[01:51.89]Directions: In this section, you will hear
[01:55.17]8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. [01:59.51]At the end of each conversation, [02:01.65]one or more questions will be asked [02:03.88]about what was said.
[02:05.98]Both the conversation and the questions [02:08.33]will be spoken only once.
[02:10.88]After each question there will be a pause. [02:14.30]During the pause, you must read the [02:16.41]four choices marked A), B), C) and D), [02:20.59]and decide which is the best answer. [02:23.50]Then mark the corresponding letter on
[02:25.78]Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. [02:30.29]Now let’s begin with the 8 short conversations.
[02:34.67]1. M: I left 20 pages here to copy. Here’s the receipt. [02:40.24]W: I’ m sorry, Sir. But we are a little behind. [02:43.18]Could you come back in a few minutes? [02:45.75]Q: What does the woman mean? [03:00.54]2. W: I hope you are not too put out [03:04.03]with me for the delay.
[03:05.71]I had to stop by Fred’s home to pick up [03:07.96]a book on my way here.
[03:09.72]M: Well, that’s not a big deal.
[03:11.61]But you might at least phone if you know [03:13.72]you are going to keep someone waiting. [03:16.30]Q: What do we learn about the [03:18.04]woman from the conversation?
[03:32.85]3. W: Mark is the best candidate for
[03:37.13]chairman of the Student Union, isn’t he? [03:39.84]M: Well, that guy won’t be able to win [03:41.78]the election unless he got the majority vote
[03:44.62]from women students. And I am not sure about that? [03:48.57]Q: What does the man mean?
[04:03.90]4. M: Sorry to have kept you waiting, Madam. [04:08.54]I’ve located your luggage. [04:10.22]It was left behind in Paris and
[04:12.21]won’t arrive until later this evening. [04:14.64]W: Oh, I can’t believe this.
[04:16.77]Have it delivered to my hotel then, I guess. [04:20.47]Q: What happened to the woman’s luggage? [04:36.59]5. W: I don’t think we have enough information
[04:41.11]for our presentation, but we have to give it tomorrow. [04:44.41]There doesn’t seem to be much we can do about it. [04:47.18]M: Yeah, at this point,
[04:49.02]we’ll have to make do with what we’ve got. [04:52.33]Q: What does the man suggest they do? [05:08.87]6. M: I’m taking this great course- [05:12.46]Psychology of Language. [05:14.73]It’s really interesting.
[05:16.37]Since you’re psychology major, [05:18.33]you should sign up for it.
[05:20.38]W: Actually, I tried to do that.
[05:22.87]But they told me I have to take Language Studies first. [05:27.27]Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
[05:43.17]7. W: Can you believe the way Larry was talking [05:47.82]to his roommate? No wonder they don’t get along. [05:51.68]M: Well, maybe Larry was just reacting to [05:54.29]something his roommate said.
[05:56.27]There are two sides to every story, you know.
[05:59.49]Q: What does the man imply about Larry and his roommate? [06:17.27]8. M: We don’t have the resources to stop those [06:21.63]people from buying us out unless a miracle happens. [06:25.72]This may be the end of us.
[06:27.71]W: I still have hope we can get help from the bank. [06:31.26]After all, we don’t need that much money.
[06:34.94]Q: What do we learn about the speakers from the conversation? [06:51.83]Now you’ll hear the two long conversations. [06:55.26]Conversation One
[06:57.54]W: You know I’ve often wondered why
[06:59.92]people laugh at the picture of a big belly businessman [07:03.33]slipping on a banana skin and falling on his bottom. [07:06.39]We are to feel sorry for him.
[07:08.20]M: Actually, Laura, I think we laugh because [07:10.66]we are glad it didn’t happen to us.
[07:13.26]But of course there is also a kind of humorous [07:15.84]satisfaction in seeing somebody self-important [07:19.10]making a fool of themselves.
[07:20.92]W: Yes, and there are a lot of jokes about people [07:23.53]who are too fat or physically handicapped,
[07:26.14]you know, deaf, or short-sighted, things like that. [07:29.63]After all, it’s not really funny to be like that. [07:33.45]M: Oh, I think that’s because we’re embarrassed. [07:36.22]We don’t know how to cope with the situation.
[07:38.72]Perhaps we are even a bit frightened we may get like that, [07:42.06]so we laugh. What about the custard pie routine?
