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专四听力原文 听力原文1993 PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A 1. When it is 15:00 hours GMT, it is 23:00 hours in Beijing. Q: What time is it in Beijing when it is 02:00 hours GMT? 2. Well Mr. Smith, we? ve no singles left for tonight . But we could let you have a twin-bedded room for the same price. Q:What? s the woman?s job? 3. It will be Christmas Day the day after tomorrow. Lee should have written us or send a card after his arrival in America. Q:This means? 4.Well, young lady, you?ve driven all the way without lights and I? ye no doubt that you? ve been drinking as well. Q:At what time of day do you think this incident took place? 5.If Paul keeps on studying as hard as he has always been, he?ll have no trouble getting his degree. Q :This means? 6.Since the traffic was very heavy on the road, Janet was half an hour late for her flight. Q This means? 7. It was an unbelievable experience, Linda wishes she were a writer and could tell the story the best way. Q : This means? 8.1 have prescribed something for your daughter,Mrs.Johnson. Make sure she takes it three times a day after meals.If she?s not any better by Tuesday, come to see me again. Q: What is the profession of the man who is talking? 9.1 can?t find my umbrella now.I may have left it in the cinema. Q:This means? 10. Michael came back at almost midnight and Martha returned home at 2:15 in the morning. Q:This means? + SECTION B 11.W:Why only one piece of bread? You are not dieting, are you? M:It?s not diet.It?s just that I don? t eat much at this time of day. Q:What do we learn about the man? 12. M:When does the Swedish woman in Room 17 want to be called? W:She?s to be called at seven. Q:Where does this conversation probably take place? 13 .M:May I borrow your wok? W: What for? Are you preparing some Chinese food? M: Well, no, not exactly. I thought it would be good to make soup in. Q: What do you think a wok is? 14. W:Tom said he would come to repair our video recorder if he has time. M: He often offers his help but he never seems to have time. Q: What does the man imply? 15 . You must have left the camera in the market. It? s a very good camera you know, Sandie. W:But I tell you I didn? t take it. I remember clearly that you put it on the dressing table. Q: What do you know from the conversation? 16. W:It? s really annoying. I went to buy a shirt yesterday. But when I got to town, all the shops were closed. Was it a holiday or something? M:Not exactly. Wednesday is early closing day. Q: On what day did this conversation take place? 17. M: Let? s hope tomorrow? s weather is better than today. W: I?ll bring a raincoat all the same. I don? t want to get wet two days running. Q: What was the weather like on the day this conversation took place? 18. M:This is an emergency. What does it say on the notice? W: Pick up the receiver and ring the operator. Look, it says dial 100. Then it? ll put you through to the po?lice. Q: According to the conversation, who answers if you dial 100? 19.111:These things are marvelous. Usually they are very expensive, but now they are sold at half price. W:Yes , I think they?ll go fast. Q: What does the woman mean? 20. M Do you know the recipe of my chicken dish? Vegetable, oil, onion, ginger, wine, salt, soy sauce, chili sauce, vinegar, pepper and chicken. W:Sounds wonderful. I?ll try it. Q:What cooking ingredients are not mentioned in the recipe? SECTION C Questions 21 — 22 are based on the following passage. A Nicaraguan cardinal has failed to persuade three gunmen to release nineteen hostages they have held since Monday in Nicaragua? s embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica. Cardinal Migao Abandou Rebaravo says the hostages, including Ambassador Alfanso Rebel, are tired and hungry. Nicaragua has rejected the gunmen? s de?mand for a sixmillion-dollar ransom and the firing of two officials. 21. Where were the hostages held? 22. What did the gunmen demand? Questions 25 — 26 are based on the following passage. The report accuses the prison service of making basic mistakes such as having no accurate picture of a number of foreign inmates and of confusing those who come from abroad with ethnic minority prisoners who are British. The current jail population is about 42 000 and the Prison Reform Trust estimates that more than 3 000 are foreigners with a growing number convicted of drug smuggling. Starved of contact with family or friends, many suffer extreme depression and high incidents of stress-related illness. The report says that between 1986 to 1990 only forty-seven foreign prisoners were transferred to complete their sentence in their own country. While Acknowledging some improvements, for example, the Home Office has cooperated in producing a foreigh prisoner information pack,. The report says the government and foreign embassies has a long way to go in grasping the scale of the problem. 25. What is the estimated number of foreign prisoners in Britain? 26. Which of the following words best describes the general tone of the report? Questions 27 — 28 are based on the following passage. Most of the front pages of Tuesday morning? s British newspapers have emotional pictures of the funeral of a two-year-old James Bordger. His murder in Liverpool with which two ten-year olds have been charged sparked nation-wide revulsion against violent crime. The Times has a picture of policemen wiping away tears - outside the church where the service took place . The Today newspaper says seventeen days ago James was an unknown two-year-old from a poor unemployed family, but the paper says the message of the murder has swept across a shaken and guilty nation to the farthest points of the globe. 27. According to the news, when was James murdered? 28. What was the nation? s reaction to the murder? Questions 29 — 30 are based on the following passage. President Clinton said he would talk to President Mitterrand again after the French president visits Moscow next week. Mr. Clinton says he expects to move to mobilize other industrialized countries to take actions on aid to Russia either before or shortly after his own summit with Russian President Boris Yeltsen in early April. He said he would do so even if it is not possible to convene a formal Group-of- Seven meeting. President Mitterrand said he is also in favor of an early Group-of-Seven meeting. He said it is necessary because of urgent problems in Russia and elsewhere in Eastern Europe. The French President said that in opposing the idea Japan is not giving sufficient consideration to problems in Europe. The two leaders deferred detailed discussions of trade issues until after their news conference. But they both said the world trade system needs to move toward more openness and that the bilateral disputes should be solved through negotiations. Mr. Mitterrand added that individual disputes may be difficult to solve unless they are viewed in a context of a larger agreement. 29. What is going to take place in early April? Why does Mr. Mitterrand favor an early meeting of the leaders of major industrialized countries? 听力原文1994 PART ? 1. Ah, are you going to be busy this evening? I was wondering if you might like to 2. We have several kinds of accounts here, Mr. Way. The best interest rate is for the What’s the speaker’ 3. I wonder if you could shut the window. It’ What’ Where is the spea 6. Tom came and destroyed Jane’ 7. I woke at 7:30, knowing their appointment was at 8:45, but despite all my plans I How late was the speaker for t 8. To make French toast for five, you need two eggs, one cup of milk, half a 9. In the wardrobe she found a dress she thought she had never worn at Larry’s house 10. Had I known that Jim had a past record of driving violations, I would never have 11. W: Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the Rainbow Restaurant from M: Drive two blocks and turn left. Continue on until you reach Heath Street and turn right. Then turn left at the second stop light. You can’ 12. M: Weren’ 13. W: I’m interested in buying one of these machines. Erm, which one would you M: Oh, this one here, Madam. It has three different programs and can take up three M: Yes. I’ W: And the number you’ M: That’s 7638558. Oh, no, I’m sorry, I forgot it’s just changed. It’s now Q: What is the caller’ M: I think you’ve made a mistake. This isn’t what I ordered. I asked for the red 16. M: I can’ M: Oh, I looked there. But I couldn’ W: Why don’t you try the spice section? It ought to be 17. W. It’ M: A big improvement on what we’ W: It’ Q: What would the weather be like this e 18. W: Where’s the novel that I left on the desk this morning? I have to return it to M: I gave it to your sister. I’ 19. M: Do you rent rooms by the week? You see, I’m not sure whether we will stay W: Well, it’s 30 dollars a week, plus 10 dollars for electricity, but only 130 dollars a 20. M: Now Miss, do you feel all W: Yes, I’m fine now. I just left the motorway. I was driving along the main road when suddenly, right before the crossroad, another car came out the side street. I didn’ News Item One (21- Two European leading automakers, the French Company Renault and Swedish Volvo, have agreed to merge a deal expected to be announced later today, which will create the world’s sixth largest auto producer. Observers said the move will create a European auto giant capable of competing with Japanese imports at a time when new 22. When is the deal going to be News Item Two (24- National law-makers in Ukraine have demanded the President Neonid Chaschoke agreement, Ukraine’s nuclear warheads would be transferred to Russia for dismantling and its share of the Black Sea Fleet would come under Russian control. National law-makers said that the deal is a betrayal of Ukraine’s interest. The issue would be put to Pa 24. What have the Ukraine’s National law- 25. What would happen to Ukraine’ News Item Three (27- The United States was expected to press leaders of the new alliance today to establish defenses against the new post-cold-war threat. The US fears that some states could acquire nuclear or chemical weapons and missiles to carry them. Mill has pledged to consider the issue at the summit of alliance leaders on January 10 and 11. U.S. defense secretary Las Aspin was expected to tell the defense minister yesterday that the alliance had good reasons to combat this new post-cold-war threat. The U. S. wants their help and cash to build defense system against ballistic missiles that could hit alliance countries, particularly in Southern Europe. The collapse of the Soviet Union, which has the world’s biggest arsenal weapons of mass destruction, has raised fear that technology for nuclear and chemical arms could now be available on the black market. In an age of shrinking budgets, however, allied leaders are reluctant to spend hundreds and millions of dollars on a new anti-nuclear system when they cannot be assured that t 27. What does the U. S. think is the new post-cold- News Item Four (29- The World Bank has approved a loan of $ 215 million to help restructure China’s telecommunications system. The project which needs a total finance of $ 623 million will support Beijing’s reform effort in telecommunications and help increase its long-distance and local telephone capacity. Peter Wright, the Bank’s Telecommunications Project engineer, said China has shown dramatic unprecedented growth in telecommunications which, if it continues, will make the sector a case of steady growth by the year 2000. The number of long-distance calls in China grew by 42. 2% from 1989 to 1992, but there are still some 1.6 million people in China who have applied for a phone but have yet to receive it. The Chinese government has embarked on a program to expand and improve telecommunications with planned investment of about $ 25 billion between now and 29. In addition to the World Bank’s loan, how much more money does the project 30. What particular problem is the telecommunications industry currently facing? 听力原文1995 PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION In section 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 STATEMENTS In this section you will hear eight statements. At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions. Now listen to the statements. 1. We moved to London about three months ago because Bob got a new job, and we?re living in a small flat while we try to find a house. 2. If you don?t want to sound impolite, or cause embarrassment or distress of any kind to the person you?re talking to, you should learn to use tactful and tentative forms in your English. OK, class is over. 3. Whenever I got to the bank near my house, the cashiers are either fooling around or keeping whole queues of people waiting by chatting to the customer at the front about their holidays. 4. The more we discuss the trip, the less likely it seems we can afford it. 5. I live on my standard unemployment benefit- or rather, social security benefit. And I do a bit of baby-sitting on the side, for extra pocket money. 6. The moment the windscreen shatters, you should begin to take foot off the accelerator. Not completely off, of course, because you might be in heavy traffic with another vehicle right behind you. 7. Two men who were caught stealing property after it grew dark have appeared before the local Magistrates? court this morning. They are expected to be kept in custody for several days. SECTION B CONVERSATION In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following questions. Now listen to the conversations. 8. M: Are you having much trouble with the course? F: Not really. The only thing I haven?t understood so far is the reading we had last night. 9. F: In the summer, Andrew plays tennis or golf almost every day in the winter he goes skiing every chance he gets. M: He?s always been very enthusiastic about sports. 10. M: Paul?s been taking 5 courses, but he?s decided to drop one of them at the end of this semester. F: That may be for the best. 11. F: It?s so hot today I can?t work. I wish there were a fan in the library. M: So do I. I?ll fall asleep if I don?t get out of this stuffy room soon. 12. F: I?m going to the bank, then to the jeweler store, and after that, I have to prepare a presentation for my linguistic seminar. M: I?d say you have a pretty busy afternoon, Ann. 13. F: Do you have an address where I can write to you? M: No, I?ll be off. Write to me at my uncle?s house, and he?ll hold my mail until I get there. 