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01:40.52College English Test (Band 6)01:43.99Part II Listening Comprehension01:47.21Section A01:48.39Directions: In this section,01:51.02you will hear 8 short conversations01:53.13and 2 long conversations.01:55.93At the end of each conversation,01:58.23one or more questions will be asked02:00.27about what was said.02:02.12Both the conversation and the questions02:04.86will be spoken only once.02:07.44After each question there will be a pause.02:10.67During the pause,02:12.13you must read the four choices02:14.11marked A), B), C) and D),02:17.92and decide which is the best answer.02:20.66Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 102:24.06with a single line through the centre.02:26.87Now lets begin with the 8 short conversations.02:31.491. M: I dont know what to do.02:34.69I have to drive to Chicago next Friday02:36.93for my cousins wedding,02:38.70but Ive got a Psychology test to prepare for.02:41.98W: Why dont you record your notes02:44.04so you can study on the way?02:46.84Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?03:03.652. M: Professor Wright,03:06.70you may have to find another student to play this role.03:10.17The lines are so long03:11.35and I simply cant remember them all.03:13.69W: Look, Tony.03:14.87Its still a long time before the first show.03:17.56I dont expect you to know all the lines yet.03:20.20Just keep practicing.03:22.92Q: What do we learn from the conversation?03:39.233. M: Hello, this is Dr. Martin03:42.76from the Emergency Department.03:45.08I have a male patient with a fractured ankle.03:48.07W: Oh, we have one bed available in ward 3.03:51.26Send him here, and I will take care of him.03:53.82Q: What are the speakers talking about?04:09.204. W: Since Simon will graduate this May,04:13.06the school paper needs a new editor.04:15.48So if you are interested,04:16.67Id be happy to nominate you.04:18.44M: Thanks for considering me.04:20.09But the baseball team is starting up a new season.04:23.25And Im afraid Id have a lot on my hands.04:27.21Q: What does the man mean?04:43.485. W: Have you heard the news that04:46.59James Mill has resigned his post as prime minister?04:49.96M: Well, I got it from the headlines this morning.04:52.62Its reported that he made public his decision04:55.51at the last cabinet meeting.04:57.78Q: what do we learn about James Mill?05:12.896. W: The morning paper says05:15.72the space shuttle is taking off at 10 a.m. tomorrow.05:18.86M: Yeah, its just another one05:20.45of this years routine missions.05:22.72The first mission was undertaken a decade ago05:25.51and broadcast live then worldwide.05:28.24Q: what can we infer from this conversation?05:44.557. M: We do a lot of camping in the mountains.05:48.96What would you recommend for two people?05:51.37W: Youd probably be better off05:53.30with the four-wheel drive vehicle.05:55.35We have several off-road trucks in stock,05:58.04both new and used.06:00.34Q: Where does the conversation06:01.94most probably take place?06:17.318. W: I hear you did some serious shopping06:20.52this past weekend.06:22.01M: Yeah, the speakers of my old stereo finally gave out06:25.78and there was no way to repair them.06:28.80Q: What did the man do over the weekend?06:45.01Now youll hear the two long conversations.06:48.25Conversation One06:50.35W: Now, could you tell me06:51.69where the idea for the business first came from?06:55.19M: Well, the original shop was opened06:57.45by a retired printer by the name of Gruby.07:00.58Mr. Gruby, being left-handed himself,07:03.15thought of the idea to try07:04.69to promote a few products for left-handers.07:07.71W: And how did he then go about07:09.25actually setting up the business?07:11.35M: Well, he looked for any left-handed products07:13.57that might already be on the market,07:15.37which were very few.07:16.99And then contacted manufactures07:19.32with the idea of having products produced for him,07:22.32mainly in the scissors range to start with.07:24.93W: Right.07:25.97So you do commission some part of your stock.07:28.20M: Yes, very much so.07:29.90About 75 percent of our stock is specially made for us.07:33.89W: And the rest of it?07:35.42M: Hmm, the rest of it now,07:37.43some 25, 30 years after Mr. Grubys initial efforts,07:42.18there are more left-handed products actually on the market.07:45.86Manufactures are now beginning to see07:48.10that there is a market for left-handed products.07:51.01W: And whats the range of your stock?07:53.31M: The range consists of a variety of scissors07:56.14from children scissors to scissors for tailors,07:59.26hairdressers, etc.08:01.70We also have a large range of kitchenware.08:04.59W: Whats the competition like?08:07.03Do you have quite a lot of competition?08:09.49M: There are other people in the business now as specialists,08:12.89but only as mail-order outlets.08:15.43But we have a shop here08:16.86in central London plus a mail-order outlet.08:19.58And we are without any doubt08:21.53the largest supplier of left-handed items.08:24.97Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation08:28.22you have just heard.08:30.059. What kind of business is the man engaged in?08:47.5310. What does the man say about his stock of products?09:06.6311. What does the man say about other people09:11.13in his line of business?09:26.23Conversation Two09:28.71M: Can we make you an offer?09:30.35We would like to run the campaign09:32.11for four extra weeks.09:34.48W: well, can we summarize the