ModelTest5听力原文及答案

Model Test 5

Section A

1. M; Have you found a partner to work with on biology? The lab class is tomorrow. W; To tell

you the truth, I've been tied up with my chemistry cour this week. Q What can be inferred

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about the woman?

2. M

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Hi, Jane, do you have some change? I need to make a call on the phone. W; Pay phone?

Why not u my mobile phone? Here you are.

Q: What will the man most probably do?

3. W I know you're busy, but how about attending a film festival tonight? Your favorite

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star will make an appearance. M

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You think I'd give that a miss? Q: What

does the man mean?

4. M

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Oh, not again. I didn't expect the soup to dry up so fast. W Well,

didn't I warn you against keeping the heat on high? Q: What did the

woman suggest the man should do?

5. M

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Before we play again, I'm going to buy a good tennis racket. W

Your shoes aren't in very good shape, either.

Q: What does the woman imply?

6. M Excu me, would you plea tell me when the next flight to Los Angeles is?

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W; Sure. The next direct flight to Los Angeles is two hours from now, but if

you do not mind transferring at San Francisco you can board now. Q:

What can we learn from the conversation?

7. M I'd like to buy the four greeting cards. Are they ten yuan each?

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W Three of them are. But that smaller one costs only half the price of the big ones. Q: How

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much will the man pay for the cards?

8. M Wow, your apartment looks great. When did you have time to paint it?

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W I didn't, I had it done professionally.

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Q What does the woman say about her apartment?

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Now you will hear two long conversations.

Conversation One

W Can I help you?

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M Yes, I'm looking for a book on the presidential election system in the United States. W Well,

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all of our textbooks are arranged by subject and cour number in the back of the

store. Is this a required text for one of the University's political science cours? M No, it

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isn't. I've already looked through all the. political science books in the back, but

the ones I saw only had a few pages, at most, on the topic. W How about

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the paperback ction? There may be something there.

M; Okay.

W Or better yet, you should try looking in Books in Print. M; I've

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never heard of that. What is it?

W It's an index that lists all of the books currently available from publishers. If you have

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a specific book in mind, you can look under the author's last name. M But I

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don't.

W Then look directly under your subject, presidential elections.

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M What happens if I find a book I want?

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W Well, if it's not in stock, we can order it for you.

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Questions 9 to 11 are bad on the conversation you have just heard.

9. What is the man looking for?

10. Where does the woman first direct the man to?

11. What kinds of books are listed in Books in Print?

Conversation Two

M You should have en the line at the housing office. It took me an hour to make my

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dormitory deposit for next year. Have you made yours yet? W No,

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I'm not sure I'm going to.

M: There's not much time left. The deadline's May 1. That is just two weeks from now.

Are you short of cash?

W No, I'm Okay.

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M You'd better hurry up if you want a dorm room next September. There aren't enough

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rooms for every one, and first year students have priority. W

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Well, I've been thinking about living off campus.

M Have you any idea of how much that would cost? There is the rent, utilities, and you'd

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probably need a car.

W I know it would be more expensive. I think I can handle it though. The dorm is just so noisy

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that I can't get anything done. Maybe my grades would be better if I had some peace and quiet

in a place of my own.

M You should study in the library the way I do. Think of the money you'd save.

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W; I've got to think it over some more. There's still two weeks left in April.

Questions 12 to 15 are bad on the conversation you have just heard.

12. What are the speakers discussing?

13. What must a person do in order to live in a university hou?

14. Where do the two speakers live now?

15. What does the man em to be concerned about?

Section B

Passage One

Human beings enjoy challenges. Many of them like physical challenges. They ask

themlves questions like the: How fast can I run? How high can I climb? How deep can I dive?

How far can I swim? How long can I hold my breath? How much can I lift? How high can I jump?

Becau people enjoy challenges, they like to play sports and watch other people play sports. They

like climbing, running, diving, lifting, jumping, and so on. Every four years millions of people all

over the world enjoy the international sports competition called the Olympics. There are

challenges that are not physical challenges. There are social and intellectual challenges, too.

Leonardo da Vinci, who lived in Italy during the fifteenth century, enjoyed every possible

challenge. He was an artist and painted the well known picture, theMona Lisa. He was an engineer

who made plans for a city with roads under the street for traffic. He was an inventor who invented

a device to let people breathe under water. He was a scientist, and he learned a great deal about

human structure.

