[00:01.79]test 9
[00:03.35]Section A
[00:04.74]Now let's begin with the 8 short conversations.
[00:07.90]11. W: Will you take geology next semester?
[00:11.31]M: I've had enough science courses.
[00:13.75]Q: What does the man mean?
[00:30.90]12. M: I was shocked when I heard you've finished
[00:34.09]your dissertation a whole month early.
[00:36.96]W: How I managed to do it is still a mystery to me.
[00:40.16]Q: What does the woman mean?
[00:57.38]13. M: Has he received responses from everyone he invited?
[01:02.50]W: Ah ha, only Steven can't come.
[01:05.63]Q: What does the woman mean?
[01:22.63]14. W: I think the whole class's going
[01:25.63]on the field trip next Saturday.
[01:27.66]M: I'm not sure.
[01:28.79]Not everyone has paid the transportation fee.
[01:31.64]Q: What does the man imply?
[01:48.84]15. W: Sarah's been nervous for two weeks.
[01:52.29]M: Why not drop in on her and find out how she's doing?
[01:55.27]Q: What does the man mean?
[02:12.12]16. W: Are you looking forward to your move in August?
[02:16.23]M: You bet, I am. The room here are too small and
[02:19.63]there is no kitchen and bathroom.
[02:22.06]Q: What is the man going to do?
[02:39.67]17. M: Hey! Where did you find that booklet?
[02:43.23]I need it for my research, too.
[02:45.48]W: Right here. But don't worry.
[02:47.33]I'll take it out on my card for both of us.
[02:50.52]Q: Where is this conversation probably taking place?
[03:08.98]18. W: There are some new apartments on campus.
[03:12.49]But one bedroom rents six hundred dollars a month.
[03:15.32]M: That's a bit beyond the reach of most students.
[03:18.05]Q: What does the man mean?
[03:35.08]Now you will hear 2 long conversations.
[03:37.87]Conversation One
[03:39.48]M: Hei, I bought an electronic dictionary yesterday.
[03:42.49]Do you want to check it out with me now?
[03:44.92]W: Sure! So, this is it, right?
[03:47.49]I hate to tell you this but this is gotta to be a fake.
[03:50.68]M: What makes you say that?
[03:52.17]W: Just look at it. It looks so tiny.
[03:54.71]It's obviously made from the cheapest materials they could find.
[03:58.37]By the way, where did you buy it?
[04:00.37]M: Some guy in front of the bookstore sold it for a really good price.
[04:04.58]W: No kidding how much was it?
[04:06.54]M: You are not going to believe it, it normally sells for 400 yuan,
[04:10.64]but he sold it to me at 200 because of urgent need of money.
[04:14.64]W: Let's try a word on it.
[04:16.46]M: The screen is blank? Try it again.
[04:19.40]W: I've also tried several words but they are not in the dictionary.
[04:23.72]M: Look at this word, its explanation does not match.
[04:26.95]It is another word's explanation. It's gotta to be a fake.
[04:31.09]W: No wonder it feels much lighter than the one I had before.
[04:34.90]M: You must have been cheated and it's nearly impossible
[04:37.52]for you to get your money back.
[04:39.26]Even the Consumer Association couldn't help
[04:41.62]you since they couldn't find the guy.
[04:43.93]W: Oh, no. I never thought it was a fake.
[04:46.33]The guy looks quite pitiful.
[04:48.00]M: And in the future, if you want to buy something,
[04:50.58]you'd better go to the agencies or
[04:52.45]department stores or even supermarket.
[04:54.70]That's the best way to avoid getting cheated.
[04:57.96]Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[05:03.16]19. Where did the man buy the dictionary?
[05:20.61]20. Which of the following is not the reason
[05:23.80]why the electronic dictionary is a fake?
[05:40.50]21. Why couldn't the Consumer Association help?
[05:58.89]Conversation Two
[06:00.71]M: We need to buy some beer too. Where is the beer?
[06:05.17]W: They don't have beer in this supermarket.
[06:07.28]We have to go to the liquor store.
[06:09.24]M: Huh? They don't have beer. How can that be?
[06:12.94]W: It's a state law. This state doesn't allow supermarkets to sell beer.
[06:17.12]Only in liquor stores.
[06:18.75]M: That's too strict. It's silly.
[06:21.15]W: I know. I agree with you.
[06:22.93]M: Do they sell organic vegetables here?
[06:25.36]W: Yes. They're right in front of you.
[06:27.56]The organic vegetables are marked with the blue label.
[06:30.54]M: We need to buy some soy sauce. Which aisle is the soy sauce in?
[06:34.61]W: That would be in aisle 7, with the condiments.
