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Part
III Listening Comprehension
短对话
Section A
Directions: In this
section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2
long conversations. At the end of each
conversation,
one or more
questions will be asked about what was said. Both
the conversation and the questions will be spoken
only
once. After each
question there 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a
single line
through the
centre.
11.
W: What's wrong with your phone, Gary?
I tried to call you all night yesterday.
M: I'm sorry. No one's able
to get through yesterday. My telephone was
disconnected by the phone company.
Q: What does the woman ask the man
about?
12.
W: I finally found a really nice
apartment that's within my price range.
M: Congratulations!
Affordable housing is rare in this city. I've been
looking for a suitable place since I got here six
months ago.
Q: What does the man mean?
13.
M: I got
this in my mailbox today, but I don't know what it
is. Do you have any idea?
W: Oh, that's your number for the new
photocopier
. It acquires an access
code. Everyone got one.
Q:
What do we learn from the conversation?
14.
W: Jane told me that you'll be leaving
at soon. Is it true?
M:
Yeah, my wife's maternity leave is close to an
end. And since she wants to go back to work, I've
decided to take a
year off
to raise the baby.
Q: What
does the man mean?
15
M: We'll never find a parking space
here. What about dropping you at thesouth gate and
I'll find parking somewhere else.
W: Well, OK. It looks like everyone in
town came to the mall today.
Q: What does the woman mean?
16
W: When will the computers be back
online?
M: Probably not
until tomorrow. The problem is more complicated
than I thought.
Q: What
does the man mean?
17
M: Did you catch Professor
Smith on TV last night?
W:
I almost missed it, but my mother just happened to
be watching at home and gave me a call.
Q: What does the woman
imply?
18
M: May I get this prescription
refilled?
W: I'm sorry,
sir
, but we can't give you a refill on
that. You'll have to get a new prescription.
Q: What can we infer from
the conversation?
W: Well,
it's the South Theater Company. They want to know
if we'd be interested in sponsoring a tour they
want to
make to East Asia.
M: East Asia?
uhh
…
and how much
are they hoping to get from us?
W: Well, the letter mentions 20,000
pounds, but I don't know if they might settle for
us.
M: Do they say what
they would cover? Have they anything specific in
mind?
W: No, I think they
are just asking all the firms in tongue for as
much money as they think they'll give.
M: And we are worth 20, 000 pounds,
right?
W: It seems so.
M: Very flattering. But I
am not awfully happy with the idea. What we get
out of it?
W: Oh, good
publicity I suppose. So what I suggest is not that
we just give them a sum of money, but that we
offer to
pay for something
specific like travel or something, and that in
return, we ask for our name to be printed
prominently
in the program,
and that they give us free advertising space in
it.
M: But the travel bill
would be enormous, and we could never manage that.
W: I know. But why don't we
offer to pay for the printing of the programs
ourselves on condition that on the front cover
there's something like This
program is presented with the compliments of
Norland Electronics, and free advertising of
course.
M: Good idea. Well, let's get back to
them and ask what the program they want will cost.
Then we can see if we are
interested or not.
Questions 19-21 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
19. What do we learn about the South
Theater Company?
20. What
benefit does the woman say their firm can get by
sponsoring the Theater Company?
21. What does the woman suggest they do
instead of paying the South Theater Company's
travel expenses?
Conversation Two
W: Rock stars now face a new hazard ---
voice abuse. After last week's announcement that
Phil Collins might give up
touring because live concerts are
ruining his voice, doctors are counseling stars
about the dos and don'ts of voice care.
Here in the studio today,
we have Mr
. Paul Phillips, an expert
from the High Field Hospital. Paul, what advice
would you
give to singers
facing voice problems?
M:
If pop singers have got voice problems, they
really need to be more selective about where they
work. They shouldn't
work
in smoky atmospheres. They also need to think
about resting their voices after a show. Something
else they need
to be
careful about is medicines. Aspirin, for example,
singers should avoid aspirin. It thins the blood.
And if a singer
coughs,
this can result in the bruising of the vocal
cords.
W: And is it true
that some singers use drugs before concerts to
boost their voices when they have voice problems?
M: Yes, this does happen on
occasion. They are easily-available on the
continent and they are useful if a singer has
problems with his vocal
cords and has to sing that night. But if they are
taken regularly, they cause a thinning of the
voice muscle. Most pop
singers suffer from three things: lack of
training, overuse and abuse of the voice,
especially
when they are
young. They have difficult lives. When they go on
tour
, they do a vast number of
concerts, singing in
smoky
places.
W: So, what would
you advise the singers to do?
M: Warm you voice up before a show and
warm it down after
.
Questions 22-25 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
22. What does last week's announcement
say about rock star
, Phil Collins?
23. What does Paul Philips
say about aspirin?
24. What
does Paul Philips say about young pop singers?
25. What are the speakers
mainly talking about?
Would
you trust a robot to park your car? The question
will confront New Yorkers in February as the
city's first robotic
parking opens in Chinatown.
The technology has been successfully
applied overseas, but the only other public
robotic garage in the United States has
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