Part A
1. A: Professor Parker, maybe you’d better find another actor to play this role. The lines are so long. Sometimes I just completely forget them.
B: Look, Mike, it’s still a long time before the first show. And I don’t expect you to know all the lines yet. Just keep practicing and I’m sure you will get them.
What does the woman suggest the man do?
2. A: Come on, Kate. The sun’s shinning, the flowers are blooming. Maybe you are missing the point of life.
B: Maybe you are missing the point of this chemistry study group.
What does the woman mean?
3. A: Could you give me a ride to the engineering building?
B: I would, but I’m late for an appointment on the other side of town.
What does the man mean?
4. A: Excuse me, professor. Since class is canceled on Thursday. When are we going to have the quiz?
B: It will be postponed until next week’s class.
What does the man mean?
5. A: I can’t believe I still have this pain in my back. This medicine the doctor gave me was supposed to make me feel better by now.
B: Maybe you should start taking it three times a day like you were told.
What does the man suggest the woman do?
6. A: I’m not sure what I am in a mood for? Pizza or a hamburger? They are both really good here.
B: The movie starts in an hour and we still have to get there and park. So just make
a decision.
What does the woman suggest the man do?
7. A: The basketball team is in the play-offs and I don’t have a ticket. I guess I’ll just watch it on TV. Do you want to come over?
B: Actually, I have a ticket, but I’m not feeling well. You can have it for what it cost me.
What does the woman mean?
8. A: Don’t you ever go home? Every time I see you, you are here in the library, poring over your books.
B: What do you mean? I thought this was home.
What can be inferred about the woman?
9. A: Doctor, I haven’t been able to get to sleep lately and I’m too tired to concentrate
during classes.
B: Well, you know, spending too much time indoors with all that artificial lighting can
do that to you. Your body loses track of whether it’s day or night.
What does the doctor imply the man should do?
10. A: I’m having trouble drawing the model’s right arm. It’s supposed to look like he’s
pointing at me.
B: To get the perspective you want, you need to use what we call foreshortening.
Here, give me your pencil.
What will the woman probably do next?
11. A: Could I borrow a twenty to tide me over till payday next Thursday?
B: You are in luck. I just cashed the check.
What will the woman probably do next?
12. A: Jane, didn’t you get my messages? I left two on your answering machine.
B: Ah? Oh, sorry Tom. I’ve been meaning to get back in touch with you. It just
slipped my mind.
What does the woman mean?
13. A: I’m sorry, Sir. But you’re allowed only one piece of luggage on the plane. You’ll
have to check one of your suitcases at the baggage counter.
B: Actually, one of these belongs to the woman up ahead. I’m just giving her a hand.
What does the man mean?
14. A: We need to drive to the city tonight. But the doctor said this medicine might make
me drowsy.
B: In that case I’d better drive.
What does the man think the woman should do?
15. A: Look at all the pollution going into the air from those factories. Do you think they’ll ever get that under control?
B: With the new laws and social awareness, we’ll turn things around.
What does the woman predict will happen?
16. A: Aren’t you cold? Why aren’t you wearing a jacket?
B: I overslept this morning so I ran out of the house without listening to the forecast.
What does the man mean?
17. A: Professor Jones, last night, when I was putting the finishing touches on my paper
that electrical storm completely wiped out my computer files. Do you think I can
have another day to retype it?
B: I’m sorry Steven. I’m leaving for a conference tomorrow and I’ll be away two
weeks. I suppose you could send it to me there.
What will the professor probably allow the student to do?
18. A: Do you know if Mary’s been by the office this morning?
B: I just got here myself. So I’m not the one to ask.
What does the man mean?
19. A: I really enjoyed that TV special about whales last night. Did you get home in time
to see it?
B: Well, yes. But I wish I could’ve stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing.
What does the woman mean?
20. A: Take two of these pills three times a day. And you shouldn’t take them on an
empty stomach.
B: What if I don’t have an appetite?
What does the man imply?
21. A: I feel horrible. Deborah was furious that I lost her notes. Do you think I should apologize again?
B: If I were you I’d let her cool off for a few days before I talked to her.
What does the woman suggest the man do?
22. A: I’m having trouble fitting into my jeans. Looks like I’ll have to get some new ones.
B: But you wouldn’t have to do that if you just cut down on what you eat.
What does the woman imply the man should do?