[07:45.79]W: What do you mean “custard pie routine”? [07:48.22]M: Oh, you know, all those old films where [07:50.43]someone gets so outraged with his boss, [07:52.96]he picks up a custard pie and plasters it [07:55.54]all over the other person’s face.
[07:57.64]W: That never makes me laugh very much,
[07:59.50]because you can guess what’s going to happen. [08:01.97]But a lot of people still find it laughable. [08:04.89]It must be because it’s the sort of the thing [08:06.97]we’d all love to do once in a while and [08:09.02]never quite have the courage to.
[08:11.26]M: I had an old aunt who used to throw cups
[08:13.71]of tea at people when she was particularly irritated. [08:17.05]She said it relieved her feelings.
[08:19.89]W: It must have come a bit expensive.
[08:22.33]M: Not really. She took care never to throw her best china. [08:27.25]Questions 9 to 12 are based on
[08:30.03]the conversation you have just heard. [08:32.47]9. Why does the man say we laugh when [08:37.53]we see some self-important people [08:39.61]making fool of themselves?
[08:56.06]10. Why do some people joke about those
[08:59.98]who are fat or handicapped according to the man?
[09:16.71]11. Why do many people find it funny to see someone [09:22.01]throwing a custard pie at their bosses’ face? [09:38.51]12. Why did the man’s aunt say she would [09:43.15]throw cups of tea at people occasionally? [09:59.55]Conversation Two
[10:01.77]W：Your name Sanjay Kumar, is that correct? [10:04.37]M：Yes, madam.
[10:05.65]W：You claim you are traveling on [10:07.09]a scholarship from Delhi University. [10:09.27]M：That’s right.
[10:10.44]W：Now it seems that a handgun was found [10:12.64]in your luggage. Do you admit that? [10:15.16]M：Yes, but„
[10:16.17]W：According to the statement you made, [10:18.17]you had never seen the handgun before [10:20.08]it was found in your bag.
[10:21.77]Do you still maintain that? [10:23.39]M：But it’s true. I swear it.
[10:25.42]W：Mmm, you do realize, Mr. Kumar, [10:27.59]that to bring a handgun into Hong Kong
[10:29.66]without proper authorization is a serious offense.
[10:33.20]M：But I didn’t bring it. I„ I mean [10:35.45]I didn’t know anything about it. [10:37.54]It wasn’t there when I left Delhi. [10:39.53]My bags were searched.
[10:40.91]It was part of the airport security check. [10:43.53]W：Maybe so, but someone managed to [10:46.03]get that handgun onto the aircraft, [10:48.26]or it couldn’t have been there. [10:49.84]M：Someone but not me.
[10:51.53]W：Tell me , where was your personal bag during the flight? [10:54.90]M：I had it down by my feet between me [10:57.56]and the man in the next seat.
[10:59.76]He was the only person who could have [11:01.60]opened my bag while I was asleep. [11:03.67]It must have been him.
[11:05.26]W: I see. Have you any idea who this man was? [11:09.01]M: He told me his name, Alfred Foster. [11:12.27]He was very friendly, after I woke up [11:14.75]that is. He hadn’t spoken before.
[11:17.24]W: Alfred Foster, we can check that on the passenger list. [11:21.07]M: He said he had a car coming to meet him. [11:23.75]He offered me a lift.
[11:24.89]W: Oh, why should he do that? [11:27.84]M: So he can get his handgun back.
[11:29.86]That’s why. Please find him, Madam. [11:33.42]Questions 13 to 15 are based on [11:35.60]the conversation you have just heard
[11:40.05]13. What is Sanjay Kumar suspected of? [11:57.80]14. What do we know about Alfred Foster?
[12:15.88]15. What does Sanjay Kumar ask the woman to do finally? [12:35.22]Section B
[12:36.83]Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. [12:41.84]At the end of each passage, [12:43.65]you will hear some questions.
[12:45.67]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. [12:49.41]After you hear a question,
[12:51.18] you must choose the best answer
[12:52.90]from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).
[12:57.76]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 [13:00.71]with a single line through the centre. [13:03.92]Passage One
[13:05.73]Everyone is looking for a good investment these days. [13:09.13]And with stocks, currencies and companies all crashing, [13:12.88]some are finding that taking the trip of
[13:14.98]a lifetime is actually a smart move right now.
