本试卷分为第1卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。第1卷1至7页，第Ⅱ卷第8页。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
注意事项：
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3. (三部分，共115分)
第一部分：听力(共两节，  满分30分)
第一节(共5小题；每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给的三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Why did the man fail to attend the party?
A. He didn’t take a note of the party．
B. He didn’t know about the party．
C. He wasn’t invited to the party．
2. When should the man place his call to Houston?
A. At 8：00   B. At 10：00    C. At 12：00．
3. How did the man believe at the meeting?
A. He was very late for the meeting．
B. He spoke loudly at the meeting．
C. He was dressed carelessly．
4. What can we learn about the man?
A. He doesn’t get enough sleep．
B. He takes care of his wife day and night．
  C. He works in a hospital．
5. What language does the man speak?
A. French．   B. German and French C. German．
第二节(共15小题；每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分)
听下面5段对话或读白。每段对话或读白后有几个小题，从题中所给的三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或读白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间．每段对话或读白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6---8题．
6. Whom will the man stay with on Sunday?
A. The woman.   B. Peter.     C. His girlfriend．
7. HOW will the woman go to London?
A. By car   B. By train   C. By bus
8. What can we conclude from the conversation?
A. The man once had an accident．
B. The woman will go to London by train．
C. Peter is afraid of traveling by car．
听第7段材料，回答第9—10题.
9. Where is Mr. Cousin’s Office?
A. On the third floor.     B. On the fourth floor.     C. On the fifth floor.
10. How should the woman go to ML Cousin’s office?
A. Go up，turn right then left.  B. Go up，turn left then right.    C. Go down，turn left then right
听第8段材料，回答第11—13题t
11. What did the woman used to be?
A. A tennis player.  B. A singer．   C. A film star.
12. How does the woman feel about New，York?
A. New York hasn’t had any changes at a11．
B. Changes have taken place round the center．
C. New York has changed a lot these years．
13. Why does the woman come to New York?
A. She stars in a TV program.  B. She comes for a vacation.  C. She watches the tennis gaurs.
听第9段材料，回答第14—16题．
14. Why is it difficult for the woman to buy her mother a gift?
A. Her mother has already had many things．
B. Her mother is very difficult to please．
C. The woman wants to buy cheap things．
15. Which of the following does the man suggest buying?
A. The wine.    B. The biscuits.   C. The pot.
16. What is the woman going to do?
A. Think for a while before buying.
B. Go around the store to select.
C. Accept the man’s suggestion.
听第10段材料，回答第17—20题
17. When and where will the passengers have a fifteen minute rest?
A. 6：45 in Baton Rouge.   B. 11：45 in Atlanta.   C. 1：45 in Dallas.
18. Which of the following is permitted in the last six rows?
A. Smoking cigars.  B. Drinking wine.   C. Smoking cigarettes
19. What is the number of the bus?
A. 3242.    B. 3224.     C. 3442.
20. At what time should the bus arrive in Atlanta?
A. 1：45 P. m.  x B. Midnight.    C. 6：45 a. m.
第二部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
21. It is said that about a quarter of ______European can speak ________foreign language
besides their native languages．
A. 不填：a   B. the；a    C. the；an D．an；a
22. ----Do you know one probable answer to the question?
----Sorry, I ______carefully enough. Would you repeat that question?
A. don’t listen   B. haven’t listened
C. wash’t listening  D. hadn’t listened
23. Before Tom left home his mother kept telling him to _____his manners at the party．
A. mind   B. notice    C. care    D. watch
24. Peter sat under a tree and seeing his headmaster, ______ up in no time．
A. standing   B. stand    C. stood     D. was standing
25. We’ve been looking at houses but haven’t found ______we like yet．
A. it    B. them    C. ones    D. one
26.—Shall I give you a lift since you live so far away?
—Thank you，_________.
A. It couldn’t be better     B. Of course you can
C. If you like       D. It’s up to you
27.—Must I turn off the gas after cooking?
