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1、Short Conversations11. W: There were more than a hundred people at Katesbirthday party. How come shes got so many friends?M: Its really no surprise. You know she was popular even whenshe was a childQ: What does the man imply about Kate?12. M: They say therell be a snow-storm tonight, and thecold wea
2、ther will last quite a few days.W: Oh! Were so lucky, well be getting away for a while, andhaving a holiday in Florida. But lets call right now to confirm our flight.Q: What do we learn about the two speakers?13. W: Tony was awarded a medal for rescuing severalfamilies from the forest fire.M: I real
3、ly admire his courage.Q: What do we learn about Tony from the conversation?14. M: My washing machine is more than fifteen years oldand it has worked just fine until last night.W: You ll never be able to get parts for it, even from Japan. Soit might be time to invest a more recent model.Q: What does
4、the woman suggest the man do?15 . W: I heard about your promotion, you must be thrilled.M: Not really, the new office is huge, but the word load hasdoubled.Q: What do we learn about the man from the conversation?16. W: I can t idecwhat to do about the party tomorrow.M: You don t have to go if you do
5、nt want to, but I ll be gladgive you a ride if you do.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?17. M: Now if you have any questions about the contract. d like to go over allI ll be happy to answer them.W: Nothing comes to mind right now, but Ithe articles of the contract once more before signing it
6、.Q: What are the speakers doing right now?18. M: We are out of paper for the printer. Can you pleaseorder some?W: I completed the order form online yesterday and it will behere by noon. Ill let you know when it comes in.Q: What did the woman do?Long ConversationConversation OneW: Bob, do you know wh
7、o I saw the other day? Old Jake,looking terribly depressed. Did he get pensioned off at last?M: Yes. They made him retire after 50 years at sea. He is prettyupset about it, but what can you do? He really is pasted.W: He is all alone, isn t he?M: Yes, his wife has been dead for years. They had onedau
8、ghter, Dories. But she went off to town as soon as she left school. And he hasn hteard from her since. I hear she is making good money as a model.W: Maybe someone could get in touch with her. Get her tocome back for a while to help?M: I don t suppose she come. She never got on with her father.He is
9、bit of a tough character and she is rather selfish. Oh, I expect oldJake will get by. He is healthy at least, comes into a clinic for a check regularly.W: Are you his doctor?M: No, my partner doctor Johnson is.W: That bad-tempered old thing?M: Oh, he isn btad-tempered. He just looks it. He is anexce
10、llent doctor, taught me a lot, and he has a very nice family. His wife invites me over there to supper every week. Very pleasant.W: yes. I teach their daughter Pen at school. She is a bitcareless and lazy about her school work, but a bright little thing and very popular with her age group.Questions
11、19 to 22 are based on theconversation you ve just heard.19. Why does old Jake look terribly depressed?20. What do we learn about Jake s wife?21. What does the man say aboutaJke s daughter?22. What does the man say about Jake s doctor?Conversation TwoW: Hello, Mr. Summerfield. How are you today?M: Ve
12、ry well. Thank you, Ms. Green.W: What can I do for you?M: Well, unfortunately, there is a problem with the order wereceived from you yesterday. It seems we havent seen the right quantityof manuals to support the telephone system.W: Oh, dear, thats bad news. I m very sorry to hear that, andyou don t
13、know homwany packs are without manuals?M: No, because we haven t opened every pack. But in severalof those that have been opened there are none, no manuals.W: I m very sorry about this inconvenience, Mr. Summerfield.We ll send out the manualsthis afternoon by express mail entirely at ourcost, and th
14、e manuals should arrive tomorrow or the day after at thelatest.M: All of them, right?W: Yes. It maybe that some have them already, but we cannotbe sure. So the best thing is to send out the manual for every pack.M: Yes. Yes, I see. That would be great.W: Please accept our apologies for this mix-up.