[13:19.09]Prices are good, crowds are fewer and the dividends, [13:22.76]like expanded worldview, lifelong memories, [13:25.96]the satisfaction of boosting the global economy- [13:29.14]can’t be easily snatched away.
[13:31.98]Sylvia and Paul Custerson, a retired couple [13:34.78]from Cambridge, England,
[13:36.38]recently took a 16-day vacation to Namibia, [13:40.65]where they went on bird-watching excursions. [13:44.02]Later this year, they are planning a trip to Patagonia. [13:48.36] “We’re using our capital now,” says Sylvia. [13:51.31] “And why not?
[13:52.65]We’re not getting any interest in the bank.
[13:55.14]If it’s a place we really want to go, then we will go. [13:58.86]We may as well travel while we’re fit and healthy.” [14:02.58]Some travel agents are thriving in spite of the economy. [14:06.60]“We’ve had more people booking
[14:08.34]in the first quarter of this year than last,”
[14:10.90]says Hubert Moineau, founder of Tselana Travel, [14:14.84]which is planning to introduce a new [14:16.82]program of longer adventure trips,
[14:19.74]including polar expeditions and cruises in the Galápagos. [14:24.98]“We’re hearing things like,
[14:26.56]‘We don’t know what the situation [14:28.13]will be in six months so let’s travel now’”. [14:31.66]Ashley Toft, managing director of the U. K. [14:34.75]tour operator Explore, has been surprised to [14:38.18]see an increase in last-minute bookings [14:41.21]of high-priced trips to such places as India, [14:44.92]Bhutan and Nepal.
[14:47.14]“It seems people would rather give up [14:49.36]something else than the big trip,” he says. [14:52.16]Travel has become a necessity.
[14:54.72]It’s just how we travel that is changing.
[14:58.17]Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. [15:03.53]16. According to the speaker, [15:07.49]why are some people willing to
[15:09.66]spend their money on travel these days? [15:25.61]17. What is Tselana Travel planning to do, [15:30.55]according to its founder?
[15:45.90]18. According to Ashley Toft, managing director of Explore, [15:52.08]what is changing now with regard to travel? [16:08.55]Passage Two
[16:10.51]Somehow the old male and female
[16:12.61]stereotypes no longer fit.
[16:15.15]Men and women in this country
[16:16.99]haven’t been fulfilling their traditional [16:19.01]roles for some time now.
[16:20.93]And there seem to be fewer and [16:22.48]fewer differences between the sexes.
[16:25.35]For instance, even though more women than men [16:28.78]are still homemakers without paying jobs,
[16:31.55]women have been taking over more responsibility [16:34.77]in the business world, earning higher salaries [16:37.67]than ever before and entering fields of work [16:40.45]that used to be exclusively male areas.
[16:44.21]At office meetings and in group discussions, [16:46.92]they might speak up more often,
[16:49.41]express stronger opinions and come up [16:52.01]with more creative and practical ideas [16:54.15]than their male colleagues.
[16:56.61]Several days ago, my 23-year-old daughter [17:00.09]came to me with some important news. [17:02.92]Not only had she found the highest [17:04.84]paying job of her career,
[17:06.45]but she’d also accepted a date with [17:08.21]the most charming man she’d ever met.
[17:10.73]“Really?” I responded, “tell me about them.” [17:14.21]“Receptionist in an attorney’s office [17:16.31]and a welder at a construction site.” [17:18.76]She answered in a matter-of-fact way.
[17:21.65]The interesting thing is my daughter’s date [17:24.51]is the receptionist and my daughter is the welder. [17:28.14]The old stereotypes of men’s and women’s work [17:30.84]have been changing more quickly than ever before, [17:33.76]except perhaps in my own marriage. [17:37.11]“Who’s going to mow the lawn?” [17:38.82]I asked my husband this morning. [17:40.75]“Oh, I will,” he answered politely.
[17:42.90]“That’s men’s work.” “What?” Irritated, [17:46.80]I raised my voice. “That’s a ridiculous stereotype. [17:50.40]I’ll show you who can do the best job on the lawn.” [17:53.65]The work took 3 hours and I did it all myself. [17:57.92]Questions 19 to 21 are based on [18:00.83]the passage you have just heard.
[18:03.88]19. What is the speaker mainly talking about? [18:21.88]20. What might women do at office meetings [18:25.89]nowadays according to the speaker?
