Part I: Listening comprehension (20 minutes) Section A
1. A. The man is in high spirits. B. The man wants to buy a pair of shoes for the woman. C. The man is tired from shopping. D. The man is looking for a place to sit down.
2. A. She lived in Tokyo. B. She lived in Chicago. C. She lived in Illinois. D. She lived in Washington.
3. A. It's the first time for her to dance. B. She did not dance as well as her daughter. C. It's hard for her to learn how to dance. D. She will never dance again.
4. A. '240. B. '250. C. '290. D. '200.
5. A. To the doctor's office. B. To Tom's birthday's party. C. To the library. D. To class.
6. A. He lost his job. B. The telephone rings too much. C. He has too many visitors. D. The woman called the man often.
7. A. '10.00. B. '19.00. C. '38.00. D. '40.00.
8. A. Mow the lawn. B. Exercise in the sun. C. Wash the car. D. None of these.
9. A. He passed out. B. He failed to get the job of chairman. C. He made the wrong selection. D. He was put in an awkward position.
10. A. She had dinner an hour ago. B. She is on diet. C. She is already too fat. D. She is afraid of her stomach ulcer.
Section B Passage One Questions 11-13 are based on the passage you have just heard:
11. A. Gaily colored. B. Very plain. C. Like the common crow's. D. Symmetrically shaped.
12. A. They had no scientific name. B. Their skins were used in trading. C. They were related to the crow. D. They kept flying until they died.
13. A. New Guinea. B. Australia. C. The East Indies. D. Linnaeus.
Passage Two Questions 14-16 are based on the passage you have just heard:
14. A. She felt doubtful. B. She felt satisfied. C. She felt delighted. D. She felt surprised.
15. A. She was asked to call the chairman's wife. B. She was asked to make a copy of English final exam. C. She was asked to go to the chairman's wife's office. D. She was asked to retake the final exam.
16. A. Because she was a black girl. B. Because she got the highest average in the class. C. Because she wanted to hit the chairman's wife. D. Because she refused to retake the exam.
Passage Three Questions 17-20 are based on the passage you have just heard:
17. A. The colonists preferred corn bread. B. Corn was more abundant. C. The colonists did not know how to make wheat bread. D. Corn bread did not spoil as rapidly as wheat bread did.
18. A. It was easy to ship from England. B. Horses occasionally ate it if there was no grain available. C. People took it with them when they traveled. D. It was easy to prepare over an open fire in the forests.
19. A. It tends to vary geographically. B. It corresponds to an individual's social class. C. It changes over a period of time. D. It depends on whether or not the individual is a gourmet.
20. A. Because it was more nutritious than other type of bread. B. Because it did not require yeast. C. Because it stayed fresh for a long time. D. Because it took less time to brake.
听力原文： Part I: Listening comprehension (20 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversation. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the questions will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C, and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1. W: Let's go into the shoe store. I need some shoes to match my new dress. M: That's a good idea. I'm so tired from shopping that I'll be glad to sit down, but I don't need any shoes. Q: What conclusion can you make from this conversation? 2. M: I live in Washington D.C. Where do you live? W: I'm now living in Chicago, Illinois. I used to live in Tokyo, the capital city of Japan. Washington is the capital of the United States, isn't it? Q: Where did the woman live? 3. M: Hey, Helen, you were looking pretty good last night at the party. I couldn't believe how well you danced! I didn't know you know how to do all that. W: I don't. It was my first time my daughter pulled me out onto the dance floor and I had to do it. But I wasn't really any good. In fact, I was terrible. You know that law of nature that says, "You just can't teach an old dog new tricks!" Q: What does the woman mean by saying "You just can't teach an old dog new tricks!"? 4. M: How much is the rent? W: It's two hundred dollars a month unfurnished or two hundred and fifty dollars furnished. Utilities are forty dollars extra. Q: How much will it cost the man to rent a furnished apartment, including utilities? 5.M: I have to go to class because I have a test, but if I could, I'd go with you to Tom's birthday party. W: That's too bad. I wish that you could come along. Q: Where is the man going? 6. M: I can't get my work done because of too many phone calls. W: Maybe you should disconnect the phone. Q: Why is the man angry? 7. W: These are very nice shirts. How much are they? M: 10 dollars each. Two for 19 dollars. They are on sale. Q: How much do four shirts cost? 8. W: It's so hot a day. I was going to wash the car and mow the lawn, but now I'm not sure I should. M: I agree. You should relax in heat like this. Too much exertion could cause you to faint. Q: What will she probably do? 9. M: Myron Sure is in a bad mood today. What's wrong with him? W: He was passed over in the selection process for chairman of the department. He's been hoping for the position for a long time. Q: What happen to Myron? 10. M: What would you like to eat? W: I'm on diet. I think I'll just have a bowl of soup and some crackers. Q: Why does she eat so little?
