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Part III
College
English Practice Test 1 (Band
Ⅵ
)
Listening
Comprehension
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Tape Script of Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions:
In
this
section,
you
will
hear
8
short
conversations
and
2
long
conversations. At the end of each
conversation, one or more questions
w
ill be
asked about
w
hat
was said.
Both the conversation and the questions
w
ill 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
ans
w
er. Then mark the
corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2
with
a single line through
the center.
11.
M: Congratulations! I just heard about
your acceptance into law school. Do
you
think you will join your brother's firm after
graduation?
W: Not likely. He is a tax
lawyer and I'm going to major in criminal law.
Q: What does the woman mean?
12.
M:
Jenny
, remember this: A job worth doing
at all is worth doing well.
W: Oh, yes.
I certainly won't forget it. But don't expect me
to stick to the job
just because it
pays a few more bucks. A life of continued
exploration is
a life worth living!
Q: What can be inferred about the woman
from the conversation
？
13.
M: I found
that one of my schoolmates uses drugs. How could I
help him,
Mom?
W: Stay away
from him, son. Never think that you can talk him
out of the
habit if he is addicted. But
perhaps you can talk to your teacher about
the matter.
Q: What's the
woman's advice to her son?
14.
W: I don't know how you
can eat so much yet never put on any weight, son.
Y
our father's got the same
luck.
I can't
take a bite
without calculating
how many
calories I'm taking.
M: But remember
Aunt Louise,
Mum? She ate a
lot and
never gained a
pound.
Q: Who is worried
about gaining weight?
15.
W: Did you turn off the lights and
check the locks on all the doors?
M:
Y
es. I told the Johnsons we'd be gone
for two weeks. They promised to
keep an
eye on the house for us.
Q: What are
the two speakers going to do?
16.
M: Hurry up, Linda. I
hear that there aren't many tickets left for the
football
match.
W: I'm ready
now. Let's go. It's the early bird that catches
the worm.
Q: Why did the man ask the
woman to hurry up?
17.
M: What do you think of the
government's new tax-cut proposal?
W:
Though it may give some benefit to the poor, its
key component is the
elimination of tax
on dividends. That means the rich will get richer.
Q: What does the woman think of the
government's tax-cut proposal?
18.
M: Excuse me, but could
you tell me how to get to the Friendship Hotel? I
thought it was on this corner, but I
seem to have made a mistake.
W: I'm
sorry, but I'm a stranger here myself. Maybe you
can try calling them.
There is a phone
over there outside the department store.
Q: What does the woman mean?
Now you’ll hear two long
conversations.
Conversation
One
M:
Morning,
Brenda.
W:
Good morning, Mr.
Browning.
M:
Er, did you,
did you put that ad in yesterday?
W:
Y
es, yesterday afternoon.
M:
The ad for a junior sales
manager, I mean.
W:
Y
es, it went into the
Standard and the Evening News.
M:
That's good. Erm, well...
W:
W
hat kind of person have you
got in mind for this job?
M:
Oh, well, somebody fairly
young, you know, twenty something, like 21, or
25. A man, I
think.
W:
A
man?
M:
We
really
need
a
man
for
the
position.
Yes,
I
mean,
it's
really
too
demanding. The sort of situations they
get into are much too difficult for a
young woman to handle with, erm...
W:
E
rm, what sort of a young
man have you got in mind?
M:
Oh, you know, a good
education, polite, responsible, and easy to get
along
with. What
I don't
want is one of those
young men
just out of
university
,
with
exaggerated ideas of his own importance.
W:
Y
es, erm, what sort of
education are you looking for?
M:
Well, you know, a couple of
A levels. Must have English, of course.
W:
Y
es, I think you're asking
quite a lot. I mean you're not really prepared to
pay all...
M:
No, I'm not prepared to give him a big
salary to start with. Nevertheless, I
want
someone
with
plenty
of
ambition,
plenty
of
drive.
Y
ou
know,
not
looking at the clock all
the time.
W:
W
ell
sir,
I
wish
you
the
best
of
luck
and
hope
you
have
some
very
successful interviews.
M :
Well, yes?
W:
B
ecause personally I think
you're asking an awful lot.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
19. What did Mr. Browning ask Brenda to
do?
20. What kind of person will meet
the job requirements?
21. What does
Brenda think of the qualifications Mr. Browning
insists on?
Conversation Two
W:
W
e
now interrupt our
regular scheduled
news program
to
bring
you
live
up-to-date
coverage
on
the
civil
unrest
in
the
newly
formed
country
of
Karnak, where our man Stan Fielding is
stationed. Stan...
M:
This is Stan Fielding reporting live
from the suburbs of the capital city
.
Just
20 minutes ago, rebel forces
launched
the biggest offensive against
the
ruling government in the 18-month
conflict here in this country
.
W:
Now
Stan,
is
this
a
sign
that
the
peace
process
has
been
totally
abandoned?
M:
Well, so far, peace negotiations have
failed, and any resolution to end the
civil war appears bleak at this moment.
As you can see... Whoa.
W:
S
tan, Stan, are
you there?
M:
Uh, yes, Shelly. As you can probably
hear behind me, rebel forces are also
using heavy artillery to pound the
positions of government forces around
the city center. Rebel forces are
closing in, and it's feared that they will be
able
to
take
the
capital
building
before
daybreak
where,
it
is
believed,
many government officials are holding
out.
W:
N
ow, besides the heavy
fighting, what other pressing concerns are there
for the citizens of the city?
M:
Well, since
the beginning of the conflict, starvation, and
lack of clean water
and
adequate
shelter
have
been
the
biggest
daily
obstacles
facing
the
citizens
of
this
war-torn
country
.
It
is
believed
that
over
40,000
people,
mostly
children,
have
starved
to
death.
Fortunately
,
no
epidemics
have
broken out, but that is always a
concern if this war lingers on.
W:
O
kay, that was
Stan Fielding reporting. And we will keep you up-
to-date as
this story continues to
unfold.
Questions 22 to 25
are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. What is the news
coverage mainly about?
23. What does
the reporter Stan Fielding say about the situation
in Karnak?
24. At what time of day do
you think this news report is being made?
25. What is the pressing concern for
the citizens of Karnak?
Section B
Directions:
In this section, you w
ill
hear 3 short passages. At the end of each
passage, you
w
ill
hear some questions. Both the passage and the
questions
will be spoken only once.
After you hear a question, you must choose the
best
answ
er
from
the
four
choices
marked
A),
B),
C)
and
D).
Then
mark
the
corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2
with a single
line through the center.
Passage One
A few months
ago, millions of people in London heard alarms all
over the
town.
Emergency
services,
the
fire
department,
the
police,
hospitals
and
ambulances
stood
by,
ready
to
go
into
action.
In
railway
and
underground
stations, people
read notices and maps, which told them where to go
and what
to do in the
emergency
.
This was Exercise
Floodcall
to prepare people for a
flood emergency. London wasn't flooded
yet. But it is possible that it could be.
In
1236
and
1663
London
was
badly
flooded.
In
1928
people
living
in
Westminster, the heart of London,
drowned in floods. And in 1953, a hundred
people living on the eastern edge of
the London suburbs were killed
–
again, in
the
floods. At last, Greater London Council took
action to prevent this disaster
from
happening again. Though a flood wall was built in
the 1980s, Londoners
still must be
prepared for the possible disaster. If it happens,
fifty underground
stations
will be
underwater.
Electricity
, gas and phone services
will be out of
action. Roads
will be drowned. It will be impossible to cross
any of the bridges
between North and
South London. Imagine
–
London will look like the famous
Italian city
, Venice.
