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Part I Listening Comprehension

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1.M: You’re not looking very cheerful. What’s the matter with you?

W: Oh, nothing special. I’m just a bit fed up with the job.

Q: What can we learn about the woman?

2. W: I thought you were going to call me last night about the train schedule.

M: Sorry, I would have. But Harry and Jack stopped by and stayed past midnight.

Q：What do we know about the man?

3. M: I’ll send Elizabeth a postcard from Thailand when I go there on my vacation.

W: I’m sure she’d be glad to get one. She has a collection of cards from all over the world.

Q: What do we know about Elizabeth from the conversation?

W: I hope you are not doing anything tonight. I’m planning a surprise birthday party for my roommate.

M: Sounds good to me. I have to work this afternoon, but I’m free after that.

Q：What do we know about the man?

5. M: I thought we could go out for dinner and then go to see a movie afterward.

W: I can call Jane and see if she is available. She usually goes to work on the weekend, but she might make an exception.

Q: What do we know about Jane?

6. W: Let’s go and see whether there are any seats left for that new French film.

M: Whenever we come out to town, you want to see some awful French film.

Q：What do we know about the man?

7. W: Mr. White, I wonder if it is possible for me to take a vacation early next month. I want to have a chance to get together with my family.

M: Did you fill out a request form?

Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

8. M: Alice, your father is amazing. He is ninety years old and he still lives alone in that big house.

W: I know. He doesn’t like to ask anyone for help. My dad insists on paying his own bills and taking care of himself.

Q: What does the woman say about her father?

9. W: Hello, John. How are you feeling now? I hear you’ve been ill.

M: They must have confused me with my twin brother Rod. He’s been sick for a week, but I’ve never felt better in my life.

Q: What do we learn about the man?

10. M: I could hardly recognize Sam after he got that new job. He’s always in a suit and tie now.

W: Yeah, he was never like that in college. Back then, he went around in old T-shirts and jeans.

Q: What do the two speakers say about Sam?

Passage One

Marriage is still a popular institution in the United States, but divorce is becoming almost as“popular”. 50% of American marriages end in divorce. However, four out of five divorced people do not stay single. They get married a second time to new partners. Sociologists tell us that in the next century, most American people will marry three or four times in their life time. Alvin Toffler, an American sociologist, calls this new social form “serial marriages”.

In his book Future Shock, Toffler gives many reasons for this change in an American marriage. In modern society, people’s lives don't stay the same for very long. Americans frequently change their jobs, their homes, and their circle of friends. So, the person who was a good husband or wife ten years ago is sometimes not as good ten years later. After some years of marriage, a husband and wife can feel that their lives have become very different, and they don't share the same interests anymore. For this reason, Toffler says, people in the 21^st t century will not plan to marry only one person for their entire lifetime. They will plan to stay married to one person for perhaps five or ten years, and then marry another. Most Americans will expect to have a marriage carrier that includes three or four marriages.

Questions 11-13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11.What does “serial marriages” mean according to the passage?

12.According to the passage, why do some American people marry more than one person in their lifetime?

13.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

Passage Two

When Midori was two years old, she often climbed onto the piano bench and reached for the violin that belonged to her mother, a 30-year-old professional musician."Please don't touch, Midori," her mother said. But Midori persisted. She longed to handle the graceful instrument that made beautiful sounds. Finally, on her third birthday, Midori was handed a package, a tiny violin, about half the normal size.

Almost from the moment Midori was born, her mother knew she was sensitive to music. For several years mother and daughter practiced together day after day. She was eager to learn. Failure often led to tears, though she never once turned from the instrument. Instead, she persisted.

One day Johnson, an American musician, heard Midori playing the violin by chance. He couldn't believe she was just eight years old. “She must make a tape and I will take it to the United States.” The American musician said. A famous violinist heard the tape. He, too, had difficulty believing his ears. The playing was absolutely astonishing. He immediately accepted her as a student and recommended her for a full scholarship.

In 1982, Midori and her mother moved to New York City, leaving behind a comfortable life in Japan.

Questions 14-16 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14. What did Midori receive as a present for her third birthday?

15. What did the American musician Johnson want Midori to do?

16. Why did Midori move to the United States?

Passage Three

Mike Wilson worked as a low rank official in the War Office during the early 1940s. Though he didn't hold an important position, he got along very well with almost everybody, and was trusted by most of his leaders.

Everyday, Wilson arrived at his office in an expensive car. Little as his pay was, he appeared to have got a lot of money to spend. He bought an expensive house and gave parties one after another. At one of the parties he met a beautiful woman and fell in love with her. When he was asked by this woman one evening how he had suddenly got so much money to spend, Wilson explained that he had a very rich uncle who lived abroad and sent him money nearly every month. But his story could not fool the woman, she was a police woman, and was sent to watch him closely by acting as his girlfriend. Because the police had noticed that he often stayed behind in the evenings and was usually the last person to leave the War Office.

His "girlfriend" and three other policemen entered his house when he was out and discovered copies of the government secret papers and a radio transmitter (发报机)hidden inside of a piano. After Wilson was caught, it was learned that his real name was Jack Brown, and that he had been hired(雇用) as a spy for the Germans.

Questions 17-20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

17. When did the story take place?

18. What do we learn about Wilson’s girlfriend?

19. Why did Wilson often stay late in his office?

20. What was found out about Wilson at last?

My wife and I spent two weeks in London last year. We went there in (21)autumn. We think it is the best season to visit England. The weather is usually quite (22)pleasant and there aren't too many tourists in October.We stayed in a small hotel in the West End. It was (23)convenient as we did most of our sightseeing on foot. Taxis were too (24)expensive; the bus routes were too difficult for us to (25)understand; and my wife didn't like traveling by underground. She said it made her feel (26)shut in.We went to look at the places (27)which all tourists see. We saw Buckingham Palace, the National Gallery, and Piccadilly Circus. We went shopping in Oxford Street and spent too much money. What we liked most, though, was (28)going to the theatre. We don’t have the chance to see such wonderful plays at home. A lot of people say English food is very bad. (29)We didn't think so. It's true that most of the restaurants are French or Italian or Chinese, but we had some very good meals.In fact, we enjoyed our holiday so much that (30)we have booked another trip to England for this year. We're going to take our umbrellas, though. I'm sure we'll need them.

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