Section B Passage One Birds of paradise have brighter colors than any other birds in the world. With their gray colors, it would be difficult to guess that they are cousins of the common crow. However, only the male birds of paradise have bright-colored feathers, the feathers of the female are very dull. The more than 30 different kinds of birds of paradise inhabit mostly the hot, rainy forests of New Guinea, although a few species are found in Australia. As long as 500 years, the skins of these birds were used in trading in the East Indies. Before their skins were used, their feet were always cut off, leading to the misconception that the birds never had feet. There was a popular story told that these beautiful creatures were not able to stop flying until they died. The scientist Linnaeus even gave them a name which means "without feet". Questions 11-13 are based on the passage you have just heard: 11. What kind of feathers does the female bird of paradise have? 12. What was a common misconception about the birds? 13. Where are most birds of paradise found?
Passage Two It was 1951, during my first week at North Carolina College, a black school. The English chairman's wife, who was as light as a white woman, stopped me one day in the hall. When I went to her office, she said, "You had the highest grade on the examination." She was talking about the exam that the entire freshman class took. In spite of her smile, her eyes and tone of voice said, "How could this black-skinned girl score higher on the test than the other students? It must be a mistake." At North Carolina College, color was used in deciding status. The faculty assumed that light-skinned students were more intelligent, and they were always a bit surprised when a dark-skinned student did well, especially if she was a girl. When the grades for the first quarter came out, I had the highest average in the freshmen class. The chairman's wife called me into her office again, pulled out a copy of the freshman English final exam, and asked me to retake it. I couldn't believe it. It was so incredible to her that I had the highest score in the class that she was trying to test me again. I felt rage so intense that I wanted to start hitting her. I have seldom hated anyone so deeply. I handed the exam back to her and walked out. Questions 14-16 are based on the passage you have just heard: 14. How did the chairman's wife feel about the highest grade the student got in her freshman exam? 15. What was the student asked to do after the grades for the first quarter came out? 16. Why did the chairman's wife treat the student that way?
Passage Three During the early American colonial years, corn was more plentiful than wheat, so corn bread was more common than wheat bread. Friendly Indians showed colonists how to grow corn and how to prepare it for food and pioneer women then improved the Indian cooking techniques. When people traveled, they went on foot or horseback, sleeping and eating in the forests. They carried corn bread for sustenance; the corn bread came to be called journeycake. Later when roads and taverns were built and stagecoaches carried passengers, journeycake became johnnycake, a name many easterners still use for corn bread. The kinds of bread made with cornmeal were--a and still are--almost without limit. Every region has its specialties. From the start, southerners showed a preference for white cornmeal, northerners for yellow. And pioneers on the frontier, when they ran out of yeast, made salt-rising bread. They stirred together water, a little water ground cornmeal, potatoes, and salt. They set the mixture, uncovered, in a warm place until it absorbed bacteria from the air and began to ferment. Then they removed the potatoes and used the liquid as leavening for their bread, made with white flour. Questions 17-20 are based on the passage you have just heard: 17. In colonial times, why was corn bread more common than wheat bread? 18. Why was corn bread called "journeycake"? 19. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the preference for a particular kind of corn bread? 20. Why did frontier settlers often make salt-rising bread?