23. A: Lisa is out of the office again. Another business meeting. She told me her flight was leaving later last night. I don’t see how she does it.
B: Me either. I could never keep up with that kind of pace.
What can be inferred from the conversation?
24. A: My parents are taking me to a really fancy restaurant tonight. So I’m wearing this
new cologne. I got a sample of it from the magazine. Can you smell it?
B: From across the room! It’s not exactly subtle, is it?
What does the woman mean?
25. A: Have you started researching your paper on computer programming languages of the future?
B: To tell you the truth, I’ve been putting it off.
What does the man mean?
26. A: I’m taking this great course, the psychology of language. It’s so interesting. You are a psych major. You should sign up for it.
B: Actually, I’ve tried to do that. But they told me, “You need to have taken linguistic 101 first.”
What can be inferred about the man?
27. A: We’ve got to be in Philadelphia by Saturday. We could take the train. But we’ll
have to change a few times.
B: A direct flight would be a lot less complicated and maybe even cheaper.
What does the woman mean?
28. A: Someone said that there was a really good documentary on television last night about bald eagles. I wish I’d seen it, since that’s what we are studying in my ornithology class.
B: I’m sorry. If I had known your were interested in that sort of things, I would’ve told
you when it was going to be on.
What does the woman imply?
29. A: I really enjoyed that piece you just played on the piano. I bet you get a lot of requests for it.
B: People just can’t get enough of it.
What does the man mean?
30. A: How clumsy of me! And all of your white table cloth!
B: Hey, it’ll come right out with soap and water.
What does the woman mean?
Part B
Questions 31-35 Listen to part of a conversation between two friends.
How did you like yesterday’s astronomy class?
It was interesting but the point she was trying to make seemed a little far-fetched.
Oh, that new theory that ocean water came from comets.
Yeah. Do you remember what it’s based on?
Some recent satellite photos, I think. Apparently, space satellites recently detected thousands of small comets colliding with earth’s outer atmosphere, almost 40,000 per day.
Ok, so they collide with the atmosphere. So that’s what created the water?
It’s not that the collision created water. Comets contain water. They are made up mostly of cosmic dust and water. When they collide with the atmosphere, they break up and the water they contain rains down to earth. Ocean water came from that rain.
Oh, well, this morning, I asked my geology professor about that. He said that most geologists don’t accept it.
Why not?
Well, their reaches indicate that most of the water molecules from the comets will have burnt up as they fell through the atmosphere. Enough rain couldn’t have reached the earth to fill up the ocean.
Well, do the geologists have an alternative theory to explain where ocean water came from?
Yeah, he said the more traditional view is that ocean water came from volcanoes.
From volcanoes?
Right! As the volcanic fumes are mostly steam. And they claim that it was volcanic
steam that created the oceans, not rain from comets.
31. What are the speakers mainly discussing?
32. What did recent photographs from a space satellite indicate?
33. According to the new theory, where did ocean water come from?
34. What group disagrees with the new theory described in the conversation?
35. What aspect of volcanoes does the woman mention?
Questions 36-39 Listen to a conversation about a problem.
Hi, Sarah. What’s up?
Oh, hi, I just got out a history class. I had to give a presentation.
How did it go?
Terribly. I’m sure I made a fool of myself.
Why? Weren’t you prepared?
No, it was not that. I just get so embarrassed and nervous whenever I have to speak in front of a group of people. I stand up and my face gets red and then I get even more nervous because I know everyone can see me blushing.
It’s not so bad to blush.
But it happens all the time. If the professor asks a question and I know the answer, I blush like crazy if he calls on me. Doesn’t that ever happen to you?
No, not really. Maybe you should just try to forget about the people. Look at something else in the room like the exit sign.
I guess I could try that but I doubt it’ll help.
You know, we talked about it in psychology class. Blushing, even thought it’s involuntary, is more or less a learned behavior.
What do you mean?
Oh, children hardly ever blush at all. And among adults, supposedly, women blush
more than men.
I wonder why?
I don’t know, but I have a friend at high schools, Brian Smith. It was really easy to
make him blush. He turned red whenever a waitress would ask him for his order.
I’m not that bad. Well, I’ve got to get going for my next class. I’ll talk to you later.