14. M: I wish they?d reduce some of the compulsory classes for the course. F: They talk about it every year. But a few students definitely need a lot of basic classes. 15. M: Carl earned a lot of money over the summer vacation as a consultant to that company. F: I don?t doubt it. What surprises me is that he?s still working there now that classes are about to start again. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Question 16 & 17 are based on the following news from the BBC. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news. President DE Klerk of South Africa has called an urgent meeting of leaders of the main political groups following yesterday?s violence in the center of Johannesburg in which at least 31 people were killed and more than two hundred wounded. Inkata and the ANC have blamed each other for the violence which took place as thousands of Inkatha supporters marched through the city to demand the creation of a sovereign Zulu kingdom. Questions 18 and 19 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions. Now listen to the news. The Israeli army has been in contact with the PLO to try to explain the killing in Gaza and the Israeli delegation is leaving for Cairo this morning in the hope that the scheduled talks will go ahead despite Palestinian anger. Israel and the PLO have both said they were on the verge of agreement that armed Palestinian police and international observers should be stationed in Hebron to protect Palestinian in the wake of a massacre there a month ago, when a Jewish settler killed some 29 Palestinians. Questions 20 & 21 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions. Now listen to the news. The Clinton administration has cited 35 countries and 4 trading blocks for allegedly erecting barriers to American goods. The biggest portion of the annual report, to the U.S., or by the U.S. trade representative, says Japan?s trade barriers far exceed those of any other major industrial country. It says Japan, which has an annual trade surplus of almost 16 billion dollars with the United States, has placed an unfair burden on the global trading system. In addition to Japan, the report also criticizes other major U.S. trading partners, including the European Union, Canada, China and South Korea. President Clinton says the U.S. economy is very solid and the plunge in the stock market this week is not an indication of any serious problem. The New York Stock Exchange scored its first gain in more than a week Thursday. On vacation in California, the President said he has reviewed the matter with administration officials and found no underlying problems with the economy. Questions 22 & 23 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions. Now listen to the news. The United States has called on Singapore to reconsider the sentence on an American who is to be caned for vandalism. The State Department spokesman said the United States regretted the decision by the Singapore Appeal Court to uphold the sentence. He said Washington believed the penalty was excessive for a youthful non-violent offender. But he refused to speculate on the possible effects on relations between the two governments. The American Michael Fay was found guilty of damaging parked cars. The case has provoked widespread public debate in the United States and criticism of Singapore in the American media. President Clinton had personality appealed for the sentence to be reconsidered. Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news from the VOA. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions. Now listen to the news. South African troops are moving into the strife-torn Natal Province where political violence has claimed three hundred lives in the past month. State of emergency regulations published Friday said strict conditions for marches and rallies had banned the display of weapons or potentially dangerous objects. The rules also gave security forces powers to detain people without charge for up to 30 days. Security forces are allowed to use what?s called "necessary force" to maintain order and can search people and premises without a warrant. This is the end of listening Comprehension. 听力原文1996 PART ? LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A STATEMENT 1. Joe Clarks, 22 years of age, appeared in court in the New York suburbs yesterday. He was there to face a traffic charge. 2. I am sorry, I am late. But I was waiting for you at the information desk upstairs. It?s lucky I thought to look for you on the platform. 3. This is a very complex system. It can send messages over long distance by means of electric or radio signals. and print them at the other end. 4. The elderly woman was planning to take the 5:30 coach. Unfortunately, due to poor road conditions, which made safe driving impossible. it departed at 8:15. 5. Let me know as soon as you have fixed your travel plans. I?d like to make sure you are properly looked after on the arrival. 6. Just look at this cardigan, it has shrunk so much. I can?t wear it anymore. 7. That famous writer?s new book is coming out in September. However, we probably won?t he able to find it in the library until December. 8. Statistics show that 300 people are killed in air crashes in the United States every year, but about 50,000 people are killed in car accidents. SECTION B CONVERSATION 9. W: I?m going to take down those curtains and put up new ones. M: Why? What?s wrong with them? 10. M: You should go to see the new movie. They are going to hold it over for another two weeks. W: Mm, normally I wouldn?t, but i should as you recommend it so strongly. 11. W; I?ve got a letter from my sister. It?s so badly written that I can hardly make out what exactly she was [tying to say. M: Maybe you should call her up to find out what?s troubling her. 12. W; The rain is going to continue till tomorrow. I wanted to take you to see the park, but it?s too wet for that, and it?s obvious we can?t walk around to visit the sights that you suggested, Jack. Too bad! M: Yes, it?s a shame. 13. W: There is a special discount for the museum on weekends before 10:00 a. m. We could use this opportunity since there are so many of us. M: 1lmm, depending on what most of us want to see. 14. M: tto you know what you want to do when you finish your degree? W: I?ll ask you if I ever need your advice. 15. M: I am a free man from today on. Nobody will tell me what I should do, or what I shouldn?t anymore. W: You don?t mean you?ve quit that well-paid job you?ve had for so long. 10. W: 1 must go to the supermarket tomorrow. It?s the last day it?s open till after the Christmas holidays. M: Sure, we don?t want to he out of anything. Want a hand? 17. M: Do you know John is going to move to France next month. His wealthy uncle has left his property for him to inherit. W: I wish I could come into a fortune like that one day. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST News Item 1 (18) A 15-year-old schoolboy. Peter Emerson of Stratford-on-Avon, was recovering at home yesterday after being trapped all night in a cold store at a butcher?s shop where he works after school. The door swung shut as he was putting meat into the store. He realized that he was left all alone, after he had shouted and kicked the door and no one answered. He kept warm by jumping and running for about 10 of 14 hours. News Item 2 (19 - 20) Secretary of State, Warren Christopher has wrapped up his latest trip to the Middle East, saying the peace process is progressing. Mr. Christopher says that he will leave the region Thursday, assured (hat the picture is much less gloomy than suggested by recent reports. During the two days of talks, Mr. Christopher met with Israeli Prime Minister, Isaac Rabin and Foreign Minister, Simon Parez in Israel. and with PLO Chairman Arthur Arafat in the Gaza Strip. Ile also met with Syrian President, Hasez Alsad in Damascus. News Item 3 (21 - 22) Prison Service staff here in Britain have been severely criticized in an official report for the escape of 5 IRA prisoners and an armed robber from Whitemall Prison Camprishire. Bomb- making equipment was subsequently discovered at the jail. The government has announced a major review of prison security throughout England and Wales. A new task force will be set up under the home office and a detail list of recommendation is expected to be issued by the end of the year. News Item 4 (23 - 25) The Canadian police say that the new North American Free Trade Agreement, which is to open the frontiers across the Continent. has been exploited by drugs smugglers from South America. The Mafia can now move drugs across the Continent with minimum supervision. Police estimate 60% of the cocaine which came through Canada this year has been brought through the East Coast. Last year, it was 10%. Police say the Mafia are benefiting from the declining fishing industry. There are more boats available to move the drugs. 听力原文1997 PART ? LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A STATEMENT 1. John met me at the door and said his dormitory wasn’t full, but in fact it was. 2. We just can’t get over the fact that Jane failed while Mary succeeded. 3. At the moment there was no course I enjoyed more than composition. 4. If I had known the exercises should be handed in today, I’d have finished them yesterday. 5. I woke up at 8:30, knowing that the appointment was at 9:45, but despite all my plans, I still got there at 10:00. 6. If only I had paid more attention to my spelling in the examination. 7. Come in, John. Please excuse the mess. We only moved in here a month ago and we’re in the middle of house decoration. 8. David decided to take the overnight express train to Rome. Usually he would have gone by plane. But now he wanted to have some time on his own before he got back home. 9. My students went camping last weekend. They had a wonderful time and they stayed warm and dry in spite of the weather. SECTION B CONVERSATION 10. M: Why did you get up at 6:40? I thought your meeting wasn’t until 10:30. W: I wanted to visit the park before I left. It’s the first time I’ve seen it. 11. W: London is a gorgeous city. From here you can see the Palace Skies. M: Wait until we can get to Paris and Madrid. And don’t forget about Rome. 12. M: Do you have any idea what the passage is about? W: I’m as much in the dark as you are. 13. M: I’d like to apply for the position you have advertised in China Daily. W: A good command of English and computing is a must as far as the position is concerned. 14. W: I see that Vincent is smiling again. M: Yes, he decided to speak to his boss’s mother about his problem at work rather than to go directly to his boss. 15. M: We got the computer repaired last week. W: Oh, so it could be fixed. 16. W: There was a storm warning on the radio this morning. Did you happen to be listening? M: No, but what a shame! I guess we’ll have to change our sailing plans. Would you rather play golf or go cycling? SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST News Item One (17) The authorities in Hong Kong have released the second group of Vietnamese boat people from detention after Vietnam refused to accept them. The group of sixteen had been detained in 1991 when they entered Hong Kong. The release last month of more than 100 boat people in Hong Kong caused protest from local residents opposing any move to allow the boat people to stay permanently. There are still some 24,000 Vietnamese boat people in detention camps in Hong Kong. News Item Two (18-19) NATO troops are to join their former Cold War enemies in training exercises in Poland this week. The drills which will begin on the 17th are the first major joint exercises of the Western and Eastern armies under NATO’s partnership. Some 900 soldiers from 13 countries will take part. NATO says it will be a good way to share peace-keeping experiences and develop a common understanding of operational procedures. News Item Three (20-22) A twenty-year action plan for cutting the rate of world population growth is expected to win wide approval today in Cairo. Delegates at the UN-sponsored conference on population complete the final talks on the plan Monday. The document is non-binding but it will serve as a guideline for countries and states that fund health care and family planning programs. The world population of 5.7 billion currently is growing at more than 90 million a year. News Item Four (23-25) In the Philippines a ferry carrying at least 400 people has sunk after an apparent collision with a cargo ship. There was no immediate report of casualties. The accident occurred at about 11:30 a. m. , local time, at the mouth of Manila Bay shortly after the ferry left the Manila port. A Philippines coast guard’s spokesman said the ferry had been hit by a 12,000 ton Singapore registered cargo vessel. Further details were not immediately available. 听力原文1998 PART ? 1 . I need some aspirin. please. I?d also like to get this prescription filled. 2. Wow! I hat?s terrific. I couldn?t agree more. 3. Mr. Dawson bought a thirty-dollar sweater for eighteen dollars on the 13th of July. 4. Staying healthy today means more than just going to a doctor when you?re ill. 5. I really don?t want any dessert or coffee. Just bring me the bill, please. 6. If I had gone to the game. you bet I would have enjoyed seeing our team win. 7. Some people made more money than teachers. but few get as much satisfaction from their work. 8. Although there are some similarities in the platforms of both candidates, the differences between them are considerably wide. SECTION B CONVERSATION 9. W: Hilton Hotel. May I help you?? M: Mr. John Thomas. Room 13, please. W: I?ll put you through. Oh, sorry. Mr. Thomas isn?t in at the moment. M: Can I leave a message? W: Certainly. M: Have him call Max Green at 6:00. It?s important. 10. W: Good morning. did you sleep well last night? M: Yes. the room is fine. W: Are you checking out this morning? M: Yes. I?m leaving around 10:00. 11. M: Did you do anything last weekend?? W: Not much. What did you do?? M: I had planned to go skiing or do some shopping, but wound up studying. 12. W: Hey, John! Were you in the literature class yesterday?? M: No. I couldn?t make it. Weren?t you there. either?? W: No. I wasn?t. I was hoping you could tell me the reading assignment. 