[00:01.06]test 8
[00:02.25]Section A
[00:03.52]Now let's begin with the 8 short conversations.
[00:06.86]11.W:What do you plan to do on your vacation?
[00:10.36]M:This year I'm just going to be lazy at home.
[00:13.43]I'll probably do some gardening,
[00:15.39]watch TV and work on my stamp collection.
[00:18.79]Q:Where is the man going to spend his holiday?
[00:36.92]12.W:I guess I'll send Mary a postcard from Hawaii
[00:40.29]when I go there on my vacation.
[00:42.25]M:I'm sure that she'd be glad to get one.
[00:44.17]She has a collection of cards from all over the world.
[00:47.31]Q:What do we learn about Mary?
[01:04.38]13.M:Where do you usually have your breakfast?
[01:07.75]W:In the kitchen. I fix myself some orange juice, an egg,
[01:11.48]a slice of unbuttered toast and some coffee.
[01:14.16]But once in a while I have breakfast in the school cafeteria.
[01:17.39]That's why I get a ride and leave the house early.
[01:20.69]Q:Where does the woman sometimes have breakfast?
[01:38.93]14.M:Did you hear what Mr. Green said?
[01:42.16]It was something about the date when
[01:43.41]our book reports would be due.
[01:45.52]W:He said we could hand them in whenever we had them done,
[01:48.42]but they must be in by November 13, if not before.
[01:52.08]Q:When must the book reports be given to Mr. Green?
[02:10.78]15.W:I heard your new car came in today.
[02:14.10]When will you get to drive it?
[02:15.50]M:Oh, it came in two days ago,
[02:17.39]but I'm beginning to wonder when I'll get to ride in it myself.
[02:20.71]The dealer is taking his time getting ready.
[02:23.39]Q:How does the man seem to feel?
[02:40.85]16.W:Didn't you go fishing yesterday?
[02:44.18]I didn't see you bring any fish back.
[02:46.18]M:We planned to, but George's wife threw his
[02:48.53]fishing tackles away, so we played golf instead.
[02:52.08]Q:What did the men do yesterday?
[03:09.80]17.W:I thought I wanted you to clean
[03:12.26]the windshield not the rearview mirror.
[03:14.76]M:Oh, I'm sorry, ma'am. I'll do it right away.
[03:18.31]Q:What was the man?
[03:35.31]18.M:I'd like to take you to the coffee house
[03:38.53]on the corner near the college.
[03:40.38]Students read poetry there.
[03:42.34]W:Thanks. I'd like to go with you.
[03:44.17]I've been waiting to go there for a long time.
[03:46.71]Q:Where is it that the woman would like to go?
[04:04.47]Now you will hear 2 long conversations.
[04:07.21]Conversation One
[04:08.84]M: Why don't we get you some shirts?
[04:10.69]W: I want to leave. We've already been here two hours.
[04:13.90]M: But we should get you some shirts while we're here.
[04:16.61]You need summer shirts.
[04:18.36]W: I would rather buy them somewhere else.
[04:20.46]M: Why? They have everything here.
[04:22.52]W: I don't like shopping in malls.
[04:24.59]I like shopping on the street. There is more variety.
[04:27.89]M: Let's just look and see what they have.
[04:30.21]W: Alright.
[04:31.30]M: What about these shirts? Do you see anything you like?
[04:34.20]W: The styles here are too boring for me.
[04:36.44]I told you. I like street shopping.
[04:38.69]M: Oh, come on! Don't be so sour. These are beautiful shirts.
[04:43.62]I know if we don't buy some today,
[04:45.20]you will never go shopping by yourself.
[04:47.67]W: Sure I would.
[04:48.75]M: Here. Look at this shirt. Try it on.
[04:51.95]W: Do they have it in LARGE?
[04:53.69]M: I don't know. Let me look on the rack.
[04:56.04]Here is one. Large. Try it on.
[04:59.93]W: Where is the fitting room? I don't see it.
[05:02.39]M: The fitting rooms are over there.
[05:04.23]W: Okay, I will try it on.
[05:06.04]M: It looks good on you.
[05:07.31]W: I look like a nerd.
[05:08.87]M: No, it looks great.
[05:10.30]Why are you always like this when you're shopping?
[05:12.58]You know it looks good.
[05:14.22]W: Well, I don't think it's the best style for me.
[05:17.37]M: I think we'll buy this one. And I want you to try on this one too.
[05:20.54]W: Alright. Alright.
[05:21.96]M: You should be happy. I want you to look good.
[05:24.61]If I let you shop for yourself, you would never buy anything.
