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Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions: In Section A, you will hear 10 short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and a question about it, read the 4 possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1. Man: Programming is too tough for me to learn. I'll quit. Woman: Keep trying! You can make it!
Question: What does the woman mean?

2. Man: Just look at today's paper, nothing but accidents or gossip. Woman: Right. Nothing is worth reading.
Question: What is the speakers' attitude toward today's paper?

3. Man: Jane, have you turned off your mobile phone? The musical is about to start.
Woman: OK, I can't wait to see Lucas Wang, my favorite actor.

Question: Where does this conversation most probably take place?

4. Man: Before feeding the dog, I'm going to clean its house.

Woman: It's about time. Look at the mess! It smells terrible.

Question: What is the man most probably going to do first?

5. Woman: Shall we buy some magazines on home decoration before furnishing our new house?

Man: We could, but considering the information, don't you think they are overpriced?

Question: What does the man think of such magazines?

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6. Man: Miss Fang, for tomorrow's test, can we use a calculator? Woman: No, you should learn basic calculation skills.

Question: Which test is the man most probably going to take?

7. Woman: Why didn't you go to the concert? It was marvelous!

Man: I was tired out. I just came back from Chengdu by train that morning.

Question: Why was the man absent from the concert?

8. Woman: Robby, I can't carry those books to the classroom. Would you please help me?
Man: Sorry, Mary. I have an appointment with Professor Hanks now. Why not use your bicycle?
Question: What does Robby imply?

9. Man: Some doctors love to lecture people about their life styles.

Woman: I don't think they can make a difference.

Question: What does the woman mean?

10. Woman: Alex, do you like team sports? Football, basketball, …

Man: Sure. But I'm a spectator rather than a player.

Question: What can you learn about the man?

Section B

Directions: In section B, you will hear 2 passages and 1 longer conversation. After each passage or conversation. You’ll be asked several questions. The passages and the conversation will be read twice. But the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the 4 possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11~13 are based on the following talk.

That longer way to trip is about to begin. You've been working hard, getting everything organized. I'm here to give you the tips you need to make that packing task easier. The golden rule is: the lighter, the better. Most shampoo

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manufacturers seem to make a special point of packaging their products in containers, which are either large or heavy. One way to decrease the weight in your bag is to buy some small bottles and pour into them just enough shampoo for the holiday. Another idea is to collect samples of shampoo throughout the year, ready for use when holiday time comes around. What else needs to go into the suitcase? Clothes, of course. Don't forget to roll them up. It not only saves space, but also helps reduce wrinkling. Remember to put an alarm clock, washing powder and medicine in the suitcase. Still on the subject of the suitcase: to keep you cases safe, keep them simple. If you use very expensive designer suitcases, you will invite theft. A plain case won't be noticed as much by thieves.

Questions:

11. According to the speaker, how can we decrease the weight in the bag?

12. What does the speaker tell us to do to prevent theft?

13. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

Questions 14~16 are based on the following talk.

Some people believe that spending quiet hours reading and thinking in a library is the best way to prepare for a debate contest. Most memory experts, however, would recommend preparing with team members. Doing so increases the rate of learning and the likelihood of remembering. When members of a debate team prepare together, they learn facts and master issues faster and more effectively than each individual could alone. "Communication is essential to the ability to remember well," says a well-known psychologist. He has found that isolating yourself is about the worst thing you can do if you want to remember information. In other words, when you talk with others, whether it is to describe a movie or complain about a difficult chapter in a textbook, you are actually strengthening your memory. The human memory works like a filing system. For a filing system to be effective, information has to be put in a logical place inside a folder that includes related information. When the members of a debate team practice by using facts in support of an argument, they are exactly gathering related pieces of information into a single mental folder, and during an actual debate, when the pressure is on, they will be more easily record than those

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memorized as isolated pieces of information.

Questions:

14. What do memory experts think of reading and thinking quietly in debate preparation?
15. In which situation are people most likely to improve their memory?

16. In what way does human memory work like a filing system?

Questions 17~20 are based on the following conversation.

Man: Last night, the news said that in some cities they are thinking of turning off the public water supply during part of each day.

Woman: There is a shortage of water here, too. Is there anything we can do to help? Water is so important.

Man: Sure, there are many things we can do to cut down on the amount of water we use. One is to change some of the things in the bathroom.

Woman: Hmm … Don't you think changing the bathroom can be too expensive?

Man: I don't mean to change everything, just … Well, for instance, the showerhead. There are new ones on the market that save almost 50% of the water. They don't cost very much.

Woman: Good idea! I read the normal flow for a shower is 20 liters per minute. By cutting down that by half, one would consume only 60 liters for a shower. If we turn off the water while we brush our teeth, that would help too.

Man: Right! I wasn't aware it could be that much.

Woman: There are new toilets that save a lot of water, but isn't it necessary to change them right away?

Woman: We don't need to change them. By placing one or two bricks in the tank to take up some of the space, the amount of water flowing into the tank will be reduced.

Woman: That sounds great!

Questions:

17. According to the man, what was the last night's news about?

18. Which of the following is a suggestion made by the speakers?

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19. With a new showerhead, how much water would a person use for a shower?

20. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

That's the end of listening comprehension.