[06:37.62]It is right next to the ketchup. Do you want paper or plastic bags?
[06:42.09]M: Plastic bags.
[06:44.08]W: And do you want to drive up?
[06:45.83]M: What do you mean?
[06:47.10]W: We can have someone put the bags in our trunk for us.
[06:50.00]We just drive up to that door over there.
[06:52.22]M: Wow! That's convenient.
[06:54.26]But I think we can take the groceries by ourselves.
[06:57.34]W: Yes, our car is not parked far away.
[06:59.67]I'll tell the cashier we don't want to drive up.
[07:02.43]It should be about ninety dollars all together.
[07:04.93]M: Here is one hundred.
[07:07.67]Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[07:12.83]22. Where can they buy beer?
[07:29.84]23. What do they think about the state law on liquor?
[07:47.96]24. Which of the following is not the item they want to buy?
[08:06.73]25. Which of the following is not true according to the conversation?
[08:27.12]Section B
[08:28.61]Passage One
[08:29.99]A baby songbird doesn't emerge from the egg singing perfectly.
[08:34.00]It starts out babbling and gradually refines its tune over time.
[08:38.54]Human infants follow a similar developmental path
[08:42.03]when learning to talk.
[08:43.88]Scientists have thus often compared the acquisition of
[08:47.33]human speech to that of songbird.
[08:50.27]But whether the mechanisms of vocal development are the
[08:52.91]same in humans and birds is a question few studies have tackled.
[08:57.26]To that end, new research should prove insightful.
[09:00.45]According to a report published online this week
[09:03.02]by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
[09:06.29]babbling human babies respond to social cues from
[09:09.19]their mothers in much the way that avian babies do.
[09:13.04]Previous efforts to understand how babies learn to
[09:15.77]talk had focused on the role of imitation in speech acquisition.
[09:20.53]In the new work, psychologist Michael H. Goldstein of Franklin and
[09:24.55]Marshall College and his colleagues turned their attention to social
[09:28.11]interactions between eight month old infants and their mothers.
[09:32.22]The researchers directed the mothers to act in certain ways while
[09:35.63]responding to their baby's utterances during 30 minute play sessions.
[09:40.57]“The mothers did not change how they talked but
[09:42.73]whether they touched or smiled at the baby,”
[09:45.42]team member Meredith West of Indiana University explains.
[09:49.96]Like songbird chicks, the investigators found,
[09:53.04]the babies registered the social consequences of sound making
[09:56.53]and adjusted their babbling accordingly
[09:59.40]West describes the findings as the first to show
[10:02.30]“that babies change how they vocalize in response to social
[10:05.42]responses—not sounds, but sights—by using more mature sounds.”
[10:10.51]Remarks Goldstein: “This project shows that maternal behavior
[10:14.39]and infant sensory capacities interact to generate the development of
[10:18.90]more advanced infant behavior.
[10:21.26]It shows that social learning is a crucial part of vocal development.”
[10:25.76]Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[10:30.67]26. What is the similarity between human infants and baby songbirds?
[10:50.43]27. What do the researchers like Michael H. Goldstein center on?
[11:09.81]28. What is the crucial part of vocal development
[11:13.33]according to Goldstein's opinion?
[11:28.10]Passage Two
[11:29.71]Phil Spector is the most famous and
[11:31.77]influential producer in the history of rock music.
[11:35.69]He is known for producing a distinctive “wall of sound,”
[11:39.18]in which a number of instruments are
[11:40.89]blended together to create a single effect.
[11:43.58]Because of this technique, Spector resisted the introduction of stereo,
[11:48.47]preferring to have the sounds of multiple instruments mixed together in
[11:51.78]a single monaural track rather than separated into left and right channels.
[11:58.93]Spector expanded the role of a producer.
[12:01.83]He owned and operated his own record company,
[12:04.70]co wrote most of the material recorded under his supervision,
[12:08.84]selected the primary artists and supporting musicians for each session,
[12:12.89]and then orchestrated all of this talent to produce a unique artistic vision.
[12:17.98]As practiced by Spector, the role of producer was
[12:21.10]more akin to that of a director in film.
[12:24.22]He was really the only record producer to fully claim the role of auteur,
[12:28.80]the primary creative and organizing force
[12:31.78]behind the music that he produced.
[12:35.41]Spector also exemplified the power of collaboration.
[12:38.99]He relied on favorite singers and other supporting artists to
[12:42.36]give form to his works, much as Hollywood directors would rely on
[12:45.81]favorite actors and other creative personnel working behind the scenes.
