Q:What does the man suggest the woman do?
10. M: What a morning! My train usually takes 45 minutes, but today it took me over an hour to get to campus.
M: I saw signs in the station that construction would be going on for the next 3 months.
Q:What can be inferred in the conversation?
11. M: I hear your older sister is on the Olympic team and on the honor's list. She must be quite a person. M: She sure is. I've always looked up to her. Q: What about the man say about the sister?
12. M: Joe took a taxi home alone 10 minutes ago. W: I wonder why he didn't wait for me to go with him. Q: What does the woman think about what Joe did? 13. M: Hi. I see you are walking. Where is your bicycle today?
W: Oh, I bent（弯） the wheel yesterday. So I had to take it to the shop.
Q: What has happen to the woman’s bicycle?
14. W: I didn’t think we should have told Tom about the surprise party for Lucy.
M: It’s all right. He promised not to tell her. Q: What does the man mean?
15. W: I didn’t come yesterday because I had a temperature. Could you tell me your requirements for my term paper?
M: The theme of your paper can be about business management or tourism industry in China and the length of your paper should be no less than 15 pages
Q: What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?
PART B the sound of birds
The sound of birds can be divided into three types including singing, crying and voice imitating（模仿）. Singing is normally a continuous multi-syllable melody uttered by the birds and controlled by sex hormones. Some sorts of singing are quite melodious and pleasant. During the breeding cycle（繁殖周期）, the changing and pleasant cries of male birds are typical songs. Singing is an important way for a bird to defend its territory（领地）, to pronounce it has occupied a place and to warn other birds not to enter the area. The singing variety of birds’ songs are different and more complicated（复杂） than their common cries, which mainly happen in the
breeding cycle in spring and summer. Cries are not controlled by sex hormones and can be uttered by both male and female birds. Usually bird cries are short and simple. But they can mean a lot. They are used to communicate with one another and to warn one another about dangers. The cries of birds can express calling, warning, surprise and threat（威胁）. Sometimes it is very difficult to distinguish（区分） crying from singing. Generally speaking, cries are not affected by the change of seasons and can be made by all birds. Crying is an important way for birds to communicate with one another. Voice imitating birds imitate the crying or voice of other birds. The biological cause of voice imitating is not clear even now and it is highly probable that it will take a long time for people to discover the mystery. 1. According to the passage what is the main types of the sound of birds?
2. Which of the following can NOT be used to describe the singing of birds?
3. In the passage which is NOT mentioned the function of birds singing?
4. What does the passage mainly talk about?
5.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
Passage II: Fun Facts about Giant Pandas
High in dense（密集的） bamboo forests in the misty（多雾的）, rainy mountains of southwestern China lives one of the world's rarest mammals: The giant panda, also called the panda. Only about 1,000 of these black-and-white relatives of bears survive in the wild. Pandas eat almost nothing but bamboo shoots and leaves. Occasionally they eat other plants, fish, or small animals, but bamboo accounts for 99 percent of their diets. Pandas eat fast, they eat a lot, and they spend about 12 hours a day doing it. The reason is very simple. They digest only about a fifth of what they eat. Moreover, bamboo is not very nutritious. The shoots and leaves are the most valuable parts of the plants, so that's what a well-fed panda concentrates on eating. To stay healthy, they have to eat a lot -- up to 15 percent of their body weight within 12 hours -- so they eat fast. There are many species of bamboo. Only a few of these grow at the high altitudes where pandas live today. A panda should have at least two. bamboo species where it lives, or it will starve.
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Giant pandas used to be able to move quite easily from one mountaintop to another in search of food. Nowadays the valleys are mostly inhabited by people. Pandas are shy; they are afraid to go into areas where people live. This confines pandas to very limited areas. As people continue to farm, cut trees, and develop land higher and higher up the mountain slopes, the pandas' habitat continues to become smaller. And sometimes, when all the bamboo in their area dies off naturally, pandas starve because they're unable to move to new areas where other bamboo species thrive. Conservation organizations and Chinese government officials and scientists are continuing to work toward solving the pandas' isolation problems. Maintaining \corridors\-- strips of peaceful Rand through which pandas can travel from mountain to mountain freely -- are one of the many ideas that may help save the giant panda.