[18:42.02]21. Why did the speaker mow the lawn herself that morning? [19:01.45]Passage Three
[19:03.66]Florence Hayes is a journalist for the Greenville Journal, [19:07.15]the daily newspaper in town.
[19:09.52]Specifically she covers crime in the Greenville area. [19:14.15]This responsibility takes her to many [19:16.11]different places every week-
[19:18.52]the police station, the court and the hospital. [19:22.23]Most of the crimes that she writes about [19:24.46]fall into two groups:
[19:26.53]violent crimes and crimes against property. [19:30.58]There isn’t much violent crime [19:32.21]in a small town like Greenville,
[19:34.34]or at least not as much as in the large urban areas. [19:37.83]But assaults often occur on Friday and [19:40.27]Saturday nights, near the bars downtown. [19:43.92]There’re also one or two rapes on campus [19:46.65]every semester. Florence is very interested in [19:50.55]this type of crime and tries to
[19:52.89]write a long article about each one. [19:55.87]She expects that this will make women [19:58.24]more careful when they
[19:59.68]walk around Greenville alone at night
[20:02.37]Fortunately, there are usually no murders in Greenville. [20:06.12]Crimes against property make up [20:07.88]most of Miss Heyes’ reporting.
[20:10.16]They range from minor cases of deliberate
[20:12.67]damaging of things to much more serious offenses, [20:16.14]such as car accidents involving [20:18.16]drunk drivers or bank robberies,
[20:21.44]but Florence has to report all of these violations [20:25.06]from the thief who took typewriters
[20:27.32]from every unlock room in the dormitory [20:30.25]to the thief who stole one million dollars
[20:32.90]worth of art work from the university museum. [20:36.36]Miss Hayes enjoys working for a newspaper [20:39.63]but she sometimes gets unhappy about [20:42.13]all the crime she has to report.
[20:45.02]She would prefer to start writing about something [20:47.83]more interesting and less unpleasant,
[20:50.60]such as local news or politics, maybe next year. [20:55.72]Questions 22 to 25 are based on [20:58.10]the passage you have just heard.
[21:00.77]22. What is Florence Hayes’s main responsibility as a journalist?
[21:20.94]23. What does the speaker say about security in Green Ville? [21:39.81]24. What do we learn about crimes [21:43.58]against property in the Green Ville area?
[21:59.57]25. What would Florence Hayes prefer to do? [22:17.15]Section C
[22:18.78]Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. [22:24.47]When the passage is read for the first time, [22:27.01]you should listen carefully for its general idea. [22:30.58]When the passage is read for the second time, [22:33.19]you are required to fill in the blanks
[22:35.55]with the exact words you have just heard.
[22:38.94]Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, [22:42.88]you should check what you have written. [22:45.60]Now listen to the passage.
[22:48.19]In America, people are faced with [22:50.23]more and more decisions every day,
[22:52.81]whether it’s picking one of 31 ice cream flavors [22:56.06]or deciding whether and when to get married. [22:59.66]That sounds like a great thing, [23:01.81]but as a recent study has shown,
[23:03.94]too many choices can make us confused, unhappy- [23:07.73]even paralyzed with indecision.
[23:10.88]That’s particularly true when it comes to [23:13.30]the workplace, says Barry Schwartz,
[23:15.82]an author of six books about human behavior. [23:20.03]Students are graduating with [23:22.22]a variety of skills and interests,
[23:24.41]but often find themselves overwhelmed
[23:26.98]when it comes to choosing an ultimate career goal. [23:30.93]In a study, Schwartz observed
[23:32.95]decision-making among college students [23:35.40]during their senior year.
[23:37.82]Based on answers to questions
[23:39.53]regarding their job-hunting strategies [23:41.82]and career decisions,
[23:43.42]he divided the students into two groups:
[23:46.89]“maximizers” who consider every possible option, [23:50.61]and “satisficers” who look until [23:53.39]they find an option that is good enough. [23:55.62]You might expect that the students
[23:57.41]who had undertaken the most exhaustive search [24:00.26]would be the most satisfied with their final decision, [24:03.50]but it turns out that’s not true.
