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Part III Listening Comprehension
短对话Section A
Directions: In this section,
you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long
conversations. At the end of each conversation,
one or more questions will be asked about what
was said. Both the conversation and the questions
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 Answer Sheet 2
with a single line
through the centre.
11.
W: What's wrong with your phone,
Gary? I tried to call you all night yesterday.
M: I'm sorry. No one's able to get through
yesterday. My telephone was disconnected by the
phone company.
Q: What does the woman ask the
man about?
12.
W: I finally found a
really nice apartment that's within my price
range.
M: Congratulations! Affordable housing
is rare in this city. I've been looking for a
suitable place since I got here six
months
ago.
Q: What does the man mean?
13.
M: I got this in my mailbox today, but I don't
know what it is. Do you have any idea?
W: Oh,
that's your number for the new photocopier. It
acquires an access code. Everyone got one.
Q:
What do we learn from the conversation?
14.
W: Jane told me that you'll be leaving at
soon. Is it true?
M: Yeah, my wife's
maternity leave is close to an end. And since she
wants to go back to work, I've decided to take a
year off to raise the baby.
Q: What does
the man mean?
15
M: We'll never
find a parking space here. What about dropping you
at thesouth gate and I'll find parking somewhere
else.
W: Well, OK. It looks like everyone in
town came to the mall today.
Q: What does the
woman mean?
16
W: When will the
computers be back online?
M: Probably not
until tomorrow. The problem is more complicated
than I thought.
Q: What does the man mean?
17
M: Did you catch Professor Smith on TV
last night?
W: I almost missed it, but my
mother just happened to be watching at home and
gave me a call.
Q: What does the woman imply?
18
M: May I get this prescription
refilled?
W: I'm sorry, sir, but we can't
give you a refill on that. You'll have to get a
new prescription.
Q: What can we infer from
the conversation?
W: Well, it's the South
Theater Company. They want to know if we'd be
interested in sponsoring a tour they want to
make to East Asia.
M: East Asia?
uhh… and how much are they hoping to get from us?
W: Well, the letter mentions 20,000 pounds,
but I don't know if they might settle for us.
M: Do they say what they would cover? Have
they anything specific in mind?
W: No, I
think they are just asking all the firms in tongue
for as much money as they think they'll give.
M: And we are worth 20, 000 pounds, right?
W: It seems so.
M: Very flattering. But I
am not awfully happy with the idea. What we get
out of it?
W: Oh, good publicity I suppose.
So what I suggest is not that we just give them a
sum of money, but that we offer to
pay for
something specific like travel or something, and
that in return, we ask for our name to be printed
prominently
in the program, and that they
give us free advertising space in it.
M: But
the travel bill would be enormous, and we could
never manage that.
W: I know. But why don't
we offer to pay for the printing of the programs
ourselves on condition that on the front cover
there's something like This program is
presented with the compliments of Norland
Electronics, and free advertising of
course.
M: Good idea. Well, let's get back to them and
ask what the program they want will cost. Then we
can see if we are
interested or not.
Questions 19-21 are based on the conversation
you have just heard.
19. What do we learn
about the South Theater Company?
20. What
benefit does the woman say their firm can get by
sponsoring the Theater Company?
21. What does
the woman suggest they do instead of paying the
South Theater Company's travel expenses?
Conversation Two
W: Rock stars now face a
new hazard --- voice abuse. After last week's
announcement that Phil Collins might give up
touring because live concerts are ruining his
voice, doctors are counseling stars about the dos
and don'ts of voice care.
Here in the studio
today, we have Mr. Paul Phillips, an expert from
the High Field Hospital. Paul, what advice would
you
give to singers facing voice problems?
M: If pop singers have got voice problems,
they really need to be more selective about where
they work. They shouldn't
work in smoky
atmospheres. They also need to think about resting
their voices after a show. Something else they
need
to be careful about is medicines.
Aspirin, for example, singers should avoid
aspirin. It thins the blood. And if a singer
coughs, this can result in the bruising of the
vocal cords.
