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Test 3

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 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.

Conversation One

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.

W: Really? Like what?

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!

M: It's my pleasure.

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?

Conversation Two

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?

Section B

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.

Passage One

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?

Passage Two

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?

Passage Three

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?

Section C

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.

扫描二维码进行跟读打分训练

[21:45.30]United Health Group profits up 38 percent this quarter.
[21:50.76]The company's CEO William is leaving with a reported 1.1-billion-dollar retirement pension.
[21:58.31]Even he admitted reports of a stock option scandal.
[22:02.03]The gap between the wealthy and the working is expanding.
[22:06.07]And it has been the greatest transfer of wealth from the middle class to the elite class
[22:11.87]which we have ever seen in our history.
[22:14.39]Corporations are handing out profits to their shareholders
[22:18.76]and pink slips to their American employees.
[22:21.28]IBM reported a 47% jump in quarterly profits and layoffs of 400 US engineers.
[22:30.03]The Dow Johns Index jumped above the 12 000 threshold for the first time.
[22:35.61]But for middle class workers, job growth is slow,
[22:40.09]the housing market cooling and paychecks shrinking.
[22:44.13]We've always viewed ourselves as a country
[22:46.98]that provides upward mobility to everyone who works hard and that,
[22:51.57]in America, you can achieve the middle class dream, if you do so.
[22:55.95]And right now the middle class is not doing very well.
[22:59.99]Higher earnings for the corporate class,
[23:02.73]less security for the middle class. According to the AFL-CIO,
[23:08.20]the average CEO, not the CEO at the top,
[23:13.12]but the average chief executive officer makes 431 times
[23:19.03]the salary of a medium worker in the United States.
[23:22.52]Now the passage will be read again.
[23:26.46]Health costs have been rising for middle class families.
[23:31.06]Nearly one in five Americans cannot afford health insurance.
[23:35.00]Contrast that with health insurance companies in great financial shape.
[23:40.13]United Health Group profits up 38 percent this quarter.
[23:45.93]The company's CEO William is leaving with a reported 1.1-billion-dollar retirement pension.
[23:53.26]Even he admitted reports of a stock option scandal.
[23:57.09]The gap between the wealthy and the working is expanding.
[24:01.23]And it has been the greatest transfer of wealth from the middle class to the elite class
[24:06.81]which we have ever seen in our history.
[24:09.33]Corporations are handing out profits to their shareholders
[24:13.49]and pink slips to their American employees.
[24:16.65]IBM reported a 47% jump in quarterly profits and layoffs of 400 US engineers.
[24:24.97]The Dow Johns Index jumped above the 12 000 threshold for the first time.
[24:30.98]But for middle class workers, job growth is slow,
[24:35.14]the housing market cooling and paychecks shrinking.
[25:48.36]We've always viewed ourselves as a country
[25:50.94]that provides upward mobility to everyone who works hard and that,
[25:55.97]in America, you can achieve the middle class dream, if you do so.
[26:00.23]And right now the middle class is not doing very well.
[26:04.40]Higher earnings for the corporate class,
[26:07.02]less security for the middle class.
[27:19.36]According to the AFL-CIO,
[27:21.98]the average CEO, not the CEO at the top,
[27:26.68]but the average chief executive officer makes 431 times
[27:32.80]the salary of a medium worker in the United States.
[28:45.36]Now the passage will be read for the third time.
[28:48.64]Health costs have been rising for middle class families.
[28:53.79]Nearly one in five Americans cannot afford health insurance.
[28:57.83]Contrast that with health insurance companies in great financial shape.
[29:02.97]United Health Group profits up 38 percent this quarter.
[29:08.55]The company's CEO William is leaving with a reported 1.1-billion-dollar retirement pension.
[29:15.98]Even he admitted reports of a stock option scandal.
[29:19.70]The gap between the wealthy and the working is expanding.
[29:23.86]And it has been the greatest transfer of wealth from the middle class to the elite class
[29:29.66]which we have ever seen in our history.
[29:32.17]Corporations are handing out profits to their shareholders
[29:36.33]and pink slips to their American employees.
[29:39.17]IBM reported a 47% jump in quarterly profits and layoffs of 400 US engineers.
[29:47.81]The Dow Johns Index jumped above the 12 000 threshold for the first time.
[29:53.61]But for middle class workers, job growth is slow,
[29:57.87]the housing market cooling and paychecks shrinking.
[30:01.81]We've always viewed ourselves as a country
[30:04.54]that provides upward mobility to everyone who works hard and that,
[30:09.47]in America, you can achieve the middle class dream, if you do so.
[30:13.51]And right now the middle class is not doing very well.
[30:17.67]Higher earnings for the corporate class,
[30:20.41]less security for the middle class. According to the AFL-CIO,
[30:25.87]the average CEO, not the CEO at the top,
[30:30.79]but the average chief executive officer makes 431 times
[30:36.81]the salary of a medium worker in the United States.
[30:40.20]This is the end of listening comprehension.

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efficient	[i'fiʃənt]	想一想再看 adj. 效率高的，胜任的	联想记忆 X 单词efficient 联想记忆： ef出+fic做，制作+ent→能做出事来→有效率的
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plane	[plein]	想一想再看 adj. 平的，与飞机有关的 n. 飞机，水平
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