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01:53.92College English Test (Band 6)01:58.37Part Listening Comprehension02:01.98Section A02:03.71Directions: In this section,02:06.00you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.02:11.77At the end of each conversation,02:14.06one or more questions will be asked about what was said.02:18.94Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.02:24.26After each question there will be a pause.02:27.81During the pause,02:29.58you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D),02:34.61and decide which is the best answer.02:38.23Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 102:42.49with a single line through the centre.02:45.58Now lets begin with the 8 short conversations.02:50.741. W: Did you hear that 02:53.57Anna needs to stay in bed for 4 weeks?02:56.79M: Yeah. She injured her spine in a fall 02:59.43and the doctor told her to lie flat on her back for a month, 03:03.26so it can mend.03:05.25Q: What can we learn from the conversation?03:21.682. M: A famous Russian ballet 03:25.26is coming to town next weekend. 03:27.04But I cant find a ticket anywhere.03:29.32W: Dont be upset. 03:30.81My sister just happened to have one and she cant go 03:34.31since she has got some sort of conflict in her schedule.03:39.16Q: What does the woman mean? 03:54.053. W: Hello, my bathroom drain is blocked 03:58.22and Im giving a party tonight. 04:00.46Do you think you could come and fix it for me?04:03.08M: Sorry, maam. 04:04.17Im pretty busy right now. 04:05.55But I can put you on my list.04:08.22Q: What does the man mean? 04:24.254. W: Were taking up a collection 04:27.22to buy a gift for Gemma. 04:29.14Shell have been with the company 25 years next week.04:32.75M: Well, count me in. 04:34.15But Im a bit short on cash now. 04:35.97When do you need it?04:38.33Q: What is the man going to do? 04:53.805. W: Tonys mother has invited me to dinner. 04:57.93Do you think I should tell her in advance 05:00.52that Im a vegetarian?05:02.28M: Of course. I think shed appreciate it. 05:05.13Image how you both feel 05:07.15if she fixed the turkey dinner or something.05:10.13Q: What does the man suggest the woman do? 05:26.616. M: Just look at this newspaper, 05:29.87nothing but robbery, suicide and murder. 05:33.02Do you still believe people are basically good?05:36.27W: Of course. 05:37.65But many papers lack interest in 05:39.53reporting something positive like peace, love and generosity.05:44.72Q: What are the speakers talking about? 06:00.667. M: I cant believe so many people want to 06:04.32sign up for the Career Development Conference. 06:07.28We will have to limit the registration.06:08.84W: Yeah, otherwise we wont have room for them all.06:12.94Q: What are the speakers going to do? 06:29.118. W: Hi, Im calling about the ad for the one-bedroom apartment.06:34.77M: Perfect timing! 06:36.29The person who was supposed to rent it 06:38.39just backed out to take a room on campus.06:41.92Q: What do we learn from the conversation?06:57.82Now youll hear the two long conversations.07:01.35Conversation One07:03.33W: One of the most interesting experiments with dolphins 07:06.96must be the one done by Doctor Jarvis Bastian. 07:10.32What he tried to do was to teach 07:12.36a male dolphin called Bass and a female called Doris 07:17.04to communicate with each other across a solid barrier.07:20.72M: So how did he do it exactly?07:23.29W: Well, first of all, 07:25.63he kept the two dolphins together in the same tank 07:28.63and taught them to press levers whenever they saw a light. 07:32.88The levers were fitted to the side of the tank next to each other. 07:36.82If the light flashed on and off several times, 07:40.96the dolphins were supposed to press the left-hand lever 07:44.01followed by the right-hand one. 07:46.78If the light was kept steady, 07:48.69the dolphins were supposed to 07:50.04press the levers in reverse order. 07:53.25Whenever they responded correctly,07:55.32they were rewarded with fish.07:58.21M: Sounds terribly complicated.08:00.54W: Well, that was the first stage. 08:02.93In the second stage, 08:04.59Doctor Bastian separated the dolphins into two tanks. 08:09.01They could still hear one another, 08:11.07but they couldnt actually see each other. 08:14.14The levers and the light were set up in exactly the same way 08:18.23except that this time it was only Doris 08:21.19who could see the light 08:22.60indicating which lever to press first. 08:25.42But in order to get their fish, 08:27.71both dolphins had to press the levers in the correct order. 08:31.24This meant of course that Doris had to tell Bass 08:34.60whether it was a flashing light08:36.93 or whether it was a steady light.08:39.24M: So did it work?08:40.69W: Well, amazingly enough, 08:43.11the dolphins achieved a 100% success rate.08:48.84Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation 08:51.90you have just heard.08:54.509. What is the purpose of Doctor Jarvis Bastians experiment?09:13.5510. What were the dolphins supposed to do when they saw the steady light?09:32.7411. How did the second stage of the experiment differ from the first stage?09:52.51Conversation Two09:55.20W: This weeks program “Up Your Street” takes you to Harrogate, 09:59.76a small town in Yorkshire. 10:01.71Harrogate became a fashionable resort during Victorian times, 10:05.49when people came to take a bath in the mineral waters. 10:09.66Today, few people come to visit the town for its mineral waters. 