去图书馆， 因为到明天我必须完成我的科研项目。 不过如果可能的话， 我真想和你们一起去剧院。”
M：“我希望你能来。”
本题问F去哪。 解题的关键是听清F的说话及虚拟语气。 文中提到去library 和theatre， 但当她提到theatre时，用的是虚拟语气，暗示实际上她是想去却去不了，因此答案是A。
15.M：“是否要我打电话告诉你我们的决定？”
F：“当然。”
F是什么意思呢？ 只要理解词组by all means，就不难知道F的肯定态度, 也就能找出正确答案D了。
by all means = by all manner of means: 一定， 务必， 尽一切办法，当然可以， 表示赞同，用来强调肯定
另外：
by any means: 用任何可能的方法， 无论如何
by no means = not by any means: 决不， 并没有， 表示不赞同
by means of:用， 依靠
by some means or other: 用某种方法
16.F：“Micky的父母什么时候回来？”
M：“我姐姐说， 既然Micky和我们在这不错， 她和Micky的爸爸将再多呆一天。”
本题要求推测M 与Micky之间的关系。 根据对话内容可知， M的姐姐是Micky的妈妈， 运用常识可以判断他们之间的关系只能是B: 舅甥关系。
SECTION CNEWS BROADCAST
17.测试原因的细节题。根据首句可以直接得出答案为B。
18.测试事件发生的时间。可从文中直接找到线索，答案为B。
19.测试人数的细节题。根据首句，答案应为C。
20.测试对全文内容的概括。在理解全文的基础上，可以推测出本条新闻谈论的是A。
21.内容细节测试题。根据首句，可得出答案A。
22.测试频率的细节题。根据文中 “…yearly meeting…” 可以推算应为B：每年一次。
23.测试原因的细节题。根据新闻首句，可以断定C为答案。
24.内容细节测试题。从文中第二句可以找到答案A。
25.测试地点的细节题。根据文中最后一句话，答案应为C。
TAPESCRIPT OF DICTATION
PART IIDICTATION
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 Two.
Now, listen to the passage.
It's apparent that everyone needs to sleep. / However, most people rarely think about how and why they sleep. / We know that if we sleep well, we feel rested. / If we don't sleep enough, we often feel tired and irritable. / It seems there are two purposes of sleep: / physical rest and emotional and psychological rest. / We need to rest our bodies and our minds, / both of which are important in order for us to be healthy. / Each night we alternate between two kinds of sleep: active sleep and passive sleep. / The passive sleep gives our body the rest and prepares us for active sleep, / in which dreaming occurs. /
Throughout the night, people alternate between passive and active sleep. / The brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. / The cycle is repeated and this cycle is repeated several times throughout the night. / During eight hours of sleep, people dream for a total of one and half hours on the average.
The second and third readings.You should begin writing now.
The last reading.Now, you have two minutes to check through your work.
(a two-minute interval)
This is the end of the Dictation.
TAPESCRIPT OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION
PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION
In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only.Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Mark the correct response for each question on your answer sheet.
SECTION A STATEMENT
In this section you will hear eight statements.At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.
1. The food he ordered is more than necessary.
2. That would be an attractive house if it had not been painted blue.
3. It was predicted last Sunday that the typhoon was to come on Monday, but it was two days late.
4. My handwriting is more beautiful than Steve's, but not as nice as Kate's.
5. I would have gone to the supermarket, but my cousin came suddenly.
6. The snow storm brought train to a standstill.
7. Bill needs a credit card and his driver's licence to cash a check.
8. The research paper was very brief, but still it was better than the professor had expected.
SECTION BCONVERSATION
In this section, you will hear eight short conversations between two speakers.At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.
9.M: How much did you pay for the coat?
F: I paid 20 dollars for winter sale, but it is one-third off the regular price.
10.F: Gorden, you look pale as if you sat up late last night.
M: Actually I went to bed earlier than usual.I am tired because I gave in to my son's plea and took him to the zoo yesterday.
11.M: How much is the rent?
F: Two hundred dollars a month furnished, with twenty dollars for utilities.
12.F: What's keeping you, Tony?Dinner is ready.
M: I'll drive over right away.I was helping my colleague move into his new office or I would already be back.
13.M:Will this prevent me from playing football for long?
F: Not too long.I had thought you broke your ankle, but the X-rays showed it was only a bruise.
14.F:I must go to the library as I have to finish my research project by tomorrow.But if I could, I'd prefer to go with you to the theatre.
M: I wish you could
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