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1998年6月
Listening Comprehension(20 minutes)
Section A
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 centre.
Example:You will hear:You will read:
A) 2 hours.B) 3 hours.C) 4 hours.D) 5 hours.
From the conversation, we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose ［D］ on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. Sample Answer ［A］ ［B］ ［C］［D］[KG-4.5mm]—[FK)]
1.A) Because he thinks that there won’t be enough seats for everybody.
B) Because he thinks that the speaker won’t show up.
C) Because he thinks the seminar won’t be open to the public.
D) Because he thinks that there might not be any more tickets available.
2.A) Because their father is unable to keep his promise.
B) Because their father is going on a vacation without her.
C) Because their father isn’t telling her the truth.
D) Because their father doesn’t want to travel abroad.
3.A) John didn’t pass, although he had tried his best.
B) John did better than he thought he was able to.
C) John got an excellent score, which was unexpected.
D) John was disappointed at his maths score.
4.A) The roof of the woman’s house needs to be repaired.
B) The roof of the man’s house has several bad leaks.
C) The woman’s bathroom was badly damaged.
D) The man works for a roofing company.
5.A) Mr. Smith will be replaced if he makes another mistake.
B) Mr. Smith is an admirable chief of the Asian Department.
C) Mr. Smith’s department is more successful than all the others.
D) Mr. Smith is seldom in his office.
6.A) She doesn’t have a fax machine. B) She may quit her present job soon.
C) She is tired of her present job.D) Her phone number has changed.
7.A) Someone has taken away her luggage.
B) Her flight is 50 minutes late.
C) Her luggage has been delayed.
D) She can’t find the man she’s been waiting for.
8.A) To do whatever the committee asks him to.
B) To make decisions in agreement with the committee.
C) To run the committee his way.
D) To make himself the committee chairman.
9.A) The woman found the mail box empty.
B) The man is waiting for some important mail.
C) The man has just sent out his application.
D) The woman will write a postcard to her daughter.
10.A) Read the operation manual.
B) Try the buttons one by one.
C) Ask the shop assistant for advice.
D) Make the machine run slowly.
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 centre.
Passage One
Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11.A) They were drawing pictures.
B) They were watching TV.
C) They were making a telephone call.
D) They were tidying up the drawing room.
12.A) They locked the couple up in the drawing room.
B) They seriously injured the owners of the house.
C) They smashed the TV set and the telephone.
D) They took away sixteen valuable paintings.
13.A) He accused them of the theft.
B) He raised the rents.
C) He refused to prolong their land lease.
D) He forced them to abandon their traditions.
14.A) They wanted to protect the farmers’ interests.
B) They wanted to extend the reservation area for birds.
C) They wanted to steal his valuable paintings.
D) They wanted to drive him away from the island.
Passage Two
Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
15.A) Through food.B) Through air.C) Through insects. D) Through body fluids.
16.A) They ran a high fever.
B) They died from excessive bleeding.
C) Their nervous system was damaged.
D) They suffered from heartattack.
17.A) To see what happened to the survivors of the outbreak.
B) To study animals that can also get infected with the disease.
C) To find out where the virus originates.
D) To look for the plants that could cure the disease.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18.A) To determine whether the Earth’s temperature is going up.
B) To study the behavior of some sea animals.
C) To measure the depths of the ocean.
D) To measure the movement of waves in the ocean.
19.A) They were frightened and distressed.
B) They swam away when the speaker was turned on.
C) They swam closer to “examine” the speaker when it was turned off.
D) They didn’t seem to be frightened and kept swimming near the speaker.
20.A) To attract more sea animals to the testing site.
B) To drive dangerous sea animals away from the testing site.
C) To help trace the sea animals being tested.
D) To determine how sea animals communicate with each other.
参考答案和录音文字材料
Section A
1.W:Friday’s speaker is supposed to be wonderful.Are you going to attend the seminar that day?
M:Yes, but I haven’t been able to get a ticket yet. Since the lecture is open to the public, I imagine that the tickets have already been sold out.
Q:Why is the man afraid he won’t be able to attend the seminar?
2.M:I wonder what makes mother so upset these days.
W:Father is canceling his vacation trip. He promised to take her abroad last year, but the company is again asking father to postpone his vacation.
Q:Why is their mother unhappy?
3.W:How did you do on your maths exam, John?
M:I barely made it. It was just a passing score but better than I’d expected.
Q:What do we learn from the conversation?
4.W:During the last thunderstorm, I noticed several leaks in my bedroom ceiling and they really caused a mess.
M:Maybe you have some broken tiles. I have the phone number of a good roofing company that can do a good repair job for you at a reasonable price.
Q:What can we conclude from this conversation?
5.W:The report says all departments are making a profit except the Asian department.
M:Well, Mr. Smith seems to be the wrong person to head that department. One more step wrong and he’ll be removed from the office.
