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[01:56.56]Part III Listening Comprehension
[02:00.43]Section A
[02:02.42]Directions
[02:57.95]Q11.
[03:00.67]W: I just heard about a really beautiful park in the east end of the town.
[03:05.50]There are a lot of roses in bloom.
[03:09.04]M: Why don't we walk over there and see for ourselves?
[03:13.33]Q: What will the speakers probably do?
[03:33.25]Q12.
[03:34.39]M: My presentation is scheduled for 9:30 tomorrow morning at the lecture hall.
[03:40.18]I hope to see you there.
[03:41.93]W: Oh,sorry.
[03:43.08]I was about to tell you that I have an appointment with my dentist at 9:00 o'clock tomorrow.
[03:49.44]Q: What do we learn about the woman?
[04:08.91]Q13.
[04:10.43]W: How long have you been running this company?
[04:13.07]M: Twenty years if you can believe that.
[04:15.96]I brought it from a small operation to what it is today.
[04:20.67]Q: What do we learn about the man?
[04:39.73]Q14.
[04:41.29]M: Have you read the news on the campus net?
[04:45.41]Susan has won the scholarship for next year.
[04:48.82]W: I knew she would from the very beginning.
[04:51.55]Such a brilliant and diligent girl!She certainly deserves it.
[04:57.77]Q: What does the woman mean?
[05:15.76]Q15.
[05:18.10]W: Taking a bus to Miami,it's cheaper than going by train.
[05:22.42]M: That's true.But I'd rather pay a little more for the added comfort and convenience.
[05:29.30]Q: What does the man mean?
[05:47.58]Q16.
[05:49.94]M: I think it's time we got rid of all this old furniture.
[05:53.19]W: You're right.We need to promote our image besides it's not a real antique.
[06:02.26]Q: What do the speakers mean?
[06:20.22]Q17.
[06:22.44]M: That was some storm yesterday.How was I afraid I couldn't make it home.
[06:27.70]W: Yeah,most of the roads to my house were flooded.I didn't get home from the lab until midnight.
[06:35.61]Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
[06:54.40]Q18.
[06:56.17]W: My boys are always complaining that they're bored.
[06:59.74]M: Why don't you get them into some team sports?
[07:03.93]My son and daughter play soccer every Saturday.
[07:07.29]And they both look forward to it all week.
[07:10.30]Q: What does the man mean?
[07:29.12]Directions
[07:34.31]Conversation one
[07:36.44]W: So John,I hear you and Arthur share a job,don't you?
[07:41.48]M: Yes.We've shared a sales job at Sonatech for about two years now.
[07:47.25]W: Well, how do you divide up your schedule?
[07:50.50]M: You know we are both sales representatives,and we take orders over the phone.
[07:56.63]When we started job sharing it was difficult,because we both worked all day Monday.
[08:03.20]I worked Tuesday and Thursday and Arthur worked Wednesday and Friday.
[08:08.97]The problem was that when I was in the office on Tuesday.
[08:12.94]I would talk to people, then they would call back on Wednesday with a question.
[08:18.59]But Arthur couldn't answer the question and he couldn't ask me about it because I wasn't in the office.
[08:25.01]So he had to ask the people to call me back the next day, Thursday.
[08:30.82]Of course,they didn't like to wait until the next day to have their questions answered.
[08:36.06]W: Yes, that sounds like a problem.
[08:39.26]M: So,finally we decided that Arthur would work in the mornings and I would work in the afternoons.
[08:46.80]Now if someone calls with the question for me in the morning,Arthur tells them to call me in the afternoon.
[08:54.31]This way, people get their questions answered the same day.
[08:59.48]W: What do you do about vacations?
[09:03.47]M: Well,Sonatech gives the usual two weeks of vacation to full-time employees,
[09:08.93]I take a week and Arthur takes a week. sonatech
[09:13.22]W: It sounds like job sharing has worked out well for you.
[09:16.37]M: Yes, it has. We are both happy with it.
[09:21.52]Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard
[09:27.56]Q19. What do John and author do at Sonatech?
[09:48.44]Q20. What problem did John and Arthur have when they started job sharing?
[10:10.40]Q21. What does John say about their annual vacation?
[10:32.42]Conversation two　　
[10:34.47]W: May I see your license, please?
[10:36.87]M: But officer, did I do something wrong?
[10:40.44]W: Do you mean to say you didn't see the speed limit sign back there?
[10:45.03]M: Um, no, madam, I guess I didn't.
[10:47.61]W: In other words, you drove by too fast to read it.
[10:52.71]The sign says 35m/h. A school is just nearby, you know?
[10:59.51]M: Don't get me wrong, but my speedometer didn't read much faster than that.