But
this
Exercise
Floodcall
didn't
cause
panic
among
Londoners.
Most
people knew it was just a warning. One
lady said,
The water doesn't look high
to me.‖
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
26. What happened in London a few
months ago?
27. What measure was taken
against floods in London in the 1980s?
28. What can we learn from the lady's
comment?
Passage Two
America's national symbol,
the bald eagle, almost went extinct 20
years
ago. But it has made a
comeback. In fact, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service is
considering the possibility
of taking it off the endangered-species list.
Once, more than 50,000 pairs of bald
eagles nested across the country
.
But by 1960, that number had fallen
below 400.
The chief killer was the
widely used DDT
. Fish soaked up DDT,
died, and
were
washed
up
on
shores,
where
bald
eagles
feasted
on
them.
DDT
prevented
eagle
eggshells
from
thickening.
The
shells
became
so
thin
that
they shattered before the babies
hatched.
Fortunately
, in
1972, a law was passed to ban DDT, which saved the
bald
eagle from total wipeout. And
since then, wildlife biologists have reintroduced
bald
eagles
from
Canada
to
America.
The
result
was
that
last
year
U.
S.
birdwatchers counted 11,
610 bald eagles in the country
.
If it were dropped from the endangered
list, the bald eagle would still be a
That means
the bird would continue
to
get the same
protection - no hunting
allowed, and no disturbing of nests.
But
bald
eagles
still
face
tough
times.
The
destruction
of
their
natural
homes could be the next DDT causing
eagle numbers to drop quickly
.
Questions 29 to 31 are
based on the passage you have just heard.
29. What was the main
harmful effect of the pest killer DDT on bald
eagles?
30. What measure did the
wildlife biologists take to increase the
number of
bald eagles?
31. According to the speaker, what is
the possible danger facing
bald eagles?
Passage Three
Why do we cry?
Can you imagine life without tears?
Not
only do tears keep your eyes lubricated, they also
contain a substance
that kills certain
bacteria so they can't infect your eyes. Give up
your tears and
you lose this on-the-
spot defence.
Nor would you want to
give up the flood of extra tears you produce when
you get something physical or chemical
in your eyes. T
ears are very good at
washing this irritating stuff out.
Another thing you couldn't do without
your tears is cry - from joy
, anger, or
sadness.
Humans are the only
animals that produce tears in response to
emotions.
And most people say a good
cry makes them feel better.
Many
scientists,
therefore,
believe
that
crying
somehow
helps
us
cope
with emotional situations.
T
ear
researcher
William Frey is
trying
to
figure out
how it happens.
One
possibility,
he
says,
is
that
tears
discharge
certain
chemicals
from
your
body,
chemicals
that
build
up
during
stress.
people
talk
about
'crying it out,' I think that might
actually be what they are doing,
If Frey
is right, what do you think will happen to people
who restrain their
tears? Boys, for
example, cry only about a quarter as often as
girls once they
reach their teenage
years. And we all cry a lot less now than we did
as babies.
Could it possibly be
that
we face
less
stress?
Maybe we've
found
other
ways to deal with it. Or maybe we
just feel embarrassed.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
32. What's the topic discussed in this
passage?
33. What is William Frey
trying to find out?
34. What does the
passage say about teenage boys and
girls?
35.
What's
the
difference
between
human
beings
and
other
animals
when
shedding tears?
Section C
Directions:
In
this
section,
you
w
ill
hear
a
passage
three
times.
When
the
passage is read for the first time, you
should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second
time, you are required to fill in the
blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the
exact words you have just heard. For
blanks
numbered
from
44
to
46
you
are
required
to
fill
in
the
missing
information. For these blanks, you can
either use
the exact
words
you have
just heard or write down the
main points in your ow
n
words. Finally, w
hen the
passage is read for the third time, you
should check what you have written.
He
was
a
funny-looking
man
with
a
cheerful
face,
good-natured
and
a
great
talker. He was described by his student, the great
philosopher Plato, as
et
this same man was condemned
to death
for his beliefs by a jury composed of the leading
figures of the time in
Athens.
The man was the Greek philosopher
Socrates, and he was put to death for
not
believing
in
the
recognized
gods
and
for
corrupting
young
people.
The
second charge stemmed from his
association with numerous young
men who
came to Athens from all over the
civilized world to study under him.
Socrates‘
method of teaching
was to ask questions and, by pretending not
to know
the answers,
to press
his students into
thinking
for
themselves. His
teachings
had
unsurpassed
influence
on
all
the
great
Greek
and
Roman
schools
of
philosophy.
Y
et
for
all
his
fame
and
influence,
Socrates
himself
never wrote a word.
Socrates encouraged
new
ideas and
free
thinking
in the
young, and
this
was frightening to the
conservatives in Athens. They wanted him silenced.
Yet
many were probably surprised that
he accepted death so readily.
Socrates
had
the
right to ask
for a
less severe penalty,
and
he probably
could have
persuaded the
jury to change the
verdict. But Socrates, as a firm
believer in law, reasoned that it was
proper to submit to the death sentence. So
he calmly accepted his fate and drank a
cup of poison in the presence of his
grief-stricken friends and students.
Part III
College
English Practice Test 2 (Band
Ⅵ
)
Listening
Comprehension
听力文字稿
Tape Script of Listening
Comprehension
Section A
Directions:
In
this
section,
you
will
hear
8
short
conversations
and
2
long
conversations. At the end of each
conversation, one or more questions
w
ill be
asked about
w
hat
was said.
Both the conversation and the questions
w
ill 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
ans
w
er. Then mark the
corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2
with
a single line through
the center.
11.
W: How do you like the play?
M: Oh, I've seen worse.
Q:
What does the man mean?
12.
M: What's
happening with the new library building?
W: The work crew is just finishing it
up.
Q: What does the woman say about
the library?
13.
M: I'm not quite sure how to use this calculator
you lent me. I dropped it,
and now the
on-button doesn't light up.
W: Oh,
that's okay
, it hasn't been working
right for some time now.
Q: What was
the man's problem?
14.
M: The city
is going to tear down those old houses and put up
a new
shopping center.
W:
Another shopping center, that's nothing new.
Q: What does the woman mean?
15.
W: Do you know anyone who would do some
typing on short notice?
M:
How big is the job?
Q: What does the
man want to know?
16.
W: I suggest we go to the
concerts for the weekend.
M: Whatever you decide is
fine with me.
Q: What does the man
mean?
17.
W:
I
am sorry
I am
having trouble
reading my
notes. Did
you say three
lunches in that first paragraph?
M:
No.
I said free lunches, the children don‘t
have
to pay
for
th
em. And
there
are many lunches involved, you know, a lot more
than three.
Q. What did the
man say about the lunches?
18.
W: If T
om and
Marry don‘t come to the party, I‘ll have 13.
M: Let‘s invite two more
just in case.
Q: If
everyone comes, how many will be at the party?
Now you’ll hear two long
conversations.
Conversation
One
M:
Hello, how can I help you?
W:
My son isn't feeling well
and I'd like to get some advice.
M:
What seems to be the
problem?
W:
Well,
he
has
been
coughing
for
several
days
now.
I'm
wondering
if
he
should come in and see
the doctor.
M:
How old is
he?
W:
He is 3 years old.
M:
Does
he
have
any
other
symptoms
like
fever,
runny
nose,
or
loss
of
appetite?
W:
No,
actually
other
than
the
cough,
he
seems
healthy.
I
am
concerned
though, because
some of his sister's friends have whooping cough
and I
know that it can be very
contagious. Isn't that a pretty serious
illness?
