模拟七
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模拟七Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, 8, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.1.M: I thought John was going to graduate in March.W: No. He is going to be awarded the degree in the following month.Q: When will John graduate?2.M: Good morning, this is John Parker speaking. I'm just ringing to confirm my appointment with Mr. Smithfor this afternoon.W: Yes. Mr. Smith's expecting you at 3 o'clock.Q: Why is the man making the phone call?3.W: I heard our school had called off the trip to Beijing.M: Really? Mary must be disappointed about it. She has been looking forward to the trip.Q: What do we know from the conversation?4.W: Do you have any plan to buy a house?M: Hardly. A house is beyond my means.Q: What did the man say?5. W: You look very nice in these jeans. Perhaps the waist is a little bit too tight. Would you like to try a sizelarger?M: Well, the style isn't quite what I had in mind. Thank you, anyway.Q: Why didn't he buy the jeans?6. M: What do you think of Professor Brown's lecture?W: The topic was interesting, but the lecture was much more difficult to follow than I had expected.Q: What does the woman say about the lecture?7.M: Was it very hot here last summer?W: Not really. The temperature never went up above 31'C because it rained very often. Actually it was very humid.Q: What did the woman say about the weather?8.M: Welcome back. How was your trip?W: Well, the trip was worth neither the time nor the money. I should have stayed at home.Q: What does the woman feel about the trip?Now you'll hear two long conversationsConversation 1W: So Mr. Baker, this is your bed and as you can see there're five other beds in the ward. Have you got everything you need?M: Yes, I think so. I followed the hospital's advice and I've only brought a few belongings with me.W: Good! You can see the reasons why we ask you to do that; the cupboard is really very small. And have you arranged for anyone to bring in changes of nightwear and other clean clothes?M: Yes, my wife will deal with all that. Can you tell me what the visiting hours are?W: Yes, of course. They're in the afternoon from 2: 00 to 3: 00 and in the evening from7: 30 to 8: 30, but remember that only two people can see you at the same time. Sorry about that but you can imagine the chaos if we didn't have these rules!M: Yes, I suppose so. What other rules are there?W: Well, first of ail I should tell you about our hours. We start pretty early -- you might not be used to that. We wake you at 6: 30, and breakfast is at 8 o'clock, lunch is at noon, there's tea at 3:: 30 and supper is at 6 o'clock. M: Oh, my goodness! That's very different from what I've been used to. Still, I won't be here for long, I hope. You'd better tell me the rest of the rules.W: Yes, well, you can see the no-smoking sign - we don't allow smoking on the wards under any circumstances, and the same goes for alcohol, I'm sure you understand why. However, if you do need to smoke there are special areas where it's allowed.M: Oh, I don't smoke, so it doesn't affect me. And I think it's a good rule. Do you smoke, nurse?W: Er, no! But I used to. I've given up in fact. I haven't had a cigarette for three months now.M: Well done! Look, I mustn't keep you any longer, but just one more ques tion--- can I make a telephone call, I mean, is there a phone anywhere?W: Yes, of course there is. Outside the ward there's a payphone. You need changes for that of course.M: Oh, and that reminds me ...W: Can you make sure that only one of your relatives' phones in each day to find out how you are? Theswitchboard gets congested with callers.M: Yes, OK.W: I must go now. You get changed and into bed, and I'll check on you in a while. The radio controls are there, with your own headphones, if you want to listen. It’s our own hospital radio.M: Thanks very much. You've been very helpful.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.What advice had the hospital probably given to the man before he went into hospital?10.How many Visiting hours are allowed every day?11.Why does the nurse tell the patient to make sure that only one of his relatives or friends' phones in eachday to find out how he is?12.Which of the following is NOT the hospital's rule?Conversation 2W: Did you know it was going to rain today?M: Absolutely not, this comes as a total shock at me, especially since the paper said mostly sunny.W: Well, I guess the paper must have meant ”mostly s unny somewhere else" .M: But since we've come all this way, why don't we just move the blanket under that tree?W: That's a good idea. It looks like it's still dry there.M: You didn't happen to bring a spare blanket, did you? Because this one is all wet now.W: No. But I do have some folding stools in the car. Will they do?M: They will be just fine. I'm really hungry, so while you are there, how about bring out the food?W: I thought you were bringing the food.M: This is unbelievable! If I weren't so hungry, this would be really funny. So what now?W: What's the name of that restaurant you like so much?Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. How does the man feel about the rain?14.Why don't the speakers have any food to eat?15.What will the speakers probably do next?Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear somequestions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.Passage 1Do you have a tough math test coming up? Then listen to some classical piano music just before the test. You might end up with a higher score. Researchers at a .university in California conducted an experiment. They asked a group of college students to listen to some piano music by a famous 18th century composer before taking a math test. They were surprised to find that the students' scores jumped 8 to 9 points. The music seems to excite nerve activities in the brain, similar to the activity that occurs when a person is figuring out a math problem. However, the scientists warn before you get too excited about applying this method to your math test, you should remember that brain exciting effects last only 10 or 15 minutes. Would rock music work as well as the piano music did? "No." the scientists say. In fact, the less complex music might even interfere with the brain's reasoning ability.