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A)Listening Section
I.In this part you'll hear 5short dialogues. Listen to each dialogue carefully and then choose the best answer from A,Band C.
(Text 1)
M:I hear you are going to drive to New York this weekend.
W:Oh,I've changed my mind.
M:What?
W:I think flying will be more comfortable.
(Text 2)
M:The bus is twenty minutes late.
W:Buses always seem to be late.
M:I know what you mean.By the way,my name is Tom.
W:I'm Mary.Are you studying at the university?
M:Yes.I'm studying to be a doctor.
(Text 3)
M:The work is rather hard,but it's very interesting.
W:Mine isn't hard,but it's not so interesting.
M:What do you do?
W:I work in a publishing house.
(Text 4)
M:Hello.I'd like some information about traveling.I'm thinking of taking a trip.
W:Where would you like to go?
M:Well,perhaps to Hong Kong or perhaps to the Philippines.I'm not sure.Do you have any suggestion?
W:Well,we have a nice package tour to Australia.
M:No,not Australia.
(Text 5)
M:I hope it will be fine tomorrow.I'm going boating with John.
W:Oh,I think it will be fine.
M:Are you sure?
W:Yes,I heard it on the radio.
II.Listen to the following dialogue and then choose the best answer from A,Band C.
M:Was the telephone ringing?
W:I didn't hear anything.
M:I thought I heard it ring two or three times.
W:Sometimes when the windows are open,you can hear the neighbour's phone.
M:Well,I'm expecting an important phone call,and I don't want to miss it.
W:Is it anything I should know about?
M:Not really.It has something to do with work and doesn't really affect us here at home.
W:Well,why don't you go ahead and do what you want to do outside?I'll call you if the phone rings.
M:Thanks.I think I will.I've been waiting so long now.I'm getting nervous.I need to get out of house to breathe in some fresh air.
III.Listen to the following passage and then choose the best answer from A,Band C.
Good morning,ladies and gentlemen.This is your captain speaking.I'd like to welcome all of you aboard our Japan Air Lines Boeing 747,leaving for Paris.Atthe moment we're flying over the North Pacific at a speed of 680 miles—or 1,100kilometers—per hour.And our altitude is 35,000feet—that's just over 10,600meters. The weather is good,and we're expecting a smooth flight all the way.
We shall be making a short stop to get some oil at the capital of Alaska.And we will need about 45minutes.Before getting to Alaska,we shall cross the International Date Line.That means,although it's now early Thursday morning in Tokyo,it's still Wednesday morning in Alaska.For those of you who would like to set your watches,time here at the moment is 6:10—ten past six—on Wednesday,the third ofMay.Itwillbe justafter midday when we arrive.And the time in Paris at the momentis 17:10—ten pastfive on Wednesday afternoon.
I'll be talking to you from time to time to point out any interesting places that we pass over,and to tell you about the weather.Meanwhile,I hope you enjoy the flight.
IV.In this part you'll hear a passage.Listen carefully and then answer the questions.
Good evening,ladies and gentlemen.The lead story in tonight's news concerns the fire which destroyed the major part of Columbia College at 4a.m.this morning.In only five minutes,more than six hundred girls came outoftheir dorms to watch their college burned to the ground in the freezing December weather.Fortu- nately,there were no injuries resulting from the fire. According to the college president,plans were already made to raise more than three million dollars to rebuild the college.
Here is the news from Washington.President Clinton says he is troubled by a scientist's desire to clone a human and is urging the conGREss to pass a ban on such experiments for at least five years.In his weekly radio address,President Clinton noted Chicago-area physicist Richard Seed's announcement that he is ready to set up a clinic to clone human babies.President Clinton said that the need to pass laws thatwould ban human cloning for at least five years is more urgent than ever.
Abrief look at the weather for the weekend tells us to expectlightshowers on Saturday and Sunday.The high on Saturday will be the lower forties.On Sunday,we can expect the high to be about 65.That's this evening's news.Good night from channel9news,your better news station,and from Alan King,your reporter.
[参考答案]
一、听力、语音、词汇
A)1—5CBABA 6—8BAC 9—11BBC
12.At 4a.m.in December.
13.To quickly pass a ban on human cloning for at least five years.
14.There will be light showers.
15.It will be in the lower forties.
B)1—5DCDCC6—10CBBBD
C)1.subjects 2.magazines 3.friendship 4.thirsty 5.difference 6.important 7.century
8.heaviest 9.three fifths 10.twentieth
二、语法复习A)1.coffee cup 2.interesting experiences 3.shoe store 4.France's Independence Day 5.the tele- phone 6.man;adventures 7.high spirits 8.and furni- ture 9.yesterday's paper 10.the Smiths
B)1.Goose→Geese 2.was→were 3.father's-in-law→father-in-law's 4.father→father's 5.week's→weeks'6.去掉a 7.wine's→wine8.stomaches→stomachs 9.interests→interest 10.such→such a
C)1./2.the3.A4.The5./6.the7.the;a8.the;/9.a10.a;an
D)1—5BDCAA 6—10DDAAD
三、课本要点A)1.are busy 2.a large collection 3.put away 4.doesn't matter 5.by the way 6.take off 7.take part in 8.GREat fun 9.put up 10.look;up
B)1—5DDACB 6—10BBADC
C)1.on 2.in 3.for 4.in 5.from 6.of 7.like 8.at 9.behind 10.Through
D)1.have no idea 2.Neither;nor 3.If you;you'll 4.do you think of 5.Are you interested in 6.We all;it was 7.It is;to 8.for two years 9.didn't go to;until 10.joined;two years ago
四、综合练习A)1—5ADCBA 6—10ACBDA
11—15BCDDB 16—20CBDBD
B)1—5CDBAC 6—10BCADD
C)1.for→off 2.like→as 3.去掉an 4.第二个and→or 5.√6.去掉the 7.already→only 8.use→ using 9.looks→seems 10.same→different
D)One possible version:
Dear Mom,
How I miss you!
And I know you are sure to miss me as well.But please don't worry about me.I have grown up,knowing how to take care of myself.Father is very busy,but he returns home every afternoon.
College entrance examination is only one month and a half away.I am very busy preparing for it.Mum,I have made up my mind to be admitted to akey university.Early every morning Iam able to wake myselfup(NowIfeelit ashamed that I was woken up by you every morning at home.)At school,my teachers take good care of me.So let me say again“Please don't worry about me.”
Now you are working at hospital to fight against SARS.Iknow your work is hard and dangerous.Hope you are good at protecting yourself from the terrible disease, and that some day you can return to be with us after defeating it.
Your daughter,
Fang Fang