PART II DICTATION [15 MIN.]

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.

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. Why does Jenny ask her friend to translate the letter?
A. Because she can not understand it.
B. Because she has a headache.
C. Because she has no time to do it.
D. Because her friend offers to do it.

2. What makes people amazed?
A. He always ranks the first in the examinations because he studies very late.
B. He never gets the first place in the examinations though he stays up late.
C. He never gets the first place in the examinations because he never studies late.
D. Despite the fact that he never stays up late, he almost always gets the first place in the examinations.

3. What does the speaker mean?
A. It is quite easy for the boy to sit still for the afternoon.
B. It is hard for the boy to sit still for the afternoon.
C. The boy has nothing to do but sit still for the whole afternoon.
D. It's quite common for the boy to sit still.

4. What does the speaker mean?
A. Mary raised a question after the class.
B. Mary questioned her classmates just before the class was over.
C. It is questionable that whether classes should be dismissed earlier.
D. It is impossible to dismiss classes 5 minutes earlier.

5. When must one check in to board Flight 324?
A. 1:00 p.m.
B. 12:30 a.m.
C. 11:30 a.m.
D. 10:30 a.m.

6. What did Jason do?
A. He visited London with his roommate.
B. He went to London to visit his former roommate.
C. He met his former roommate unexpectedly.
D. He paid a visit to his former college.

7. What can we infer about Susie?
A. She has grasped both water color painting and oil painting.
B. She has studied oil paintings superficially.
C. Her water color paintings are unique.
D. Her oil paintings have been scratched.

8. What do we know about Charles?
A. He was at the top in acting in college.
B. He was the second-best student actor in college.
C. Acting was his second favorite subject in college.
D. No one liked his acting in college.

9. What does the speaker mean?
A. All his novels are equally valuable.
B. His first two novels are better than the third one.
C. His third novel is much more valuable than his first two.
D. His third novel is thicker than his first two.

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. How many American soldiers have died in the wars since 1900?
A. 500,000.
B. 10,000,000.
B. 400,000
D. 2,000,000.

11. What time will they get home as planned?
A. Around 6 p.m.
B. Around 7 p.m.
C. Around 7:30 p.m.
D. Around 8:30 p.m.

12. What is the woman's job?
A. Saleswoman.
B. Secretary.
C. Hotel receptionist.
D. Waitress.

13. Which city are they talking about?
A. Manchester.
B. Edinburgh.
C. London.
D. Glasgow.

14. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A． Man and wife.
B. Professor and student.
C. Customer and waitress.
D. Colleagues.

15. What was the weather like last Friday?
A. Warm and dry.
B. Cold and wet.
C. Dry but cold.
D. Warm but wet.

16. What does the woman mean about her husband?
A. He gives up smoking.
B. He never listens to her.
C. She doesn't care whether her husband smokes.
D. She will go out if her husband smokes.

17．What does the man do?
A. He is a plumber.
B. He is a construction worker.
C. He is an engineer.
D. He is a porter.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Questions 18 and 19 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.

18. What can we learn about rivers in Australia?
A. Rivers run higher than usual.
B. Rivers have run out of water.
C. Rivers cause little damage.
D. Every year rivers overflow.

19. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Australia has experienced the worst floods of this century.
B. Floods have caused over a hundred people to die.
C. Floods occur in many parts of Australia.
D. Flooding has caused great damage.

Question 20 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.

20. What is the news about?
A. Making comparison of industrial growth rates.
B. Analyzing causes of drop of industrial growth rate
C. Suggesting solutions to economic recession.
D. Speculating on future industrial growth rate.

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. What was the purpose of US first lady's visit?
A. To facilitate mutual trust between US and the Islamic countries.
B. To strengthen the trading partnership between US and the Islamic countries.
C. To speculate on her future plan.
D. To obtain more political support.

22. When did the plane have a trouble?
A. During her visit in Cairo.
B. After she finished her visit.
C. Before it prepared to take off.
D. After it took off.

