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Model Test Six
Part Ⅲ
Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions:
In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.
Directions:
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.
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), B), C) and D),
After each question there will be a pause.
During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D),
and decide which is the best answer.
Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
and decide which is the best answer.
Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre.
Now, let’s begin with the eight short conversations.
with a single line through the centre.
Now, let’s begin with the eight short conversations.
11. W: Hey, Mark, have you been able to sell your old piano yet?
M: Ah, you were right,
11. W: Hey, Mark, have you been able to sell your old piano yet?
M: Ah, you were right,
just posting notices on bulletin boards at a couple of supermarkets wasn’t enough.
I think I’ll have to place an advertisement in the local newspaper.
just posting notices on bulletin boards at a couple of supermarkets wasn’t enough.
I think I’ll have to place an advertisement in the local newspaper.
Q: What are the two people talking about?
12. M: Have you seen that girl sitting over there?
Q: What are the two people talking about?
12. M: Have you seen that girl sitting over there?
She looks like the girl whose photo is in the newspaper.
W: But it is said that the missing girl had black hair.
She looks like the girl whose photo is in the newspaper.
W: But it is said that the missing girl had black hair.
Her hair is red, I’d rather say.
Q: Why are they interested in that girl?
Her hair is red, I’d rather say.
Q: Why are they interested in that girl?
13. M: I wish I didn’t have to make a special trip
to the post office to get my package.
13. 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 your package to your mail carrier to bring it to you.
W: Well, if you call them in the morning,
they’ll give your package to your mail carrier to bring it to you.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
14. M: Since I came here,
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
14. M: Since I came here,
I’ve had to stay up most of the night for the last few days.
No matter what time I go to bed,
I’ve had to stay up most of the night for the last few days.
No matter what time I go to bed,
I always wake up in the middle of the night.
W: Your biological rhythms probably haven’t adjusted to the time schedule here.
I always wake up in the middle of the night.
W: Your biological rhythms probably haven’t adjusted to the time schedule here.
Q: What is the man’s trouble?
15. W: Will Jim be able to come to the meeting?
Q: What is the man’s trouble?
15. W: Will Jim be able to come to the meeting?
M: I don’t know yet. When I phoned just now,
his friend said he had taken his girlfriend out to the movies.
M: I don’t know yet. When I phoned just now,
his friend said he had taken his girlfriend out to the movies.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
16. M: Professor Linda,
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
16. M: Professor Linda,
we were wondering if we could sit in on your English class.
W: I wish I could say yes, but if I accepted you two,
we were wondering if we could sit in on your English class.
W: I wish I could say yes, but if I accepted you two,
I wouldn’t know how to say no to a lot of others who have made the same request.
Q: What does the woman mean?
I wouldn’t know how to say no to a lot of others who have made the same request.
Q: What does the woman mean?
17. M: I hear restaurants that specialize in food
from one particular country can be very expensive.
17. M: I hear restaurants that specialize in food
from one particular country can be very expensive.
W: You’re right in a way.
But they can range widely in cost from inexpensive to very expensive.
W: You’re right in a way.
But they can range widely in cost from inexpensive to very expensive.
Q: What does the woman think of such restaurants?
18. M: As usual, the lecture hall is in a complete mess this afternoon.
Q: What does the woman think of such restaurants?
18. M: As usual, the lecture hall is in a complete mess this afternoon.
Newspapers, soda cans, used tissues, all of them, just thrown all over the floor.
I can’t understand how people can be so thoughtless.
Newspapers, soda cans, used tissues, all of them, just thrown all over the floor.
I can’t understand how people can be so thoughtless.
W: Well, your professor should have the authority to get something done about it.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
W: Well, your professor should have the authority to get something done about it.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
Now you’ll hear two long conversations.
Conversation One
Now you’ll hear two long conversations.
Conversation One
M: Ah, Miss Lynn, Miss Catherine Lynn isn't it?
Well, now let me see. You're a graduate of Columbia, aren't you?
M: Ah, Miss Lynn, Miss Catherine Lynn isn't it?
Well, now let me see. You're a graduate of Columbia, aren't you?
In marketing? So why do you want to work in publishing?
Is this really your kind of job?
In marketing? So why do you want to work in publishing?
Is this really your kind of job?
W: I think the job of marketing executive in a company of this sort
is very much my sort of job.
W: I think the job of marketing executive in a company of this sort
is very much my sort of job.
I'm not a graduate yet, though, my final exams begin in June.
M: Yes, well, all right. How much do you know about what we do?
I'm not a graduate yet, though, my final exams begin in June.
M: Yes, well, all right. How much do you know about what we do?
I mean, publishing business books? Any experience of that at all?
It doesn't look like it from what you say in your letter.
I mean, publishing business books? Any experience of that at all?
It doesn't look like it from what you say in your letter.
What sort of place was it that you worked in last summer, as a,
what did you say, a sales lady?
What sort of place was it that you worked in last summer, as a,
what did you say, a sales lady?
W: It was a department store. I said so in my letter.
M: Oh yes, I see, well,
W: It was a department store. I said so in my letter.
M: Oh yes, I see, well,
what part of the store? Books? Office supplies?
W: Well, no. Nothing like that. They sell kitchenwares.
what part of the store? Books? Office supplies?
W: Well, no. Nothing like that. They sell kitchenwares.
M: Were you good at selling?
W: I can't really tell from having done that.
M: Were you good at selling?
W: I can't really tell from having done that.
People know what they want when they come into that sort of department.
