PART II DICTATION [15 MIN.]

Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.

Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION (20 MIN)

In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct response for each question on your answer sheet.

SECTION A STATEMENT

In this section you will hear nine statements. At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following nine questions.

1. Why does Jenny ask her friend to translate the letter?
A. Because she can not understand it.
B. Because she has a headache.
C. Because she has no time to do it.
D. Because her friend offers to do it.

2. What makes people amazed?
A. He always ranks the first in the examinations because he studies very late.
B. He never gets the first place in the examinations though he stays up late.
C. He never gets the first place in the examinations because he never studies late.
D. Despite the fact that he never stays up late, he almost always gets the first place in the examinations.

3. What does the speaker mean?
A. It is quite easy for the boy to sit still for the afternoon.
B. It is hard for the boy to sit still for the afternoon.
C. The boy has nothing to do but sit still for the whole afternoon.
D. It's quite common for the boy to sit still.

4. What does the speaker mean?
A. Mary raised a question after the class.
B. Mary questioned her classmates just before the class was over.
C. It is questionable that whether classes should be dismissed earlier.
D. It is impossible to dismiss classes 5 minutes earlier.

5. When must one check in to board Flight 324?
A. 1:00 p.m.
B. 12:30 a.m.
C. 11:30 a.m.
D. 10:30 a.m.

6. What did Jason do?
A. He visited London with his roommate.
B. He went to London to visit his former roommate.
C. He met his former roommate unexpectedly.
D. He paid a visit to his former college.

7. What can we infer about Susie?
A. She has grasped both water color painting and oil painting.
B. She has studied oil paintings superficially.
C. Her water color paintings are unique.
D. Her oil paintings have been scratched.

8. What do we know about Charles?
A. He was at the top in acting in college.
B. He was the second-best student actor in college.
C. Acting was his second favorite subject in college.
D. No one liked his acting in college.

9. What does the speaker mean?
A. All his novels are equally valuable.
B. His first two novels are better than the third one.
C. His third novel is much more valuable than his first two.
D. His third novel is thicker than his first two.

SECTION B CONVERSATION

In this section, you will hear eight short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.

10. How many American soldiers have died in the wars since 1900?
A. 500,000.
B. 10,000,000.
B. 400,000
D. 2,000,000.

11. What time will they get home as planned?
A. Around 6 p.m.
B. Around 7 p.m.
C. Around 7:30 p.m.
D. Around 8:30 p.m.

12. What is the woman's job?
A. Saleswoman.
B. Secretary.
C. Hotel receptionist.
D. Waitress.

13. Which city are they talking about?
A. Manchester.
B. Edinburgh.
C. London.
D. Glasgow.

14. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A． Man and wife.
B. Professor and student.
C. Customer and waitress.
D. Colleagues.

15. What was the weather like last Friday?
A. Warm and dry.
B. Cold and wet.
C. Dry but cold.
D. Warm but wet.

16. What does the woman mean about her husband?
A. He gives up smoking.
B. He never listens to her.
C. She doesn't care whether her husband smokes.
D. She will go out if her husband smokes.

17．What does the man do?
A. He is a plumber.
B. He is a construction worker.
C. He is an engineer.
D. He is a porter.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Questions 18 and 19 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following two questions.

Now listen to the news.

18. What can we learn about rivers in Australia?
A. Rivers run higher than usual.
B. Rivers have run out of water.
C. Rivers cause little damage.
D. Every year rivers overflow.

19. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Australia has experienced the worst floods of this century.
B. Floods have caused over a hundred people to die.
C. Floods occur in many parts of Australia.
D. Flooding has caused great damage.

Question 20 is based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 10 seconds to answer the following question.

Now listen to the news.

20. What is the news about?
A. Making comparison of industrial growth rates.
B. Analyzing causes of drop of industrial growth rate
C. Suggesting solutions to economic recession.
D. Speculating on future industrial growth rate.

Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following two questions.

Now listen to the news.

21. What was the purpose of US first lady's visit?
A. To facilitate mutual trust between US and the Islamic countries.
B. To strengthen the trading partnership between US and the Islamic countries.
C. To speculate on her future plan.
D. To obtain more political support.

22. When did the plane have a trouble?
A. During her visit in Cairo.
B. After she finished her visit.
C. Before it prepared to take off.
D. After it took off.

Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following two questions.

Now listen to the news.

23. The landslide has claimed _______ lives on a southern island.
A. three
B. four
C. seven
D. ten

24. Which is believed to be the cause of La Nina phenomenon?
A. Heavy rain.
B. Flooding.
C. Cooling of the waters.
D. Warming of the waters.

Question 25 is based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 10 seconds to answer the following question.

Now listen to the news.

25. What is badly needed in Russia according to the news?
A. Military aid.
B. Social security.
C. Economic recovery.
D. Democratic system.

