Directions: You’ll hear two conversations. Each will be read once. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. (7 points)
Conversation 1
W: Hi. Can I help you?
M: Hi. I’ve, uh, just opened a checking account and I want to withdraw 150 euros. What I want to know is, who do I make the check out to?
W: Well, since the money is for yourself, you make it out to cash. M: Ok. W...how do I do that?
W: You just write the word \M: This line here?
W: Yes, next to \
M; Ok. C-A-S-H. Now, I want to make this 150 euros. There, how’s this?
W: Well, you’ve written the amount in numbers, but you have to write it out in words, too. That goes on the second line, there. M: Oh, yeah.
W: By the way, it’s a good idea to draw a line from the end of the amount to the word “euros” so nobody can change the amount.
M: Oh, thanks. Well, that should do it. Here you go.
W: You forgot to sign your name. There, in the bottom right corner. M: Woops, sorry. Here you go. W: The date. M: W...huh?
W: The date—you forgot it. It goes in the top right corner. M: Oh,right. OK, am I done?
W: Yes. That’s fifty—a hundred—a hundred and fifty euros. M: Thanks a lot. Have a good day. W: You too.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.
9. What’s the man doing in the bank?
10. Where is the man asked to write the word “cash”? 11. What does the woman ask the man to do?
Conversation 2
W: You look worried, David. Anything wrong?
M: Well, to be honest, it's my mother. She’s been behaving strangely lately. W: In what way?
M: Well, ever since my father died, she’s been unhappy.
W: That’s quite normal. People are always upset by things like that.
M: But it happened more than three years ago. I never thought she would miss him so much. W: Oh, I see what you mean.
M: It wouldn’t be so bad if my mother didn’t live so far away. When my father retired, they moved to the seaside. Then only a year later, my father suddenly had a heart attack and passed away. Now my mother is all alone in a big house, with very few friends and no family near her. W: She must be very lonely.
M: Yes, she is ! My wife and I go to see her as often as we can. But it isn’t easy. I phone her at least twice a week and ask her if she’ all right or if she needs anything...And there’s something else that worries me a lot. W: What?
M: Her memory seems to be going. I have to remind her to do all sorts of things...to pay the gas bill, for instance. She gets annoyed with me. But I know she’ll forget if I don’t.
W: Well, don’t worry about it too much. She’s just getting old, that’s all. M: I know! That’s just the problem.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.
12. Why does David’s mother feel unhappy lately? 13. What’s wrong with David’s mother? 14. Which of the following is true? 15. What do you know about David?
Part C
Directions: Listen to the passage three times and fill in the blanks with the missing words. (10 points)
In the 16)course of modernization, our environment is being polluted faster than man’s present efforts can 17)prvent. Advanced 18)technology and modern industries bring our society many 19)benefits, making our life easy and comfortable, but they also lead to greater polution.
One form of pollution, in 20)particular, that has received a lot of attention in recent years, is that produced by waster plastic bags and boxes. 21)Due to improper disposal, they lie here and there along the railway tracks. In the rivers, on the hills, on the sea and around 22)communities. On a windy day, 23)they are to be seen flying freely in the sky.
Measures must be taken to clean them up. 24)Recycling should be put into consideration and more importantly, 25)consumers themselves have to be responsible for the proper disposal of their garbage.
Part D
Directions: You’ll hear three passages. Each will be read only once. Listen carefully and then choose the right answers to the questions you hear. (10 points)
One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people have to choose their own life-styles.In more traditional societies, when children grow up，they are expected to live in the same area as their parents，to marry people that their parents know and approve of，and often to continue the family occupation. But nowadays, quite a lot of young people like travel great distances for their education，move out of the family home at an early age，marry or live with people whom their parents have never met, and choose occupations different from those of their parents.
In our upwardly mobile society，parents often expect their children to do better than they did：to find better jobs，to make more money and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often，however，the ambitions that parents have for their children are another cause of the division between them. They may discover that they have very little in common with each other.
Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is another cause of the gap between the generations. In a traditional culture, elderly people are valued for their wisdom, but in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become out of date overnight. The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds, separated by different skills and abilitites.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you’ve just heard. 26. What is mainly discussed in the passage?
27. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage? 27. What is the style of the talk? Passage 2
The period of engagement is the time between the marriage proposal and the wedding ceremony. Two people agree to marry when they decide to spend their lives together.The man usually gives the woman a diamond engagement ring.
That tradition is said to have started when an Austrian man gave a diamond ring to the woman he wanted to marry. The diamond did not represent loyalty as some people thought. It represented beauty instead. The Austrian man placed it on the third finger of her left hand. He chose that finger because it was thought that a blood vessel or nerve in that finger went directly to the heart. Today, we know that this is not true. Yet the tradition continues.
Americans generally are engaged for a period of about one year, if they are planning a wedding ceremony and party. During this time, friends of the bride may hold a party at which woman friends and family members give the bride gifts that she will need as as a wife. Friends of the man who is getting married may have a bachelor party for him. This usually takes place the night before the wedding. Only men are invited to the bachelor party. During the marriage ceremony, the bride and her would-be husband usually exchange gold rings. That represents the idea that their union will continue forever. The wife often wears both the wedding ring and engagement ring on the same finger. The husband wears his wedding ring on the third finger of his left hand.
Many people say the purpose of the engagement period is to permit enough time to plan the wedding. But the main purpose is to let enough time pass so the two people are sure they want to marry each other. Either person may decide to break the engagement. If this happens, the woman usually returns the ring to the man. They also return any wedding gifts they have received.
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.
29. What is the passage mainly about?
30. What do the bride and bridegroom do during the marriage ceremony? 31. Which of the following is true?
32. What is the chief advantage of having the engagemnent period?
Passage 3
My family came to America before I was born. In two weeks I am going to get married, and my fiancee (未婚妻), Rosa and I expect to be very happy. We do not plan to have a honeymoon because we want to spend two weeks setting up our own new business as real estate agents (房地产代理商).
My mother, who is very traditional (传统)woman, says that our plan is absurd. She thinks that we should just spend the two weeks on a holiday in the Caribbean. In her days, and in the old country, young couples didn't start businesses together. Instead, the man went out to work, and the wife stayed home to raise a family.
Both Samantha and I want children in the future, and together we plan to raise them. Needless to say, our plans and my mother's views don't agree. I suppose it's hard for my mother and father to understand our point of view. They are used to another way of setting up a marriage and a life.
Another thing that worries my parents is the fact that Rosa and I are going to be spending seven days a week on our business until it is running smoothly. As my mother has pointed out to us, such a schedule will leave us little time for socializing. A young couple should enjoy themselves and get to know each other under less hectic circumstances, my mother says.
Actually, Rosa and I know each other pretty well. We are both dedicated to our goals, and neither of us minds giving up weekends for a while.
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.
33. Why do the speaker and his fiancee decide not to have a honymoon? 34. Which of the following best describes the speaker’s mother? 35. What do you know about the young couple?