Questions 23 and 24 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.

23. The landslide has claimed _______ lives on a southern island.
A. three
B. four
C. seven
D. ten

24. Which is believed to be the cause of La Nina phenomenon?
A. Heavy rain.
B. Flooding.
C. Cooling of the waters.
D. Warming of the waters.

Question 25 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.

25. What is badly needed in Russia according to the news?
A. Military aid.
B. Social security.
C. Economic recovery.
D. Democratic system.

KEY TO LISTENING COMPREHENSION

1.A
2.D
3.B
4.D
5.D
6.C
7.B
8.A
9.C
10.C
11.C
12.C
13.D
14.D
15.B
16.B
17.A
18.A
19.B
20.A
21.A
22.C
23.D
24.C
25.C

EXPLANATION OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION

PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A STATEMENT

1. “因?yàn)镴enny看不懂這封信，她只得請(qǐng)她的朋友翻譯一下?！?br>
為什么Jenny請(qǐng)她的朋友翻譯這封信呢？只要理解詞組make head (s) or tail (s) of … ( 知其所以，了解，弄明白，一般用于否定﹑疑問）就不難找到答案A了。
另外：make head: 取得進(jìn)展

2. “使人們吃驚的是盡管他從不熬夜學(xué)習(xí)，但幾乎總是在考試中得第一名?！?br>
本文的主句中的表語從句是由though引導(dǎo)，表示讓步﹑轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的復(fù)合句，選擇項(xiàng)中，表示讓步含義的只有B﹑D，而B：“盡管他熬夜學(xué)習(xí)”與原文中“從不熬夜”，意思恰恰相反，所以D為正確答案。

stay up = sit up: 熬夜，不睡
nine times out of ten: 十之八九，幾乎總是
另外：
nine to five: 通常的辦公時(shí)間（從早上九點(diǎn)到下午五點(diǎn)）

3. “讓這個(gè)男孩不動(dòng)地坐一下午簡(jiǎn)直是太痛苦了。”

詞組nothing less than = nothing (little) short of 意思是“不亞于，不少于，同…一模一樣，完全”，理解了這個(gè)詞組，也就明白原文的含義是指“坐著不動(dòng)對(duì)這個(gè)孩子是個(gè)很痛苦﹑很難做到的事情”，B最接近原意。

4. “Mary建議應(yīng)該提前五分鐘下課是不可能實(shí)現(xiàn)的?！?br>
理解詞組“out of the question: 不可能，不值得考慮的” 是理解原文的關(guān)鍵。D為正確答案。

5. “324航班將于上午11點(diǎn)30分起飛，但你必須在飛機(jī)起飛前一個(gè)小時(shí)登記驗(yàn)票?！?br>
只要聽清時(shí)間，稍加推算，就可得出登記的時(shí)間為D: 10：30。
prior to = before：在…之前，先于，優(yōu)先于
check in: （在旅館， 機(jī)場(chǎng)等）登記，報(bào)到，抵達(dá)，上班
另外：
check into (a hotel, hospital): 登記住進(jìn)（旅館，醫(yī)院），檢查，調(diào)查
check out: （旅館， 商店等）結(jié)帳離開，辦手續(xù)，離開，下班

6. “在他訪問倫敦時(shí)邂逅了過去大學(xué)時(shí)候的室友?！?正確答案C。

run across = come across = fall across = run into = bump into = meet with = meet by chance: 偶然遇到，邂逅

7. “Susie對(duì)水彩畫知道很多，但對(duì)油畫的了解只是皮毛而已。”