[24:06.67]Schwartz found that while maximizers
[24:08.99]ended up with better-paying jobs [24:10.81]than satisficers on average,
[24:13.20]they weren’t as happy with their decision. [24:16.17]The reason why these people feel less satisfied [24:19.38]is that a world of possibilities may
[24:21.78]also be a world of missed opportunities. [24:25.79]When you look at every possible option, [24:28.25]you tend to focus more on what was [24:30.35]given up than what was gained. [24:33.25]After surveying every option, [24:35.65]a person is more acutely aware of [24:38.16]the opportunities they had to
[24:39.74]turn down to pursue just one career. [24:44.50]Now the passage will be read again. [24:48.67]In America, people are faced with [24:51.18]more and more decisions every day,
[24:53.80]whether it’s picking one of 31 ice cream flavors [24:57.62]or deciding whether and when to get married. [25:01.23]That sounds like a great thing, [25:03.22]but as a recent study has shown,
[25:05.40]too many choices can make us confused, unhappy- [25:09.59]even paralyzed with indecision.
[25:12.14]That’s particularly true when it comes to [25:14.31]the workplace, says Barry Schwartz,
[25:17.10]an author of six books about human behavior. [25:20.55]Students are graduating with [25:22.19]a variety of skills and interests,
[25:24.50]but often find themselves overwhelmed
[25:26.92]when it comes to choosing an ultimate career goal. [25:30.57]In a study, Schwartz observed
[25:33.34]decision-making among college students [25:35.51]during their senior year.
[25:37.80]Based on answers to questions
[25:39.65]regarding their job-hunting strategies [25:42.12]and career decisions,
[25:43.95]he divided the students into two groups:
[25:46.98]“maximizers” who consider every possible option, [25:51.09]and “satisficers” who look until [25:53.51]they find an option that is good enough. [25:56.98]You might expect that the students
[25:59.33]who had undertaken the most exhaustive search [26:02.46]would be the most satisfied with their final decision, [26:06.30]but it turns out that’s not true.
[26:08.97]Schwartz found that while maximizers
[26:11.90]ended up with better-paying jobs [26:13.73]than satisficers on average,
[26:16.02]they weren’t as happy with their decision. [26:19.23]The reason why these people feel less satisfied [26:22.28]is that a world of possibilities may
[26:25.02]also be a world of missed opportunities. [26:28.84]When you look at every possible option, [26:31.50]you tend to focus more on what was [26:33.52]given up than what was gained. [26:35.98]After surveying every option, [26:38.62]a person is more acutely aware of [26:40.83]the opportunities they had to
[26:42.68]turn down to pursue just one career.
[26:49.14]Now the passage will be read for the third time. [26:53.09]In America, people are faced with [26:55.15]more and more decisions every day,
[26:57.70]whether it’s picking one of 31 ice cream flavors [27:00.99]or deciding whether and when to get married. [27:04.62]That sounds like a great thing, [27:06.76]but as a recent study has shown,
[27:08.88]too many choices can make us confused, unhappy- [27:12.70]even paralyzed with indecision.
[27:15.87]That’s particularly true when it comes to [27:18.25]the workplace, says Barry Schwartz,
[27:20.79]an author of six books about human behavior. [27:25.00]Students are graduating with [27:26.76]a variety of skills and interests,
[27:29.39]but often find themselves overwhelmed
[27:31.95]when it comes to choosing an ultimate career goal. [27:35.86]In a study, Schwartz observed
[27:38.01]decision-making among college students [27:40.48]during their senior year.
[27:42.80]Based on answers to questions
[27:44.53]regarding their job-hunting strategies [27:46.80]and career decisions,
[27:48.41]he divided the students into two groups:
[27:51.93]“maximizers” who consider every possible option, [27:55.68]and “satisficers” who look until [27:58.16]they find an option that is good enough. [28:00.62]You might expect that the students
[28:02.37]who had undertaken the most exhaustive search [28:05.45]would be the most satisfied with their final decision, [28:08.85]but it turns out that’s not true.
[28:11.76]Schwartz found that while maximizers
[28:14.05]ended up with better-paying jobs [28:15.94]than satisficers on average,
[28:18.27]they weren’t as happy with their decision. [28:21.24]The reason why these people feel less satisfied [28:24.47]is that a world of possibilities may
[28:26.88]also be a world of missed opportunities. [28:30.93]When you look at every possible option, [28:33.39]you tend to focus more on what was [28:35.71]given up than what was gained. [28:38.41]After surveying every option, [28:40.75]a person is more acutely aware of [28:43.08]the opportunities they had to
[28:44.56]turn down to pursue just one career.
[28:49.00]This is the end of listening comprehension.
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