Unit9 Section A
[00:03.42]1. M: It is pouring down,isn't it?
[00:06.95]I can even hear it drumming on the roof.
[00:09.87]W: I hope it lets up soon so that we can go out.
[00:13.56]Q: What is happening?
[00:16.56]2. M: Betty,did you get what you wanted as you went shopping yesterday.
[00:22.28]I remember you said you wanted to get a sweater.
[00:25.73]W: No,a blouse.
[00:27.27]But by that time,the ones on sale were all gone.
[00:30.80]So I settled for skirt.
[00:32.97]Q: Which items were on sale?
[00:36.78]3. W: If you are promoted to manager,will you give us a raise?
[00:41.09]M: No problem.What else would I do with all the money that will come pouring in?
[00:46.34]Q: What will happen to the woman if he is promoted?
[00:51.38]4. M: Kate,Nancy and Bill got a separation.
[00:55.88]W: It's really a shame.
[00:57.60]I've heard that they quarrel,but they've always made up afterward.
[01:01.31]Q: What hapened to Nancy and Bill?
[01:05.93]5. W: Do you have a savings' account at the bank?
[01:09.96]M: I used to,but recently,I withdraw all the money.
[01:14.53]Q: What happened to the man's money?
[01:18.86]6. M: I came across our friend Jim last week in the street.
[01:24.04]He said he hadn't heard from you for ages.
[01:27.01]W: Yes,I know.
[01:28.24]But I've been too busy to telephone him.
[01:31.48]Q: What happened to the man last week?
[01:35.29]7. M: To teach those students English,do you have to speak their language quite well?
[01:41.43]W: Quite the contrary.
[01:43.11]They benefit most when the class is conducted entirely in the foreign language.
[01:48.46]Q: How does the woman teach those students English?
[01:53.01]8. M: I wish to buy a new car,but I spent too much on my house last year.
[01:59.20]W: New cars are expensive.
[02:01.36]You can't borrow so much money.
[02:03.90]Q: What happens to the man?
[02:07.74]9. M: Peter was praised for helping catch the criminal.
[02:11.97]W: He certainly showed a lot of courage.
[02:15.24]Q: What happened to Peter?
[02:18.48]10. M: What do you think of your new apartment?
[02:22.52]W: Well,it's very nice.
[02:24.25]although I'm having a hard time getting used to such a big building.
[02:29.86]Q: What's the woman's problem?
[02:33.68]Section B Compound Dictation
[02:37.54]Let us (11)-{suppose} that you are in the position of a parent.
[02:41.91]Would you allow your children to read any book they wanted without first checking its (12)-{contents}
[02:48.88]Would you take your children to see any film without first finding out whether it is (13)-{suitable} for them.
[02:55.46]If your answer to these questions is "yes",
[02:58.42]then you are just plain (14)-{irresponsible
[03:01.34]If your answer is "no"
[03:03.56]then you are exercising your right as a parent to protect your children.
[03:08.73]what you consider to be (15)-{undesirable} influence.
[03:13.49]In other words,by acting as an (16)-{examiner} yourself.
[03:17.77]you are (17)-{admitting} that there is a strong case for censorship.
[03:22.29]Now,of course.
[03:23.78]you will say that it is one thing to exercise censorship.
[03:28.17]where children are concerned and concerned and quite another to do the same for adult.
[03:34.18]children need protection and it is the parents' responsibility to provide it.
[03:40.40]But what about adult.
[03:42.64]Aren't they old enough to decide what is good for them.
[03:47.32](18)-{The answer is that many adults are}
[03:50.56]but don't make the mistake of thinking that all adults are like yourself.
[03:56.49]Censorship is for the good of society as a whole.
[04:00.69]Like the law,it contributes to the common good.
[04:04.74]Some people think that it is a shame that a censor should interfere with works of art.
[04:11.77](19)-{But we must bear in mind that the great proportion of book.
[04:16.05]plays and films which come before the censor are very far being "works of art".
[04:24.20]When censorship laws are relaxed.
[04:26.89]dishonest people are given a chance to produce virtually anything in the name of "art".
[04:33.82]One of the great things that censorship does
[04:37.58]is(20)-{to prevent certain people from making fat profits by corrupting the minds of others
[04:45.36]To argue in favour of absolute freedom is to argue in favour of anarch.
[04:51.47]Society would really be the better if it were protected by correct censorship |