中级口译笔试历年真题听力文字稿最完整版(97-08)

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SECTION 1：LISTENING TEST

Part A: Spot Dictation

The development of the Space Shuttle has dramatically reduced the cost of sending loads into space. The Shuttle takes off from Earth like a rocket, and lands again like a huge aircraft. It can transport not only its own crew, but also passengers, and has a huge cargo-hold which is capable of carrying large satellites or a space laboratory.

Before the Space Shuttle was created, it was necessary to plan trips into space several years in advance. However, for the rest of the century it should be possible to make space flights every week or so. Any scientist or engineer needing to travel into orbit will simply take the next Shuttle flight, stay as long as necessary, and then return at his or her convenience.

It is difficult to imagine the immense opportunities created by the Shuttle. One of the great advantages of having a reusable space vehicle is that it can take one load after another into orbit.

Very large space stations could not be launched in their complete form directly from Earth, but they could be built piece by piece in space. The Space Shuttle is likely to be used as a general ―workhorse‖ for the rest of this century, and the building of such stations in orbit should become commonplace.

Once these huge orbiting space stations are completed, they are likely to become the platforms from which hundreds of robot space ships could be launched cheaply and easily to explore the solar system and to start mining operations on the Moon. The technology needed for this is already developed and available. And because of commercial and military pressures to develop space technology, it is likely that governments will be increasingly willing to start extensive programs of space engineering, exploration and research.

Part B: Listening Comprehension

Ⅰ. Statements

Question No. 1. Jane remained in London for the summer.

Question No. 2. Daniel requested that he be transferred to Tokyo to start a new branch.

Question No. 3. According to our correspondent, the rain has flooded several areas of South India.

Question No. 4. Jason ran across his former college teacher during a business trip to Chicago.

Question No. 5. The plane was due at 9：30, but has been delayed half an hour.

Question No. 6. I‘d have bought Smith‘s computer if I had known he was selling it.

Question No. 7. Please let me know whether you will come to the meeting or not.

Question No. 8. May I suggest Friday for our trip to Hong Kong?

Question No. 9. We tried to persuade him not to go to Australia, but in vain.

Question No. 10. When they were searching the area, the police all but caught the thieves.

Ⅱ. Talks and Conversations

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following announcement.

This is the final for Olympic Airways to Athens flight number OA260. Any remaining passengers must go immediately to gate 2 where the flight is now closing. Olympic Airways flight number OA 260 closing now at gate 2.

Scandinavian Airlines to Stockholm, flight number Sk528 now boarding at gate 4.

Passengers to New York. British Airways regret to advise a delay of 35 minutes on their flight number BA175 to New York. That is a delay of 35 minutes on British Airways flight number BA 175 to New York.

Austrian Airlines to Vienna, flight number OS455 now boarding at gate 8. Austrian Airlines flight number OS455 boarding now at gate 8.

Question No.11. Where is this announcement most probably made?

Question No.12. Which of the following statements is true about a about the Qlympic Airways

flight to Athens?

Question No.13. Where is the Scandinavian Airlines flight scheduled to fly?

Question No.14. According to the announcement, how much longer will passengers to New York have to wait? Question No.15. According to the announcement, at which gate passengers to Vienna boarding?

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.

A demonstration against race prejudice drew thousands of people to central London this morning. It was organized by the Labor Party and the Trades Union Congress under the banner ―United against Racialism‖. The march was led by several leading Labor Party and Trades Union officials. It was a column that stretched for over two miles and it took the demonstrators nearly three hours to cover the distance from Speakers‘ Corner to Trafalgar Square. There were representatives from more than twenty major unions, as well as community workers and various ethnic groups. By the time the march reached Trafalgar Square an estimated fifteen thousand people had joined it.

Question No. 16. Where did the demonstration take place?

Question No. 17. Who organized the demonstration?

Question No. 18. What did the demonstrators protest against?

Question No. 19. According to the news, where did the demonstration march start?

Question No. 20. About how many people joined the march?

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following conversation.

Male: Now could you tell me your name, please?

Female: Yes, officer, it‘s Daniels, Mrs. Jennifer Daniels.

Male: And could I have your address too, please?

Female: Yes, of course. It‘s 27 Springfield Road, Bristol.

Male: So, could you tell me, please, exactly what you saw of the incident?

Female: Yes, well, I was just coming out of the supermarket exit when all of the a sudden I heard this cry, and when I turned round to see what it was, I saw this man sort of tugging at this woman‘s handbag, and she was hitting him with her free hand, and then he pushed her and she fell to the ground. He then ran off down the street and round the corner. Male: I see. And could you describe the man for me?

Female: Well, um…let me see. He was medium height, about thirtyish. I all happened so quickly it‘s hard to remember.

Male: Do please try, it could be very important in helping us to catch him.

Female: Oh yes, I do remember something else. He was wearing a yellow jacket-you know, a light anorak sort of thing-and jeans, blue jeans.

Male: Did you notice the color of his hair by any chance?

Female: Oh, dark I should say…yes, dark brown. And that‘s about all I can remember, I‘m afraid, and it was very wavy.

Male: Thank you very much, Mrs. Daniels. You‘ve been very helpful.We‘ll probably be in touch.

Question No. 21. Who is asking Mrs. Daniels, most probably?

Question No. 22. Where did the incident take place?

Question No. 23. According to Mrs. Daniels, about what age was the man involved?

Question No. 24. What was the man wearing?

Question No. 25. What color was the man‘s hair, as far as Mrs. Daniels could remember?

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following talk.

There is a great deal of land in the United States, but there are also a great many people. Where did the people come from?

The first Americans were Indians. Today there are about 900,000 American Indians. There is one part of the country with an especially large Indian population. That is the southwest.

Blacks first came to America from Africa as slaves. President Lincoln freed the slaves in 1863. About eleven percent of the present American population are Blacks.

The first immigrants in American history came form England and the Netherlands. Soon immigrants began to arriver from many other countries, and they are still arriving. In 1790 the new nation had fewer than four million. Today there are more than 210 million. There include people from all parts of the world.

Question No. 26. What might be the best title for this passage?

Question No. 27. How much is the American Indian population?

Question No. 28. Who were the first people living in America?

Question No. 29. What is current size of the American population?

Question No. 30. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

Part C: Listening and Translation

Ⅰ. Sentence Translation

Sentence No. 1. There was a heavy fog in New York and we were delayed there.

Sentence No. 2. During our stay in China, we hope to find out if we can open a new branch here.

Sentence No. 3. I hope I can meet you sometime next week; would Monday morning suit you?

Sentence No. 4. The salary will be a little bit more if you have the right qualifications and

experience.

Sentence No. 5. Soon after he started working, he discovered that it was far harder work than he‘d expected.

