大学英语六级练习试卷听力 Model Test 08

Section A

Directions:In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At

the end of each conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both 

the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.after each question there will 

be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D),and 

decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with 

a single line through the centre.

11.A.The transportation for the trip is free.

B.The class won't enjoy going on the field trip.

C.Some people may not go on the trip.

D.Everyone in the class has paid the fee.

12.A.He thinks David is not reliable.

B.He's willing to trust David.

C.He has told his doubts to David.

D.He thinks David will benefit from this experience.

13.A.His son hit him on the arm.

B.He stumbled over a stone and fell.

C.He bumped the arm against a piece of furniture..

D.He knocked over a coffee pot.

14.A.Because they have some financial problems.

B.Because they will be much rain in May.

C.Because they won't have free time in May.

D.Because they can't have everything got ready by then.

15.A.She will play basketball.

B.She will go to see sick Lily.

C.She will go swimming.

D.She will play volleyball.

16.A.He thinks it is a pity that ther is a flaw on it.

B.He thinks it is a good bargain but it could be much cheaper.

C.He thinks it is a real bargain because the flaw is hardly noticeable.

D.He thinks the woman should show it to her friends.

17.A.It will be sunny.

B.It will be very cold.

C.It will be windy.

D.It will be rainy.

18.A.She had to work throughout her honeymoon 1.

B.She had nothing to do during her honeymoon.

C.She couldn't go shopping in her honeymoon.

D.She spent her honeymoon all by herself.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19.A.He is promoting the sales of something by telephone.

B.He is talking with the woman on how to stay healthy.

C.He is discussing with the woman on how to stay fit.

D.He is talking with the woman about a fitness program.

20.A.A subscription 2 to a book.

B.A bargain on dance lessons.

C.A cheap airfare to Hawaii.

D.A membership to sports club.

21.A.She requests the man not to call her again.

B.She requests the man to call her in a few days.

C.She requests to change a salesman.

D.She requests a cheaper price for what the man offers.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

22.A.Meals are provided free of charge on campus.

B. Students are more secure on campus.

C. Students are free to choose their roommates.

D. Students have more chances to make friends.

23.A.They may have to obey certain housing rules.

B.A deposit may be required to rent an apartment.

C.Apartment are very limited on campus.

D.They have to do the housework themselves.

24.A.Tenants 3 needn't maintain the house.

B.Tenants can cook in the apartments.

C.Tenants have freedom to select their roommates.

D.Tenants are free to do anything that they like.

25.A.Earn money to pay the rent.

B.Buy rurniture for the apartments.

C.Sign a housing contract.

D.Earn money to buy a car.

Section B

Directions: In this section,you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage,you will 

hear some questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you 

hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) 

and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the 

centre.

Passage One

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26.A.They didn't notice them.

B.They gave mythological 4 explanations.

C.They ignored them.

D.They chose to avoid seeing them.

27.A.Where UFOs came.

B.The Heaven.

C.The river of Heaven.

D.Light in the sky.

28.A.Because it is so luminous 5.

B.Because it is broad.

C.Because it is where the Heaven is.

D.Because it is so remote from us.

Passage Two

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29.A.To tell what "high tech" and "state of the art" are. 

B.To tell how "high tech" and "state of the art" have developed.

C.To give examples of high tech.

D.To describe the modern technology.

30.A.Britain.

B.The United States.

C.France.

D.Japan

31.A.Because of the technology progress.

B.Because of the computer revolution.

C.Because of the invention of computer.

D.Because of microwave ovens.

Passage Three

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

32.A.Silent reading had not been discovered.

B.There were few places available for private reading.

C.Few people could read for themselves.

D.People relied on reading for entertainment.

33.A.A change in the status of educated.

B.A change in the nature of reading.

C.An increase in the number of books.

D.An increase in the average age of readers.

34.A.The importance of silent reading.

B.The information yielded by books and newspapers.

C.The effects of healthy reading.

D.The value of different types of reading habits developed.

35.A.Explain how present-day reading habits developed.

B.Change people's attitudes to reading.

C.Show how reading methods have been improved.

D.Encourage the growth of reading.

Section C

Directions:In this section,you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for

the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the 

second time,you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact 

words you have just heard.For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in 

the missing information.For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just 

heard or write down the main points in your own words.Finally, when the passage is read for

the third time,you should check what you have written.

Dr. Gregory Connolly is director of the office for non-smoking and health in the 

Massachusetts public health department.He said the U.S. had(36)_____Taiwan,Japan,Korea 

and Thailand with trade sanctions unless they opened up their markets to U.S. cigarettes 

and tobacco (37)______.

“We are trading them cancer in the form of Camel cigarettes”,Connolly told a world 

health conference.“That is something to be (38)______ and ashamed of.”

Connolly did not say when the threats were made or by whom.U.S. tobacco 

company officials were not immediately (39)______ for comment.