M:
It
can
be
serious
with
babies.
Has
your
son
been
immunized
against
whooping cough?
W:
I'm not sure. He did get all of the
suggested vaccinations. I will look it up in
our records.
M:
If he has been immunized recently, it is very
unlikely that he would catch
whooping
cough, even if he has been exposed.
W:
Sounds like I don't have to worry about
that, but what shall I do about his
cough?
M:
It
will
help if
you give
him
lots of fluids and a
hot bath before bedtime.
Keep an eye on the cough to watch to
see if it gets worse. Call us again if
he has a fever or if you are still
concerned.
W:
Thanks for
your advice.
M:
You are welcome. Good-bye.
W:
Bye-bye.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
19.
What‘s wrong with the
child?
20.
Why is
the mother worried about the child‘s
cough?
21.
Why
does
the
doctor
think
that
it
is
unlikely
for
the
child
to
catch
the
whooping cough?
22. Which of
the following is not a suggestion the doctor gives
to the mother?
Conversation
Two
W:
Can you
tell me some of your strong points?
M:
W
ith my qualifications and
experience, I feel I am hardworking, responsible
and diligent in any thing I do.
W: Give me a brief
introduction of your current job experience.
M:
I
have
been
working
as
a
computer
programmer
for
five
years.
T
o
be
specific,
I
do
system
analysis,
trouble
shooting
and
provide
software
support.
W:
What have you
done for your current
organization
？
M:
I
have
finished
three
new
projects,
and
I
am
sure
I
can
apply
my
experience to this position.
W:
What makes
you think you would be a success in this
position
？
M:
My graduate school training along with
my internship should qualify me for
this job. I am sure I will be
successful.
W:
Do you work well under stress or
pressure
？
M:
I can deal with it well since it is
quite common in my current position.
W:
What
leadership qualities did you
have
？
M:
I feel that learning how to motivate
people and to work together as a team
will be the major goal of my
leadership.
W:
How do you deal with the trouble you
have with your colleagues in your
work?
M:
I will try to
present my ideas in a more clear and open way in
order to get
my points across.
Questions 23 to 25 are
based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. What is the
relationship between the two speakers?
24. What is the profession of the man?
25. What is the major goal of
leadership according to the dialogue?
Section B
Directions:
In this section,
you w
ill hear 3 short passages. At the
end of each
passage, you
w
ill hear some questions.
Both the passage and the questions
will
be spoken only once. After you hear a question,
you must choose the best
answ
er
from
the
four
choices
marked
A),
B),
C)
and
D).
Then
mark
the
corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2
with a single
line through the center.
Passage One
Job-seeking
skills
research clearly proves that
employers focus on
four
areas during an interview: 1) attitude,
which counts approximately 40 percent;
2) appearance, 25 percent; 3)
communication skills (verbal and nonverbal), 25
percent;
and
4)
job
skill
qualifications,
10
percent.
Does
this
surprise
you?
When you analyze it, it
shouldn't.
Remember,
you
are
screened
into
the
interview
on
the
basis
of
your
resume,
cover
letter,
and
application
for
employment,
which
outline
your
education, work experience, and
qualifications for the job. The interview, which
usually
lasts
from
20
to
40
minutes,
does
not
provide
adequate
time
for
employers to evaluate this kind of
background information. Employers request
this data beforehand so that they may
have
the time
necessary
to read and
review
your
background
as
it
relates
to
the
job,
and
to
compare
it
with
information submitted by other
applicants.
The employer's purpose for
giving you an interview is to get to know you
as a person. This is why your attitude
is the most important determinant of your
success in the interview. Likewise,
your appearance is the very first thing the
interviewer will evaluate
—
and first impressions do
make lasting impressions.
Of course,
job skill qualifications also count during the
interview, and it is your
responsibility to make certain your
qualifications for the job are clearly covered
during the interview.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
26. What is the most important element
that will determine your success in the
interview?
27. What is the
employer's purpose for giving you an
interview?
28. Which
statement is NOT true according to the passage?
Passage Two
Social
Security
is
one
of
the
great
moral
achievements
of
American
government. For almost 70 years, it has
kept millions of elderly citizens out of
poverty and assured young Americans of
a secure future. The Social Security
system is essential, yet it faces a
long-term problem.
While
benefits
for
today's
seniors
are
secure,
the
system
is
headed
towards bankruptcy down the road. Each
year there are more retirees taking
money out of the system, and not enough
additional workers to support them.
In
the
1950s,
there
were
about
16
workers
paying
for
every
Social
Security beneficiary
.
T
oday,
there are
about three. And eventually
, there will
only be two workers per beneficiary.
These changes signal a looming danger.
In the
year 2018,
for
the first time ever,
Social Security will pay out more in
benefits than the government collects
in payroll taxes. And the gaps will grow
larger each year leading to the
bankruptcy of the system.
Therefore,
Social Security is not a personal savings plan.
Benefits paid to
today's
retirees
come
directly
from
the
taxes
paid
by
today's
workers.
The
crisis
in
Social
Security
can
be
avoided
by
emphasizing
several
principles.
First, nothing will change for those
who are receiving Social Security and for
those
who
are
near
retirement.
Secondly
,
payroll
taxes
will
not
increase,
because
higher
taxes
would
slow
economic
growth.
More
efforts
must
be
made to use the power of
compound interest, by giving younger workers the
option
to
save
some
of
their
payroll
taxes
in
a
personal
account,
which
government cannot take away.
Questions 29 to
31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. When was the Social
Security system established in America?
30. Why is the Social Security facing a
looming danger?
31. What can
be done to avoid the crisis in Social Security?
Passage Three
T
oday
, I would
like to begin by discussing early European
settlement along
one of our
well-known
rivers,
the Hudson, which empties into
the Atlantic to
form
New
Y
ork
bay.
The
Hudson
river
has
a
couple
of
interesting
physical
features that made it very attractive
for settlement by the Europeans. The first
is that river extends inland from the
Atlantic
Ocean for
more
than 150 miles
with no
waterfalls or rapids. Its surface is virtually
flat for that entire distance,
with
no obstacles. Second, the
whole 150-mile stretch is influenced by
tides
from the Atlantic
Ocean. Roughly every six hours, the river reverses
direction,
flowing north when the tide
is rising and south toward the ocean when the tide
is
going
down.
Obviously
there
were
no
obstacles
to
prevent
settlers
from
moving further upstream on the Hudson
river and this explains why the Dutch
penetrated so far inland. They were the
first Europeans to settle in the Hudson
valley
. Of course, to go
upstream, the Dutch settlers needed the right kind
of
boat, and so to navigate the river,
they design a sloop with only one mast but
two sails, one rigged in front of the
mast and one behind. The mast was very
tall, in many cases over 100 feet tall,
so that the large sails could catch winds
blowing above the shore line hills.
Hudson river sloops carried passengers and
cargo. The cargo
ranging
from coal, lumber and hay
to fruit,
vegetables and
livestock.
Traveling only ten miles an hour in a good wind,
the sloop was
not
too
speedy
by
modern
standards,
but
it
was
ideally
suited
to
the
Dutch
settlement,
and
in
fact
when
the
steam
boat
eventually
was
introduced,
it
couldn't keep up with the
sloop.
Questions 32 to 35
are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. What attracted the Europeans to the
Hudson river area?
33. What is the
characteristic of the first 150 miles inland on
the Hudson river?
34. How do tides from
the Atlantic Ocean influence the Hudson
river?
35. According to the
speaker, why did Hudson river sloops have tall
masts?