problem09:36.78from our point of view?09:38.39First of all, the campaign was late.09:41.42It missed two important trade fairs.09:44.07The ads also did not appear into key magazines.09:47.62As a result, the campaign failed.09:50.54Do you accept that summary of what happened?09:53.92M: well, the delay wasnt entirely our fault.09:57.29You did in fact make late changes09:59.88to the specifications of the advertisements.10:02.80W: Uh, actually,10:05.18you were late with the initial proposals10:07.35so you had very little time and in fact,10:10.09we only asked for small changes.10:12.78M: Well, whatever.10:14.17Can we repeat our offer to run the campaign10:16.53for 4 extra weeks?10:18.53W: Thats not really the point.10:20.18The campaign missed two key trade fairs.10:23.08Because of this, we are asking you either10:24.95to repeat the campaign next year for free,10:27.24or we only pay 50% of the fee for this year.10:31.23M: Could we suggest a 20% reduction to the fee10:34.58together with a four week sustention to the campaign?10:37.65W: We are not happy.10:38.99We lost business.10:40.62M: I think we both made mistakes.10:42.43The responsibility is on both sides.10:45.15W: Ok, lets suggest a new solution.10:48.64How about a 40% cut in fee,10:51.06or a free repeat campaign?10:54.33M: Well, lets take a break.10:56.13Were not getting very far.10:57.89Perhaps we should think about this.11:01.54Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation11:05.37you have just heard.11:07.8512. What do we learn about the mans company?11:25.3313. Why was the campaign delayed according to the man?11:43.9814. What did the woman propose11:47.72as a solution to the problem?12:03.3615. What does the man suggest they do12:07.16at the end of the conversation?12:22.84Section B12:24.85Directions: In this section,12:27.53you will hear 3 short passages.12:30.10At the end of each passage,12:31.48you will hear some questions.12:33.36Both the passage and the questions12:35.10will be spoken only once.12:37.76After you hear a question,12:39.77you must choose the best answer12:41.30from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).12:47.20Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 112:50.53with a single line through the centre.12:53.27Passage One12:54.65The University of Tennessees12:56.26Walters Life Sciences building12:58.63is a marble animal facility, spotlessly clean,13:02.27careful in obtaining prior approval for experiments13:05.76from an animal care committee.13:08.40Of the 15,000 mice house there in a typical year,13:12.74most give their lives for humanity.13:15.59These are good mice and as such13:18.93won the protection of the animal care committee.13:22.67At any given time, however,13:24.53some mice escape and run free.13:27.42These mice are pests.13:30.15They can disrupt experiments13:31.87with the bacteria organisms they carry.13:35.20They are bad mice and must be captured and destroyed.13:40.03Usually,13:41.13this is accomplished by means of sticky traps,13:44.54a kind of fly paper on which13:46.79they become increasingly stuck.13:49.65But the real point of this cautionary tale,13:52.65says animal behaviorist Herzag,13:55.35is that the labels we put on things13:57.40can affect our moral responses to them.14:00.63Using stick traps or the more deadly snap traps14:05.45would be deemed unacceptable for good mice.14:08.56Yet the killing of bad mice requires no prior approval.14:13.65Once a research animal hits the floor14:15.93and becomes an escapee,14:17.46says Herzag, its moral standing is instantly diminished.14:22.84In Herzags own home,14:24.93there was a more ironic example.14:27.73When his young sons pet mouse Willy died recently,14:31.69it was accorded a tearful ceremonial burial in garden.14:36.37Yet even as they mourned Willy, says Herzag,14:39.69he and his wife were setting snap traps14:42.93to kill the pest mice in their kitchen.14:46.85With the bare change in labels from pet to pest,14:51.31the kitchen mice obtained totally different moral status.14:56.22Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage14:59.67you have just heard.15:01.5116. What does the passage say15:04.95about most of the mice used for experiments?15:21.8817. Why did the so-called bad mice15:26.51have to be captured and destroyed?15:42.3018. When are mice killed without prior approval?16:00.2719. Why does the speaker say16:03.69what the Herzags did at home is ironical?16:20.01Passage Two16:22.39There are roughly three New Yorks.16:24.80There is, first,16:25.75the New York of the man or woman16:27.57who was born here,16:28.84who takes the city for granted16:30.36and accepts its size and its turbulence16:32.78as natural and inevitable.16:35.22Second, there is the New York of the commuter16:38.93the city that is swallowed up by locusts each day16:42.04and spat out each night.16:44.60Third, there is the New York of the person16:46.90who was born somewhere else16:48.31and came to New York in quest of something.16:51.23Of these three trembling cities,16:53.20the greatest is the last16:55.20the city of final destination,16:57.58the city that is a goal.16:59.26It is this third city17:00.84that accounts for New Yorks high-strung disposition,17:04.17its dedication to the arts,17:06.20and its incomparable achievements.17:09.21Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness;17:12.35natives give it solidity and continuity;17:15.73but the settlers give it passion.17:18.03And whether it is a farmer arriving from Italy17:20.39to set up a small