[05:27.65]W: Yes, maybe. But I like street shopping. There is more variety.
[05:30.44]I'm sorry. I just don't like malls.
[05:35.01]Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[05:40.88]19. How long have they been in the mall?
[05:58.20]20. Why does the woman like shopping on the street?
[06:15.81]21. What is true according to the conversation?
[06:33.85]Conversation Two
[06:35.52]M: You have branches on your door, too!
[06:37.58]Why do people do that around the time of Dragon Boat Festival?
[06:41.57]W: Chinese believe there are more ghosts and sickness in summer.
[06:45.41]These branches keep them away!
[06:47.44]M: Is that also why your sisters are wearing those sachets?
[06:50.60]W: Yes! We believe the strong smell will keep them healthy.
[06:54.19]M: I don't want to get sick either!
[06:56.22]W: Then drink some of this realgar wine.
[06:58.61]M: What if that's not enough?
[07:00.14]I'd better go home to make some sachets too.
[07:02.60]No ghosts are going to get me!
[07:04.49]W: Have you eaten “Zongzi” today?
[07:06.84]M: What is a “Zongzi”?
[07:09.42]W: “Zongzi”is a kind of pyramid shaped dumpling of
[07:12.37]glutinous rice filled with dates or meat and
[07:15.27]wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves.
[07:18.39]M: Why do Chinese people eat “Zongzi”on Dragon Boat Festival?
[07:23.03]W: Well, it's to remember the famous poet Qu Yuan,
[07:26.65]an ancient Chinese patriot.
[07:28.86]He jumped to his death into Miluo river
[07:32.05]after his home state Chu had fallen into the hands of the Qin State.
[07:37.13]On hearing the story of Qu Yuan's death, his townspeople
[07:41.79]took to their dragon boats and raced to rescue him, but in vain.
[07:46.10]People threw Zongzi into the river lest the fish would feed on Qu Yuan.
[07:51.54]Since then, dragon boat races are held and Zongzi is eaten
[07:55.76]on the fifth day of fifth lunar month every year.
[07:58.91]M: Sounds interesting. Thank you.
[08:02.07]Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[08:07.47]22. Why do people have branches on the door
[08:10.44]around the time of Dragon Boat Festival?
[08:27.22]23. Why do people eat “Zongzi”on Dragon Boat Festival?
[08:46.25]24. Which of the following is not the custom of Dragon Boat Festival?
[09:05.41]25. Which of the following statements is not true about Qu Yuan?
[09:24.16]Passage One
[09:25.83]In Britain there are 11 national daily newspapers and
[09:29.28]most people read one of them every day.
[09:31.97]There are two kinds of newspaper. One is large in size and
[09:35.29]has many detailed articles about national and international events.
[09:39.68]These newspapers are called the serious papers or the quality papers.
[09:44.06]The other kind, called the tabloids, are smaller in size,
[09:48.08]have more pictures, often in color, and short articles,
[09:51.67]often about less important events or
[09:54.03]about the private lives of well known people.
[09:57.04]Although some people disapprove of tabloids, more people
[10:00.00]buy them than buy the serious newspapers.
[10:03.08]The Sun, for example, which is a tabloid,
[10:05.76]is the biggest selling newspaper in Britain.
[10:08.59]The tabloids are sometimes called the gutter press.
[10:11.49]And in 1997, some photograph reporters of the tabloids were said
[10:15.66]to be involved in the tragic death of Princess Diana in France and
[10:20.12]they were criticized as Paparazzi by the public.
[10:23.35]Most national newspapers in Britain express a political opinion
[10:26.90]and people choose the newspaper that they read
[10:29.10]according to their own political beliefs.
[10:31.60]Most of the newspapers are right wing
[10:33.47]which means they support the Conservative Party.
[10:36.48]These are the Daily Telegraph, which is the serious newspaper,
[10:40.11]the Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily Star,
[10:44.06]the Sun and Today, which are all tabloids.
[10:47.58]Of the other serious newspapers, The Times,
[10:50.51]the oldest newspaper in Britain, did not formerly have
[10:53.45]one strong political view but it is now more right wing.
[10:57.69]The Independent does not support any political party,
[11:00.52]and neither does the Financial Times,
[11:02.40]which concentrates on business and financial news.
[11:05.45]The Daily Mirror is the voice of the Labor Party.
[11:09.00]Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[11:14.33]26. What are the features of the tabloids?
[11:32.89]27. Which newspaper is not serious newspaper?
[11:51.81]28. Which newspaper is right wing?
[12:10.99]Passage Two
[12:12.26]And now for today's sports news.