  —Of course. You can never be ______careful with that．
A. very    B. so     C. enough    D. too
28. Lucy ______a lot of French by playing with the native boys and girls．
A. took up   B. picked up   C. made up   D. caught up
29. 1 have kempt the picture ______I call see it every day as it always reminds me of my happy days in Paris．
A. that    B. when    C. where    D. on which
30. This cake is very sweet. You ______a lot of sugar in it．
A. could put   B. should have put  C. may put   D. must have put
31. We shall never give it up ________they might do or say about our plan.
A. unless   B. however   C. whatever   D. although
32. When_________ help，one often says“Thank you”or“It’s very kind of you”．
A. offer    B. offered    C. offering   D. being offered
33. That was really a splendid evening. It’s years _______I enjoyed myself so much．
A. when   B. that    C. before    D. since
34. I moved to a small town and changed my job years ago．I don’t make________．
A. money as much as I used to    B. money as much as 1 was used to
C. as much money as I used to    D. as much money as 1 was used to
35. To get a good education，________．
A. working hard is very important   B. working hard is needed
C. it is needed to work hard     D. one must work hard
第二节：完形填空(共20小题，第小题1. 5分，满分30分)
The world always makes way for the dreamer
When 1 was twelve years old．my father took me to see Zig Zigler．I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr．Zigler  36  everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling   37   there feeling like l could do anything．When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said，“Dad，I want to
  38  people feel like that．”My father-asked me  39  I meant．“I want to be a motivational(激励人的)speaker just like Mr. Zigler,”I replied. A  40  was born．
Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others．  41  a four-year relationship with Fortune 1 00 Company  42  as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager, I left the company at the height of my  43  . Many people were  44  that I would leave after earning a six-figure income．And they asked  45  I would risk everything for a dream．
I made my  46  to start my own company and leave my secure(无忧虑)position after  47  a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a  48  that changed my life.  He asked us，“If a god would offer you three wishes，what would they be?”After giving us a
  49  to write down the three wishes，he then asked us，“Why do you need a  50  ？”I would never forget the power l felt at that moment. I realize that  51  I had accomplished in the past had prepared me for this moment．1 was ready and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker．A motivational speaker was  52  ．
Having made that decision，I was immediately  53  . One week after I gave notice，my husband was laid of from his job，and now we had no  54  ．But I held fast to my dream．The   wonder really began to happen．In a short time my husband found a better job．And 1 was able to  book several  55  engagements with new customers．I discovered the incredible power of dreams．
36. A. rise   B. blow    C. put    D. raise
37. A. 1eft   B. Cattle    C. arrived    D. slipped
38. A. get    B. hope    C. make    D. cheer
39. A. that   B. what    C. which    D. if
40. A. dream   B. idea    C. girl    D. speaker
41. A. After   B. Before    C. Because   D. While
42. A. beginning  B. working   C. acting    D. regarding
43. A. life    B. love    C. income    D. career
44. A. disappointed  B. moved    C. surprised   D. delighted
45. A. when   B. why    C. if     D. how
46. A.  plan   B. promise   C. decision   D. mind
47. A. attending  B. joining   C. entering    D. holding
48. A. newspaper  B. book    C. report    D. speech
49. A. day   B. second    C. week    D. moment
50. A. help   B. job    C. god    D. company
51. A. everything  B. anything   C. nothing   D. something
52. A. alive   B. dead    C. missing   D. born
53. A. examined  B. searched   C. choked   D. tested
54. A. help   B. harm    C. income    D. money
55. A. selling   B. speaking   C. writing   D. listening
第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题，第小题2分，满分40分)
(A)
A few weeks ago 1 was about to take my son to his ice hockey game when I noticed something unusual．He was fully dressed and ready to leave，except that one side of his shirt was
tucked(塞)1 into his trousers while the other side remained hanging out．
“John，you look great，but you forgot to tuck in your shirt，”I chided(责备)．
“Dad，you don’t understand，”he replied．“I keep one side of my shirt out on purpose．It’s for good luck．”
