Part B
You are going to hear four conversations. Before listening to each conversation, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. After listening, you will have time to answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. You will hear each conversation ONLY ONCE. Mark your answers in your test booklet.
Questions 11—13 are based on a lecture about education in America.
11. What controls the public schools of the United States?
[A] the national government
[B] the church authorities
[C] the local communities
[D] the state laws
12. How many percentage did the American young people graduate from high school by 1970?
[A] forty percent
[B] forty five percent
[C] seventy percent
[D] seventy five percent
13. Why is education made various in form in the United States?
[A] Because there are different aids at school.
[B] Because schools offer different subjects.
[C] Because teaching methods vary greatly.
[D] Because students vary in needs.
Questions 14—17 are based on a conversation you are going to hear.
14. Why did the man decide to go to the library?
[A] One of his classes finished early.
[B] He wanted to get some studying done.
[C] The library had a special display on the Industrial Revolution.
[D] His books were ten days overdue.
15. After getting the books, what did the man do?
[A] checked them out
[B] took notes on them
[C] returned them to the shelves
[D] put them in his book bag
16. According to the man, what happens to all the books in the library?
[A] They are marked with colored labels.
[B] They are specially coded.
[C] They are checked out.
[D] They are inspected by the guard.
17. According to the man, what does the librarian behind the desk do?
[A] copies down the name and the address of each borrower
[B] checks all books for missing pages
[C] demagnetizes the books as they are checked out
[D] helps students use the card catalog
Questions 18—21 are based on a conversation you are going to hear.
18. What does the man need to do at the travel agency?
[A] purchase her plane ticket
[B] change her plane ticket
[C] pick up a passport application form
[D] arrange for her accomodations in Europe
19. Why doesn't the woman want to give up her apartment entirely?
[A] She doesn't have time to move.
[B] She would have difficulty finding another apartment.
[C] She's paid her rent for the summer in advance.
[D] She doesn't want to paint another apartment.
20. How long would the women be in Europe?
[A] three weeks
[B] one month
[C] three month
[D] over a year
21. What will the woman most likely do about her apartment?
[A] leave it vacant
[B] rent it to the man she's talking with
[C] sublet it to Jim Thomas
[D] ask her landlord to sublet it
Questions 22—25 are based on a conversation you are going to hear .
22. Where does this conversation take place?
[A] at a hotel
[B] at a motel
[C] at a restaurant
[D] at a shopping centre
23. Why can the man and his family stay at this motel?
[A] They have a reservation.
[B] The motel has several vacancies.
[C] They are friends of the owner.
[D] Someone else cancelled a reservation.
24. When does the motel want its guests to pay?
[A] before they arrive
[B] while they register
[C] when they reserve a room
[D] just before their departure
25. What is the reason for the motel's policy on payments?
[A] Some guests may not be honest.
[B] The policy is required by law.
[C] No.61 is a luxury unit.
[D] The owners are simply greedy.
Part B
11—13 [C][D][D]
本段是由一名教授作的講座。講座介紹了美國的教育情況。第一段主要講美國民眾特別重視教育。第二段講美國的教育其實受當?shù)厣鐓^(qū)的控制。第三段講了高中生的畢業(yè)率和上大學的升學率以及學校教育出現(xiàn)不同形式的原因。
問題的答案可從下面三句話中得出:“The public schools of the United States are not controlled by the national government nor by church authorities but by the local communities themselves. ” “75% were graduating from high school. ”
“Education is made various in form, to meet the students' various needs.”
14—17 [A][D][B][C]
根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容,本段對話的第一道問題可由下面這句話得出答案:“Dr. Brown's class finished ten minutes early, so I went to the library between classes. ”
“So I put them (books) in my book bag. ”告訴了我們第二道題的答案。
第三、四道題的答案分別可從下面這兩句話得出:“The books in the library are all magnetically coded”和“The librarian behind the desk demagnetizes them.
18—21 [A][B][A][C]
本段對話的主要內(nèi)容是:第一說話人問及第二說話人去歐洲的事。三星期之后,第二說話人將去歐洲旅行。在她臨走之前,她要去續(xù)護照,去旅行社買飛機票,以及處理好她的公寓。她不想退掉房子,因為再租一套的話不容易,但是她也不想讓房子空著,白交三星期房租。第一說話人于是把他的朋友介紹給她,說他朋友可以向她轉(zhuǎn)租房子。
以上四道題的答案均可從主要內(nèi)容中得出。
22—25 [B][D][B][A]
這是在一個汽車旅館發(fā)生的對話。從談話中得知汽車旅館本來很擠,不事先約定是住不上的。幸好有人臨時退房,所以對話人之一得以住進去。在登記時就得交租金,這是旅店的規(guī)矩,其原因沒有在文中明說,但可以通過排除法把其他三個備選答案排除掉,只有A 最合適。