[12:14.29]The London International Tennis Tournament ended today.
[12:17.15]Samuel Cox of the U.S. was the winner of the tournament.
[12:20.38]With Lloyd Smith of England finishing 2nd. Mr. Cox scored
[12:24.14]a decisive victory over Smith.
[12:26.39]This was Mr. Cox's 1st major victory outside of the U.S.;
[12:30.27]today also marked the 1st time that an American has
[12:32.73]won the London Tennis Tournament.
[12:34.69]When asked about today's victory, Mr. Cox stated that he just hoped
[12:38.61]to win again in next month's tournaments in Paris and Copenhagen.
[12:43.20]Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[12:47.65]29. Where did the tournament described
[12:50.51]in this announcement take place?
[13:06.71]30. How many times in the past has an American won
[13:10.19]the London Tennis Tournament?
[13:26.32]31. What is Mr. Cox looking forward to?
[13:44.26]Passage Three
[13:45.60]As every schoolboy knows, the important raw materials
[13:48.61]of industry are coal, oil and iron.
[13:52.06]But, as every businessman knows,
[13:54.05]the most important raw material of all is the schoolboy who,
[13:58.44]as a trained college graduate, will run the U.S. industry of the future.
[14:03.22]Today U.S. industry is faced with a tight shrinkage of such manpower.
[14:08.91]It needs not only more but better trained college graduates.
[14:13.24]To help get them, many a businessman believes that
[14:16.11]corporations must provide much of the cash needed by colleges
[14:20.21]to expand their facilities and improve their teaching,
[14:23.47]and work more closely with colleges on business's needs.
[14:27.38]As Robert R. Young pointed out at a White Sulphur Springs
[14:30.74]conference of businessmen and educators,
[14:33.27]industry and education have a clear mutuality of interest.
[14:37.72]Businessmen and educators have not always recognized this.
[14:41.13]While there are a few businessmen who still regard college professors
[14:44.90]as fuzzy minded and likely to be radicals, and a few educators
[14:49.61]who still look on businessmen as mere money grabbers,
[14:53.16]the mutual distrust has generally disappeared in the mutual need.
[14:58.22]The rapidly expanding U.S. economy has made college graduates
[15:01.89]more important than ever to industry.
[15:04.31]In turn, universities must depend increasingly on corporations
[15:08.59]for contributions, since high taxes have all but cut off the flow of
[15:13.20]the big individual contributions that built the private schools.
[15:18.26]Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[15:23.41]32. What are the most important raw materials
[15:26.56]of industry to businessmen?
[15:42.69]33. What does the passage suggest that industrial corporations do
[15:46.93]to get the manpower they need?
[16:03.21]34. What is the main idea of this passage?
[16:20.79]35. What factor has cut off the flow of the big individual
[16:25.17]contributions that built the private schools?
[16:43.26]Section C
[16:44.60]Rumor has it that more than 20 books on
[16:46.78]creationism / evolution are in the publisher's pipelines.
[16:50.66]A few have already appeared.
[16:52.98]The goal of all will be to try to explain to a confused and
[16:57.36]often unenlightened citizenry that there are not two equally valid
[17:02.84]scientific theories for the origin and evolution of universe and life.
[17:08.28]Cosmology, geology, and biology have provided a consistent,
[17:12.22]unified, and constantly improving account of what happened.
[17:16.43]“Scientific” creationism, which is being pushed by some for
[17:20.78]“equal time” in the classrooms whenever the scientific accounts
[17:24.62]of evolution are given, is based on religion, not science.
[17:29.04]Virtually all scientists and the majority of non fundamentalist
[17:33.02]religious leaders have come to regard “scientific”creationism
[17:36.64]as bad science and bad religion.
[17:39.47]The first four chapters of Kitcher's book give
[17:42.40]a very brief introduction to evolution.
[17:45.33]At appropriate places, he introduces the criticisms of
[17:48.57]the creationists and provides answers.
[17:51.69]In the last three chapters, he takes off his gloves and
[17:54.48]gives the creationists a good beating.
[17:56.86]He describes their programs and tactics, and,
[17:59.58]for those unfamiliar with the ways of creationists,
[18:02.33]the extent of their deception and distortion may
[18:05.19]come as an unpleasant surprise.
[18:07.48]When their basic motivation is religious,
[18:09.80]one might have expected more Christian behavior.
[18:12.81]Kitcher is a philosopher, and this may account, in part,
[18:16.33]for the clarity and effectiveness of his arguments.
[18:19.12]The non specialist will be able to obtain at least a notion of
[18:23.07]the sorts of data and argument that support evolutionary theory.