And then I understood．Superstitions  (迷信)and sports go hand in hand．In fact，I would
bet that superstitious behavior has been a part of sports since the beginning of organized games．
Perhaps you’ve noticed your own young athlete developing some unusual pregame rituals(仪
式)putting on the same dirty undershirt game after game，wearing one sock up and one sock down，eating a particular pregame meal，listening to the same song on the tape while tiding to the game．
In fact．from my experience of observing even top professional athletes，superstitions are
 nothing more than patterns that many athlete’s go through，not so much to ensure(保证)good luck，but rather to help them relax and be comfortable．
It is unusual for six—or seven．year-old children to have already developed some sports  superstitions，but by the time they’re 10 or 11，your kids might begin displaying some odd  behavior before a game．As a parent．Don’t be overly concerned．
Of course．You’11 want to your child’s requests about wearing that special“lucky shirt”or making certain you feed him that“lucky breakfast”or whatever．Don’t put down the ritual．
However, you should point out to your child that while it’s fine to develop a pregame ritual to help
him or her prepare for a contest，you’11 also want to emphasize that one′s success in sports is much more a function of hard Work，practice and determination．A tier all，those are the real values you want to put into your child’s mind，
Most superstitions last only as long as the athlete continues to experience“good luck”．
Once that streak of good fortune runs out，hell be glad to drop that undershirt into the washing
machine．
56. Athletes’ superstitions always_______．
A. ensure them good luck     B. enable them to perform well
C. does harm to them      D. make them feel comfortable
57. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Most of the odd pregame behavior(as mentioned in the 5th paragraph)is harmless．
B. Following a pregame ritual gives the athletes a sense of comfort．
C. Even though the behavior is harmless to the child，a teammate or an opponent(对手)，we still
Can’t say the superstitious behavior is fine．
D. If a child begins displaying some odd behavior before a game as sports superstitions, a parent needn’t worry too much．
58. What shouldn’t you do according to the passage?
A. Tell your young athlete：The harder they work at their sport，the luckier they’ll become．
B. Tell your kid more about the top athletes’superstitions and encourage him to do so．
C. Some kids don’t want to talk about their superstitions，and so respect their rights and
    their privacy．
  D. Keep a sense of humor about your kid’s superstitions，and let them do the same．
59. The title of the passage should be_________．
A. Getting Rid of“Silly”Superstitions
B. Dealing with Those“Silly”Superstitions
C. Supporting Young Athletes’Superstitions
  D. Talking about Superstitions
(B)
 He’s definitely NOT James Bond — nor even Austin Powers. And now the world’s worst spy, codenamed Piglet, is facing 14 years in prison after bungling (办槽)an attempt to sell secrets to the Russians．
Aircraft engineer Ian Parr, 46，tried to pass on secrets of seven sensitive projects for￡l30. 000 to a man he thought was a Russian agent called Aleksey．
But it turned out that Parr—once nicknamed “Hazard” by colleagues—actually handed over the secrets to all M15(军情五处)agent.
As the father-of-two sat in the pub drinking a pint of lager to celebrate the￡25，000 he had
 just been given，police swooped and arrested him for spying．
But his troubles were not over.
While in Belmar’s Prison，he，who had given himself the codename Piglet，tried to kill
 himself He wired his spectacles to the mains to try to electrocute himself-but he only succeeded in leaving an outline of his glasses bummed on to his face．
Parr had a reputation for being a bungler long before his spying exempt．
As a teenage he joined the Army, where he earned his nickname“Hazard”．
An ex．colleague said．“If you wanted a job doing，Hazard would do it badly．He blew up the barracks washing machine by overloading it．”
“He was forever injuring himself when loading shells(炮弹)into the gun turret(炮塔)of the
 tank. I lost count of the number of times I saw him with bandages and plasters on his fingers．”
“You’d hear him clanging around and there’d be a yelp and he’d squeal，‘Oh，my bloody
 fingers．’He′s very lucky to have all his fingers left．”
Parr eared ￡25，000 a year at BAE(bachelor of aeronautical engineering航空工程学±)
Systems. It is thought that he tried to make money from spying because of worries about being
