Part III Listening Comprehension Section A
11 A) In the downtown. B) In the suburb.
C) Near her office. D) Near the railway station. 12 A) A waitress. B) A hostess. C) A landlady. D) A receptionist. 13 A) He is studying Chinese in Beijing. B) He is having a vacation in Beijing. C) He is planning to go back to Beijing.
D) He will return from Beijing in two weeks. 14 A) Do whatever has been planned. B) Have a picnic and go camping. C) Eat out and see a play. D) Go to the beach.
15 A) She has given the man much trouble. B) She is not interested in the article.
C) She would like to have a copy of the article.
D) She doesn’t want to take the trouble to read the article. 16 A) The woman’s sister doesn’t know the man. B) The woman asks the man to talk to her sister.
C) The woman is very surprised to hear the man’s words. D) The woman suggests that the man go on a diet. 17 A) The man doesn’t know how to get to England.
B) The man will pay a visit to England in the near future. C) The woman has been to England before. D) Thomas is a British.
18 A) She’s preparing for the exam tomorrow. B) She’s decorating the hall. C) She has many posters to print. D) She’s busy preparing for a party.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19 A) Teacher and student. B) Siblings. C) Friends. D) Relatives. 20 A) She feels sad at the bad news in her parents’ letter. B) She has felt homesick since she heard from her parents. C) She feels sad at the poor result of her math exam.
D) She missed her old friends when she played with new ones. 21 A) A snack car. B) A French restaurant. C) A cinema. D) A library.
22 A) The woman is tired of the man’s complaints of math. B) The woman is not used to the man’s bragging about math. C) The man used to forget to turn off the lights.
D) The man is afraid of annoying his father.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23 A) 5:30 a.m. B) 7:45a.m. C) 5:30 p.m. D) 7:45 p.m.
24 A) What clothes to wear. B) Which restaurant to go to. C) Whom to go with. D) Which cinema to go to. 25 A) Indifferent. B) Reluctant. C) Cautious. D) Enthusiastic.
Section B Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26 A) In the mid-1980s. B) In the mid-1960s. C) In the mid-1970s. D) In the mid-1990s. 27 A) Tower. B) Touch. C) Torch. D) Tough. 28 A) How the Spice Girls became successful. B) How the Spice Girls renamed the group. C) How the manager found the Spice Girls.
D) Why the Spice Girls could stand the test of time. Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29 A) $15. B) $30. C) $40. D) $20. 30 A) Because he was carrying a heavy load. B) Because it was getting dark. C) Because it was raining. D) Both A and B. 31 A) A wooden box. B) A coffin. C) A bookcase. D) A set of shelves. Passage Three
Question 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32 A) Because the Parliament only supported Oxford and Cambridge.
B) Because only Oxford and Cambridge were supported royal patronage and
aristocratic money.
C) Because Oxford and Cambridge were the most important cities in England. D) Because there were not enough students to be enrolled in more than two
universities.
33 A) By private efforts.
B) By private efforts and through government policy. C) Through government policy.
D) Through royal support.
34 A) For nearly 14 years. B) For nearly 50 years. C) For nearly 40 years. D) For nearly 30 years.
35 A) The role of government policy in the founding of new universities.
B) The different between the “Redbrick” universities and the old universities like
Oxford and Cambridge.
C) The development and changes British universities have gone through. D) The different subjects offered at the new universities and the old ones.
Section C
From the invention of the first stone tools to today’s complex computers, man
has _________the power to change the world around him. Computer________, in particular, could be taking over our economic life.
In business, computers do the job of ________and secretaries. In minutes,
office computers type out hundreds of letters and, by satellite_________, send out bills to customers around the world. Business managers use computers to collect _________amounts of information and, in seconds, to do ________beyond the power of the human brain. In the future, the most important_________-maker might be the computer, not the company__________.
_____________________________________________________. In the
foreseeable future more and more jobs will be taken by computers. Because technology supplies the muscle power, workers are now free to use their brain power to make mew discoveries.___________________________________________. The human brain has not changed in size in the past 10,000years and won’t be changed in the long future.__________________________________________. Generally, man will never stop using his brain to create “intelligent machines” to do his work for him.
Tapescripts
Section A
11 M: If I were you, I’d live in the city instead of going to work by train. It takes you
three hours to and fro.
W: It is too far from my office. But the countryside is so beautiful and quiet. Q: Where does the woman prefer to live? 12 M: Can I go to my room mow?
