Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A
1. A) The man can have his camera fixed here. B) The woman will probably fix the man’s camera herself. C) The man will buy a new camera. D) The woman suggests that the camera should have been brought in earlier.
2. A) Jack vacuumed the living room but not the bathroom. B) Jack cleaned the bathroom but not the living room. C) Jack cleaned neither the living room nor the bathroom because he is exhausted. D) Jack cleaned both the living room .
3. A) At the dentist’s. B) At a grocery. C) At a lawyer’s. D) At a psychiatrist’s.
4. A) One student received a higher grade than he did. B) He will have to take a number of exams later. C) The test is more difficult than he expected. D) Several students in his class have received top grade.
5. A) He failed to finish the experiment that day. B) He hasn’t had time to do the experiment. C) He did only part of the experiment. D) The experiment turned out well.
6. A) He does not know who Alice is. B) He has found a job as a messenger. C) He does not want to deliver the note. D) He does not know who Alice is.
7. A) Call the TV station. B) Look for cats with the man. C) Meet the man at the cat exhibit. D) Watch the program on TV.
8. A) Whether the woman needs his help. B) Whether the woman has any pets. C) Where the woman is going. D) Whether the woman can take care of his pet.
9. A) The man hasn’t caused a problem. B) The man should have returned the book earlier. C) She will probably won’t do well on the coming Monday’s test. D) The man should have been more thoughtful.
10.A) The man is asking the woman for help. B) The man wants to get a new position. C) The woman is instructing the man how to write a letter application. D) The man has left the woman a good impression.
Section B Passage One
11. What is mainly talked about in the passage? A) How to distinguish people’s faces. B) How to describe people’s personality. C) How to distinguish people both inward and outward. D) How to differ good persons from bad persons.
12.Why is the animal “pigeon” mentioned in the passage? A) To give an example that both human beings and animals can recognize faces. B) To tell how a skilled writer could describe all the features of different people. C) To indicate how pigeons and people look different. D) To show how faces are like fingers.
13.What does the author of this passage most probably do? A) Physician. B) Psychologist. C) Fictional writer.D) Historian.
14.According to the passage, how do people usually classify a person into certain type? A) His physical appearance and his action. B) His way of speaking and behaving. C) His learning and behaviour. D) His way of acting and thinking.
Passage Two
15. Why are divorces so common at present? A) Because it is difficult to maintain a marriage. B) Because people like watching TV programs. C) Because people prefer freedom to self-discipline. D) Because our society is permissive towards divorces.
16.Which of the following cannot be sacrificed in a marriage? A) The freedom to have other sexual relations. B) The desire to follow every of one’s impulse. C) The will to keep his or her own income. D) The wish to be his or her true self.
17.How to maintain a good marriage? A)A man and a woman should follow every of their own impulse respectively. B)A good marriage takes some level of compromise between the husband and the wife. C)A man and a woman should both have to endure dreadful self-sacrifice of the soul. D)A man and a woman should stop growing or changing.
Passage Three
18.Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A) Types of Loneliness. B) Causes of Loneliness. C) Solutions to Loneliness.D) Loneliness.
19. Which type of loneliness is NOT mentioned in the passage? A) Severe loneliness.B) Situational loneliness. C) Chronic loneliness.D) Temporary loneliness.
20.Why is a person’s social contacts one important factor in loneliness? A) We need our friends to share similar interests and activities. B) We need our teachers to guide us. C) We need co-workers to help us. D) A lonely person’s popularity may be increased with more social contacts.
听力原文与答案： Section A 1.M:I have this camera here that I bought about 12 months ago. But it suddenly doesn’t work. W:Let me have a look at your sales slip, I am sorry, sir. Your warranty’s expired. Q:What does the woman mean?
2.W:Jack,it doesn’t look like you’ve vacuumed the living room or cleaned the bathroom.M:No,I haven’t.Ugh.I had the worst day.I am so tired. Q:What can we learn from the conversation?
3.W:Come along, now. Open your mouth. I can’t give you the injection with your mouth closed, can I? M:I I I don’t want an injection. I hate needles. Q:Where is the conversation most probably taking place?