Ⅱ Passage Translation

Passage 1:

I arrived in the United States ten years ago, but I remember my first day there very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at three o‘clock in the afternoon. The weather was very cold a nd it was snowing, but I was too excited to mind.

Passage 2:

About seven out of ten people released from prison will be put into prison again sooner or later. Some people think this simply shows that once a person becomes a criminal he will probably remain a criminal. But it could equally suggest that being in prison actually makes people more likely to commit crimes.

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SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST

Part A: Sport Dictation

Doctors are starting to believe that laughter not only improves your state of mind, but actually affects your entire physical well-being. Britain‘s first laughte r therapist, Robert Holden says, ―Instinctively we know that laughing help us feel healthy and alive. Each time we laugh we feel better and more content.‖

A French newspaper found that in 1930 the French laughed on average for nineteen minutes per day. By 1980 this had fallen to six minutes. Eight per cent of the people questioned said that they would like to laugh more. Other research suggests that children laugh on average about 400 times a day, but by the time they reach adulthood this had been reduced to about fifteen times. Somewhere in the process of growing up we lose an astonishing 385 laughs a day.

William Fry, a psychiatrist from California studied the effects of laughter on the body. He got patients to watch funny films, and monitored their blood pressure, heart rate and muscle tone. He found that laughter has a similar effect to physical exercise. It speeds up the heart rate, increases blood pressure and quickens breathing. It also makes our facial and stomach muscles work. Fry thinks laughter is a type of jogging on the spot.

Laughter can even provide a kind of pain relief. Fry had proved that laughter produces endorphins-chemicals in the body that relieve pain. Researchers divided forty university students into four groups. The first group listened to a funny cassette for twenty minutes. The other three groups listened to either an informative tape, or a cassette intended to relax them, or no tape at all. Researchers found that if they produce pain in the students, those who had listened to the humorous tape could tolerate the discomfort much longer. Some doctors are convinced that humour should be a part of every medical consultation, as there is evidence to suggest that laughter stimulates the immune system.

Part B: Listening Comprehension

Ⅰ Statements

Question No. 1. Florence had four tickets for the concert, but she gave two to her brother.

Question No. 2. There is no additional charge for the use of the pool, and towels may be rented for a nominal fee. Question No. 3. Mr. Johnson insi sted that he hadn‘t lied about his whereabouts the night of the murder.

Question No. 4. Forty students came to Professor Green‘s first lecture on economics, but after

a fortnight, all but fifteen had dropped out.

Question No. 5. According to the recipe, you don‘t have to cook it more than 10 minutes unless you want it well done. Question No. 6. Trash is normally collected Monday and Thursday, but this week the holiday will cause a delay. Question No. 7. There is no stronger desire than the desire to seek happiness or good health.

Question No. 8. If I knew Peter‘s telephone number, I wouldn‘t have to write this letter.

Question No. 9. Pre-school children usually like to play with toy cars and trucks or anything that makes noise. Question No. 10. Martin sent the telegram on Monday, but I received it only yesterday.

Ⅱ Talks and Conversations

Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following talk.

One of the most deadly plants in the world is poison hemlock. This plant grows in many parts of the world. It is quite dangerous to humans; people can die if they eat it.

One thing that makes poison hemlock really dangerous is that it looks like some plants that people normally eat. Hemlock belongs to the same family of plants as the carrot. The leaves of the plant look very much like parsley, and its roots look like carrots. People will die when they have made a mistake and have eaten poison hemlock when they thought that they were eating either parsley or carrots.

Question No. 11. What is the topic of the talk?

Question No. 12. Where is hemlock found?

Question No. 13. What is true about hemlock?

Question No. 14. What can happen to someone who eats hemlock?

Questions 15 to 18 are based on the following conversation

W: Hi, Jack.

M: Hi, Wanda. Where are you rushing to?

W: I‘m heading for a meeting of the ski club. It starts at three o‘clock.

M: The ski club?

W: Yes, the ski club. Do you want to come along?

M: What does the ski club do?

W: Well, you get to know other people who enjoy skiing, listen to lectures and presentations on skiing, techniques and equipment, and--best of all--plan skiing trips. Doesn‘t that sound good ?

M: It does sound great, but I don‘t exactly know how to ski very well.

W: That doesn‘t matter. You don‘t have to know how to ski. You just have to want to learn how to ski.

M: That sounds like my kin d of club. I guess I‘ll come along with you and try it.

W: We‘ve got to hurry. It‘s almost three o‘clock.

Question No. 15. What time does the meeting begin?

Question No. 16. What do people do at ski club meetings?

Question No. 17. What problem does the man have?

Question No. 18. What will the man probably do next?

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the following talk.

I‘m sure you all enjoyed that trip along the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River. It‘s quite amazing, isn‘t it?

The next stop on our tour is the Petrified Forest. This is a huge desert forest that is not exactly made of trees. You see, the trees are so old that they have fallen and have turned to stone. They look just like fallen logs, but they are no longer made of wood. Instead they are made o f beautifully colored stone, such as jasper, agate, carnelian, and onyx. It‘s unbelievable to see all of these fallen trees from a distance and then up close see that they are really stone and not wood.

When we arrive at the Petrified Forest, please be sure to keep in mind that it is against the law to take any petrified wood out of the forest with you. You may think about picking up just a tiny little piece, but please don‘t do it.

Question No. 19. Where have they just been?

Question No. 20. Where are they heading now?

Question No. 21. What has happened to the trees?

Question No. 22. What does the man ask them not to do?

Questions 23 to 26 are based on the following conversation.

M: I was reading an article in the paper about a new type of fast-food packaging. It‘s really

great!

W: What‘s so great about this packaging for fast food?

M: What‘s great isthat the packaging is edible.

W: Edible?

M: That‘s right. With this new packaging, you can go to fast-food restaurant, order a burger

and fries, and then eat the wrappings that the burger and fries came in.

W: So, you‘d be eating paper.

M: (laughs) Oh, no. The wrappers sort of look and feel like paper, but they‘re really made

from things like soybeans, corn and flour.

W: It sounds like the wrappers might be even better for you than the fast food!

Question No. 23. Where did the man learn about the new fast-food packaging?

Question No. 24. What is interesting about the new fast-food packaging?

Question No. 25. Which of the following is used in making the fast-food packaging?

Question No. 26. What does the woman think about the new fast-food packaging?

Questions 27 to 30 are based on the following talk.

Today dogs are being trained in a variety of ways. One way that dogs are being trained involves ―smell.‖ For example, dogs are being trained to use their sense of smell to find missing persons, hidden drugs, or explosives such as dynamite. Dog trainers have found that almost all types of dogs have equally good senses Of smell. Even though different types of dogs have equivalent sense of smell, they are not equally good at different tasks. However, certain types of dogs are better at certain tasks because of other characteristics they have. For example, beagles are small and friendly, so they are often used at crowded airports to smell for illegal food products in luggage. German shepherds have quick reactions, so they are often used to smell for explosives such as dynamite. Golden retrievers work well in the cold, so they are often used to find people lost in the snow.