W: Yes, here’s your key, sir. The bellboy will take your luggage to your room. Have
a pleasant stay! Q: What is the woman?
13 M: Has Jacky come back from his trip to Beijing?
W: Yes, and he liked it so much that after only two weeks at home, he went back
there to study Chinese.
Q: What does this conversation tell us about Jacky? 14 M: This terrible weather has ruined our weekend plan.
W; Anyhow, we might as well have dinner at the Italian Restaurant and then go to
the theatre
Q: What will they do for the weekend?
15 M: Would you like a copy of Professor Black’s paper? W: Thanks, if it’s not too much trouble. Q: What does the woman imply?
16 M: Your sister Mary didn’t recognize me at first.
W: I’m not surprised. Why on earth don’t you lose some weight? Q: What do you learn from the conversation?
17 M:I need or arrange my trip to England and I don’t know where to start.
W: It would be better if you asked Thomas for advice. I’ve never been to England,
but he has. He’ll know more about it.
Q: What conclusion can you draw from the conversation? 18 M: Have you prepared for the English exam?
W: Not yet. I’ve been so busy preparing for the Christmas Eve party! I still have to
put up the posters and buy something to decorate the hall. Q: Why is the woman so busy?
Now you’ll hear two long conversations. Conversation One
W: John, this new Walkman is absolutely wonderful. M: Yeah, I like it very much.
W: Thank you for lending me this Walkman. M: Don’t mention it.
W: Where did you buy it?
M: Tom and Jane bought it for me for my birthday.
W: They are so thoughtful. You are very lucky, John, to have such a nice family. I…
M: Is something wrong, Mary? Yes, there is. I can tell. What’s the matter? Come on,
you can tell me. What’s up?
W:I don’t know. Something’s wrong. I just received a letter from my parents this
morning.
M: Did they write some bad news? Anybody felt sick? Or even worse? Or your
grandpa? W: No, no.
M: Well, then why are you so sad?
W: I missed them. I simply miss them. I miss them very much. M: Eh, I’m sorry, Mary. But I understand.
W: You see, the Smiths treat me si nicely, and I love being with your family so
much…but when I received the letter with photographs of my family, I cried. I know I must seem silly.
M: Hey, why don’t we go out for a cheeseburger and French fries? That’ll cheer you
up.
W: That’s a good idea. But if we go out, please don’t complain about your math
teacher or your math homework. I want to have fun.
M: So do I. Wait a moment. I have to turn off the lights, or else my father will get
really angry. He says I never turn them out when I leave. If they come home and see all the lights on…Just a minute!
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers? 20 What’s wrong with the woman? 21 Where are they going next?
22 What is NOT true according to the conversation? Conversation Two W: Hello?
M: Hey, it’s John. I’ve got good news for you! W: Really? What’s that? Come on! M: You know Tom? W: Yeah, so what?
M: Tom wants to go out this weekend, so he can finally meet you! Can you make it Saturday night?
W: Hang on; let me look at my PDA. You know, my social calendar is very busy there days!
M: What a pity!
W: Just kidding! Sure, I can make it.
M: That’s great! Why don’t we meet at that cute Indian restaurant on the corner of the 1st Avenue and Howell? You know the one? It’s called “Gold Pond.”
W: Oh yeah, I know that one that you’re talking about. I’ve been there before. It has
really great food! What tome shall we meet?
M: Let’s meet at 5:30 on Saturday evening. That way, we can make it to the 7:45
show of that new animated comedy. You know the one? Tom and Jane decided they wanted to see that movie. They said that if we were to pick out the
restaurant, they’d pick out the movie.
W: OK. I don’t have any problem with that logic! What are you going to wear?
M: I thought about a pair of khakis and a sweater. I don’t think it will be too hot on
Saturday.
W: Sounds good. I’ll try to figure out what I’m going to wear and be my most
charming self!
M: Don’t worry about it! I know that Tom will like you! Jane has told Tom many
great things about you, so he can’t wait to meet you! See you Saturday night!
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23 At what time will they meet on Saturday?
24 What is NOT mentioned when they make the appointment? 25 What’s the woman’s attitude towards the appointment?
Section B Passage One
The Spice Girls were an amazingly successful singing group which rose to
the top of the top music charts in the mid-1990s. After that they had ups and downs. And like most pop groups, it is unlikely that they would stand the test of time. However, the story of how they became successful is very interesting. In fact the girls, who applied to the ad, and formed the first group, were
not really the Spice Girls. The first band was called Touch, and it did not include Emma Bunton. A girl called Michelle Stevenson was one of the original stars chosen---and she did not last. Now known as “Unlikely Spice”, Michelle Stevenson was replaced by Emma Bunton in July of that year, and the band was renamed “Spice”.
