Model Test Two
Part III Listening Comprehension Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each
conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
(35 minutes)
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 11. A) Get some small change.
C) Cash a check at a bank. 12. A) Shopping with his son. 13. A) Taking photographs.
C) Mending cameras.
B) Find a shopping center. D) Find a parking meter. B) Buying a gift for a child. D) Bargaining with a salesgirl. B) Enhancing images. D) Painting pictures.
C) Promoting a new product.
14. A) He moved to Baltimore when he was young.
B) He can provide little useful information. C) He will show the woman around Baltimore. D) He will ask someone else to help the woman. 15. A) He is rather disappointed.
B) He is highly ambitious. D) He knows his own limitations.
C) He can’t face up to the situation.
16. A) She must have paid a lot for the gym. B) She is known to have a terrific figure.
C) Her gym exercise has yielded good results. D) Her effort to keep fit is really praiseworthy.
17. A) Female students are unfit for studying physics. B) He can serve as the woman’s tutor.
C) Physics is an important course at school. 18. A) Indifferent.
B) Doubtful.
D) The professor’s suggestion is constructive.
D) Surprised.
C) Pleased.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. A) He prefers the smaller evening classes.
C) He has to work during the day. 20. A) Learn a computer language.
C) Buy some computer software.
B) He has signed up for a day course. D) He finds the evening course cheaper. B) Learn data processing. D) Buy a few coursebooks.
B) From September 1 to New Year’s eve. D) Three hours a week, 45 hours in total. B) Where to attend the class. D)Whether he can use a check.
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21. A) Thursday evening, from 7:00 to 9:45.
C) Every Monday, lasting for 12 weeks. 22. A) What to bring for registration.
C) How he can get to Frost Hall.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. A) A training coach.
B) A trading adviser. D) A financial trader.
B) He considers cooking creative. D) He thinks take-away is tasteless. B) It is frustrating sometimes. D) It can be a good thing.
C) A professional manager.
24. A) He can save on living expenses.
C) He can enjoy healthier food. 25. A) It is something inevitable.
C) It takes patience to manage. Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.
Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 26. A) There were no planets without moons.
C) Life was not possible in outer space. 27. A) It has a number of active volcanoes.
C) It has a large ocean under its surface.
B) There was no air or water on Jupiter. D) The mystery of life could not be resolved. B) It has an atmosphere like the earth’s. D) It has deep caves several miles long. B) Life can form in very hot temperatures. D) Oxygen is not needed for some life forms.
28. A) Light is not an essential element to it.
C) Every form of life undergoes evolution. Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. A) Whether they should take the child home.
B) What Dr. Meyer’s instructions exactly were.
C) Who should take care of the child at home. D) When the child would completely recover. 30. A) She encourages them to ask questions when in doubt.
B) She makes them write down all her instructions. C) She has them act out what they are to do at home. D) She asks them to repeat what they are supposed to do. 31. A) It lacks the stability of the printed word.
C) It is heavily dependent on the context. Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. A) Job security.
B) Good labour relations. D) Attractive wages and benefits.
C) Challenging work.
B) It contains many grammatical errors. D) It facilitates interpersonal communication.
33. A) Many tedious jobs continue to be done manually.
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B) More and more unskilled workers will lose jobs. C) Computers will change to nature of many jobs. D) Boring jobs will gradually be made enjoyable. 34. A) Offer them chances of promotion.
B) Improve their working conditions. D) Give them responsibilities as part of a team. B) They concern a small number of people only.
C) Encourage them to compete with each other. 35. A) They will not bring real benefits to the staff.
C) They are arbitrarily set by the administrators. D) They are beyond the control of ordinary workers. Section C
Directions: 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.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
In the humanities, authors write to inform you in many ways. These methods can be (36) _________ into three types of informational writing: factual, descriptive, and process.
Factual writing provides (37) __________ information on an author, composer, or artist or on a type of music, literature, or art. Example of factual writing include notes on a book jacket or (38) ____________ cover and longer pieces, such as an article describing a stle of music which you might read in a music (39) ___________ courses. This kind of writing provides a (40) ___________ for your study of the humanities.
As its name (41) __________, descriptive writing simply describes, or provides an (42) ___________ of, a piece of music, art, or literature. For example, descriptive writing might list the colors an artist used in a painting or the (43) ___________ a composer included in a musical composition, so as to make pictures or sounds in the reader’s mind by calling up specific details of the work. (44) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Process writing explains a series of actions that bring about a result. (45) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. This kind of writing is often found in art, where understanding how an artist created a certain effect is important. (46) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 3