[12:50.52]His recordings featured the talents of Leon Russell on piano,
[12:54.15]Jack Nitzsche as arranger, Hal Blaine on drums,
[12:58.07]and Glen Campbell on guitar, just to name a few who went on
[13:01.84]to achieve some degree of fame and fortune later in their careers.
[13:06.38]Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[13:11.68]29. Which of the following is not the characteristics of Phil Spector?
[13:30.49]30. Why does the author say Spector expanded the role of a producer?
[13:49.10]31. Why are Spector's works so popular according to the passage?
[14:09.83]Passage Three
[14:11.17]A recent Pew Internet & American Life study indicates that
[14:15.20]86 percent of US college students use the Internet.
[14:19.41]According to the study, students say the Internet is
[14:22.79]essential to both their academic and social lives.
[14:26.31]Nearly 80 percent of college students in the US say
[14:30.02]the Net has had a positive impact on their college academic experience,
[14:34.34]while 60 percent think it has improved their relationships with classmates.
[14:38.76]Around 73 percent of students use the Internet
[14:41.58]more than the library for research.
[14:43.94]The report also indicates that 72 percent of students check
[14:47.82]their email everyday, while 56 percent believe that
[14:51.92]email has enhanced their relationship with professors.
[14:55.62]Approximately 46 percent also say that email enables them to express
[15:00.24]ideas to a professor that they wound not have expressed in class.
[15:04.70]Over 40 percent of online students say they use the Internet
[15:09.30]most often to keep in touch with their friends,
[15:11.98]compared to 38 percent who say they use it most often for academics.
[15:17.16]As for email, 72 percent correspond mostly with friends,
[15:21.86]10 percent mostly with family,
[15:24.20]and seven percent mostly with professors.
[15:27.26]College Internet users are twice as likely as other Internet users to
[15:30.88]have ever downloaded music files,
[15:33.28]with 60 percent of online students having done so,
[15:36.63]compared to 28 percent of the overall population.
[15:40.54]Online students are also twice as likely as other Internet users to
[15:44.42]use instant messaging (IM) applications on any given day,
[15:48.13]with 28 percent of college students using IM,
[15:51.22]compared to just 12 percent of general Internet users.
[15:55.81]Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[16:00.54]32. What do US college students say about the Internet?
[16:19.11]33. How many percent of students use the Internet
[16:23.21]more than the library for research?
[16:39.77]34. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
[16:58.43]35. What can be concluded from the passage?
[17:15.23]Section C
[17:17.26]When a heart lung machine was invented that
[17:19.95]could take over the job of the heart, put oxygen into the blood
[17:24.23]and keep the circulation going during surgery,
[17:27.02]surgeons could stop the heart while they were cutting and suturing.
[17:31.35]Recently, in certain cases, some surgeons have begun operating
[17:35.52]without the pump while the heart continues to beat.
[17:38.64]“The benefits of off pump surgery are tremendous
[17:42.34]for patients who meet the criteria for this procedure,”
[17:45.35]says Dr. Jim Zellner with the Alliance of Cardiac,
[17:49.17]Thoracic and Vascular Surgeons.
[17:52.25]“There is less need for blood products,
[17:54.65]less chance of complications during and after surgery,
[17:58.17]earlier recovery and earlier return to regular activity.”
[18:02.31]Seawood Murray feels he was led by God to find Dr. Zellner and
[18:07.25]Memorial Hospital and to have off pump surgery.
[18:10.62]A veteran of the United States Navy as a nuclear weapons security
[18:14.20]officer and commanding officer of a mine assembly group for more
[18:18.56]than 31 years, Seawood has never complained about stress or pain.
[18:23.39]He saw three tours of duty off the coast of Vietnam.
[18:26.87]However, after suffering from chest pain for almost a year and
[18:30.56]being misdiagnosed with chronic heartburn,
[18:33.68]Seawood knew something was seriously wrong.
[18:37.09]At the Veteran's hospital in Murfreesboro, he learned
[18:41.05]he had heart disease and was told to come back in six weeks.
[18:45.30]“I didn't want to wait that long and asked for
[18:47.98]a referral to The Chattanooga Heart Institute,” Seawood says.
[18:52.15]“Dr. Noel Hunt found that 40% of my heart was
[18:56.22]not getting the amount of blood it needed to operate properly.”
[18:59.81]Four days later, Seawood was undergoing off pump triple bypass
[19:03.68]surgery at Memorial Hospital under the hand of Dr. Zellner.
[19:08.14]“I was sitting up that evening, walking around the second day
[19:11.45]and feeling good enough to go home the third day,
[19:14.06]but I stayed till the fourth morning,” Seawood says.
[19:17.07]“Two others who had on pump bypass surgery the same day
[19:21.38]I had mine off pump were barely walking when I left.”