[11:05.18]W: Then, why is it that my radar showed you are going 45?
[11:09.97]Let me put it another way.I'm going to give you a ticket.Again,may I see your license,please?
[11:20.45]M: Here it is,officer.But let me explain.
[11:24.36]I was late for an important appointment and I was worried that I wouldn't make it on time.So..
[11:31.82]W: Uha, just a minute, here. Your license is no longer valid.
[11:38.97]You should have renewed it two weeks ago.I'm going to have to write you up for that,too.
[11:45.26]M: What? Really?
[11:47.00]W: Your license becomes invalid on your birthday and that was two weeks ago according to the date here.
[11:55.00]You are in violation of the law—driving without a valid license.
[12:00.57]M: I'm sorry, madam. I hadn't realized that.
[12:03.49]W: Here's the ticket for not having a valid license.
[12:07.71]But I'm only going to give you a warning about exceeding the speed limit.
[12:12.51]Be careful next time.
[12:14.83]M: Yes, madam, officer, I will. Thank you.
[12:19.06]Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard
[12:26.53]Q22. Where was the man stopped by the police officer?
[12:48.06]Q23. What did the man claim about the speed limit sign?
[13:11.57]Q24. What did the woman say about the man's driving license?
[13:32.28]Q25. What was the man's penalty?
[13:52.89]Section B
[13:54.25]Directions
[14:26.80]Passage 1
[14:29.55]Since I started working part-time at a grocery store,
[14:33.85]I have learned that a customer is more than someone who buy something.
[14:39.66]To me,a customer is a person whose memory fails entirely once he or she starts to push a shopping card.
[14:49.20]One of the first things customers forget is how to count.
[14:54.52]There is no other way to explain how so many people get in their express line,
[15:00.42]which is clearly marked 15 items or less,with 20,25 or even a cart load of items.
[15:10.48]Customers also forget why they came to the store in the first place.
[15:15.06]Just as I finish ringing up an order, a customer will say,
[15:20.07]"Oops,I forgot to pick up a fresh loaf of bread.
[15:24.08]I hope you don't mind waiting while I go get it."
[15:27.28]Five minutes later,he's back with the bread, a bottle of milk,and three rolls of paper towels.
[15:35.63]Strange is that seems customers also seem to forget that they have to pay for their groceries.
[15:43.37]Instead of writing a check or looking for a credit card while I am ringing up the groceries,
[15:49.71]my customers will wait until I announce the total.
[15:53.64]Then,in surprise,she says,"Oh no,what did I do with my check book?"
[16:00.63]After 5 minutes of digging through her purse,she borrows my pen because she's forgotten hers.
[16:08.97]But I have to be tolerant of customers because they pay my salary,
[16:14.00]and that's something I can't afford to forget.
[16:19.77]Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard
[16:25.20]Q26. What does the speaker say about customers’ entering the grocery store?
[16:48.46]Q27. Which customers are supposed to be in the express line?
[17:10.30]Q28. What does the speaker say some customers do when they arrive at the check-out counter?
[17:33.63]Q29. What does the speaker say about his job at the end of the talk?
[17:56.86]Passage 2
[17:58.64]The speech delivery style of Europeans and Asians tends to be very formal.
[18:05.18]Speakers of these cultures often read oral presentations from carefully retain manual scripts.
[18:11.50]On the other hand, American speakers are generally more informal relative to speakers and other cultures.
[18:19.98]American audiences prefer natural,spontaneous delivery that conveys a lively sense of communication.
[18:28.99]They don't relay well to speakers who read from a manual script.
[18:34.03]If you use an outline of your ideas instead of a prepare text,your speech will not only sound more natural,
[18:41.26]but you will also be able to establish better relationship with your listeners and keep their attention.
[18:48.74]The language and style you use when making an oral presentation
[18:53.80]should not be the same as the language in style you use when writing.
[18:58.75]Well retain information,that is meant to be read, does not work as well when it is heard.
[19:05.12]It is,therefore,important for you to adapt retain texts or outlines for presentations.
[19:11.69]Good speakers are much more informal when speaking than when writing.
[19:17.38]They also use their own words and develop their own speaking styles.
[19:22.05]Whenever possible,they use short words.
[19:25.48]Listeners are appreciated when speakers use simple,everyday words in a presentation.
[19:31.76]One advantage is that it is much easier for speakers to pronounce short words correctly.
[19:38.43]Another is that long and sophisticated vocabulary choices make listening more difficult.
[19:46.15]Question 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard
[19:52.78]Q30. What does the speaker say American audiences prefer?
[20:15.60]Q31. What should one pay attention to when making an oral presentation?
[20:37.66]Q32. What does the speaker focus on in the talk?