1. How many pandas are still living in the wild? A. about 1000
2. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. pandas eat slowly but a lot
3. Which of the following is the reason that pandas get starved?
A. only a few species 种类of bamboo can grow in their habitat栖息地
4. How much does a panda eat per day? B.15% of their body weigh
5. Which of the following has caused the shrinking 萎缩of pandas' habitat栖息地? D. all of above
Lesson 7 Health
1. M: I thought the librarian said we could check out as many books as we need with our library card.
W: That's right, but not those reference 参考书books. Q: What one of the following rules can be effective ? B. reference books are not allowed to be checked out签出
2. M: I'm really exhausted疲惫, but I don't want to miss the film that comes on at eleven.
W: If I were you, I would skip it. We both have to get up early tomorrow and anyway, I've heard it isn't that exciting.
Q: What does the woman advise?
D. the man should give up watching the movie 3.M: I ran into偶遇 our friend Mark yesterday on the street and he said he hadn't heard from you for a month. W: Yes, I know. But I've been too busy to phone him. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? C. the man met a friend by chance 偶然 4. M: Mary is in charge of负责 the art and music section 版and Carol's the sports page. What about you? W: I'm responsible for the editorials（社论，编辑）. Q: Where does the woman work? C. at a newspaper office
5. M: I don't know whether to ask Joe or Carol to draw the posters海报.
W: What difference does it make? They are both excellent优秀 artists.
Q: What does the woman imply about Joe and Carol? A. they are equally competent 胜任for the job 6. M: I wish I didn't have to make a special trip to the post office to get my package.
W: Well, if you call them in the morning, they'll give the package to your mail carrier to bring out to you. Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? C. ask to have the package delivered送来 to his home
7.M: Hey, George, I can't get to sleep with the light so near my bed. Can't you study someplace else?
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M: Sorry, there's a party going on down in the lounge休息室,but I’ll try to the dining room. Q: What will George probably do? B. try to find another place to study
8. M: Hey, that's a great sweater you're wearing. It looks really warm.
W: Yeah, but I wish I bought a coat like you did. It's really cold today.
Q: What does the woman think of her sweater? C. her sweater is not warm enough
9. M: Tom's house is a mess. Doesn't he ever clean it? W: I guess he just has too much else on his mind with that new job of his.
Q: What does the woman imply about Tom? D. he's too busy to clean the house
10. M: You must be looking forward to your trip back to Colorado. It should be fun to hike up into those mountains again.
W: Well, there may not be time for that. The thing is I haven't seen my sister and her kids for 3 years. Q: What does the woman plan to do? B. visit her relatives.
11. W: I forgot to tell you that Fred called last night to borrow your sleeping bag.
M: Oh, I saw him at the gym this morning, and he didn't say anything. So, he must have asked somebody else. Q: What does the man imply?
D. Fred probably borrowed someone else's sleeping bag.
12. M: Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the post office?
W: Your guess is as good as mine. I'm new around here.
Q: What does the relationship between the two speakers?
B. two new-comers.
13. W: You have heard Professor Johnson before, right? How would you describe his lectures?
M: Well, let me put it this way. I would never stay awake in one of his classes without first drinking at least two cups of coffee.
Q: What does the man imply?
C. professor Johnson's lectures were boring无聊 14. W: I've got two tickets to today's game. Do you want to come along?
M: It'll be on television. Besides, it's really too cold for me.
Q: What will the man probably do? D. Watch the game at home
15. W: I need to go across town, but the traffic is so heavy at this time of the day.
M: When you take the subway, you don't have to deal with traffic. I never drive anymore. Q: What do you learn about the traffic? C. taking public transportation saves time
Passage I: Art in Hospitals
The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play a significant role in the process of recovery from illness. As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries and into public places, some of the country's most talented artists have been called on to transform older hospitals and to “soften the hard edges of modern buildings\hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have significant collections of contemporary art in corridors, waiting areas and treatment rooms. All these owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970's. He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and a wider audience should enjoy that art.
A typical hospital waiting room might have as many as 5,000 visitors each week. What a better place to hold regular exhibitions of art! Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the out-patient waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975. Believed to be Britain's first hospital artist, Senior was so much in demand that a team of six young art school graduates soon joined him.
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The effect is striking. Now in the corridors and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyards. The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto a garden needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.
1. What does the passage talk about? Theme/main idea A. the importance of the quality of the environment in hospitals
2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
B. the artists are helping hospitals to transform the environment because they enjoy the job very much 3. What is Peter Senior? C. An artist
4. How many visitors would a typical hospital waiting room have each week? B. 5000
5. According to the passage, what would happen to patients if the environment in hospitals is improved（改进）?
B. they would need less pain killers. 止痛药
Passage II: Medicine in Britain and America In Britain there is a National Health Service (NHS) which is paid for by taxes and National Insurance, and in general people do not have to pay for medical treatment. Every person is registered with a doctor in his local area, known as general practitioner or GP. This means that his name is on the GP's list, and he may make an
appointment with the doctor. People do sometimes have to pay part of the cost of drugs that the doctor prescribes. GPs are trained in general medicine but are not specialists in any particular fild. If a patient needs to see a specialist doctor, he must first go to his GP and then the GP will make an appointment for the patient to see a specialist at a hospital.