[19:28.28]When a heart lung machine was invented that
[19:30.79]could take over the job of the heart, put oxygen into the blood
[19:35.18]and keep the circulation going during surgery,
[19:40.08]surgeons could stop the heart while they were cutting and suturing.
[19:45.42]Recently, in certain cases, some surgeons have begun operating
[19:49.55]without the pump while the heart continues to beat.
[19:52.68]“The benefits of off pump surgery are tremendous
[19:56.23]for patients who meet the criteria for this procedure,”
[20:01.19]says Dr. Jim Zellner with the Alliance of Cardiac,
[20:04.90]Thoracic and Vascular Surgeons.
[20:08.09]“There is less need for blood products,
[20:10.45]less chance of complications during and after surgery,
[20:14.01]earlier recovery and earlier return to regular activity.”
[20:18.15]Seawood Murray feels he was led by God to find Dr. Zellner and
[20:23.16]Memorial Hospital and to have off pump surgery.
[20:26.39]A veteran of the United States Navy as a nuclear weapons security
[20:30.02]officer and commanding officer of a mine assembly group for more
[20:34.26]than 31 years, Seawood has never complained about stress or pain.
[20:41.18]He saw three tours of duty off the coast of Vietnam.
[20:44.70]However, after suffering from chest pain for almost a year and
[20:48.33]being misdiagnosed with chronic heartburn,
[20:52.46]Seawood knew something was seriously wrong.
[20:55.98]At the Veteran's hospital in Murfreesboro, he learned
[20:59.21]he had heart disease and was told to come back in six weeks.
[21:04.02]“I didn't want to wait that long and asked for
[21:06.78]a referral to The Chattanooga Heart Institute,” Seawood says.
[21:11.03]“Dr. Noel Hunt found that 40% of my heart was
[21:15.13]not getting the amount of blood it needed to operate properly.”
[22:07.96]Four days later, Seawood was undergoing off pump triple bypass
[22:11.48]surgery at Memorial Hospital under the hand of Dr. Zellner.
[22:16.02]“I was sitting up that evening, walking around the second day
[22:19.33]and feeling good enough to go home the third day,
[22:21.91]but I stayed till the fourth morning,”
[23:12.53]Seawood says.
[23:14.09]“Two others who had on pump bypass surgery the same day
[23:18.34]I had mine off pump were barely walking when I left.”
[24:14.13]When a heart lung machine was invented that
[24:16.56]could take over the job of the heart, put oxygen into the blood
[24:20.92]and keep the circulation going during surgery,
[24:23.79]surgeons could stop the heart while they were cutting and suturing.
[24:28.11]Recently, in certain cases, some surgeons have begun operating
[24:32.30]without the pump while the heart continues to beat.
[24:35.43]“The benefits of off pump surgery are tremendous
[24:39.09]for patients who meet the criteria for this procedure,”
[24:42.11]says Dr. Jim Zellner with the Alliance of Cardiac,
[24:45.85]Thoracic and Vascular Surgeons.
[24:49.00]“There is less need for blood products,
[24:51.36]less chance of complications during and after surgery,
[24:54.89]earlier recovery and earlier return to regular activity.”
[24:58.70]Seawood Murray feels he was led by God to find Dr. Zellner and
[25:03.96]Memorial Hospital and to have off pump surgery.
[25:07.39]A veteran of the United States Navy as a nuclear weapons security
[25:10.99]officer and commanding officer of a mine assembly group for more
[25:15.02]than 31 years, Seawood has never complained about stress or pain.
[25:20.09]He saw three tours of duty off the coast of Vietnam.
[25:23.62]However, after suffering from chest pain for almost a year and
[25:27.24]being misdiagnosed with chronic heartburn,
[25:30.39]Seawood knew something was seriously wrong.
[25:33.91]At the Veteran's hospital in Murfreesboro, he learned
[25:37.90]he had heart disease and was told to come back in six weeks.
[25:41.97]“I didn't want to wait that long and asked for
[25:44.72]a referral to The Chattanooga Heart Institute,” Seawood says.
[25:48.97]“Dr. Noel Hunt found that 40% of my heart was
[25:53.18]not getting the amount of blood it needed to operate properly.”
[25:56.81]Four days later, Seawood was undergoing off pump triple bypass
[26:00.55]surgery at Memorial Hospital under the hand of Dr. Zellner.
[26:04.98]“I was sitting up that evening, walking around the second day
[26:08.24]and feeling good enough to go home the third day,
[26:10.89]but I stayed till the fourth morning,” Seawood says.
[26:14.16]“Two others who had on pump bypass surgery the same day
[26:18.30]I had mine off pump were barely walking when I left.” |