KEY TO LISTENING COMPREHENSION

1.A
2.D
3.B
4.D
5.D
6.C
7.B
8.A
9.C
10.C
11.C
12.C
13.D
14.D
15.B
16.B
17.A
18.A
19.B
20.A
21.A
22.C
23.D
24.C
25.C

EXPLANATION OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION

PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A STATEMENT

1. “因为Jenny看不懂这封信，她只得请她的朋友翻译一下。”

为什么Jenny请她的朋友翻译这封信呢？只要理解词组make head (s) or tail (s) of … ( 知其所以，了解，弄明白，一般用于否定﹑疑问）就不难找到答案A了。
另外：make head: 取得进展

2. “使人们吃惊的是尽管他从不熬夜学习，但几乎总是在考试中得第一名。”

本文的主句中的表语从句是由though引导，表示让步﹑转折关系的复合句，选择项中，表示让步含义的只有B﹑D，而B：“尽管他熬夜学习”与原文中“从不熬夜”，意思恰恰相反，所以D为正确答案。

stay up = sit up: 熬夜，不睡
nine times out of ten: 十之八九，几乎总是
另外：
nine to five: 通常的办公时间（从早上九点到下午五点）

3. “让这个男孩不动地坐一下午简直是太痛苦了。”

词组nothing less than = nothing (little) short of 意思是“不亚于，不少于，同…一模一样，完全”，理解了这个词组，也就明白原文的含义是指“坐着不动对这个孩子是个很痛苦﹑很难做到的事情”，B最接近原意。

4. “Mary建议应该提前五分钟下课是不可能实现的。”

理解词组“out of the question: 不可能，不值得考虑的” 是理解原文的关键。D为正确答案。

5. “324航班将于上午11点30分起飞，但你必须在飞机起飞前一个小时登记验票。”

只要听清时间，稍加推算，就可得出登记的时间为D: 10：30。
prior to = before：在…之前，先于，优先于
check in: （在旅馆， 机场等）登记，报到，抵达，上班
另外：
check into (a hotel, hospital): 登记住进（旅馆，医院），检查，调查
check out: （旅馆， 商店等）结帐离开，办手续，离开，下班

6. “在他访问伦敦时邂逅了过去大学时候的室友。” 正确答案C。

run across = come across = fall across = run into = bump into = meet with = meet by chance: 偶然遇到，邂逅

7. “Susie对水彩画知道很多，但对油画的了解只是皮毛而已。”

文中说Susie很了解水彩画，可以说掌握了水彩画，但对油画只是略知一二，也就是说只是进行了表面上的研究，所以B为最佳选择。
词组scratch the surface 为固定搭配，意思是“触及表面”，而不能理解为“擦破，抓破”

water color painting: 水彩画
oil painting: 油画
Chinese ink wash painting: 中国水墨画

8. “当他读大学时，他的表演首屈一指。” 答案为A。

词组second to none = next to none：（口）不比任何人差，首屈一指，无与伦比

9. “他的第三部小说远远超过了他的前两部。”

outweigh: 在重量上超过，在价值（重要性、影响等）方面超过。联系全文，在这里应指第三部小说的价值意义高过前两部，所以C为最佳选择。

out -- 前缀，常与动词﹑名词﹑形容词构成复合词，表示“…出，超过”
如：
outlive: 比…活的长
outlast: 比…持久
outfly: 飞的比…快
outnumber: 比…多， 数量超过， 等等

SECTION B CONVERSATION

10. M：“你知道，自本世纪以来，有两百多万人死于交通事故。”
F：“哦，那就是说，死于公路上的人数是同期死于战争中的美国士兵的五倍。”

问自从1900年以来，死于战争的美国士兵有多少人。这是道测试有关数字的细节题，一定要听清原文的精确数字，即两百万，以及两者之间的五倍关系，经简单计算，可知应为C: 400000。

11. F：“钟刚敲过下午六点。”
M：“那么，路上不挤了，所以我们应该能在一个小时后到家，但先要休息20分钟喝些茶。”

问按照计划他们大约几点到家。这是道有关时间的细节题。经过推算，他们应在7：20到家，C: 7：30 与此时间最接近，所以应选C。

12. M：“本周末你们有没有带浴室的单人房？”
F：“请稍等。恐怕没了。但用同样的钱可以订个带两个单人床的房间。”

这是道推测F职业的问题。根据双方的对话内容，可以判定此类对话最有可能发生在宾馆或旅馆，那么负责接待并提供住宿咨询的人应为前台工作人员，所以应选C。

13. F：“Glasgow是英国最重要的城市之一，是吗？”
M：“的确是，尽管它与别的城市比如说Edinburgh, Manchester, London在面积和人口上不同。”

双方在谈论哪个城市呢？只要听清原文，就可以得出答案D。由于文中有时出现的人名或城市名不是我们很熟悉的单词，因此在听之前快速浏览所需回答的问题以及四个选项尤为重要，它可以帮助我们提高理解的速度，直接作出回答。