grocery store in a slum,17:23.15or a young girl17:24.27arriving from a small town in Mississippi17:25.88to escape the indignity of being observed17:28.29by her neighbors,17:29.57or a boy arriving from the Corn Belt17:31.70with a manuscript in his suitcase17:33.56and a pain in his heart,17:35.30it makes no difference:17:36.86Each embraces New York17:38.61with the intense excitement of first love;17:41.43each absorbs New York17:42.63with the fresh eyes of an adventurer;17:44.76each generates heat and light17:46.93to dwarf the Consolidated Edison Company.17:50.38Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage17:54.01you have just heard.17:56.2720. What does the speaker say17:59.55about the natives of New York?18:15.5021. What does the speaker say18:19.00commuters give to New York?18:35.0922. What do we learn18:38.40about the settlers of New York?18:54.26Passage Three18:56.45“If you ask me television is unhealthy,”18:59.20I said to my roommate Walter,19:01.35as I walked into the living room.19:03.83“Why you are sitting passively19:05.25in front of the T.V. set?19:07.31Your muscles are turning to fat,19:09.48your complexion is fading,19:11.37and your eyesight is being ruined.”19:13.89“Shh” Walter put his finger to his lips.19:17.27“This is an intriguing murder mystery.”19:20.21“Really?” I replied.19:22.18“But you know,19:23.27the brain is destroyed by T.V. viewing.19:25.91Creativity is killed by that box.19:28.79And people are kept from19:30.49communicating with one another.19:32.53From my point of view,19:33.71T.V. is the cause of the declining interest in school19:37.15and the failure of our entire educational system.”19:41.05“Ah ha, I cant see your point.”19:43.76Walter said softly.19:45.66“But see?19:46.57The woman on the witness stand in this story19:49.07is being questioned about a murder19:50.67that was committed one hundred years ago.”19:54.43Ignoring his enthusiastic description of the plot,19:57.81I went on with my argument.20:00.63“As I see it,” I explained,20:02.61“not only are most T.V. programs20:04.63badly written and produced,20:06.50but viewers are also manipulated by the mass media.20:10.91As far as I am concerned,20:12.94T.V. watchers are cut off from reality,20:15.66from nature, from the other people,20:17.08from life itself!”20:19.30I was confident in my ability to persuade.20:22.94After a short silence, my roommate said,20:25.85“Anyway,20:26.70Ive been planning to watch the football game.20:29.43I am going to change the channel.”20:31.36“Dont touch that dial!” I shouted.20:33.52“I wanted to find out how the mystery turns out!”20:37.28I am not sure I got my point across.20:40.74Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage20:44.37you have just heard.20:46.0923. As the speaker walked into the living room,20:51.04what was being shown on T.V.?21:07.2624. What does the speaker say21:10.44about watching television?21:25.7025. What can we say about the speaker?21:46.28Section C21:47.83Directions: In this section,21:50.74you will hear a passage three times.21:53.17When the passage is read for the first time,21:55.34you should listen carefully for its general idea.21:58.26When the passage is read for the second time,22:00.55you are required to fill in the blanks22:02.74with the exact words you have just heard.22:05.22Finally, when the passage is read for the third time,22:08.22you should check what you have written.22:11.12Now listen to the passage.22:13.71In the past,22:14.91one of the biggest disadvantages of machines22:17.43has been their inability to work on a micro-scale.22:21.48For example,22:22.25doctors did not have devices allowing them22:24.60to go inside the human body22:26.87to detect health problems22:28.76or to perform delicate surgery.22:31.30Repair crews did not have a way of22:33.56identifying broken pipes located deep22:36.32within a high-rise apartment building.22:39.25However, thats about to change.22:41.66Advances in computers and biophysics22:44.08have started a microminiature revolution22:47.75that allows scientists to envision22:50.66and in some cases actually build22:52.95microscopic machines.22:55.43These devices promise to dramatically change22:58.39the way we live and work.23:01.15Micromachines already are making an impact.23:04.52At Case Western Reserve University23:06.66in Cleveland, Ohio,23:08.87research scientists have designed23:10.91a 4-inch silicon chip23:12.55that holds 700 tiny primitive motors.23:16.52At Lucas Nova Sensor in Fremont, California,23:19.95scientists have perfected the worlds first23:22.46microscopic blood-pressure sensor.23:25.50Threaded through a persons blood vessels,23:27.94the sensor can provide blood pressure readings23:30.29at the valve of the heart itself.23:33.36Although simple versions of miniature devices23:36.23have had an impact,23:38.07advanced versions are still several years away.23:41.47Auto manufacturers, for example,23:43.95are trying to use tiny devices23:45.90that can sense when to release an airbag23:48.82and how to keep engines and brakes23:50.86operating efficiently.23:52.93Some futurists envision nanotechnology23:56.25also being used23:57.36to explore the deep sea in small submarines,24:01.10or even to launch finger-sized rockets24:03.62packed with microminiature instruments.24:07.09“There is an explosion of new ideas and applications,”24:10.71So, when scientists now think about future machines24:14.04doing large and complex tasks,24:17.04theyre thinking smaller than ever before.24:20.89Now the passage will be rea