W: And is it true that some
singers use drugs before concerts to boost their
voices when they have voice problems?
M: Yes,
this does happen on occasion. They are easily-
available on the continent and they are useful if
a singer has
problems with his vocal cords
and has to sing that night. But if they are taken
regularly, they cause a thinning of the
voice
muscle. Most pop singers suffer from three things:
lack of training, overuse and abuse of the voice,
especially
when they are young. They have
difficult lives. When they go on tour, they do a
vast number of concerts, singing in
smoky
places.
W: So, what would you advise the
singers to do?
M: Warm you voice up before a
show and warm it down after.
Questions 22-25
are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. What does last week's announcement say
about rock star, Phil Collins?
23. What does
Paul Philips say about aspirin?
24. What does
Paul Philips say about young pop singers?
25.
What are the speakers mainly talking about?
Would you trust a robot to park your car? The
question will confront New Yorkers in February as
the city's first robotic
parking opens in
Chinatown.
The technology has been
successfully applied overseas, but the only other
public robotic garage in the United States has
been troublesome, dropping vehicles and
trapping cars because of technical problems.
Nonetheless, the developers of the Chinatown
garage are confident with the technology and are
counting on it to
squeeze 67 cars in an
apartment-building basement that would otherwise
fit only 24, accomplished by removing a
maneuver space normally required.
A
human-shaped robot won't be stepping into your car
to drive it. Rather, the garage itself does the
parking. The driver
stops the car on a flat
platform and gets out. The platform is lowered
into the garage, and it is then transported to a
vacant parking space by a computer-controlled
device similar to an elevator that also runs
sideways.
There is no human supervision, but
an attendant will be on hand to accept cash and
explain the system to newly users.
Parking
rates will be attracted about $$400 monthly or $$25
per day, according to Ari Milstein, the director
of planning for
Automation Parking Systems,
which is the U.S. subsidiary of a German company.
This company has built automated
garages in
several countries overseas and in the United
States for residents of a Washington, D.C.
apartment building.
Questions 26 to 29 are
based on the passage you have just heard.
26.
What do we learn about the robot parking in the
U.S. so far?
27. What advantage does robotic
parking have according to the developers?
28.
What does the attendant do in the automated
garage?
29. What does the company say about
the parking rate?
Passage 2
A recent
study shows that meat consumption is one of the
main ways that human can damage the environment,
second
only to the use of motor vehicles. So
how can eating meat have a negative effect on the
environment? For a start, all
animals, such
as cows, pigs and sheep, always gas limed methane,
which is the second most common green house gas
after carbon dioxide. Many environmental
experts now believe that methane is more
responsible for global warming
than carbon
dioxide. It is estimated that 25% of all methane
that released into the atmosphere coming from farm
animals. Another way in which meat production
affects the environment is through the use of
water and land. 2,500
gallons of water are
needed to produce one pound of beef. While 20
gallons of water are need to produce one pound of
wheat. One acre of farmland use to for raising
cows can produce 250 pounds of beef. One acre of
farmland use to for
crop production can
produce 1,500 pounds of tomatoes. Many people now
say the benefits of switching to vegetarian
diet which excludes meat and fish. Not just
for health reasons, but also because it plays a
vital role in protecting the
environment.
However, some nutritionists advise against
switching to a totally strict vegetarian diet.
They believe such
a diet which includes no
products from animal sources can be deficient in
many of the necessary vitamins and minerals
our bodies need. Today many people have come
to realize that help the environment and for the
human race to survive,
more of us will need
to become vegetarian.
Questions 30 to 32 are
based on the passage you've just heard.
30.
What does the recent study show?
31. What do
some nutritionists say about the strict vegetarian
diet?
32. What does the speaker think more
people need to do?
Passage 3
Alcoholism
is a serious disease. Nearly nine million
Americans alone suffer from the illness. Many
scientists disagree
about what the
differences are between the alcohol addict and
social drinker. The difference occurs when someone
needs to drink. And this need gets in the way
of his health or behavior. Alcohol causes a loss
of judgment and alertness.