14. M：“不知道今晚我可以带我女朋友去哪吃晚饭。”
F：“你们去没去过学校附近的那家中国餐馆？”

本题要求判断两者的关系。我们可以用排除法。M要带女朋友吃饭，所以他与F不可能是夫妻的关系，而且这又是个比较私人的问题，所以不太可能发生在上下级（教授与学生）之间，这样的对话也不象是顾客和招待员之间的用语，最有可能发生在平等的同事或朋友之间，所以D为答案。

15. F：“你用过上个月买来的帐篷吗？”
M：“是的，用过。上周五我们去野营了，尽管天气不好我们呆在温暖干爽的帐篷里过得很愉快。”

本文的问题是上周五的天气如何。虽然M的回答里没直接说明天气如何，但他说在帐篷里又温暖又干燥，而不管天气怎么样；in spite of 表示转折关系，暗示外边的天气与里面形成了对比，即又冷又潮湿，所以答案为B。

16．M：“你难道不劝说你丈夫戒烟吗？”
F：“我劝的。但不管我跟他说什么，他都当耳旁风。“

根据F的回答，她虽然劝她丈夫戒烟，但她丈夫对于她的话是左耳进右耳出，也就是说不听从她的规劝，所以B为答案。

in (at) one ear and out (at) the other: 左耳进右耳出

persuade sb out of sth (doing sth) 相当于 persuade sb not to do sth： 劝说某人放弃，不去做
反之： persuade sb into doing sth 或 persuade sb to do sth：连哄带劝使某人干某事。

17．F：“你好，我卧室里的水管漏水了。你能否尽快来修一下？”
M：“那要看我什么时候能完成办公大楼的下水道工作了。”

根据对话内容推测M的职业。如果抓住关键词pipe，drains，就知道M是个跟水管﹑下水道打交道的人，那么据此判断，他应是A：管道工。

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

18. 细节内容测试题。从文中可直接找到线索，得出正确答案A。

19. 测试全文主要内容的理解。答案为B。

20. 对新闻全体内容的概括总结。全文围绕着两年中工业增长率的下降，以具体数据进行比较，所以答案为A。

21. 目的测试题。根据新闻的首句推测，应为A。

22. 有关时间的测试题。根据文中“ as it taxied down（飞机起飞前或降落后的滑行）”提示，答案应为C。

23. 关于人数的细节测试题。从文中首句可找到答案D。

24. 关于原因的细节测试题。根据文中最后一句，可知原因是C。

25. 细节内容测试题。原文中“…there is a great need for economic recovery…”可提供线索，得出答案为C。

TAPESCRIPT OF DICTATION

PART II DICTATION

Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.

Please write the whole passage on Answer Sheet Two.

Now, listen to the passage.

Cars in the Future

As big cars cause many problems, such as pollution, shortage of parking space, crowded traffic, / scientists are now trying to design some small cars / that may some day replace today's big automobiles. / If more people begin to drive such cars in the future, / there will be less air pollution. / There will also be more space for parking cars in cities, / and the streets will be less crowded. / Three such cars can fit in the space / that is now needed for one car of the usual size./

The little cars will cost much less to own and to drive. / Driving will be safer as these cars can go only 60 kilometers per hour./

The cars of the future will be fine for driving around the city. / However, they will not be suitable for long trips, / because these cars by petrol can only go 450 kilometers / before needing to stop for refilling.

The second and third readings. You should begin writing now.

The last reading. Now, you have two minutes to check through your work.

(a two-minute interval)

This is the end of the Dictation.

TAPESCRIPT OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION

PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION

In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct response for each question on your answer sheet.

SECTION A STATEMENT

In this section you will hear nine statements. At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following nine questions.

1. Jenny has to ask her friend to translate it as she can't make heads or tails of the letter.

2. What makes people amazed is that though he never stays up too late studying, he will get the first place in the examinations nine times out of ten.

3. It is nothing less than a pain to ask the boy to sit still for the whole afternoon.

4. Mary's suggestion that classes should be dismissed 5 minutes earlier is out of the question.

5. Flight 324 is leaving at 11:30 a.m, but you must check in one hour prior to departure.

6. Jason ran across his former college roommate on his visit to London.

7. Susie knows much about water color paintings but she has only scratched the surface in oil paintings.

8. When he was in college, Charles was second to none in acting.

9. His third novel far outweighs his previous two.

SECTION B CONVERSATION

In this section, you will hear eight short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.

10.
M: You know, since the turn of the century, more than 2 million people have been killed in road accidents.
F: Oh, that means the number of people killed on the road is five times that of American soldiers killed in the wa