 dismissed at the firm．
60. According to the passage，the world’s worst spy Is _______ .
A. James Bond       B. Austin Powers
C. lan Parr        D. Aleksei
61. Piglet actually passed the secrets on to ________ .
A. Aleksei，the Russian agent
B. an agent
C. nobody
D. somebody whose nickname was“Hazard”
62. The underlined word“swooped”in paragraph 4 most probably means _______．
A. attacked suddenly and unexpectedly
B. at tack evincing crowds
C. cameos planned
D. walked slowly and secretly
63. If he had succeeded in selling the secrets，he would have earned________．
A. ￡25，000       B. ￡155，000
C. ￡130，000       D. ￡105，000
(C)
Dr．Jerid Fisher does not believe in beating around the bush．When he thinks you should do
 something, he’ll tell you．That’s why the name of Fisher′s new health and fitness program is
 SKYS—short for Stop Killing Yourself Slowly．
“What we are trying to do is to make people realize ho．w their lifestyles may be affecting
 their health，”says Fisher, a clinical psychologist(心理医生)at the university of Rochester's School of Medicine．“We want them to see how the system of our society, particularly in the last
 century, has led people to give up the responsibility for their own well-being．”
In comparing the 1 0 leading causes of the death in 1 900 and in 1 983，Fisher said，he found
 nine of the early ones have been got rot, only to be replaced today by diseases brought on primarily by fast or paying little attention to living．“It′s ironic(讽刺的)that we had beaten most
of the infectious(传染的)sicknesses by the turn of the cento以and now we have 10 did能rent ones，
including heart attacks，strokes(中风) and other diseases related to lifestyle，” Fisher said．“They
 can also be beaten．but not only with pills. ”
Through SKYS．Fisher gives his advice to his clients——mostly middle．aged men——in all the things that contribute to symptoms(症状)of modem physical and emotional i11 health：diet，
Exercise，drinking habits and attitude towards life。
Fisher says why some people pay little attention to personal health is linked to the American
 lifestyle…“So much attention is paid to new advances in medicine．”he said．“that people believe
 there will be instant cures when their time comes．”
64. “Beating around the bush”means _________.
A. other people’s ability
B. taking care of others’ health
C. doing benter in an activity
D. talking about something without coming to the main point directly
65. According to the second paragraph，Doctor Fisher thinks that _________．
A. one’s lifestyle results in poor health
B. people care more about their way of living
C. people are responsible for their own health
D. people didn’t care about their health last century
66. Fisher found that_______.
A. the present lire style results in new diseases
B. the early diseases were replaced by nine new ones
C. ten causes led to people’s death in l900
D. diseases today cause people to die fast
67. People today pay little attention to personal health because________.
A. medicine is much advanced    B. they believe in medicine
C. they live a healthy life     D. there are no serious diseases
68. Which of the following statements is true?
A. There will be instant cures to the diseases.
B. Most 0f DL Fisher’s patients are between 35 to S5 years old.
C. There are really some magic ways to cure diseases.
D. Lifestyle is the only thing that causes present diseases.
(D)
Five years ago．David Smith wore an expensive suit to work every day．“1 was a clothes addict，”he jokes．“I used to carry a fresh suit to work with me so l could change if my clothes got
 wrinkled．”Today David wears casual(休闲的) clothes——khaki pants and a sports shirt—to the
 office．He hardly ever wears a necktie．“I’m working harder than ever,”David says．“and I need
 to feel comfortable．”
More and more companies are allowing their office workers to wear casual clothes to work．
In the United States．the change from formal to casual office wear has been gradual．In the early
1990s．many companies allowed their employees to wear casual clothes on Friday(but only on Friday)．This became known as“dress．down Friday”or“casual．Friday”．“What started out as an extra one-day-a week benefit for employees has really become an everyday thing．”said business consultant Maisly Jones．
Why have so many companies started allowing their employees to wear casual clothes? One
 reason is that it's easier for a company to attract new employees if it has a casual dress code．“A
 lot of young people don’t want to dress up for work，”says the owner of a software company,“so it’s hard to hire people if you have a conservative(保守的)dress code．”Another reason is that people seem happier and more productive when they are wearing comfortable clothes．In a study conducted by Levi Straus and Company, 85 percent of employers said that they believe that casual dress improves employees morale(士气)。Only 4 percent of employers said that casual dress has a bad impact on productivity．Supporters of casual office wear also argue that a casual dress code helps them save money．“Suits are expensive．If you have to wear one every day,”one person said．“For the same amount of money, you can buy a lot more casual clothes. ”