10:14.02Instead, Harrogate has become a popular town 10:16.88for people to retire to. 10:19.24Its clean air, attractive parks, 10:21.73and the absence of any industry, 10:24.03make this an ideal spot for people looking for a quiet life. 10:28.58Now, to tell us more about Harrogate, 10:31.30I have with me Tom Percival, 10:33.84President of the Chamber of Commerce. 10:36.84Tom, one of the things visitors notice about Harrogate 10:40.50is the large area of open parkland right down into the middle of the town. 10:45.59Can you tell us more about it?10:47.83M: Yes, certainly. The area is called the Stray.10:51.26W: Why the Stray?10:52.66M: Its called that because in the old days, 10:54.89people let their cattle stray on the area, 10:57.65which was common land.10:59.17W: Oh, I see.11:00.87M: Then, with changes in farming and in land ownership, 11:04.35the Stray became part of the land owned by Harrogate.11:07.92W: And is it protected?11:09.93M: Oh, yes, indeed. 11:11.14Theres a special law no one can build anything on the Stray. 11:15.36Its protected forever.11:16.97W: So itll always be parkland?11:19.22M: Thats right. 11:20.34As you can see, some of the Stray is used for sports fields.11:23.86W: I believe it looks lovely in the spring.11:26.52M: Yes, it does. 11:27.60Therere spring flowers on the old trees, 11:30.13and people visit the town just to see the flowers.11:33.50Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation 11:38.31you have just heard.11:40.8712. Where does this conversation most probably take place?12:00.1713. What do we learn about modern Harrogate?12:18.2414. What does the man say about the area called the Stray?12:37.2415. What attracts people most in the Stray during the spring time?12:57.03Section B12:58.45Directions: In this section, 13:01.16you will hear 3 short passages.13:03.69At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.13:07.66Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.13:12.23After you hear a question,13:14.12you must choose the best answer from the four choices 13:17.27marked A), B), C) and D).13:21.83Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 13:25.93with a single line through the centre.13:29.80Passage One13:31.11Russell Fazio, an Ohio State psychology professor 13:35.19who has studied interracial roommates there 13:38.05and at Indiana University, 13:40.15discovered an intriguing academic effect. 13:43.71In a study analyzing data on thousands of Ohio State freshmen 13:48.42who lived in dorms, 13:49.66he found that black freshmen 13:51.57who came to college with high standardized test scores 13:55.30earned better grades if they had a white roommate13:59.38even if the roommates test scores were low. 14:02.31The roommates race had no effect on the grades of 14:05.68white students or low-scoring black students. 14:09.06Perhaps, the study speculated, 14:11.62having a white roommate helps academically prepared black students 14:15.95adjust to a predominantly white university. 14:19.59That same study found 14:21.88the randomly assigned interracial roommates at Ohio State 14:25.82broke up before the end of the quarter 14:28.54about twice as often as same-race roommates, 14:32.05because interracial roommate relationships are often problematic. 14:37.07Dr. Fazio said 14:38.93many students would like to move out, 14:40.98but university housing policies may make it hard to leave. 14:44.99“At Indiana University, 14:47.55where housing was not so tight, 14:50.07more interracial roommates split up,” he said. 14:53.19“Here at Ohio State, where housing was tight, 14:56.71they were told to work it out. 14:58.77The most interesting thing we found was that 15:01.87if the relationship managed to continue for just ten weeks, 15:05.36we could see an improvement in racial attitudes.” 15:08.57Dr. Fazios Indiana study found that 15:12.15three times as many randomly assigned interracial roommates 15:15.82were no longer living together at the end of the semester. 15:19.89Compared with white roommates, 15:21.93the interracial roommates spent less time together, 15:25.77and had fewer joint activities than the white pairs.15:30.21Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage 15:34.50you have just heard.15:37.9016. What do we know about Russell Fazio?15:56.0617. Who benefited from living with a white roommate 16:01.29according to Fazios study?16:17.3118. What did the study find 16:20.88about randomly assigned interracial roommates 16:23.74at Ohio State University?16:40.1719. What did Dr. Fazio find interesting 16:44.13about interracial roommates 16:46.22who had lived together for ten weeks?17:02.24Passage Two17:04.02In a small laboratory at the Medical University of South Carolina, 17:08.92Dr. Vladimir Mironov has been working 17:12.00for a decade to grow meat. 17:14.49A developmental biologist and tissue engineer, 17:18.42Dr. Mironov, is one of only a few scientists worldwide 17:23.74involved in bioengineering “cultured” meat. 17:28.04Its a product he believes 17:29.63could help solve future global food crises 17:32.62resulting from shrinking amounts of land 17:35.50available for growing meat in the old-fashioned way. 17:39.01“Growth of cultured meat is also under way in the Netherlands”, 17:43.72Mironov told Reuters in an interview, 17:46.95“but in the United States, 17:48.91it is science in search of funding and demand.” 17:51.93The new National Institute of Food and Agriculture wont fund it, 17:57.52the National Institutes of Health wont fund it, 18:01.37and NASA funded it only briefly, Mironov said.18:05.76“Its classic disruptive technology,” Mironov said.18:09.81“Bringing any new technology on the market, 18:13.11on average, costs $1 billion. We dont even have $1 million.” 