文中說Susie很了解水彩畫，可以說掌握了水彩畫，但對(duì)油畫只是略知一二，也就是說只是進(jìn)行了表面上的研究，所以B為最佳選擇。
詞組scratch the surface 為固定搭配，意思是“觸及表面”，而不能理解為“擦破，抓破”

water color painting: 水彩畫
oil painting: 油畫
Chinese ink wash painting: 中國(guó)水墨畫

8. “當(dāng)他讀大學(xué)時(shí)，他的表演首屈一指?！?答案為A。

詞組second to none = next to none：（口）不比任何人差，首屈一指，無與倫比

9. “他的第三部小說遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過了他的前兩部?！?br>
outweigh: 在重量上超過，在價(jià)值（重要性、影響等）方面超過。聯(lián)系全文，在這里應(yīng)指第三部小說的價(jià)值意義高過前兩部，所以C為最佳選擇。

out -- 前綴，常與動(dòng)詞﹑名詞﹑形容詞構(gòu)成復(fù)合詞，表示“…出，超過”
如：
outlive: 比…活的長(zhǎng)
outlast: 比…持久
outfly: 飛的比…快
outnumber: 比…多， 數(shù)量超過， 等等

SECTION B CONVERSATION

10. M：“你知道，自本世紀(jì)以來，有兩百多萬人死于交通事故?！?br>F：“哦，那就是說，死于公路上的人數(shù)是同期死于戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中的美國(guó)士兵的五倍?！?br>
問自從1900年以來，死于戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的美國(guó)士兵有多少人。這是道測(cè)試有關(guān)數(shù)字的細(xì)節(jié)題，一定要聽清原文的精確數(shù)字，即兩百萬，以及兩者之間的五倍關(guān)系，經(jīng)簡(jiǎn)單計(jì)算，可知應(yīng)為C: 400000。

11. F：“鐘剛敲過下午六點(diǎn)。”
M：“那么，路上不擠了，所以我們應(yīng)該能在一個(gè)小時(shí)后到家，但先要休息20分鐘喝些茶。”

問按照計(jì)劃他們大約幾點(diǎn)到家。這是道有關(guān)時(shí)間的細(xì)節(jié)題。經(jīng)過推算，他們應(yīng)在7：20到家，C: 7：30 與此時(shí)間最接近，所以應(yīng)選C。

12. M：“本周末你們有沒有帶浴室的單人房？”
F：“請(qǐng)稍等。恐怕沒了。但用同樣的錢可以訂個(gè)帶兩個(gè)單人床的房間?！?br>
這是道推測(cè)F職業(yè)的問題。根據(jù)雙方的對(duì)話內(nèi)容，可以判定此類對(duì)話最有可能發(fā)生在賓館或旅館，那么負(fù)責(zé)接待并提供住宿咨詢的人應(yīng)為前臺(tái)工作人員，所以應(yīng)選C。

13. F：“Glasgow是英國(guó)最重要的城市之一，是嗎？”
M：“的確是，盡管它與別的城市比如說Edinburgh, Manchester, London在面積和人口上不同?！?br>
雙方在談?wù)撃膫€(gè)城市呢？只要聽清原文，就可以得出答案D。由于文中有時(shí)出現(xiàn)的人名或城市名不是我們很熟悉的單詞，因此在聽之前快速瀏覽所需回答的問題以及四個(gè)選項(xiàng)尤為重要，它可以幫助我們提高理解的速度，直接作出回答。

14. M：“不知道今晚我可以帶我女朋友去哪吃晚飯?！?br>F：“你們?nèi)]去過學(xué)校附近的那家中國(guó)餐館？”

本題要求判斷兩者的關(guān)系。我們可以用排除法。M要帶女朋友吃飯，所以他與F不可能是夫妻的關(guān)系，而且這又是個(gè)比較私人的問題，所以不太可能發(fā)生在上下級(jí)（教授與學(xué)生）之間，這樣的對(duì)話也不象是顧客和招待員之間的用語，最有可能發(fā)生在平等的同事或朋友之間，所以D為答案。

15. F：“你用過上個(gè)月買來的帳篷嗎？”
M：“是的，用過。上周五我們?nèi)ヒ盃I(yíng)了，盡管天氣不好我們呆在溫暖干爽的帳篷里過得很愉快?！?br>
本文的問題是上周五的天氣如何。雖然M的回答里沒直接說明天氣如何，但他說在帳篷里又溫暖又干燥，而不管天氣怎么樣；in spite of 表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，暗示外邊的天氣與里面形成了對(duì)比，即又冷又潮濕，所以答案為B。

