Part I: Listening comprehension (20 minutes) Section A
1. A. In a zoo. B. In a park. C. In a pet store. D. In a museum.
2. A. Lending something to a student. B. Asking for some financial aid. C. Reading a student's application. D. Borrowing money for a business.
3. A. She spends too much money. B. She works in a factory. C. She should get a job. D. She likes to argue.
4. A. 20. B. 25. C. 35. D. 15.
5. A. Her husband was teaching English there. B. She was born there. C. Her children were born there. D. She has lived there since 1970.
6. A. Eight hours. B. Five hours. C. Seven hours. D. Six hours.
7. A. She plans to buy one. B. She will soon have enough money for a color TV. C. She really doesn't want to buy one. D. She doesn't have enough money for a color TV.
8. A. The woman has lost David's phone number. B. The man wants to install a phone. C. David will keep his promise. D. David hasn't sent the man his phone number.
9. A. She understood the reading last night. B. She understands very little. C. She hasn't been doing much of the reading. D. She isn't having much trouble.
10. A. Ask the Smiths to tell her where they live. B. Have a party for the Smiths. C. Obtain clothing for the Smiths. D. Mail an invitation to the Smiths.
Section B Passage One Questions 11-13 are based on the passage you have just heard:
11. A. A fable is a short, true story that teaches us a lesson. B. A fable is a short, untrue story about animals. C. A fable is a short, untrue story with a moral. D. A fable is a short lesson about animals.
12. A. He was thinking of the money he could have. B. He could not see very well. C. Pulling in the chain was hard work. D. The bottom of the boat was covered by the golden chain.
13. A. All is not gold that glitters. B. Hard work will make you wealthy. C. A loss may turn out to be a gain. D. One will be ruined because of his greed.
Passage Two Questions 14-16 are based on the passage you have just heard:
14. A. The Lower Forty-eight. B. The Mainland. C. The East Coast. D. New England.
15. A. Alaska and Hawaii. B. Washington and Oregon. C. New York State and Ohio. D. Western Texas and California.
16. A. The Sections of the United States. B. The History of the United States. C. The Traveling in the United States. D. The Other Names of the United States.
Passage Three Questions 17-20 are based on the passage you have just heard:
17. A. Watching sports on TV. B. Watching election returns. C. Late snacks. D. Sleeping.
18. A. The Third Kingdom. B. The Weimar Republic. C. The French Commune. D. Switzerland.
19. A. Defeat. B. Indifference. C. Acceptance. D. Violation.
20. A. Hitler. B. De Gaulle. C. Churchill. D. Hindenburg.
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. M: I do like those colorful birds. I think you can teach them to talk. W: Yes. But they are too expensive. Frankly, I'd rather buy a parrot here. Q: Where did this conversation take place? 2. M: Did you see Susan in the business office? W: Yes, she was applying for a student loan. Q: What was Susan doing? 3. W: Why do we always have to argue about money? I would rather go out and spend it all so that we wouldn't have to argue about it. M: Of course you'd like to go spending all the money; you don't spend five days a week in a factory. Besides, if it wasn't money, you'd argue about something else; I think you enjoy arguments. Q: According to the man, which statement best describes the woman? 4. W: How many students are there in your class now? M: Originally I had 30, but ten of them have been transferred to another class. So I only have 15 boys and 5 girls now. Q: How many students does the man have now? 5. M: Have you and your family lived in Chicago for a long time? W: Oh, yes, but only since 1970. My oldest child was born is Seattle and my second oldest child was born overseas when my husband was teaching English. Q: What did the woman say about life in Chicago? 6. M: Carol, tell me about how you spent your time, today. W: Oh, dad, I began studying at 8 and finished at 5 with one hour for lunch in between. I'm exhausted now. Q: For how many hours did Carol study? 7. M: Are you going to buy a color TV? W: Hardly. A color TV is beyond my means. Q: What does the woman mean? 8. W: Do you have David telephone number in Paris? M: Not yet. But he promised to send it to me as soon as he had a phone installed. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 9. M: Are you having much trouble with the course? W: Not really, the only thing I haven't understood so far is the reading we had last night. Q: How is the woman doing in the course? 10. W: I want to ask the Smiths to the party. Do you know their address? M: No, but I'd like them to come. I think their friend Al can give you their address. Q: What is the woman going to do?