Question No. 27. What is the topic of the talk?

Question No. 28. What is true about the various types of dogs?

Question No. 29. According to the talk, what are golden retrievers trained to find?

Question No. 30. Why are German shepherds used to find explosives?

Part C: Listening and Translation

I Sentence Translation

Sentence No. 1. This particular wine is regarded as one of the finest in the world.

Sentence No. 2. As he intended to expand his shop, he made an offer for the premises next door.

Sentence No. 3. I‘m just not prepared to put up with your inefficiency any longer. You‘re fired!

Sentence No. 4. At the meeting someone suggested that there should be a staff representative on the committee. Sentence No. 5. In its simplest sense the word ―advertising‖ means ―drawing attention to something‖, or notifying or informing somebody of something.

Ⅱ Passage Translation

Passage 1:

May I have your attention, please. The library is closing in a few minutes. Please return the reference books to the shelves they belong to. Those who want to check out reserved books for overnight use may do so now. Thank you very much for your co-operation.

Passage 2:

Thirty years ago, when I was a small child, my father arranged for me to spend two summer holidays at a farm in the countryside. He thought it would be good for me, and he was right. It taught me a great deal about the importance of independence. The place was so isolated that the owner‘s daughter, who must have been in her early twenties, said that she had never been away from home or seen a locomotive.

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SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST

Part A: Spot Dictation

Britain is changing more rapidly than ever before in her long history. In some respects the new British society reflects general world trends. In other respects it has kept its own particular flavour. British society is evolving, that is to say, developing and suiting itself to rapidly changing conditions. Evolution rather than revolution or violent change is a special characteristic of the British way of life.

This is shown in one way by how the British people vote at elections. The Conservative and Labour Parties have controlled the political scene for the last fifty years, but today neither party can any longer be sure from which class or income group its support will come. Not long ago you would have expected the working classes always to vote for the Labour Party. The word ―labour‖ means ―hard work‖—especially hard work with the hands. The Labour Party is the party which is supposed to represent the ―working man‖. You would also have expected the up per and middle classes to vote for the Conservative Party. The word conservative means ―keeping things as they are‖. The Conservative Party is supposed to be the party which represents property owners, businessmen and the self-employed. In some respects t raditional British ―class distinctions‖ are becoming less clear, and you can be less sure how people will vote. Many members of the middle class support social reform. Many ordinary working people enjoy a better standard of living and are suspicious of any change which might affect them. But the old divisions between the classes remain. Many Conservatives fear that the sovereignty of Parliament is being threatened by the Trade Unions. Many workers are afraid that the Conservative bosses are trying to keep their wages down. But class feelings have not reached a personal level yet. Middle-class and working-class men can stand together at a football match and be the best of friends.

Part B: Listening Comprehension

I Statements

Question No. 1. These houses have been on the market since last January.

Question No. 2. Alice writes novels, but her real background is in business administration.

Question No. 3. If we had your phone number, we would have called you on our arrival.

Question No. 4. The suitcase sells for nineteen-eighty-five and are available in three colors.

Question No. 5. All the board members except the director voted for a company-wide dress code.

Question No. 6. Cathy called the police as soon as she found her office had been broken into.

Question No. 7. Our general manager is planning to visit a few factories when he travels to the North this summer. Question No. 8. About one-third of the sixty invited guests failed to show up at the dinner party.

Question No. 9. May I have your attention, please. Flight 114 was called off due to the thunderstorm.

Question No. 10. Despite a decrease in the downtown areas, the sales figure is on the up swing in the suburbs.

Ⅱ Talks and Conversations

Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following conversation.

Man: Can you tell me about the university shuttle bus system? This is such a large campus, and I have classes all over campus. I need to take the shuttle bus from one class to another, or I will never make it on time. Woman: What do you need to kn ow? I think it‘s a really great system.

Man: First of all, where does it go?

Woman: The university shuttle bus system goes all over campus. It does not leave the campus; if want to travel off-campus, you‘ll need to take the city bus system. But the university shuttle bus system will get you

from one class to the next, very efficiently.

Man: And how much does it cost?

Woman: It‘s free, can you believe it? So you don‘t have to pay a cent to get all around the

university campus.

Man: T hat‘s really great. And how do I catch the shuttle bus?

Woman: Just look for one of the bright yellow shuttle bus signs, and go stand next to it. You can see the yellow shuttle bus signs all over campus. A Shuttle bus will come along

approximately every five minutes, so you shouldn‘t have to wait long.

Man: That all sounds good. Thanks for your help.

Woman: No problem.

Question No. 11. What are the man and the woman discussing?

Question No. 12. What area does the university shuttle bus cover?

Question No. 13. How much does the shuttle bus cost?

Question No. 14. What color are the shuttle bus signs?

Question 15 to 18 are based on the following advertisement.

You may think IBM makes only big computers. The range of products pictured here should change your mind.

But more important, it‘s likely that one of them is a perfect fit for you and the work you have to do.

IBM‘s portable computers bring problem--solving power to the people who need it most. Small businesses can use them to prosper today and plan for tomorrow. Large companies can use them to help a key person or department become more productive. Professional people can use them to make the most of their own special skills.

IBM portable computers are easy to use and their price tags make them easy to buy. Best of all, even our smallest portable computers give you biggest benefits, i.e. IBM experience and reliability.

So, when you begin sizing up portable computers, think of IBM, the International Business Machines Corporation. Obviously, we‘v e thought and will think a lot about you.

Question No. 15. What is this advertisement trying to sell?

Question No. 16. What does IBM produce?

Question No. 17. According to the ad. , who will use IBM‘s portable computers?

Question No. 18. Which of the following is the full name of IBM?

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the following conversation.

Woman: Did you read this magazine article? The information in it is unbelievable.

Man: What‘s the article about?

Woman: It‘s about paper, specifically ab out how much paper Americans use up each year.

Man: Why are you so interested in paper?

Woman: It‘s not paper that I‘m interested in; it‘s trees. Because Americans use so much paper,

many trees have to be cut down.

Man: According to the article, how much paper do Americans use?

Woman: About 50 million tons of paper a year, can you believe it?

Man: That‘s probably a lot of trees, isn‘t it ?

Woman: You bet it is; 850 million trees a year.

Man: I can‘t believe we really need to use so much paper.

Woman: Neither can I. I‘m sure we could reduce the amount of paper we use if we wanted to.

Question No.19. Where did the woman learn the information?

Question No 20. What is the topic of the conversation?