Section C
Directions:
In
this
section,
you
w
ill
hear
a
passage
three
times.
When
the
passage is read for the first time, you
should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second
time, you are required to fill in the
blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the
exact words you have just heard. For
blanks
numbered
from
44
to
46
you
are
required
to
fill
in
the
missing
information. For these blanks, you can
either use
the exact
words
you have
just heard or write down the
main points in your ow
n
words. Finally, w
hen the
passage is read for the third time, you
should check what you have written.
T
oday I would like to talk
about the early days of movie making in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries. Before the pioneering films of D. W.
Griffith, film makers
were
limited by several
misguided
questions of the era.
According to one,
the camera was always fixed at a viewpoint
corresponding
to that of the spectator
in the theatre, a position now known as the long
shot. It
was another convention that
the position of the camera never changed in the
middle of a scene. In last week's
films, we saw how Griffith ignored both these
limiting conventions and brought the
camera closer to the actor.
This shot,
now known as a full shot, was considered
revolutionary at the
time.
For Love of Gold
, was the
name of the film in which the first use of the
full
shot. After progressing from a
long shot to the full shot, the next logical step
for
Griffith was to bring in the camera
still closer, in what is now called the close-up.
The close-up had been used before
though only rarely and merely as a visual
stunt, as for example, in Edqaed
Asport's The Great Train Robbery
, which
was
made in 1903.
But
not
until
1908
in
Griffith's
movie
called
After
Many
Years
was
the
dramatic
potential
of
the
close-up
exploited.
In
the
scene
from
After
Many
Years
that we are about to
see, pay special attention to the
close
-up of Annie
Lee's
worried face as she awaits her husband's return.
In 1908, this close-up
shocked everyone
in the Biogress Studio. But Griffith had no time
for argument.
He
had
another
surprise
even
more
radical
to
offer.
Immediately
following
close-up
of
Annie,
he
inserted
a
picture
of
the
object
of
her
thought--her
husband cast
sway on a desert aisle. This cutting from one
scene to another
without
finishing
either
of
them
brought
a
torrent
of
criticism
on
the
experiments.
Part III
College
English Practice Test 3 (Band
Ⅵ
)
Listening
Comprehension
听力文字稿
Tape Script of Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions:
In
this
section,
you
will
hear
8
short
conversations
and
2
long
conversations. At the end of each
conversation, one or more questions
w
ill be
asked about
w
hat
was said.
Both the conversation and the questions
w
ill 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
ans
w
er. Then mark the
corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2
with
a single line through
the center.
11.
W: Why didn‘t you have your geology
class today?
M: Only three
out of a class of twenty-five showed up. Since the
professor
had planned to present a
complex demonstration, he decided to cancel
the class until everybody could be
present.
Q: Why
didn
‘t the geology class meet
today?
12. M:
Did the party come off last night ?
W: Y
es, but many didn‘t show
up.
Q: What do we learn
from the conversation?
13.
M: The light in this dining hall is a
little too bright, don‘t you think?
W: I say it‘s perfect for a
fo
otball stadium.
Q: What does the woman mean?
14. W: There was a new quiz
show on television last night, but we were just
sitting down
to dinner when it came on.
M: I watched it and it was great! The
first four contestants won only small
prizes, but the fifth left with a new
luxury car.
Q: What
happened last night?
15. W:
Raise your hat a little bit and hold the saddle
and smile a little. Y
ou look
wonderful posing like that. Shall I
press the shutter?
M: Wait
a minute. Let me put on a cowboy hat.
Q: What are the speakers doing?
16.
M:
Congratulations.
Y
ou
certainly
did
quite
well
and
I
must
say
you
deserve
that grade.
W: Well,
I
really studied hard for that exam
I've
been preparing
for
it
for
more than a month. Now,
I can relax for a while.
Q: Why is the
woman so happy
？
17.
M: It's hard
to believe that Susan has already finished her
homework.
W: Well, she copied Jack's
homework and made a few changes.
Q:
What does the woman say about
Susan
？
18.
W:
Mr.
Johnson,
have
you
heard
the
morning
news
report?
Mill
has
resigned his post
as Prime Minister.
M: I
didn't turn on the radio this morning, but I did
see the headlines. If you
remember, he
threatened to leave the office at the last cabinet
meeting.
Q: How did Mr. Johnson learn
that the Prime Minister has resigned?
Now you’ll hear two long
conversations.
Conversation
One
W: Hi, Mike. I wonder
if you have time to go with me to the cinema this
Sunday
.
M: Oh, I planned to
finish my term paper that day, but
Y
amada invited me to a
tea
ceremony at his home.
W: Really?
Y
ou
‘
re lucky! The
tea ceremony is a special form of entertainment
for distinguished guests.
M:
Y
es, the tradition of tea ceremony has
existed for about six hundred years.
But,
to be
frank,
I
know
little
about
those special and strict rules of
the
ceremony.
W:
It
‘
s not as hard as you
imagine. I happened to have been invited to one
tea
ceremony once. I think I can give
you some suggestions.
M: Oh,
that
‘
s good.
W:
Remember, no matter what kind of tea ceremony you
attend, they have one
thing in common,
that is, guests are invited to enjoy a
moment of peace
and calm.
M:
Do you mean that the atmosphere is more important
than the cakes and the
tea itself?
W:
Y
es.
And
don
‘
t
forget
to
wash
your
hands
in
a
rock
water
basin
before
entering the tea-room.
M: It
sounds interesting. Is there a special room for a
tea ceremony?
W: Of course.
The room is
very simple but
very beautiful.
The
host and the
guests will all
sit on a kind of bamboo mats named
?
tatami
‘
.
M: I know.
I‘
m
practicing to sit on my knees on the floor these
days. My knees
ached a lot.
W: But
I‘
m sure
the
tea ceremony will
release
your pain and
make
you
feel
happy and peaceful.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
19.
Why couldn‘t Mike go to
the cinema wit
h Jane this Sunday?
20.
What is in common at all
tea ceremonies?
21.
According to the dialogue, what should
the guest do before entering the
tea-
room?
22.
How will people
sit at the tea ceremonies?
Conversation Two
W:
H
i, T
om!
M:
Judy
. I haven't seen you in
weeks. Where have you been?
W:
In Florida.
M:
What vacationing! While the rest of us
studying on the campus in February
cold?
W:
N
ot exactly
. I
spent most of my time under water.
M:
I don't understand.
W:
I
was on a special field trip. I went with my
marine biology class.
M:
So you went scuba diving. What were you
looking for? Sunken treasure?
W:
Y
ou
might
say
so.
The
sea's
full
of
treasures.
All
kinds
of
strange
fascinating organisms. Our class
concentrated on studying plankton.
M:
I found plankton were too
small to be seen.
W:
T
hat's a common
misconception. The term plankton covers a wild
variety
of freely flowing plants and
animals, from microscopic one cell organisms
to larger ones, such as the common
jellyfish.
M:
Jellyfish may be large enough to be
seen. But they are transparent, aren't
they?
W:
Y
es, most planktons have
transparent tissues as protected camouflage, it
makes them practically invisible to
predators.
M:
But not invisible to your biology
class, I hope.
W:
B
y concentrating, I was able
to see the outlines of lots of different plankton
plants
and
animals.
In
fact,
our
professor
even
took
photographs
of
gastropods, which are small oceanic
snails.
M:
How
would the snails show up in the photographs of
their transparence?
W:
W
e scoured it with harmless
green dye since particles of the dyes stuck to
their tissues, the snails appeared in
green outline in the photographs.
M:
That
sounds
like
an
interesting
trip.
