Section A
[00:01.80]1.M:I wonder whether it would be possible to change these two single room
[00:06.90]on the sixth floor to a double room on the twentieth floor.
[00:10.24]W:Sorry,sir.All the double rooms on that floor are occupies.
[00:14.58]But if you like,I can check with another floor to see if they have any.
[00:18.49]Q: What's the woman going to do for the man?
[00:21.13]2.W:Mr.Smith was a great teacher.
[00:24.69]He is good at French, German, Chinese and Japanese.
[00:28.63]Well,as far as I know he is not only an excellent table tennis player but also a well_known singer
[00:35.50]Q:Which of the following best describes Mr.Smith?
[00:39.00]3. W: How are their trade talks going on.
[00:42.21]Have they reached any agreement?
[00:44.75]M:They only seemed to have agreed to set another date for a new round of talks.
[00:49.16]Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
[00:51.93]4.M:You'll be graduated from college in a month.
[00:55.61]What have you studied?
[00:56.82]W: I've taken courses in statistics,economies and accounting.
[01:01.15]Q: What career does the woman plan to follow?
[01:04.37]5. W:I heared the boss offered you a pay rise of 50
[01:09.85]would you be so determined to leave and look for a job elsewhere?Yes,I've made up my mind .I'd like to find a job with full scope to show my ability?
[01:19.28]Q: Why is the man determined to leave the boss?
[01:22.52]6. W:Sorry,sir.
[01:24.85]The plane is somewhat behind schedule.Take a seat.
[01:28.37]We'll inform you as soon as we know something definite.
[01:31.64]M: Thank you.I'll take a snack at the counter.
[01:35.43]Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?
[01:39.06]7. W: Oh,Great God.
[01:41.43]I'm absolutely tired.
[01:43.18]I cannot move any longer.
[01:45.48]M: Come on,Barbara.
[01:46.95]Hold out a little longer.
[01:48.46]We'll be at the peak in a moment.
[01:51.02]Q: What are the two speakers probably doing?
[01:53.76]8. M: Bill is the most humorous person in our class
[01:57.19]he can always made everybody laugh.
[01:59.95]W: I'd like to say I still have to get used to his sense of humor.
[02:03.98]Q: What does the woman mean?
[02:05.75]9. M: Where's Cathy?
[02:08.00]She said she would be here at 7,and now it's 7:30.
[02:11.55]She must have missed the train.
[02:13.49]W: I think so,but I hope she won't miss the next one
[02:16.70]otherwise she'll be late for the piano solo she likes the best at the beginning of the concert.
[02:22.13]Q: What's the woman worried about?
[02:24.54]10. W: This refrigerator is getting worse and worst.
[02:28.30]Now it doesn't work at all.
[02:30.33]M: Here's an advertisement about several kinds of new refrigerator.
[02:34.57]There might be some good bargains in it.
[02:36.81]Q: What does the man suggest?
[02:39.09]Section B
[02:40.63]Passage One
[02:41.85]President is the title of the heads of many institution.
[02:45.75]In the United State
[02:47.50]the heads of colleges and universities and of many business corporations
[02:52.46]etc. are often given the title.
[02:55.49]Most important of all
[02:57.01]it is the title of the head of the Federal Government.
[03:00.24]The president's powers and duties are laid down by the Constitution
[03:04.42]it states that the president should be elected for a term of four years
[03:09.10]and that no president can hold office for more than two consecutive terms.
[03:13.85]The president is also Commander-in-Chief of the armed force.
[03:18.37]The relative power of president and Congress varies
[03:21.87]and depends partly on the prseident himself
[03:24.83]on the whole the president has become more important during the present centure
[03:29.87]but the system of CHECK AND BALANCES provides a continuous struggle between president and Congress.
[03:37.89]11. What persons below are seldom given the title "President" in the United States?
[03:45.04]12.According to the passage,how long can a president hold office consecutively at most?
[03:52.57]13. What can we infer from the passage?
[03:56.36]Passage Two
[03:57.90]Elephants are perhaps the only animals that are hunted for their teeth.
[04:02.16]Elephants' tusks, or very large teeth growing ones
[04:06.02]on either side of their mouths are composed of a valuable material called ivory.
[04:11.27]An elephant uses its long
[04:13.26]pointed tusks as tools for digging in the ground for foot
[04:17.15]He also uses them as weapons in combat.
[04:20.31]the tusks of male elephants are usually large and heavy.
[04:24.31]In Africa,female elephants have long,light tusks
[04:28.51]In India and other parts of Southern Asia
[04:31.44]female elephants have small,short tusks or none at all.
[04:35.38]Tusks in good condition are in great demand
[04:38.00]and may sell for as high as two thousand dollars or more.
[04:41.21]Because of this,large numbers of elephants have been killed.
[04:45.15]Some countries have initiated methods of trying to protect elephants
[04:49.49]These have established elephant preserves
[04:52.15]or areas of land set aside for herds of elephants where no one is allowed to harm them.
[04:58.14]Elephants on the preserves are safe from ivory hunters.
[05:02.11]14. Which of the following is not true?
[05:06.42]15. What elephants are hunted more according to the passage?
[05:11.41]16. What is the passage mainly about?
[05:15.01]Passage Three
[05:16.79]A cormorant is a large waterfowl that looks somewhat like a seagull
[05:21.72]and has a long beak with a pouch
[05:24.15]or sack, on its underside.
[05:26.32]The birds are often used for fishing in China and Japan.
[05:30.50]In order to fish with cormorant
[05:32.98]the fisherman goes out at night in a small boat.
[05:36.14]He must carry with him a bright light.
[05:38.60]He must also take with him a number of cormorant
[05:42.05]each with a cord around its body and a loose metal ring around its neck.
[05:46.88]The fisherman first puts the birds in the water
[05:50.25]making sure to keep the strings in his hand.
[05:53.28]At once the cormorants begin looking for fish.
[05:56.94]When a cormorant catches a fish, the bird tries to swallow it.
[06:01.09]However,the metal ring around its neck prevents this.
[06:05.01]Because he cannot swallow the fish he catches
[06:08.22]the cormorant stores them in the sack under its beach.
[06:11.57]When the sacks are full,the fisherman pulls in his birds.
[06:15.98]Opening their beaks,he reaches into the sacks and pulls out the fish.
[06:21.10]17. What is a cormorant?
[06:24.13]18. What is the passage mainly about?
[06:28.10]19. Why does the fisherman put a metal ring around a cormorant's neck?
[06:33.53]20. What can we infer from the passage? |