Question No 21. Approximately how much paper do Americans use in one year?

Question No 22. What does the woman want people to do?

Questions 23 to 26 are based on the following talk.

Today I‘d like to discuss something new that botanists may be bringing us in the near future: plants that Produce plastic. I‘m not talking about artificial plants made from plastic. I‘m talking about living, growing plants that produce a plastic-like substance.

The natural plastic from these plants has at least one major advantage over the artificial plastic that is so common today. This new plastic from plants biodegrades quickly, which means that it is much better for the environment. Today‘s artificial plastic biodegrades very slowly. When people finish with plastic products and throw them away, the plastic remains intact for years. These unused plastic products are covering the Earth and causing quite a problem. Perhaps the new, natural plastics from plants can help to solve that problem.

Question No. 23. What type of plant is the woman discussing?

Question No. 24. What is the major advantage of the new natural plastic?

Question No. 25. What is the problem with today‘s artificial plastic?

Question No. 26. This lecture might be given in which course?

Questions 27 to 30 are based on the following talk.

The public schools are famous private schools. The oldest of the public schools were founded to give free education to clever boys whose parents could not afford to educate them privately. They were under ―public‖ management or control. But today these schools, and similar ones founded within the past 120 years, are mostly boarding schools. The pupils live as well as study there. Some public schools also take day-pupils. Normally pupils are admitted by examination. Since state schools do not prepare children for this, parents who wish to send their children to a public school often send them first to a preparatory school. Preparatory schools are small, private primary schools which prepare children for the public school examination.

Public schools have produ ced many of Britain‘s most famous and distinguished men and women and many parents are still ready to make great sacrifices to send their children there. More pupils come from Britain‘s upper classes or wealthy families. Recently, however, there has been a great deal of argument about the future of all private schools.

Question No. 27. According to the passage, why were public schools founded?

Question No. 28. How are those public schools today?

Question No. 29. What can a preparatory school do to help?

Question No. 30. Where do most pupils of the public schools come from now?

Part C: Listening and Translation

I Sentence Translation

Sentence No. 1. Buying a house is so expensive that we have decided to try and rent one instead.

Sentence No. 2. Only those applicants holding a current A-level Certificate will be considered for the post.

Sentence No. 3. Linda asked her boss if she might have an afternoon off to show her uncle around Shanghai. Sentence No. 4. The fire broke out at about three o‘clock, bu t by four the fire brigade had got it under control. Sentence No. 5. Your job will be to make sure that there is effective communication between the various branches of our corporation.

Ⅱ Passage Translation

Passage 1:

Cambridge is one of the most important and beautiful towns not only in Britain, but also in Europe. Visitors all over the world are attracted by the quality of its buildings, in particular those belonging to the University and the unique atmosphere caused by the combination of rivers and gardens.

Passage 2:

I think that this problem of teenagers getting into trouble with the law is mainly caused by unemployment, Because of the high level of unemployment, so many teenagers nowadays leave school and find that they have no chance of getting a ]ob. As a result of this, they feel bored and are much more likely to get drunk and wandering around the streets with nothing to do, which can easily lead to trouble of one sort or another.

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SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST

Part A: Spot Dictation

The usual good-luck wish to a theatre actor who is about to go on stage or to be engaged in a performance is to say ―Break a leg‖. This may seem to be a rather unkind thing to say to someone who is probably already quite impatient, restless and nervous. But most theatre actors and actresses are, by tradition, very superstitious people. And they would do everything to avoid slipping or throwing themselves into ―stage fright‖.

Among many actors and actresses, it is thought that wishing for good luck from their friends and colleagues will have the opposite effect. Consequently, by wishing for bad luck, it is hoped that the actor or actress will in fact have good luck.

Actors and actresses also consider noisy, squeaking shoes to be a sign of good luck, and it is also good luck to have a theatre cat. On the other hand, bad luck can come from all directions; it comes from the audience‘s whistling in the theatre, from the actor‘s repeating the last line of the play at rehearsal and from certain shades of the colour yellow in the background of the stage.

Where do these traditional fears or worries come from? Some people believe them to be the result of an actor‘s artistic personality. The real reason, although, may have more to do with simply being frightened about performing live in front of a large audience and making silly, laughable mistakes. After all, acting is a very unstable profession. If an actor performs badly, it is very likely that he would gradually lose his confidence and eventually his job and livelihood. Under such adverse and frightful conditions, it is not surprising that actors and actresses always expect bad things to happen.

Part B: Listening Comprehension

I Statements

Question No. 1. We weren‘t planning on seeing three factories, but we did.

Question No. 2. There used to be a school there, but now it‘s a shopping center.

Question No. 3. We have at least ninety guests coming to the dinner party, so this room is far too small.

Question No. 4. In the long run, Joyce proved herself a successful businesswoman.

Question No. 5. Except‘ for the colors, the painting on the right would be perfect on our lounge room wall.

Question No. 6. It‘s always hotter and stuffier in the city than in the suburbs.

Question No. 7. Anyone who missed more than one-third of the classes deserves to fail.

Question No. 8. Those instructions are so complicated. I don‘t see how anyone could ever figure them out.

Question No. 9. You should keep a journal to have a record of what you‘ve done every day.

Question No. 10. Peter‘d never be studying mathematics if it weren‘t required.

Ⅱ Talks and Conversations

Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following description of an apartment.

The next apartment that I‘d like to show you is one of the larger apartments that we have for rent. Th is is a three-bedroom apartment. As you can see, one of the bedroom is larger, and two of the bedrooms are smaller.

The kitchen area is large. Because of those windows, it is also very sunny. The stove and refrigerator that you see there are included in the rent. The living room is not very large, but it does have a fireplace and some nice built-in bookshelves.

This apartment is unfurnished, so you will need furniture. If you have your own furniture already, that‘s great. If you don‘t have any furniture of your own, I can show y ou where you can rent some.

Do you have any questions?

Question No. 11. Who is probably talking?

Question No. 12. How many bedrooms are there in the apartment?

Question No. 13. What is TRUE about the kitchen?

Question No. 14. Which of the following is NOT included in the rent?

Questions 15 to 18 are based on the following conversation.

Woman: Do you know where I can get a bicycle? It doesn‘t have to be a new bicycle, but it does have to be rather cheap.

Man: Why do you need a bicycle‘?

Woman: I just found a great apartment, but it‘s a little bit far from school. I really want to take this apartment, but I have to find some transportation. A bicycle would be great!

Man: How far away from school is the apartment?

Woman: Just a little over two miles, so I definitely could walk if I had to. But it would save so much time if I had a bicycle. My problem is that I can‘t afford a really new, expensive bicycle.

Man: Well, you happen to be in luck today. I have a friend who wants to sell his old bicycle because he just bought

a new one, and I think you can get it cheap. Do you wahl to go see the bicycle?