But
I
think
if
I'd
been
in
Florida
in
February
,
I'd
much rather spend my
time
just swimming and lying in the
sun.
Questions
23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have
just heard.
23. Why was the
woman in Florida?
24. Where did the
woman spend most of her time while she was in
Florida?
25.
What is NOT
true about plankton according to the woman?
Section B
Directions:
In this section,
you w
ill hear 3 short passages. At the
end of each
passage, you
w
ill hear some questions.
Both the passage and the questions
will
be spoken only once. After you hear a question,
you must choose the best
answ
er
from
the
four
choices
marked
A),
B),
C)
and
D).
Then
mark
the
corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2
with a single
line through the center.
Passage One
An unusual form
of legal system prevailed in Eskimo societies in
the harsh
Arctic regions. Eskimo
societies were organized into local groups that
lacked
any real form of government,
although they had a headman who led the group.
The headman had no legal or judicial
authority
, and there were very few laws
in these cultures.
The
Eskimos also recognized
few crimes
against property
because people did not
own land. The custom of freely borrowing goods
from
each other also discouraged
stealing.
In
the past,
certain Eskimo cultures permitted some forms of
homicide,
including
the
killing
of
sickly
infants,
senile
or
sickly
elderly
persons,
and
invalids. These actions
were approved so that the society's resources
could be
used
to support the
healthy. Access to modern
transportation and medicine
has greatly
changed this situation.
In the Eskimos'
cultures, wife stealing was not a crime, and it
was usually
committed by a man who
sought to outrank socially the man whose wife was
stolen. Legal disputes, such as wife
stealing, were settled by the murder of the
offender (and the risk of a possible
feud with the offender's relatives) or by a
song
contest
during
which
each
party
insulted
the
other.
The
winner
is
determined by whoever received the most
applause.
Questions 26 to
28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. Why was the killing of
the sick not considered criminal in Eskimo
societies?
27. What kind of man usually
committed wife stealing?
28. What does
the unusual way that legal disputes were settled
reflect?
Passage Two
Sydney recorded
history
began
with the arrival of
the First Fleet and its
English criminals and soldiers on
January 26, 1788. Transportation of criminals
to Sydney did not stop until 1840 and
shortly afterwards, in 1842, Sydney was
declared a city. The population grew
rapidly during this period, helped by the
discovery of gold and the gold rush of
1850.
Sydney suffered little during
WWII. After
the
war, European immigrants
flooded into the city, and Sydney
spread rapidly westwards. It also picked up
one of its
most famous
landmarks in 1957.
The
architect J?
rn Utzon
won a
competition
to
design
the
Sydney
Opera
House.
In
1966,
before
the
completion
of
the
Opera
House,
Utzon
resigned
in
frustration.
Another
architectural team took over, and the
Opera House was opened in 1973.
During
the Vietnam war, Sydney became a major resting
stopover for US
soldiers and an
entertainment area developed
by King's
Cross maintains to
this
day
.
The
Bicentennial
celebrations
in
1988
and
the
massive
Darling
Harbour
redevelopment project boosted the city's
development, and today the
economy is
doing well.
After winning the bid to
host the 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney put vast
amounts
of
money
into
city
construction
and
this
is
evident
when
walking
through the city today
.
Nowadays Sydney has people from over one hundred
countries.
It
has
a population of
nearly 4 million. The
city provides excellent
places to
satisfy any visitor‘s needs.
Questions 29 to
31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. When was Sydney
declared a city?
30. Why did Sydney
expand rapidly after WWII?
31. How long
did it take to design and build the Sydney Opera
House?
Passage Three
Some
people have very good memories, and can easily
learn quite long
poems by heart. There
are other people who can only remember things when
they have said them over and over.
The famous English writer, Charles
Dickens said that he could walk down
any
long street in London
and
then tell
you
the
name of every shop
he
had
passed.
Many of the great men of the world have had
wonderful memories.
A good memory is a
great help in learning a language. Everybody
learns
his own language by remembering
what he hears when he is a small child, and
some children seem to learn two
languages almost as easily as one. In school
it is not so easy to learn a second
language because the pupils have so little
time for it, and they are busy with
other subjects as well.
A
man‘s mind is rather like a camera, but it takes
photos not only of what
we see but of
what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take
a real photo
with a camera, there is
much to do before the photo is finished and ready
to
show to our friends. In the same way
there is much work to be done before we
can keep a picture forever in our
minds.
Memory is the diary
that we all carry about with us.
Questions 32 to 35 are
based on the passage you have just heard.
32. What can some people do
if they have very good memory according to the
passage?
33. Why is it
difficult for the pupils to learn a second
language in school?
34.
What is the man‘s mind like according
to the passage?
35. What is
a great help learning a language?
Section C
Directions:
In
this
section,
you
w
ill
hear
a
passage
three
times.
When
the
passage is read for the first time, you
should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second
time, you are required to fill in the
blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the
exact words you have just heard. For
blanks
numbered
from
44
to
46
you
are
required
to
fill
in
the
missing
information. For these blanks, you can
either use
the exact
words
you have
just heard or write down the
main points in your ow
n
words. Finally, w
hen the
passage is read for the third time, you
should check what you have written.
Smoking means something different to
various cultures. In France, many
people smoke. In the winter, it is
often difficult to breathe in the cafes because
of the tobacco smoke in the air. In
Romania, smoking is an acceptable social
habit. Women, however, do not smoke on
the street. The brand of cigarette a
person smokes shows his/her wealth,
especially if it is a foreign brand.
In
Latin American cultures, smoking is very common.
Some men think that
smoking makes them
look more manly
. As in other cultures,
smoking is a way
to socialize and
belong.
In parts of Asia, tobacco is
used in wedding ceremonies and in religious
offerings.
It is also
used in
many kinds of
occasions.
In Cambodia, the bride
lights her husband‘s cigarette to show
her devotion to hi
m. In Vietnam, people
are
often
smoking
at
business
meetings
and
in
coffee
houses.
Most
of
the
women in Cambodia and Vietnam tend not
to smoke. But when they enter a
friend‘s home, they may be given a
tobacco leaf to chew on.
During the
war,
Vietnamese soldiers
would smoke to pass the time
while
waiting
to
go into
battle. Cambodian men smoked
when they took a break
from
working in the
fields, to ease their hunger and to
keep mosquitoes away.
Smoking was a
comforting thing to do.
In both Vietnam
and Cambodia,
people who were not
smokers before the war, started to smoke during
the war
and became addicted.
College English Practice
Test 4 (Band
Ⅵ
)
Part III
Listening Comprehension
听力文字稿
Tape Script
of Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions:
In
this
section,
you
will
hear
8
short
conversations
and
2
long
conversations. At the end of each
conversation, one or more questions
w
ill be
asked about
w
hat
was said.
Both the conversation and the questions
w
ill 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
ans
w
er. Then mark the
corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2
with
a single line through
the center.
11.
M: I think the whole class is going on
the field trip next Friday.
W: I'm not
so sure, not everyone has paid the transportation
fee.
Q: What does the woman imply?
12.
W: I'm taking John to that fancy new
restaurant tonight.
M: Y
ou
can't go like that. Y
ou'd better
change.
Q: What does the man advice?
13. M: How did
your talk with Harry go?
W: It never
really got off the ground.
Q: What does
the woman imply?
14.
M: Helen,
don't forget to take out your umbrella.
W: Oh, it's just overcast.
Q: What does Helen mean?
15.
M: Have you seen this postcard from
Rohm? He's in Florida.
W: Oh, so he was
able to get time off from work.
Q: What
had the woman assumed about Rohm?