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.16.What is this passage mainly about?17.Why can Classical music playa positive role in problem solving?18.What is one of the findings of the research?Passage 2In all languages there are different levels of formality and informality in talking to other people. The language and speech forms you use in talking to family members and friends are not the same as those you use in talking to strangers. The level of language you use in talking to strangers is more formal and usually contains more polite forms. In talking with strangers in English, people sometimes use extra-polite forms to show special courtesy.In a dialogue, for example, someone says, "Would you be good enough to turn the radio down a bit?" (Instead of "Turn the radio down, please. ") If you used this extra-polite form with a member of your family or with a close friend, it would seem very peculiar] However, when you use an extra- polite expression like "Would you be good enough ... " or "Would you be so kind as to ... " with a stranger, you are trying to be very polite and courteous.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19.What kind of language and speech forms do you use when you talk with strangers?20.Why do English-speaking people sometimes use extra-polite expressions?21.How does your family member or your friend feel if you use extremely polite language withthem?Passage 3When I was at school, my ambition was to be a pilot in the air force. But my eyesight wasn't good enough. So I had to give up that idea. I went to university and studied physics. I wanted to stay on there and do research. But my father died at about that time. So I thought I'd better get a job and earn my living. I started working in an engineering firm. I expected to stay in that job for a long time. But then, they appointed a new managing director. I didn't get on with him, so I resigned and applied for a job with another engineering company. I would certainly have accepted the job if they had offered it to me. But on my way to the interview, I met a friend who was working for a travel agency. He offered me a job in Spain. And I had always liked Spain, so I took it. I worked in the travel agency for two years and then they wanted to send me to South America. But I had just got married, so I decided to stay here. Then we had a baby and I wasn't earning enough to support the family. So I started giving English lessons at a school in the evenings. I like the English teaching more than working for the travel agency, and then the owner of the school offered me a full-time job as a teacher. So I resigned from the agency. Two years later, the owner of the school wanted to retire, so he asked me to take over as the director. And here I am.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22. Why did the man give up studying physics?23.Why did the man resign from the engineering firm?24.Why did the man take the job at the travel agency?25.Why did the man start to teach English part-time?Section CDirections: in this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 34 to 36 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the mainpoints in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.There is no 26) denying that students should learn something about how computers work, just as we (27) expect them at least to understand that the internal-combustion engine has something to do with burning fuel, (28) expanding gases and pistons being (29) driven. For people should have some basic idea of how the things that they use do what they do. Further, students might be helped by a course that (30) considers the computer's (31) impact on society. But that is not what is meant by computer literacy (读写能力). For computer literacy is not a form of literacy;it is a trade skill that should not be taught as a liberal art.Learning how to use a computer and learning how to program one are two distinct (32) activities.A case might be made that the (33) competent citizens of tomorrow should free themselves from their fear of computers. But this is quite different from saying that all ought to know how to program one. Leave that to people who have chosen programming as a career. (34) While programming can be lots of fun, and while our society needs some people who are experts at it, the same is true of auto repair and violinmaking.Learning how to use a computer is not that difficult, and it gets easier all the time as programs become more "user-friendly". （35) Let us assume that in the future everyone is going to have to know how to use a computer to be a competent citizen. What does the phrase" learning to use a computer" mean? It sounds like" learning to drive a car"; that is. it sounds as if there is some set of definite skills that, once acquired, enable one to use a computer.In fact, "learning to use a computer" is much more like "learning to play a game" , but (36) learning the rules of one game may not help you playa second game, whose rules may not be the same. There is no such thing as teaching someone how to use a computer. One can only teach people to use this or that program and generally that is easily accomplished.Section A1.B2.B3.B4.A5.D6.B7.C8.B9.B 10.B11.C 12.B 13.C 14.A 15.BSection B16.C 17.A 18.B 19.B 20.A21.C 22.D 23.A 24.C 25.BSection C26. denying 27. expect 28. expanding 29. driven30. considers 31. impact 32. activities 33. competent34.While programming can be lots of fun, and while our society needs some people whoare experts at it, the same is true of auto repair and violinmaking35.Let us assume that in the future everyone is going to have to know how to use acomputer to be a competent citizen36.learning the rules of one game may not help you play a second game, whose rulesmay not be the same。
