Part I Listening Comprehension ( 28 minutes ) Section A Directions: conversations
In this section,
you will hear several conversations.
At the end of each
conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the
and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there
will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. 1. A) A diet.
B) A coke and cheesecake.
C) A diet coke and a slice of cheesecake. D) A diet coke and a slice of cheese.
Script: Woman: Room service. What would you like to order? Man: Hi, I
’m in room 1201 and I
’d like an order of a diet Cok
e and a slice of
cheesecake.
Question: What does the man order? 正确答案： C 2.
A) He believed that he could find good jobs with them. B) He doubted the usefulness of these ads. C) He would like to have a try. D) He wanted to be creative. Script: Woman: Do
you want these want ads after I
’m finished with them?
’m going to
Man: No, I’m not going to find my dream job in the classified ads. Ihave to get more creative with my job search.
Question: How did the man feel about the classified ads? 正确答案： B 3.
A) She cannot afford the airfare. B) She is sick. C) She is homesick.
D) She does not have any holiday. Script: Man: Why the long face?
Woman: It’s just that the holidays are coming up and I wonbecause I can’t afford the airfare. IQuestion: Why is the woman not happy? 正确答案： A 4.
A) 3:00 pm on Tuesday. B) 2:00 pm on Thursday.
’m just
home, like my mom’s cooking and being around my family.
’t be able to go home
longing for some of the comforts of
C) 3:00 pm on next Tuesday. D) 3:00 pm on next Thursday.
Script: Man: Hi, Maria, is the lecture on Tuesday?
Woman: Well, it is changed to next Thursday because the professor is on a conference. on Antarctica
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at three o’clock
Question: When will the lecture be? 正确答案： D 5.
A) Travel agency and customer. B) Real estate agent and a landlord. C) House renting agency and customer. D) Landlady and potential tenant.
Script: Woman: What sort of tenants are you looking for? Students, you said? Man: That’s right. But it’s quite a way from the university,
I guess they’a car.
Question: What is the possible relationship between the two speakers? 正确答案： B
Questions 6 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Script: Lucy: I'm so excited! My friend, Marlene, is coming to town for a visit. Buddy: Have I met Marlene?
Lucy: No, I don't think so. We grew up together and we were always joined at the hip.
Buddy: When I was little, I had a friend like that. We were blood brothers. Lucy: Yeah, Marlene and I did everything together and I shared all of my secrets with her.
Buddy: She sounds like a great friend. Lucy: Yeah, she always had my back and I could always count on her to be frank with
me.
Buddy: A friend like that is hard to come by. Are you still close?
Lucy: Not as close as I'd like. We live in different cities and it's hard to keep up with what's happening in each other's lives.
Buddy: I can see that. Does she know you're getting married? Lucy: No, I wanted to break the news to her face-to-face.
Buddy: Why? I would have thought you'd want to tell her the good news right away. Lucy: Well, I want her to be my maid of honor and I'm not sure how she'll react to the dress she'll have to wear. Buddy: Is it that bad?
Lucy: My future mother-in-law picked it out and I can't say \"no.\" Here's a picture of it.
Buddy: Well, I'm glad she's such a good friend, because if anything can break up a friendship, it's that dress. 6.
A) Sisters-in
–law.
B) Blood brothers.
d need
C) Good friends. D) Sisters.
Script: What is the relationship between the woman and Marlene? 正确答案： C 7.
A) Because of some misunderstanding. B) Because of the wedding dress. C) Because of the bride maid dress. D) Because they lived in different cities.
Script: Why are the two girls not as close as before? 正确答案： D 8.
A) It is pretty.
B) It breaks the friendship. C) It is for the bride.
D) It may be old-fashioned and not attractive.
Script: What can be inferred from the conversation about the dress? 正确答案： D
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Script: Kevin: Hello.
Amy: Hi, could I speak to Kevin? Kevin: This is Kevin. Amy: Oh, hi, it
’s Amy from work.
’s it going? I didn
’t recognize your voice.
’m having a dinner party
you could make it.
wanted to see if
’m calling is that I
Kevin: Oh, hey, howa week from Saturday Kevin: So it17th.
Amy: Yeah, that’s right, the following Saturday, the 17th.Kevin: Let me just check my calendar. anyone else from work?
Amy: Yeah, I am. Jennifer from marketing will be there for sure and Ito hear back from James in accounting. I
Kevin: Just out of curiosity, are they in finance, too? Amy: No. My friend Janis is in the medical field. her boyfriend, there
’s Megan. She works part-time in retail
and as a tour guide on the weekends. She’s
’m looking forward to it.
been wanting to get into the hospitality industry for a long time. Kevin: Wow, that sounds like a great group of people. ICan I bring anything?