69. David Smith refers to himself as having been“a clothes addict”because_______．
A. he often wore khaki pants and sports shirt
B. he couldn’t stand a clean appearance
C. he wanted his clothes to look Read all the time
D. he didn’t want to spend too much money on clothes
70. According to the passage，which of the following statements is TRUE?
  A. Company workers started to dress down about twenty years ago．
B. Dress—down has become an everyday thing since the 1990s．
C. “Dress．down Friday”was first given as a favor from employers．
D. Many workers want to wear casual clothes to please people.
71. In this passage，the following advantages of casual office wear are mentioned EXCEPT_____.
A. saving employees money    B. making employees more attractive
C. improving employees’desire to work   D. making employees happier
(E)
    In deciding upon a unit of measurement，it is possible to pick anything．For example, the average height of a man could possibly have been a unit of measurement．In fact．Some of the units used today in English-speaking countries are based on such things as the distance from a man’s
elbow(肘)to the tip of his middle finger or the weight of a grain of wheat．
Because there have been so many differences in weights and measures used in different countries. all international system has been urged．If one system were to be used by all countries
 Of the world，it would probably be the metric system．
This is a system worked out by a committee(委员会)of scientists appointed(委任)in France
in l789．The English-speaking countries are almost the only ones that do not use the metric system
in their measures．However is used in scientific work even in those countries．
The metric system is based on a measure of length called the“meter”，This is approximately
  (近似)one ten：millionth：of the distance on the Earth′s surface from pole to equator(赤道)．It is about 39，37 inches．
The metric system is based on 10 as is our number system．so that each unit of length is 10
times as large as the next smaller unit．There are Square and cubic units for measuring area and
volume(体积)which correspond to the units of length．
The unit of weight is the gram．which is the weight of a cubic centimeter of pure water．The
liter is a measure used as the quart is used，but it is a little larger．The hectare(公)负)，which is
l0，000 square meters，is used as the acre in Britain，but is 2．47 1 acres．The metric system is more convenient to use than the English system because its plan is the same as that of our number
system.
Here are some equivalents for the metric and English systems：one foot equals 0. 305 meter；
one inch equals 2. 540 centimeters；one mile equals 1. 609 kilometers；one quart(liquid)equals
0. 946 liter．
72. Metric system should be used in the world．because _______．
A. man measured the distance which is based on the distance from a man’s elbow to the tip of
    his middle finger
B. the English-speaking countries used their own measurement
C. scientific work needs a unit of measurement
D. based on the weight of a grain of wheat．an informal measure of weight is used today
73. In_________．a committee of scientists worked out“Metric system”．
A. America   B. Japan    C. France    D. Germany
74. Which 0f the following units does NOT belong to "Metric system”?
A. Acre    B. Hectare   C. Kilometer   D. Gram．
75. This passage is mainly about ________．
A. how to work out the metric system
B. what is the metric system
C. how to change other units into the metric system
D. the development of the metric system
第Ⅱ卷
注意事项：
1. 用钢笔或圆珠笔答在答题卡上。
2. 答卷前将密封线内的项目填写清楚。
第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
  One day, I was cooking in the kitchen while      76．______
the telephone rang．1 went to answer immediately．        77．______
She was my friend，Betty．When we were talking        78．______
on the phone，the fire alarm was sounded．I ran         79．______
back to the kitchen．The room full of smoke and         80．______
the beef was badly burnt．I quickly turned on the      81．______
gas，opening all the windows，and then went out of      82．______
the house．To my surprises，two fire engines were outside    83．______
my house．I told the firemen that it was for my careless     84．______
cooking which caused the heavy smoke．       85．______
第二节书面表达(满分25分)
假如你参加了“英国文化委员会”举办的一次语言竞赛活动，作为获奖者你得到了暑假
去英国免费学习英语的机会。以下是校方寄给你的课程安排表，请你阅读课表，按要求给校
方回复一封信。
Schedule For EELS Summer English Courses

 
English Course Total Hours of Study  Date   
Five-Week course 50 July 12---August 15   
Three-week course  60 July 12---August l 
注意：1. 信的开头已为你写好。
1. 词数100左右。
Dear Mr. Hants
Thank you for your offer inviting me to the free summer English course in your school．
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76. while—when  77. answer后加it 78. She—It 79. √ 80. full前加was
81. on—off 82. opening—opened 83. surprises—surprise 84. 去掉for 85. which—that
书面表达
一、评分原则
1. 本题总分为25分，按5个档次给分.