Woman: Thanks. That sounds great. Let‘s go there now.

Question No. 15. What does the woman want to get?

Question No. 16. Approximately how far away from school is the woman‘s apartment?

Question No. 17. Why is the man‘s friend selling his old bicycle?

Question No. 18. What will the man and woman probably do next?

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the following talk by a business professor.

H enry Ford‘s Mode T automobile is a great example of the benefits of mass production. Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908. These first model T cars were not mass produced. They were sold for a price of $ 8.50 each. The Model T cars were very popular, and many people wanted to own them. To meet this high demand, Henry Ford designed the first major assembly line. With this assembly line, cars could be produced more quickly, efficiently, and cheaply. Using the assembly-line method of production, the company was able to produce 1,000 identical cars a day. The price of the Model T dropped from $ 850 to $ 440 per car by 1924. This example clearly demonstrates the effect that mass production can have on prices.

Question No. 19. What is the model T?

Question No. 20. When was the model T introduced?

Question No. 21. Which of the following is NOT true about the assembly-line production

introduced, by Ford?

Question No. 22. What happened to the price of the model T over time?

Questions 23 to 26 are based on the following interview.

(I=INTERVIEWER; W=WOMAN)

I: What are your views about continuing education?

W: I suppose it‘s a good thing. I‘ve been taking some classes myself at night, trying to get in

control of my life, trying to learn some things that I need to know.

I: I see. I see. So...

W: ... to take care of myself and my family.

I: So, you are using continuing education right now past the.., high school kind of level or...

W: Yes, I‘ve got a high school diploma and now I‘m ta king classes in... auto repair and...

I: Ah ... auto repair! Is that ... uh ... a necessary thing for you to have, do you feel?

W: I think it is. I‘m single. I‘ve got children and I need to know how to do things myself and

I have no one else to rely on. So I think it‘s an important skill for me to have.

I: Uh-huh. Uh... Is there anything else that you‘re.., uh... studying or using continuing education for?

W: Nothing else right now. I‘m hoping next term to take some courses in plumbing or electric al repair, something like that.

I: So, you are using continuing education to broaden your capabilities with in your own life.

W. Right. On the practical aspect, rather than abstract courses that really won‘t help me on a

day-to-day basis.

Question No. 23. According to the woman, why did she take night classes?

Question No. 24. Which of the following is TRUE about the women?

Question No. 25. According to the woman, which course would she NOT take in using

continuing education ?

Q uestion No. 26. What is the woman‘s attitude towards continuing education?

Questions 27 to 30 are based on the following conversation.

Woman: Why do you think people travel so much nowadays? What‘s this modern craze for

travel all about? The travel agencies are doing a roaring trade.

Man: Well, you know, people travel for all sorts of reasons. Travelling for pleasure is only

one of them. People travel on business, to get to work, for adventure, even for education. Travel is

supposed to b roaden the mind, you know. There‘s more leisure

and money about, so travel has become available to many people.

Woman: In the old days, I suppose, people travelled very little because travel was so slow and

difficult. It used to take a fortnight to travel from London to Edinburgh by coach.

Now you can travel many times round the world in that time!

Man: And travel to the moon and back in a week!

Woman: I know, isn‘t it amazing! And to think that the next generation wi ll take it all or granted.

Man: Think of what Columbus and his contemporaries would have thought. Crossing the

Atlantic seemed miraculous to them. Distances have dwindled to nothing in this space age of ours.

Travelling to far away places has become a common activity.

Woman: Yes, but travelling on this planet is quite enough for me. You won‘t ever catch me

travelling to the moon in one of those space-ships, thank you very much!

Question No. 27. Which of the following is NOT a reason for people to travel, according to the conversation? Question No. 28. Why did people travel less in the old days?

Question No. 29. How long did it use to take to travel from London to Edinburgh by coach?

Question No. 30. What will the next generation think about traveling to the moon?

Part C. Listening and Translation

I. Sentence Translation

Sentence No. 1. The company is thinking of taking on extra staff to cope with the increasing demand.

Sentence No. 2. The manager of the supermarket, whose background I know quite well, is

100% honest.

Sentence No. 3. They are quite similar, I agree, but if you look really carefully, you‘ll see they are not quite the same. Sentence No. 4. I think all teachers should be forced to live in the outside world, rather than go from the classroom to the university and back to the classroom a again.

Sentence No. 5. Sociologists have found that a large number of women wish that they had been born men, and the number is said to be as high as 60 % in developed countries.

Ⅱ Passage Translation

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages. You will hear the passages only once. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLE? You may take notes while you are listening.

Now, let‘s begin Passage Translation with the first passage.

Passage 1:

―Package holidays‖ are becoming more and more popular. The travel agency will arrange for the holiday-makers the transportation and the hotel accommodation and even order the food. That is why it is called a package holiday. Such holidays are usually very cheap. That is probably why they are so popular among wage-owners and pensioners.

Passage 2:

What annoyed me most about parents is their inability to say No. Few take the time to explain to their children why certain behaviour is wrong, and as a result children are allowed to decide for themselves what they want to do and when to do it. They are allowed to stay up too late. Watch unsuitable TV and have too many new toys. They don‘t need candies or toys. What they need is their parents‘ time, which seems to be in increasingly short supply.

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SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST

Part A: Spot Dictation

Good afternoon. I‘d like to thank Professor Leach for giving me the chance to talk to you students. My topic today

is ―Attitudes, Values and Tastes‖.

An attitude, or the way that we feel about something, can take different forms. On the one hand, there are attitudes that are simply tastes or preferences. These may change from year to year, month to month and even, day to day. On the other hand, there are attitudes that can be firmly fixed values that rarely, if ever, change.

Included in the first type of attitude are statements like ―Sally has beautiful eyes‖, or ―I hate ice-cream‖. Attitudes like these may simply inclicat7 a personal taste or preference, that does not always affect other people. Nobody will get particularly upset, for example, if you have a preference for tea rather than coffee.

The second type of attitude could include such at. statements as ―Smoking should be banned in public places‖, and ―War is a terrible thing. With attitudes like these, however, we are expressing an opinion that we feel very strongly about. Opinions such as these are very. much a part of our personality since they express the way we feel about certain, important things and events. If someone is a smoker, for example, it can become very difficult to get on with that person if they smoke all the time in our company.

Preference and tastes refer to specific objects or events, whereas values are general and include complete ideas. There is a big difference, for example, between these two statements: ―Your boss is very rude‖ and ―I could never work under a boss‖. In the first statement, the speaker is simply stating an opinion based on one person /the boss. The idea is that other bosses are not so rude. In the second one, though, the speaker indicates a deeply held view about work in general: he could not work for anyone,

Part B: Listening Comprehension

I Statements

Question No. 1. Since Jack didn‘t hear the weather forecast, he didn‘t bring an umbrella to work..

