Part I: Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A
1. A. She thinks it's too difficult. B. She thinks it's very interesting. C. She hasn't quite decided what she thinks. D. She hasn't actually read it yet.
2. A. She has totaled up the figures correctly already. B. She hopes the man will so the calculations as soon as possible. C. Tomorrow will be too late to submit the figures. D. They should finish the calculations tomorrow.
3. A. He got off the bus at the wrong stop. B. He has a good reason to be angry. C. He isn't careful with his belongings. D. He doesn't have an extra umbrella.
4. A. She has another meeting all day. B. She feels the grade is all right. C. She thinks it would be wrong to change the grade. D. She can meet with the student that afternoon.
5. A. Finish the first half of the project right away. B. Make an effort to reach a compromise. C. Have the teacher review the project. D. Meet his partner in the middle of town.
6. A. To a real estate agency. B. To a car rental agency. C. To a computer store. D. To a videocassette store.
7. A. They always agreed on the same points. B. They both arrived at the same moment. C. He met with Amanda five more times. D. He took Amanda to both plays.
8. A. Paul will go out of his way to help. B. Paul passes by the dry cleaner's anyway. C. Paul picks out the right clothes. D. Paul makes himself right at home.
9. A. Ate all the food. B. Cleaned the kitchen. C. Fixed the refrigerator. D. Left the groceries out.
10. A. Studying microbiology for a year. B. Teaching biology. C. Taking a nap. D. Taking a different course.
Section B Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A. The city of Denver, Colorado. B. The oldest buildings in North America. C. Painted pottery of the early North Americans. D. Unusual types of houses in North America.
12. A. They date back to roughly the same time. B. They are approximately the same time. C. They were constructed from the same material. D. They were used for the same purpose.
13. A. Current theory is being reexamined. B. Anthropologists are searching for other buildings. C. The summer tourist industry in the area is being expanded. D. Scientists are rushing to preserve the buildings.
Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A. The conversion of volcanic waste to fertilizer. B. The menace of currently dormant volcanoes around mount Saint Helens. C. The eruption of Mount Saint Helens and its effects on the environment. D. The elimination of volcanic ash by natural means.
15. A. They crops were obliterated for the entire year. B. They crop's nutritional was considerably lessened. C. The soil was permanently damaged. D. The loss was not as bad as had been anticipated.
16. A. It served as a fertilizer for crops. B. It formed a new mountain. C. It stabilized air temperatures. D. It destroyed various insect pests.
Passage Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. A. The strength of its shipbuilding industry. B. The physical features of the river itself. C. The abundance of fruit, vegetables, and livestock. D. The similarity of climate to that in Europe.
18. A. There are no rapids or waterfalls. B. There is a constant, strong wind. C. Navigation is rather difficult. D. Frequent storms cause problems for riverboats.
19. A. Big waves pose a threat to commercial navigation. B. The river current never flows faster ten miles per hour. C. The river reverses its flow several times a day. D. High tides can create sudden and unexpected rapids.
20. A. To allow several sails to be rigged. B. To add to the beauty of the basic design. C. To catch winds coming from over the hills. D. To allow the sails to be raised more quickly.
听力原文： Section A: 1. M: I thought this book was going to be really boring. W: But it's actually quite fascinating, isn't it? Q: What does the woman say about the book? 2. M: This is hopeless. These figures still don't add up right. Let's do the calculations over again. W: Yes, but why not do them tomorrow? It's very late now. Q: What does the woman mean? 3. W: I think Tom left his umbrella on the bus. M: Why he's so irresponsible is beyond me. Q: What does the woman say about Tom? 4. M: Professor Joans, when can we meet to discuss my grade? W: Would four o'clock be all right? Q: What does the professor mean? 5. M: My chemistry project is in trouble because my partner and I had totally different ideas about how to proceed. W: You should try to meet each other half way. Q: What does the woman suggest that the man do? 6. M: I have to look for a room to rent. W: How about trying Caders? They usually have a long list of places. Q: Where will the man probably go? 7. W: Did you and Amanda really meet exactly five minutes to two in front of the theatre? M: Yes, we were both there on the dot. Q: What does the man mean? 8. W: Should we ask Paul to pick up our clothes at the dry cleaners? M: Why not, it's right on his way home. Q: What does the man mean? 9. W: Well, you cleaned out the refrigerator this time. You must have been really hungry. M: All I did was fix a snack. There weren't many leftovers from yesterday. Q: What did the man do? 10. M: Catherine is taking a microbiology course this semester. W: Should she be taking that this year? Q: What does the woman imply that Catherine should be doing?