16.
M
: Darling,
how
do
you
feel about moving to
San Francisco?
It‘s so
cold
here.
W: I couldn‘t agree with you
more. And the children will have more
fun.
Q: What are they
discussing?
17.
W: Paul, we
haven‘t gone out
for over a
month. Let‘s go somewhere
this
evening.
M:
Fine.
Where
would
you
like
to
go?
Look
in
the
newspaper
to
get
information about the movies or the
theater.
Q: What does the man ask the
woman to do?
18.
W: I‘ve been
studying all the time, but I still can‘t see any
improvement in
my grades.
M: Mayb
e instead of studying
in your dorm, you‘d better go
to some
place
where there are fewer
distractions.
Q: What does
the man advise the woman to do?
Now you’ll hear two long
conversations.
Conversation
One
W:
Good
morning. Can I help you?
M:
Y
es please.
I
would
like to
have some information about
the .. erm.. the
course at
Swan School.
W:
Is that a
summer course you
‘
re
interested in?
M:
Y
es, please.
W:
OK.
Well,
we
have
…
erm
…<
/p>
short
intensive
full-time
courses
during
the
summer.
M:
mm-mm.
I would want to know the length of one course.
W:
Y
es. Each
course lasts for three weeks.
M:
How many hours per week, please?
W:
Well,
it
‘
s about twenty-three
hours a
week. Usually
four and a
half days
each week.
M:
Y
ou must have a lot of
students in the class,
haven
‘
t you?
W:
We
have
a
lot
of
students
in
the
school
but
in
the
classes
only
about
between 12 and 14
students.
M:
12 and 14.
Could you please give me the dates of the first
and the second
course?
W:
Y
es, certainly
.
The first course begins on 3 July and lasts until
20 July and
the second course is from
24 July until 10 August.
M:
What about the fees per course?
W:
Y
es, each
…
each course costs
￡
150 plus VAT
,
which is 15 percent, and a
￡
5 registration fee.
M:
And deposit, please?
W:
Y
es, for each
course we need a deposit of
￡
20 and the
￡
5 registration
fee.
M:
Oh thank
you. Do we have to find our...our own
accommodation?
W:
No,
we
can
do
that
for
you.
We
have
a
lady
who
arranges
the
accommodation for you
with Oxford families.
M:
How
much does it cost?
W:
Well,
you
can
choose
to
have
bed
and
breakfast
only
which
is
￡
20
a
week, or bed, breakfast and dinner
which is about
￡
27 a week.
M:
￡
27. Thank you
very much.
W:
Y
ou
‘
re
welcome.
Questions 19 to 22
are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19.
Where did
the conversation take place?
20.
How long is the course?
21.
When will the second course start?
22. What kind of accommodation is
available?
Conversation Two
W:
H
i, Scott, have you heard
about Diana recently?
M:
No,
I
haven't talked
to her for a
couple of months. How are
things going
with her?
W:
W
ell, she is OK.
She only had a little accident last week in her
new car.
M:
Oh, I
t‘
s too bad!
Was anybody hurt? Was there much damage?
W:
N
o, it was really a small
accident and everybody was fine. It was the other
driver's fault.
M:
Well, that's
good. By the way
, is she still going
out with David?
W:
H
aven't you heard yet?
They're getting married!
M:
Y
ou are kidding!
W:
S
he said he gave her a ring
on her birthday
.
M:
My! How romantic! When is
the big day?
W:
T
his October.
M:
Will it be a church wedding
or a civil one?
W:
D
iana is a
catholic. So, there will be a church wedding.
engage
M:
Good. No
doubt, she will be very beautiful in her wedding
gown.
W:
S
urely, and
s
he‘
s invited me to be her
maid of honor.
M:
Did you promise her?
W:
Y
es, I did.
It'll be my first time.
M:
Whom did David ask to be his best man?
W:
H
e told me that you would be
his best choice.
M:
Me? My God! I
t‘
s
also my first time.
W:
Y
ou
don
‘
t want to do that?
M:
Y
es. I do. Now, I must have
a talk with him. See you.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
23. What happened to Diana last week?
24. What happened on
Diana
‘
s birthday?
25. Why will
Diana
‘
s wedding be a church
one?
Section B
Directions:
In this section,
you w
ill hear 3 short passages. At the
end of each
passage, you
w
ill hear some questions.
Both the passage and the questions
will
be spoken only once. After you hear a question,
you must choose the best
answ
er
from
the
four
choices
marked
A),
B),
C)
and
D).
Then
mark
the
corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2
with a single
line through the center.
Passage One
The American
Civil War began on April 12, 1861 in South
Carolina. The
war took more than
600,000 lives, destroyed property valued at $$5
billion a
nd
brought freedom
to 4 million black slaves.
In
November, 1860, Abraham Lincoln
was elected
the 16th
President of
the
United
States.
Since
Lincoln
had
become
well
known
throughout
the
country for his anti-slavery views, his
election caused a panic among the slave
owners in the South. Early in February,
1861, seven states that seceded from
the Union formed the Confederate States
of America, with Jefferson Davis as
President.
So
shortly
after
Lincoln
had
taken
office,
it
was
decided
by
his
Cabinet that the Union was to be kept
by force.
The war went on for 4 bitter
years, with ups and downs on both sides. In
manpower,
wealth, and
resources, the
North
was
much stronger. The south,
however, had
better generals and a better military position.
So,
the first
two
years of the Civil war went badly for
the North. It was not until the summer of
1863 that the Union troops began to win
decisive victories on the battlefields.
On July 1, 1863,
the
Confederates
met the Union army at the
little
town of
Gettysburg in
southern Pennsylvania. After three days of
fighting, the southern
forces
weakened
and
were
forced
to
retreat.
The
Battle
of
Gettysburg
has
been called the turning point of the
war. Finally the Confederate army had to
surrender, ending the
war in
May, 1865. As a result of
the war, slavery was
abolished and the Union was
kept.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
26. How much property was destroyed in
the war?
27. Why did the election of
Lincoln cause a panic among the slave
owners?
28. What is regarded
as the turning point of the war?
Passage Two
During World War
II, Great Britain and the United States tried to
deal with
the problem of an
international agreement on money
. The
two countries tried
to
set
up
a
formal
system
that
everyone
would
use
to
exchange
money
between countries. The
system they set up is usually called the Bretton
Woods
System.
The system got
this
name
from the town in
New Hampshire in the
United
States
where
the
international
agreement
was
signed.
The
Bretton
Woods Agreement was
signed in 1944. When it was signed, it seemed to
be a
good system.
The
Bretton
Woods
Agreement
had
two
main
parts.
The
first
part
concerned
exchange
rates.
All
of
the
countries
that
signed
the
agreement
promised
to
regulate
their
exchange
rates.
The
countries
promised
not
to
change their exchange rates too often.
This was a very important part of the
agreement. It helped to stabilize the
international finance system. The second
part of the Bretton Woods Agreement
concerned a currency fund. The fund
was
supposed
to
help
countries
that
needed
currency.
All
the
countries
contributed
some
of
their
currency
to
the
fund.
They
could
borrow
the
necessary currency from
the fund. This helped all of the member countries
to
do business with each other. This
second part of the agreement was called the
International Monetary Fund.
Questions 29 to
31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. How did the Bretton
Woods System get its name?
30. What did
countries that signed the agreement promise to do?
31. Who contributed money to the
International Monetary Fund?
Passage Three
A good way to
see the
USA is by car. Americans
love their automobiles
and
in
the past fifty
years they
have developed a
vast
network of roads and
freeways to help
them reach their destinations.
