参考答案：
I．1—5DACDB
II．1—5CBACD
III．1．in small boxes 2．the prettiest 3．beautiful flowers 4．watered 5．prettier
IV．1—5CDBAB
录音原文：
I．Listen to the following sentences，and choose the word which is contained in the sentence you hear．
1．British physicist Stephen Hawking，possibly the world's most famous scientist after Albert Einstein．
2．I hope teachers will pay more attention to helping us use our imaginations and solve problems on our own．
3．When it happens，your life often starts to move quickly down a different path．
4．Later in the evening，after supper，we began a somewhat uncomfortable exchange．At first，we used Chinese，and then I tried to use English．
5．Our understanding of the world has developed at a GREat speed since the beginning of modern science 500years ago．
II．Listen to the dialogue，then answer the questions．
1．M：What will your sister do this afternoon，Lucy？
W：She'll have to look the patient over．
Q：What does Lucy's sister do？
2．M：：I got the top prize in the competition，Mum．
W：Oh，congratulations，Jim．
Q：Why did Jim's mother give the congratulations to him？
3．M：Hi，madam．Here is your handbag．
W：Thank you for your help indeed．
Q：How did the madam look like？
4．M：You saw a man standing there just now，didn't you？
W：Yes．He was over there a moment ago．But I don't know where did he go．
Q：Where was the man the woman saw a moment ago？
5．M：I'm going to see a film this evening，Mum．
W：You'd better take the raincoat．M aybe it's going to rain．
Q：What's the weather like now？
III．Listen to the passage，then com plete the following sentences．
The teacher had given the children flower seeds．The girls and boys had planted their seeds in small boxes．They wanted to find out who could grow the prettiest flower！
The children watered their seeds every day．Soon，tiny flowers began to grow．After a few weeks，the room was filled with beautiful flowers．
The teacher and the children looked at all the flowers．There were two that were prettier than all the rest．One was grown by Jane．The other belonged to Larry．Both children were very proud．
IV．Choose the best answers to the questions according to the passage you hear．
My aunt Nancy was born in England，but now she lives in Perth，Australia．She went to Australia in 1985 when her husband，my uncle Jack，died．She is 80years old now，but she still works．She's an artist．She draws pictures of cats for birthday cards．She loves cats—she has twenty-five！She started drawing in 1986．At first she drew just for a hobby，but then in 1989she began making and selling birthday cards．A lot of people liked them and bought them．She usually starts work at 7：00 in the morning and finishes at 5：00in the evening．Then she goes swimming．
Last year I visited Australia and I stayed with her for two weeks．I had a very good holiday．