2. 评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡
量，确定或调整档次，最后给分.
3. 词数少于80或多于120，从总分中减去2分.
4. 评分时，应注意的主要内容为：内容要点、应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性、
上下文的连贯性及语言的得体性.
5. 拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予与
考虑. 英美拼写及词汇用法均可接受.
二、内容要点
1. 你对课程的选择
2. 你选择该课程的理由
3. 你目前的英语水平
4. 你希望在哪方面提高自己的英语技巧
5. 信的结尾句
注意：考生对内容要点的表达会各有不同，请参考“各档次的给分范围和要求”评分.
三、各档次的给分范围和要求
第五档：(2l—25分)全部完成了试题规定的任务；覆盖了所有内容要点，语法结构或词汇方
面有些许错误，但为尽量使用较复杂结构或较高级词汇所致；语言应用能力较强，有效地使
用了语句间的连接成分，使全文结构紧凑，表达清楚，完全达到了预期的写作目的．
第四档：(16--20分)全部完成了试题规定的任务，尽管漏掉一、二个次重点，但覆盖所有主要内容．语言应用能力基本满足试题规定的任务，语法结构或词汇方面应用基本准确，些许错误主要是因尝试较复杂语法结构或词汇所致，行文基本连贯，达到预期的写作目的．
第三档(11—15分)基本完成了试题规定的任务，虽漏掉一些内容，但能覆盖主要内容. 语言
运用有错误，但不影响意思理解，基本达到预期的x写作目的．
第二档(6～10分)未恰当完成试题规定的任务，漏掉或未描述清楚一些主要内容，写了一些
无关内容，语言运用错误，影响对所写内容的理解，信息未能清楚的传达给读者．
第一档(1—5分)未完成试题规定的任务，明显遗漏主要内容，未理解试题要求，写了一些无
关内容，语言错误多，影响对写作内容的理解，信息未能传达给读者．
(0分)未能传达给读者任何信息，内容太少，无法评判；写的内容均与所要求内容无关或所写内容无法看清．
Possible versions：
Dear Mr. Hants，
Thank you for your offer inviting me to the free summer English course in your school. As for my choice 0f the two courses，I'd certainly prefer the five—week course for 50 hours．This would allow me more time to see your beautiful country while learning the language. 1 would like to do learning and make a few new friends.
Of all the subjects I am learning at school，I like English best I have been learning English for 6 years and now I am able t0 listen, speak，read and write．n English．I hope to take this chance to improve my spoken English as much as possible. 1 believe I’ll have a wonderful time in England this summer.
Truly yours,
Li Hua
Dear Mr. Hants，
Thank you for your offer inviting me to the free summer English course in your school. As for my choice of the two coupes，I’d prefer the three-week course for 60 hours．This would allow me an intensive study of the English language．I am a hard working student here in China and hope to make good use of the time in Britain to improve my English.
Of all the subjects I am learning at school，I like English best．I have been learning English for 6 years and now I am able to listen, speak，read and write in English．I hope to take this chance to improve my spoken English as much as possible．I believe I’ll have a wonderful time in England this slimmer.
Truly yours，
Li Hua
听力部分录音材料
Part One
1. M. Hi：Helen! Did you have a good time last night?
W：Yes，I did．Where were you last night? You didn’t come to the party.
M：I know．I didn’t write it down in my appointment book and I forgot all about it.
2. M：Miss Smith, I told Dr．Brown that I would call him in the Houston office at ten o’clock their time．Please find out the time difference for me so that I’ll know when to place the call．
W：It’s two hours earlier in houston, sir．I know without looking it up because my sister lives
there．
3. M：I don’t think the boss had a good opinion of me．
W：Why do you say that?
