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　　TEST 5   Listen carefully to the conversations and short passages
[00:07.60]and choose the best answer to each of the questions.
[00:12.96]1.W:You’re always working around the house on Saturday,
[00:19.51]painting and doing repairs!You must enjoy it.
[00:24.84]M:Not really.I’d rather relax or go fishing,
[00:30.28]but Saturday is the only day I have to get anything done.
[00:35.92]By the time I get home from work during the week,I’m too tired.
[00:42.37]Q: What does the man usually do on Saturdays?
[00:49.42]2.M:Do you think the travel agency will be open Saturday afternoon?
[00:56.87]I want to get some information about a bus trip across the United States.
[01:03.32]W: You don’t have to wait until Saturday.
[01:08.08]Right here,in this office,the dean has maps,
[01:13.64]bus schedules and even a list of inexpensive hotels.
[01:19.52]They’re for foreign students, you know.
[01:24.06]Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?
[01:31.32]3.M:The library is offering a new service.
[01:36.91]It has something to do with the computer.
[01:41.46]W:For twenty-five dollars,
[01:45.22]they will make a computer search of bibliographic¹ materials on any given topic.
[01:52.88]Q: What does the library provide?
[01:59.04]4.W:They’ll call the doctoral candidates’ names next.
[02:05.28]Have you found Larry yet?
[02:09.12]M: No.They all look alike with those black robes on.
[02:14.77]Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?
[02:22.52]5.M:Mrs.Winter,I need your advice.I want to buy a dress for my wife.
[02:31.17]Can you tell me where I can get one at a reasonable price?
[02:36.94]W:Sure,go to Mr.Howard’s boutique.
[02:41.99]He has beautiful styles
[02:46.06]and gives a 10% discount to husbands and boyfriends who shop alone.
[02:53.01]Q: What did the man wish to do?
[02:58.89]6.W:Does this elevator stop on every floor?
[03:05.23]M: No,it stops only on the even ones.
[03:10.38]If you want an odd one,go to the even one above it and then walk down.
[03:17.46]Q: Why won’t the elevator stop on the ninth floor?
[03:24.30]7.M:I’m afraid I’m a day or two late with my registration² fees.
[03:31.15]My paycheck didn’t come on time this month.
[03:35.88]W: It’s all right.We’re allowing a grace period until Friday.
[03:42.85]Q: What does the woman mean?
[03:48.10]8.M:Did you see the science fiction movie on television last night?
[03:54.87]W:I would have watched it,but my cousin stopped by for a visit,
[04:01.32]I hadn’t seen her for more than a year.
[04:06.28]Q:Why didn’t the woman watch the movie last night?
[04:13.13]9.W:Can you tell me the least expensive way to get to New York City?
[04:20.88]M:If you go by bus it’s only $ 25.
[04:26.21]But if you go by train,it’s almost twice that much.
[04:31.65]Q: What does this man explain to the woman?
[04:37.81]10.M:Hello.Will you please send someone up to my apartment.
[04:44.66]The hot water is running,and I can’t turn it off.
[04:49.93]W:There’s no one in the office right now.
[04:54.79]I’ll send someone up as soon as I can.
[04:59.83]Q: Why did the man want someone to come up to his apartment?
[05:07.20] PASSAGE 1
[05:10.86]A number of values and beliefs in traditional societies
[05:16.81]tend to decrease the amount of money people are willing and able to take from their income and make available for productive investment.
[05:26.56]In many of these societies,gold and silver,houses and land
[05:33.22]have been some of the ways in which wealth has been stored.
[05:38.39]Attempts to encourage people to keep their savings³ in monetary⁴ form
[05:44.84]often meet strong resistance,
[05:49.07]which is simply increased in times like these or rapid inflation.
[05:55.24]Perhaps the greatest obstacle
[05:59.08]to increasing savings and investments in the traditional society
[06:04.72]is the pressure of increasing population.
[06:09.40]In such countries,there is still a direct relationship
[06:15.28]between the amount of food available and the number of children who survive.
[06:21.73]A larger food supply often leads to an immediate⁵ increase
[06:27.79]in the number of people who must be fed
[06:31.94]and thus cannot be used to increase the standard of living.
[06:37.82]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[06:45.08]11.How do beliefs and values tend to affect investment in the traditional society?
[06:54.54]12.What does inflation tend to increase in the traditional society?
[07:02.40]13.According to the speaker,
[07:07.55]what is the greatest obstacle to productive investment in such societies?
[07:15.49]PASSAGE 2
[07:19.14]Good morning,listeners!
[07:22.70]Welcome once again to the WCHB series “Listen and Learn”.
[07:29.78]With the approach of summer,
[07:33.54]you may have noticed trees in our areas are blossoming and their fruit ripening⁷.
[07:40.38]But have you ever wondered
[07:43.93]how fruit ripens⁸ especially after it has fallen from the tree or vine?
[07:50.60]The answer is relatively⁹ simple.
[07:55.56]A single chemical called ethylene is produced by the fruit itself.
[08:02.43]And it is this chemical that causes the fruit to ripen⁶.
[08:08.18]When the fruit produces increased amounts of ethylene,
[08:13.35]the ethylene affects the fruit physiologically¹⁰.
[08:18.39]The fruit begins to breathe oxygen,
[08:22.75]and the oxygen supply in turn raises the internal temperature of the fruit.
[08:30.01]This increased internal temperature allows the ripening process to begin
[08:36.88]with the fruit becoming sweeter.
[08:41.14]Less green in color and softer, in short delicious.
[08:46.89]Until our next broadcast, this is Jane Anderson wishing you a fruitful day.
[08:53.55]Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[09:01.20]14.What is the audience listening to?
[09:07.45]15.What is the main topic of the talk?
[09:15.91]16.What is the source of the ethylene described in the talk?
[09:26.67]17.According to the speaker when fruit breathes oxygen,what begins to happen?
[09:35.74]PASSAGE  3
[09:39.50]I’d like to begin by welcoming you all to your first year at college.
[09:46.06]I hope your first year is successful,
[09:50.73]and I hope it will mark the beginning of a successful three years spent with us.
[09:57.50]Let me introduce myself.
[10:01.57]My name is Larry Duff and I’m the principal of this college.
[10:07.43]There are several things I want to say this morning.
[10:12.39]Firstly,I would like to familiarize you with the geography of our college.
[10:19.62]In the main block,on the ground floor,we have administrative¹¹ offices.
[10:26.39]On the first floor you’ll find tutors’ rooms and my office.
[10:32.45]You are welcome to drop in with your problems at any time.
[10:38.01]I usually work with my door open,so that I’m easily accessible.
[10:45.17]But I’m afraid your tutors are often busier than I,
[10:50.14]and you’ll have to make appointments to see them.
[10:54.68]Some classrooms are on the 3rd and 4th floors of this block,
[11:00.56]and larger rooms,and specialist laboratories,
[11:05.70]you’ll find in the west and east wings.
[11:10.75]Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[11:17.90]18.Where is the speech made?
[11:23.15]19.What is the speech mainly about?
[11:29.21]20.What do you know about the speaker from this speech?