Either you have it or you don't, and if you haven't,
People know what they want when they come into that sort of department.
Either you have it or you don't, and if you haven't,
you can't persuade them to buy something else instead, can you?
M: Well, OK. Let’s get back to the matter in hand.
you can't persuade them to buy something else instead, can you?
M: Well, OK. Let’s get back to the matter in hand.
So you’re a graduate, or you soon will be as you said.
You want to be a management trainee in our company.
So you’re a graduate, or you soon will be as you said.
You want to be a management trainee in our company.
Well, I’m going to offer you this job though.
Low salary. Six months on trial.
Well, I’m going to offer you this job though.
Low salary. Six months on trial.
Will you agree with that?
W: Well, I think I will accept it.
Will you agree with that?
W: Well, I think I will accept it.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What is the conversation talking about?
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What is the conversation talking about?
20. What is the company’s business?
21. What did the woman do last summer?
20. What is the company’s business?
21. What did the woman do last summer?
22. What is the job that the woman finally gets?
Conversation Two
22. What is the job that the woman finally gets?
Conversation Two
M: Hi, Lynn. I saw you at registration yesterday.
You were standing in a long line.
M: Hi, Lynn. I saw you at registration yesterday.
You were standing in a long line.
W: Yeah. I waited an hour to sign up for a distance-learning course.
M: Distance learning? Never heard of it.
W: Yeah. I waited an hour to sign up for a distance-learning course.
M: Distance learning? Never heard of it.
W: Well, it’s new this semester.
It’s only open to psychology majors.
W: Well, it’s new this semester.
It’s only open to psychology majors.
But I bet it’ll catch on elsewhere.
Yesterday, over a hundred students signed up.
But I bet it’ll catch on elsewhere.
Yesterday, over a hundred students signed up.
M: Well, what is it?
W: It’s an experimental course. I registered for child psychology.
M: Well, what is it?
W: It’s an experimental course. I registered for child psychology.
All I have got to do is watch a twelve-week series of televised lessons.
M: Don’t you ever have to meet with a professor?
All I have got to do is watch a twelve-week series of televised lessons.
M: Don’t you ever have to meet with a professor?
W: Yeah. After each part of the series I have to talk to her
and the other students on the phone,
W: Yeah. After each part of the series I have to talk to her
and the other students on the phone,
you know, about our ideas.
Then we’ll meet on campus three times for reviews and exams.
you know, about our ideas.
Then we’ll meet on campus three times for reviews and exams.
M: It sounds pretty non-traditional to me.
But I guess it makes sense, considering how many students have jobs.
M: It sounds pretty non-traditional to me.
But I guess it makes sense, considering how many students have jobs.
It must really help with their schedules,
not to mention how it will cut down on traffic.
It must really help with their schedules,
not to mention how it will cut down on traffic.
W: You know, last year my department did a survey
and they found out that 80 percent of all psychology majors were employed.
W: You know, last year my department did a survey
and they found out that 80 percent of all psychology majors were employed.
That’s why they came up with the program.
Look, I’ll be working three days a week next semester
That’s why they came up with the program.
Look, I’ll be working three days a week next semester
and it was either cut back on my classes or try this out.
M: The only thing is: doesn’t it seem impersonal though?
and it was either cut back on my classes or try this out.
M: The only thing is: doesn’t it seem impersonal though?
I mean, I miss having class discussions and hearing what other people think.
W: Well, I guess that’s why phone contact’s important.
I mean, I miss having class discussions and hearing what other people think.
W: Well, I guess that’s why phone contact’s important.
Anyway, it’s an experiment. Maybe I’ll end up hating it.
M: Maybe. But I’ll be curious to see how it works out.
Anyway, it’s an experiment. Maybe I’ll end up hating it.
M: Maybe. But I’ll be curious to see how it works out.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. What did the woman do at the registration yesterday?
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. What did the woman do at the registration yesterday?
24. Why does the woman decide to enroll in the distance-learning course?
25. What is the disadvantage of the course according to the man?
24. Why does the woman decide to enroll in the distance-learning course?
25. What is the disadvantage of the course according to the man?
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.
At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.
Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.
At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.
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).
After you hear a question,
you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).
Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre.
Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
In general, city life is relatively convenient and comfortable.
Passage One
In general, city life is relatively convenient and comfortable.
The supply of water and electricity is continuous.
Whenever one wants, all he has to do is just turn on a tap or press a button.
The supply of water and electricity is continuous.
Whenever one wants, all he has to do is just turn on a tap or press a button.
There is also a variety of vehicles for transportation,
from buses and cars to trains and planes,
There is also a variety of vehicles for transportation,
from buses and cars to trains and planes,
which help people move about efficiently.
Shopping centers are seen here and there in cities.
which help people move about efficiently.
Shopping centers are seen here and there in cities.
Thanks to the amazing diversity of commodities,
going shopping is often fun for city dwellers.
Thanks to the amazing diversity of commodities,
going shopping is often fun for city dwellers.
Besides the fun of making purchases, there are also countless theatres, cinemas,
art galleries and restaurants providing residents with various kinds of fascinating entertainment.
Besides the fun of making purchases, there are also countless theatres, cinemas,
art galleries and restaurants providing residents with various kinds of fascinating entertainment.
It is true that to some extent, city life is divorced from nature.
It is sometimes very exhausting because of its fast-moving pace.
It is true that to some extent, city life is divorced from nature.
It is sometimes very exhausting because of its fast-moving pace.
But on the other hand, nothing in the world is perfect; neither is city life.
