Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A
1. A. The class thought the demonstration was too complex. B. Too many students showed up. C. The professor didn't show up. D. The professor cancelled it.
2. A. Because you must take the stairs. B. Because nine is an odd number. C. Because the elevator got stuck. D. Because there are too many people in the elevator.
3. A. She goes home for lunch. B. She spends her time shopping. C. She gets interested in what she is reading. D. She doesn't wake up in time.
4. A. He was talking in a newspaper advertisement. B. He was talking to a newspaper salesman. C. He was talking at a newspaper office. D. he was talking at a car dealer's.
5. A. It involved a few lunches. B. There are free lunches. C. There were three lunches. D. There are more than free lunches.
6. A. That Mary is going to Hawaii. B. That Mary has traveled all over the world. C. That Mary likes postcards. D. that Mary is going to vacation.
7. A. A new car. B. A car shown to and driven by customers. C. A used car for sale. D. An old car shown to customers.
8. A. A driving test. B. A traffic accident. C. A Police Movie. D. The bets way to make signals.
9. A. Because he is the man's friend. B. To make the woman wife. C. To please the man's wife. D. To please Hurry.
10. A. They have two children already. B. Mrs. Taylor wishes to have children, but her husband doesn't. C. They will start a family as soon as they get married. d. They don't want children for the time being.
Section B Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A. A new way to take notes. B. A short name for survey reading method. C. The five steps in the reading process. D. Different ways to study for examinations.
12. A. That one should think about the ideas while reading the words. B. That one should always take notes. C. That one should read only titles and important words. D. That one should read sequences of words.
13. A. Read B. Recite C. Review D. Re-read
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A. Because nobody knew his address. B. Because nobody knew his age. C. Because Penbury's private life was a secret. D. Because Penbury was still a bachelor at the age of forty-five.
15. A. He did not spend money freely though he had a lot of money. B. He was always well-addressed. C. He had a luxurious car. D. He worked hard for a living.
16. A. A photographer B. A reporter C. A burglar D. A professor
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. A. In 1809 B. In 1865 C. In 1863 D. In 1860
18. A. Four years B. Five years C. Three years D. Six years
19. A. The break-own of the United States. B. The withdrawal of some souther states from the Union. C. The creation of the Confederate States of America. D. The defeat of the Confederate States of America and the reunion of the United States.
20. A. Because they didn't like Lincoln being their president. B. Because they wanted to set up their own government. C. Because they disagreed with Lincoln about the abolishment of slavery. D. Because they wanted to stage a war against Lincoln's government.
听力原文： Section A 1.W: Why didn't you have your geology class today? M: Only three out of a class of twenty-five showed up. Since the professor has planned to present a complex demonstration, he decided to cancel the class until everybody could be present. Q: Why didn't the geology class meet today?
2.M: Does this elevator stop on every floor today? W: No, it stops only on the even ones. If you want an odd one, go to the even one about it and then walk down. Q: Why won't the elevator stop on the ninth floor?
3.M: You have been getting back from lunch later every day. You do your shopping, don't you? W: No. I spend most of my lunch at the library but it's so quiet that I fall asleep. Q: Why does the woman come back late from the lunch now?
4.M: Hello, I want to place an advertisement in the Sunday edition of your paper for a car. W: OK. But you'll have to run your advertisement Saturday and Sunday or all week. We can't quote rates for just Sunday. Q: Which of the following statements is true?
5.W: I am sorry I am having trouble reading my notes. Did you say three lunches in that first paragraph? M: No. I said free lunches. The children don't have to pay for them. And there are many lunches involved, you know, a lot more than three. Q: What did the man say about the lunches?
6.W: I guess I'll send Mary a postcard from Hawaii when I go there on my vacation. M: I'm sure that she'd be glad to get one. She has a collection of cards from all over the world. Q: What do we learn about Mary?
7.W: You can buy this one, which is a demonstrator or we can order one for you and have it here in six weeks. M: I would prefer a new car, even though the demonstrator is less expensive. Q: What is a demonstrator?
8.M: If you had signaled your intention to turn a little sooner, this wouldn't have happened! W: But I signaled in time! Just look at the mess you've made of my car! You were driving carelessly and your speed was above the limit! You're the one who's to blame! Q: What are they talking about?