1111tliA 13. W: Are we going to the party this evening?? W; Well. I wonder if James can make it from home. M: He?s got a car now. Wilma* WI: Sounds no problem. then. 14. W: I?m going to India next month. Is there any advice you?d like to give me on my first trip?? M: Well, see as much as you can, because it?s a country with a very different culture from ours. 15. W: When shall I come again?? M: Well, I?m afraid we must wait till all the applications are in and if we decide to put your name on our short list, we?ll let you know. 16. M: What?s wrong with your new electric cooker?? Let me see if I can fix it. W: Oh, I had the shop replace it with a new one this morning. 17. W: Look. it?s getting late and we?d better be leaving together. Have you got a car. Mr. Smith?? M: No, thanks. There?s a bus. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Question 18 is based on the following news. Heavy rains and overflowing rivers have caused extensive flooding in some parts of the US midwest and in the eastern regions of the US as well. Melting snow and new snowfall in the midwest states of Iowa, Michigan and Indiana have driven rivers over their banks and have cut off electricity to thousands of customers. In the eastern states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and West Virginia, flooding has damaged homes and forced evacuations in several counties. Question 19 is based on the following news. Official Iranian news agency, quoting a senior Foreign Ministry official has said preparations were being made for the Foreign Minister Dr. Ali-Ahbar Veliatti to visit Iraq. No specific date was given. The news was carried the day after a preparatory team led by his senior advisor Ali Korum ended a 4-day visit to the Iraqi capital Baghdad. In an interview carried on Teheran radio. Ali Korum said an Iraqi delegation will be traveling to Teheran shortly to follow up on the talks. Questions 20 -21 are based on the following news. US Senate has passed a landmark bill aimed at ending the country?s huge budget deficits within the next seven years. It would cut government spending by more than 900.001) million dollars. Health, education, and hundreds of other programs will be hit. The bill was passed last week by the House of Representatives. And congressional leaders now have to work out a compromise. A BBC Washington correspondent says the stage is now set for a confrontation with the White House. President Clinton has threatened to veto the Republican plans. Question is based on the following news. France has carried out the first of a planned series of nuclear tests in the south Pacific despite strong international opposition. The French Defense Ministry said the device exploded at an underground site beneath Mururoa Atoll yielded less than 20 kilotons. Australian scientists described it as fairly small compared with the previous tests. There?s been swift reaction from several countries. New Zealand and Chile have recalled their ambassadors to Paris in protest. Australia condemned the test and the US expressed its regret. Before the nuclear device was exploded, the French President Jacques Chirac said his country might carry out fewer than the eight tests originally planned. Question 23 is based on the following news. The Indian police have found a large catche of plastic explosives in Bombay, the type used in last month?s serial bombings that killed more than 300 people. Police say they seized nearly two thousand kilograms of explosives from a marshy region north of Bombay. About 1,300 kilograms of similar explosives were discovered in the area last week. Police also arrested 14 more people in connection with the bombings. Questions 24 - 25 are based on the following news. Israel and the PLO, after six days of intensive negotiations. meet again later today for what they say they hope will be the final initialing of an agreement on extending Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank. The two sides had been optimistic about reaching agreement yesterday. But last minute hitches arose over the timetable for releasing thousands of prisoners and arrangements for the redeployment of Israeli troops. The BBC Jerusalem correspondent says it appears the two sides have made progress on one of the most difficult issues of all--the future of Hebron, the only town in the West Bank where there?s a community of Jewish settlers. 听力原文1999 PART ? 1. During this morning’s test, I couldn’t do the last four questions, but I did the first 2. According to Jane there is no better cheese than Swiss cheese in our local 3. Before going to the gas station to have his tank filled, John had his emergency brake checked and 4. Betty would rather that her husband didn’t send away the cleaning lady, but he 5. Fred would have paid twice as much as he did for his car if the salesman had insisted, as he reall 6. The idea of permanent education is practical because people are never really too 7. It is getting much easier to travel nowadays, but increasingly harder to get away 8. According to Tom, William lost his job not because he was always sick and usually went to work late, but because he made a big error in last month’s accounting M: Yeah, the hours were convenient, but he wouldn’t have been able to make ends 10. W: Can we eat somewhere else? Very few small restaurants like this serve good M: I know, but there isn’t anywhere else in this town. Look! The waiter is coming 11. W: Mary is fluent in English and she’s just starte M: 12. M: John must have been joking when he said that he was going to live in W: Don’t be so sure. He told me that he was looking for an agent to sell his 13. W: Excuse me, I wonder if the bus would come at all. It’ M: Oh, I’m afraid you’ 14. W: Hi, John, haven’t seen you for a quite few days. I heard you’ve been sick. M: They must confuse me with my brother, Jack. Anyway, he is feeling better 15. W: After the way it is being used, the photocopier is not going to make it M: The year! It’s suppos 16. W: Look at all those cars and trucks lined up for the ferry. There must be at least News Item One (17- Haitian hunger strikers at the US labor base at Guantannamo Bay, Cuba, have begun refusing all fluids and medical treatments. 15 of the 267 Haitians are at the base. 7 are prepared to die, if necessary, to force the US to admit the rest of them. The Haitians are eligible to pursue political asylum in the US, but have been barred from entry because most have the AIDS virus. The Clinton Administration says they would lift News Item Two (19) The top three US auto-makers have decided not to proceed with plans to file a trade complaint with Japanese auto-makers. General Motors, Ford and Chrysler had planned to accuse Japanese companies of dumping cars below market prices in the US, but they dropped the idea, citing a pledge by the Clinton Administration to address the US- News Item Three (20- About 100 people are now known have died in what has been described as “the worst storm” ever to hit the eastern US this century. The hurricane-force winds first struck the Gulf of Mexico and have now spread across the Canadian border, continuing to bring reckless snowfalls, severe flooding, and causing millions of dollars in damage. All major airports have now reopened and airlines are beginning to cope with a backlog of thousands of stranded passengers. The storm also paralyzed France has carried out another underground nuclear test in the South Pacific. It is the fifth in the region since September. The test was conducted at the Moruroa atoll on Wednesday. Paris has come under strong criticism for its nuclear testing programme, especially from Asia-Pacific countries. A State Department spokeswoman in Washington expressed disappointment at the latest French test. France has promised to sign a global test ban treaty after it completes its current series News Item Five (2 The association representing British airline pilots says that there is an urgent need to raise levels of air safety throughout the world. In the statement,the association, known as Bobo, warns that unless air safety improves travelers face a perilous future. The association also said that the standard of training must be raised among fly crews and air traffic controllers as the sky has become ever more News Item Six (24- The Western European Union, the defense organization linking most countries of the European Community, is meeting in Luxembourg to discuss ways to reinforce economic sanctions against the Serbs by tightening controls on the River Danube. It is expected to approve of a proposal to send patrol boats manned by armed police and customs officers with power to search and turn back ships suspected of breaking the sanctions.International efforts to isolate Serbia have been undermined by ships carrying oil and other illegal supplies from the Black Sea region along the Danube into the former Yugoslavia after ignoring attempts by the local authorities to stop them. It is reported that most of the illegal traffic&nbs, p;of goods is believed to be arriving in Serbia over land from Greece and former Yugoslavian Republic of 听力原文2000 PART ? ’s brother would not remain an engine driver examined by her physician at this mom’d like to send and I work in the same office. We are on five days and off two days in a week. Every time I see her, she is wearing a differen’ll come aboard Southeast Service to Red Hill, East Corydon and Victoria, with changes in Red Hill for ’s write that in the ad: carefulness and consideration a Emily was honest and trust- Green Hill leaves at 6:28. There is a train every hour on the hour and every 28 e tried, Malcolm didn’ 10. M: 11. M: It’s hot! I wish it wou’t usual for November. I don’ 12. M: Many people prefer taking public buses or the subway or even taxis because parking is getting to be a real headache in s’t 13. M: Hello, Good morning, I’ 14. M: My goodness, the service in this restaurant is really terrible, a lot worse ’s high time they got rid of half the staff here if you ask 15. M: Operator, I booked a long-distance collect call for my sister in Switzerland 25 minutes ago, but I haven’t ， I ring it for you right 16. W: I’ll wear this blue jacket. I like the color on me, don’ 17. M: How did Mr. Hunt’s project turn out? I heard he had trouble with the ’s true. He did have difficulties at first. But all in all, the project couldn’ NATO and Russia are reporting some progress in efforts to finalize a charter governing their post-cold-war relationship. But they stressed more work must be done to settle their differences in military and political issues. A fifth round of talks between the Russian foreign minister and NATO Secretary General ended Tuesday in News Item Two (19- A Boeing 727 aircraft with 51 passengers and 10 crew on board has crashed into a mountain side just outside the Columbia capital, Bogota. Police and rescue workers said everyone was killed when the plane exploded scattering wreckage over a wide area. The crash happened shortly after take-off when the plane was unable to gain enough height to clear the mountains. The aircraft belonged to Ecuadorian Airline, but it had been chartered by Air-France for the route from Bogota to Ecuadorian Capital, News Item Three (21- The US has designated thirty international groups as terrorist organizations, barring them from receiving money, weapons or other support from US citizens. The new terrorist list includes a Palestinian group Hamas, the Pro-Iranian Hezbollah, Cambodian’s Khmer Rouge, the Basque separatist group ETA, Sri Lanka’s Tamitigers, and Peru-based Shining Path and Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. The list does not include the Irish Republican Army or the Palestinian Liberation Organization. US Secretary of State Maddine Albright says the affected groups will Israeli prosecutors are reviewing charges against Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, after Israeli police called off his indictment. Justice Ministry officials say they hope a decision on whether to bring charges against the Israeli leader will be announced Sunday. The case stems from the appointment of Runny Barong as Israeli attorney general. Critics charged the appointment was part of a conspiracy to end the trial of Netanyahu’ News Item Five (24- The combined left-wing opposition in France has defeated President Jaque Chirac’s ruling conservative coalition in the first round of the country’s parliamentary elections. Projections by French TV give the Socialist-led opposition 40% of the vote and Mr. Chirac’s center-right coalition 37%. If the left secures the majority of seats in parliament, Socialist leader Leono Jospin would likely became prime minister in the power-sharing arrangement with President Chirac. 