Ⅲ Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 shortconversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one ormore questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and thequestions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause.During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), anddecide which the best answer is. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answersheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Questions 11 to 18 are based onthe conversation you have just heard.

1.A)Get some small change. B)Find a shopping center.

C) Cash a check at a bank. D) Find a parkingmeter.

2.A)Shopping with his son. B) Buying a gift for achild.

C) Promotinga new product. D) Bargaining with a salesgirl.

3.A)Taking photographs. B)Enhancing images.

C) Mending cameras. D) Paintingpictures.

4.A)He moved to Baltimorewhen he was young.

B) He can provide little usefulinformation.

C) He will show the woman around Baltimore.

D) He will ask someone else tohelp the woman.

5.A)He is rather disappointed. B)He is highly ambitious.

C) He can't face up to thesituation D) He knowshis own limitation.

6.A)She must have paid a lot for gym.

B) She is known to have aterrific figure.

C) Her gym exercise has yieldedgood results.

D) Her effort to keep fit isreally praiseworthy.

7.A)Female students are unfit for studying physics.

B) He can serve as the woman'stutor.

C) Physics is an important courseat school.

D) The professor's suggestion isconstructive.

8.A)Indifferent. B) Doubtful. C) Pleased. D)Surprised.

Questions 19 to 22 are based onthe conversation you have just heard.

9.A)He prefers the smaller evening classes. B)He has signed up for a day course.

C) He has to work during the day. D) He finds the evening coursecheaper.

10.A)Learn a computer language. B)Learn data processing.

C) Buy some computer software. D) Buy a few coursebooks.

11.A)Thursday evening, from 7:00 to 9:45. B)From September 1 to New Year's eve.

C) Every Monday, lasting for 12weeks. D) Three hours a week, 45 hours in total.

12.A)What to bring for registration. B)Where to attend the class.

C) How he can get to Frost Hall. D)Whether he can use a check.

Questions 23 to 25 are based onthe conversation you have just heard.

13.A)A training coach. B)A trading adviser.

C) A professional manager. D) A financial trader.

14.A)He can save on living expenses. B)He considers cooking creative.

C) He can enjoy healthier food. D) He thinks take-away istasteless.

15.A)It is something inevitable.　　 B)It is frustrating sometimes. 　

C) It takes patience to manage. 　　 D)It can be a good thing.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of eachpassage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions willbe spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answerfrom the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the correspondingletter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 26 to 28 are based onthe passage you have just heard.

16.A) There were no planets without moons. B) There was no air or water on Jupiter.

C) Life was notpossible in outer space. D) Themystery of life could not be resolved.

17.A) It has a number of active volcanoes. B) It has an atmosphere like the earth's.

C) It has a largeocean under its surface. D) Ithas deep caves several miles long.

18.A) Light is not an essential element to it. B) Life can form in very hot temperatures.

C) Every form of lifeundergoes evolution. D) Oxygen is notneeded for some life forms.

Passage Two

Questions 29 to 31 are based onthe passage you have just heard.

19.A) Whether they should take the child home.

B) What Dr. Mayer'sinstructions exactly were.

C) Who should take careof the child at home.

D) When the childwould completely recover.

20.A) She encourages them to ask questions when in doubt.

B) She makes themwrite down all her instructions.

C) She has them actout what they are to do at home.

D) She asks them torepeat what they are supposed to do.

21.A) It lacks the stability of the printed word. B) It contains many grammatical errors.

C) It is heavilydependent on the context. D) Itfacilitates interpersonal communication.

Passage Three

Questions 33 to 35 are based onthe passage you have just heard.

22.A) Job security. B) Goodlabour relations.

C) Challenging work. D)Attractive wages and benefits.

23.A)Many tedious jobs continue to be done manually.　　

B) More and more unskilledworkers will lose jobs.

C) Computers will change thenature of many jobs.　　

D) Boring jobs will gradually bemade enjoyable.

24.A)Offer them chances of promotion.

B) Improve their workingconditions.

C) Encourage them to compete witheach other.

D) Give them responsibilities aspart of a team.

25.A)They will not bring real benefits to the staff.

B) They concern a small number ofpeople only.

C) They are arbitrarily set bythe administrators.

D) They are beyond the control ofordinary workers.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passageis read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in theblanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. Forblanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missinginformation. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have justheard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passageis read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上。

In thehumanities, authors write to inform you in many ways. These methods can be (36)______ into three types of informational writing: factual, descriptive, andprocess.

Factualwriting provides (37) ______ information on an author, composer, or artist oron a type of music, literature, or art. Examples of factual writing includenotes on a book jacket or (38) ______ cover and longer pieces, such as anarticle describing a style of music which you might read in a music (39) ______course. This kind of writing provides a (40) ______ for your study of thehumanities.

As itsname (41) ______, descriptive writing simply describes, or provides an (42)______ of, a piece of music, art, or literature. For example, descriptivewriting might list the colors an artist used in a painting or the (43) ______ acomposer included in a musical composition, so as to make pictures or sounds inthe reader's mind by calling up specific details of the work. (44) ________.

Processwriting explains a series of actions that bring about a result. (45) ________. Thiskind of writing is often found in art, where understanding how an art hascreated a certain effect is important. (46) _________.