Part A: Short conversations
1.
W: It’s nice of you to come here to pick me up, Mr. Smith.
M: Don’t mention it. How was the flight?
Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?
2.
W: I wonder if there is a service charge for our meal.
M: I think so. The menu says the service charge is 10 percent.
Q: How much is the service charge if the food costs 50 dollars?
3.
M: Here is your room key and the check out time is 12 noon.
W: Thank you for reminding me.
Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
4.
W: Sorry, sir, we are working on your order now and will be delivering it soon.
M: Soon? How soon is soon?
Q: How does the man feel
5.
M: Hi, Jane, it’s been ages. You haven’t changed a bit.
W: Except for the hair.
Q: What does the woman mean?
6.
W: Ok , Matthew, time for bed.
M: Mom, the Talent Show is starting in 5 minutes.
Q: what does the man mean?
7.
M: Hi, Janny, how are you getting on with your packing.
W: I am still deciding what to take with me.
Q: What can we learn about Janny?
8.
M: Everybody is here except John. Shall we start the meeting?
W: If we wait for John, we might be here all night.
Q: What does the woman mean?
9.
M: I am glad to find you are moving.
W: I can’t tell you how happy I am. I won’t have to listen to my neighbour’s TV.
Q: What can we learn about the woman?
10.
M: We left the road map home.
W: Since we haven’t gone very far, we might just as well turn around.
Q: What might the speakers do?
Part B: passages
Passage 1:
The Commonwealth is a group of 54 countries. The member states all use English as a common working language, and have similar legal and education systems but represent nearly every religion, race and political system on the planet. The Commonwealth is active in a huge number of areas such as health and economics. The Heads of Government Meeting is held every two years, where the leaders of the member states get together to discuss current issues. Commonwealth Day is held in the second week of March every year, when Commonwealth citizens, particularly children, have a chance to celebrate their friendship.
The Commonwealth also hosts sporting and arts events. There is an annual writers prize, and a yearly arts and crafts competition. Perhaps the most well-known event sponsored by the organisation is the Commonwealth Games, which is held every four years in one of the member countries. The games have gained another name 'the Friendly Games' because of their reputation for good-natured competitiveness.
11. What do the menber states of the Commonwealth have in common?
12. What do people do on Commonwealth Day?
13. What is the passage mainly about?
Passage 2:
There is a popular belief that a college education is something to be endured in order to become qualified to obtain certain kinds of jobs or go to graduate school. This is not what we are trying to do at Harvard.
The most obvious goal of a college education is to give knowledge, but it is far from the most important. Remarkably few of the facts you learn here will remain in your memory for many years, and some of those that do might be proved false by new knowledge. A Harvard, we have looked to other things we can give that will last a little longer. Among these things are certain habits of mind—such as the ability to have more critical analysis, to make more accurate and logical use of information and so forth.
In addition to these habits of thought, it is our hope that we can help you develop certain attitudes of mind--a willingness to accept uncertainty, and the lack of definite truths
Beyond giving these intellectual qualities, a college should try to lay a foundation for the creative use of leisure time,which can be cultivated in the classroom.Yet the cultivation of these abilities will also occur outside the classroom, such as on sports fields, in music rooms and so on.
14. Which of the following is regarded as the most important in Harvard?
15. Which quality below can be both cultivated inside and outside a classroom?
16. What is the speech mainly about?
Part C: Longer conversations
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
M: Good morning. Green Saints.
W: Hello. My name is Marry White and I want to complain about a seafood restaurant.
M: Okay. Can I take down your telephone number?
W: My phone number is 655038
M: Good. So what would you like to complain about?
W: Actually, two things. First, the restaurant dumps its rubbish on the street.And you can imagine what that attracts----rats.
M: Right, I got that. And the second problem?
W: The restaurant doesn’t put bottles and cans in recycling bins. It’s not responsible.
M: Got it. What’s the address of the seafood restaurant?
W: It’s 449, Shanghai Street.
M: Okay. We’ll look into it and call you back.
W: Thank you. Bye bye.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
W: What’s the article about?
M: It’s basically about memory. It says you’ve got 3 memories—short term, medium term and long term.
W: Em.
M: They say the short term memory lasts only a few seconds. So you just sort of read something. You remember the beginning of a sentence just until you get to the end of the sentence.
W: Oh.
M: And then the medium term memory. The example they give is something like trying to remember that you’ve got to buy bread.
W: Like sort of a shopping list of things to do.
M: Yeah. After you buy the bread, you don’t need to store that memory. It’s just erased.
W: Just sort of day-to-day management.
M: Er. Then long term memory. They are talking about major events happening in your life, such as your wedding.
W: And you never forget them.
M: I suppose so, permanent memory.