Question No. 2. They should have listened to the consultant‘s advice.

Question No. 3. The advertising campaign is launched by a well-known sporting goods manufacturer.

Question No. 4. Did Cathy leave the annual report in this drawer or in the other one?

Question No. 5. Let‘s not sign the memo until we have a lawyer look at it.

Question No. 6. The company replied that they were unable to deliver the spare parts until the end of January. Question No. 7. It took us less than the time stipulated in the contract to complete the project.

Question No. 8. I‘m afraid we won‘t be able to make it to your party tonight.

Question No. 9. At first, many people didn‘t like that kind of design, but after a while it caught on.

Question No. 10. The consultant left no stone unturned in his research and investigation, and handed in an excellent report.

ⅡTalks and Conversations

Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following conversation.

Woman: John, what hobby would you take up if you had more time?

Man: I think I‘d take up two different hobbies an indoor hobby and an outdoor hobby.

Woman: Really? Why?

Man: An outdoor hobby, like motor-racing, for a bit of fresh air and excitement; and an indoor hobby, like radio-making for example, for quiet concentration. What about you?

Woman: I like indoor hobbies best. As you know, I like making decorations, toys and so on,

but I‘m also quite fond of knitting and I‘ve made quite a lot of sweaters and the like for the family.

Man: Yes, I‘ve seen some of the things you‘ve made. They‘re very fashionable. How long have you been doing it? Woman: I started years ago when I was still at school.

Man: D‘you spend all your free time on your hobbies.

Woman: Well no. As a working mother there are many other matters I‘ve got to attend to, but

I do spend quite a lot of time on my hobbies.

Man: What about money? Do your hobbies cost you a lot of money?

Woman: No, once you‘ve bought the basic tools most hobbies are comparatively cheap.

Man: By the way, how did you learn to do all these handy things? Did you ever attend a special course ? Woman: I did once, but most of it I‘ve picked up by myself or from books. There are dozens of books on hobbies in the bookshops.

Man: Ah well. Perhaps I should take up my coin collection again.

Woman: Yes, why not? You might even become an authority on old coins , John!

Question No. 11. When the conversation started, what hobbies did the man say that he wanted

to take up ?

Question No. 12. According to the conversation, when did the woman start her hobbies?

Question No. 13. How did the woman learn to do most of the handy things in her hobbies?

Question No. 14. Which of the following is not a hobby that the man would probably take up?

Questions 15 to 18 are based on the following lecture by a university professor.

In the last chapter, we‘ve discussed certain animal behaviors. This chapter is devoted to the methods used in the study of animals. When scientists are studying animals in the wild, they often want to follow the animals‘ movements.

One way that scientists have often tracked wild animals in the past has been with radio transmitters. A radio collar could be attached to an animal, and the animal could be tracked on a radio receiver. The major problem has been that radio signals were not very reliable. They could come and go as those animals traveled too far.

Now scientists are using a new way to track animals in the wild. This new way of tracking

animals use satellites. Transmitters are attached to animals in the wild, and the transmitters send signals into the atmosphere every few hours. Weather satellites circling the Earth receive the signals from the animals, and scientists get the information from the satellites.

Question No. 15. What is the topic of the talk?

Question No. 16. How did scientists follow animals in the past?

Question No. 17. What is the new way of following animals?

Question No. 18. In which course would this talk probably be given?

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the following interview.

I=Interviewer, M=Man

I: What are your viewpoints about continuing education?

M: What does that mean?

I: Oh. Oh. I mean, by continuing education, that you ... go back to school after you you‘ve finished, for example, high school or college.

M: I wouldn‘t want to go back to school if I had to!

I: Oh, well, why is that?

M: Well. I went to school for twelve years..., it didn‘t do me a bit of good. I didn‘t get anything out of it and I... felt like I was a prisoner in school.

I: Oh. How come you felt like you were a prisoner?

M: Oh. I had to be there at eight o‘clock in the morning...They told me when I could eat lunch and when I could leave and ... and if they didn‘t like the way I was dressed, then they‘d make me stay longer and it was just a terrible experience for me.

I: I see. So—Well, what do you do now?

M: Well, I work in construction and... I‘m pretty free to hammer nails and things like that.

I: I see. You are a construction worker and you don‘t have a favorable opinion about school and continuing education. M: Well, I think that school restricts my freedom.

Question No. 19. According to the woman, what does continuing education mean?

Questions No. 20. What did the man think about what he had learnt in school‘?

Questions No. 21. Why did the man feel like a prisoner when he was in high school?

Questions No. 22. What was the man when he was interviewed?

Questions 23 to 26 are based on the following talk.

All over the world, it is adolescence that eventually triumphs. Imaginative, energetic and untempered by tradition and convention, they more often than not outwit and surprise the adult world. I. et me tell you a story to illustrate my point. It took place about a hundred years ago in a small village. One day there was an earthquake. Nothing was destroyed and no one was injured, but a huge rock rolled down from the mountain and stopped in the middle of the main road in the village.

When the earthquake stopped, many of the village people came out into the road and saw the large rock. They decided to try to move the rock since it was blocking the road. The rock was more or less shaped like a sphere, about one meter in diameter.

Some of the strongest men in the village came to try to lift the rock out of the road. No matter how hard they tried though, they couldn‘t move it. They tried to push it, they tried to roll it, they tried to pull it with ropes, but nothing worked. They couldn‘t move it.

―Well,‖ they agreed. ―It‘s impossible. The rock can‘t be moved. There‘s nothing we can do about it. We‘ll have to change the course of the road.‖

All of this time a young boy about 12 years old was watching the men trying to move the ―he rock. ―Excuse me, sirs,‖ he said, ―but I think I can help you move the rock‖.

―You?‖ they shouted. ―What are you talking about. You can‘t move this rock. All of us have just tried, and even together we can‘t move it at all.‖ The men all laughed at the boy.

The next morning some people came into the street. One of them shouted. ―The rock is gone. It‘s gone.‖More people ran out into the street to see for themselves, it was true. The rock wasn‘t in the road anymore.

―This is impossible,‖ they said. ―Where did it go?‖ The twelve-year-old boy stood in the street, smiling. ―I told you I could move it,‖ he said, I did it last night.

The boy walked over to where the rock had been and uncovered some dirt with a shovel. ―I buried it,‖ he said.

The people looked amazed.

―You see,‖ he said. ―I dug a deep hole next to the rock and then I dug a small incline up towards the rock and the rock rolled down into the hole by itself. Then I covered it with dirt.‖

Question No. 23. According to the story, what happened to the small village?

Question No. 24. Where was the small village located?

