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- Directions: In this section,
- you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.
- At the end of each conversation,
- one or more questions will be asked about what was said.
- Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.
- After each question there will be a pause.
- During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D),
- and decide which is the best answer.
- Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
- with a single line through the centre.
- Now let's begin with the 8 short conversations.
- 1. M: Hey, Mary, some of us in the Outdoor Club are going camping this weekend.
- If you are interested, you can come along, too!
- W: I'd love it! But...not if you climb mountains, for I'm scared stiff of heights.
- Q: What is the woman's reaction to the man's invitation?
- 2. W: You must have enjoyed using your new camera on your trip.
- M: I would have, but I left it in the car with my friend who drove me to the airport.
- Q: What does the man say about his camera?
- 3. M: Would you like to join us for a ride around the seaside?
- W: What a pleasant way to spend a hot day!
- Q: What does the woman imply?
- 4. W: I'm going to the zoo to do some drawings of elephants today.
- M: May I go with you? I have the same assignment.
- Q: What do we learn about the man and the woman from the conversation?
- 5. W: I thought Paul might help me to figure out the computer program.
- M: Paul is about the last person I'd ask if I were you.
- Q: What does the man imply about Paul?
- 6. M: Martin certainly shows great enthusiasm for the tennis course.
- W: If only he showed as much for his studies.
- Q: What does the woman imply about Martin?
- 7. W: This TV set is not working properly. I suppose we should buy a new one,
- but I don't see how we can afford it right now.
- M: If only we hadn't bought the car.
- Q: Why didn't they buy another TV set?
- 8. W: Hey, John, do you want to come shopping with me?
- My dad just gave me my monthly allowance and I want to blow it all.
- M: That sounds just like you. Can't you save a few pennies for a rainy day?
- Q: What do we know about the woman?
- Now you'll hear two long conversations.
- W: Mr. Kim. Lots of people are suffering from being unable to sleep, including me.
- M: Well, you must be feeling bad, twisting around,
- trying to find a comfortable position, but you're probably only making matters worse.
- W: Really, I thought changing positions would help.
- M: That's not right. What happens is that your heart rate actually increases,
- making it more difficult to relax.
- You may also have some bad habits that contribute to the problem.
- M: Do you rest frequently during the day? Do you get virtually no exercise,
- or do you exercise too much late in the day?
- Do you think about sleep a lot or sleep late on weekends?
- W: You're talking about me! I'm leading a life like that.
- I guess lots of people do like this.
- M: Haha! Any of these facts might be leading to your insomnia
- by disrupting your body's natural rhythm.
- W: What should we do then on those sleepless nights?
- Should we take some sleeping pills?
- M: Don't bother with sleeping pills;
- they can actually cause worse insomnia later.
- W: I thought sleeping pills would help.
- What're your suggestions for our audiences?
- M: The best thing to do is to drink milk or eat cheese or tuna fish.
- They are all rich in amino acid that helps produce a substance in the brain that induces sleep.
- This substance will help you relax.
- And you'll be on the way to get a good night's sleep.
- W: I'm so excited to hear all this.
- I guess many of us will change our way of life since they have listened to their talk.
- M: Your sleeping will become better and better if you insist.
- W: I'm sure I will! Thank you much for your advice and thanks for joining us this evening!
- Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
- 9. Where is the talk most probably being given?
- 10. According to the speaker, what happens when you turn and twist to get comfortable?
- 11. According to the speaker, what sometimes causes people to have trouble sleeping?
- 12. What does the speaker say about sleeping pills?
- W: Hi, morning! What's up?
- M: Nice to see you on way to work.
- W: I just read a curious fact.
- M: What is it? I like curious things.
- W: Did you know that people who spend less than ten minutes
- in a gift shop are five times more likely to make a purchase
- than those who spend half an hour there?
- M: Was it an article in the Morning News?
- I saw it, too. But think, if someone runs into a gift shop for ten minutes,
- it's usually to make a specific purchase. That's why they would just spend a short period of time.
- W: And someone who spends more time there maybe just looking.
- M: Exactly. Haven't you ever gone into a store thinking
- that you'd buy something, and then talk yourself out of it?
- W: Yes, I have. Especially when I thought I could get it for less elsewhere,
- or I really didn't need it after all.
- M: Exactly. But if you run in to buy something specific and have very little time,
- you pick it up, pay for it immediately and then leave.
- W: That's true. Maybe we should learn a lesson from that.
- Take your time and you'll spend less money. We always have to budget our money well.
- M: I doubt if that would be true in all stores, though.