Although everyone in Britain can have free treatment under the National Health Service, it is also possible to have treatment done privately, for which one has to pay. Some people have private health insurance to help them pay for private treatment. Under the NHS, people who need to go to hospital may have to wait for a long time on a long waiting list for their treatment. If they pay for the treatment, they will probably get kit quickly. Unlike Britain, the US does not have a national health care service, The government does help pay for some medical care for people who are on low incomes and for the old, but for most people buy insurance to help pay for medical care. Some people cannot afford insurance but are not poor enough to get government help. The cost of medical insurance and the problems of those who can not afford it are an important political subject. When people are ill, they usually go first to a general practitioner or internist. Unlike in Britain, however, people sometimes go straight to a specialist, without seeing their general practitioner first. As in Britain, if a patient needs to see a specialist doctor, his general doctor will usually give him the name of one. 1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
B. in Britain, everyone goes to GP全科 to receive treatment接受治疗
2. What is the possible disadvantage of the NHS in Britain?
D. the patients may have to wait a long time before they can see a specialist专家.
3. Under the NHS in Britain, what should a patient do first if he wants to see a specialist? A. See a GP first
4. What do you know about American health care services? 医疗保险服务
C. the cost of medical insurance is high to some people 医疗保险成本很高
5. In America, what does a person usually do when he is ill?
A. go to see a GP or an internist（内科医生）.
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Lesson 8 Youth PART A
1. M: My chemistry project is in trouble. My partner and I have totally different ideas about how to proceed. W: You should try to meet each other halfway. Q: What does the woman suggest?
2. M: What's the matter? You've been sitting there for ages just staring into space.
W: I told the Browning’s I'd send them a postcard. Now I don't know what to say. Q: What is the woman doing?
3.M: I've noticed that you get letters from Canada from time to time（偶尔）. Would you mind saving the stamps for me? My sister collects them.
W: My roommates already asked for them. Q: What will the woman probably do?
4. M: Next, shouldn't we get a telephone installed in the hall?
W: Fixing the shower pipe is far more important. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 5. M: I hope I won't oversleep. I've simply got to catch the first flight to New York.
W: If I were you, I'd request a wake-up call from the hotel reception.
Q: What does the woman advise the man to do? 6. W: You know some TV channels have been rerunning a lot of comedies from the sixties. What do you think of those old shows?
M: So-so, but the new ones aren't so great either. Q: What is the man’s opinion on the new TV comedies?
7. M: I heard that Park Electronics is going to be holding interviews on campus next week.
W: Yeah. What day? I'd like to talk to them and drop off my resume.
Q: What does the woman want to do?
8. M: I knew Laurie played the piano, but I didn't know she played the guitar.
W: Neither did I. It seems she just picked it up on her own over this summer. Q: What does the woman mean?
9. M: It's so mild today, wanna go for a bike ride after your last class?
W: When is the latest we could start? My last class is a chem. lab and it often runs late.
Q: What is likely to happen to the woman? 10. W: Aren't you leaving tomorrow on vacation, all packed and ready to go?
M: Not quite. I still have to stop by the drugstore and get my allergy prescription refilled.
Q: What does the man have to do for the vacation? 11. W: The floor is awfully wet. What happened? M: No sooner had I gotten into the shower than the phone rang.
Q: What was the man doing when the phone rang? 12. M: Mary, did you drop off the roll of film for developing?
W: No. I got Susan to do it.
Q: What happened to the roll of film?
13. M: Could you please tell me where to find running shoes?
W: Yeah. They are on the second floor in sporting goods. Q: Where was this conversation probably taking place? 14. M: That leaky faucet（漏水的龙头）is starting to get to me.
W: What should we do about it? Q: What does the woman want to know? 15. M: Hello. I'd like two seats for the evening show. W: Sorry, but the performance is already sold out. Would you be interested in something later this week? Q: What does the woman imply? PART B
Passage I: Youth in the US
Young people in the United States have a wide variety of interests apart from their school work. As children, both boys and girls play many of the same games. They swim, play baseball and basketball, go boating and camping, and have fun in many kinds of sports and outdoor activities.
Many youth organizations give young people a chance to develop and broaden their interests, and to gain
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