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Section A

[00:01.23]1. M: May I take the tape out.

[00:03.50]I need it to practise my English for Dr.Tedder 1's listening class.

[00:07.65]W: Well,I am afraid not.

[00:07.76]The tape has been put on reserve by Dr.Tedder.

[00:11.05]If you have his written permission,we'll let it out.

[00:13.82]Q: What should the man do to borrow the tape?

[00:16.57]2. M: I'll have these gloves.

[00:19.15]Please tell me how much I owe you.

[00:20.88]W: They are $ 20 a pair and four pairs make a total of $ 80.

[00:25.86]But today we offer a 10% discount.

[00:29.03]Q: How much does the man have to pay?

[00:31.19]3. W: Mr. Smith, you said you saw the car crash into a tree.

[00:35.82]Do you know what caused the accident?

[00:38.09]M: I saw a girl riding her bicycle in the street.

[00:41.04]The car driver tried to avoid hitting her.

[00:43.52]He made a sudden turn and lost control of the car.

[00:46.55]Q: What caused the car-driver to lose control of the car?

[00:50.03]4. M: Yes, madam. What can I do for you?

[00:53.66]Is it the portable radio again?

[00:55.62]W: No. It's the electric iron this time.

[00:58.41]I think something is wrong with the temperature control.

[01:01.39]Whatever I try to iron gets burned.

[01:04.47]Q: Why did the woman go to the man?

[01:06.46]5. M: Isn't that a new brand of computer you are working at?

[01:10.56]W: Oh, Henry. This is the third time you've asked me about it.

[01:14.40]Q: What does the woman imply?

[01:16.39]6. W:Do you know Bill works as a car-washer at a hotel by the river?

[01:21.17]M: It isn't a bad job to start wite.

[01:23.39]I wouldn't mind that job for the summer if no others are available.

[01:26.68]Q: What does the man mean?

[01:28.48]7. M:What a wonderful game it was?

[01:31.22]I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

[01:33.89]W:I must admit that I felt sleepy during the two hours.

[01:37.21]Q:How did the woman feel about the game?

[01:39.66]8.M:Hi,Mary.I just came back from Pairs yesterday.

[01:44.10]Anything new when I was away?

[01:46.09]W: Congratulations, Tom.

[01:47.84]It's told you'll be promoted to manager and become my immediate 2 boss.

[01:52.43]What is most probably the relationship between the two speakers at the moment?

[01:57.01]9. W: What a poor memory I have!

[02:00.14]I did write down the address on a slip of paper when I answered the phone a moment ago.

[02:05.37]But now the paper has disappeared without any trace.

[02:08.60]M: Don't worry.

[02:09.62]I'll be seeing the teacher in an hour.

[02:11.84]Q: What do we learn from this conversation?

[02:14.09]10. M:Of the two ways for us to go to Washington,which one do you prefer?

[02:19.08]by train or by air?

[02:20.83]W: By air. It seems very expensive

[02:23.89]but as a whole it will save us plenty of time on the way.

[02:27.39]Q: What does the woman say about the reason for her choice?

[02:30.89]Section B

[02:32.11]Passage One

[02:33.34]The Republican Party is one of the two main political parties of the USA

[02:38.51]It was formed in 1854 by groups opposed to slavery.

[02:42.80]Lincoln became the first Republican president in 1861

[02:47.19]and republicans held the presidency 3 from then until 1913

[02:52.41]except for two terms.

[02:54.42]They returned to power from 1921--1933

[02:59.05]but were blamed for the economic crisis of 1929 and the poverty and unemployment that follower 4.

[03:05.29]The Party did not win back the presidency until Eisenhower was elected in 1952.

[03:11.69]The next Republican president was Richard Nixon, elected in 1968.

[03:17.07]During Nixon's presidency

[03:19.27]as during most of Eisenhower'

[03:21.41]the Republicans failed to win a majority in Congress.

[03:25.35]The Republican party tends to be more conservative than the Democratic party

[03:30.50]it is associated with free enterprise in the economy

[03:34.36]and is most strongly supported in the rural and suburban 5 areas of the North

[03:38.70]the Middle West and the West.

[03:41.47]11. What is the passage mainly about?

[03:45.44]12. Which of the following is not true?

[03:49.15]13. What can we infer from the passage?

[03:53.12]Passage Two

[03:54.87]The classic case in medical history of a typhoid carrier is that of Mary Mallor

[04:00.28]During a New York typhoid epidemic 6 she was found working as a cook

[04:05.08]and thus very readily spread the disease to other

[04:08.79]She persisted in finding employment as a cook both in private service and in various institution

[04:15.61]She even changed her name to avoid detection.

[04:19.01]For eight years she continued to carry and spread typhoid wherever she went.

[04:23.89]Finally she was made to live in a hospital.

[04:27.42]There her work could be regulated so that she did not pass on typhoid.

[04:31.83]She lived in hospital for twenty-three years.

[04:35.31]until her death in 1938.

[04:38.10]For thirty-one years she had been a known carrier of the disease

[04:42.31]without herself suffering any ill effects.

[04:45.57]14. What was Mary Mallon according to the case?

[04:49.83]15. What is implied in the passage?

[04:53.52]16. Which of the following is not true?

[04:57.25]Passage Three

[04:58.97]London is a city sitting on a meandering 7 river

[05:02.14]with palaces overlooking barges 8 sailing on the clear water of the Thames.

[05:08.07]Each year the Cambridge and Oxford 9 boat race is run on the river.

[05:12.92]Such a boat has eight oarsmen, each using an oar 10 of 3.7 metres.

[05:19.04]A trained crew can work up great speed and shoot away like a rocked.

[05:23.87]The victor of the race is front-page news of the evening paper.

[05:27.97]Many bridges span the Thames in London.

[05:30.45]Of they the most famous is probably the Westminster Bridge.

[05:34.68]If you happen to be in London one of these days.

[05:37.32]do take a look from that bridge.

[05:39.75]On your right you will see the house of Commons and the House of Lord.

[05:44.17]and the Big Ben, which strikes every quarter of the hour.

[05:48.11]In the busy traffic on the bridge

[05:50.28]you will notice the red double-decker buses

[05:53.44]which roll past quite smoothly 11 in spite of their huge bodies.

[05:57.88]Two bridges, the Waterloo Bridge and the London Bridge are

[06:01.28]visible in the distance.

[06:03.21]Fifty years ago London suffered from smoke and fob

[06:06.71]Londoners called it pea-soup fob

[06:09.45]because it looked so thick.

[06:11.18]Today the smogis gone.

[06:12.88]and the air remains 12 clear

[06:14.86]and fish has returned to the Thames

[06:17.53]thanks to the Clean Air Act and other measures.

[06:20.92]17. What river is London sitting on?

[06:24.55]18. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

[06:29.44]19. According to the passage, which of the following is not true?

[06:34.64]20. What legislation helps clean the air?