[20:59.35]Passage 3
[21:01.66]Let children learn to judge their own work
[21:06.13]A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time.
[21:12.75]If corrected too much, he will stop talking.
[21:16.85]He compares a thousand times a day the difference between
[21:21.80]language as he uses it and language as those around him use it.
[21:27.94]Bit by bit,he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people's.
[21:34.96]In the same way, kids learning to do all the other things they learn without adult teachers,
[21:43.17]to walk,run,climb,ride a bike,play games,compare their own performance with what more skilled people do,
[21:52.47]and slowly make the needed changes.
[21:56.15]But in school we never give a child a chance to detect his mistakes.
[22:02.01]We do it all for him.
[22:04.57]We act as if we thought he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him.
[22:11.72]Soon he becomes dependent on the expert.
[22:15.64]We should let him do it himself. Let him figure out,
[22:20.35]with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says,
[22:25.22]what is the answer to that problem,
[22:28.14]whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or that.
[22:32.83]If right answers need to be given,as in mathematics or science,give him the answer book.
[22:39.83]Let him correct his own papers.
[22:43.07]Why should we teachers waste time on such tedious work?
[22:48.36]Our job should be to help the children
[22:50.39]when they tell us that they can't find the way to get the right answer.
[22:57.51]Question 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard
[23:04.51]Q33. How does a child learn to do something according to the speaker?
[23:27.75]Q34. What belief do teachers commonly hold according to the speaker?
[23:50.38]Q35 What does the speaker imply about the current way of teaching?
[24:13.80]Section C
[24:15.19]Directions
[25:04.73]Time is, for the average American, of utmost importance.
[25:09.52]To the foreign visitor,Americans seem to be more concerned with getting things accomplished on time
[25:16.62](according to a predetermined schedule)than they are with developing deep interpersonal relations.
[25:23.62]Schedules,for the American,are meant to be planned and then followed in the smallest detail.
[25:31.26]It may seem to you that most Americans are completely controlled
[25:35.42]by the little machines they wear on their wrists,
[25:38.60]cutting their discussions off abruptly to make it to their next appointment on time.
[25:44.09]Americans'language is filled with references to time,
[25:44.08]giving a clear indication of how much it is valued.
[25:52.79]Time is something to be'on',to be 'kept','filled','saved','wasted','gained',
[26:00.56]'planned','given','made the most of',even'killed'.
[26:05.71]The international visitor soon learns that it is considered very rude to be late
[26:12.52]-- even by 10 minutes -- for an appointment in America.
[26:16.93]Time is so valued in America,
[26:19.91]because by considering time to be important one can clearly achieve more than if one'wastes'time
[26:28.07]and doesn't keep busy.
[26:29.96]This philosophy has proven its worth.
[26:33.40]It has enabled Americans to be extremely productive,
[26:37.43]and productivity itself is highly valued in America.
[26:41.42]Many American proverbs stress the value of guarding time,
[26:46.14]using it wisely, and setting and working toward specific goals.
[26:51.14]Americans believe in spending their time and energy today
[26:56.28]so that the fruits of their labor may be enjoyed at a later time.
[27:01.84]Now the passage will be read again
[27:05.29]Time is, for the average American, of utmost importance.
[27:09.76]To the foreign visitor,
[27:11.73]Americans seem to be more concerned with getting things accomplished on time
[27:16.18](according to a predetermined schedule)than they are with developing deep interpersonal relations.
[27:22.94]Schedules,for the American, are meant to be planned and then followed in the smallest detail.
[27:30.03]It may seem to you that most Americans are completely controlled by the little machines they wear on their wrists,
[27:37.48]cutting their discussions off abruptly to make it to their next appointment on time.
[27:43.05]Americans'language is filled with references to time,
[27:47.91]giving a clear indication of how much it is valued.
[27:51.84]Time is something to be'on',to be 'kept','filled','saved','wasted',
[27:58.66]'gained','planned','given','made the most of',even'killed'.
[28:05.17]The international visitor soon learns that it is considered very rude to be late
[28:11.55]-- even by 10 minutes -- for an appointment in America
[28:16.09]（此时到29:10.89为无声段）
[29:11.52]Time is so valued in America, because by considering time to be important one can clearly
[29:18.32]achieve more than if one'wastes'time and doesn't keep busy.
[29:23.64]This philosophy has proven its worth.It has enabled Americans to be extremely productive,
[29:29.98]and productivity itself is highly valued in America.
[29:34.11]（此时到30:45.98为无声段）
[30:46.53]Many American proverbs stress the value of guarding time,
[30:51.32]using it wisely, and setting and working toward specific goals.
[30:56.44]Americans believe in spending their time and energy today.
[31:01.77]so that the fruits of their labor may be enjoyed at a later time.