Section B Passage one Last week we discussed the Inca(印加人) ruins in South American in our survey of ancient American civilizations. Let's now turn to North America. The oldest known building on this part of the continent were just recently discovered in the mountains near Denver, Colorado. Found during the construction of a pipeline, the hardened mud brick structures are approximately five thousand years old, compared with four thousand seven hundred years for the oldest Egyptian Pyramids. Although mud structures usually disintegrated(风化) after two hundred years, those in Colorado happened to have caught fire. The fire was instrumental in baking the mud, creating a durable material resembling pottery. Since the buildings at this chance found appear to be permanent dwellings, anthropologists are now reconsidering the original theory that the area's ancient inhabitants were nomadic hunter-gatherers who took up residence in the mountains only during the summer. Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. What is the main topic of the talk? 12. According to the speaker, how are the buildings found in Colorado similar to the Egyptian Pyramids? 13. According to the speaker, what effect is the discovery presently having?
Passage Two The volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Saint Helens certainly caused a lot of damages, didn't it? It did, but not as much as experts had predicted. It seems to have a beneficial effect as well. Really? But were crop losses great? Yes. However, since the weather following the eruptions was unexpectedly good, some crop yields remain steady or even increase beyond normal expectancy levels. I'm glad to hear that. But what was the beneficial effect you mentioned? A mass destruction of various insect populations. How could the ash kill insects without affecting people too? It's highly abrasive and quickly wears away the outer wax layer protecting insect bodies. Removal of that layer causes the insects to lose body moisture by evaporation. The result is usually lethal. How about that? Sounds like an effective yet natural insecticide. Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. What is the main topic of the conversation? 15. According to the woman what was the extend of crop damage? 16. What beneficial result does the volcanic ash have?
Passage Three Today, I would like to begin by discussing early European settlement along one of our well-known rivers, the Hudson, which empty into the Atlantic to form New York bay. The Hudson river has a couple of interesting physical features that made it very attractive for settlement by the Europeans. The first is that river extends inland from the Atlantic Ocean for more than 150 miles with no waterfalls or rapids. Its surface is virtually flat for that entire distance, with no obstacles. Second, the whole 150-mile stretch is influenced by tides from the Atlantic Ocean. Roughly every six hours, the river reverses direction, flowing north when the tide is rising and south toward the ocean when the tide is going down. Obviously there were no obstacles to prevent settlers from moving further upstream on the Hudson river and this explains why the Dutch penetrated so far inland. They were the first Europeans to settle in the Hudson valley. Of course, to go upstream, the Dutch settlers needed the right kind of boat, and so to navigate the river, they design a sloop with only one mast but with two sails, one rigged in front of the mast and one behind. The mast was very tall, in many cases over 100 feet tall, so that the large sails could catch winds blowing above the shore line hills. Hudson river sloops carried passengers and cargo. The cargo ranging from coal, lumber and hay to fruit, vegetables and livestock. Traveling only ten miles an hour in a good wind, the sloop was not too speedy by modern standards, but it was ideally suited to the Dutch settlement, and in fact when the stream boat eventually was introduced, it couldn't keep up with the sloop. Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17. What attracted the Europeans to the Hudson river area? 18. What is the characteristic of the first 150 miles inland on the Hudson river? 19. How do tides from the Atlantic Ocean influence the Hudson river? 20. According to the speaker, why did Hudson river sloops have tall masts?
