Section A
[00:01.23]1. M: May I take the tape out.
[00:03.50]I need it to practise my English for Dr.Tedder's listening class.
[00:07.65]W: Well,I am afraid not.
[00:07.76]The tape has been put on reserve by Dr.Tedder.
[00:11.05]If you have his written permission,we'll let it out.
[00:13.82]Q: What should the man do to borrow the tape?
[00:16.57]2. M: I'll have these gloves.
[00:19.15]Please tell me how much I owe you.
[00:20.88]W: They are $ 20 a pair and four pairs make a total of $ 80.
[00:25.86]But today we offer a 10% discount.
[00:29.03]Q: How much does the man have to pay?
[00:31.19]3. W: Mr. Smith, you said you saw the car crash into a tree.
[00:35.82]Do you know what caused the accident?
[00:38.09]M: I saw a girl riding her bicycle in the street.
[00:41.04]The car driver tried to avoid hitting her.
[00:43.52]He made a sudden turn and lost control of the car.
[00:46.55]Q: What caused the car-driver to lose control of the car?
[00:50.03]4. M: Yes, madam. What can I do for you?
[00:53.66]Is it the portable radio again?
[00:55.62]W: No. It's the electric iron this time.
[00:58.41]I think something is wrong with the temperature control.
[01:01.39]Whatever I try to iron gets burned.
[01:04.47]Q: Why did the woman go to the man?
[01:06.46]5. M: Isn't that a new brand of computer you are working at?
[01:10.56]W: Oh, Henry. This is the third time you've asked me about it.
[01:14.40]Q: What does the woman imply?
[01:16.39]6. W:Do you know Bill works as a car-washer at a hotel by the river?
[01:21.17]M: It isn't a bad job to start wite.
[01:23.39]I wouldn't mind that job for the summer if no others are available.
[01:26.68]Q: What does the man mean?
[01:28.48]7. M:What a wonderful game it was?
[01:31.22]I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
[01:33.89]W:I must admit that I felt sleepy during the two hours.
[01:37.21]Q:How did the woman feel about the game?
[01:39.66]8.M:Hi,Mary.I just came back from Pairs yesterday.
[01:44.10]Anything new when I was away?
[01:46.09]W: Congratulations, Tom.
[01:47.84]It's told you'll be promoted to manager and become my immediate boss.
[01:52.43]What is most probably the relationship between the two speakers at the moment?
[01:57.01]9. W: What a poor memory I have!
[02:00.14]I did write down the address on a slip of paper when I answered the phone a moment ago.
[02:05.37]But now the paper has disappeared without any trace.
[02:08.60]M: Don't worry.
[02:09.62]I'll be seeing the teacher in an hour.
[02:11.84]Q: What do we learn from this conversation?
[02:14.09]10. M:Of the two ways for us to go to Washington,which one do you prefer?
[02:19.08]by train or by air?
[02:20.83]W: By air. It seems very expensive
[02:23.89]but as a whole it will save us plenty of time on the way.
[02:27.39]Q: What does the woman say about the reason for her choice?
[02:30.89]Section B
[02:32.11]Passage One
[02:33.34]The Republican Party is one of the two main political parties of the USA
[02:38.51]It was formed in 1854 by groups opposed to slavery.
[02:42.80]Lincoln became the first Republican president in 1861
[02:47.19]and republicans held the presidency from then until 1913
[02:52.41]except for two terms.
[02:54.42]They returned to power from 1921--1933
[02:59.05]but were blamed for the economic crisis of 1929 and the poverty and unemployment that follower.
[03:05.29]The Party did not win back the presidency until Eisenhower was elected in 1952.
[03:11.69]The next Republican president was Richard Nixon, elected in 1968.
[03:17.07]During Nixon's presidency
[03:19.27]as during most of Eisenhower'
[03:21.41]the Republicans failed to win a majority in Congress.
[03:25.35]The Republican party tends to be more conservative than the Democratic party
[03:30.50]it is associated with free enterprise in the economy
[03:34.36]and is most strongly supported in the rural and suburban areas of the North
[03:38.70]the Middle West and the West.
[03:41.47]11. What is the passage mainly about?
[03:45.44]12. Which of the following is not true?
[03:49.15]13. What can we infer from the passage?
[03:53.12]Passage Two
[03:54.87]The classic case in medical history of a typhoid carrier is that of Mary Mallor
[04:00.28]During a New York typhoid epidemic she was found working as a cook
[04:05.08]and thus very readily spread the disease to other
[04:08.79]She persisted in finding employment as a cook both in private service and in various institution
[04:15.61]She even changed her name to avoid detection.
[04:19.01]For eight years she continued to carry and spread typhoid wherever she went.
[04:23.89]Finally she was made to live in a hospital.
[04:27.42]There her work could be regulated so that she did not pass on typhoid.
[04:31.83]She lived in hospital for twenty-three years.
[04:35.31]until her death in 1938.
[04:38.10]For thirty-one years she had been a known carrier of the disease
[04:42.31]without herself suffering any ill effects.
[04:45.57]14. What was Mary Mallon according to the case?
[04:49.83]15. What is implied in the passage?
[04:53.52]16. Which of the following is not true?
[04:57.25]Passage Three
[04:58.97]London is a city sitting on a meandering river
[05:02.14]with palaces overlooking barges sailing on the clear water of the Thames.
[05:08.07]Each year the Cambridge and Oxford boat race is run on the river.
[05:12.92]Such a boat has eight oarsmen, each using an oar of 3.7 metres.
[05:19.04]A trained crew can work up great speed and shoot away like a rocked.
[05:23.87]The victor of the race is front-page news of the evening paper.
[05:27.97]Many bridges span the Thames in London.
[05:30.45]Of they the most famous is probably the Westminster Bridge.
[05:34.68]If you happen to be in London one of these days.
[05:37.32]do take a look from that bridge.
[05:39.75]On your right you will see the house of Commons and the House of Lord.
[05:44.17]and the Big Ben, which strikes every quarter of the hour.
[05:48.11]In the busy traffic on the bridge
[05:50.28]you will notice the red double-decker buses
[05:53.44]which roll past quite smoothly in spite of their huge bodies.
[05:57.88]Two bridges, the Waterloo Bridge and the London Bridge are
[06:01.28]visible in the distance.
[06:03.21]Fifty years ago London suffered from smoke and fob
[06:06.71]Londoners called it pea-soup fob
[06:09.45]because it looked so thick.
[06:11.18]Today the smogis gone.
[06:12.88]and the air remains clear
[06:14.86]and fish has returned to the Thames
[06:17.53]thanks to the Clean Air Act and other measures.
[06:20.92]17. What river is London sitting on?
[06:24.55]18. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
[06:29.44]19. According to the passage, which of the following is not true?
[06:34.64]20. What legislation helps clean the air? |