Ⅲ Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

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 the best answer is. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Questions 11 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

1. A) Get some small change. B) Find a shopping center.

C) Cash a check at a bank. D) Find a parking meter.

2. A) Shopping with his son. B) Buying a gift for a child.

C) Promoting a new product. D) Bargaining with a salesgirl.

3. A) Taking photographs. B) Enhancing images.

C) Mending cameras. D) Painting pictures.

4. A) He moved to Baltimore when he was young.

B) He can provide little useful information.

C) He will show the woman around Baltimore.

D) He will ask someone else to help the woman.

5. A) He is rather disappointed. B) He is highly ambitious.

C) He can't face up to the situation D) He knows his own limitation.

6. A) She must have paid a lot for gym.

B) She is known to have a terrific figure.

C) Her gym exercise has yielded good results.

D) Her effort to keep fit is really praiseworthy.

7. A) Female students are unfit for studying physics.

B) He can serve as the woman's tutor.

C) Physics is an important course at school.

D) The professor's suggestion is constructive.

8. A) Indifferent. B) Doubtful. C) Pleased. D) Surprised.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

9. A) He prefers the smaller evening classes. B) He has signed up for a day course.

C) He has to work during the day. D) He finds the evening course cheaper.

10. A) Learn a computer language. B) Learn data processing.

C) Buy some computer software. D) Buy a few coursebooks.

11. A) Thursday evening, from 7:00 to 9:45. B) From September 1 to New Year's eve.

C) Every Monday, lasting for 12 weeks. D) Three hours a week, 45 hours in total.

12. A) What to bring for registration. B) Where to attend the class.

C) How he can get to Frost Hall. D) Whether he can use a check.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

13. A) A training coach. B) A trading adviser.

C) A professional manager. D) A financial trader.

14. A) He can save on living expenses. B) He considers cooking creative.

C) He can enjoy healthier food. D) He thinks take-away is tasteless.

15. A) It is something inevitable.　　 B) It is frustrating sometimes. 　

C) It takes patience to manage. 　　 D) It can be a good thing.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. A) There were no planets without moons. B) There was no air or water on Jupiter.

C) Life was not possible in outer space. D) The mystery of life could not be resolved.

17. A) It has a number of active volcanoes. B) It has an atmosphere like the earth's.

C) It has a large ocean under its surface. D) It has deep caves several miles long.

18. A) Light is not an essential element to it. B) Life can form in very hot temperatures.

C) Every form of life undergoes evolution. D) Oxygen is not needed for some life forms.

Passage Two

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19. A) Whether they should take the child home.

B) What Dr. Mayer's instructions exactly were.

C) Who should take care of the child at home.

D) When the child would completely recover.

20. A) She encourages them to ask questions when in doubt.

B) She makes them write down all her instructions.

C) She has them act out what they are to do at home.

D) She asks them to repeat what they are supposed to do.

21. A) It lacks the stability of the printed word. B) It contains many grammatical errors.

C) It is heavily dependent on the context. D) It facilitates interpersonal communication.

Passage Three

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

22. A) Job security. B) Good labour relations.

C) Challenging work. D) Attractive wages and benefits.

23. A) Many tedious jobs continue to be done manually.　　

B) More and more unskilled workers will lose jobs.

C) Computers will change the nature of many jobs.　　

D) Boring jobs will gradually be made enjoyable.

24. A) Offer them chances of promotion.

B) Improve their working conditions.

C) Encourage them to compete with each other.

D) Give them responsibilities as part of a team.

25. A) They will not bring real benefits to the staff.

B) They concern a small number of people only.

C) They are arbitrarily set by the administrators.

D) They are beyond the control of ordinary workers.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

注意：此部分試題在答題卡2上。

In the humanities, authors write to inform you in many ways. These methods can be (36) ______ into three types of informational writing: factual, descriptive, and process.

Factual writing provides (37) ______ information on an author, composer, or artist or on a type of music, literature, or art. Examples of factual writing include notes on a book jacket or (38) ______ cover and longer pieces, such as an article describing a style of music which you might read in a music (39) ______ course. This kind of writing provides a (40) ______ for your study of the humanities.

As its name (41) ______, descriptive writing simply describes, or provides an (42) ______ of, a piece of music, art, or literature. For example, descriptive writing might list the colors an artist used in a painting or the (43) ______ a composer included in a musical composition, so as to make pictures or sounds in the reader's mind by calling up specific details of the work. (44) ________.

Process writing explains a series of actions that bring about a result. (45) ________. This kind of writing is often found in art, where understanding how an art has created a certain effect is important. (46) _________.