36. What was the woman’s problem?
37. Why might looking at the exit sign help the woman?
38. What does the man say about children?
39. Why does the man mention his friend Brian?
Part C
Questions 40-43 Listen to part of a talk given to dormitory residents by a nurse.
I’m grad to see so many of you here. We’ve become really alarmed over the health center by the number of students we are seeing, who are experiencing hearing loss.
First, I want to go over some basic about hearing. Then we can take a look at our school environment and see if we can figure out some ways to protect hearing. The leading cause of preventable hearing loss is excessive noise. Too much moderate noise for a long time or some types of intense noise for even a short time can damage hearing. Loudness is measured in units called decibels. One decibel is the lowest sound that the average person can here. Sounds up to 80 decibels generally aren’t harmful. That’s noise like traffic on a busy street. But anything louder than 80 decibels, especially with continuous exposure, may eventually hurt your hearing. Once you are up to around 140 decibels, that’s like a jet plane taking off, then you might even feel pain in your ears. And pains are sure sign that your hearing’s at risk. Even one exposure to a really loud noise at close range can cause hearing loss. So what you need to do is limit your exposure to harmful levels.
If you pass along this handout, we can take a look at the decibel level of some common campus sounds. Notice how loud those horns are that people take to football games. They are really dangerous if blown right behind you. Now, let’s try to generate a list of damaging noises.
40. Why is the nurse speaking to the students?
41. What has been happening recently at the health center?
42. What is on the handout the nurse gives the students?
43. What does the nurse mention as a source of dangerous noise that students are
exposed to?
Questions 44-47 Listen to part of a talk in a United States literature class.
Continuing our survey of the 19th century, let’s take a look now at Harriet Beecher
Stowe. Now Stowe is best known for her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a book that details
the harshness of plantation life in the south. The book was extremely popular in the
United States as well as in other countries.
Ironically though, for all the attention given to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, it’s far from Stowe’s
best work. She did write one other novel about life in the south, but much of her best
work has nothing with the south at all. In fact, Stowe’s best writing is about village life in
the New England’s states in the 19th century. In recording to the customs of the villages
she wrote about, Stowe claimed that her purpose was to reflect the images as
realistically as possible.
She usually succeeded, for her settings were often described accurately and in detail.
In this sense, she was an important forerunner to the realistic movement that became
popular later in the 19th century. She was one of the first writers to use local dialect for
her characters when they spoke. And she did this for 30 years before Mark Twain
popularized the use of local dialect.
It makes sense that Stowe would write about New England life, since she was born in
Connecticut. As a young woman there, she worked as a teacher. The teaching job
helped lead to her first published work, a geography book for children. Later when she
was married, her writing helped her support her family financially. Throughout her life,
she wrote poems, travel books, biographical sketches and children’s books, as well as
novels for adults.
44. What is the main purpose of the talk?
45. What does the professor say about the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
46. Why does the speaker mention Mark Twain?
47. What was Stowe’s first published work?
Questions 48-50 Listen to part of a talk about word origins.
Where did the turn piggy bank come from? Today the simple piggy bank is seen anywhere as the symbol of saving and frugality, for putting away funds for a rainy day or building a nest egg for life sudden needs, such as paying college expenses, buying a home or financing retirement. But why a pig? Dogs bury bones for a rainy day. Why not a dog shaped bank for coins? Squirrels are well known hoarders too and we talk about squirreling away valuables. Why not a bank in the shape of a squirrel?
Well, nevertheless, for 300 years, children’s banks have been imitation pigs with slots in the back. Charles Bernardy, the author of Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things, tells how the symbol came about by coincidence. According to Bernardy, during the Middle Ages, mined medal was scarce and expensive. Therefore, it was rarely used in the manufacture of household utensils. The type of orange clay known as pygg, spilled “P-Y-G-G”, was more abundant and economical throughout western Europe. It was used in making dishes, cups, pots and jars. And so these earthenware items were referred to as pygg. Frugal people say cash and kitchen parks in jars. Although a pygg jar was not originally shaped like a pig, the name persisted. However, by the 18th century, pygg, P-Y-G-G jar, became pig, P-I-G jar or pig bank. Potters had simply begun to cast the bank in the shape of its common name.
In the United States, the popular piggy bank has always been a symbol of saving money.
48. What does the speaker mainly discuss?
49. What was first made with the clay the speaker mentions?
50. Why did craftspeople of the Middle Ages use the clay?