听力原文2001 PART ? SECTION A STATEMENT 1. I have to teach the same course books several times in the summer holiday camp, which is sometimes boring and not well-paid, but by and large I’m quite delighted at being with young p 2. The poor living conditions in such a large city have resulted from the unplanned 3. At a recent seminar, many participants were worried about the fact that overpopulation may g 4. May I have your attention, please? Flight 998 is leaving at 11:30 a.m. Please 5. Having gone through your claims for fire damage, I don’t think the policy you 6. Ian lost one eye in a childhood accident, but he nonetheless had a very successful 7. Mr. and Mrs. Clark used to smoke. But now Mrs. Clark has stopped and she is afraid her husband will fall ill if he doesn’t get rid of his bad habit of smoking both at 8. I heard from Mary that last semester, Susan found it difficult to stay on good 9. Jack says that he is up to his eyes at work at present and really cannot afford the 10. W: I want to find a part-time job during the summer vacation and earn some M: I’m going to take a few summer courses so that I can graduate early next M: The regular-priced ones are here and on that table in the corner of the room we 12 13. M: Hello, the pipe in my bedroom is leaking. Can you come and get it repaired W: Well, it 14. W: Do you think you can play the music tape another time, dear? I’ve got a M: Of course. Sorry. I didn’t realize you could hear it. You want me to call the W: No, thanks. I’ W: I’ve been writing and rewriting it. I simply don’t know if I will ever get it 16. W: I must go to the library, the one near the laboratory, because I have to finish my research project by tomorrow. But if I could, I prefer to go with you to the W: He said he wouldn’ W: It’ News Item One (19- Commonwealth leaders agreed to lift Nigeria’s 3-5 years’ suspension on May 29, the day the military government hands over power to the elected president, the Nigeria was suspended from the 54 nation group of mainly former British colonies in 1995 after it executed 9 minority rights activists including writer Ken Thawrawiwa. But now that the country has embarked on the return to democracy, Commonwealth heads of government have agreed to end this estrangement. Secretary general chief Ormiga Anyaco said in a statement: “I’m delighted an unfortunate episode in Nigeria Commonwealth relations will now come to an end and Nigeria is resuming its rightful News Item Two (21- The Space Shuttle Discovery made a real night landing at the Kennedy Space Center early on Thursday. The night landing, the 11th in the centre’s 94 shuttle missions, ended a 10-day mission to outfit the orbiting international space station. Although the space craft created a solid boom that can be heard along much of Florida’s eastern seaboard, witnesses on the ground could not see the orbiter until it was directly over the one-way lights. Scattered showers off the Florida coast had threatened to postpone the shuttle’s return. But broadcasters gave a green light when they News Item Three (23- Five people died, two were missing and at least 18 were injured on Wednesday when an Italian petrol vessel collided with a dinghy filled with refugees crossing the Adriatic sea from Albania, authorities said. The victims were believed to be Albanians from either Albania or Kosovo, said authorities from Italy’s Tax Police Division, which, along with the coast guard, patrols the nation’s coast. The cause of the collision was not immediately known. Three Albanians,believed be smuggling the Malaysian authorities are discussing possible salvage efforts with Sun Cruisers, the Singapore owner of a large liner, that sunk off Malaysia last week, a news report said yesterday. Sun cruisers had received some advice from Malaysia on the matter. The Business Times newspaper quoted the company’s spokeswoman Judy Shoo Asian. Judy and other Sun Cruiser’s officials could not immediately be reached for further comment as they were away in Indonesia. The Sun Vista went down in international waters. The nearby Malaysia may have the right to order the wreck’s removal, the newspaper said. Salvage experts said the wreck of the Sun Vista, which sank in 65 metres of water, poses no threat to ships passing over it. But Malaysia may still want Nigeria was suspended from the 54 nation group of mainly former British colonies in 1995 after it executed 9 minority rights activists including writer Ken Thawrawiwa. But now that the country has embarked on the return to democracy, Commonwealth heads of government have agreed to end this estrangement. Secretary general chief Ormiga Anyaco said in a statement: “I’m delighted an unfortunate episode in Nigeria Commonwealth relations will now come to an end and Nigeria is resuming its rightful place in the Commonwealth.” 听力原文2002 PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A STATEMENT 1. Next I?d like to show you a three-bedroom apartment on the second floor which is a newly built one we have for rent. 2. It used to take a fortnight to travel from London to Edinburgh by coach. However, you could never travel many times around the world in that time. 3. Jack, thank you for inviting us to dinner in your house tomorrow. But I?m extremely sorry that my wife and I won?t be able to make it. 4. Last time we discussed some patterns of animal behavior and in today?s lecture you?ll concentrate on the methods used in the study of animals. 5. In my opinion motivation, rather than intelligence, often decides how far a person can go in his career. 6. In order to understand this writer thoroughly, you have to read between the lines. 7. Last week at the sale Jane bought herself an overcoat for 30 pounds which was one quarter of the regular price. 8. Due to the continual rain the school sports meet has been postponed again till further notice from the principal?s office. SECTION B CONVERSATION 9. M: I?m really getting worried about Mary. She was sitting in for the exam in two weeks? time. But all she is talking about now is nothing but an upcoming concert. W: She may fail along that line. Let?s try to talk some sense into her. 10. W: Tony, do you have a belief in UFOs? M: Me? Well, I have never seen. But there are a lot of people who have, or they think they have, seen. 11. M: You know, I started out in civil engineering, then I switched to electronic engineering. But what really interests me is electronic music. W: Well, that?s a long way away from civil engineering. 12. W: How about a pound of milk for our breakfast? But it doesn?t seem to look fresh now. Do you think it is still all right to drink? M: Let me smell it. Well, it has gone off. If I were you, I wouldn?t even think of it. 13. M: Is it true that all of them survived the fire last night? W: Yes, a miracle, isn?t it? There was a couple on the second floor and two women and three kids on the ground floor. But no one was badly hurt. 14. M: I?m going to take a blood test at 7:45 tomorrow morning. W: In that case, you won?t miss any courses tomorrow morning then. 15. M: I?m not really an expert on precious stones, but these are superb. Don?t you like them? W: Have you looked at the price tag? It costs almost twice as much as a house where we are living in. 16. W: You seem to be restless the whole day today. What?s up? M: Later in the afternoon? they will announce who will get permission for the study trip to Africa. 17. W: I will never go with Bill again. He could never remember where he parked his car. M: That certainly sounds like Bill. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST News Item One (18-19) Britain has announced that it has decided to cancel about 200 million pounds? worth of the debts owed to it by poorer Commonwealth countries. The international development secretary says the relief is being offered to countries committed to eliminating poverty and pursuing good government. This would include taking action against corruption. At the same time Common Market finance ministers are meeting in Muricius. Britain is expected to put forward a fresh initiative on redressing debts of the poorest countries. The chancellor of Czech has indicated the plan to revise the scheme put forward last year by the International Monetary Fund which has not yet provided any relief. News Item Two (20-21) An underground train derailed at the station in central Paris yesterday, injuring people and just missing another underground train standing on the opposite track. French emergency services say the trains were traveling at 35kilometres per hour when it derailed at the entrance of the station. No one was killed and no one was trapped in the train during the accident. Ambulances rushed to the scene and doctors began treating casualties in the station and a nearby cafe. Some people have broken limbs and others have suffered bruising. None was in a critical condition. As yet it was not known why the train came off the tracks. News Item Three (22-23) In Argentina, civil servants held a 24-hour strike yesterday to protest pay cuts of 12-15% for anyone earning more than 1,000 US dollars a month. Public service unions and local teamsters plan to hold the protest rally in front of the government house. The work stoppage comes at the last Friday?s general strike when many of Argentina?s 12 million workers stayed home after the nation?s powerful General Worker Confederation, the nation?s largest union group, called a one-day strike to protest spending cuts and free market reforms. News Item Four (24-25) Germany was due to strike a deal yesterday to close down its 19 nuclear power plants, making it the first major industrial nation to commit to withdrawing from nuclear energy. Talks between Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder?s government and chiefs of German energy industry were to begin at 8:30 p. m.. Closure of German 19 reactors, which provided around a third of the country?s electricity needs, was a key pledge of the Greens, the junior partner in Schroder?s coalition government. 听力原文2003 PART ? In sections A, B and C, you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet. In this section, you will hear seven statements. At the end of each statement you will 1. You must relax. Don’t work too hard. And do watch your drinking and 2.We hadn’t quite expected the committee to agree to rebuild the hospital, so we 3.The coach leaves the station every 20 minutes. It’ 4.Perhaps Jane shouldn’t have got married in the first place. No one knows what she might have been doing now, but not washing up. That’ 5.I happen to be working on a similar project at the moment. I am only too pleased 6.The man arrived for the ceremony with patched jackets and faded jeans that the 7.Mark! Here you are! This is the last place in the world I would have expected to In this section you will hear 10 short conversations between two speakers. At the 8. W: I couldn’t stand this morning. My right leg went stiff. M: I’m afraid it’s probably a side- M: I’ 10. W: Is there anything you can do to make the cold go away more q M: No, there isn’t. And a cold isn’t really serious enough for a visit to a doctor. M: Oh. So you did go to that bookstore! 12. M: Excuse me. Has there been an emergency? W: Oh, no sir. There’s just a storm, so the plane will leave a little later this 13. W: I wish I hadn’t hurt Linda’s feeling like that yesterday. You know I never meant to. M: The great thing about Linda is that she doesn’t hold any grudges. By tomorrow she’ll have forgotten al 14. M: My grades are not bad, but not good enough. I know I didn’t study at all this W:I’ll see you in the library, then. 15. W: I’ll wear this blue jacket for the evening. I like the color on me, don’t you M:I think it looks terrific on you- M: Yeah. The hours were convenient, but had he accepted it, he wouldn’t have been 17. W: At the rate it is being used, the printer is not going to make it through the rest Questions 18 and 19 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item The U.N resolution calls for greater international intelligence and law enforcement cooperation. And it requires states to change their banking laws in order to police the global network of terrorisms financiers. It makes providing funds for terror activities a Questions 20 and 21 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item A police spokesman said the devices were made safe by explosive experts in the Ardorn district, where a woman was shot in the leg and 13 police officers were injured during a second successive night of violence. Northern Ireland’s police chief had earlier called on community leaders to work together to end the violence. The violence has erupted sporadically throughout a summer of Sectarian tension in Question 22 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item you will be being hit with huge increases to ensure their planes after the terrorist attacks in the United States. Goshork Insurance Holdings, which ensures aircraft around the world, Airlines around the world have cut services and dismissed staff as their business has plunged in the wake of the crisis. They are also struggling with increased security Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer A Pakistani lawyer said the resumption of the trial of eight foreign aid workers accused of preaching Christianity in Afghanistan has been put off until Sunday. He had met earlier Saturday with the aid workers, 2 Americans, 2 Australians, and 4 Germans. They insist they were in Afghanistan to help the poor, not to convert them. The penalty for these captured aid workers could range from expulsion to a jail term Question 25 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item you will be AIDS program warns that the deadly disease may only be at its early stages in many parts of the world. Dr. Piu said the disease has already reached staggering proportions since first being identified in 1981. 58 million people worldwide have contracted the HIV virus, which causes AIDS, while 22 million have died from related illnesses. The UN estimates the world’s HIV positive population at 36 million, including 25 million in sub-Saharan Africa. International officials warn the disease will have disastrous political, social, and 听力原文2004 PART ? LISTENING COMPREHENSION 1. Lily studied drama at the university but she used to work as a policewoman. 2. May I have your attention, please? Flight 5125 scheduled to take off at 11:30 will be delayed for 20 minutes. Please check- 3. There is a railway strike in the south region and several trains have been canceled, however, the strike doesn’ 4. Latest reports from the northeast provinces say that at least sixteen people lost their lives in Sunday’s floods. A further nine people, mostly children are 5. John, your paper must be revised over the weekend and handed in its final form on Monday. If you have any proble 6. My discovery of Mary Jackson was as a matter of fact, a gift from a friend. 