Amy: No, that’s okay. Just come and bring your appetite.Kevin: Sounds great. Thanks for the invitation. Amy: No problem. I
’m glad you can make it. See you in the office tomorrow.
She’s a surgeon. She’s bringing
Then,
Tim, and I think he’s an engineer in the automobile industry.
’m waiting
’ve also invited a few other friends.Yeah, I think I can make it.
Are you inviting
Amy: Not bad. Listen, the reason I
at my place around 7:30. I
’s not this Saturday but the Saturday after that. That would be the
Kevin: See you then. Bye. 9.
A) This Saturday around 6:30. B) Next Saturday around 7:30. C) This Saturday around 7:30. D) Next Saturday around 6:30.
Script: When will the dinner party be held? 正确答案： B 10.
A) All in the field of finance. B) Automobile industry. C) Accounting. D) Different fields.
Script: What fields are these friends working in? 正确答案： D 11.
A) Some friends. B) Some drinks. C) Nothing. D) Her invitation.
Script: What does Amy ask Kevin to bring to the party? 正确答案： C Section B Direstions
：Listen to three short passages. At the end of each passage, you will
hear some questions. All the recordings will be played once only. After you hear a question, please choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Passage One
Questions 12 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard. Script: This is turning out to be a month for seeing old friends. I got an email a couple of weeks ago from an old friend from graduate school. She and her family are visiting
L.A. for a week. They plan to see family and to visit
’t seen her in ages. I
old friends.
Since
she moved out of the country, I hadn
’m looking forward to
in our undergraduate ’ve made plans to
advisor and is usually very
meeting her new kids and seeing her again.
Another old friend called this week. She and I were good friends days. She plans to drop by L.A. on her way to San Francisco. Wehave lunch. She works in Washington D.C. as a political busy. I’m glad she could make time for us to get together.When we say good-bye to our friends, this and that, ittouch with, it
we always hope to keep in touch. But, what with
’ve fallen out of
Some of my old friends
have
’s sometimes hard to do. With friends that I
phase in our lives.
’s sometimes hard to meet up again and pick up where we left off.
We’ve both moved on to a different
become very successful, living exciting and rich lives. Other friends are struggling
along and are just making ends meet. But, no matter how they’re doing, it’s always nice to make contact with old friends again.
I’m really looking forward to seeing these old pals of mine and catching up after all this time. 12.
A) A couple of weeks. B) A week. C) Three weeks. D) 第3/7页Four weeks.
Script: How long will the old friend from graduate school stay in L.A? 正确答案： B 13.
A) She worked as a business woman. B) She was a housewife.
C) She worked as a political advisor. D) She was a graduate school teacher. Script: What was the friend正确答案： C 14.
A) She did not keep in touch with her friends. B) She missed graduate school days.
C) She was not good at keeping in touch with old friends but she missed them. D) She admired those who were successful. Script: What can be inferred about the speaker? 正确答案： C Passage Two
Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. Script: A bunch of my old college friends came into town
for a few days and we went
out last night bar hopping until closing time. We started around 9 pm and were on our third bar when we closed it down. Some of us were starving and the rest of us were slightly hungry so we decided to get a late-food so we decided to try to find a 24-hour diner.
We passed on a chain restaurant and went instead to a bar near downtown. The six of us went in and we sat at the counter. Since the place was dead, we had it to ourselves. One of my friends, Paul, got pretty noisy and the waitress had to tell him to chill
out. He was pretty
hammered so we had to keep an eye on him. He didn’t
he had had with his girlfriend
usually drink much, but he was depressed about a fight
night snack. We didn
’t want fast
’s job?
and decided to get drunk. I felt sorry for the guy, especially since I knew that he would have a terrible feeling in the morning. I tried to get him to drink some coffee, but he just wanted to stay drunk. After we left
the diner,
I dropped everybody off at Paul ??s, since I was the chosen
driver. They were all crashing at his place. I made my way home and fell into bed. It was good to see my old friends. we did in college. 15.
A) 9:00 pm last night. B) 19:00 yesterday. C) A few days ago. D) 24 hours.
Script: When did the night bar hopping start? 正确答案： A 16.
A) A fast food chain store. B) A snack bar. C) A pub.
D) A chain restaurant.
Script: Where did the bunch of friends go after they had made the decision? 正确答案： D 17.
A) He was too happy with the old-time friends. B) He was a lightweight.
