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Test 1Section A11. A) A bank manager and a customer. B) A police officer and a woman robber. C) A policeman and a bank manager. D) A policeman and an eyewitness to a robbery.12. A) It is very bad. B) It is just so-so. C) It is as good as she had expected. D) It isnt good enough.13. A) More and working hours. B) A better position. C) More days off. D) A long vacation.14. A) He is very satisfied with his job. B) He is afraid of the job. C) He is bored with the job. D) He can earn a lot of money15 A) He doesnt want to buy a car. B) He doesnt have enough money to buy a car. C) He plans to buy a car, but not now. D) He will have enough money for a car soon16. A) To feed the baby. B) To bathe the baby. C) To wake the baby up D) To take care of the baby.17. A) Write a report. B) Join his friendsC) Go to the laboratoryD) Go to the party.18. A) because it comes by mail B) Because it arrives a few days earlier. C) Because it is much cheaper. D) Because it is inconvenient to buy one from the bookstore.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) At a public forum B) In an auditorium C) On TV D) In a classroom.20. A) Exposing oneself to the target culture. B) Attending regularly a good language program C) Coming up with a study plan D) Developing good note-taking skills21 A) It helps improve language fluency.B) It depends on individual experience.C) It is closely related to ones habit.D) It helps improve ones learning potential.22. A) Learners should have their own learning styles. B) Pronunciation practice is a key to learning spoken English. C) Goals should be realistic in learning a language. D) Learning is a step-by-step process.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Differences between soccer and rugby. B) A football match between china and Britain. C) Chinese and British football fans. D) Ones favorite sport.24. A) It is not very popular in china. B) It is accepted by more and more people. C) People in china like playing football but do not like watching it. D) Chinese people are all keen on football.25 .A) Most of them are very crazy.B) Theyre troublemakersC) They love football very much.D) They contribute all their lives to football.Section B Passage one Questions 26 to 28 are based on the conversation you have just heard.26. A) How depression affects womens health. B) How depression in mothers affects their babies weight. C) How to get rid of depression. D) How to better feed low weight babies.27 A) About half of the women being studied suffered from depression.B) Babies whose mothers had been depressed were more likely to get depressed when they grew up.C) Babies whose mothers remained depressed were more likely to be ill.D) Babies whose mothers remained depressed cried more at night.28. A) They offer them a training program about child care.B) They listen to the mothers troubles and give her advice.C) They take care of the baby when his mother is in depressionD) They show new mothers how to take care of the baby.Passage twoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the conversation you have just heard.29. A) The weather.B) The corrosion of the river.C) People in search of stone as building materials.D) Bad planning.30. A) Their being built up of stones. B) The shape of the pyramids. C) Peoples taking good care of them. D) Effective measures to protect them.31. A) By studying the pictures of them. B) By studying the written material of them.C) By examining them and the tools used to built them.D) By examining the structure of them.Passage threeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the conversation you have just heard.32. A) Three groups of learners. B) The importance of business English C) English for specific purposes. D) Features of English for different purposes.33. A) They what to change the way English is taught. B) They know clearly what they what to learn. C) They what to have an up-to-date knowledge of English. D) They learn English to find well-paid jobs.34. A) College students. B) Professionals.C) Beginners.D) Intermediate learners.35. A) Courses for businessmen. B) Courses for doctors.C) Courses for reporters.D) Courses for lawyersSection CDirection: 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 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 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 main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.A new report says the Himalayan Mountains are threatened by the warming of the Earths climate. The report says human activities are partly (36) _ for the warming temperatures. The climate changes (37) _ peoples lives, the local economy and the (38) _.The Himalayas are the highest mountain system in the world. A team of mountain (39) _ from Britain, New Zealand and Chile recently traveled to the Himalayas. They (40) _ information about the environment. They spoke to the local people and other travelers about the condition of the worlds most famous mountains. Their findings (41) _ the above report. They found that warmer weather has been (42) _ huge mountains of ice in the Himalayas. These melting glaciers are creating lakes that could overflow and flood wide areas. Temperatures in the area have risen one degree