[18:27.42]The final chapters on the creationists will be extremely clear to all.
[18:31.59]On the dust jacket of this fine book, Stephen Jay Gould says:
[18:35.65]“This book stands for reason itself.”
[18:38.52]And so it does and all would be well were reason
[18:42.25]the only judge in the creationism I evolution debate.
[18:49.21]Rumor has it that more than 20 books on
[18:51.35]creationism / evolution are in the publisher's pipelines.
[18:55.30]A few have already appeared.
[18:58.20]The goal of all will be to try to explain to a confused and
[19:02.34]often unenlightened citizenry that there are not two equally valid
[19:08.93]scientific theories for the origin and evolution of universe and life.
[19:15.02]Cosmology, geology, and biology have provided a consistent,
[19:19.95]unified, and constantly improving account of what happened.
[19:24.12]“Scientific” creationism, which is being pushed by some for
[19:28.49]“equal time” in the classrooms whenever the scientific accounts
[19:32.32]of evolution are given, is based on religion, not science.
[19:36.74]Virtually all scientists and the majority of non fundamentalist
[19:40.46]religious leaders have come to regard “scientific”creationism
[19:44.38]as bad science and bad religion.
[19:49.23]The first four chapters of Kitcher's book give
[19:52.20]a very brief introduction to evolution.
[19:55.07]At appropriate places, he introduces the criticisms of
[19:59.31]the creationists and provides answers.
[20:02.39]In the last three chapters, he takes off his gloves and
[20:05.16]gives the creationists a good beating.
[20:07.62]He describes their programs and tactics, and,
[20:10.31]for those unfamiliar with the ways of creationists,
[20:13.06]the extent of their deception and distortion may
[20:15.89]come as an unpleasant surprise.
[20:19.23]When their basic motivation is religious,
[20:21.55]one might have expected more Christian behavior.
[21:13.63]Kitcher is a philosopher, and this may account, in part,
[21:17.00]for the clarity and effectiveness of his arguments.
[21:19.87]The non specialist will be able to obtain at least a notion of
[21:23.81]the sorts of data and argument that support evolutionary theory.
[22:17.21]The final chapters on the creationists will be extremely clear to all.
[22:21.23]On the dust jacket of this fine book, Stephen Jay Gould says:
[22:25.29]“This book stands for reason itself.”
[22:28.30]And so it does and all would be well were reason
[22:31.88]the only judge in the creationism I evolution debate.
[23:28.03]Rumor has it that more than 20 books on
[23:30.06]creationism / evolution are in the publisher's pipelines.
[23:34.01]A few have already appeared.
[23:36.29]The goal of all will be to try to explain to a confused and
[23:40.52]often unenlightened citizenry that there are not two equally valid
[23:46.25]scientific theories for the origin and evolution of universe and life.
[23:51.54]Cosmology, geology, and biology have provided a consistent,
[23:55.52]unified, and constantly improving account of what happened.
[23:59.69]“Scientific” creationism, which is being pushed by some for
[24:04.03]“equal time” in the classrooms whenever the scientific accounts
[24:07.91]of evolution are given, is based on religion, not science.
[24:12.32]Virtually all scientists and the majority of non fundamentalist
[24:16.24]religious leaders have come to regard “scientific”creationism
[24:19.97]as bad science and bad religion.
[24:22.76]The first four chapters of Kitcher's book give
[24:25.74]a very brief introduction to evolution.
[24:28.60]At appropriate places, he introduces the criticisms of
[24:31.72]the creationists and provides answers.
[24:34.98]In the last three chapters, he takes off his gloves and
[24:37.76]gives the creationists a good beating.
[24:40.23]He describes their programs and tactics, and,
[24:42.65]for those unfamiliar with the ways of creationists,
[24:45.63]the extent of their deception and distortion may
[24:48.49]come as an unpleasant surprise.
[24:50.74]When their basic motivation is religious,
[24:53.10]one might have expected more Christian behavior.
[24:56.11]Kitcher is a philosopher, and this may account, in part,
[24:59.59]for the clarity and effectiveness of his arguments.
[25:02.45]The non specialist will be able to obtain at least a notion of
[25:06.29]the sorts of data and argument that support evolutionary theory.
[25:10.74]The final chapters on the creationists will be extremely clear to all.
[25:14.73]On the dust jacket of this fine book, Stephen Jay Gould says:
[25:18.93]“This book stands for reason itself.”
[25:21.79]And so it does and all would be well were reason
[25:25.46]the only judge in the creationism I evolution debate. |