[00:07.55]College English Test--Band Six
[00:10.39]Part III Listening Comprehension
[00:13.67]Section A
[00:16.08]Directions: In this section,
[00:19.03]you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.
[00:23.63]At the end of each conversation,
[00:25.93]one or more questions will be asked about what was said.
[00:29.21]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.
[00:34.02]After each question there will be a pause.
[00:37.30]During the pause, you must read the four choices
[00:41.13]marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.
[00:46.93]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[00:51.64]with a single line through the centre.
[00:54.37]Now, let’s begin with the eight short conversations.
[00:58.86]11. M: Mary, could you please tell Thomas to contact me?
[01:04.43]I was hoping he be able to help out
[01:07.28]with the freshman orientation program next week.
[01:09.47]W: I would certainly tell him if I saw him,
[01:12.10]but I haven’t seen him around for quite a few days.
[01:15.49]Q: What does the woman mean?
[01:33.65]12. M: Susan, I am going to change the light bulb
[01:38.68]above the dining room table.
[01:40.87]Will you hold the ladder for me?
[01:42.95]W: No problem. But be careful while you’re up there.
[01:46.56]Q: What does the man want the woman to do?
[02:04.88]13. W: It’s freezing cold. Let me make some coffee
[02:11.01]to warm us up. Do you want a piece of pie as well?
[02:14.18]M: Coffee sounds great! But I am going to have dinner
[02:17.25]with some friends in a while, so I’d better skip the pie.
[02:20.85]Q: What does the man mean?
[02:38.71]14. M: Hello, Mary. This is Paul at the bank. Is Tony home?
[02:45.71]W: Not yet, Paul. I don’t think you can reach him
[02:49.21]at the office now, either. He phoned me five minutes ago
[02:52.60]to say he was stopping for a haircut on his way home.
[02:55.78]Q: Who do you think the woman probably is?
[03:14.87]15. W: Oh! Boy! I don’t understand
[03:19.67]how you got a ticket today. I always thought you were slow
[03:23.61]even driving on the less crowded fast lane.
[03:26.46]M: I am usually careful, but this time I thought
[03:29.30]I could get through the intersection before the light turned.
[03:32.91]Q: What do we learn about the man?
[03:52.33]16. M: I’m afraid there won’t be time
[03:56.70]to do another tooth today. Make sure you don’t eat
[03:59.76]anything like steaks for the next few hours
[04:02.61]and we will fill the other cavity tomorrow.
[04:05.46]W: All right. Actually I must hurry to
[04:08.41]the library to return some books.
[04:11.04]Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?
[04:30.12]17. W: I am worried about Jenny going to college.
[04:35.70]College students are so wild nowadays.
[04:39.31]M: Actually only a few are like that.
[04:41.72]Most students are too busy studying
[04:44.01]to have time to cause trouble.
[04:46.75]Q: What does the man imply?
[05:04.75]18. W: You didn’t seem terribly enthusiastic
[05:09.12]about the performance.
[05:10.54]M: You must be kidding. I couldn’t have clapped any harder.
[05:13.39]My hands are still hurting.
[05:15.47]Q: What does the man think of the performance?
[05:34.34]Now you’ll hear the two long conversations.
[05:37.65]Conversation One
[05:40.49]M: Excuse me, Prof. Thomson.
[05:42.90]I know your office hours are tomorrow,
[05:45.30]but I was wondering if you have a few minutes free
[05:47.49]now to discuss something.
[05:49.14]W: Sure, John. What do you want to talk about?
[05:51.44]M: Well, I have some quick problems about
[05:54.39]how to write the research project that
[05:57.23]I do this semester about Climate Changes.
[06:00.19]W: Oh, yes. You were looking for changes in climate
[06:02.81]in the G city area, right? How far have you been gotten?
[06:06.20]M: I’ve gotten my data,
[06:08.17]so I’m starting to summarize it now,
[06:10.14]preparing graph and stuff. But I’m just…I’m looking at it
[06:14.52]and I’m afraid that is not enough,
[06:16.71]but I’m not sure what else to put into the report.
[06:19.00]W: I hear the same thing from every student.
[06:21.74]You know, you have to remember now that
[06:24.03]you are the expert on what you have done.
[06:26.01]So think about what you need to include
[06:28.41]if you’re going to explain your research project to someone
[06:30.93]with general or casual knowledge about
[06:33.66]the subject like your parents. That’s usually my rule…
[06:36.95]Would my parents understand this?
[06:39.14]M: Uhh, I get it. I was wondering
[06:41.87]if I should also include the notes from
[06:43.95]the research journals you suggest.
[06:45.92]W: Yes, definitely. Be sure you include good reference section
[06:49.09]where all your published and unpublished data came from.
[06:52.16]M: Yes. … I have data more than just in the G city area,
[06:57.29]so I also include regional data in the report.
[06:59.70]With everything else, it should be a pretty good indication
[07:02.98]of climate of this part of the state.
[07:05.61]W: Sounds good. I’ll be happy to look over
[07:08.02]a draft before you hand the final copy if you wish.
[07:11.41]M: Great. I plan to get you the draft of the paper
[07:14.91]by next Friday. Thanks very much. See you.
[07:17.97]W: Ok.
[07:20.16]Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[07:24.42]19. What did the student want to talk with the professor?
[07:45.43]20. What is the professor’s suggestion to the student?
[08:03.75]21. What will probably happen next?
[08:24.37]Conversation Two
[08:27.10]M: I’d like to share with you today my experience
[08:29.84]with a new approach to building a house.
[08:31.92]It’s called Envelop Building.
[08:34.33]W: Hmm, it sounds interesting.
[08:36.29]Please share with us. What does it mean?
[08:38.59]M: Essentially, what it means is that as you are building a house,
[08:42.96]you try to leave the landscape feature on the land,
[08:45.92]especially the vegetation in the original condition.
[08:49.09]So what you are not doing is the usual practice of land-scraping.
[08:53.47]By which I mean literally scraping or cleaning the land of any
[08:57.51]and all the original plants.
[08:59.93]W: Why is the approach called Envelop Building?
[09:02.44]M: Good question! Because instead of clearing everything away,
[09:05.94]you let your original landscape elements envelop
[09:09.55]or surround your house. Let the vegetation physical features
[09:13.71]such as hills and slopes or interesting rock formations,
[09:18.08]constitute a significant part of
[09:20.49]the character of the building site.
[09:22.35]The design of the house should take these features of
[09:25.31]the land into account.
[09:27.39]W: Any more information about Envelop Building?
[09:29.57]It is a recent technology?
[09:31.44]M: Actually integrating your original wild landscape
[09:34.71]with a house is not that new.
[09:36.79]The famous American architect Wright was doing it
[09:39.97]about 65 years ago. Envelop Building is not as easy as
[09:44.34]it sounds though. It’s not just that you build your house
[09:47.08]and leave the land alone. By building,
[09:50.14]you are already damaging the original landscape.
[09:52.88]But as architects, we should try to work with environment,
[09:56.49]not against it. A creative architect can find ways
[10:00.20]to incorporate natural landscape into the overall design.
[10:03.59]W: I guess this technology will be acknowledged by more architects.
[10:08.20]Questions22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[10:13.56]22. According to the professor,
[10:17.28]what does the term “land scaping” refer to?
[10:35.49]23. In Envelop Building,
[10:39.19]what is done with the landscape features of a building site?
[10:56.86]24. Why does the professor mention the architect Wright?
[11:17.47]25. What suggestion did the professor give to architects?
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