7. Oh! Talking about money, it’s terrible when you think how tiring the work is. It’ 8. A lot of drugs are missing from the cupboard here in this room so I think we 9. W:Would you mind if we discussed tomorrow’s agenda before dinner this ’ M: Well, Jane and I have decided to stay on here a 11. W:It’s so hot today, I can’t work. I wish the air conditioner was on in this M: So do I, I’ll fall asleep if I don’ 12. W:I can’ M: Neither can I, but I’ W: Here it is. I’ M: Yeah, what day? I’ 15. W:There must be a thunderstorm in some place because the picture isn’t very sharp and the sound isn’ M: I think you’re right, they said on the radio last night that a storm was coming in 16. W:The party will start at 6:30 but there are a lot of preparations to make and I M: I’ll be there around 5:30, all 17. W:Excuse me, I’m enrolled to take Professor Lee’s literature course 102 and M: Yes, the class has been moved to the north building. Also it is now Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 to 4pm. Instead of being held on Monday and Friday from 2 to News Item One (18- A court in Zimbabwe is due to deliver its verdict today in a trial of a journalist who works for the British newspaper The Guaidian. The trial is seen as a test case for the country’s strict new media laws. Andrew Meldrum, an American who’s lived in Zimbabwe for over twenty years is accused of publishing an untrue story and faces up to two years in prison if found guilty. A dozen other journalists have also been charged with offenses relating to the new laws. In court Mr. Meldrum’ s defense argued that his story was published in Britain. It was beyond the jurisdiction News Item Two (20- Kuala Lumpur-Afghanistan will play soccer at the Asian games. Mongolia’s Confederation (AFC) announced in a statement yesterday that Afghanistan would play in the under-twenty-three tournament at the games in Bussan. Afghanistan’s first match will be against Iran on September 28. The group’s other teams are Qatar and Lebanon. Afghanistan was a founding member of the confederation in the 1950s, before entering long periods of war and factional fighting. The country’s year in response to the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States. During the Soccer World Cup in June, the President of Afghanistan’s Football Aociation (AFA), Abdul Aleem-Kohistani said he hoped his country would be able to News Item Three (22-23) The expected life span of Beijing residents has gone up to 75.5 years old, compared with 74.4 years old, a decade earlier. While the death rate of middle- aged residents increased dramatically, according to recent official report. The report made public by the Beijing Disease Control and Prevention Center said the past mortality of people age between 35 to 54 years old had gone up 58.5% during the past ten years, from 158 people per 100,000 in 1991 to 251 people per 100,000 last year. Infant and maternal mortality rates went down 132% and 147% respectively. Health experts said chronic non-infectious diseases were the main causes of death covering 60% of the total number of deaths. The male mortality is higher than that of females and the death rate among rural residents is higher than that News Item Four (24-25) Islamabad-Pakistani President, Purvez Musherof said yesterday there was no danger of the country going to war with neighboring India but that Pakistani forces would be ready to repel any aggression. There is no danger of war, Musherof told reporters in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. We should have confidence in ourselves. We are not sitting idle. We are prepared for everything. There should not be any misunderstanding. Tensions were raised this week as the two accused each other of links to killings in the two countries. India suspects the two gunmen who killed twenty- Islamic militant groups. Pakistan denied any involvement in the temple massacre and police in Karachi said there were indications of India intelligence agents behind the murder of seven Christian charity workers in the city, but India rejects the charges This is the end of Listening Comprehension. 听力原文2005 PART ? LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A CONVERSATIONS Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. W: Good morning. Sit down please, Mr. Johnson. M: Thank you, madam. W: I have read your letter here. You seemed to have done very well at school. Can you tell me something about your school work? M: As you can see, my strongest subjects were arts subjects. My best subject was history and my second best was geography. However, my favorite subject was math, and the results I got in the math paper were quite reasonable. W: That?s true. Now, can you tell me why you think these subjects will help you in this job? M: Well, madam, I understand that you manufacture computers, prepare software, and advise clients on how to use them. Is that right? W: That?s right. M: And I?ve been told that working with computers needs a logical mind rather than great skills in mathematics. That?s especially true, I believe, when it comes to writing programs. So I think my results show that I have some ability in logic and in mathematics as well. W: So, you would like to write material for computers, would you? M: Yes, madam. That?s what interests me most about computers - writing programs, but I think the computer industry itself is still expanding enormously. I?m sure that career prospects in the industry would be very good no matter what sort of job I went into. W: I see, well, thank you. I?ve enjoyed our talk. We?ll be writing to you. M: Thank you, madam. Good morning. Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. W: Excuse me. Could I ask you some questions? M: Of course. W: I work for an advertising agency and I?m doing some research. It?s for a new magazine for people like you. M: People like me? What do you mean? W: People between 25 and 35 years old. M: Ok. W: Right. Urn, what do you do at the weekend? M: Well, on Fridays, my wife always goes to her exercise class. Then, she visits friends. W: Don?t you go out? M: Not on Fridays. I never go out on Fridays. I stay at home and watch television. W: And on Saturdays? M: On Saturdays my wife and I always go sailing together. W: Really? M: Mm, we love it. We never miss it. And then, in the evening, we go out. W: Where to? M: Different places. We sometimes go and see friends. We sometimes go to the cinema or restaurants. But we always go out on Saturday evenings. W: I see. And now Sunday. What happens on Sundays? M: Nothing special. We often go for a walk. And I always cook a big Sunday lunch. W: Oh. How often do you do the cooking? M: Urn, twice a week.., three times a week... W: Thank you very much. All I need now are your personal details, your name, job and so on. What?s your surname? M: Robinson. Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. M: Parcel Express, good morning! How can I help you? W: Good morning. I?m thinking of sending a parcel to New York next week. Can you tell me what the procedure is, please? M: Certainly. When you ring us, we need the following information. The invoice address: that?s probably your address, isn?t it? And then, the pickup address. That?s different. And the contact phone number. W: Just a moment. I?m taking notes. Phone number, right. M: Then we need the full name, address and phone number of the person you are sending the parcel to. W: Ok, anything else? M: Yes, the weight and dimensions of the parcel. That?s height, weight and length. And the value of the goods and full description. W: Value, description. M: Yes, but don?t seal the parcel. You need to leave it open so that the driver can check the contents when he collects it. After the recent bombing, the airline said that we?d have to check all parcels. They told us we had to do it. W: Fine. Now last question. How long will the parcel take to get to New York? M: One to two working days. There are daily flights at midday. And if we collect the parcel from you at 10:15 then your parcel catches that flight and it will arrive in 24 hours. W: Right. Thank you very much. You?ve been very helpful. M: Not at all. Goodbye. W: Goodbye. SECTION B PASSAGES Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following announcement. Attention, all passengers, platform change! This is a platform change. The train now standing at Platform 9 is the 10:48 train calling at all stations to Nanjing. Please note the train on Platform 9 is not the 10:52 train to Jinan. It?s the 10:48 train calling at all stations to Nanjing. The 10:52 to Jinan will now leave from Platform 7. Train announcement, the 11:20 train to Zhengzhou from Platform 8 will be subject to a 15-minute delay. I re peat there will be a 15-minute delay for the Zhengzhou train on Platform 8. It will now leave at 11:35, not 11: 20. The 11:28 train to Hangzhou has been cancelled. We apologize to customers, but due to signal problems, the 11:28 train to Hangzhou from Platform 15 has been cancelled. The 11:32 train to Tianjin is now standing at Platform 13. Please note, there will be no restaurant car on this train. I repeat: there will be no restaurant car on the 11:32 to Tianjin now standing at Platform 13. Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage. The International Red Cross in Red Crescent Museum was opened in Geneva in 1988. It tells the story of men and women who in the course of the major events of the last 150 years have given assistance to victims of war and natural disasters. The organization was established in 1863 and was based on the idea by a Swiss businessman called Henry Durant. He had witnessed the heavy casualties of the battle of Solferino in Italy four years earlier, in which 40,000 people were killed, wounded or missing. He had seen the lack of medical services in the great suffering of many of the wounded who simply died from lack of care. The International Red Cross or Red Crescent exists to help the victims of conflicts and disasters regardless of their nationalities. The symbol of the organization was originally just a red cross. It has no religious significance. The founders of the movement adopted it as a tribute to Switzerland. However, during the rest of the Turkish war, the Turks felt that the cross could be seen as a fence to the Muslim soldiers and the second symbol, the red crescent, was adopted for use by national organizations in the Islamic world. Both are now official symbols. Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage. At major college or high school sports events, cheerleaders, both male and female, jump and dance in front of the crowd, and shout the name of their team, running around, yelling "Go Team Go!" The first cheerleader ever was a man. In 1898, Johnny Campbell jumped in front of the crowd at the university of Minnesota and shouted for his team. He shouted "Hurrah, Minnesota!" This was the first organized show, or yell. For the next 32 years, cheerleaders were men only. Cheerleading is not just about cheering. They practice special shows, dances, and athletic shows. The men throw the women high in the air, and catch them. The team members climb on each other?s shoulders to make a human pyramid. They yell and dance too. It is like human fire works. Of course, they may often suffer serious knee and wrist injuries and bloody noses. Cheerleaders have their own contests every year at local, state and national levels. And a crowd shouts for them. It is not fair to think cheerleading is just being cheerful and lively and having a loud voice. Cheerleading is a sport in itself. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. The bodies of dozens of African emigrants discovered off the Italian coast last week might have been thrown overboard, Italian officials said on Monday. A coast guard spokesman said 15 illegal emigrants, all believed to come from Somalia, survived being thrown into the Mediterranean sea. But one of the survivors, a woman, was in a serious condition. They told the coast guard that their boat had left Libya 20 days before with around 100 immigrants aboard. They said most had died during the trip. Last Friday, 7 Africans, including 3 children, died before their boat could reach the island. A further 25 people survived. Question 23 is based on the following news. China has set aside on putting 3 people into space for a week, the China news service said on Tuesday. The news agency reported an official as saying the preparations were underway for the next Shenzhou launch. The Shenzhou VI is expected to blast off within the next two years. Shenzhou V carried a Chinese astronaut aloft. He circled the earth 14 times during his 21-hour trip October 15th to 16th 2003, making China the third country to put a man into space. Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news. Gigantic waves of flame that covered entire neighborhoods and filled the skies over Southern California with ash have killed at least 13 people. At least 6 separate wildfires were still burning on Monday morning all the way from the Mexican border to the suburbs of Las Angeles. They were reported to have destroyed 800 homes and consumed about 120 thousand hectares of land. Authority said they were seeking two men in connection with the fires, which they believed were started deliberately. Questions 26 to 28 are based on the following news. There has been modest growth in tourism worldwide despite two years of terrorism, war and disease. And China is the engine driving it, according to the World Tourism Organization. International tourists? numbers hit a record of 702 million last year, a rise of 2.7% over 2001, the year of the September 11 attacks. France re mains the most popular destination, receiving more than 77 million visitors, followed by Spain, United States and Italy. China, however, marked a 11% growth over that period, attracting 36.8 million international visitors. It ranks 5th among leading tourism nations. By 2020, it will be top, with predictions of 130 million visitors per year. Chinese themselves are also becoming a major force as travelers. According to a Xinhua report, over 16.6 million Chinese traveled abroad last year, up 37% from the previous year. Their numbers are expected to grow to 30 million by the end of the decade, and 100 million in 2020. Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news( Around 44 military officers in Argentina have been arrested for possible extradition to Spain on human rights charges(The arrest came as the Argentine government struck down the decree prohibiting such extradition，saying all Argentine should be equal before the law(Those detained included former navy captain and several other ex-officers suspected of torture or murder during the last period of military ruling in Argentina which ended in 1983( 听力原文2006 Part II: Listening Comprehension: SECTION A: 1. Man: Hello. Woman: Oh. Hello. You must be a new student. Did you find it OK? Man: Well, I got a bit lost because I asked a stranger. But I got it eventually. Woman: Oh, dear. Have you come far today. Man: Only from Brighton. I was staying with my brother. Woman: Oh, good. How did you get here? Man: My brother took me to the railway station. And I got on a bus at this end. Woman: Aha. Well, you?d better tell me your name so I can find your form. Man: It?s Mark Burn. Woman: Burn, Burn. Ah, yes. Oh, you?ve changed since this photo. What happened to your beard and mustache? And not wearing glasses, either. Man: No, I thought I?d better look smarter. Woman: Here is the key to your room. It?s 501. Man: Thanks. How do I get there? Woman: Go to the end of this corridor, turn left and it?s the third door on the right. Man: Thank you. Oh, here?s a meeting for new students. What time is that? Woman: Half past five in the Common Room on the ground floor at the other end of the corridor. Man: Thanks a lot. Good-bye. 2. Woman: Hi, Steve, how are things? Man: Hi, Maggie. Good, thanks. What?s new with you? Woman: Oh, I was just wondering if you want to go out tonight. Man: Well, I was thinking of going to the university library to do a bit of study. What?ve you got on mind? Woman: I thought we just go for a walk? Maybe down the park near the beach. Man: Tonight? You must be joking! It?s too cold. Woman: Oh, yes. It?s too cold. But I still want to go out somewhere. That New Town Cruel Sail is on in the town. How about that? Man: OK. What time does it start? Woman: Oh, I think it?s half past eight, something. I?ll get a paper and have a look. Just turn on for a minute. Look, the film (have) got a fantastic review last week. Man: OK. OK. Where are we going to meet? Woman: It?d be easier if we meet at the cinema. Man: OK. Where is it? Woman: Oh, you know, the Oyiyang. Man: Where is that? Woman: Near the town hall at the opposite of the Bank. Man: Oh, yes. I know where it is. OK. Look, I?ll meet you there at fifteen past eight. 