4.W:I heard you were the only one who has got an A on the physics test? M:No. Quite a few of my classmates have. I don’t think the test is difficult. Q:What does the man imply?
5.W: Have you finished the assignment given by Professor Smith? I don’t think you have much difficulty doing that experiment? M: No, but I didn’t expect it would take me most of the day. Q: What does the man mean?
6.W: Could you give this note to Alice? M: Give this to Alice? What do you think I am? A messenger? Q: What does the man imply?
7.M: Hey, there will be a program on Channel 4 at eight you might like. It’s about cat. W: I haven’t heard about it. But you are right, I am interested in it. Q: What will the woman probably do?
8.W: So you need someone to watch your dogs while you are away? M: Will that be a problem for you? Q: What does the man want to know?
9.M: I am sorry I forgot to return your history book last night. W: It doesn’t matter because the test isn’t until the coming Monday. Q: What does the woman imply?
10.M: I spent so much time polishing my letter application. W: It’s worthwhile to make the effort. You know just how important it is to give impression. Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
Section BPassage One
Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child or even an animal, such as a pigeon can learn to recognize faces. We all take this ability for granted. We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk about someone’s personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make that individual different from others. Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone’s personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. If you were asked to describe what a “nice face” looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a “nice person,” you might begin to think about someone who was kind considerate, friendly, warm-hearted, and so on.There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. An American psychologist found nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences in people’s behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing, or typing his personality. Bookworms, conservatives, military types:people are described with such terms. People have always tried to “type” each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villains’ or the heroes’ role. In fact, the words “person” and “personality” come from the Latin persona, meaning “mask”. Today, most television and movie actors do not wear masks. But we can easily tell the “good guys” from the “bad guys” because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.
11.What is mainly talked about in the passage? 12.Why is the animal “pigeon” mentioned in the passage? 13.What does the author of this passage most probably do? 14.According to the passage, how do people usually classify a person into certain type?
Passage Two
A good marriage means growing as a couple but also growing as individuals. This isn’t easy; marriage has always been difficult. Why then are we seeing so many divorces at this time? Yes, our modern social fabric is thin, and yes, the permissiveness of society has created unrealistic expectations and threw the family into disorder. But divorce is so common because people today are unwilling to exercise the self-discipline that marriage requires. They expect easy joy, like the entertainment on TV, the thrill of a good party. Marriage takes some kind of sacrifice, not dreadful self-sacrifice of the soul, but some level of compromise. Some of one’s fantasies, some of one’s legitimate desires, have to be given up for the value of the marriage itself. “While all martial partners feel shacked at times, it is they who really choose to make the martial ties into confining chains or supporting bonds,” says Dr. Walter. Marriage requires sexual, financial and emotional disciple. A man and a woman cannot follow every impulse, cannot allow them to stop growing or changing. 15.Why are divorces so common at present? 16.Which of the following cannot be sacrificed in a marriage? 17.How to maintain a good marriage?
Passage Three
Most people feel lonely sometimes. But it usually only lasts between a few minutes and a few hours. This kind of loneliness is not serious. In fact, it is quite normal. For some people though, loneliness can last for years. Now researchers say there are three different types of loneliness. The first kind of loneliness is temporary. This is the most common type. It usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention. The second kind, situational loneliness, is a natural result of a particular situation-for example, a family problem, the death of a loved one, or moving to a new place. Although this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness, it usually does not last for more than a year. The third kind of loneliness is the most severe. Unlike the second type, chronic loneliness usually lasts more than two years and has no specific cause. People who experience habitual loneliness have problems socializing and becoming close to others. Unfortunately, many chronically lonely people think there is little or nothing they can do to improve their conditions.Psychologists agree that one important factor in loneliness is a person’s social contacts, e.g., friends, family members, co-workers, etc. We depend on various people for different reasons. For instance, our families give us emotional support, our parents and teachers give us guidance, and our friends share similar interests and activities. However, psychologists have found that, though lonely people may have many social contacts, they sometimes feel they should have more. They question their own popularity.
18.Which of the following is the best title of the passage? 19.Which type of loneliness is NOT mentioned in the passage? 20.Why is a person’s social contacts one important factor in loneliness?
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