Celsius during the past thirty years. Satellite maps show that the glaciers are (43) _ at a rate of thirty to forty meters each year.The study identified almost 5,000 glacier lakes in Nepal and Bhutan. (44) _. UN officials say this flooding could have serious effects on local communities and the environment. (45) _.Observers say community action is helping to restore the mountain environment. (46) _. UN officials say the glacier melt in the Himalayas should be a warming to industrial countries to reduce heat-trapping gases that cause global warming.TapescriptsSection A11. M: Mrs. Smith, thanks very much for coming to the station. Could you describe the man who robbed the bank this morning? W: Well, I can only remember that the man was tall and he had dark hair. Q: Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?12, M: Was the movie as good as you had expected? W: Its well worth the ticket. You should have gone with us. Q: How does the woman feel about the movie?13. W: I heard that your bosss going to give you a vacation as a reward for your wonderful performance during this year. M: I hope not. I would prefer to have a promotion and less working hours. Q: What does the man what?14. M: John has found a new job. He has to deliver a lot of letters every day. W: Poor man, he must be terribly fed up with it. Q: What does the woman say about john?15. M: Did Henry have any plan to buy a car since his new house is too far away from his office?W: Oh, thats beyond his means. Q: What do we know about Henry?16. W: I what to take a bath before going to bed. Could you keep an eye on the baby, honey?M: Sure, should I feel him if he wakes up?Q: what does the woman ask the man to do?17. M: Will jack come to the party with us this evening?W: He said if only he had finished his lab report he would be joining us with pleasure.Q: What is jack going to do?18. M: This journal is quite interesting. How much does it cost?W: I dont know exactly because I have subscribed to it. Though each issue comes a few days later by mail, it costs about 25 percent less overall.Q: Why did the woman subscribe to the journal?Now youll hear two long conversations.Conversation oneW: Good evening and welcome to tonights program. Our guest is Dr. Charles Adams, who is well-known for his research in the area of language learning.M: Its a pleasure to be here.W: Now, Dr. Adams, tell us about your new book.M: Well, the name of it is learning a language over eggs and toast. W: Could you tell us about the title?M: Well, one of the most important keys to learning another language is to establish a regular study program, like planning a few minutes every morning around breakfast time.W: Now, sorry for saying this, but your ideas may sound a little simplistic to our viewers.M: Well, Im not implying that we can become fluent speakers in a matter of a few minutes here and there, but rather following a regular, consistent, and focused course of study can help us on the way to language mastery.W: So what are some of the basic keys you are suggesting in the book?M: Well, as I just mentioned, people need to plan out their study by setting realistic and attainable goals from the beginning. And small steps, little by little, are the key. And as I have mentioned in my book, you can maximize your learning potential by learning about your own individual learning style.W: Well, Dr. Adams. What is your learning style?M: Well, Im a very tactile learner.W: You mean one who learns through hands-on experience?M: Exactly.W: So what is my learning style?M: Well, youre going to have to read my book to find that out.W: Okay. Thanks for joining us.M: My pleasure.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. Where does this interview most probably take place?20. According to Dr. Adams, what is one of the most important points in learning a foreign language?21. What is true about finding out ones individual learning style?22. Which point is NOT mentioned in the interview?Conversation two W: What sports do you often go in for, Mr. Clinton?M: Oh, football- both kinds, you know, soccer and rugby. I play quite a lot of cricket, too. Do you like sports, too, Miss Li?W: Yes, very much. I play basketball, but my favorite sport is table-tennis. Whats your favorite sport?M: Mine is football. Its the best way to build up your health, I think.W: Thats true; Im interested in it, too.M: Is football very popular in china now?W: Not really. In fact, only in recent years have people taken an interest in football. Its getting more and more popular, though. What about watching the football match tomorrow evening? Ive got two tickets.M: Why, yes, thatll be nice. Thank you.M: By the way, people say in Britain there are many football fans behaving as troublemakers. Is that true?M: Yes, sometimes. In fact, only a few get out of control.W: British people have a keen interest in the game, as I can see.M: Right! Football fans are so dedicated that they travel hundreds of miles to see their favorite team in action and cheer it on to victory.