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Now let’s begin with the 8 short conversations.1.W: This crazy bus schedule has got me completely confused.I can’t figure out when my bus to Cleveland leaves.这个疯狂的巴士时间表已经让我完全糊涂了。我不知道什么时候去克利夫兰的巴士离开。
M: Why don’t you just go to the ticket window and ask?你为什么不直接去售票窗口询问？ Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?男人如何建议女人做什么？
2.W: I really enjoyed the TV special about giraffes last night.Did you get home in time to see it?我真的很喜欢昨晚关于长颈鹿的电视特别节目。你回家的时候有同时看到它的？
M: Oh, yes, but I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing.哦，是的，但我希望我能保持清醒的足以看到整个事情。
Q: What does the man mean?
3.W: Airport, please.I’m running a little late.So just take the fastest way even if it’s not the most direct.机场，请。我会晚一点。所以就以最快的方式即使不是最直接的。
M: Sure, but there is a lot of traffic everywhere today because of the football game.当然，但是有很多交通工具无的处不在的今天因为足球比赛。
Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?从对话中我们可以了解女人的什么？
4.W: May I make a recommendation, sir?Our seafood with this special sauce is very good.我可以推荐吗？先生，我们这个特殊的酱海鲜是非常好的。
M: Thank you, but I don’t eat shellfish.I’m allergic to it.谢谢你，但是我不吃贝类。我对它过敏。
Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?
5.W: Now one more question if you don’t mind.What position in the company appeals to you most?现在一个问题如果你不介意的话。在公司什么职位最吸引你？
M: Well, I’d like the position of sales manager if that position is still vacant.嗯，我想要销售经理职位如果这个位置仍然空缺
Q: What do we learn about the man?
6.M: I don’t think I want to live in the dormitory next year.I need more privacy.我明年不想在宿舍生活。我需要更多的隐私。
W: I know what you mean.But check out the cost of renting an apartment first.I won’t be surprised if you change your mind.我知道你的意思。但是首先要看看租公寓的成本。我不会感到惊讶，如果你改变主意。
Q: What does the woman imply?
7.M: You’re on the right track.I just think you need to narrow the topic down.你在正确的轨道上。我只是觉得你需要缩小话题。
W: Yeah, you’re right.I always start by choosing too board a topic when I’m doing a research paper.是的，你是对的。当我正在做一项研究论文，我总是首先选择太板的话题
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
8.W: This picnic sure beats the last one we went to, doesn’t it?这次野餐肯定打败我们上次去的，不是吗？
M: Oh, yeah.We had to spend the whole time inside.Good thing, the weather was cooperative this time.哦，是的。我们花了整个时间里。好的东西，这次是天气合作
Q: What do we learn about the speakers from the conversation?
Now you will hear the two long conversations.Conversation one
M: When I say I live in Sweden,people always want to know about the seasons.当我说我住在瑞典，人们总是想知道季节。
W: The seasons?
M: Yeah, you know, how cold it is in winter,what it's like when the days are so short.是的，你知道，在冬天有多冷，像是在白天很短。
W: So what is it like?所以它是什么样的？
M: Well, it is cold, very cold in winter,sometimes as cold as 26 degrees below centigrade.And of course when you go out, you wrap up warm.But inside in the houses it’s always very warm,much warmer than at home.Swedish people always complain that when they visit England,the houses are cold, even in a good winter.嗯，很冷，很冷的冬天，有时摄氏26度以下的冷。当然，当你出去时，你穿得暖和。但在房子里面总是很温暖，比在家更温暖。瑞典人总是抱怨他们访问英国时，房子都是冷的，即使在冬天。
W: And what about the darkne?那黑夜呢
M: Well, yeah, around Christmas time there’s only one hour of daylight,so you really look forward to the spring.It is sometimes a bit depreing.But you see the summers are amazing.From May to July in the North of Sweden,the sun never sets.It’s still light at midnight.You can walk in the mountains and read a newspaper.嗯，是的，圣诞节的时候只有一个小时的日光，所以你真的期待春天。有时候有点令人沮丧。但是你看夏天是令人惊奇的。从五月到七月在瑞典北部，不落的太阳。它仍然发光在午夜。你可以走在山上看报纸。
W: Oh, yeah, the land of the midnight sun.午夜太阳之地。
M: That’s right, but it’s wonderful.You want to stay up all night.And the Swedes makes the most of it.Often they start work earlier in summer and then leave at about two or three in the afternoon, so that they can really enjoy the long summer evenings.They like to work hard, but play hard, too.I think Londoners work longer hours,but I’m not sure this is a good thing.是的，但它是美妙的。你要熬夜。而且瑞典人充分利用它。通常他们开始早起工作在夏天，然后在下去两三点离开。因此他们能真正享受漫长的夏天的夜晚。他们愿意努力工作，但是也努力打球。我认为伦敦人工作更长的时间，但我不确定这是一件好事。
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.9.What do we learn about the man from the conversation?