3. Woman: What are you reading, Bill? Man: It?s this week New Scientist. Why? Woman: I was just wondering. It looks interesting. But I?ve never actually read myself. It?s for real scientists, or can ordinary people like me understand it? Man: Always for anyone, really. It usually has articles or stories about current affairs about science, as well as papers about new development in research. I?m reading about new telephone that allows you to see the person you are speaking to as well as see him. Woman: Oh, I heard about it. Is it on the market yet? Can I buy one? Man: No. Not this one. But the company has made other models to try on business. This one is special because its color and image is moving. Woman: Oh, that?s interesting. Man: You see the first video phones. That?s what they are called. They made in Japan. But they can only show still black and white image. So this video phone is much better than that. Mind you, I?m not sure I want one, would you? Woman: Well, no, I don?t think a word. I bet it costs a lot of money. Did it say how much it costs? Man: Yes. The yearly black and white one costs several hundreds pounds. But one in the story is about to cost several thousands pounds. Woman: Hmm, what does anybody want one, do you think? Man: Business organizations that need frequent contact overseas want it. It?s like a face-to-face conversation, so maybe a lot of overseas travels can be avoided. Woman: Yes, I suppose so. Passages: 1. If you are in a western country, you often see people walking their dogs. It is still true that dog is the most useful animal in the world. However, the reason why one keeps a dog has changed. Once upon a time, a man met a dog and wanted to help him in a fight against other animals. And the dog listened to him and did what he told him to do. Later, people used dogs for hunting other animals, and dogs did not eat what they got until their master agreed. Dogs were also used for driving sheep and guarding chickens. But now people in towns and cities do not need dogs to fight other animals any more. Of course, they keep them to frighten thieves, but the most important reason for keeping dogs is (that) they feel lonely in the city. For a child, a dog is his honest friend when he has no friend to play with. For a young wife, a dog is her child when she does not have her own. For old people, a dog is also a child when their real children have grown up and left. Now, people do not have to use a dog, but they keep it as a friend, just like a member of a family. 2. I?m going to work in a totally new environment. I?ll have to get used to different working conditions and used to working in a quite high-tech sort industry that got lots of machinery and everything. But now I?m going to apply a no-machinery as such, apart from type-writer. The place has no electricity at all, no photo copiers, all the things you just take for granted here. They just won?t be there any more. I?ll be staying near the school in a quite small village, and I?ll be staying in a teacher house, living with two or three other volunteer teachers. I?ll have to get used to not having a variety of food that you have here, like twenty different bread-fast serial. And range of food there is much smaller, not many choices. I?ll also have to get used to getting water from a well, not having electricity, which means gas lamp in the evening, which means the difficulty of preparing for next day?s lessons in poor light; which means a different way of getting your clothes washed. There?ll be all sorts of big differences like that. But I?ll have to get used to when I arrive there. 3. The most common type of child abuse you know is beating with hands or with instruments, usually a cane in some places. Nearly a third of abused children we see are in age group between six and ten. And about sixty-five percent of them are boys. This is age group when children are first expected to study hard and parents have greater expectations of their progress in school. Boys, of course, attract more abuse such as beating because once again parental expectation is higher and boys tend to be more energetic and difficult to control than girls. Most experts seem to agree that child abuse is caused by a combination of social and psychological factors. Families sued to beat their children are not particularly different from other people. The only difference between them is that they lack skills in establishing good relationships with their children. These families too, generally speaking, have other problems such as marriage problems, or financial problems. Some parents are hurting their children because they strongly believe they use the traditional disciplinary methods. But many of them have emotional problems, they are often the victims of violence themselves. Sometimes they even bear unreasonable hatred for a child because they believe the child has brought the family bad luck. Part C: News Broadcast News Item 1: American coast-guard officials in Florida said that they have returned to Cuba a group of would-be migrants who tried to make their way to the U.S. in an unusual vessel, a floating truck. They said one of their planes spotted the Cubans more than half way to their journey and the coast guards could not believe their eyes when they saw the vessel. The Cubans had attached floats and propellers to a 1951-Shavy truck. News Item 2: "All large-and medium-size Chinese cities will have great air-quality monitoring by 2010", said the government official. The government has spent one hundred and fifty million yuan on air quality monitoring system across China since 2000 when official began to pay greater attention to air quality monitoring. More than 220 cities now have air quality monitoring systems; and forty-two others will have systems in place by the end of this year. News Item 3: Storm sank two river ferries in southern Bangladesh on Sunday. And some ninety passengers were reported missing, while another sixty-eight died. One of the packed ferries carrying around 150 people capsized earlier on Sunday, on the Magana river and fifty were rescued. A second ferry sank on the same river just one kilometers away, leaving forty passengers missing after six were rescued. News Item 4: The Indonesian government has given official approval for Australian consulate in Dili. The first Australian consulate officials will travel to East Timor capital next week. As well as serving consulate needs of Australians in the region, the consulate will facilitate the Australian support to the United Nations? assistance mission in East Timor. The announcement followed in principle the agreement reached on the opening of consulate between Australian Prime Minister and Indonesian President in Bali last month. News Item 5: Pepsi-Co of U.S. and UniLever of UK have become the latest foreign entrance in China?s competitive bottle-tea market. The two companies lunched Lifton ice-tea in Guangzhou last week in a fifty-fifty venture. Pepsi-Co is contributing its bottling facilities and distribution network to the alliance while Uni-Lever provides the famous tea-brand and recipe, company executive said. China has a growing bottled tea market, estimated to be worth ten billion yuan. It is dominated in recent years by two Taiwanese brands, MasterCom and Uni-president. Three other big brands, Nestle, Guangdong-based JianLibao and Lifton have just entered the market this year. Swiss Nestle company is working in conjunction with Coca-Cola. News Item 6: The Israeli peace camp has lunched the biggest protesting yells, with more than 100, 000 people protesting on Saturday and demanding the country leave Gaza after a Palestinian militant dealt Israeli army with its deadly explosion since 2002. Crowds in Tel Aviv main square aid to the going-call for withdraw from war-torn territory. The killing of thirteen soldiers by militants in Gaza street last week has deepened the already strong support in Israel for Prime Minister Sharon?s Gaza pull-out plan, which is being delayed by hard-liners in his right wing, Likud Party. 听力原文2007 PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION [15 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 answer to each question on your answer sheet. SECTION A CONVERSATION In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of each conversation you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. Receptionist: Good evening, sir. Can I help you? Mark: Yes. I think I left my digital camera on the train from London earlier today. R: Did you, sir? Oh, well, in that case, we’d better fill in a Lost Property Form. Can you tell me your name? M: Yes, it’s Mark Adams. R: OK. Your address? M: You mean in Britain or in the States? R: How long are you staying? M: Oh, I’ve still got a few months in Britain. R: OK, then can you give me your address here? M: Right. It’s 18 Linden Drive, Laten Essex. Do you want the phone number? R: Yes, I’d better have that too. M: OK, 0809 45233. R: Thanks. And you say it was a digital camera, what make and model? M: It’s Samsung G302. R: OK, got that. Now, you say it was the London train. What time did it arrive in Edinburgh? M: At 4:45 this afternoon. R: Well then, if we find it, sir, shall we phone you or write to you? M: No. I think I will drop in the day after tomorrow to check out. R: Right you are, sir. We’ll do our best. Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of each conversation you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. M: Right, this is the tennis club reception area. As a member, you don’t have to register when you arrive. But you must remember to register your guests. And you must be able to produce your membership card if a club official asks to see it. W: How many guests can I bring with me? M: You can bring up to 3 at any one time. W: Hum, that’s good. M: Yes. Well, we want to attract people to our club. Now, here are the changing rooms with showers and lockers for your clothes and things. Obviously, you don’t have to leave your clothes in the lockers. But we strongly advise you to. It’s much safer. W: How much do the lockers cost? M: Forty cents. But you get the coin back when you take your things out. Right, and the tennis courts are round here to the left. W: Hum. And we can play for an hour at a time? M: You can book the courts for thirty minutes or an hour. But you can carry on playing until the next players arrive. W: Of course. What about café or bar? M: Yes, we have a club room which serves food and drink behind the reception. The club room is open until 11 o’clock. But all players must leave the courts by 10 o’ clock. W: Hum. That seems very good. Thank you very much for showing us around. M: Pleasure. Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of each conversation you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. W: Ah, good morning. It’s Mr. Robinson, isn’t it? M: Yes. W: Have a seat. M: Thank you. W: OK. I’ve got your letter of application. Now, as you know, when you apply for a post with our company, we need to find our a few things about both your academic background and recent work experience. M: Sure. W: First of all, A-levels? M: Yes, I’ve got three. Geography, maths and physics. W: Geography, maths and physics. OK. And what about your degree? M: I went to Manchester University and got an engineer degree with water management as my specialization. W: A-ha, I see. M: And as for work experience, I started it out after graduating in 1996 in India, working for the Indian Government. W: Did you work as a volunteer? M: No, it was a three-year water irrigation project. W: That sounds fascinating. How did you organize that? You see it wasn?t a British company then. M: No, I know. My university had links with an Indian engineering university. So it was organized that level. W: And after that? M: Then I came back, moved to Sheffield and have been working with Latimer Engineering since then. W: And what exactly are you doing for Latimer? M: Ah, I’m working in water irrigation again, this time as a project research assistant. W: Great. I’ve got your details. Now, let’s move on to a more general discussion about what we are looking for here… SECTION B PASSAGES In this section you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of each passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage. Hello everybody. Thank you very much for inviting me here. It’s very pleasant to have a chance to talk to you about something that is obviously very much on everybody’s minds. I want to talk about an area of security or safety—bicycles. I know a lot of you have bikes. First, when you get your bike, whether it’s new or second hand, bring it as soon as possible to us. There will be able to stamp it with a serial number. We actually stamp it into the metal. We’ll register the number, put it on our list. This can frighten criminals away if they realize there is a number stamped on it. Second, make sure you buy a good lock. It can be expensive. But it’s never a waste of money. If you have an expensive bike, it’s worth buying two locks. Do spend money on the good lock, because the cheap ones can be very very easy to cut. Also, make sure you lock the bike to something permanent, though do be considerate to pedestrians. And if the worst happens—you lose your bike. You should immediately report it to the police station calling the serial number that should been stamped. Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of each passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage. Good morning everyone and welcome to the English for Academic Purpose Center. I’d like to begin by briefly introducing the services we offer here at our center. First of all, we have wide range of language courses. In the first semester, we run an 8-week conversation class for students of non-English speaking backgrounds. We wish to improve their fluency, grammar and pronunciation in English. The course is held on Tuesdays between 12:30 and 1:30. So that’s one hour once a week. Please enrol with the secretary before Friday this week. For those of you who are interested in developing your writing skills, we have a 6-week course which runs for 2 hours between 4 and 6 on Wednesday afternoons, beginning in Week One. They concentrate on the writing skills needed for assignments in the departments of economics and social sciences. Students must be enrolled in either of these departments. You probably not thinking about taking examinations yet. But later on, towards the end of the term, you might like to enrol in our examination skills class. The course runs for 5 weeks, and two hours in a week. The course deals with the skills you need, in both written tests and oral examinations. It is not necessary to enrol before the course starts. Just turn up for the first class. Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of each passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage. Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Tuscany. As early as 1466, he was working in a workshop. Then, in 1482 he moved to Milan. After the plague had swept the city of Milan in 1484-85, he turned his attention to town planning and made several designs for churches and other buildings. He moved to Florence, another city in Italy in 1500 where he painted the famous Mona Lisa in 1503. Then he returned to Milan. Between 1510 and 1515, after he had been working as an architect and engineer to the French King Louis X II, he devoted himself to painting again and produced two great works St. Anne Marie & Child and St. John the Baptist. In 1515, the King of France invited Leonardo to live in France. He moved to a castle there where he spent his last years, carrying out his own research. He died in 1519. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Questions 21 to 22are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. Israel’s army entered the West Bank area on Tuesday to evacuate the last two Jewish settlements there. This ended Israel’s decades-long occupation in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Conflicts between the Israelis and Palestinians have been called a major stumbling block to the Middle East peace. Israel formally began the pullout operation last Monday. Israeli Prime Minister put forward the disengagement plan in 2003. It asked Israel to remove all 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip and 4 in the West Bank. Questions 23and 24are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. Romania and Bulgaria on Monday signed an agreement to join the European Union on January 1st, 2007. That will bring the number of EU states to 27. The agreement has to be approved by Romania and Bulgaria, as well as parliaments of all 25 EU states. The two states will join the 25-nation block provided they carry out reforms. They need to fight corruption, strengthen border controls and improve justice, administration and state industrial support rules. If they do not, the membership could be delayed until 2008. Questions 25and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. An economic forum on opportunities in China is expected to bring scholars, business leaders and government officials to Beijing next week. More than 800 delegates are expected to attend 3-day Fortune Global Forum which opens on Monday. More than 250 foreign companies including 76 of the Global 500 will be represented. The forum is held annually by the US’ Fortune Magazine. This will be the forum’s 10th year and third in China. Shanghai hosted it in 1999 and Hong Kong in 2001. Questions 27 and 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news. Hong Kong Disneyland opened on Monday with a total of 15,000 visitors. Visitors from the mainland accounted for one third of the total. Most were from Guangdong. According to a survey, more than 55 percent of Guangzhou residents showed interest in visiting the theme park. Some 22 percent of Shanghai residents and 20 percent of Beijingers also said they planed to visit it. Disney land is expected to receive at least 1.5 million visitors between September and December. Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. An Indonesia ferry packed with hundreds of refugees fleeing violence in the ravaged Spice Island sank yesterday. And it was not clear whether anyone has survived, rescue official said. Official said the ship had a capacity of 200 passengers. But around 500 were believed to have been on board after hundreds of refugees forced their way on to the ferry on the Island of Halmahera, seeing of bloody religious violence this month. There were about 198 passengers in crew on top of around 290 refugees. Selamen, head of the search and rescue team in the north of Celebes capital of Manado told the reporters. This is the end of Listening Comprehension. 听力原文2008 PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A CONVERSATION In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of each conversation you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. M: Is that Anne Shaw? W: Yes, speaking? M: Hello, it is Eric from London. W: Hello, Eric. How can I help you? M: I’m fixing up on next project team meeting, and I just want to check some possible dates with you. W: Fine, let me just get my diary. Ok, which dates are you looking at? M: I’ve spoken to the others, and they prefer either the third week of May or the second week of June. W: Yeah, both of the weeks are pretty clear at the moment except for the 11th of June. M: Right, I’ve got that. W: So where is the meeting taking place this time? M: It was going to be in London. But I spoke to Carlos in Mexico City and he suggested Chicago. He thinks it will be more convenient for most of the team. W: He’s probably right. It’ll certainly be much easier for me as well. Because I can fly from Toronto, and I’m sure you can find a meeting room somewhere near the airport. M: That’s a good idea. I’ll check up some hotels in that area and get back to you towards the end of the week. W: Fine, but I’m not in the office on Friday. M: Ok, I’ll call you later in the afternoon on Thursday. W: No problem. Bye. Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of each conversation you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. M: We are having a debate on advertising Thursday evening, and I have to take part. W: That’s interesting. I should like to hear what people think about advertising. M: What’s there to say? We must have advertising, mustn’t we? W: Why? M: Well, we wouldn’t know what there was to buy if we didn’t have advertisements. W: Yes, that’s true. Up to a point, advertisements provide information that we need. IF someone has produced a new article, naturally, the seller wants to tell us about it. M: Yes, and the advertisements tell us which product is the best. W: Do they? I don’t think so. Every manufacture says that his product is the best, or at least tries to give the impression. Only one can be the best, so the others are misleading, aren’t they? M: Well, in a way, I suppose, but we don’t have to believe them, do we? W: Are you saying that advertisements aren’t effective? I don’t think that intelligent businessmen will spend millions of dollars on advertising if nobody believes the advertisements, do you? M: Perhaps not, but after all, it’s their money that they are spending. W: Is it? I think not. The cost of advertising is added to the price of the article. You and I and all the other people who buy the article pay for the advertising. M: Well, I suppose we get something for our money, some information. W: Yes, but don’t forget it is often misleading information, and sometimes harmful. M: Harmful? W: What about the advertisements desiring to persuade young people to smoke cigarettes? Wouldn’t you say the are harmful? M: You’ve given me a lot to think about. I’m quite looking forward to the debate now. Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of each conversation you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. W: So Mr. Brown, this is your bed, and as you can see, there are three other beds in the ward. Have you got everything you need? M: Yes, nurse, I think so. I followed the hospital’s advice, and I’ve only brought a few belongings with me. W: Good, you can see the reasons why we ask you to do that, the cupboard is really very small. M: Yes, of course. They are only afternoon from 2:30 to 4:30 and in the evening from 7:00 to 8:00, but remember that only two people can see you at the same time. M: I see. What other rules are there? W: Yes. We start pretty early. We wake you at 6 o’clock and breakfast is at 8 o’ clock, lunch is at noon, there is tea at 3:30 and supper at 6 o’clock. M: Oh, that’s very different from what I have been used to. You’d better tell me the rest of the rules here. W: Yes. Well, you can see the no smoking sign, we don’t allow smoking in the wards, and the same goes for alcohol. However, if you do need to smoke, there are special lounges. M: Oh, I don’t smoke, so it doesn’t affect me. W: Good. SECTION B PASSAGES In this section you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of each passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage. In my opinion, the most important thing when choosing a hotel for an international conference is the meeting room or rooms. For example, you may need a large room where everyone can be together for keynote speeches or presentations and smaller meeting rooms for informal group discussions. Then, if people are coming from different countries, you need to find out about the rooms for them to stay in. They should be spacious and comfortable, and have facilities for using email and laptops, as people have to keep in touch with their offices or headquarters even when they are away. My next point is facilities for hotel guests, things like a bar, a good quality restaurant, preferably offering local food and fitness and sport centers. These are important, because delegates need to be able to relax after a long day of meetings and get to know each other in informal situations. Finally, for an international conference where delegates are coming from different countries, it can be very useful to choose a hotel that has good transport connections with the nearest airport and all places of interest. This can save everybody a lot of time. Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of each passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, it was a great pleasure that I welcome you to the new museum of industrial and rural life. The museum provides us with the unique historical record of industrial and agricultural life in the area. Here, you find a wonderful collection of industrial and agricultural exhibits, some of them date back 200 years which reflect the history of our area over the last two centuries. Until recently, the area was mainly agricultural, and the world industries and traditions were all associated with agriculture. The museum’s collection bring this heritage back to life, with the fascinating blend of working and static displays. From early times, good communications with the rest of the country have led to the industrial prosperity for the area. One example of such communications was the Roman Road. Portsmouth Street which passed nearby. Later, canals come to bring new prosperity, and then the railways. Good transport systems encouraged local industries, especially those related to agriculture. And the museum has collections of national significance from many of these. Local people, too, have changed the history, and the museum will introduce you to these and other local celebrities. The displays with all items collected locally show what local life used to be like. Many displays of local items are in context and show, for example, printers and cobbler’s workshops. Whatever you are interested, we hope the museum will have something for you. Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of each passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage. Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you very much for inviting me here to talk about safety in dormitory and personal security. First, a few points to hear in mind. You’ll notice the doors of your dorm have two types of locks, a Yale Lock and a chub lock. Make sure you double lock your door, not just one lock, both of them, however long you are going out for. Make sure when you go out, all the windows are closed. Those of you in the ground and first-floor rooms will notice that you’ve locked windows, make sure you use them. Lock them every time you go out; lock them at night if you have got expensive equipment in your room, first of all, insure it. So many people lose things and haven’t got insurance. Make sure you insure it. This brings me onto personal security. Wherever possible, avoid working alone late at night, especially girl students. Avoid dark streets. and try to stick to the well-lit streets whenever possible. Also if you know you are going to be up late, make sure you’ve got enough money for a taxi to get home again, or arrange to stay with friends for the night. It may sound absurd, but don’t forget the university actually offers free self-defense classes. I hope it something you’d never have to use, but it certainly was going along to a few self-defense sessions. