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　　TEST 5   Listen carefully to the conversations and short passages

[00:07.60]and choose the best answer to each of the questions.

[00:12.96]1.W:You’re always working around the house on Saturday,

[00:19.51]painting and doing repairs!You must enjoy it.

[00:24.84]M:Not really.I’d rather relax or go fishing,

[00:30.28]but Saturday is the only day I have to get anything done.

[00:35.92]By the time I get home from work during the week,I’m too tired.

[00:42.37]Q: What does the man usually do on Saturdays?

[00:49.42]2.M:Do you think the travel agency will be open Saturday afternoon?

[00:56.87]I want to get some information about a bus trip across the United States.

[01:03.32]W: You don’t have to wait until Saturday.

[01:08.08]Right here,in this office,the dean has maps,

[01:13.64]bus schedules and even a list of inexpensive hotels.

[01:19.52]They’re for foreign students, you know.

[01:24.06]Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?

[01:31.32]3.M:The library is offering a new service.

[01:36.91]It has something to do with the computer.

[01:41.46]W:For twenty-five dollars,

[01:45.22]they will make a computer search of bibliographic 1 materials on any given topic.

[01:52.88]Q: What does the library provide?

[01:59.04]4.W:They’ll call the doctoral candidates’ names next.

[02:05.28]Have you found Larry yet?

[02:09.12]M: No.They all look alike with those black robes on.

[02:14.77]Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?

[02:22.52]5.M:Mrs.Winter,I need your advice.I want to buy a dress for my wife.

[02:31.17]Can you tell me where I can get one at a reasonable price?

[02:36.94]W:Sure,go to Mr.Howard’s boutique.

[02:41.99]He has beautiful styles

[02:46.06]and gives a 10% discount to husbands and boyfriends who shop alone.

[02:53.01]Q: What did the man wish to do?

[02:58.89]6.W:Does this elevator stop on every floor?

[03:05.23]M: No,it stops only on the even ones.

[03:10.38]If you want an odd one,go to the even one above it and then walk down.

[03:17.46]Q: Why won’t the elevator stop on the ninth floor?

[03:24.30]7.M:I’m afraid I’m a day or two late with my registration 2 fees.

[03:31.15]My paycheck didn’t come on time this month.

[03:35.88]W: It’s all right.We’re allowing a grace period until Friday.

[03:42.85]Q: What does the woman mean?

[03:48.10]8.M:Did you see the science fiction movie on television last night?

[03:54.87]W:I would have watched it,but my cousin stopped by for a visit,

[04:01.32]I hadn’t seen her for more than a year.

[04:06.28]Q:Why didn’t the woman watch the movie last night?

[04:13.13]9.W:Can you tell me the least expensive way to get to New York City?

[04:20.88]M:If you go by bus it’s only $ 25.

[04:26.21]But if you go by train,it’s almost twice that much.

[04:31.65]Q: What does this man explain to the woman?

[04:37.81]10.M:Hello.Will you please send someone up to my apartment.

[04:44.66]The hot water is running,and I can’t turn it off.

[04:49.93]W:There’s no one in the office right now.

[04:54.79]I’ll send someone up as soon as I can.

[04:59.83]Q: Why did the man want someone to come up to his apartment?

[05:07.20] PASSAGE 1

[05:10.86]A number of values and beliefs in traditional societies

[05:16.81]tend to decrease the amount of money people are willing and able to take from their income and make available for productive investment.

[05:26.56]In many of these societies,gold and silver,houses and land

[05:33.22]have been some of the ways in which wealth has been stored.

[05:38.39]Attempts to encourage people to keep their savings 3 in monetary 4 form

[05:44.84]often meet strong resistance,

[05:49.07]which is simply increased in times like these or rapid inflation.

[05:55.24]Perhaps the greatest obstacle

[05:59.08]to increasing savings and investments in the traditional society

[06:04.72]is the pressure of increasing population.

[06:09.40]In such countries,there is still a direct relationship

[06:15.28]between the amount of food available and the number of children who survive.

[06:21.73]A larger food supply often leads to an immediate 5 increase

[06:27.79]in the number of people who must be fed

[06:31.94]and thus cannot be used to increase the standard of living.

[06:37.82]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[06:45.08]11.How do beliefs and values tend to affect investment in the traditional society?

[06:54.54]12.What does inflation tend to increase in the traditional society?

[07:02.40]13.According to the speaker,

[07:07.55]what is the greatest obstacle to productive investment in such societies?

[07:15.49]PASSAGE 2

[07:19.14]Good morning,listeners!

[07:22.70]Welcome once again to the WCHB series “Listen and Learn”.

[07:29.78]With the approach of summer,

[07:33.54]you may have noticed trees in our areas are blossoming and their fruit ripening 7.

[07:40.38]But have you ever wondered

[07:43.93]how fruit ripens 8 especially after it has fallen from the tree or vine?

[07:50.60]The answer is relatively 9 simple.

[07:55.56]A single chemical called ethylene is produced by the fruit itself.

[08:02.43]And it is this chemical that causes the fruit to ripen 6.

[08:08.18]When the fruit produces increased amounts of ethylene,

[08:13.35]the ethylene affects the fruit physiologically 10.

[08:18.39]The fruit begins to breathe oxygen,

[08:22.75]and the oxygen supply in turn raises the internal temperature of the fruit.

[08:30.01]This increased internal temperature allows the ripening process to begin

[08:36.88]with the fruit becoming sweeter.

[08:41.14]Less green in color and softer, in short delicious.

[08:46.89]Until our next broadcast, this is Jane Anderson wishing you a fruitful day.

[08:53.55]Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[09:01.20]14.What is the audience listening to?

[09:07.45]15.What is the main topic of the talk?

[09:15.91]16.What is the source of the ethylene described in the talk?

[09:26.67]17.According to the speaker when fruit breathes oxygen,what begins to happen?

[09:35.74]PASSAGE  3

[09:39.50]I’d like to begin by welcoming you all to your first year at college.

[09:46.06]I hope your first year is successful,

[09:50.73]and I hope it will mark the beginning of a successful three years spent with us.

[09:57.50]Let me introduce myself.

[10:01.57]My name is Larry Duff and I’m the principal of this college.

[10:07.43]There are several things I want to say this morning.

[10:12.39]Firstly,I would like to familiarize you with the geography of our college.

[10:19.62]In the main block,on the ground floor,we have administrative 11 offices.

[10:26.39]On the first floor you’ll find tutors’ rooms and my office.

[10:32.45]You are welcome to drop in with your problems at any time.

[10:38.01]I usually work with my door open,so that I’m easily accessible.

[10:45.17]But I’m afraid your tutors are often busier than I,

[10:50.14]and you’ll have to make appointments to see them.

[10:54.68]Some classrooms are on the 3rd and 4th floors of this block,

[11:00.56]and larger rooms,and specialist laboratories,

[11:05.70]you’ll find in the west and east wings.

[11:10.75]Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[11:17.90]18.Where is the speech made?

[11:23.15]19.What is the speech mainly about?

[11:29.21]20.What do you know about the speaker from this speech?