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Part I Listening Comprehension

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Section A

1.M: Alice, your father is amazing. He's 90 years old and he 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?

2.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 films.

Q: What do we know about the man?

3.W: I ran into Sally the other day. I could hardly recognize her. Do you remember her from high school?  

M: Yeah, she was a little out of shape back then. Well, has she lost a lot of weight?  

Q: What does the man remember of Sally?

4.M: Hi, Mary. How's the coffee maker working?  

W: Actually, it doesn't work well. It was a waste of money. I guess I should have shopped around for a good one.

Q: What can we learn about the woman?

5.W: Would you mind sending champagne and strawberries to my room at 1:00 a.m., please?  

M: I'll try, ma'am. But on Wednesday, the kitchen staff leave at midnight.

Q: Where does the conversation probably take place?

6.M: Would you like to buy some furniture for the apartment you've just moved into? Can I interest you in a new bedroom suite?  

W: Not right now. What I really need is a table for the kitchen and a sofa.

Q: What does the woman want to buy?

7.M: Hi, Jane. This is Paul. We are going to the makeup party. Would you like to go tonight?  

W: I'd love to. But my mother is coming tonight. I'll meet her at the station.

Q: What is the woman probably going to do tonight?

8.M: What would you like for dessert? I think I'll have apple pie and ice cream.

W: The chocolate cake looks great, but I have to watch my weight. Um... you go ahead and get yours.

Q: What would the woman most probably do?

9.W: Did you and Jane go to dinner with her parents last night?  

M: Well, their house was lovely and the food was delicious, but I can't say much for the company.

Q: What does the man mean?

10.M: I saw Tom this morning. He was at the bank, and he said he was going to apply for a loan.

W: Oh. That could explain why he is not returning my call.

Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

Section B

Passage One

Golf is becoming increasingly popular in South Korea. The country is now the world's third-largest market for golf. South Korean golfers spend more on golf equipment and clothing than people in any other country. A new phenomenon is taking off in South Korea. Golf clubs are opening after dark to allow more people to play the game. This has been dubbed "white night" golf. Enthusiastic golfers have more opportunities to get their clubs out. It can be difficult to play golf in South Korea for lack of courses in cities. The capital city, Seoul, has just one course and it is limited to use by military personnel.

As many as 117 golf courses offer night golf. This may result in South Korean golfers achieving more success on the international stage, especially for women. A website states that "32 of the top 100 players in the women's world rankings, including 4 of the top 10, are from South Korea." A South Korean woman has won at least one of the golf majors every season since 2010.

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

11. What is "white night" golf?

12. What makes it difficult to play golf in cities of South Korea?

13. What have South Korean women achieved in golf?

Passage Two

Young adults are not only marrying and having children later in life than previous generations, but taking more time to get to know each other before they tie the knot. Indeed, some spend the better part of a decade as friends or romantic partners before marrying, according to new research by eHarmony, another online dating site. The eHarmony report on relationships found that American couples aged 25 to 34 knew each other for an average of six and a half years before marrying, compared with an average of five years for all other age groups.

Sociologists, psychologists, and other experts who study relationships say that this practical, no-nonsense attitude toward marriage has become more of the norm as women have piled into the workforce in recent decades. During that time, the median age of marriage has risen to 29.5 for men and 27.4 for women in 2017, up from 23 for men and 20.8 for women in 1970.

Both men and women now tend to want to advance their careers before settling down. Most importantly, experts say, they want a strong foundation for marriage so they can get it right—and avoid divorce. In short, nowadays, young people tend to postpone marriage because they want to focus more on their careers and take marriages more seriously.

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

14. What does "tie the knot" probably mean?

15. What is the average age for men to get married in 1970?

16. Why do young adults postpone marriage?

Passage Three

In the United States, Norman Rockwell is one of the best-known artists. He painted average people, but also recorded major events, such as Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic in 1927 and Neil Armstrong stepping on the moon many years later. Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson also sat for portraits which he painted.

Rockwell was born in New York in 1894. When he was a schoolboy, he wanted to compete in athletics, but was unsuccessful. He was poorly coordinated, had to wear corrective shoes, and also wore very thick glasses. However, he discovered one thing he could do very well. He could draw. From an early age, he used his drawing skills to entertain his school friends.

He quit high school to attend art school and finally went to Paris to study modern French painting. He did not do well with this, but he did discover that he really liked to paint people. He returned to the U.S., studied with leading magazine illustrators of the time, and became successful at painting people.

In 1916, he painted a cover for the popular weekly magazine, The Saturday Evening Post. And later, he became its chief cover artist. The American public loved the way he recorded ordinary people and events on the magazine covers. He did so for over four decades.

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

17. What was Norman Rockwell?

18. Why was Norman Rockwell unsuccessful in athletics?

19. What did Rockwell do in Paris?

20. Why were Rockwell's works well received by Americans?

Section C

The understanding that literature can comfort and heal has been around since ancient Greek and Roman times. It is no coincidence that the ancient Greek god Apollo was the god of 21) medicine as well as poetry. One of the greatest 22) arguments for using literature as therapy was 23) proposed by Michel de Montaigne, who believed there were three possible 24) cures for loneliness: have a lover, have friends, and read books. But he argued that love is too fleeting and betrayal too 25) common, and while friendship was better it always ends with death. Therefore, the only therapy that could 26) endure through life was the companionship of literature. Why were the ancient Greeks and Romans right to suppose literature heals the 27) soul? Why did Montaigne trust we could endure loneliness through a lifelong relationship with books? Why, despite all the distractions of modern life, 28) do books still get published and valued? The answer lies in the power of stories. Stories have been around since time began; they tell us what it is to be human, 29) give us a context for the past and an insight into the future. A narrator’s voice replaces our stressed, internal monologue and takes us out of our life and into the world of a story. Paradoxically, we think we are escaping from ourselves but the best stories take us back deeper into our interior worlds. It is difficult to access emotional language and 30) this is why we have writers. They remind us of the universality and timelessness of emotions, helping us better understand our own.

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