b. He wants to study music and becomes a singer. c. He wants to run an American music school.
d. He wants to learn how to direct musical performance. 21. a. She would like to settle there.
b. She plans to eat rice and beans and not to eat at McDonalds every day. c. She wants to get seats for the man on the plane. d. She is not sure yet.
Conversation Two
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 22. a. It was too lengthy. b. It was interesting.
c. It was just not exciting. d. It was very sad.
23. a. Ghana. b. Indonesia. c. Brazil. d. Eastern Europe. 24. a. By removing the forests.
b. By sponsoring the growing of crops and tree planting. c. By converting the thinking of its people. d. By encouraging birth control.
25. a. It is likely to succeed. b. It is committed to fail.
c. It is quite disappointing. d. It is too careless.
Section B Understanding Passages Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. a. That all music is good.
b. Why each of the pieces of music is good.
c. Why some people like one piece more than others. d. That different kinds of music are alike in nature.
27. a. The buyer. b. The player. c. The author. d. The announcer. 28. a. After we learn more about how music works.
b. After these musical compositions are explained. c. After we study the language of music. d. Only when we know how to play music.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. a. The future of newspapers. b. How newspapers developed.
c. The newspapers in China. d. The kinds of newspapers.
30. a. In Rome. b. In Germany. c. In Amsterdam. d. In China.
31. a. About 1 300 years. b. 700 years. c. Over 2 000 years. d. About 380 years. 32. a. Newspapers in Chinese than in any other languages.
b. Newspapers in English than in any other languages. c. Newspapers in Japanese than in any other languages. d. Newspapers in German than in any other languages.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. a. They wanted to agree upon certain signs.
b. They wanted to write them down.
c. They wanted to communicate with each other. d. They wanted to combine them.
34. a. In their properties. b. In their peculiarity.
c. In their characteristics. d. In their representative function. 35. a. To move man to tears. b. To confound the readers.
c. To confuse our feelings. d. To move us to action.
Section C Compound Dictation
Aspirin is one of the safest and most effective drugs invented by man. As the most popular medicine in the world today, it is an effective pain ( 36 ). Its bad effects are ( 37 ) mild, and it is cheap.
For millions of people ( 38 ) from arthritis(关节炎), it is the only thing that works. Aspirin, in short, is truly the 20th century ( 39 ) drug and is the leading cause of poisoning among children. It has ( 40 ) effects that, although relatively mild, are largely unrecognized among users.
Although aspirin was first sold by a German company in 1899, it has been ( 41 ) much longer than that. Hippocrates, in ancient Greece, understood the medical value of the leaves and tree bark which today are known as certain salicylates(水杨盐酸), the chemical in aspirin. During the 19th century, there was a great deal of experimentation in Europe with this chemical, and it led to the introduction of aspirin. By 1915, aspirin tablets were ( 42 ) in the U.S.
A small quantity of aspirin relieves pain and inflammation. ( 43 ).
Many aspirin takers ( 44 ). In fact, there is a right way and a wrong way to take it. ( 45 ) . Some people suggest crushing the tablets in milk or orange juice and drinking that.
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Section A Understanding Conversations Short Conversations
11. a. Go out to work. b. Listen carefully to Tom.
c. Be calm and patient. d. Do the easiest thing. 12. a. The man couldn’t spend Christmas with the woman.
b. The woman is going home for Christmas.
c. The man has not been invited to the Christmas party. d. The woman is going to spend Christmas abroad.
13. a. John missed a test. b. John has kept his job.
c. John has stolen a car. d. John was called a thief.
14. a. As big as she expected. b. Much bigger than she expected.
c. Not as big as she expected. d. So small that she is not satisfied. 15. a. Because Maria doesn’t like football. b. Because Maria fell ill.
c. Because he didn’t have the time. d. Because he can’t stand football. 16. a. At 2:35. b. At 2:45. c. At 3:00. d. At 3:15.
17. a. At a cigarette store. b. At a bus station. c. At a gas station. d. At Aunt Mary’s.
18. a. George’s brother. b. George’s wife.
c. George’s father. d. George’s father-in-law.
Long Conversations Conversation One
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. a. Get some information about flights for Beijing.
b. Leave for Beijing by plane. c. Book a ticket.
d. Leave Beijing for Changsha.
20. a. 3. b. 2. c. 1. d. 5.
21. a. 6:50. b. 10:10. c. 11:15. d. 8:45.
Conversation Two
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. a. To enroll for an evening course. b. To sign up for a contest.
c. To register for a full-time course. d. To take a music course.
23. a. On the weekend. b. This Tuesday. c. Next week. d. Thursday.
24. a. This afternoon. b. This evening. c. Tomorrow afternoon. d. Next week. 25. a. 10 weeks. b. 11 weeks. c. 12 weeks. d. 16 weeks.
Section B Understanding Passages Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. a. Oct. 31. b. Nov. 1. c. Dec. 30. d. New Year’s Eve. 27. a. People celebrate Halloween today according to religion.
b. Halloween hasn’t lost its original meaning. c. The pumpkin is a sign of a rich harvest.
d. British people have lost their interest in Halloween.
28. a. The black cat. b. Pumpkins. c. Garbage cans. d. Candies.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. a. The largest library in the U.S. b. A special system for numbering books.
c. Finding books in a library. d. Finding a needle in a haystack. 30. a. Library of Congress. b. Chicago Public Library.
c. Harvard University Library. d. New York Public Library. 31. a. New York Public Library. b. Chicago Public Library.
c. Library of Congress. d. Harvard University Library. 32. a. They arrange the books in alphabetical order.
b. They put the books into a card catalog. c. They give a number to each book. d. They put the books on the shelves.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. a. Planes. b. Cars. c. TV sets. d. Furniture.
34. a. Because they are much lighter. b. Because they are much safer.
c. Because they are much smoother. d. Both b and c. 35. a. It is difficult to soften and shape plastics.
b. Plastics are good materials for planes’ fuel tanks.
c. Now brushes get materials from animals other than pigs. d. More and more use will be found for plastics.
Section C Compound Dictation
Psychologists have found that only about two percent of adults use their creativity ( 36 ) with ten percent of seven-year-old children. When five-year-olds were ( 37 ), the results rose to 90 percent. ( 38 ) and originality are daily happening for the small child, but somehow most of us lose the freedom and flexibility of children as we grow older. The need to “follow ( 39 )” and “do-it-right” prevents us from using our creative ( 40 ).
It is never too late to make use of our creative potential. Some of us, however find it difficult to think in ( 41 ) and flexible ways because of our set pattern of ( 42 ) problems. When we are inflexible in our approach to ( 43 ), we close our minds to creative possibilities.
( 44 ). It means ( 45 ). If you were to ask someone, “What’s half of eight?” and received the answer, “Zero,” you might laugh and say, “That’s wrong.” But the figure 8 can be cut into two zeros, one on top of the other; it can also be seen as two 3s standing face to face.
( 46 ). If each of us asked the question, “Why?” more often and investigated “other” choices to problem solving, our lives would be more interesting and exciting.