18:19.49Director of the Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Center 18:23.76in the Department of Regenerative Medicine 18:26.74and Cell Biology at the medical university, 18:30.51Mironov now primarily conducts researches on 18:33.52tissue engineering, or growing, of human organs. 18:37.69“Theres an unpleasant factor 18:40.09when people find out meat is grown in a lab. 18:42.90They dont like to associate technology with food,” 18:46.61said Nicholas Genovese, 18:48.80a visiting scholar in cancer cell biology. 18:52.09“But there are a lot of products 18:54.52that we eat today that are considered natural 18:57.49that are produced in a similar manner,” Genovese said.19:04.41Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage19:07.73you have just heard.19:10.0920. What does Dr. Mironov think of bioengineering cultured meat?19:29.2621. What does Dr. Mironov say about the funding for their research?19:47.7822. What does Nicholas Genovese say about a lot of products we eat today?20:07.33Passage Three20:09.62Bernard Jackson is a free man today, 20:12.24but he has many bitter memories. 20:15.25Jackson spent five years in prison 20:17.39after a jury wrongly convicted him of raping two women. 20:21.65At Jacksons trial, 20:23.51although two witnesses testified that 20:26.15Jackson was with them in another location 20:28.72at the time of the crimes, 20:30.98he was convicted anyway. 20:32.79Why? 20:34.36The jury believed the testimony of the two victims, 20:37.61who positively identified Jackson as the man 20:41.10who had attacked them. 20:43.01The court eventually freed Jackson 20:46.01after the police found the man 20:48.17who had really committed the crimes. 20:50.74Jackson was similar in appearance to the guilty man. 20:54.45The two women had made a mistake in identity. 20:57.98As a result, Jackson has lost five years of his life. 21:02.70The two women in this case were eyewitnesses. 21:06.21They clearly saw the man who attacked them, 21:09.02yet they mistakenly identified an innocent person. 21:12.77Similar incidents have occurred before. 21:15.74Eyewitnesses to other crimes have identified the wrong person 21:20.02in a police lineup or in photographs. 21:23.30Many factors influence the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. 21:28.20For instance, witnesses sometimes see photographs of several suspects 21:33.76before they try to identify the person they saw in a lineup of people. 21:38.72They can become confused 21:41.07by seeing many photographs of similar faces. 21:44.32The number of people in the lineup 21:46.38and whether it is a live lineup 21:48.60or a photograph 21:49.66may also affect a witnesss decision. 21:52.52People sometimes have difficulty 21:55.12identifying people of other races. 21:57.73The questions the police ask witnesses 22:00.80also have an effect on them.22:05.62Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage 22:09.44you have just heard.22:12.3823. What do we learn about Bernard Jackson?22:30.2824. What led directly to Jacksons sentence?22:49.2025. What lesson do we learn from Jacksons case?23:06.43Section C23:08.12Directions: In this section,23:11.04you will hear a passage three times.23:13.70When the passage is read for the first time,23:16.47you should listen carefully for its general idea.23:19.67When the passage is read for the second time,23:22.33you are required to fill in the blanks23:24.29with the exact words you have just heard.23:27.10Finally, when the passage is read for the third time,23:30.30you should check what you have written.23:33.07Now listen to the passage.23:35.30About 700,000 children in Mexico23:37.92dropped out of school last year23:40.17as recession-stricken families pushed kids to work,23:43.44and a weak economic recovery will allow only a slight improvement23:48.03in the drop-out rate in 2010,23:50.72a top education official said.23:53.07Mexicos economy suffered more than any other23:56.20in Latin America last year,23:58.53shrinking an estimated 7 percent24:01.22due to a plunge in U.S. demand for24:03.56Mexican exports such as cars.24:05.85The decline led to a 4 percent increase24:09.48in the number of kids24:10.72who left primary or middle school in 2009,24:14.31said Juan de Dios Castro,24:16.39who heads the nations adult education program24:19.76and keeps a close watch on drop-out rates.24:23.47“Poverty rose and that is a factor24:25.57that makes our job more difficult,”24:27.73Castro told Reuters in an interview earlier this month.24:31.46Hindered by higher taxes and weak demand for its exports,24:35.53Mexicos economy is seen only partially recovering this year.24:40.14As a result, drop-out rates will not improve much, Castro said.24:45.11“There will be some improvement,24:47.11but not significant,” Castro said.24:50.25Mexico has historically had high drop-out rates24:53.49as poor families pull kids out of school24:56.26to help put food on the table.24:58.63And children often sell candy and crafts in the streets25:02.63or work in restaurants.25:05.07The nations drop-out problem is just the latest bad news25:08.81for the long-term competitiveness of the Mexican economy.25:12.97Mexicos politicians have resisted mending the countrys tax,25:17.52energy and labor laws for decades,25:20.42leaving its economy behind countries25:23.21such as Brazil and Chile.25:27.28Now the passage will be read again.25:29.92About 700,000 children in Mexico25:34.03dropped out of school last year25:36.31as recession-stricken fami