- In a department store, for instance,
- you may see a sweater or something you never intended to buy
- and buy it because you have time to look around.
- W: That's sometimes true. Every theory has its conditions!
- M: Yes, you're right. Here we are! The office is nice and warm.
- W: I'll see you soon. Have a nice day!
- Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
- 13. What is the main topic of the conversation?
- 14. What fact have the man and woman learned about the gift shops?
- 15. What does the man say about people who shop quickly?
- Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.
- At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.
- Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.
- After you hear a question,
- you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).
- Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
- Despite its enormous size the Airbus A380 still manages to look graceful.
- The double-decker plane that can carry over 550 passengers dwarfs all other commercial aircraft.
- Later today one will land for the first time in the UK.
- Wings are produced here in North Wales and traveled by land, river and sea for assembly in France.
- Until now the Boeing 747 Jumbo was the world's biggest passenger plane, but no longer.
- A380 is as high as an 8-storey building,
- take-off thrust from the plane's four engines equals 2 500 family cars.
- Without seats, it can contain 10 squash courts.
- But the European Airbus will soon have an American rival,
- Boeing's 787 Dream liner, which is smaller,
- can fly further, and isn't restricted to large airports.
- These aircrafts represent extraordinary technological breakthrough,
- reducing fuel emissions by about 20%,
- much better conditions inside the aircraft and offering
- both airlines and passengers much greater flexibility in their long-hauled journeys.
- A380 may offer shops and a casino or even a gym
- so that its good-value seats will win the airline battle.
- Critics of the new aircraft including environmentalists
- say it might be more fuel efficient per passenger than other jets,
- but the benefits we'll get from it are a drop in the ocean
- compared to the huge climate emissions from aviation.
- And aviation is the fastest growing source of climate-changing gases
- both in Britain and worldwide.
- Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.
- 16. Where is the Airbus A380 assembled?
- 17. What is the biggest passenger plane in the world?
- 18. What enables A380 to attract passengers and win the airline battle?
- 19. What do critics say about A380?
- Moods, say the experts, are emotions that tend to become fixed,
- influencing one's outlook for hours, days or even weeks.
- That's great if your mood is a pleasant one,
- but it will be a problem if you are sad, anxious, angry or simply lonely.
- Perhaps one of the best ways to deal with such moods is to talk them out:
- sometimes, though, there is no one to listen. Modern science offers an abundance of drugs.
- But scientists have also discovered the effectiveness of several non-drug approaches
- to make you loose from an unwanted mood. These can be just as useful as drugs,
- and have the added benefit of being nonpoisonous.
- So the next time you feel out of sorts,
- don't head for the drug store—try the following approach.
- Of all the mood-altering self-help techniques,
- physical exercise seems to be the most efficient cure for a bad mood.
- "If you could keep up the exercise, you'd be in high spirits," says Kathryn Lance,
- author of Running for Health and Beauty.
- There is obviously a link between physical activity and mood changes.
- Researchers have explained biochemical and various other changes
- that make exercise compare favorably to drugs as a mood-raiser.
- Physical exertion such as housework, however, does little,
- probably because it is not intensive enough, and people usually do it unwillingly.
- The key is physical exercise-running, cycling, walking,
- swimming or other repetitive and sustained activities that boost the heart rate,
- increase circulation and improve the body's utilization of oxygen.
- Do them for at least 20 minutes a session three to five times a week.
- Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
- 20. What is the problem of talking bad moods out?
- 21. What does the speaker prefer as a mood-raiser?
- 22. What does the speaker think of housework?
- I'm sure almost every one of you looked at your watch or at a clock
- before you came to class today.
- Watches and clocks seem as much part of our life as breathing or eating.
- And yet, do you know that watches and clocks
- were very rare in the United States until the late 1850s.
- In the late 1700s people didn't know the exact time unless they were near a clock.
- Those delightful clocks in the squares of European towns were built for the public.
- After all, most citizens simply couldn't afford a personal clock.
- Well, until the 1800s, in Europe and the United States,
- the main purpose of a watch, which was on a gold chain,
- was to show others how wealthy you were.
- The word "watch" didn't even enter the English language until nearly 1900.
- By then, the rapid pace of industrialization in the United States
- meant that measuring time had become essential.
- How could the factory worker get to work on time,
- unless he or she knew exactly what time it was.
- Since efficiency was now measured by how fast the job was done,
- everyone was interested in time and pay attention to the importance of time.
- And since industrialization made possible the manufacture of large quantities of goods,
- watches became fairly inexpensive.