C) He had a fight with his girlfriend before and was in a bad mood. D) He didn’t drink coffee. Script: Why did Paul get drunk? 正确答案： C Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. Script: When I got home from work, I o 第4/7页
pened my mail. The letter
turned out to be a surprise.
I held in my hand an invitation
’t believe it
to my 10-year high school reunion. It was a shock because I couldn
had been 10 years. The first thing I did was to call my oldest and dearest friend, Maria. We had gone to high school together and we had been best friends. Maria said that she had received her invitation in the mail, too. I told her that I was leaning against going. After all, what had become of them. At the very and to talk about old times.
And, Maria said, Jeff McQuillan might be there. Ah, Jeff McQuillan. he was smart, too. He was at the top of his class. He wasn
He was a senior
when I was a sophomore, and I had a big crush on him. I thought he was so cute and
’t the class clown, but
he had a great sense of humor and was voted most likely to succeed. He never gave me a second look, but I always made sure I sat next to him in class. I wonder what he’s doing now and whether he
’ll be there. Hmm, maybe this reunion will be more
why live in the past? I thought.
But, Maria
convinced me that it would be a trip to see some of our old friends and to find out
least, we would
get a chance to see each other
But I’m definitely
getting too old to party like
but the body is weak.
As the old saying goes: The mind is willing,
fun than I thought. 18.
A) It was incredible that ten years have already passed. B) It turned out to be a bombshell.
C) It was given from the oldest and dearest friends. D) It was from high school.
Script: Why was the school reunion invitation a shock to the narrator? 正确答案： A 19.
A) She thought it is great to go. B) She invited Maria to go with her. C) She did not want to go. D) She wanted to meet Jeff. Script: What was the narrator正确答案： C 20.
A) He did not rank top in the class. B) He had a good sense of humor. C) He was the class clown. D) He was quite successful. Script: What was Jeff like? 正确答案： B Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill the exact words you have just heard. Finally, time, you should check what you have written.
I often come across desert island questions, asking if we were trapped on a (21)_________________ island, that is uninhabited with no people, other than me, what would we want to bring along? It
’s not too difficult to select our favorite
books or movies to (22)_________________ us to our lonely new home, I think. But what if you were stranded on a desert island and given the chance to have one (23)_________________ , someone to keep you company? This person cannot be a (24)_________________ or even someone 第5/7页
you know personally, such as your (25)_________________ , boyfriend / girlfriend, or best friend.
It must be a (26)_________________ figure or a character
from books,
movies, or TV shows.
Of course, those of you who are practical-minded may immediately think of someone
like MacGyver, or someone else who is extremely (27)_________________ , to help you on the island. This person would certainly be helpful, so let
’s
in the blanks with
when the passage is read for the third
’s first reaction to the invitation?
(28)_________________ he’s already on the island with you.
The question is: If you were picking someone else to be on your desert island, who would you pick? You might be (29)_________________ to know that when I my husband, this question,
first
Einstein. And then, he thought for trying
a minute and asked me,
asked Jeff,
” So
he said he might pick someone like Socrates or Albert
“Is my wife dead?’t blame him! I
’m still
we know where his mind was going , and of course, we donto help me pass the time. Who would you pick and why?
to decide. I think I would pick someone who is a great (30)_________________
Script: I often come across desert island questions, asking if we were trapped on a deserted island, that is uninhabited with no people, other than me, what would we want to bring along? It’s not too difficult to accompany us to our lonely new home, I think.
But what if you were stranded on a desert island and given the chance to have one companion, someone to keep you company? This person cannot be a relative or even someone you know personally, such as your spouse, boyfriend / girlfriend, or best friend.
It must be a historical
figure or a character from books, movies, or TV shows.
to help you on the island.
Of course, those of you who are practical-minded may immediately think of someone like MacGyver, or someone else who is extremely resourceful, This person would certainly with you.
The question is: If you were picking someone else to be on your desert island, who would you pick? You might be interested this question,
first
to know that when I asked Jeff,
my husband,
he said he might pick someone like Socrates or Albert Einstein.
trying to decide.
be helpful,
so let’s assume he’s already on the island
to select our favorite
books or movies
And then, he thought for a minute and asked me, “Is my wife dead?” So we know where his mind was going , and of course, we don’ｔblame him! I’m still I think I would pick someone who is a great storyteller to help me pass the time. Who would you pick and why? 正确答案： deserted 正确答案： accompany 正确答案： companion 正确答案： relative 正确答案： spouse 正确答案： historical 正确答案： resourceful 正确答案： assume 正确答案： interested 正确答案： storyteller
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