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[00:00.54]Test 4
[00:04.48]Section A
[00:05.68]Directions: In this section,
[00:08.34]you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.
[00:13.26]At the end of each conversation,
[00:15.22]one or more questions will be asked about what was said.
[00:19.28]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.
[00:24.53]After each question there will be a pause.
[00:27.70]During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D),
[00:34.59]and decide which is the best answer.
[00:37.54]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[00:41.75]with a single line through the centre.
[00:43.94]Now let's begin with the 8 short conversations.
[00:48.97]1. M: I hope you don't mind but I want very much to watch the game this coming Sunday.
[00:55.64]W: I certainly do mind, but there's not very much I can do about it, is there?
[01:01.00]Q: What was the woman objecting to?
[01:19.10]2. W: I'm moving to a new place tomorrow.
[01:22.58]Could you possibly give me a hand?
[01:24.66]M: Sure. Why not ask around the department
[01:27.39]and see if some of the other students will be free, too?
[01:30.46]Q: What does the man suggest?
[01:47.67]3. W： Is this line for purchasing tickets?
[01:52.05]M: Yes, but all they have left are tickets for the late performance.
[01:56.31]Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
[02:14.17]4. W: Could you change a fifty-dollar bill?
[02:17.56]M: Fifty? That would take all the change I've got.
[02:20.95]Q: What does the man mean?
[02:39.10]5. M: I really had a busy week. I want to get some rest.
[02:43.15]I always enjoy a long nap on Saturday afternoon.
[02:46.44]W: I wish you could, but Mr. Smith has just parked his car at the door, and he is coming up now.
[02:52.56]Q: What can we learn from this conversation?
[03:11.11]6. W: I am a stranger here. Where can I have copies made of my application?
[03:17.75]M: Isn't there a photocopy machine inside the post office that you were just in?
[03:22.89]Q: What does the man imply?
[03:38.38]7. W: What a memory I have! I did write down the number on a sheet of paper
[03:45.71]when I answered the phone this morning.
[03:47.89]But now the paper has disappeared without any trace.
[03:51.37]M: Don't worry. I'll be seeing Mr. Brown in an hour.
[03:54.88]Q: What do we learn from this conversation?
[04:12.38]8. W: Jim, are you planning to buy that nice blue Ford car you looked at last week?
[04:18.85]M: I'm afraid that's impossible because I haven't been able to come up with the cash,
[04:23.77]and someone else has already made a down payment on it.
[04:27.48]Q: What do we know about Jim?
[04:45.33]Now you'll hear two long conversations.
[04:49.21]Conversation One
[04:50.63]W: Dear audience, this evening we'll talk with a scholar
[04:55.21]who has been doing research into Mark Twain's works for 12 years.
[04:59.80]Welcome, Mr. Waton.
[05:02.21]M: Hi, everyone! Good evening!
[05:04.07]W: What would you like to talk about the great writer? Maybe some details that we don't quite know.
[05:10.19]M: Ok, Mark Twain, who traveled quite a lot, often because circumstances,
[05:16.09]usually financial circumstances forced him to. He was born in Florida Missouri in 1835,
[05:22.98]and moved to Hannibal, Missouri with his family when he was about four years old.
[05:28.34]Most people think he was born in Hannibal, but that isn't true.
[05:32.28]W: Yes, I didn't know it if you don't tell us this evening.
[05:36.33]M: Well, after his father died when he was about twelve,
[05:39.94]Twain worked in Hannibal for a while and then left so he could earn more money.
[05:44.75]He worked for a while as a typesetter on various newspapers,
[05:48.25]and then got a job as a river pilot on the Mississippi.
[05:51.97]W: Did Twain like that job?
[05:54.15]M: He loved this job, and many of his books show it.
[05:57.66]The river job didn't last however, because of the outbreak of the Civil War.
[06:01.81]To avoid joining the army, he went west—California.
[06:06.15]Twain worked as a gold digger without much luck.
[06:09.32]W: That's interesting！
[06:10.74]M: But he did succeed as a writer, once that happened,
[06:14.35]Twain traveled around the country giving lectures and earning enough money to go to Europe.
[06:19.82]Twain didn't travel much the last ten years of his life, and he didn't publish much either.
[06:26.78]Somehow his travel inspired his writings. Like many other popular writers,
[06:31.70]Twain derived much of the materials for his writing from the wealth and diversity of his own experience.
[06:38.38]Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[06:44.07]9. Which aspect of Mark Twain's life does the speaker focus on?
[07:03.51]10. What job did Twain especially love?
[07:23.39]11. Why did Twain go west?
[07:42.98]12. What connection does the lecture suggest between Twain's travels and his writings?
[08:05.40]Conversation Two
[08:06.58]W: Good afternoon, Dr. Anderson's office.
[08:09.43]M: Hello, my name is John Keat, and I was hoping I could come in today to see the doctor.
[08:14.68]W: Are you a patient of Doctor Anderson?
[08:17.08]M: Well, no. I'm at a convention from Mexico and the manager of the hotel
[08:21.89]where I'm staying suggested that I call you.
[08:24.52]W: Well, I see. What seems to be the problem?
[08:27.70]M: Well, I got this ringing in my ears.
[08:30.43]It's so terrible that I can hardly hear people talking now.
[08:34.14]W: Are you in any pain or is there any fluid?
[08:37.10]M: No discharge, just a slight earache.
[08:39.94]W: Does the pain happen all the time, or once in a while.
[08:43.77]M: It has been aching for two days and it's never stopped.
[08:47.49]I thought it might be due to my flying in the air, and after some rest it'll be all gone.
[08:53.72]But who knows it's getting worse. I need to see the doctor.
[08:57.23]W: The doctor will be busy at the hospital until this evening.
[09:00.72]The earliest you could see him would be tomorrow morning at ten.
[09:04.77]M: The time is good for me. I'll come in then if that's okay.
[09:08.71]W: That will be fine; in the meantime you should try to take it easy.
[09:13.19]Don't press your ear and don't have water in when you take a shower.
[09:17.67]M: Do I have to bring something when I'm seeing the doctor,
[09:21.07]since I have never seen a doctor in Canada.
[09:23.48]W: For foreign visitors, I guess you may bring your passport for the hospital registration.
[09:29.05]M: Yes, I will. Thank you for your help.
[09:31.78]W: Thanks for calling. See you.
[09:33.97]Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[09:39.33]13. Who is the man speaking to?
[09:58.33]14. What is one of the man's symptoms?
[10:17.40]15. What advice does the woman give the man?
