PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN.]??

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 nine statements.??At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following nine questions.??

1. Who is the speaker?

A. An insurance agent.

B. A fireman.

C. A safeguard.

D. A politician.

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2. What can we infer about Susan?

A. She dresses fashionably as she spends plenty of money on them.

B. She looks fashionable though she doesn't spend much on dresses.

C. She doesn't spend much money on her dresses.

D. She often spends too much money on her dresses.

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3. What does the statement mean?

A. The room was too dry.

B. The room was not dry enough.

C. The paint was wet.

D. The paint was too dry.

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4. We learn from the statement that

A. Lucy is very interested in video games.

B. Lucy shows no interest in video games.

C. Lucy often plays video games if she is free.

D. Lucy plays better than her friends.

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5. What can we learn about Andrew?

A. His petrol is used up.

B. He just got his car filled.

C. His car had a little petrol left when reaching the garage.

D. He had a car accident.

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6. The speaker suggests that

A. appearances are not important.

B. appearances are everything.

C. lothes make the men.

D. we should never trust appearances.

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7. What does the speaker say about Thurber?

A. He is a great writer.

B. His blind eye prevented him from writing good novels.

C. His success depended on his childhood experience.

D. He worked so hard in writing as to lose one of his eyes.

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8. What does the speaker imply?

A. I knew the time of the concert from him.

B. He didn't tell me the time of the concert.

C. He told me the time of the concert, but it was unnecessary.

D. The concert began before I knew the time.

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9. The speaker suggests that

A. we should read every two lines carefully.

B. we should find hidden and implied meanings.

C. we should keep our eyes open for the book.

D. we should get the meaning of every word.

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SECTION B??CONVERSATION??

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.??

10. What's the woman's reply?

A. She agrees to dine out.

B. She opposes to dining out.

C. She asks for the reason for dining out.

D. She is hesitant.

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11. What will the man probably do next?

A. Turn off the recorder.

B. Turn up the recorder.

C. Go to the hospital.

D. Continue to play the record.

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12.What does the woman mean?

A. The man should be patient.

B. The man is mistaken.

C. She misses her friend very much.

D. She is waiting for a call.

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13.What is happening to the man's letters?

A. They are being mailed to the woman's place.

B. They are being forwarded to his new flat.

C. They are being mailed to his old address.

D. They are being held at the post office.

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14.Why is the man worried?

A. He can't get the books he needs.

B. He can't find his watch.

C. He must read a lot of books.

D. He doesn't like the course.

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15.What does the man mean?

A. He has got the clothes.

B. He has no intention to get the clothes.

C. The woman shouldn't look at the clothes.

D. The clothes are not clean.

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16.What does the woman suggest that the man do?

A. hold the towel.

B. go sailing next week.

C. buy some towels at once.

D. postpone buying towels.

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17.The woman call the man to

A. confirm a staff meeting at 4 o'clock.

B. confirm a meeting at 2:30.

C. confirm an appointment at 4.

D. confirm an appointment at 2:30.

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SECTION C??NEWS BROADCAST ??

Question 18 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.??

18.What's the doctors' attitude toward British couples planning millennium babies?

A. Disapproving.

B. Supportive.

C. Surprised.

D. Critical.

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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.The peace talks between rebels and the Zairian government

A. have been cancelled.

B. are put to a later time.

C. took place according to schedule.

D. took place ahead of schedule.

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20.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The talks are to take place in South Africa.

B. The President has denied to meet with the rebel leader.

C. The rebel leader didn't turn up for safety concerns.

D. The government still takes control of more part of Zaire.

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Questions 21, 22 and 23 are based on the following news item.??At the end of the news item you will be given 30 seconds to answer the following three questions.????

Now listen to the news.??

21.Who has survived the crash?

A. Diana's driver.

B. The French judge.

C. The bodyguard.

D. Diana's boyfriend.

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22.Trevo Rees-Jones has come to Paris to

A. receive medical treatment.

B. conduct the inquiry.

C. answer judge's inquiries.

D. investigate the accident.

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23.How many times has Rees-Jones come to Paris for the inquiry?

A. Once.

B. Twice.

C. Three times.

D. Four times.

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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 Russian official's visit to China aims at

A. strengthening security cooperation between the two sides.

B. expanding into central and eastern Europe.

C. discussing about border issues.

D. reaching a bilateral agreement in economy.

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25.Russia expects to establish closer relationships with all of the following EXCEPT

A. China.

B. Iran

C. NATO.

D. India.

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KEY TO LISTENING COMPREHENSION??

1.A???? 2.C???? 3.B???? 4.B???? 5.A???? 6.D???? 7.A???? 8.C???? 9.B???? 10.A

11.A?? 12.B????13.A????14.C????15.B???? 16.D????17.C????18.A????19.B????20.C

21.C?? 22.C?? 23.D????24.A???? 25.C

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EXPLANATION OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION??

PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION??

SECTION A??STATEMENT??

1. “我認為你們的保險單沒有規(guī)定對待火災造成的損失的保障?！??

本題要求判斷說話人的身份。 如果只聽到只言片語，如policy就會受到D: 政治家 的干擾， 或fire而受到B: 消防隊員 的干擾；只有聽清全文，聯(lián)系上下文，才可判斷出這里policy意思是“保險單，保險契約”，而非“政策”，也才能推測出其職業(yè)應為A: 保險代理人。

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2. “盡管Susan在銀行有大筆存款， 但她的衣服卻一點兒也不時髦。”

由though引導的表示讓步功能的分句， 暗示Susan盡管有錢卻不買時髦的衣服，即在衣服上花費不多，C最切合題意。

anything but: 除…之外，恰恰不，決不

另外：

nothing but: 除…之外沒有，只不過，僅僅

all but: 幾乎，差不多

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3.??“油漆匠建議等房間墻壁干一些后再粉刷?！??

換句話說房間的墻壁不夠干而不能粉刷， 與油漆沒關系。因此應選B。

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4.??“Lucy寧可什么也不做， 也不愿整晚打游戲機?！??

也就是說Lucy最不愿意玩游戲機了。 B最接近原意。.

would rather …than… = would sooner…than…: 寧可…而不…, 最好…而不…

另外：

…rather than: 與其…不如…，不是…(而是）

如：

He lay rather than sat in his armchair. (與其說他是坐不如說他是躺在扶手椅里。)

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5. “Andrew的車剛開到車庫， 汽油就用完了?！?br>
A: 他的汽油用完了；B: 他剛給車加滿油;??C: 到車庫時，他的車還剩一點油;??D: 他遇到了車禍。了解詞組run out of (用完，耗盡）也就能選出A為正確答案。

另外： run short of: 缺少，快用完

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6. “外表可能是靠不住的?！币簿褪钦f不能以貌取人，依賴外表作出判斷，D: 不要相信外表 與此含義最接近。

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7. “Thurber在童年時的一次事故中弄瞎了一只眼睛， 但他仍在寫作生涯中獲得了成功。”??

despite of = in spite of : 盡管，任憑，是表達轉(zhuǎn)折， 讓步關系的介詞詞組。??文中說盡管Thurber在失去一只眼睛的不利情況下，仍成為了個成功的作家。 A：他是個偉大的作家 與此最接近。

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8. “他其實不必告訴我音樂會的時間， 我已經(jīng)知道了?！??

作為情態(tài)助動詞，need一般只用于否定句和疑問句。??“needn't + 不定式完成體”表示過去本來不必做某事卻做了。因此原句可理解為“其實他不必告訴我， 但他告訴了?！?所以C為最佳選擇。

另外：“needn't do / don't need to”表示沒有必要而不去做。??

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9. “在閱讀過程中， 我們必須從字里行間領會隱含之意?！??

in the course of …: 在…過程中??

理解詞組read between the lines: （從字里行間﹑言詞﹑行動中) 領會言外之意﹑體會隱含之意 就不難理解本題的真實含義，從而選出正確答案B。

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SECTION B??CONVERSATION??

10. M：“今晚出去吃飯， 你反對嗎？”

????F：“好的， 為什么不呢？”??

這里句型 “Would you have any objection to: 你反對…嗎” 表示請求， “why not” 表示同意，贊同，意思是“為什么不去呢？”而不是詢問原因，所以選A。

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11. F：“親愛的， 你能否換個時間再放錄音機？ 我有點兒頭疼?！?br>
????M：“當然可以。 實在對不起， 我沒有想到你能聽見。”??

問M接下來可能會做什么。 F因為頭疼， 委婉地請求M換個時間聽錄音機，M表示同意，那么M接下來肯定會A: 關掉機器。

turn off: 關

另外：

turn on: 開

turn up: 聲音調(diào)大

turn down: 聲音調(diào)小

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12. M：“祝賀你！ 我知道你找到了個新工作。 什么時候開始上班？”

????F：“你肯定想的是別人。 我還在等消息呢?！??

從F的回答看，她還在等通知，M一定是把她和別人搞混了， 所以選B。

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13. F：“為什么最近打開我的信箱，卻總發(fā)現(xiàn)寄給你的信？”

????M：“哦，對不起。 直到我找到新的公寓前，我都讓郵局把我的信件轉(zhuǎn)到你的地址?！??