M：Everyone at the meeting was wearing a suit and tie，except me．
4. W：I haven’t seen you for ages．What have you been doing?
M；I’ve taken a night job in addition to my daytime work.
W：Why do you have two jobs?
M：My wife has been in hospital，and it really costs a lot of money to pay the hospital bills.
5. W：What have you got over there?
M：Two books in French and one book in German．
W：I didn’t know you spoke French．
M：I don’t. I’ just looking at the pictures.
Part Two
6. W：Got any plans for the weekend, Bill? Are you going anywhere?
M：Well，I wanted to go to London, but I can’t afford the train ticket.
  W：By the way I’m driving to London on Sunday．Would you like a lift?
  M：That's nice，yes，thanks very．much．The problem is that I’ve planned to see Peter on Sunday
    now and I don’t want to disappoint him．
  W：I was wondering if you and Peter would like to come to London．
  M：Oh, that’s very kind of you, but I happen to know that Peter hates being driven anywhere --- nothing personal of course．He had a terrible accident on the way to Scotland once，you see.
W：Oh, I’m sorry，to hear that
7. W：Excuse me．I’m looking for Mr. Cousins．
M：Is that Mr．Cousins in Research and Development?
W：Er…yes，I think so．
  M：Oh, his office isn't on this floor．It’s on the fourth floor．Go up the stairs and turn left．At the end of the building turn right.
  W：Up the stairs and left．Then right at the end of the build．
  M：Yes．Look, I’ve got to go up there myself．I’II show you where it is．
8．M：Good evening．Our guest on“In Town Tonight”is the well-known Italian actress，Sandra
  Milano.  Miss Milano，welcome to New York．
  W：Thank you, William．I’m happy to be here．
  M：When was your last visit to New York?
  W：Ok I haven’t been here for a long time. My last visit was at least ten years ago．
  M：Have you noticed many changes?
  W：Well，yes and no．The heart of the city is just the salve as it was ten years ago．but the countryside is very different from the downtown area．
  M：Yes，that’s true．Are you here on vacation or on business?
  W：I came for the tennis games at Forest Hills．I have always enjoyed playing and watching tennis．
  M：You’ve started working in Italian television, haven’t you?
  W：That’s right．
  M：Do you intend to stay．in TV or will you return to the movies?
  W：I haven’t decided yet．I may return to the movies．
  M：Well, Miss Milano, we hope you enjoy the rest of your stay in New York and thank you for
    coming to talk with us．
9．M：Here is the store I was telling you about．I think you can solve your problem here．
W：I hope so．Buying a gift for my mother’s birthday gets harder and harder every year．Getting
    something for people who have everything isn’t easy．
M：Well，we can begin by looking around the store．They have all kinds of great things．
  W：Look at this fry pan．I wooer what it is for．
  M：It’s for making eggs，I guess．Come over here．These biscuits look delicious．I wonder how they taste．There’s a sign that says “Help yourself to a free biscuit．”
W：These are delicious，but they don’t solve my problem．
  M：What about these wine glasses? Would your mother like them?
  W：I doubt it．She has dozens of wine glasses already．
M：Here’s an unusual gift．A beautiful Chinese teapot And it’s not expensive at a11．Do you think your mother would like it?
  W：It’s hard to make up my mind．But I think this is a good choice．Thanks for helping me out．
10. Welcome aboard the bus to Dallas，Baton Rouge, and Atlanta．We planned to arrive in Dallas at l：45 this afternoon．There will be a fifteen．minute rest stop at that time．We will have a thirty-minute dinner stop in Baton Rouge at 6：45 for those of you who are continuing on to Atlanta．We should arrive in Atlanta at 1：45 tomorrow morning．Please remember the number of your bus．The number is 3224．
This bus is air-conditioned for you comfort．Please remember that smoking of cigarettes is permitted only in the last six rows，and the smoking of any other material is not allowed，as is the drinking wine．Thank you for traveling with us．Have a pleasant trip．