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. What is the main topic of the conversation?24. What does the woman say about the present situation of football in china?25. What does the man think of British football fans?Section B Passage one Some mental health research has linked depression in women with lower weight in their babies during the first year of life. They studied 632 women from small villages. The women were in good physical health and in the last three months of pregnancy. The study identified 160 of the women, or one in four, as depressed. They always felt sad or tired. They had problems eating or sleeping. They felt guilty and thought about killing themselves. The researchers compared these women with 160 others who were not depressed. Health workers then weighed and measured the babies of both groups at birth. Re-examinations took place at two, six and twelve months of age. The health workers also re-examined the mental health of the mothers. Babies whose mothers remained depressed grew less than the babies of the other women. The babies of the depressed mothers were also more likely to get sick. Earlier studies showed that ten to fifteen percent of pregnant women and new mothers in western nations suffer from depression. Other studies in south Asia have found that depression affects almost two times as many women in developing countries. A new program will be started to help these new mothers. In the program health workers will visit new mothers for up to a year. The workers offer advice about things like health and cleanliness. The health workers will also listen to the mothers programs and suggest some easy things at first that she can do for her baby. The program will be tested for three years to see how well it succeeds.Questions 26 to 28 are bases on the passage you have just heard.26. What is the research mainly about?27. Which of the following is a finding of the research?28. What do the health workers do to help the depressed women according to the passage?Passage two The oldest stone buildings in the world are the pyramids. They have stood for nearly 5,000 years, and it seems likely that they will continue to stand for thousands of years yet. There are over eighty of them scattered along the banks of the Nile, some of which are different in shape from the true pyramids. Some of the pyramids still look much as they must have done they were built thousands of years ago. Most of the damage suffered by others has been at the hands of men who were looking for treasure or, more often, for stone to use in modern buildings. The dry climate of Egypt has helped to preserve the pyramids, and their very shape has made them less likely to fall into ruin. These are good reasons why they can still be seen today, but perhaps the most important is that they were planned to last forever. It is practically certain that plans were made for the building of the pyramids because the plans of other large works have fortunately been preserved. However, there are no writings or pictures to show us how the Egyptians planned or built the pyramids themselves. Consequently, we are only able to guess the methods used. Nevertheless, by examining the actual pyramids and various tools which have been found, archaeologists have formed a fairly clear picture of them.Questions 29 to 31are based on the passage you have just heard.29. What caused the damage to some of the pyramids?30. What helped to preserve the pyramids?31. How can we guess at the methods used to build the pyramids?Passage Three There are three groups of English learners: beginners, intermediate learners, and learners of special English. Beginners need to learn the basics of English. Students who have reached an intermediate level benefit from learning general English skills. But what about students who what to learn specialist English for their work or professional life? Most students, who fit into this third group have a clear idea about what they what to learn them. A bank clerk, for example, wants to use this specialist vocabulary and technical terms of finance. But for teachers, deciding how to teach specialist English is not always so easy. For a start, the variety is enormous. Every field from airline pilots to secretaries has its own vocabulary and technical terms. Teachers also need to have an up to-date knowledge of that specialist language, and not many teachers are exposed to working environments outside the classroom. These issues have influenced the way specialist English is taught in schools. This type of course is usually known as English for Specific Purposes, or ESP and there are ESP courses for almost every area of professional and working life. In Britain, for example, there are courses which teach English for doctors, lawyers, reporters, travel agents and people working in the hotel industry. By far, the most popular ESP courses are for business English.Questions 32 to 35 are bases on the passage you have just heard.32. What is the speaker mainly talking about?33. What is the characteristic of learners of special English?34. Who needs ESP courses most?35. What are the most popular ESP courses in Britain?Section CDirection: 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 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 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 main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.A new report says the Himalayan Mountains are threatened by the warming of the Earths climate. The