- Furthermore, electric lights kept factories going around the clock.
- Being "on time" had entered the language and life of every citizen.
- Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
- 23. What is the topic discussed in this passage?
- 24. What was true of watches before the 1850s?
- 25. According to the speaker, why did some people wear watches in the 1800s?
- Directions: In this section, you will 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 26 to 33
- with the exact words you have just heard.
- For blanks numbered from 34 to 36 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 own words.
- Finally, when the passage is read for the third time,
- you should check what you have written.
- Now listen to the passage.
- Health costs have been rising for middle class families.
- Nearly one in five Americans cannot afford health insurance.
- Contrast that with health insurance companies in great financial shape.
- United Health Group profits up 38 percent this quarter.
- The company's CEO William is leaving with a reported 1.1-billion-dollar retirement pension.
- Even he admitted reports of a stock option scandal.
- The gap between the wealthy and the working is expanding.
- And it has been the greatest transfer of wealth from the middle class to the elite class
- which we have ever seen in our history.
- Corporations are handing out profits to their shareholders
- and pink slips to their American employees.
- IBM reported a 47% jump in quarterly profits and layoffs of 400 US engineers.
- The Dow Johns Index jumped above the 12 000 threshold for the first time.
- But for middle class workers, job growth is slow,
- the housing market cooling and paychecks shrinking.
- We've always viewed ourselves as a country
- that provides upward mobility to everyone who works hard and that,
- in America, you can achieve the middle class dream, if you do so.
- And right now the middle class is not doing very well.
- Higher earnings for the corporate class,
- less security for the middle class. According to the AFL-CIO,
- the average CEO, not the CEO at the top,
- but the average chief executive officer makes 431 times
- the salary of a medium worker in the United States.
- Now the passage will be read again.
- Health costs have been rising for middle class families.
- Nearly one in five Americans cannot afford health insurance.
- Contrast that with health insurance companies in great financial shape.
- United Health Group profits up 38 percent this quarter.
- The company's CEO William is leaving with a reported 1.1-billion-dollar retirement pension.
- Even he admitted reports of a stock option scandal.
- The gap between the wealthy and the working is expanding.
- And it has been the greatest transfer of wealth from the middle class to the elite class
- which we have ever seen in our history.
- Corporations are handing out profits to their shareholders
- and pink slips to their American employees.
- IBM reported a 47% jump in quarterly profits and layoffs of 400 US engineers.
- The Dow Johns Index jumped above the 12 000 threshold for the first time.
- But for middle class workers, job growth is slow,
- the housing market cooling and paychecks shrinking.
- We've always viewed ourselves as a country
- that provides upward mobility to everyone who works hard and that,
- in America, you can achieve the middle class dream, if you do so.
- And right now the middle class is not doing very well.
- Higher earnings for the corporate class,
- less security for the middle class.
- According to the AFL-CIO,
- the average CEO, not the CEO at the top,
- but the average chief executive officer makes 431 times
- the salary of a medium worker in the United States.
- Now the passage will be read for the third time.
- Health costs have been rising for middle class families.
- Nearly one in five Americans cannot afford health insurance.
- Contrast that with health insurance companies in great financial shape.
- United Health Group profits up 38 percent this quarter.
- The company's CEO William is leaving with a reported 1.1-billion-dollar retirement pension.
- Even he admitted reports of a stock option scandal.
- The gap between the wealthy and the working is expanding.
- And it has been the greatest transfer of wealth from the middle class to the elite class
- which we have ever seen in our history.
- Corporations are handing out profits to their shareholders
- and pink slips to their American employees.
- IBM reported a 47% jump in quarterly profits and layoffs of 400 US engineers.
- The Dow Johns Index jumped above the 12 000 threshold for the first time.
- But for middle class workers, job growth is slow,
- the housing market cooling and paychecks shrinking.
- We've always viewed ourselves as a country
- that provides upward mobility to everyone who works hard and that,
- in America, you can achieve the middle class dream, if you do so.
- And right now the middle class is not doing very well.
- Higher earnings for the corporate class,
- less security for the middle class. According to the AFL-CIO,
- the average CEO, not the CEO at the top,
- but the average chief executive officer makes 431 times
- the salary of a medium worker in the United States.
- This is the end of listening comprehension.
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[13:21.52]And aviation is the fastest growing source of climate-changing gases
[13:27.10]both in Britain and worldwide.
[13:29.72]Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[13:34.64]16. Where is the Airbus A380 assembled?
[13:55.32]17. What is the biggest passenger plane in the world?
[14:14.28]18. What enables A380 to attract passengers and win the airline battle?