Question No. 25. Since they were unable to remove the rock , what did the villagers decide to do?

Question No. 26. What did the twelve-year-old boy do to the rock in the middle of the road?

Questions 27 to 30 are based on the following conversation.

Man: Sit down, Miss Brown. It‘s something personal, you say?

Woman: Yes. You see, I‘m going to get married next month and ...

Man: Get married? I didn‘t know that. Congratulations!

Woman: Thank you, but I‘m afraid it means I have to give in my notice. I‘d like to leave at the end of the month. Man: Really? I‘m very sorry to hear that. Do you intend to stop working altogether, then?

Woman: Oh, no! My fiance and I want to save up enough for a house and we wouldn‘t be able to do that if I stopped working right away. And it isn‘t that I don‘t like my job here, either. I‘d stay if Peter, that‘s my fiance,

weren‘t a Canadian.

Man: A Canadian? I‘m sorry, I don‘t understand. What‘s that got to do with it?

Woman: Well, we‘ re both going to live in Canada as soon as we get married.

Man: Oh, I see. What does your fiance do for a living, by the way?

Woman: He‘s an engineer. He often says he‘d earn far more if he were back in Canada. ?That‘s why he wants to go back.

Man: But engineers are quite well paid here in this country. How much does he earn here, then, if I may ask? Woman: Two hundred and twenty dollars a week.

Man: Is that all? That‘s very poor for a qualified engineer. You ought to tell him he‘d get far more if he came and worked for us.

Woman: Well...er...you see...

Man: I mean, I‘m sure that if I were a young engineer and if my salary were that low, I‘d want to go to Canada, too. Where does he work, by the way?

Woman: Er... as a matter of fact, he works here in your factory, Mr. Carter. He‘you‘re your

motor-design department.

Question No. 27. What is the woman going to do next month?

Question No. 28. Why does Peter, the woman‘s fiance, want to go to Canada?

Question No. 29. How much does Peter earn per week now?

Question No. 30. According to the woman, where is Peter working now?

Part C: Listening and Translation

I Sentence Translation

Sentence No. 1. Natural materials are often far more expensive than man-made products.

Sentence No. 2. I‘m sorry, you must book your flight at least 14 days in advance to get a 30 percent discount. Sentence No. 3. Since we can‘t match their skills, we decided to beat them on enthusiasm and hard work.

Sentence No. 4. I won‘t be able to be present at the board meeting tomorrow because I have a dentist‘s appointment. Sentence No. 5. The staff of the International Affairs Office is here to assist you in every way possible. We can help you with passport or visa problems, financial problems, and even personal problems.

ⅡPassage Translation

Passage 1:

The women‘s liberation movement has succeeded in eliminating barriers that once kept women out of the professions. But one barrier still keeps non-college educated women from equal status in the labor force--the "pink collar" barrier. Seven out of eight working women are employed at jobs that have little status and almost no chance for advancement. These are pink collar jobs like waitress, secretary, and salesclerk.

Passage 2:

The microcomputer is the most recent addition to home electronic equipment. It resembles a typewriter with an attached TV screen and can perform a wide range of tasks from providing children with electronic games to keeping up-to-date Christmas lists. With additional hardware, the microcomputer will become as fashionable as microwave ovens and, like pocket calculators, popular as well.

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SECTION 1：LISTENING TEST

Part A: Spot Dictation

As a linguist, my interests lie in the study of sign languages. A typical example of gesticulation is the movement of the head, namely, the Head Nod and the Head Shake. Many people believe that the Head Nod is the only way to signal

YES and that the Head Shake is always used to signal NO. They further believe that these gestures mean the same all over the world. This is close to the truth, but not the whole truth. In certain parts of the world, there are other, less well-known head movements that are used to signal YES and NO.

In the Head Nod gesture, the head moves vertically up and down one or more times. This gesture is used by people almost everywhere in the world. Whenever is occurs, it is usually a YES sign, rarely a no. This action may well be something we are born with, since even blind people use it.

In the Head Shake gesture for meaning NO, the head moves horizontally from side to side. This is the most common form of negative reply, and it covers a wide range of NOs, from ―I cannot:‖ and ―I will not‖ to ―I disagree‖ and ―I do not know‖.

Like the Head Nod, the Head Shake is used in the same way by people throughout the world. The origin of the gesture is believed to come from the action a baby used to refuse food or drink. When the parent tries to persuade the baby to feed, the baby ―says‖ NO by twisting the head first to o ne side and then to the other I some parts of Europe, however, moving the head from side to side means YES. As you can imagine, this often leads to great misunderstanding and embarrassment between foreigners.

Part B: Listening Comprehension

ⅠStatements

Question NO.1. Anytime you get into town, give me a call, and we‘ll get together.

Question NO.2. From the rooftop restaurant, you can see the metropolis many miles away.

Question NO.3. We haven‘t heard from our sales representative for qu ite a while, so he must be having a busy trip. Question NO.4. Who told you that the appointments were all canceled for tomorrow?

Question NO.5. The spokesperson didn‘t go into details about the government‘s new industry polices.

Question NO.6. Motivation, rather than intelligence, often determines success in the study of a foreign language. Question NO.7. Linda thought we ought to go ahead with the project. But Peter thought the contrary.

Question NO.8. I think my assistant will fill you in on wha t happened at yesterday‘s committee meeting.

Question NO.9. If you can‘t finish assignment according to the schedule, please let me know no later than next Wednesday.

Question NO.10. Most clothing today is made of synthetic material; however, some people prefer cotton and other natural materials.

ⅡTalks and Conversations

Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following conversation.

Man: Betty, Is family life in Britain very different from family life in your own country?

Woman: No, I don‘t think so. But I have noticed a few differences.

Man: Oh, such as what?

Woman: Well, the family unit seems to be smaller here than in my country. For you, the family is simply Mum, Dad and the children.

Man: You have a more extended family circle, do you?

Woman: Yes. It‘s quite common in my country to have a grandmother and an unmarried aunt or uncle living in as part of the family. And we wouldn‘t dream of sending an elderly relative to an old persons‘ home, for instance. Man: You take care of elderly relatives yourselves, I gather.

Woman: Oh yes. We haven‘t got all your welfare services and it‘s the family‘s duty to look after an elderly parent, for example.

Man: What about hospitality? D‘you think English families do a lot of entertaining?

Woman: Yes, but in a rather formal way. You do n‘t like people to ―drop in ‖ without a previous invitation, do you? In my country it‘s quite usual to drop in on friends and relatives.

Man: Have you ever lived in with an English family.

Woman: Yes, I have. I was an au pair girl for a year, helping with the housework. I learned a lot about English family life then. I‘d never realized how fond the Englishman is of his home and family, his garden and his pets. Man: Pets? What sort of pets did they have?