16．M：“你難道不勸說你丈夫戒煙嗎？”
F：“我勸的。但不管我跟他說什么，他都當(dāng)耳旁風(fēng)?！?br>
根據(jù)F的回答，她雖然勸她丈夫戒煙，但她丈夫?qū)τ谒脑捠亲蠖M(jìn)右耳出，也就是說不聽從她的規(guī)勸，所以B為答案。

in (at) one ear and out (at) the other: 左耳進(jìn)右耳出

persuade sb out of sth (doing sth) 相當(dāng)于 persuade sb not to do sth： 勸說某人放棄，不去做
反之： persuade sb into doing sth 或 persuade sb to do sth：連哄帶勸使某人干某事。

17．F：“你好，我臥室里的水管漏水了。你能否盡快來修一下？”
M：“那要看我什么時(shí)候能完成辦公大樓的下水道工作了?！?br>
根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容推測(cè)M的職業(yè)。如果抓住關(guān)鍵詞pipe，drains，就知道M是個(gè)跟水管﹑下水道打交道的人，那么據(jù)此判斷，他應(yīng)是A：管道工。

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

18. 細(xì)節(jié)內(nèi)容測(cè)試題。從文中可直接找到線索，得出正確答案A。

19. 測(cè)試全文主要內(nèi)容的理解。答案為B。

20. 對(duì)新聞全體內(nèi)容的概括總結(jié)。全文圍繞著兩年中工業(yè)增長(zhǎng)率的下降，以具體數(shù)據(jù)進(jìn)行比較，所以答案為A。

21. 目的測(cè)試題。根據(jù)新聞的首句推測(cè)，應(yīng)為A。

22. 有關(guān)時(shí)間的測(cè)試題。根據(jù)文中“ as it taxied down（飛機(jī)起飛前或降落后的滑行）”提示，答案應(yīng)為C。

23. 關(guān)于人數(shù)的細(xì)節(jié)測(cè)試題。從文中首句可找到答案D。

24. 關(guān)于原因的細(xì)節(jié)測(cè)試題。根據(jù)文中最后一句，可知原因是C。

25. 細(xì)節(jié)內(nèi)容測(cè)試題。原文中“…there is a great need for economic recovery…”可提供線索，得出答案為C。

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.

Cars in the Future

As big cars cause many problems, such as pollution, shortage of parking space, crowded traffic, / scientists are now trying to design some small cars / that may some day replace today's big automobiles. / If more people begin to drive such cars in the future, / there will be less air pollution. / There will also be more space for parking cars in cities, / and the streets will be less crowded. / Three such cars can fit in the space / that is now needed for one car of the usual size./

The little cars will cost much less to own and to drive. / Driving will be safer as these cars can go only 60 kilometers per hour./

The cars of the future will be fine for driving around the city. / However, they will not be suitable for long trips, / because these cars by petrol can only go 450 kilometers / before needing to stop for refilling.

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

1. Jenny has to ask her friend to translate it as she can't make heads or tails of the letter.

2. What makes people amazed is that though he never stays up too late studying, he will get the first place in the examinations nine times out of ten.

3. It is nothing less than a pain to ask the boy to sit still for the whole afternoon.

4. Mary's suggestion that classes should be dismissed 5 minutes earlier is out of the question.

5. Flight 324 is leaving at 11:30 a.m, but you must check in one hour prior to departure.

6. Jason ran across his former college roommate on his visit to London.

7. Susie knows much about water color paintings but she has only scratched the surface in oil paintings.

8. When he was in college, Charles was second to none in acting.

9. His third novel far outweighs his previous two.

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: You know, since the turn of the century, more than 2 million people have been killed in road accidents.
F: Oh, that means the number of people killed on the road is five times that of American soldiers killed in the wa