Section B Passage One A fable is a short story which is not true. It is a story that teaches us a lesson. We call the lesson as a moral. Fables are often about animals, like the one about the hare and the tortoise. Have you read that fable? Which one have you read? They are not always about animals, however. Here is a Chinese fable. A fisherman caller Ah Chong once went fishing. He lowered a line into the water, on which there were hooks. He intended to come back later to collect the fish but the line began to feel very heavy so he hauled it into the boat. To his astonishment, a gold chain was on the hook. He hauled the chain into the boat but more and more chain appeared. Soon the bottom of the boat was covered by the glittering links of chain. "I shall be wealthy. I shall have jewels, silk clothes and hundreds of servants," he thought. He went on pulling in the chain and did not notice that the boat was sinking under the weight of the gold chain. Finally, the boat sank to the bottom of the sea. Questions 11-13 are based on the passage you have just heard: 11. What is a fable? 12. Why did Ah Chong not notice that the boat was sinking? 13. What lesson do we learn from the story?
Passage Two When Americans refer to various parts of the country, the way in which they divide the country and the terms they use may be confusing to foreign visitors. When referring to the part of the United States that lies between Canada and Mexico, citizens of Alaska speak of "the Lower Forty-Eight". Citizens of "the Lower Forty-Eight" have long referred to this same territory as "the United States". People living in the state and Hawaii refer to the rest of the country as "the Mainland" and refer to their own state as "the Islands". People in "the Lower Forty-Eight" divide that part of the United States in ways that are partly political, partly geographical. New England is that section of the country North and East of New York State, settled 300 years ago by English. The South is that area of the country East of the Mississippi River and South of the Ohio River. Americans speak two of the Southwest, which includes particularly Arizona, New Mexico and Western Texas. The Northwest is clearly the states of Washington and Oregon. The state of California is often referred to as the West Coast. Questions 14-16 are based on the passage you have just heard: 14. How do people in Hawaii refer to the rest of the United States? 15. What states are included in the Northwest? 16. Which is the most suitable title for the passage you have just heard?
Passage Three Between ten and midnight the United States is politically leaderless -- there is no center of information anywhere in the nation except in the New York headquarters of the great broadcasting companies and the two great wire services. No candidate and no party can afford the investment on election night to match the news-gathering resources of the mass media; and so, as every citizen sits in his home watching his TV set or listening to his radio, he is the equal of any other in knowledge. There is nothing that can be done in these hours, for no one can any longer direct the great strike for American power; the polls have closed. Good or bad, whatever the decision, America will accept the decision -- and cut down any man who goes against it, even though for millions the decision runs contrary to their own votes. The general vote is an expression of national will, the only substitute for violence and blood. Its decision is to be defended as one defends civilization itself. There is nothing like this American expression of will in England or France, India or Russia. Only on other major nation in modern history has ever tried to elect its leader directly by mass, free, popular vote. This was the Weimar Republic of Germany, which modeled its unitary vote for a national leader on the American practice. Out of its experiment with the system it got Hitler. Americans have had Lincoln, Wilson, two Roosevelt's. Nothing can be done when the voting returns are flooding in: the White House and its power will move to one or another of the two candidates, and all will know about it in the morning. But for these hours history stops. Questions 17-20 are based on the passage you have just heard: 17. What is the chief activity in the United States between ten and midnight of the day and night being discussed? 18. What was the only major modern nation in which a similar experience might have been felt by its citizens? 19. What is the attitude in the United States toward the decision which emerges from the two-hour period? 20. Who came into power from the experiment in the other nation?