10.What do Swedish people complain about when they visit England in winter?
11.How does the man describe the short hour of daylight around Christmas in Sweden?男人如何描述在瑞典圣诞节的白昼时间较短的？
12.What does the man say about the Swedish people?
Conversation Two
W: What kind of training does one need to go into this type of job?一个进入这类型的工作需要什么样的培训吗？
M: That’s a very good question.I don’t think there is any, specifically.这是一个很好的问题。我认为没有任何的，具体的。
W: For example, in your case,what was your educational background?例如，在你的情况，你的教育背景是什么？
M: Well, I did a degree in French at Nottingham.After that, I did careers work in secondary
schools like the careers guidance people here in the university.Then I went into local government because I found I was more interested in the administrative side,then progreed on to universities.So there wasn’t any plan and there was no specific training.There are plenty of training courses in management techniques and committee work which you can attend now.嗯，我获得了一个学位在法国的诺丁汉。之后，我获得一个在中学的职业工作就像是大学在就业指导的人。然后我走进了当地政府，因为我发现我在行政方面更感兴趣，然后进展到大学。所以那里没有任何计划，也没有具体的培训。有大量的培训课程关于管理技术和你现在可以参加的委员会工作。
W: But in the first place, you did a French degree.但首先，你获得了一个法国的学位
M: In my time, there wasn’t a degree you could do for administration.I think most of the administrators I’ve come acro have degrees in all sorts of things.在我的时间，没有一个学位是可以做行政的。我想我遇到的最高行政管理员在各种各样的东西上都有学位。
W: Well, I know in my case,I did an English literature degree and I didn’t really expect to end up doing what I am doing now.好的，我知道我的情况，我获得了一个英语文学学士学位，我真的想结束我现在正在做的。
M: Quite.相当的。
W: Were you local to Nottingham, actually?Is there any reason why you went to Nottingham University?你是诺丁汉当地人吗，事实上的？你还有什么理由去诺丁汉大学
M: No, no.I come from the north of England,from west Yorkshire.Nottingham was one of the universities I put on my list,and I like the look of it.The campus is just beautiful.不，我来自英格兰北部，西约克郡的一所大学。诺丁汉是我写在名单上的大学之一，我喜欢它的外观。是个美丽的校园。
W: Yes, indeed.Let’s see.Were you from the industrial part of Yorkshire?是的，事实上。让我看看。你从约克郡工业的一部分？
M: Yes, from the Woolen District.是的，从羊毛区。
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13.What was the man’s major at university?
14.What was the man’s job in secondary schools?
15.What attracted the man to Nottingham University?是什么吸引人到诺丁汉大学？ Section B
Directions: Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.Paage One
While Gail Obcamp, an American artist,was giving a speech on the art of Japanese brush painting to an audience that included visitors from Japan,she was confused to see that many of her Japanese listeners had their eyes closed.美国艺术家，在日本的毛笔绘画艺术的演讲 一个观众，其中包括来自日本的游客，她很困惑，看到她的许多日本听众闭着双眼。
Were they tuned off because an American had the nerve to instruct Japanese in their own art form,or they deliberately tried to signal their rejection of her?