Woman: Oh, all sorts—dogs, cats and goldfish.

Man: Did you enjoy living in with the family?

Woman: Oh, yes. They were very kind. Everybody helped with the washing up, including the children, and we always found time to sip tea and watch television in the evenings!

Question No.11. According to the conversation, what is an extended family?

Question No.12. Which of the following is true about the British people?

Question No.13. What did the woman do when she was living with a British family?

Question No.14. What, according to the woman, are the British people especially fond of?

Questions 15 to 18 are based on the following talk.

Glasgow is certainly a good place to study architecture. The Glasgow School of Art is famous and everywhere there are magnificent buildings like the School of Art itself, which was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. I expect you are familiar with his work. Apart from that there are a lot of museums and art galleries; a whole wing in the Hunterian Art Gallery is devoted to Mackintosh.

The city is becoming more cosmopolitan, at least as well as very reasonably priced lunches with traditional Scottish food.

It is not difficult to travel in the city. The underground is very cheap, and even the taxis are not expensive. The center of the city is well planned, with a good shopping mall.

There is plenty to do in the evenings. Glasgow has eight theatres, as well as concert halls and cinemas, and if you are fond of live music, you can hear it in pubs and clubs. At the weekends, of course, there is beautiful countryside not far away, and you can play golf if you are interested.

There are not many bad points. It‘s probably not the best place to improve your English because it takes time to get used to the local accent. And it‘s a good idea to keep out of the way whe n there are matches between Rangers and Celtic because people take football very seriously. Finally, you need to bring an umbrella. It rains rather a lot, almost twice as much as in London!

Question No.15. According to the talk, for what is the Glasgow School of Art famous?

Question No.16. Why does the speaker mention the variety of foods in the city?

Question No.17. What is one advantage of the city‘s transportation system?

Questions No.18. The city of Glasgow is NOT recommended for which of the following groups of people?

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the following conversation.

Man: Marsha! I wish you had told somebody where you were going to be！I‘ve been

looking over for you! You‘ve got to drop what you‘re doing right now! We don‘t have m uch time! Woman: I don‘t know what you‘re talking about…

Man: Come on! We‘ve got to go. There‘s a big fire in King‘s Football stadium. Second Avenue! We‘ve got to get over there right away to cover it !

Woman: David, you can‘t do that! The news team is probably already there. It‘s their story, not yours!

Man: No! It‘s our story—yours and mine! The news team is doing a story up in Danbury today. They couldn‘t possibly make it back in time. Come on!

Woman: Have you talked to Bob?

Man: Of course! He called me about it. He said to get over there right a way!

Woman: He wants you to cover it. You don‘t need me. David! Haven‘t you heard? At the end of the month I‘m…Man: Marsha! What I told Bob was that we‘d do it together! You‘ve got to go!Bob‘s counting on you .

Woman: You know very well you can handle it yourself, David. This is…

Man: Look. I wish we had time to argue about this, but we don‘t. We‘re wasting valuable time. Come on! I‘ll get the camera equipment and meet you at the va n in five minutes. You‘d better start trying to come up with

some possible story angles! Let‘s go!

Woman: But. David…

Man: Later. O.K.? Right now, let‘s do our job!

Woman: Well. O.K… I need to stop by my office to get some things—then I‘ll meet you in the parking lot. Question No.19. What are the man and the woman?

Question No.20. What happened in King‘s Football Stadium, Second Avenue?

Question No.21. How did the man learn about the incident in the football stadium?

Question No.22. Where would the man and the woman meet?

Question 23 to 26 are based on the following talk.

Women‘s fashions tend to change more rapidly and radically than men‘s. In the early 1900s , all women wore their skirts down to the ankle. Today, skirt length varies from floor-length to ten inches above the knee. Women‘s shoes have also gone through all sorts of changes in the last ninety years. For example, boots for women were very common around the turn of the 20th century. Then, for years, they were not considered fashionable. Today they are back in style again in all colors, lengths, and materials. In fact, today‘s women can wear all sorts of clothes, even slacks and shorts, on almost any occasion. While all of these changes were taking place in women‘s fashions, men‘s clo thing remained pretty much the same until a couple of years ago. In fact, most men still wear the traditional suit though bright colors and varieties in cut are now more common.

Question No.23. How did women in the early 1900s wear their skirts?

Question No.24. What kind of shoes was considered for women at the turn of the 20th century?

Question No.25. According to the Passage, when did men‘s clothing start to change?

Question No.26. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the talk?

Questions 27 to 30 are based on the following interview.

Woman: Now let‘s go back to your first novel, Stand up Kids. When did you write that?

Man: Stand up Kids, yes, I wrote that in 1970, a year after I left college.

Woman: How old were you then?

Man: Twenty-three? Yes. Twenty-three, because a year later I want to Indonesia.

Woman: Mm. And of course it was your experience in Indonesia that inspired your film The Eastern Island.

Man: Yes that‘s right, although I didn‘t actually make The Easte rn Island until 1988.

Woman: And you worked in television for a time too?

Man: Yes, I started making documentaries for television in 1983, when I was 36. That was after I gave up farming. Woman: Farming?

Man: Yes, that‘s right. You see, I staye d in Indonesia for eight years. I met my wife there in 1975, and after we came back e bought a farm in the West of England, in 1980. A kind of experiment, really.

Woman: But you gave it up three years later.

Man: Well, yes. You see it was very hard work, and I was also very busy working on my second novel, The Gold Touch, which came out in 1985.

Woman: Yes, that was a best-seller, wasn‘t it?

Man: Yes is was, and that‘s why only two years after that I was able to give up television work and conc entrate on films.

Question No.27. When did the man write his first novel, Stand up Kids?

Question No.28. How old was the man when he started making documentaries for television?

Question No.29. What did the man and his wife do when they came back from Indonesia?

Question No.30. Which of the following has the man NOT taken up in his life career?

Part C: Listening and Translation

ⅠSentence Translation

Sentence No.1. This might cost a lot, but in the long run you will see the benefits of doing it now.

Sentence No.2. We asked the secretary to take charge of the arrangements for the board meeting.

Sentence No.3. The manager said, in his opinion, the project had little chance of success.

Sentence No.4. Police are to interview residents of the village where the missing businessman, Tom Green, lived. This will mean interviewing up to 7000 people.

Sentence No.5. Let me introduce Mr. Peter Collins. He is doing some management consultancy work for our company.

ⅡPassage Translation

Passage 1:

Yesterday at 10 o‘clock in the morning on the North Highway, a lorry overturned. The electronic goods in the lorry spilled onto the road. The driver was injured and was taken to hospital. The accident caused a big traffic jam and it was two hours before the road was finally cleared. It was later reported that the driver had broken both legs.

Passage 2:

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