Section A
Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversation. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the questions 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.
1.
A. He's a pharmacist.
B. He's a salesman.
C. He's a librarian
D. He's a doctor.
正确答案是_______
2.
A. She got interested in what she was reading.
B. She didn't wake up in time.
C. She went home for lunch.
D. She did her shopping.
正确答案是________
3.
A. She needs a quieter place.
B. She likes to listen to the recorder.
C. The new apartment is cheaper.
D. The present one is too expensive.
正确答案是_______
4.
A. In the side street
B. At the crossroads
C. on the main road
D. On the motorway
正确答案是_______
5.
A. Windy
B. Fine
C. Rainy
D. Overcast
正确答案是______
6.
A. Tom will surely come to repair the video recorder.
B. Tom is very trust worthy.
C. Tom cannot repair the video recorder.
D. Tom doesn't keep his word.
正确答案是________
7.
A. By car
B. By bus
C. By bike
D. On foot
正确答案是_______
8.
A. 2.30 pounds.
B. 2.2 pounds.
C. 5 pounds.
D. 5 pence.
正确答案是______
9.
A. Take a course
B. See the city
C. Go to the park
D. Take a rest
正确答案是________
10.
A. Looking for an apartment.
B. Taking a suburban excursion.
C. Looking for a job.
D. Asking the man for his opinions
正确答案是_______
Section B 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, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 11-13 are based on the passage you have just heard:11.
A. He was short of money and wanted to do something useful.
B. He had taught in a school before.
C. He had received the degree of M.A.
D. HE like schools.
正确答案是_______
12.
A. HE was nervous.
B. It was too hot to travel comfortably.
C. It was rather complicated.
D. He hated interviews.
正确答案是_______
13.
A. Only art was important.
B. Games were unimportant.
C. It was vital for the headmaster and the writer to play the same game.
D. Games were a vital part of a boy's education.
正确答案是_______
Passage Two
Questions 14-15 are based on the passage you have just heard:14.
A. In 1965
B. Seven years after the marriage began
C. Four years ago
D. Several weeks ago
正确答案是________
15.
A. At first he was very supportive, but now he is very unhappy about her success.
B. At first he was critical, but now he is pound of his wife's success.
C. his attitude has no change.
D. He is different to his wife's job.
正确答案是_______
Passage Three
Questions 16-20 are based on the passage you have just heard:16.
A. Disadvantages of Left-handedness.
B. Advantages of the Left-handers.
C. Left-handed people.
D. Movements Involving the hands.
正确答案是_______
17.
A. The right-handed people know how to deal with the left-handed people.
B. Quite a number of players are left-handed.
C. The winners are always the left-handed people.
D. The players are more right-handed than left-handed.
正确答案是_______
18.
A. They are a small minority.
B. They are unpleasant.
C. They are clumsy.
D. They are good at sports.
正确答案是_______
19.
A. The majority of people, about nine out of ten, are right-handed .
B. Many tools and devices are still designed mainly for right-handed people.
C. No one is totally right-sided or left-sided.
D. Shaking hands can also be done with the left-hand.
正确答案是________
20.
A. Putting the head on one side.
B. Scratching the back.
C. Threading the needle.
D. Interlocking the fingers.
正确答案是________
Section C (Compound Dictation) In this section you will hear a passage three times. During the first reading, you should listen carefully for a general idea of the whole passage. Then listen to the passage again. When the first part of the passage is being read, you should fill in the missing word during the pause at each blank. After listening to the second part of the passage, you are required to write down the main points according to what you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read the third time you can check what you have written.
As my train wasn't due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to 21) . After buying some newspapers to read on the 22) , I made my way to the 23) office to collect the heavy 24) I had left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting, and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. But it didn't seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the 25) of the wallet, and 26) , money, 27) of paper, and photographs fell out of it; but no matter how hard I 28) , the receipt was nowhere to be found.
When my turn came, I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say that he heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. 29) .
After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. 30). Again I took out my wallet; this time to pay. I pulled out a ten-shilling note and the "lost" receipt slipped out with it. I couldn't help blushing and looked up at the assistant. He was nodding his head knowingly, as if to say that he had often seen this happen before too!
Key:
1-5 ABAAD 6-10 CCBBA 11-15 ABDCA 16-20 CBADA
21. spare 22. journey 23. luggage 24. suitcase
25. contents 26. railway-tickets 27. scraps 28.searched
29.I told him that it was an old, brown-looking object no different from the many cases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me a form and told me to make a list of the chief contents of the case. If they were correct, he said, I could take the case away. I tried to remember all the articles I had hurriedly packed and wrote them down as they came to me.
30.There were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment, it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could have easily claimed the case already. This hadn't happened fortunately, for after a time I found the case lying on this side high up in a corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant was soon satisfied that it was mine and told me I could take the case away.