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1999年6月
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Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension(20 minutes)
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question 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), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Example: You will hear:
You will read:
A) At the office.B) In the waiting room.C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant.
From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose ［A］ on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.
Sample Answer ［A］［B］［C］［D］
1.A) The woman feels sorry for the man.
B) The man is a member of the staff.
C) The area is for passengers only.
D) The woman is asking the man to leave.
2.A) Clean her house while she is away.
B) Buy her some plants and take care of them.
C) Water her plants while she is away.
D) Water her plants when he is not at work.
3.A) He will only be available in the afternoon.
B) It’s not his office hour.
C) He doesn’t have time.
D) He is too tired after class.
4.A) The woman insists on going out.
B) The woman doesn’t like watching TV.
C) The man promised her a gift on her birthday.
D) The man is too tired to go out.
5.A) There are too many courses offered to students.
B) The woman should take fewer courses next term.
C) The man will take four courses next semester.
D) It is wiser to take more than four courses.
6.A) Ask Tom to send an invitation.
B) Get the Johnsons’ address.
C) Invite Tom to the party.
D) Tell Tom to pick up the Johnsons.
7.A) Jane is looking for a summer job. B) Jane is packing for the summer vacation.
C) Jane is on her way home.D) Jane is eager to go home for the vacation.
8.A) Spending more time on sightseeing.
B) Visiting the city with a group.
C) Touring the city on a fine day.
D) Taking the man with her on the tour.
9.A) The woman is driving too fast.
B) The woman is driving at a slow speed.
C) The woman has broken a traffic rule.
D) The woman has parked her car in a wrong place.
10. A) She can tell Joan when she sees her at noon.
B) She should tell Joan’s brother about the reception.
C) She must call on Joan after the reception.
D) She may see Joan’s brother at lunch.
Section B
Directions:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) To protect persons and property.
B) To collect taxes.
C) To teach and train citizens.
D) To save natural resources for future use.
12. A) By selling services that make life comfortable.
B) By selling land containing oil.
C) By selling public lands.
D) By selling coal and other natural products.
13. A) Environmental pollution and protection.
B) Taxes and services for the public.
C) Police efforts to protect people.
D) People’s attitude toward taxes.
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A) He didn’t like physics any more.
B) His eyesight was too poor.
C) Physics was too hard for him.
D) He had to work to support himself.
15. A) He was not happy with the new director.
B) He was not qualified to be an engineer.
C) He wanted to travel.
D) He found his job boring.
16. A) He wanted to work with his friend.
B) He enjoyed traveling around the world.
C) He wanted to go to Spain.
D) He was rejected by the engineering firm.
17. A) He enjoyed teaching English.
B) He wanted to earn more to support his family.
C) The owner of the school promised him a good position.
D) He could earn more as a teacher than as a travel agent.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. A) It can be cooked in many ways.
B) It is delicious but inexpensive.
C) It gives higher yield than other grain crops.
D) It grows easily in various conditions.
19. A) Fried potatoes. B) Tomato juice.C) Sweet corn. D) Chocolate beans.
20. A) They led to the discovery of America.
B) They made native American foods popular.
C) They brought great wealth to Spain.
D) They made native American life styles wellknown.
参考答案和录音文字材料
Section A
1.W:Excuse me, sir.You are not supposed to be here.This area is for airport staff only.
M:I’m sorry.I didn’t note this sign.
Q:What do we learn from the conversation?
2.W:If I buy some plants for the house, will you water them for me while I am away?
M:Sure, I will,if you water mine while I’m on vacation.
Q:What will the man do for the woman?
3.W:Excuse me, Professor Hill.May I ask you a few questions?
M:Yes, of course.But I’m sorry.I have a class at ten.Why don’t youcall me at my office hours?That is 4 to 5 p.m.Monday, Thursday and Friday.
Q:Why can’t Professor Hill answer her questions now?
4.M:I don’t feel like going out.Why don’t we just stay home and watch TV instead?
W:Come on! You promised to take me out for dinner and to the t
heatre on my birthday.
