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Section A     Short Conversation

[00:04.99]1. M:You're a wonderful cook,Ann.

[00:09.64]Everything is so good.

[00:12.98]W: Glad you like it.

[00:15.91]I didn't do all of these dishes,though,Linda helped me.

[00:21.45]Q: Who did all of the dishes?

[00:24.89]2. W:I wish I'd gone with you.

[00:29.36]I didn't like the play.

[00:32.60]The acting 1 was quite a disappointment.

[00:36.96]M: I'm sorry about that.

[00:40.20]We had a delightful 2 time at the Amusement Center.

[00:44.56]Q: Who had a wonderful time?

[00:48.22]3. M:I'd like to make two reservations 3 on flight 692 for December 26.

[00:55.77]W: I'm sorry. We've booked up on the twenty-sixth.

[01:00.92]But we still have a few available on the twenty-seventh.

[01:06.17]Q: When does the man want to leave?

[01:09.93]4. W:I have to think about your offer.

[01:14.48]I can't say yes or no at the moment.

[01:18.94]It is due if you let me know your decision in a couple of days.

[01:24.38]Q: What's the man's opinion?

[01:27.93]5. W: How many literature courses have you taken at the University?

[01:33.78]M: I've had only one course each in American and British literature.

[01:40.52]I wish I had had more,especially in other languages.

[01:46.08]Q: What are the speakers talking about?

[01:49.71]6.W:What type of term paper do you expect us to write and what is the deadline?

[01:56.98]M: Your term paper should be typed,double-spaces.

[02:02.23]and not less than twenty pages long.

[02:06.38]Q: Who are the two speakers?

[02:09.93]7. M: Hello,this is Carl's bookstore.

[02:15.18]We found Mr.Wood's wallet and identity 4 card

[02:20.15]here after he left his car this morning.

[02:24.90]W: He has been wondering where he could have left them.

[02:29.34]He'll pick them up this afternoon.

[02:33.10]He has to go to the bank and the post office.

[02:37.96]Thank you for calling.

[02:41.10]Q: What can we learn about Mr.Wood from this conversation?

[02:46.56]8. W:The doctor will see you in a minute,Mr.Lewis.

[02:51.52]While you're waiting, you can answer some questions.

[02:56.56]M: But,nurse,you don't understand.

[03:01.00]I'm very health.

[03:04.24]I only want to see the doctor about...I mean

[03:09.20]I want to pay the doctor for my wife's operation last month.

[03:14.14]Q: What did the man want to do?

[03:17.69]9. M: I think I have exactly the house you are looking for,Mrs.James.

[03:24.46]It is modern,beautiful and not far from a shopping center.

[03:30.42]W: I'd like to see the house.

[03:34.26]From what you tell me it is nearly what I want.

[03:38.80]But it would be better if it is in a very good neighborhood.

[03:44.37]Q: What kind of house did the woman want?

[03:48.81]10. M:I'd like to make an appointment to see Prof.Smith tomorrow.

[03:55.26]W: I'm sorry

[03:58.00]Prof.Smith went on one-month vacation in California

[04:03.75]and on his way back he will be staying in Massachusetts for 5 days.

[04:10.20]Let me see.

[04:13.36]He'll probably be back the day after tomorrow.

[04:18.01]Q: Where is Prof.Smith now?

[04:22.16]Section B   Passage One

[04:27.02]The United States covers a large part of the North American continent.

[04:33.06]Its neighbors are Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.

[04:38.52]Although the United States is a big country,it is not the largest in the world.

[04:44.97]In 1964,its population was over 185,000,000.

[04:51.32]When this land first became a nation

[04:55.47]after winning its independence from Englan it had thirteen state

[05:01.53]Each of the states was represented on the American flag by a star.

[05:07.59]All these states were in the eastern part of the continent.

[05:12.53]As the nation grew toward 5 the west

[05:16.58]new states were added and new stars appeared on the flat.

[05:22.12]For a long time,there were 48 states.

