Ⅰ. Listening Comprehension 25′
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. Husband and wife. B. Guest and hostess
C. Customer and waitress. D. Boss and employee.
2. A. Watch the program on TV. B. Call the TV station.
C. Meet the man at the cat exhibition D. Look for cats with the man.
3. A. Borrow the typewriter. B. Visit the woman.
C. Go home soon. D. Read the woman's paper.
4. A. The man. B. Both.
C. The woman. D. Neither.
5. A. The books there are too expensive.
B. She won't be able to get the book before class.
C. The textbook she needs isn't in yet
D. She hopes to get a good deal on some second-hand books.
6. A. Take the bus to the airport.
B. Meet the Browns at the airport.
C. Make a phone call to the Browns.
D. Accompany the Browns to the airport
7. A. The woman will have a test
B. The man will probably go to the movie.
C. The man will have to sit for an exam.
D. The woman wishes she could go to class with the man.
8. A. The results haven't come yet.
B. The results were checked again last night.
C
The woman needs another test tomorrow.
D. The doctor hasn't come back from the lab.
9 A. Most neighbors are as noisy as the woman.
B. Talking to the neighbors politely might be the best way
C. He'd like to know why the woman is angry
D. The woman is too polite for her neighbors.
10. A. He needs to buy another umbrella.
B. It will rain much later in the week.
C. It will probably rain tomorrow.
D. The weather forecasters almost never agree.
Section B
Directions: In Section B. you will hear two short passages several and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of them. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. They used to be unable to listen to public debates.
B. They were more patient and sociable then people now.
C. They learned from political speeches.
D. They used to think in terms of a printed text.
12. A. It makes people get ideas from images, not from written words.
B. It has made the public less interested in politics.
C. The quality of television programming has declined.
D. Political programs on TV are too complex.
13 A. The environmental effects of consumerism.
B. How consumer culture has made people unreasonable.
C. How television has affected people's thinking ability.
D. Television's damage to the environment
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Some children already know how to do it.
B. Some children find it more enjoyable than they expected to
C. Some children refuse to take part.
D. Some children prefer to swim or play table-tennis.
15. A. They seem grateful for their experience here.
B. They complain if they cannot phone their parents.
C. They miss meal times with their parents.
D. The youngest ones find it hard to be away from home.
16. A. They should visit their children instead of phoning them
B. They shouldn`t allow their children to bring phones to camp.
C. They don`t need to keep on phoning the camp.
D. They need to be reminded to phone their children.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. Five years. B. Three years C. Four years. D. Six years
18. A. The person who has the strong will.
B. The person who has attended the adult school.
C. The person who can work at computers quickly after a two-day training.
D. The person who can pass the test of arithmetic.
19. A. The man's education.
B. A new chance for everyone to be promoted.
C. The man's pay raise.
D. A career promotion for the man.
20. A. The man is eager to attend the training.
B. The person is not very interested in this chance for promotion.
C. The man has been training for computer work since last year.
D. The man is not confident in his chance to be promoted to the Grade 7.