Q:What do we learn from the conversation?
5.W:I’m thinking of taking five courses next semester.
M:Wouldn’t four be wiser?
Q:What does the man mean?
6.W:I want to ask the Johnsons’ to come to the party.Do you know their address?
M:No.But I like them to come.I think Tom can give you their address.
Q:What is the women going to do ?
7.M:Is Jane looking forward to going home for this summer?
W:She is counting the days.
Q:What does the woman imply?
8.W:I think I will take a half day tour of the city.
M:Why not the whole day?
Q:What does the man suggest?
9.M:This is a oneway street.Didn’t you see the sign?
W:Sorry,I didn’t.
Q:What do we learn from the conversation?
10.W:I ought to call Joan and tell her about the reception this evening.
M:Why bother? You will see her at lunch.
Q:What does the man mean?
Section B
Passage One
We use all sorts of services without thinking about how we get them.But such services cost money.We pay for them through taxes.What would happen if everyone in the city stops paying taxes? The water supply would stop, the street might not get cleaned, there would be no police force to protect people and property.The chief duty of every government is to protect persons and property.More than three fourths of the money spent by our government is used for this purpose.The next largest amount of public money goes to teach and train our citizens.Billions of dollars each year are spent on schools and libraries.Public money is used to pay the teachers and other public officials.Years ago the government made money from the sale of public lands.But most of the best public lands has now been sold.The money raised was used to help pay the cost of government.There are still some public lands that contain oil, coal, gas,and other natural products.
They could be sold,but we want to save them for future year.So we all must pay our share for the services that make our lives comfortable.
11.What is the chief duty of every government?
12.How did the government raise money in the past?
13.What is the passage mainly about?
Passage Two
When I was at school, my ambition was to be a pilot in the air force.But my eyesight wasn’t good enough.So I had to give up that idea.I went to university and studied physics.I wanted to stay on there and do research.But my father died at about that time.So I thought I’d better get a job and earn my living.I started working in an engineering firm.I expected to stay in that job for a long time.But then, they appointed a new managing director.I didn’t get on with him, so I resigned and applied for a job with another engineering company.I would certainly have accepted the job if they had offered it to me.But on my way to the interview, I met a friend who was working for a travel agency.He offered me a job in Spain.And I had always liked Spain, so I took it.I worked in the travel agency for two years and then they wanted to send me to South America.But I had just got married.So I decided to stay here.Then we had a baby and I wasn’t earning enough to support the family.So I started giving English lessons at a school in the evenings.I liked the English teaching more than working for the travel agency, and then the owner of the school offered me a full time job as a teacher.So I resigned from the agency.Two years later, the owner of the school wanted to retire, so he asked me to take over as the director.And here I am.
14.Why did the man give up studying physics?
15.Why did the man resign from the engineering firm?
16.Why did the man take the job at the travel agency?
17.Why did the man start to teach English parttime?
Passage Three
Columbus sailed from Spain in September 1492, looking for gold.Native Americans greeted him, offering gifts of corn.Columbus found little gold on that trip, but he collected many plants, including corn to bring back to Spain.Columbus didn’t know it.But the corn was much more valuable than gold.Farmers from Europe to Asia accepted it immediately.They grew it on cold mountain sides and in tropical forest.Today it feeds millions of people all over the world.On his second trip, Columbus brought back a bag of chocolate beans to make chocolate.Europeans and Asians love this new drink, and soon they were paying a great deal of money for the beans.Chocolate beans became so valuable in central America that they were used as cash for 200 years.Tomatoes and potatoes took some time to become popular.Eventually, however, they became the basis of a lot of popular food.It is hard to imagine life without fried potatoes and chocolate.Thanks to native American cultures, many people are able to enjoy lots of tasty food.
18.Why is corn feeding millions of people today?
19.What did Columbus bring back on his second trip?
20.What was the result of Columbus two trips to America?
1.D2.C3.C4.A5.B6.B7.D8.A9.C10.A11.A12.C13.B14.D15.A16.C17.B18.D19.D20.B | 
