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PartⅠ Listening Comprehension
Section A
F1: You’ll be in Room 207. Here’s your key, and I hope you enjoy your stay with us, Ms. Cook.
F2: Thanks. Oh, by the way, I’d like to get some information from you. You see, the conference I’m attending will be over early Wednesday, and I don’t fly out until Thursday. Do you have any recommendations for sightseeing?
F1: There’s a great planetarium at our natural history museum.You might enjoy that.
F2: I don’t know——I don’t think I want to do that. The city I come from has a good planetarium.
F1: There are also some good art galleries downtown.
F2: I’m more interested in doing something outdoors.
F1: Oh, well, there’s a beautiful waterfall called Crystal Falls not far from here.
F2: That sounds like something I’d enjoy seeing. How do I get there?
F1: Do you have a car, or will you be taking a bus?
F2: I rented a car at the airport.
F1: Then just take Waterson Street west out of town and go about five miles. You’Il see a sign that says Crystal Falls. It’ s a short walk from there.
F2: That sounds great. Thanks!
Section B
5.W: What time does the ballet start?
M: At 8:30. We have 35 minutes to get there.
Q: What time is it now?
6.W: How did your football team do last season?
M: We won three times, lost five times, and tied twice.
Q: How many times did they tie?
7.W: Good afternoon, I’m Roseanne, your flight attendant. Welcome aboard.
M: Hello. I’ve got seat A8. I hope it’s by a window so that I can see the view.
Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?
8.M: Where did Suzanne come from?
W: She was born in Switzerland and grew up in Sweden, but she’s a citizen of England.
Q: What country does Suzanne presently call her home?
9.W: Are you going to watch the movie on TV tonight?
M: No, I think I’ll watch the soccer game and then the documentary on volcanoes.
Q: Which is the first program the man is planning to watch?
10.M: What do you think of professor Conrad’s class?
W: Well, his lectures are interesting enough, but I think he could choose more appropriate questions for the tests.
Q: What does the woman NOT like about professor Conrad’s class?
11.M: Nancy, why were you late for class this morning?
W: I overslept and missed the bus.
Q: Why was Nancy late?
12.W: Aren’t we supposed to have a science test this afternoon?
M: It was postponed because the teacher had to attend a conference.
Q: What do we learn from this conversation?
13.W: Do you think I have a chance of proving my case?
M: Definitely, and we’re going to sue for injuries as well.
Q: What is the probable relationship between the man and woman?
14.M: Operator, I’d like to place a call to Athens, Greece. How much will it cost?
W: $9 for the first three minutes and $3 for each additional minute.
Q: How much would a ten—minute call cost?
Section C
In 1942, Americans (15) ____won several important victories over the Japanese. The United States navy (16) ____defeated a powerful Japanese fleet near Midway Island. The United States was greatly helped in the Battle of Midway because (17) ____it had learned the secret code in which the Japanese sent messages. The United States knew (18) ____where the Japanese ships would be.
Many hard battles were fought on land and on the ocean. The United States leaders in the Pacific, General Douglas MacArthur of the army and Admiral Chester Nimitz of the navy, (19) ____made a plan to defeat the Japanese. This plan was called “island hopping.”
The plan meant that the United States (20) ____would capture certain islands in the Pacific on which Japan had placed soldiers. Other Japaneseheld islands would be passed by and (21) ____cut off from receiving food and supplies from Japan. At the same time, ships of the United States navy would fight Japanese warships wherever they found them.
Each attack on an island held by the Japanese (22) ____resulted in a difficult battle. But the American forces (23) ____moved steadily closer to Japan. Finally, islands were captured that were near enough to Japan so that American planes could bomb the factories (24) ____that made war equipment.
Section D
Indian summer is a short period of extremely fair weather and mild days in autumn. It comes in late October or early November while the leaves are changing color and falling from the trees. It has no definite day of beginning or ending.The pleasant weather follows the autumn’s first period of cold, wintry days. The days become warmer but the nights remain chilly. An Indian summer moon often has a soft yellow or orange hue. Indian summer lasts from a week to ten days and sometimes for two weeks. Then winter starts. Indian summer is caused by a large mass of warm tropical air. South winds carry these masses northward. The American Indian enjoyed Indian summer and called it a gift of a favorite God, Cautantowwit, the god of the southwest.
Questions 25 to 27 are based on the passage you’ve just heard:
25.Which of the following can be understood from the passage?
26. What causes Indian summer?
27. What was NOT mentioned as a feature of Indian summer?
I’m Mr. Britain, the head librarian, and today I’d like to introduce you to the facilities in our university library and show you how to use them. The first room on our tour is the reference room, where you’ll find all sorts of reference materials: dictionaries, bibliographies, literature guides, even telephone books. You may use these books only in the reference room itself. The next room is the periodicals room, where you’ll find various newspapers, magazines and academic journals. The current issues are usually directly available to you on the shelves. And you can get an older issue by filling out a slip for the librarian. These items must also be used in this room. This next room contains the card catalogs. All the library’s books are listed here by title, by author and by topic. When you are looking for a book you must write the book’s call number, title and author on these slips and present them with your library card at the desk. The books themselves are kept in the stacks, which are open only to graduate students, faculty members and library staff. Our library has over a million volumes in these stacks which cover five floors. If you have any further questions about using the library, I’d be glad to help you after the tour. Thank you for your attention.
Questions 28 to 30 are based on the passage you’ve just heard:
28. What is the main topic of this talk?
29. Who is probably listening to Mr. Britain?
30. Which people are usually not allowed to use the stacks?
Today I’m going to discuss transportation and communication in the earty 19th century i
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