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Questions 21 to 22are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. The New Year celebrations in Thailand were shattered by violence, when 9 bombs exploded across Bangkok around midnight. Three Thai citizens were killed and more than 30 injured. No terrorist group claimed responsibility for the bombings by Tuesday. Some believe the explosions were the work of Muslin separatists. Bombings and shootings occur almost daily in Thailand’s three southernmost provinces: Yala, Narathiwat and Purtonia have a dominant Muslin population and have long complained of neglect and discrimination in the largely Buddhist nation. They have asked for independence and separate Islamic state. Since 2004, the insurgences have carried out numerous attacks in the south, and more than 1900 people have been killed. The Thai government has been unable to curb the violence, though thousands of troops have been sent to the south. Questions 23and 24are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. US President George W. Bush will layout his new policy for Iraq Wednesday night in a TV speech. However, some details of the policy have been leaked to the media. National oil law: a date is to be announced for the release of a national oil law in Iraq. The law will give the Iraqi central government the power to distribute current and future oil revenues to provinces and regions based on their population size. The achievement of a fair distribution of oil revenue is seen as a corner stone of Iraqi security. More troops: the US now has 132000 troops in Iraq. The number will temporarily be increased by 20000. A renewed construction package costing up to 1 billion US dollars is also to be announced. The money is to help create jobs and boost the Iraqi economy. Young Iraqis are to be encouraged to participate in the country’s reconstruction by cleaning the streets and repairing schools. Questions 25and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. A joint committee will soon seek further cooperation between Egypt and Spain in industry, trade, investment and science and technology. Egyptian economic sources said the two sides will discuss the possibility of setting up a joint business council when the Egyptian-Spanish Higher Committee meets in the first half of September in Madrid, Spain. The business council is aimed at balancing bilateral trade by expanding trade volume. Question 27 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question. Now, listen to the news. “Japanese teenage women have grown increasingly violent in the last 20 years.” A criminologist said yesterday. The ratio of women in their teams inflicting bodily injury has risen to more than 20 per 100000 of the total Japanese population, more than 7 times the level 20 years ago, said Jinsuki Kajiyama, a professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology. Japanese males have shifted increasingly to aggressioin previously linked with women, such as bullying others by excluding them from conversation, he said. Question 28 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question. Now, listen to the news. Despite reports of intimidation, Zimbabweans swarmed to polling stations on the final day of voting in the most competitive parliamentary election in Zimbabwe’s history. On the first day of voting, lines of hundreds of voters sneaked around some of the country’s 4000 polling stations. A total of 120 seats were being contested. and Mugabe appoints another 30 law makers giving him and his party a built-in advantage. Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. “About 40000 Indian telecom workers called off their work to rule yesterday after reaching an agreement with the government”, officials and union leaders said. The employees of the department of telecommunication services launched their action on Friday in protest against plans to covert the department into a company and the recent appointment of a non-technical official as a department head. Banks, major companies and long-distance customers were hit by the work to rule which involves obeying minor regulations only so as to slow down the workflow. 听力原文2009 PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A CONVERSATIONS Conversation One W: Hi, Mark, how are you? M: Actually, I am really fed up, Linda. It?s Jane. (Q1) W: Jane? Who?s Jane? M: Oh, nobody really. Just a most stunningly attractive girl in my year school. W: Oh, is that all? So what?s the problem? M: Well, the thing is I just don?t know how to make her notice me. Or .... W: Wait a minute. I?ve got a brilliant idea. Why don?t you try talking to her? M: But I wouldn?t know what to say. I .... W: Look. She is in your chemistry class, isn?t she? You are good at chemistry. You could offer to help her with her chemistry homework. How about that? M: Not bad. Just one problem. W: What? M: She is better than me at chemistry. (Q3) W: Ok, then. Well, there is that party at John?s at Friday night. You could invite her. M: Just another small problem. John?s her boyfriend. (Q2 and Q3) Conversation Two W: Yes. Can I help you? M: Yes. You see, I?ve bought this personal stereo at your shop 3 days ago. And I?m afraid it hasn?t really matched up to what I was told about. W: I see, what exactly is the matter? M: Well, first of all, there is this large scratch across the front of it. (Q6) W: But you should have noticed that when you bought it. (Q4) M: But it was in the box and all sealed up. W: Well. I?m sorry, but it really is your responsibility to check the goods when you buy them. How are we to know that it wasn?t you who made the scratch? M: But that?s ridiculous. But anyway, it?s not the most important thing. I really am not happy about this other thing. (Q6) W: And what is that? M: Look. It says here that the noise from it should be undetectable by other people. W: Yes, that?s right. M: But people can hear it, and it?s really embarrassing on the bus and underground. W: Well, I?m sorry, but it must be the way you are wearing the headphones. M: Look. I know how to put earphones in my ears. Thank you very much. (Q5) But what I want to know is, what you are going to do about it at all? W: Well, I suppose we could exchange it for another model, if you really aren?t happy with it. M: No, I certainly am not. W: Well, if I could just have the receipt. (Q7) M: Oh yes. Well, there is a slight problem about the receipt. Conversation Three W: Hello, Happy Time Catering Services, Vitoria speaking. How can I help you? M: Hello, Victoria. This is Joe Smith from country holidays. I wondered if you could do some cate?ring for us next week, we are having a small reception. (Q8) It?s to launch our summer holiday advertising campaign. Will you be free? M: When exactly is it? Mr. Smith? W: April 21st, that?s Thursday. Oh, sorry, no. It should be Friday. (Q9) M: Oh, yes I can do that where will you be holding it? W: We thought we?d have that at head office and use the conference room, because there is enough room for everyone there. M: Ok. What sort of things would you like? W: Just a light lunch I think, so that people can eat while they move around and talk to each other. You did some thing similar for us last year. We?d be happy to have the same menu again. (Q10) NI: Right. I?ll look at my diary and see what you had last time. Oh, I nearly forgot to ask you how many should I cater for? W: Well, I think most people will be able to come, perhaps around 30. No, let?s say 35, to be sure. W: Right, thank you for getting in touch, Mr. Smith. I?ll send you confirmation of the arrangements by the end of this week. M: Ok. SECTION B PASSAGES Passage A For shopaholics, the post-Christmas period means only one thing-sales. Across the country, prices are slashed on clothing, electronics, home furnishings and more. But London is the place for serious shopping, and you can certainly pick up some amazing bargains. (Q11 ) The sales start on Boxing Day , 26th December and continue for the month of January , but the keenest „bargain hunters get them early to be first through the doors. In Oxford Street, queues formed outside shops ahead of predawn openings for the start of the sales. At Brentcross in north London, more than 1000 people were queuing at 3•: 30 a. m. for the next clothing store sale which began at 4 a. m. Some „people even camped outside the shops to be the first in the line( Q12) . Some people are taking their friends shop?ping with them and buying their Christmas presents in the sales—a practical but an unromantic way of making sure you get the gift you really want. For a less exciting but less stressful shopping experi?ence , online retailers are also getting in on the act with January sales of their own. The most organ?ized of all are those who are already doing their present shopping for next Christmas in the January sales. ( Q13) Passage B Ballroom dancing used to be seen as something rather unfashionable that old people might do ( Q14 ). For the past five years , though , the popularity of ballroom dancing has soared thanks to a reality TV show ( Q15 ) . Strictly Come Dancing is one of the big TV shows. Millions of people tune in every Saturday night to watch the show, which airs from September right up to Christmas. In the show, a number of professional ballroom dancers each dances with a celebrity. Every week they have to learn a different ballroom dance and perform it live on TV on Saturday night. ( Q16 ) The show demonstrates how glamorous ballroom dancing is. The celebrities get to wear colorful dresses and suits to dance in and it looks like a lot of fun. The TV programme also shows what good exercises it can be to ballroom dance and what hard work is involved in learning the dances and performing them properly. Dance schools around the country have seen a boost in the number of people wanting to learn how to dance. And it?s not only old people who are interested. Lots of children and young people in their twenties are keen to learn ( Q17 ) . Passage C Recently, a couple in New Zealand were forbidden from naming their baby son 4real. Even though New Zealand has quite liberal rules about naming children, names beginning with a number are not allowed ( Q18) . They decided to call him Superman instead. In many countries around the world , unusual. names for children are becoming more popular, es?pecially since the increasing trend for celebrities to give their children unusual names. Some parents choose names, which come from popular culture ( Q19 ) . For example, there have been 6 boys named Gandalf after the character in the Lord of the Rings novels and films. Equally, names related to sports are fairly cohunorL ( Q19). Since 1984, 36 children have been called Arsenal after the foot?ball team. Other parents like to make up names or combine names to make their own unique version ( Q19 ) . A method demonstrated by Jordan, the British model, who recently invented the name Theamy for her daughter by combining the names Thea and Amy ( the two grandmothers) . She was quoted as saying that the accent and _rouble letters were added to make the name "more exotic". Other countries have much stricter rules when it comes to naming children. Countries including Japan, Denmark, Spain, Germany and Argentina have an approved list of names from which parents must choose ( Q20) . SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST News Item One ( questions 21 to 23) 11 fishing boat crew who had been stranded since October in a remote part of Russia?s Far East have been rescued after sheltering nearly three months at an abandoned military base. The eight men and three women took refuge at the base after their small boats collided on Oct. 10th ( Q21 ) . Their attempts, to fix one of the boats did not succeed and they had to remain at the abandoned base where there were only flour and cooking fat ( Q22 ) . Other supplies at the base, which was abandoned in 2003 , included Christmas ornaments , and the crewmembers put them up on a small tree inside their quarters. But supplies began running low and early this week , five set off on foot across snowfields. On Friday, after four days of trudging, they reached a working military radio station. The center called rescuers and helicopters were sent to take the 11 to the regional capital ( Q23 ) News Item Two ( questions 24 and 25) Spain?s King Juan Carlos, with 32 years on the throne ( Q24 ) , turns 70 Saturday. But after years of undeniable adulation among Spaniards for putting down an attempted coup in 1981, he?s recently faced more difficult times. Small groups of leftists have burned his photo, and fiery criticism has also come from the right with one leading conservative radio host calling for him to step down. Juan Carlos fired back with a rare public defense of his reign in a recent speech. " It?s been the lon?gest period of stability and prosperity in Spain ever in a parliamentary monarchy , " the king said ( Q25 ). News Item Three ( questions 26 and 27) It goes against religious taboos in Iraq to involve women in fighting, but three recent suicide bombings carried out by women could indicate insurgents are growing increasingly desperate. On Nov. 4th , a woman detonated an explosive vest ( Q26 ) next to a US patrol in Diyala?s regional cap?ital, Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad , wounding seven US troops and five Iraqis ( Q27 ) . On Dec. 7th, a woman attacked the offices ( Q26 ) of a Diyala-based Sunni „group fighting al-Qaida in Iraq , killing 15 people and wounding 35 ( Q27 ) . Then , on Dec. 31st , a bomber in Baqouba ( Q26 ) detonated her suicide vest close to a police patrol, wounding five policemen and four civilians. News Item Four ( questions 28 to 30) Chinese government is poised to conduct its first national „survey of pollution sources in February to help control environmental deterioration in the country ( Q28 ) . The study will identify and collect data on sources of industrial, agricultural and residential pollution for two months. Last year, China?s environment was facing a grave situation, with several major rivers and lakes clogged by industrial waste. China?s environmental cleanup is compromised by? more than two decades of rapid economic growth , and a lack of technology especially ( Q29 ) . Every province , autonomous region and munici?pality has set up a census office and will report to a main center (30) staffed by officials from govern?ment departments. Data will be reviewed multiple times before being put into a database and will be analyzed in the second half of 2008. Findings will be examined and approved by mid 2009.