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Part Ⅰ Tape Scripts of Listening Comprehension
Section A
1. M: Is flight 508 ready for boarding now?
W: I regret to tell you that it has been delayed. This flight will not depart until 10:40. I am sorry for the inconveniences we have brought you.
Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?
2. W: Mike, Jenny and I are planning to go swimming at the beach after class. Would you like to go with us?
M: I’d love to, but I have to finish my economics paper today, for Professor Green has told me to hand it in as soon as possible.
Q: What will the man probably do?
3. M: Would you please help me prepare some food and drinks for tomorrows family reunion?
W: Why not? Let’s be careful not to overdo it though. Last time we had enough for two such parties.
Q: What does the woman mean?
4. W: Hello. I am calling to remind you of your 3:15 appointment with Dr. Smith today.
M: Thank you so much for calling. I always thought it was 3:15 tomorrow.
Q: What does the man mean?
5. M: Congratulations! You have got the highest mark of the whole class. You must have been working hard for a long time.
W: You must be thinking of someone else. I’m still waiting for my grades.
Q: What does the woman mean?
6. W: I’m taking my roommate for her birthday night—you know, to that new Italian restaurant.
M: You can’t go like that. You’d better change.
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
7. M: This is a postcard from Jacky. He is in Venice. What a beautiful place!
W: Oh, so he finally has got time for a holiday.
Q: What does the woman imply about Jacky?
8. W: Can you go to the cinema with me this weekend, or do you have to prepare for your examination?
M: There is still a lot to do…but maybe a break is also quite necessary.
Q: What will the man probably do?
9. M: I’m going out to pick up a hamburger. Can I get you something?
W: Oh, I have eaten too much at lunch. The yogurt I brought with me will be enough. But thank you all the same.
Q: What will the woman probably do?
10. M: What have they decided to call the hotel?
W: No one’s come up with anything yet.
Q: What does the woman say about the hotel?
Section B
Passage One
Today we’ll examine the role that private transportation—namely, the automobile—plays in city planning.
A number of sociologists blame the automobile for the decline of the downtown areas of major cities. In the 1950’s and 1960’s the automobile made it possible to work in the city and yet live in the suburbs many miles away. Shopping patterns changed: instead of flooding into downtown stores, people in the suburbs went to large shopping malls outside the city and closer their home. Merchants in the city failed; and their stores closed. Downtown shopping areas became deserted.
In recent years there has been a rebirth of the downtown area, as many suburbanites have moved back to the city. They’ve done this, of course, to avoid highways packed with commuters from the suburbs. Scientists are exploring this particular city planning problem and some of them have already come up with innovative solutions. They don’t approach this problem from a purely sociological perspective; they try to take into account environmental and economic issues as well.
11. How did the automobile affect the work force in the 1950s and 1960s?
12. What problem did downtown area merchants face in the 1960s?
13. According to the passage, why are some people lately moving back to the city?
Passage Two
You might think that most of the patients at sleep clinics are being treated for sleeplessness, commonly referred to as insomnia, but that is not the case. The majority of sleep-clinic patients suffer from disorders of excessive sleep or “hypersomnia”. While most insomniacs somehow manage to drag themselves through the day and function at acceptable, although not optimal, levels. This is not so for people who suffer from hypersomnia.
They are incapacitated by irresistible urges to sleep during the day, often in inappropriate situations—at business meetings, in supermarkets, or at parties. Even more dangerous is their failure to remain awake when driving or operating machines. Falling asleep in such situations could obviously be life-threatening.
Many hypersomnia suffer from narcolepsy, for which the primary symptom is excessive daytime sleepiness. Though not apparent in childhood, this symptom most often appears for the first time during the teen years and continues through a person’s life. The sleep attacks may occur as many as fifteen to twenty times during the courses of the day and last for periods from fifteen minutes up to two hours.
What can be done to help those suffering from narcolepsy? There are certain drugs that can help, and specialists suggest voluntary napping to decrease the frequency of such sleep attacks.