問M的信件怎么了。 從對話中得知，M正在尋找新的住房，所以他讓郵局把他的信都寄到了F的信箱里，因此答案為A。

have sb do sth 意思是 have sth done：讓某人做某事。

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14. M： “我覺得會計學課程很有用， 但很難。我永遠也讀不完書單上的書?！?br>
????F：“別擔心。??無論如何你都能找到時間讀的?！??

為什么M擔憂呢？ 從他所說的話來看，他覺得會計學課程難是因為書單太長，擔心讀不完，因此選C。

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15. F：“是否得有人到干洗店去把衣服拿回來？”

????M：“別看著我！”??

F要找個人去取衣服，M卻說別看著他，是什么意思呢？ 如果單從字面上看是很難理解的， 但是根據(jù)語境提示信息，我們可以猜測F看著M，想讓他去，但M那么說，暗示他不想去。所以B為正確答案。

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16. M: “我想停一下去買些新毛巾。”

????F：“如果我是你， 就會推遲幾天。??下周就有些不錯的減價銷售。”??

F建議M怎么做呢？ F用虛擬語氣，委婉地提出她的意見，即先別買，等下周降價再說。 詞組hold off是中心詞， 意思是“推遲， 拖延”， 相當于“set sth back，delay，call off，postpone”, 所以 D為最佳選擇。 B 是語音干擾項。

另外：

for sale: 待售，出供出售

on sale:????廉價出售

sale by bulk: 成批出售

the summer sales: 夏季大減價

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17. F：“你好，Larry 先生，我是Elizabeth Brown，我打電話是想確認一下咱們今天下午四點鐘的約會?！?br>
????M：“喔，讓我查一下。??星期三…2：30，職員會議…，是的，Brown 太太，我想我沒問題?！??

本題問為什么F給M打電話。比較一下四個選項就能發(fā)現(xiàn)它們之間的相同之處：都是確認， 以及不同之處：確認什么及何時，這就提醒我們在聽的時候重點留心這兩點，把復雜的內(nèi)容簡單化， 從而得出正確答案C。



SECTION C??NEWS BROADCAST??

18. 測試態(tài)度的推測題。由文中“warn…not to try…”，可以推測醫(yī)生對待世紀嬰兒的計劃不贊同。 答案為A。??

19. 細節(jié)內(nèi)容測試題。從文中首句的關鍵詞 “postpone” 里可以得到線索，選出答案為B。

20. 測試新聞后半部分的理解。答案為C。??

21. 測試誰的細節(jié)題。從文中可直接找到答案C。??

22. 目的測試題。根據(jù)文中相關內(nèi)容推斷答案為C。??

23. 細節(jié)內(nèi)容測試題。根據(jù)文中 “This is the fourth time he has traveled to Paris…”可以推測答案為D。??

24. 有關目的的細節(jié)測試題。根據(jù)新聞前兩句可直接得出答案A。??

25. 細節(jié)內(nèi)容測試題。根據(jù)文中最后一句，可以排除NATO， 因此答案選C。

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TAPESCRIPT OF DICTATION??

PART II????DICTATION??????????????????????????????????????????????????

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.??

Americans, like many people elsewhere in the world, like to invite friends to their homes / for an evening of food, drink and conversation. / Formal dinners in fine homes and hotels in the US are much the same as formal dinners anywhere in the world. / But as most people in the US have no servants, / their dinner parties at home tend to be informal. / Guests may sit down at a table, / or, as many new small homes have no separate dining room or very small dining space, / guests can also serve themselves and eat in the living room, / holding their plates or trays on their knees./

A more enjoyable form of entertainment is the picnic. / Americans are great picnickers / and almost every family has a picnic basket. / Summer invitations are often for a picnic at a park or in the open countryside. / Unless hamburgers or hot dogs are cooked over a fire, / picnic food is usually cold.

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The second and third readings.??You should begin writing now.

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The last reading.??Now, you have two minutes to check through your work.

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(a two-minute interval)

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This is the end of the Dictation.??


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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 nine statements.??At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following nine questions.??

1. I don't think the policy you have provides protection against loss by fire.??

2. Susan's dresses are anything but fashionable though she has a substantial bank account.

3. The painter suggested the room shouldn't be painted until it dried up a little.??

4. Lucy would rather do nothing than play video games all night.??

5. Andrew's car ran out of petrol just after he got to the garage.??

6. Appearances can be deceptive.??

7. Thurber lost one eye in a childhood accident, but despite of that he had a very successful writing career.??

8. He needn't have told me the time of the concert; I knew it already.??

9. In the course of reading, we have to read between the lines.

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SECTION B??CONVERSATION??

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.??

10. M: Would you have any objection to dining out tonight?

????F: Okay, why not?

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11. F: Do you think you could play your records another time, dear???I have got a slight headache.

????M: Of course.??I am so sorry.??I didn't realize you could hear.

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12. M: Congratulations!??I