[05:26.66]In 1959,however,two  more stars were added to the flag representing the new states  of Alaska and Hawaii

[05:35.91]Indians were the first inhabitants 6 of the land which is now the United States.

[05:42.44]There are still many thousands of the descendants 7 of these original inhabitants living in all parts of the country.

[05:50.51]Sometimes it is said that the Indians are "the only real Americans

[05:57.04]Most Americans,however,are descendants of people

[06:01.98]who came first and in greatest numbers

[06:06.52]to make their homes on the eastern coast of North America

[06:11.59]were mostly from England.

[06:14.83]It is for that reason that the language of the United States is English,

[06:20.89]and that its culture and customs

[06:24.65]are more like those of England than of any other country in the world.

[06:30.19]11. What countries are neighbors of the United States?

[06:36.15]12. Where were the earliest states located?

[06:41.11]13.For what reason is it that the language of the United States is English?

[06:49.26]Passage Two

[06:52.21]Sometimes we say that someone we know is "a square peg 8 in a round hole".

[06:58.77]This simply means that the person we are talking about

[07:03.81]is not suited for the job he is doing.

[07:08.17]He may be a bookkeeper who really wants to be an actor

[07:13.11]or a mechanic 9 who likes cooking.

[07:17.16]Unfortunately,many people in the world are "square pegs 10"

[07:22.80]they are not doing the kind of work they should be doing

[07:27.74]for one reason or another

[07:31.47]As a result they probably are not doing a very good job

[07:37.04]and certainly they are not happy.

[07:40.98]Choosing the right career is very important

[07:45.53]Most of us spend a great part of our lives at our job

[07:51.38]For that reason we should try to find out

[07:56.24]what our talents are and how we can use them

[08:01.20]We can do this through aptitude 11 test interviews with specialist

[08:07.16]and study of books in our field of interest.

[08:12.20]There are many careers open to each of us

[08:16.35]Perhaps we like science

[08:19.80]then we might prepare ourselves to be chemists,physicists,or biologists.

[08:26.15]Maybe our interests take us into the business world and such work

[08:30.59]as accounting 12 personnel 13 management or public relation.

[08:38.14]Many persons find their place in government service.

[08:43.00]Teaching,newspaper work,medicine engineering--these and many other fields

[08:50.34]offer fascinating careers to persons with talent and training.

[08:56.01]14. What is implied 14 in a "square peg in a round hole"?

[09:02.25]15. Why is it important to find the right career?

[09:08.21]16.What are some of the careers found in the scientific world according to the passage?

[09:16.07]Passage Three

[09:19.02]The geographical 15 location of a country and its physical characteristic

[09:25.37]are very important to its development and progress.

[09:30.31]The United States is very fortunate in this respect.

[09:35.48]First of all, it has a good climate

[09:39.81]In almost all sections of the country

[09:44.07]it is possible to live comfortably during the whole yeay.

[09:49.22]It is true that in the south it sometimes gets very hot

[09:54.68]and in the north very cold.

[09:58.44]But the people who live in these regions 16 become accustomed to the climate.

[10:04.19]and never suffer very much when the weather is either very hot or very cold.

[10:11.03]In a large country there is usually a great variety of different physical characteristic.

[10:18.19]In the United States there are wide plains and high mountain

[10:23.83]thousands of lakes and rivers of all size cool forests and hot desert

[10:30.96]and a coastline several thousand miles long.

[10:35.72]Many lakes and rivers as well as the long coastlin

[10:41.28]have been of great importance to the development of the country

[10:47.34]since they made possible

[10:50.89]the easy transportation of people and all the things people need.

[10:56.22]transportation by water is still necessary and important.

[11:01.76]In modern times,however trains,automobile trucks and airplanes

[11:08.42]are doing much of the work which was formerly 17 done by ships and boats.

[11:14.66]17.What's the main topic of the talk?

[11:19.71]18.What kind of climate does the United States have?

[11:26.16]19.What are the principal 18 physical characteristics of the United States?

[11:33.50]20.What's the role of lakes and rivers according to the passage