Another kind of challenge faced the Egyptians between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago when they

decided to build the first pyramid. They ud six million tons of rock. That is e-nough to build a

ten foot wall around all of France. Four hundred thousand men worked for twenty years to build it.

So, for thousands of years, people accepted challenges. Today we still have many challenges

before us. Medical science faces the challenges of conquering the many dias which still attack

human beings. Engineers and planners must build new cities and new kinds of transportation.

Scientists must develop new forms of energy. And many of us are interested in the challenge of

space. We live in an age of challenge. Questions 16 to 18 are bad on the passage you have

just heard.

16. When people participate in sporting activities, what kind of challenge do they face?

17. Which belongs to social challenge?

18. How do people react to the category of social challenges? Passage

Two

Almost ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way; women are

luckier: only about one in two hundred is affected in this manner. Perhaps, after all, it is safe to be

driven by a woman.

There are different forms of color blindness. In some cas a man may not be able to e

deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades of green. Sometimes a person

can't tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cas an unlucky man may e everything

in shades of green.

Human beings have favorite colors. Blue is often popular becau it is the color which makes

us think of wide fields and forests. Yellow is the cheerful color of the sun. On the other hand, red

is the color of blood and fire. It makes some people think of accidents, danger and blood. Black is

the color of the night. In the dark, we can't e what is around us, some are sometimes afraid of the

unknown and do not like black as a color. Perhaps that is why it is often the color of mourning.

Questions 19 to 21 are bad on the passage you have just heard.

19. What can we learn from the passage?

20. What happened to some color-blind people?

21. What color is associated with cheerfulness?

Passage Three

Despite the prence of workaholics, there is a growing realization in the United States that

too much work demand can be physically and mentally harmful. Many people have been rebelling

against the work ethic, saying that no job is so important as to damage personal relationships and

rob people of relaxation. There has been a shift in values, with more emphasis being given to

personal relationships and relaxation. Leisure time provides opportunities to find personal

satisfaction and freedom from the routine of work.

Incread leisure time in the United States has not altered the idea that work and play are

distinct activities. This distinction is clear-cut; there are "work-hours" and "after work-hours".

There is a belief that it is desirable "to work hard and play hard" and undesirable to combine the

two. In many offices, stores, and factories socializing among employees is discouraged. An

employee under pressure at work often cannot afford to respond to social calls and visits. However,

the amount of personal contact on the job depends on the nature of the work. There may be more

social interaction between teachers in a school than between scientists doing independent rearch.

Nevertheless, work and play are usually perceived and maintained as parate activities.

Questions 22 to 25 are bad on the passage you have just heard.

22. What is the result of too much work demand?

23. In order to rebel against the work ethic, what do many people believe now?

24. What do people expect an employee under pressure at work to do?

25. What does the speaker imply by saying "the distinction is clear-cut"?

Section C

One night in April 1912, a huge new ocean liner, the Titanic, was crossing in the Atlantic.

She was just about the most (26) luxurious ship that had ever been built. She was going very fast,

which was (27) dangerous becau there were icebergs around and it was very dark that night. The

pasngers were all having a good time when the ship suddenly (28) struck one of the icebergs.

The ship began to (29) sink and the pasngers tried to escape, but there were not e-nough

lifeboats since nobody thought they would ever be (30) necessary. Eight white rockets were fired

into the air in order to get help. Another ship, the California, was (31) passing nearby. An officer

and another sailor on it saw the rockets. They thought that perhaps people were having a party on

(32) board of the Titanic and were just (33) firing the rockets in fun. (34) Anyway they did wake

the captain. But the captain was too sleepy to understand and the California just went on sailing

away, in another direction.

When the Titanic finally went down, (35) a dance band was still playing music up on the

deck until the last few conds. They were trying to keep the pasngers calm. Two thirds of the

pasngers were drowned. (36) It was one of the greatest a disasters of all time.

Model Test 5

1-5 BCACC 6-10 DCABC 11-15 CBAAD 16-20 BDCAA 21-25 BCBBA

26. luxurious 28. struck 29. sink 27. dangerous 30. necessary

31. passing 33. firing 32. board

34. Anyway they did wake the captain

35. a dance band was still playing music up on the deck

36. It was one of the greatest a disasters of all time