After a long
period, alcoholism can deteriorate the liver, the
brain and other parts of the body. The illness is
dangerous,
because it is involved in half of
all automobile accidents. Another problem is that
the victim often denies being an alcohol
addict and won't get help. Solutions do exist.
Many hospitals and centers help patients cope.
Without the assistance, the
victim can
destroy his life. He would detach himself from the
routines of life. He may lose his employment, home
or
loved ones.
All the causes of the
sickness are not discovered yet. There is no
standard for a person with alcoholism. Victims
range
in age, race, sex and
background. Some groups of people are more
vulnerable to the illness. People from broken
homes
and North American Indians are two
examples. People from broken homes often lack
stable lives. Indians likewise had
the
traditional life taken from them by white settlers
who often encourage them to consume alcohol to
prevent them
from fighting back. The problem
has now been passed on. Alcoholism is clearly
present in society today. People have
started
to get help and information. With proper
assistance, victims can put their lives together
one day.
Question 33 to 35 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
Q33. What is the
problem of the victims about alcoholism according
to the speaker?
Q34. Why did white settlers
introduce alcohol to Indians?
Q35. What does
the speaker seem to believe about those affected
by alcoholism?
Self-image is the picture you
have of yourself, the sort of person you believe
you are. Included in your self-image are
the
categories in which you place yourself, the roles
you play and other similar descriptors you use to
identify yourself.
If you tell an
acquaintance you are a grandfather who recently
lost his wife and who does volunteer work on
weekends,
several elements of your self-image
are bought to light — the roles of grandparent,
widower and conscientious citizen.
But self-
image is more than how you picture yourself; it
also involves how others see you. Three types of
feedback from
others are indicative of how
they see us: conformation, rejection, and
disconfirmation. Conformation occurs when
others treat you in a manner consistent with
who you believe you believe you have leadership
abilities and your
boss put you in charge of
a new work team. On the other hand, rejection
occurs when others treat you in a manner that
is inconsistent with yourself definition.
Pierre Salinger was appointed senator from
California but subsequently lost his
Their
vote was first election. He thought he was a good
public official, but the voters obviously thought
otherwise—inconsistent with his
self-concept.
The third type of feedback is disconfirmation,
which occurs when others fail to
respond to
your notion of self by responding neutrally. A
student writes what he thinks is an excellent
composition, but
the teacher writes no
encouraging remarks. Rather than relying on how
others classify you, consider how you identify
yourself. The way in which you identify
yourself is the best refection of yourself-image.
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11. Why she could not get
through to him
12. He has difficulty
finding affordable housing 13. A code number is
necessary to run the copy machine 14. He will
stop work to take
care of the baby
15.
The shopping center is flooded with people 16.
It will take longer to reconnect the computers to
the Net 17. She did see Prof.
Smith on TV
18. The man has to go to see his doctor
again 19. It is planning to tour East Asia
20. A lot of good publicity
21. Pay for
the printing of the performance programme 22. He
might give up concert tours
23. It can do
harm to singer's voice chords 24. Many lack
professional training
25. Voice problems
among pop singers 26. It has not been very
successful
27. It increases parking capacity
28. Collect money and help new users 29.
They will be discountable to regular customers
30. Meat consumption has an adverse
effect on
the environment 31. It lacks the vitamins and
minerals essential for health
32. Quit
eating meats
33. They do not admit being
alcohol addicts 34. To stop them from fighting
back
35. With support they can be brought
back to a normal life 36. Included
37.
categories 38. similar
39. acquaintance
40. recently
41. volunteer 42. citizen
43. indicative 44. You believe you have
leadership abilities and your boss put you in
charge of a new work team
45. He thought he
was a good public official, but the voters
obviously thought otherwise
46. A student
writes what he thinks is an excellent composition,
but the teacher writes no encouraging remarks