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Section B
W: Hi, Kevin. Your roommate told me
that I could find you here. What are you doing
here?
M: What does
it look like I am doing?
W:
Well, it looks like you are watching television,
but we have a math test tomorrow,
so I
thought you
’
d be studying for it and maybe I can study with you.
M: Oh,
well, I am just taking a break. This equation
stuff gives me a headache if I
work on
it too long.
W: I know what
you mean. I
’
ve been working on it for three hours already. I
’
m
beginning to go over. I just
don
’
t get some of them.
M: But I can
’
t believe you are coming to me. I mean you do know what I got on the
last test,
don
’
t you?
W: Yeah, I
know. You told me. I just thought two heads might
be better than one.
M: Yeah, that's
nice idea, but...you know, I wish I knew that
person in our class who
got a full
score on the last test. She didn't miss a
question. Umm...was it Elizabeth?
W: Oh yeah, Elizabeth! She is a friend
of mine. She
’
d be a big help right now. Why
don't I give her a call?
M: What? At this hour?
It
’
s already 10:30. I don't want to impose on her.
W: Yeah, I guess you are
right, but you know what, she owes me a big favor.
Let
’
s at
least give her a
call and see what she says. Maybe going over some
of the problems
with us would help her
review the material.
M: It's
worth a try.
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the
longer conversation you have just heard.
11. What are the
speakers mainly discussing?
12. Why is
the man watching television?
13. Why is
the man surprised that the woman wants to study
with him?
14. Why doesn
’
t the man want to call Elizabeth?
15.
What makes the woman insist on calling?
Section C
Passage One
Today
I
want
to
mention
an
early
form
of
transportation,
one
that
brought
the
first
European settlers to America. And that
is the wooden sailing ship.
From colonial times sailing ships were
vital to the economy. Many towns on the coast
depended on fishing or whaling for
employment and income. This was especially true
in
the
northeastern
states.
The
wood
from
nearby
forests
and
the
skills
of
local
designers and workers also formed the
basis of an important shipbuilding industry, but
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the big
profits were to be made on trade with faraway
places, and since sea captains
often
became
one
of
the
owners
of
their
ships,
they
had
a
strong
interest
in
the
commercial success of their voyages.
Therefore they carried on a very profitable trade
with other parts of the world.
The high point of this trade came in
the mid-19th century with the introduction of the
clipper ship, the enormous clipper
ships with huge sails reaching nearly two hundred
feet
into sky. They
could
carry passengers and
cargo from
New York around South
America to
San Francisco in less than three months and clear
to China in just half a
year. At that
time this seemed unbelievably fast and efficient,
but in the 1860s, more
reliable
steam-powered
ships
began
to
take
over,
and
soon
the
important
role
of
sailing ships in
the US economy would come to an end.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on
the passage you have just heard.
16. What aspect of United
States history does this passage mainly discuss?
17. According to the passage, what may
be one reason for the success of the merchant
ships of the United States?
18. What can we learn about clipper
ships?
Passage Two
Harvard University, located in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the oldest
institution of
higher
learning
in
the
United
States
and
is
a
major
world
center
of
research
and
teaching
in
many
fields
of
inquiry.
It
was
established
in
1636
as
a
cooperative
educational
university, and admitted both men and women
into its growing ranks of
students,
which
now
totals
16,871
undergraduates.
It
also
has
10
professional
and
graduate
schools, many of which play a leading role in
setting trends. Undergraduates,
after
their
freshman
year,
live
in
1
of
13
halls
of
residence,
which
have
their
own
living,
dining,
library,
and
sports
facilities.
However,
the
main
attraction
of
the
university is its library, which holds
no fewer than 11 million volumes.
Cambridge University, in Cambridge,
England, was founded at the beginning of 13th
century,
and
admitted
only
male
students
for
many
years
since
its
foundation.
All
students
must be members of colleges, and admission of
undergraduates, numbering
about
9,900,
is
controlled
entirely
by
these
colleges,
but
acceptance
of
graduate
students is
decided primarily by university bodies. Special
features of the university
include
the
university
library
which
holds
more
than
4
million
volumes,
as
well
as
specialized
museums, and the Cavendish Laboratories, for the
study of physics.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
19. Where is Harvard University?
20. Who were first admitted into
Cambridge University when it was founded?
is the number of books in the library
of Harvard compared with that of those
in the library of Cambridge?