Obcamp later found out thather listeners were not being disrespectful.Japanese listeners sometimes closed their eyes to enhance concentration.Her listeners were showing their respect for her by chewing on her words.Some day you may be either a speaker or a listener in a situation involving people from other countries or members of a minority group in North America.Learning how different cultures signal respect can help you avoid misunderstandings.Here are some examples.In the deaf culture of North America,many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but by waving them in the air.In some cultures, both overseas and in some minority groups in North America,listeners are considered disrespectful if they look directly at the speaker.Respect is shown by looking in the general direction but avoiding direct eye contact.In some countries,whistling by listeners is a sign of approval while in other courtiers it is a form of insult.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the paage you have just heard.16.What did Obcamp’s speech focus on?
17.Why do Japanese listeners sometimes close their eyes while listening to a speech?
18.What does the speaker try to explain?
Paage Two
Chris is in charge of purchasing
and maintaining equipment
in his division at Taxalong Company.He is soon going to have an evaluation interview
with his supervisor and the personnel director
to discu the work he has done in the past year.Salary, promotion and plans for the coming year
will also be discued at the meeting.Chris has made several changes
for his division in the past year.First, he bought new equipment
for one of the departments.He has been particularly happy
about the new equipment
because many of the employees have told him
how much it has helped them.Along with improving the equipment,Chris began a program to train employees
to use equipment better
and do simple maintenance themselves.The training saved time for the employees
and money for the company.Unfortunately,one serious problem developed during the year.Two employees that Chris hired were stealing,and he had to fire them.Chris knows that a new job for a purchasing
and maintenance manager for the whole company
will be open in a few months,and he would like to be promoted to the job.Chris knows, however,that someone else wants the new job, too.Kim is in charge of purchasing and maintenance
in another division of the company.She has also made several changes over the year.Chris knows that his bo likes Kim’s work,and he expects that his work
will be compared with hers.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the paageyou have just heard.19.What is Chris’s main responsibilityat Taxalong Company?
20.What problem did Chris encounter in his division?
21.What does Chris hope for in the near future?
22.What do we learn about Kim from the paage?
Paage Three
Proverbs, sometimes called sayings,are examples of folk wisdom.They are little leons which older people of a culture pa down to the younger people to teach them about life.Many proverbs remind people of the values that are important in the culture.Values teach people how to act,what is right, and what is wrong.Because the values of each culture are different,understanding the values of another culture helps explain how people think and act.Understanding your own cultural values is important too.If you can accept that people from other cultures act according to their values, not yours,getting along with them will be much easier.Many proverbs are very old.So some of the values they teach may not beas important in the culture as they once were.For example, Americans today do not pay much attention to the proverb “Haste makes waste”, because patience is not important to them.But if you know about past values,it helps you to understand the present.And many of the older values are still strong today.Benjamin Franklin, a famous American diplomat,writer and scientist, died in 1790,but his proverb “Time is money” is taken more seriouslyby Americans of today than ever before.A study of proverbs from around the world shows that some values are shared by many cultures.In many cases though,the same idea is expreed differently.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the paage you have just heard.23.Why are proverbs so important?
24.According to the speaker,what happens to some proverbs with the paage of time?
25.What do we learn from the study of proverbs from around the world?
Section C
Directions: In this section,you will hear a paage three times.When the paage is read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the paage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard.Finally, when the paage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.Now listen to the paage.Our lives are woven together.As much as I enjoy my own company,I no longer imagine I can get through a single day,much le all my life, completely on my own.Even if I am on vacation in the mountains,I am eating food someone else has grown,living in a house someone else has built,wearing clothes someone else has sewn from clothwoven by others, using electricitysomeone else is distributing to my house.Evidence of interdependence is everywhere.We are on this journey together.As I was growing up,I remember being carefully taught that independencenot interdependence was everything.“Make your own way”, “Stand on your own two feet”,or my
mother’s favorite remarkwhen I was face-to-face with consequences of some action:“Now that you’ve made your bed, lie on it!”Total independence is a dominant theme in our culture.I imagine that what my parents were trying to teach mewas to take responsibility for my actions and my choices.But the teaching was shaped by our cultural images,and instead I grew up believing that I was supposed to be totally “independent”and consequently became very reluctant to ask for help.I would do almost anything not to be a burden,and not require any help from anybody.This is the end of listening comprehension.
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