As few visitors have their own cars,
renting one is the next best thing. Y
ou
will
need
a
valid
driver's
license
and
either
international
credit
cards,
or
a
deposit.
Y
ou should start out
with a
working knowledge of
the road.
Regulations
vary from state
to state and
this can be
very confusing to a
newcomer. For
example,
in
some
states
it
is
legal
to
turn
right
at
a
red
light
if
there
is
no
approaching
traffic,
while
in
other
states
you
will
be
fined
for
this
action.
Throughout
the
country
it
is
forbidden
to
pass
a
school
bus
when
it
has
stopped to let off children.
The size of the country may startle you
at first and you may be surprised
at
the spectacular physical beauty
.
When
the first pioneers
began
to expand
west into
the wildness, the natural resources of the land
seemed inexhaustible.
Nearly 1,000
million acres of land was covered by virgin
forest. Much of this
was burnt off for
farmland and it soon became apparent that the
government
would
have
to
take
action
or
the
natural
beauty
of
the
land
would
be
lost
forever.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
32. What is not needed for a visitor to
rent a car?
33. What is forbidden when
one is driving in America?
34. What may
startle you at first when traveling in America by
car?
35. Why would the government have
to take some actions?
Section C
Directions:
In
this
section,
you
w
ill
hear
a
passage
three
times.
When
the
passage is read for the first time, you
should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second
time, you are required to fill in the
blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the
exact words you have just heard. For
blanks
numbered
from
44
to
46
you
are
required
to
fill
in
the
missing
information. For these blanks, you can
either use
the exact
words
you have
just heard or write down the
main points in your ow
n
words. Finally, w
hen the
passage is read for the third time, you
should check what you have written.
The International Olympic Committee
chose a doctor from Belgium as its
president. Jacques
Rogge
will serve at least eight
years.
He
replaced Juan
Antonio
Samaranch of Spain who served as president for
twenty-one years.
Doctor
Rogge received support from more
than
half the delegates in a
second vote during a meeting in Moscow.
He has worked for many years with
the
International Olympic Committee. He is fifty-nine
years old.
Observers
called
the
election
of
Doctor
Rogge
a
move
to
reform
the
worldwide
sports
organization.
The
new
president
says
he
will
place
great
importance
on
preventing
Olympic
competitors
from
using
banned
drugs.
Experts say his
long record of
honesty may
help the
Olympics recover
from
charges of illegal actions.
The
accusations
are
linked
to
the
winter
games
of
2002.
Ten
Olympic
Committee members reportedly accepted
gifts and large amounts of money to
choose Salt Lake City to hold the
events. The American government charged
five people in connection
with these gifts. Earlier this
week, a
federal judge
dismissed four of fifteen charges
against
two men
who
led Salt Lake City's
campaign to get the Olympics. The judge
also postponed their trial.
The new
president has been active in the Olympics since he
was a young
man.
Jacques
Rogge
is
a
champion
sailor
who
competed
in
three
Olympic
sailing events, the last in 1976.
He
has been a member of
the
International
Olympic Committee for ten years. Doctor
Rogge had a major responsibility for
plans
for
the
2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Those games
were
highly
successful.
College English Practice Test 5
(Band
Ⅵ
)
Part III
Listening Comprehension
听力文字稿
Tape Script
of Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions:
In
this
section,
you
will
hear
8
short
conversations
and
2
long
conversations. At the end of each
conversation, one or more questions
w
ill be
asked about
w
hat
was said.
Both the conversation and the questions
w
ill 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
ans
w
er. Then mark the
corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2
with
a single line through
the center.
11.
W: Joseph, do you think you will
remarry?
M: Where did you get the idea like
that? I don‘t want to be let down
again.
Q: What do you learn
from the conversation?
12.
M:
How
many
people
are
you
going
to
invited
to
our
wedding
ceremony?
W:
In my opinion, the more the merrier. Wouldn‘t you
say so?
Q: What can not be
concluded from the conversation?
13.
M: What did
Professor Clark think about my presentation?
W:
He said your presentation was right on the target.
Q: What did Professor Clark think about
the man‘s presentation?
14.
W: Dave
told me
he
had
had 10 papers published this
year.
Is
that
true?
M: Y
ou have to
take what Dave says with a grain of salt.
Q: What does the man imply?
15.
M: Welcome
home, Lora. Do you know everyone in the town looks
up
to you?
W: Really? I was just too
busy to come back.
Q: What does the man
mean?
16.
M:
If
you
are
in
hurry,
you
can
take
the
subway
.
If
you
want
to
go
sightseeing, take a
bus.
W: Actually
, I don't have to
be at the conference before noon.
Q:
What will the woman probably do?
17. W: How did your interview
go
？
M: I couldn't
feel better about it. The questions were very fair
and I seemed
to find answers for all
them.
Q: How does the man feel about
the interview
？
18. W: I'm very impressed by all the
work you've done on your house, Mr. Miller.
How long have you been working on
it
？
M: I first
became interested in doing things myself several
years ago. I've
been doing something on
it every now and then for almost a year now.
Y
ou know, I couldn't afford
to pay workmen to do it.
Q: What do we
learn about Mr. Miller?
Now
you’ll hear two long conversations.
Conversation One
W:
English Language Center.
How may I help you?
M:
Hello.
I'm
calling
to
find
out
more
information
about
your
program.
For
example, what kind of courses do you
offer?
W: Well, first of
all, the purpose of our program is to provide
language learning
opportunities
to
this
area's
community
,
whether
a
student's
goal
is
to
master basic functional
language skills, let's say
, for his or
her job, or to
study intensively to
enter a US college or university
.
M:
Okay. I'm calling for a friend who is
interested in attending a US university.
W:
And
that's
the
kind
of,
uh,
instruction
that
we
provide,
from
basic
communication
courses
to
content-based
classes
such
as
computer
literacy, intercultural communication,
and business English.
M:
Great. What are your
application deadlines for the next semester?
W:
Well,
we
ask
applicants
to
apply
no
later
than
two
months
before
the
semester begins. [Uh-hum] This gives us
time to process the application
and
issue the student's I-20.
M:
An I-20?
W:
Oh, an I-20
is a form that indicates that we are giving
permission for the
student to study in
our program, and then the student takes this form
to
the US embassy in his or her home
country to apply for the F-1 student
visa.
M:
All right. What is the tuition for a
full-time student?
W:
I
t's two
thousand thirty dollars.
M:
And how does one apply?
W:
Well, we can send you an
application and you can mail it back to us, or
you can fill out our application that's
on our Web site.
M:
Great. Thank you for help.
W:
N
o problem and please don't
hesitate to call again if you have any other
questions.
M:
Okay. Goodbye.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
19.
Which was not mentioned
as part of the purpose of the English Language
Center?
20.
What
is one course taught at the English Language
Center?
21.
What‘s the
tuition for a full
-time student?
22.
How can a student apply
for this program?
Conversation Two
W:
W
elcome to Jingli Hotel. How
may I help you?
M:
I'd like a room please.
W:
Would you like a single or a double?
M:
I'd like a double,
please.
W:
May I have your
name, please?
M:
Y
es. It is Sparlly.
W:
Could you spell that out
please?
M:
That
‘
s S-P-A-R-L-
L-Y
.
W:
How many
are in your party?
M:
Just the two of us.
W:
Ok. And how long would you like to stay
here?
M:
Two
weeks, from March 3rd to March 17th.
W:
Ok. Can you fill in the form please?
M:
Sure.
(Filling in the form) Here you are.
W:
Thank you. How will you be paying?