[14:35.62]19. What do critics say about A380?
[14:54.41]Passage Two
[14:57.04]Moods, say the experts, are emotions that tend to become fixed,
[15:02.61]influencing one's outlook for hours, days or even weeks.
[15:06.66]That's great if your mood is a pleasant one,
[15:09.72]but it will be a problem if you are sad, anxious, angry or simply lonely.
[15:15.63]Perhaps one of the best ways to deal with such moods is to talk them out:
[15:21.10]sometimes, though, there is no one to listen. Modern science offers an abundance of drugs.
[15:27.77]But scientists have also discovered the effectiveness of several non-drug approaches
[15:33.79]to make you loose from an unwanted mood. These can be just as useful as drugs,
[15:39.70]and have the added benefit of being nonpoisonous.
[15:43.41]So the next time you feel out of sorts,
[15:46.14]don't head for the drug store—try the following approach.
[15:49.76]Of all the mood-altering self-help techniques,
[15:53.04]physical exercise seems to be the most efficient cure for a bad mood.
[15:57.85]“If you could keep up the exercise, you'd be in high spirits,” says Kathryn Lance,
[16:04.84]author of Running for Health and Beauty.
[16:07.80]There is obviously a link between physical activity and mood changes.
[16:12.61]Researchers have explained biochemical and various other changes
[16:17.54]that make exercise compare favorably to drugs as a mood-raiser.
[16:22.68]Physical exertion such as housework, however, does little,
[16:27.27]probably because it is not intensive enough, and people usually do it unwillingly.
[16:33.61]The key is physical exercise-running, cycling, walking,
[16:38.43]swimming or other repetitive and sustained activities that boost the heart rate,
[16:44.44]increase circulation and improve the body's utilization of oxygen.
[16:49.26]Do them for at least 20 minutes a session three to five times a week.
[16:54.61]Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[16:59.97]20. What is the problem of talking bad moods out?
[17:18.43]21. What does the speaker prefer as a mood-raiser?
[17:38.36]22. What does the speaker think of housework?
[17:55.43]Passage Three
[17:57.83]I'm sure almost every one of you looked at your watch or at a clock
[18:02.43]before you came to class today.
[18:04.18]Watches and clocks seem as much part of our life as breathing or eating.
[18:10.08]And yet, do you know that watches and clocks
[18:13.26]were very rare in the United States until the late 1850s.
[18:17.95]In the late 1700s people didn't know the exact time unless they were near a clock.
[18:23.64]Those delightful clocks in the squares of European towns were built for the public.
[18:29.44]After all, most citizens simply couldn't afford a personal clock.
[18:34.03]Well, until the 1800s, in Europe and the United States,
[18:38.41]the main purpose of a watch, which was on a gold chain,
[18:42.78]was to show others how wealthy you were.
[18:45.63]The word “watch” didn't even enter the English language until nearly 1900.
[18:51.43]By then, the rapid pace of industrialization in the United States
[18:55.80]meant that measuring time had become essential.
[18:59.41]How could the factory worker get to work on time,
[19:02.47]unless he or she knew exactly what time it was.
[19:06.08]Since efficiency was now measured by how fast the job was done,
[19:10.24]everyone was interested in time and pay attention to the importance of time.
[19:16.25]And since industrialization made possible the manufacture of large quantities of goods,
[19:21.94]watches became fairly inexpensive.
[19:24.57]Furthermore, electric lights kept factories going around the clock.
[19:28.94]Being “on time” had entered the language and life of every citizen.
[19:34.30]Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[19:39.66]23. What is the topic discussed in this passage?
[19:58.75]24. What was true of watches before the 1850s?
[20:20.24]25. According to the speaker, why did some people wear watches in the 1800s?
[20:41.81]Section C
[20:43.31]Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times.
[20:48.89]When the passage is read for the first time,
[20:51.84]you should listen carefully for its general idea.
[20:55.12]When the passage is read for the second time,
[20:58.54]you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 26 to 33
[21:03.68]with the exact words you have just heard.
[21:06.41]For blanks numbered from 34 to 36 you are required to fill in the missing information.
[21:13.41]For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard
[21:18.66]or write down the main points in your own words.
[21:22.16]Finally, when the passage is read for the third time,
[21:26.76]you should check what you have written.
[21:28.94]Now listen to the passage.
[21:31.79]Health costs have been rising for middle class families.
[21:35.99]Nearly one in five Americans cannot afford health insurance.
[21:40.37]Contrast that with health insurance companies in great financial shape.
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