14. What does the speaker say about sleepclinic patients?
15. When does narcolepsy usually first become apparent?
16. What can a narcoleptic do to prevent sleep attacks?
Passage Three
Words came from California of a new weapon in the war on household pests. Two scientists working for a firm in Anahelm, California, have developed a method to eliminate insects without using dangerous chemicals. The new poison? Hot air.
The basic idea is that insects cannot adjust to temperature much above normal. In laboratory experiments, cockroaches and termites can’t survive much more than a quarter of an hour at 125 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 50 degrees centigrade.
The new method involves covering a house with a huge tent and filling it with air heated to around 65 degrees centigrade. Hot air is forced in with fans, and the tent keeps the heat inside the house. Since termites try to escape by hiding in wooden beams, the heat treatment must be continued to a full six hours. But when it’s all over, and the insects are dead, there are no toxic residues to endanger humans or pets.
Scientists claim that there is no danger of fire, either, since very few household materials will burn at 65 degrees centigrade. In fact, wood is prepared for construction use by drying it in ovens at 80 degrees centigrade, which is substantially hotter than the air used in this procedure.
17. What is the talk mainly about?
18. What makes the new system better than other treatments?
19. Why are the houses covered with tents?
20. Why does the speaker mention that construction wood is dried by heat?
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Passage One
21. C)细节理解题本题问如果一位学生已于去年十月参加了SAT考试，他申请哪所学校还必须再考。这个问题实际上是问哪所学校只接受新的SAT测试的成绩。根据原文可以看出，这个问题出现在列举不同学校反应的第二段，答案应为C）。
22. D)推理题本题问哈佛大学的情形。这里定位到文章第二段的开始与末尾，两处均提到了哈佛大学。段首说其对于新老测试成绩均接受。从这里可看出A）、B）、C）均不正确。段末说将给学生一年的过渡期。从这里可看出D）正是正确答案。
23. B)推理题本题问反对新的写作测试的原因。从原文中看出，第三至第五段具体谈大学对于写作测试的反应。第三段、第五段均是表达等待、观望的态度，只有第四段说的是反对的意见。这里面有两个关键的因素，一个是将会对准备不够充分的差生制造更多障碍，另一方面，也是更重要的是，大学委员会为迎合重要客户的需求，将此项考试匆忙推向市场。我们来看选项，如果将poor理解错，很可能错选A）；C）项的后半部分不可能是正确的，因为该项测试的预测效度还未出来，虽然不能说一定是好的结果，但像该选项这样说太过武断。D）项说该测试是大学委员会与几种大学共同的产品，这是不对的。大学委员会是测试的研发和推广者，各所大学都是潜在的用户。该题的正确答案是B），文中的关键词是“rush”，意思正好是“do something in a hurry, often too quickly and without much care”。
24. A)细节理解题此题问学生该怎么做。这是一道细节题，在文章的末段。此题本来不难，但选项间具有相当的迷惑性，答案应选A），学生应搞清楚大学接受哪种考试。B）是向大学咨询考试的具体安排，这是不对的。C）是向大学委员会咨询信息，这就更不对了。大学委员会是考试的设计者，今年秋天各大学要不要求新的测试成绩是各种大学自己的事情。D）项说学生应在一年内做好准备——这显然不是我们当前关心的问题。
25. D)推理题此题问我们可从文章中推知什么关于该项测试的信息。这是推导题，需要一项一项细看。A）说强烈建议已参加旧测试的学生不再参加新测试，从第二段看出这是不对的。B）说与旧测试相比，新测试要求学生以更短的时间完成写作测试，这也不对，因为旧的测试根本就没有写作部分，这从第一段可以看出来。C）说大学委员会已决定邀请大学老师来担任阅卷工作，这与文章第六段不符，文中说大部分阅卷员是中学老师。D）说大学委员会多方游说，希望更多的大学支持新的考试，这一项是正确的。首先在第四段中间可以看出像加州大学这样的大客户，对大学委员会的影响有多大。其次可以在第四段末看出，大学委员会一直缠着一位入学处主任，要求其同意使用该考试。
Passage Two
26. C)细节理解题该题问谁该对9·11事件负主要责任。文章第三段第二句是一个转折句，对这一点说得很清楚，C）是正确答案。
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