M:
Is Visa OK?
W:
That'll be fine. And
would you like a wake-up call?
M:
Y
es, I'd like a
wake-up call for 6:30.
W:
Ok. Is there anything else?
M:
Y
es, one more thing: where
is your canteen?
W:
T
he canteen is
on the second floor. We also have a cafeteria on
the top
floor. If you would like
something to drink, you can either call room
service
or come down here.
M:
Ok. Thank
you.
W:
Y
ou are welcome. Here is
your key. Y
our room is 801 on the
eighth floor.
Y
ou can take
an elevator at the end of this hall.
M:
Thank you.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
23. What is the possible relationship
between the two speakers?
24. How long
did Mr. Sparlly plan to stay in the hotel?
25. What can Mr. Sparlly do if he wants
to drink something according
to the
other speaker?
Section B
Directions:
In this section,
you w
ill hear 3 short passages. At the
end of each
passage, you
w
ill hear some questions.
Both the passage and the questions
will
be spoken only once. After you hear a question,
you must choose the best
answ
er
from
the
four
choices
marked
A),
B),
C)
and
D).
Then
mark
the
corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2
with a single
line through the center.
Passage One
T
o be
addicted to cigarettes means that your body comes
to need them.
The
addicted
substance
in
cigarettes
is
nicotine.
When
people
smoke
the
nicotine goes right into
the
blood stream and makes people feel
relaxed. A
smoker's body
gets accustomed
to the nicotine and if
he stops smoking
he
feels
nervous. Many smokers try to stop smoking but
because of the addiction
to nicotine
they feel so uncomfortable that they often find it
too difficult to stop.
Another
reason
is
that
people
simply
enjoy
smoking
and
what
it
symbolizes. Having a cigarette for many
people
means taking a break. For
some people smoking becomes part of
certain social rituals, for example, the
cigarette
after
dinner.
Many
people
enjoy
smoking
because
it
gives
them
something
to
do
with
their
hands.
Reaching
for
a
cigarette,
lighting
it
and
flicking
the ashes are especially comforting in situations
where a person feels
tense.
Many people also like the taste of tar
in cigarettes. However, it is the tar
that causes cancer. While governments
and
health experts
have
tried to get
people to give up smoking
entirely
, cigarette manufacturers have
tried to keep
selling
them
by
producing
cigarettes
with
less
tar.
Many
people
in
western
countries
have
welcomed
these
cigarettes
since
they
find
it
hard
to
stop
smoking but want to reduce the risk to
their health.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
26. What
is the substance in cigarettes that causes cancer?
27. What are health experts trying to
do?
28. What is the best title for this
passage?
Passage Two
Is
there such a thing as a typical American film?
There are many features
that mark a
movie as American, but perhaps the most essential
is the theme of
the
loner
hero. From
the earliest days
of silent films
until the recent
science
movies, the American
movie
has concentrated on
the
role of one individual
who spends his or her life combating
the forces of evil
—
and the
good guy, the
hero, usually wins.
In the western movie, which comes out
of many legends of the American
West, a
typical figure is
the
lonesome cowboy.
He
wanders
into a
town and
straightens
out its troubles. Then the strong and independent
hero rides off into
the sunset alone.
Americans
like this image in their
films because they are
highly
independent, and individualism counts a great deal
with them.
Even the gangster movie, a
very popular form of the typical American film,
usually
has
a
hero,
either
he
is
a
lawman
out
to
catch
the
criminals
or
a
gangster who suddenly sees
the light and tries to go straight.
Recent science fiction films deal with
the same themes. Against the forces
of
alien powers, people will
fight to
protect
their ideals. Here,
too, the action
centers
around a single individual, but now he or she must
save the world.
Questions
29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
29. Which kind of
films is NOT discussed in the passage?
30. Why do Americans like the image of
the lonesome cowboy in their films?
31. What is the basic theme of a
typical American film?
Passage Three
The existence
of black hole had long been predicted by theory
but never
confirmed.
A black hole is an extremely mysterious
object. It has a gravity which is so
intense that nothing, not even light,
can escape from it. It can change space
and time in basic ways.
A powerful X-ray stream drew the
attention of scientists to the event. It is
located near the center of a galaxy
which is about 700 million light-years from
Earth. According to the international
team of scientists, gases from
the star
have
been
heated
to
a
temperature
of
multimillion-degree
when
they
were
drawn toward the black hole. Thus a
strong wind is produced.
Scientists said a star about the size
of our sun
was coming close to the
black
hole.
The
big
gravity
of
the
black
hole
pulled
the
star
to
the
point
of
breaking. It is estimated
to have a gravity 100 million times that of our
sun.
The effect is similar
to the dragging force
the moon
has on the Earth's
oceans,
but is much more violent. The black hole has
observed to have eaten
up about 1
percent of the star. It seems that this unlucky
star has just entered
the wrong
neighborhood.
Scientists
have seen other similar X-ray streams before, but
never
were
able
to locate them at the center of a
galaxy
, where black holes may exist.
The
new observations also found that a
black hole is always surrounded by X-rays.
Questions 32 to
35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. Why is the black hole
extremely mysterious?
33. How far away
is the powerful X-ray stream?
34. How
is the X-ray stream formed?
35. Where
would black holes exist according to scientists?
Section C
Directions:
In
this
section,
you
w
ill
hear
a
passage
three
times.
When
the
passage is read for the first time, you
should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second
time, you are required to fill in the
blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the
exact words you have just heard. For
blanks
numbered
from
44
to
46
you
are
required
to
fill
in
the
missing
information. For these blanks, you can
either use
the exact
words
you have
just heard or write down the
main points in your ow
n
words. Finally, w
hen the
passage is read for the third time, you
should check what you have written.
The World Trade Organization was
established in 1995. It developed out
of the General Agreement on
T
ariffs and Trade or GATT. GATT was
created in
1948
after
the
end
of
World
War
Ⅱ
.
It
led
to
a
series
of
international
trade
negotiations, which established a world
trading system. The W-T-O supervises
and makes improvements to that system.
The
W-T-O
organizes
trade
negotiations
and
settles
trade
disputes.
It
supervises
trade
agreements
reached
by
member
nations.
It
also
provides
developing
countries with technical assistance and training
programs in trade
issues. And, it
cooperates with other international organizations.
The top decision-making group of the
W-T-O is the Ministerial Conference.
It
meets
at
least
once
every
two
years
in
different
cities
around
the
world.
W-T-O
members
reach
agreements
by
debate
and
compromise.
W-T-O
agreements
then
go
to
the
governments
of
each
country
for
approva
l
or
rejection.
At first the
trade agreements among the countries dealt mainly
with goods.
GATT was designed to lower
import taxes and remove other barriers to trade in
goods. However, W-T-O members later
agreed on trade rules for the service
industry. This industry includes banks,
communications companies, hotels and
transport businesses.
The
W-T-O also supervises an agreement on what is
called intellectual
property
. That agreement provides rules
to protect trade and
investment in
ideas and creative activities.
College English Practice Test 6
(Band
Ⅵ
)
Part III
Listening Comprehension
听力文字稿
Tape Script
of Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions:
In
this
section,
you
will
hear
8
short
conversations
and
2
long
conversations. At the end of each
conversation, one or more questions
w
ill be
asked about
w
hat
was said.
Both the conversation and the questions
w
ill 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
ans
w
er. Then mark the
corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2
with
a single line through
the center.
11.
M: Now, what seems to be the trouble,
Mrs. Stephens?
W: I've been very dizzy
lately, and last night I had some chest pain.
Q: What's the probable relationship
between the two speakers?