15、I assure you wewill do everything possible to find out why the mistake happenedM: Right. Thanks for your swift action.W: Not at all. Thank you and goodbye for now. Do call if thereis anything else.M: All right. Thank you. Goodbye, Ms Green.W: Goodbye.Questions 23 to 25 are based on theconversation y
16、ou ve just heard.23. What problems are the speakers discussing?24. What does the woman promise to do?25. What does the man think of the solution?PassagePassage 1Attracting and feeding wild birds are entertaining activities thathave long been enjoyed by people all over the world. Feeding birds hasbec
17、ome so popular that prepared feed mixtures are readily available. We feed birds for many reasons. Many pleasant hours can come from watching birds. A hobby often develops into a serious study of their habits. Accurate identification of birds is usually the first goal. But observations that an amateu
18、r bird-watcher can make are really limitless.There is, however, responsibility associated with bird feeding, including a disease hazard. Attracting numbers of birds continually to the same spot can be harmful to them, particularly species that pick food from the ground contaminated by the droppings
19、of other birds. In winter feeding efforts are most satisfying to people and are of greatest benefit to birds.During this time when fewer natural foods are available and air temperatures are lower, extra feeding can keep a bird warm and well.Once begun, feeding should never stop during these lean mon
20、ths. If you start a local increase of birds, be prepared to do what may be required to eliminate hazards to those you want to befriend. A constant supply of food should be given until the cold is over and spring has come. If feeding is stopped during severe weather, birds used to relying upon the ve
21、 just heard.feeders must starve.Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage youQ26 What does the speaker say about bird watching?Q27 What does the speaker say about birds fed continually onthe same spot?Q28 What does the speaker suggest we do in feeding birds inwinter?Passage 2My friend Leo makes up
22、 weak and poor excuses wheneverthere is something he doesnt want to do. Just two weeks ago, he was atmy house when he decided he didnt wanttotowgoorki.nHe called hisboss and said he had to get a new set of tires put on his truck. Then he satdown and watched TV with me. Not only had he lied but his e
23、xcusewasn t a very convincing one. Another time, he cancelled a date with hisgirlfriend at the last minute telling her he had to get a new battery for histruck. She was angry and refused to go out with him again until heapologized. Last weekend, Leo offered the poorest excuse yet. He dpromised he d
24、help me move some furniture, from my parentsuse tohomy new apartment. He was supposed to bring his truck over about 8 oclock Saturday morning. I waited, and then called and left a message onhis machine. About 11:30, he called and said he was sorry but hegetting a new set of tires put on his truck. I
25、 guess he d forgotten he usedthe same excuse when he called his boss from my house. I think I need anew set of friends. I m beginning to get tired of Leos excuses. ve just heard.Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage youQ29 What does the speaker tell us about her friend Leo?Q30 What did his gir
26、lfriend do when Leo canceled a date withher at the last minute?Q31 What favor did the speaker ask Leo to do last weekend?Passage 3In Hollywood, everybody wants to be rich, famous andbeautiful. Nobody wants to be old, unknown and poor. For Hollywood kids, life can be difficult because they grow up su
27、ch an unreal atmosphere.Their parents are ambitious and the children are part of the parents t learn thambitions. Parents pay for wasteful grand parties, expensive cars and designer clothes. When every dream can come true, kids don value of anything because they have everything. A thirteen-year-old
28、boy,Trent Maguire, has a driver, credit cards and unlimited cash to do what he wants when he wants to. “ Oneday, I lel arn more than my dad! ”heboasts. Parents buy care and attention for their children because they have no time to give it themselves. Amender smother employs a personal trainer, a bod
29、yguard, a singing coach and a councilor to look after all her fifteen-year-old daughter s needs. Often, there is no parent at home most days, so children decide whether to make their own meals or go out to restaurants, when to watch television or do homework. They organize their social life. They pl
30、ay no childhood games. They become adults before they re ready. Hollywood has always been the city of dreams. The kids there live unreal lives where money, beauty and pleasure are the onlygods. Will children around the world soon start to think the same? Or do ve just heard.they already?Questions 32
31、 to 35 are based on the passage youQ32 Why is life said to be difficult for Hollywood kids?Q33 What does the speaker say about Trent Maguire, athirteen-year-old boy?Q34 Why does Amender s mother employ other people to lookafter her needs?Q35 What will probably have negative effects on the lives ofHo
32、llywood kids?Compound DictationAround 120 years ago, Ebbinghaus began his study of memory.He concentrated on studying how quickly the human mind can remember information. One result of his research is known as the total time hypothesis, which simply mean the amount you learn depends on the time you
33、spend trying to learn it. This can be taken as our first rule of learning.Although it is usually true that studying for 4 hours is better than studying for 1, there is still the question of how to use the 4 hours. For example, is it better to study for 4 hours straight or to study for 1 hour a day f
34、or 4 days in a row? The answer, as you may have suspected, is that it is better to spread out the study times. This phenomenon through which we canlearn more efficiently by dividing our practice time is known as the distribution of practice effect. Thus, our second rule of learning is this.It s bett
35、er to study fairly briefly but often. But we are not finished yet. We haven t considered how we should study over very short periods of time.Let ssay you are trying to learn some new and rather difficult English vocabulary using a stack of cards. Should you look at the same word in rapid succession or look at the word and then have some delay before you look at it again? The answer is it is better to space up the presentations of the word you are to learn.