Exercise Four
Part I Section A
Directions: In this section, you?ll hear five short conversations. After each
conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and question will be read only once. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question. 1. A. To put his call through to the director.
B. To arrange an appointment for him to see the director. C. To tell the director about the work he is doing.
D. To go and see if the director can meet him right now. 2. A. The man will bring some food back for dinner. B. They will go to their friend's home for supper. C. The woman will fill the refrigerator before supper. D. They will eat out for dinner. 3. A. The woman is correct. B. The woman shouldn?t lose heart. C. It?s not difficult to pass the exam. D. Dr. Parker is very strict with students. 4. A. The man is too forgetful. B. She is angry with the man.
C. She needs the tape recorder tonight. D. She doesn?t care when he returns it. 5. A. He agrees with the woman?s idea. B. The satin dress is unfit for her. C. The woman is smart. D. He will buy her another dress.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you?ll hear a long conversation. The conversation will be
read only once. At the end of the conversation, you?ll hear five questions about what was said. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question. 6. A. The 18th day of this month. B. Tomorrow night. C. Long time ago. D. He can?t remember. 7. A. There is a convention in the town.
B. The waiter wants to charge Nelson for higher price. C. Mr. Nelson doesn?t book the room ahead of time. D. It?s traveling season now. 8. A. 10%. B. 15%. C. No discount. D. 50%. 9. A. He wants to show his gratitude. B. He wants more discount. C. He is unsatisfactory with this hotel. D. The manager is his friend. 10. A. The hotel?s service and charge are not favorable. B. Mr. Nelson is a fastidious man. C. The waiter is warm-hearted.
D. Mr. Nelson will soon visit this town again.
Section C
Listening Comprehension
Directions: In this section, you?ll hear a short passage. The passage will be read only
once. At the end of the passage, you?ll hear five questions about what was said. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question. 11. A. Family affection. B. The generation gap. C. How to respect our parents. D. The younger generation. 12. A. Children?s disobedience. B. Parents? expectation.
C. Different life style between parents and children. D. The change of our society.
13. A. To live in the same lifestyle like their parents. B. To pursuer noble cause. C. To move to other places. D. To live with their parents. 14. A. They are outdated. B. They are valuable. C. They are deceiving. D. They are boastful.
15. A. To show filial respect for parents. B. To respect and understand each other. C. To avoid each other. D. To behave in a more traditional manner.
Section D
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a passage three times. Listen carefully during the first reading. When the passage is read for the second time, you should fill in the blanks numbered from 16 to 23 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 24 to 26 you are required to write down the main points about what was said. Check your answers when the passage is read for the third time.
Although General Motors and General Electric are large 16) corporations with operations around the globe, there are numerous smaller companies that engage in international trade. Because 95 percent of the world?s population and two thirds of its 17) power are located outside the United States, it is important for American firms to be present in foreign markets. However, before we explain the different methods by which a company may 18) in international trade, we might first consider some important 19) that U.S. companies often fail to study before they sell products in a foreign country. These factors 20) differences in languages, in values and attitudes, and in political 21) . When 22) Coca-Cola into the Chinese market in 1920, the company used a group of Chinese 23) that, when spoken, sounded like Coca-Cola. When read, however, they meant, “24) _______________________”. Upon reentering the Chinese market in the 1970s, Coca-Cola used a series of Chinese characters that translates into “happiness in the mouth.” 25) ___________________. Culture is the total pattern of human behavior that is practiced by a particular group of people. 26)__________________________________________________.
Part II Reading Comprehension Section A
Directions: There are three reading passages in this section. Each passage is followed
by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to each question. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
You must have been troubled by when to say “I love you” because it is one of the greatest puzzles in our life. What if you say it first and your partner doesn?t love you back? Or if they do say it, but you don?t feel they mean it? Being the first to declare your love can be ever racking(紧张）and risky and can leave you feeling as vulnerable as a turtle (海龟) with no shell. But is the person who says it first really in a position of weakness? Doesn?t it pay to hold back, play it cool and wait until the other half has shown their hand fast?
“A really good relationship should be about being fair and being equal,” says psychologist Sidney Crown. “But love is seldom equal.” All relationships go through power struggles but, he says, if a love imbalance continues for years, the rot will set in. “That feeling of ?I?ve always loved you more? may be subverted (颠覆，破坏) for a time, but it never goes away completely and it often emerges in squabbling (大声争吵). “ In love, at least, the silent, withholding type is not always the most powerful. “The strongest one in a relationship is often the person who feels confident enough to talk about their feelings,” says educational psychologist Ingrid Collins. Psychosexual therapist Paula Hall agrees. “The one with the upper hand is often the person who takes the initiative. In fact, the person who says ?I love you? first may also be the one who says ?I?m bored with you? first.” Hall believes that much depends on how “I love you” is said and the motivation of the person saying it. “Is it said when they?re drunk? Is it said before their partner files off on holiday, and what it really means is ?Please don?t be unfaithful to me?? By saying ?I love you?, they are really saying ?Do you love me?? If so, wouldn?t it just be more honest to say that. Collins agrees that intention is everything. “It?s not what is said, but how it?s said. What it comes down to is the sincerity of the speaker.”
1. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. The importance of “I love you”. B. The meaning of “I love you”. C. The time of saying “I love you. D. The place of saying “I love you”. 2. In the first sentence the author means that ________. A. it is easy to say “I love you” B. it is hard to say “I love you”
C. we have many troubles in our life
D. people usually do not know when to say “I love you”
3. According to the expert, a good relationship should be ________. A. fair and equal B. fair and kind C. powerful and equal D. confident and fair
4. In the third paragraph, the phrase “with the upper hand” means ________. A. being low in spirit B. having only one hand C. being active D. being passive
5. What is the most important for you to consider when somebody say “I love you” to you?
A. The intention. B. The place. C. The time. D. The determination.
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
Surprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospital, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are just not kept. We know that more than 850,000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital. We also know there is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital.
Little wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital teaching available differ a great deal across the country. It is found that half the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter has only a part-time teacher. The special children?s hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals in the country and holiday areas are worst off. From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have some contact with a hospital teacher—and that contact may be as little as two hours a day. Most children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in hospital at all. They had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school. If there was a teacher they were much more likely to read books and do math or number work; without a teacher they would only play games.
Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and maintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is often all the teacher can do. The position and influence of many teachers was summed up when parents referred to them as “the library lady” or just “the helper”. Children tend to rely on concerned school friends to keep in touch with school work. Several parents spoke of requests for work being ignored or refused by the school. Once back at school children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best as they can.
Many short-stay child-patients catch up quickly. But schools do very little to ease the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interviewed. 6. The author points out at the beginning that______. A. every child in hospital receives some teaching B. not enough is known about hospital teaching C. hospital teaching is of poor quality
D. the special children?s hospitals are worst off 7. It can be inferred from the latest survey that______. A. hospital teaching across the country is similar B. each hospital has at least one part-time teacher C. all hospitals surveyed offer education to children
D. only one-fourth of the hospitals have full-time teachers
8. Children in hospital usual1y turn to ______in order to catch up with the school work.
A. hospital teachers B. schoolmates C. parents D. school teachers
9. When some parents require school and teachers to help the children back from
hospital, they often _____. A. get a helper from the school B. are rejected or neglected by school C. have access to more books D. are blamed by teachers 10. We can conclude from the passage that the author is______. A. unfavorable towards children receiving education in hospitals B. in favor of the present state of teaching in hospitals C. unsatisfied with the present state of hospital teaching D. satisfied with the results of the latest survey
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
No one should be forced to wear a uniform under any circumstance. Uniforms are demeaning to the human spirit and totally unnecessary in a democratic society. Uniforms tell the world that the person who wears one has no value as an individual but only lives to function as a part of the whole. The individual in a uniform loses all self-worth. There are those who say that wearing a uniform gives a person a sense of identification with a large, more important concept. What could be more important than the individual oneself? If an organization is so weak that it must rely on cloth and buttons to inspire its members, that organization has no right to continue its existence. Others say that the practice of making persons wear uniforms, say in school, eliminates all envy and competition in a matter of dress. For instance, a poor person who cannot afford good-quality clothing, why would anyone strive to be better? It is only a short step from forcing everyone to wear the same clothing to forcing everyone to drive the same car, have the same type of house, and eat the same type of food. When this happens, all incentive (动机) to improve one?s life is removed. Why would parents bother to work hard so that their children could have a better life than they had when they know that their children are going to be forced to have exactly the same life that they had? Uniforms also hurt the economy. Right now, billions of dollars are spent on the fashion industry yearly.
Thousands of persons are employed in designing, creating, and marketing different types of clothing. If everyone were forced to wear uniforms, artistic personnel would be unnecessary. Salespersons would be superfluous (多余的) as well: why bother to sell the only items that are available? The wearing of uniforms would destroy the fashion industry which in turn would have a ripple effect on such industries as advertising and promotion. Without advertising, newspapers, magazines, and television would not be able to remain in business. Our entire information and entertainment industries would founder.
11. The author?s viewpoint on uniforms can best be described as _______. A. practical B. hysterical