It was not until the following March that the group sat down with their
new manager, Simon Fuller. Fuller taped short extracts of different songs by the girls, and sent them to various big record companies. Several companies tried to do a deal, and the Virgin label finally won; they signed a contract worth an estimated two million pounds. After this, they were renamed the Spice Girls.
In March 1996, two years after the advertisement, the five Spice
Girls—Jeri, Mel B, Mel C, Victoria and Emma—gave the performance of their lives. One of them met a TV producer in a ladies toilet, and they at once gave her a demonstration of what they could do. She was so immediate by their singing that she asked them to sing on her TV show. They were an immediate hit. Within a month, Wannabe came out—in July 1996—and within two weeks it was top of the charts. It stayed there for two months.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26 When did the Spice Girls rise to the top of the top music charts? 27 What were the Spice Girls first called? 28 What is the passage about?
Passage Two
We spend a day in the country, picking wild flowers. Our car looked like a florist’s shop at the traffic lights: and there my wife noticed the cupboard.
It was tall and narrow, and it stood on the pavement outside a furniture shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof rack. I’ve always wanted one like that.”
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was $20 poorer, and the cupboard was tied onto the roof rack. It was 6 feet long and 18 inches square, quite heavy too.
In the gathering darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually polite that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said,” There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake, I wonder?”
In fact a police car did overtake .The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed. But then, with great kindness, they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me. “Right, Sir,” he said, “do you need any help now?”
I was a bit puzzled. “Thanks, officer,” I said, “You’ve been very very kind. I just live down the road.”
He was staring at our load: first at the flowers, then at the cupboard. “Well, well,” he said, laughing. “It’s a cupboard you’ve got there! We thought it was something else.”
My wife began to laugh. Then the truth hit me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a cupboard, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.
Questions 29 to 31 are base on the passage you have just heard. 29 How much did the man spend on the cupboard? 30 Why did the man drive home slowly?
31 What had the officers thought the cupboard was? Passage Three
Right up to the 19th century, Oxford and Cambridge were the only two
universities in England. Royal patronage and aristocratic money confirmed them in their position, and attempts to found new universities elsewhere all met with failure. In the 19th century, however, other universities were at last established, though by private efforts and not through government policy. The first was in London, then in Durham and Manchester.
The new universities deliberately challenged Oxford and Cambridge by
choosing to study subjects like modern languages and English literature, which were not taught in the old universities. They got less influence from the established church and welcomed Catholics and even non-Christians such as Jews as students. A larger number of provincial universities were established following their lead; these are the so-called “Redbrick” universities. Many of them were dependent on older universities at first, especially the Universities of London, but soon they became independent and began giving their own degrees. Many also became well known for their excellence in
a particular subject and could offer a better course to students taking that subject than was available anywhere else in the country. After this first rapid increase in numbers and distribution, the number of English universities remained the same for nearly 40years.
But by the 1960s a new post-war generation had grown up. Due to an increase
in the birthrate following the Second Worlds War, the school-going population was bigger than ever before. Secondary education was better and the school leaving age became higher. Naturally the demand for university places became greater, and the government responded with an ambitious university building plan. Seven new
universities were planned and built, and opened their doors to the new generation of students between 1961and 1965. It was the greatest single expansion of higher education that England has ever known.
Questions 32to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32 Why were Oxford and Cambridge the only two universities in England until the 19th century?
33 How were the new universities established at last in the 19th century?
34 For how many years did the number of English universities remain the same after
the first rapid increase?
35 What is the passage mainly about?
Key
Section A
11.B 12.D 13.A 14.C 15.C 16.D 17.B 18.D 19.C 20.B 21.A 22.B 23.C .24.D 25.D Section B
26. D 27.B 28.A 29.D 30.D 31. B 32.B 33.A 34.C 35.C Section C
36. developed 37.technology 38.accountants 39. transmission 40.huge 41.calculations 42 decision 43.executive
44. In industry, computerized robots have already replaced many workers on factory
assembly lines in recent years.
45. For example, in the automobile industry, graphics computers help engineers
design the shape of the car and calculate the size of engine parts.
46. However, man was able to invent hand tools, then the steam engine and now the
computer, and maybe some other things in the future.
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