1 bibliographic   

书籍解题的，著书目录的

参考例句：

• Hall and Brown first define an on-line bibliographic data base as a collection of records. 霍尔和布朗首先把联机书目数据库定义为纪录集合。
• Neat notes especially count for bibliographic information and URLs. 对于书目和网址来说，整洁的笔记特别有价值。

2 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

3 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

4 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

5 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

6 ripen   

vt.使成熟；vi.成熟

参考例句：

• I'm waiting for the apples to ripen.我正在等待苹果成熟。
• You can ripen the tomatoes on a sunny windowsill.把西红柿放在有阳光的窗台上可以让它们成熟。

7 ripening   

v.成熟，使熟( ripen的现在分词 )；熟化；熟成

参考例句：

• The corn is blossoming [ripening]. 玉米正在开花[成熟]。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• When the summer crop is ripening, the autumn crop has to be sowed. 夏季作物成熟时，就得播种秋季作物。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 ripens   

v.成熟，使熟( ripen的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The sun ripens the crops. 太阳使庄稼成熟。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Then their seed ripens, and soon they turn brown and shrivel up. 随后，它们的种子熟了，不久就变枯萎。 来自辞典例句

9 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

10 physiologically   

ad.生理上，在生理学上

参考例句：

• Therefore, the liver and gallbladder cannot be completely separated physiologically and pathologically. 因此，肝胆在生理和病理上不能完全分离。
• Therefore, the liver and gallbladder are closely related physiologically and pathologically. 因此，肝胆在生理和病理上紧密联系。

11 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。