Q:What do we learn from the conversation?
6.M:Could you give me your telephone number and fax number so that we can contact each other more often?
W:But I’ve been trying to find a new job in another company. You see, I’ve worked here for three years without a raise. That’s unfair to me.
Q:What does the woman mean?
7.W:Could you help me, sir? My flight got in 15 minutes ago. Everyone else has picked up their luggage but mine hasn’t come through.
M:I’m sorry, Madam, but I’ll go and find out if there is any more to come.
Q:What’s the woman’s problem?
8.W:Was Robert elected to the committee?
M:Yes. In fact, he was made chairman, but he only agreed to take the job if they let him have the final say.
Q:What does Robert intend to do?9.M:Has today’s mail arrived? I’m anxious to know about the result of my application. W:I’ve checked the mailbox. There is nothing in it, but a post card from my daughter.
Q:What do we learn from this conversation?
10.M:This machine has so many buttons. I cannot figure out which one makes it wrong.
W:You’d better read the instructions first. Pressing the button randomly may cause the machine to break down.
Q:According to the woman, what should the man do first?
Section B
Passage One
It’s eight o’clock on Tuesday, May 1st. Here is the news.Between the hours of 7 and 8 PM last night, five thieves broke into the country house of Lord and Lady Chesterfield on an island. They entered by a window at the rear of the house and surprised the owners who were watching TV in the drawing room.After disconnecting the telephone and tying up Lord and Lady Chesterfield, the thieves escaped with 16 precious paintings. The market value of such art work has been estimated at somewhere around 4 million pounds. Lord and Lady Chesterfield were not seriously harmed but have been treated for shock at hospital.Early this morning, a woman with a Scottish accent telephoned the times in London to say that the Chesterfield Organization for Freedom claimed responsibility for the theft. This is the third time this year that this organization has claimed responsibility for an act of this kind. The organization defends all the farmers on the island. The farmers were forced to leave their lands when Lord Chesterfield, their landlord, refused to renew their traditional lease last year in order to extend the reservation area for birds.
11.What were Lord and Lady Chesterfield doing when the thieves broke into their house?
12.What did the five thieves do?
13.What did Lord Chesterfield do to the farmers?
14.What is the organization’s purpose in breaking into Lord Chesterfield’s house?
Passage Two
A deadly infectious outbreak swept through a small city in Zaire Africa last spring, killing more than 100 people. The killer was a real virus that caused most victims to bleed to death.As scientist rushed to control the outbreak, people in the US wondered: “could it attack here?” “We’re foolish if we think it couldn’t come to our country,” say doctors, “the virus can be highly infectious. If you come into contact with a victim’s blood or other body fluids you can get sick too.All it takes is an infected person to start such a disease.” That’s what scientists believe happened in Zaire. The healthcare workers who treated the first victims there soon fell ill too. The problem was they had no protective equipment to prevent themselves from being infected. International rescue workers brought equipment to Zaire soon after the outbreak occurred. Now the disease appears to be under control. One big mystery is that no one knows where the virus comes from or where it will strike next. Some scientists say the virus lies inactive in the cell of some kind of plant, insect or other animal, then it somehow finds a way to infect humans. Scientists are now headed into jungles of Africa to find out where the virus lives. Once they find the virus they also hope to find ways to compel it.
15.How does the disease mentioned in this passage spread?
16.What happened to most of the victims stricken with this disease?
17.Why are scientists going into the African jungles?
Passage Three
A team of scientists recently begin a project to measure the effects of loud noises on sea animals. If the sounds don’t harm the animals, then the researchers can go ahead with a plan to transmit sound waves through the Pacific Ocean to take earth’s temperature. Sound travels fast through warm water than cold water.By analyzing the speed of sound through the ocean over a time, the scientists will be able to determine if our planet is warming up. The experiment was nearly canceled more than a year ago, because environmental groups fear that the sound would confuse or harm sea animals. So scientists are conducting tests on the animals first. The researchers lowered a loudspeaker that emits low frequency sound about 1,000 metres beneath the ocean. Scientists at the site transmit sound waves into the ocean. Radio transmitters attached to some of the sea animals help the researchers keep track of the animals’ movements. If sea animals are distressed by the sounds they will swim away from the speakers. So far, there aren’t any signs that the animals are being harmed. Researchers at the site noticed that large numbers of sea animals swam near the speaker whether it was turned on or off.But it’s still too soon to know for sure, the scientists admit. The test will continue through September. “If all goes well,” they say “we can begin measuring temperature changes on our planet.”
18.What is the purpose of analyzing the speed of sound through the Pacific Ocean?
19.What was the reaction of sea animals to the sound tests?
20.For what purpose were radio transmitters used?
1.D 2.A 3.B 4.A 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.C 9.B 10.A 11.B 12.D 13.C 14.A 15.D 16.B 17.C 18.A 19.D 20.C | 