9.W: I really can't stand the way Harry dominates the conversation all the time. If he's going to be at the party, I just won't come. M: I'm sorry you feel that way, but my wife insists that he come. Q: Why is Harry being invited to the party?
10.W: Have Todd and Lisa Taylor started a family yet? They're been married for two years now. M: Todd indicated to me that they'd postpone having children until he gets his law degree. Q: How do the Taylor feel about children?
Today I want to help you with a study reading method known as SQ3R. The letters stand for five steps in the reading process: Survey, Question, Read, Review and Recite. Each of the steps should be done carefully and in the order mentioned. In all study reading, a survey should be the first step. Survey means to look quickly. Don't stop to read complete sentences. Just look at the important divisions of the material. The second step is question. Try to form questions based on your survey. Use the question words who, what, when, where, why, and how. Now you are ready for the third step--Read. You will be rereading the titles and important words that you look at in the survey. But this time you will read the examples and details as well. Sometimes it is useful to take notes while you read. I have had students who preferred to underline important points, and it seemed to be just as useful as note-taking. What you should do, whether you take notes or underline, is to read actively. Think about what you are reading as a series of ideas, not just sequence of words. The forth step is review. Remember the questions that you wrote down before you read the material. You should be able to answer them now. You will notice that some of the questions were treated in more detail in the reading. Concentrate on those. Also review material that you did not consider in your questions. The last step is Recite. Try to put the reading into your own words. Summarize in either in writing or orally. 11. What do the letters in the SQ3R method represent? 12. What does the lecturer say about reading, step three in the SQ3R method? 13. What is the last step in the SQ3R method?
Penbury was what people called a mystery man. We had known him for over seven years, ever since he became a member of our modest club, but he had a way of keeping his private life to himself in all but the unessential details. We knew his address, though he never invited us to his home, and his age, too, but only unimportant matters of this kind. It seemed that he did not have to work for a living as we did, in various ways. He had once hinted about an inheritance on which he managed to live comfortably. He was not, however, a man of luxurious habits: he was not especially well-dressed and he did not even have a car. At the age of forty-five he was still a bachelor though. Since marriage was not a subject he ever discussed, we had no means finding out whether he regretted not having a wife. Penbury disappeared suddenly from our circle and shortly afterwards we came to learn the first really solid facts about our mystery man. From reports that appeared in the newspapers, together with photographs of the man who was without doubt, our Mr. Penbury, it was revealed that he was the most accomplished burglar in the London area; and that he had practiced this profession for many years, until he was arrested and sent to prison. 14. Why did the author think Penbury was a mystery man? 15. Which of the following descriptions of Penury is true? 16. What was Penbury's profession?
Abraham Lincoln was born in a long cabin in Kentucky on February 12, 1809. When he was a small boy, his family moved to the frontier of Indiana. Here, his mother taught him to read and write. Lincoln had very little education, but he became one of the best-educated men of the Great West. When Lincoln was a young man, his family moved to the new state of Illinois. Lincoln had to earn a living at an early age, but in his leisure time he studied law. He soon became one of the best-known lawyers in the state capital at Springfield, Illinois. It was here that Lincoln became famous for his debates with Stephen A. Douglas on the subject of slavery. In 1860, Lincoln was elected President of the United States. He was the candidate of the new Republican Party. This party opposed the creation of new salve states. Soon after his election, some of the Southern states withdraw from the Union and set up the Confederate States of America. This action brought on the terrible Civil War which lasted from 1861 to 1865. On January 1, 1863,during the war, Lincoln issued his famous Emancipation Proclamation. In this document Lincoln Proclaimed that all the slaves in the seceding states were to be free of that date. In 1865,after the war ended, the thirteenth amendment was added to the Constitution of the United States. This amendment put an end to slavery everywhere in the United States. Early in 1865, the Civil War came to an end with the defeat of the South by the North. Only a few days after the end of the war, Lincoln was shot by an actor named John Wilkes Booth. The President died on April 14, 1865. In his death, the world lost one of the greatest men of all time. 17. When was Lincoln elected President of the United States? 18. How many years did the Civil War last? 19. What was the result of the Civil War? 20. Why did some of the southern States withdraw from the Union?
