art III Listening Comprehension (30minutes) Section A
Directions:In this section,you will hear 8 shortconversations and 2 long conversations.At the endof each conversation,one or more questions will beasked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken onlyonce.After each question there will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choicesmarked A),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer,Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。 11.
A)Children should be taught to be more careful. B)Children shouldn't drink so much orange juice. C) There is no need for the man to make such a fuss. D) Timmy should learn to do things in the right way. 12.
A) Fitness training. B) The newjob offer. C)Computer programming.
D)Directorship of the club. 13.
A) Heneeds to buy a new sweater. B) He hasgot to save on fuel bills. C) The fuel price has skyrocketed. D) The heating system doesn't work. 14.
A)Committing theft. B) Taking pictures. C) Window shopping. D) Posing for the camera. 15.
A) She is taking some medicine. B) She has not seen a doctor yet. C) She does not trust the man's advice. D) She has almost recovered from the cough. 16.
A) Pamela's report is not finished as scheduled.
B) Pamela has a habit of doing things in a hurry. C) Pamela is not good at writing research papers. D)Pamela's mistakes could have been avoided. 17.
A) In theleft-luggage office. B) At thehotel reception. C) In ahotel room. D) At anairport. 18.
A) She was an excellent student at college. B) She works in the entertainment business. C) She is fond of telling stories in her speech. D) She is good at conveying her message.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19.
A)Arranging the woman's appointment with Mr. Romero. B) Fixing the time for the designer's latest fashion show.
C) Talking about an important gathering on Tuesday. D)Preparing for the filming on Monday morning. 20.
A) Hertravel to Japan. B) The awards ceremony.
C) The proper hairstyle for her new role. D) When to start the makeup session. 21.
A) He is Mr. Romero's agent. B) He is an entertainment journalist. C) He is the woman's assistant. D) He is a famous movie star.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 22.
A) Make an appointment for an interview. B) Send in an application letter. C) Fill in an application form.
D) Make abrief self-introduction on the phone. 23.
A) Someone having a college degree in advertising. B) Someone experienced in business management. C) Someone ready to take on more responsibilities. D) Someone willing to work beyond regular hours. 24.
A) Travel opportunities. B)Handsome pay.
C)Prospects for promotion. D)Flexible working hours. 25.
A) It depends on the working hours. B) It is about 500 pounds a week. C) It will be set by the Human Resources. D) It is to be negotiated. Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 shortpassages. At the end of each passage, you will hearsome questions. Both the passage and thequestions will be spoken only once. After you hear aquestion, you must choose the best answer from thefour choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。 Passage One
Questions26 to 29 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 26.
A) To givecustomers a wider range of choices. B) To makeshoppers see as many items as possible. C) Tosupply as many varieties of goods as it can. D) To savespace for more profitable products. 27.
A) On thetop shelves. B) On thebottom shelves. C) Oneasily accessible shelves. D) Onclearly marked shelves.
28.
A) Many ofthem buy things on impulse. B) A fewof them are fathers with babies. C) Amajority of them are young couples. D) Over60% of them make shopping lists. 29.
A) Salesassistants promoting high margin goods. B) Salesassistants following customers around. C)Customers competing for good bargains. D)Customers losing all sense of time. Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30.
A)Teaching mathematics at a school. B) Doingresearch in an institute. C)Studying for a college degree. D) Workingin a hi-tech company. 31.
A) Hestudied the designs of various clocks. B) He didexperiments on different materials. C) Hebought an alarm clock with a pig face. D) Heasked different people for their opinions. 32.
A) Itsautomatic mechanism. B) Itsmanufacturing process. C) Its wayof waking people up. D) Itsfunny-looking pig face. Passage Three
Questions33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33.
A) It isoften caused by a change of circumstances. B) Itactually doesn't require any special treatment. C) Itusually appears all of a sudden. D) Itgenerally lasts for several years. 34.
A) Theycannot mix well with others.
B) Theyirrationally annoy their friends. C) Theydepend heavily on family members. D) Theyblame others for ignoring their needs. 35.
A) Theylack consistent support from peers. B) Theydoubt their own popularity. C) Theywere born psychologically weak. D) They focus too much on themselves. Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear apassage three times. When the passage is read forthe first time，
you should listen carefully for itsgeneral idea.When the passage is read for the second time，
you are required to fill in the blankswith the exact words you have just heard. Finally，when the passage is read for the thirdtime，you should check what you have written. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
There wasa time when any personal information that was gathered about us was typed onapiece of paper and (36)
______ away in a file cabinet. It could remain therefor years and,often (37) ______, never reach the outside world.
Thingshave done a complete about-face since then. (38) ______ for the change hasbeenthe astonishingly (39)
______ development in recent years of the computer.Today, anydata that is (40)
______ about us in one place or another- and forone reason or another - canbe stored in a computer bank. It can then be easilypassed to other computer banks. They areowned by (41)
______ and by privatebusinesses and corporations, lending (42) ______, directmailing andtelemarketing firms, credit bureaus, credit card companies, and government(43)______ at the local, state, and federal level.
A growingnumber of Americans are seeing the accumulation and distributionofcomputerized data as a frightening invasion of their privacy. (44)____________________as the computer becomes increasingly efficient, easier tooperate, and less costly to purchaseand maintain. In 1970, a national surveyshowed that (45)
____________________. Sevenyears later,
47 percent expressedthe same worry. (46) ______________________.
【听力部分：短对话】
11. C 12.A 13. B 14. A 15. B 16. D 17. C 18. D 【长对话】
19. A 20.B 21. C 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. D 【篇章听力】
26. B 27.C 28. A 29. D 30. C 31. D 32. C 33. A 34.A 35. B 【复合式听写】 36. locked 37.forgotten 38.Responsible 39. swift 40.collected 41.individuals 42.institutions 43.agencies
44.Surveys show that the number of worried Americans has been steadily growingover theyears 45.
37percent of the people Questioned felt their privacy was being invaded 46. Arecent survey by a credit bureau revealed that the number of alarmed citizenshadsoared up to 76 percent