American Cancer Society chief (40)______ William Tipping said,"American 

corporations are the (41)______of an epidemic 6 and our government has become a willing

(42)______ for the enforced export of that epidemic.Those of us from America can only 

feel ashamed at our administration’s (43)______in undermining world health."

(44)_______________________.Later Wednesday, the American Cancer Society 

announced that its new Trade for Life campaign would help Thailand fight what it called U.S. 

moves to force open the Asian country’s market to American tobacco companies.(45)

______________________.

Tipping said the GATT case could set a precedent 7 in allowing international tobacco 

companies to force their products and advertising 8 on developing countries,(46)

_______________________.

参考答案：

Section A

11.C 12.B 13.C 14.C 15.D 16.C 17.B 18.D 

19.A 20.D 21.A

22.B 23.A 24.C 25.B

Section B

Passage One 26.B 27.C 28.D 

Passage Two 29.A 30.B 31.B 

Passage Three 32.C 33.B 34.D 35.A

Section C

36.threatened 

37.advertising

38.condemned 9

39.available

40.executive

41.carriers 

42. instrument

43.role 

44.Connolly said cigarettes are sold and advertised in the Third World without health 

warnings and with higher nicotine 10 content than in the U.S. 

45.The society said the Thai government has resisted such imports because of fears it will 

lead to increases in tobacco-related diseases and deaths

46.he said the first goal of the US$500,000-a-year campaign was to bring the moral force of

world opinion to bear on American trade policy

听力材料：

[00:09.26]Model Test Eight

[00:11.07]Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension

[00:14.88]Section A

[00:16.70]Directions:

[00:18.10]In this section,

[00:20.57]you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.

[00:24.79]At the end of each conversation,

[00:27.48]one or more questions will be asked about what was said.

[00:31.44]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.

[00:35.79]After each question there will be a pause.

[00:39.42]During the pause,

[00:41.07]you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D),

[00:46.01]and decide which is the best answer.

[00:49.82]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer

[00:53.03]Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

[00:56.53]Now, let’s begin with the eight short conversations.

[01:00.87]11. M: I think the whole class is going

[01:05.91]on the field trip next Friday.

[01:08.07]W: I am not so sure.

[01:09.88]You know not everybody can afford the transportation fee.

[01:14.41]Q: What does the woman imply?

[01:32.39]12. W: I feel so uneasy about trusting David with our money.

[01:38.10]How about you?

[01:39.61]M: Some people say he’s not reliable,

[01:42.30]but others have a lot of confidence in him.

[01:45.42]I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

[01:48.64]Q: What does the man mean?

[02:07.14]13. W: Where did you get that terrible bruise 11 on your arm?

[02:11.98]M: I banged it against the corner of the coffee table

[02:15.71]while I was playing with my son.

[02:17.14]Q: How did the man bruise his arm?

[02:34.17]14. W: Where shall we spend our holidays this year,

[02:39.98]Tom? Going away or staying at home?

[02:43.26]M: We’re definitely going abroad, dear.

[02:45.57]But I don’t think we’ll go away in May.

[02:48.36]I doubt if we’ll have enough money saved up by then.

[02:51.54]Q: Why can’t the couple go abroad in May?

[03:11.18]15. M: Are you free this afternoon,

[03:14.16]Mary? If you have spare time,

[03:17.31]will you join us in playing volleyball?

[03:19.18]Lily has got a bad cold so she couldn’t play.

[03:22.47]W: I’d like to. Anyway my basketball lesson was cancelled,

[03:27.18]and as long as I can go swimming at 7 p.m. that’s OK.

[03:30.97]Q: What will the woman do this afternoon?

[03:49.07]16. W: Finding this china cabinet was a real stroke of luck.

[03:54.32]Because of the scratch on the side,

[03:56.85]the dealer 12 charged me ＄50 less than the regular price.

[04:00.85]M: You were very lucky,

[04:02.98]and with a little polish the scratch won’t even show.

[04:06.35]Q: What does the man think of the china cabinet?

[04:25.94]17. M: Finally, the weekend comes.

[04:29.75]I will go for a picnic,

[04:31.94]so do you know tomorrow’s weather?

[04:34.22]W: Now it is 7:32 and here is the weather forecast.

[04:38.41]Strong wind blew today.

[04:40.66]And tomorrow it will be colder.

[04:42.88]And if it gets cold enough,

[04:45.06]there could be heavy snow next week.

[04:47.57]Q: What is the weather forecast for tomorrow?

[05:06.08]18. M: After Kathy came back from her honeymoon,

[05:10.37]she has been upset these days.

[05:12.80]Do you know the reason?

[05:14.49]W: Her husband had to leave her alone in the hotel

[05:17.33]because his company assigned him an urgent mission.

[05:20.93]So she did nothing but went shopping without her husband's company.

[05:25.80]Q: Why has Kathy been upset these days?

[05:43.89]Now you’ll hear two long conversations.

[05:46.27]Conversation One

[05:49.21]W: Hello!

[05:50.64]M: Good evening. Is that Mrs. Philips?

[05:53.77]W: Yes, it is.

[05:55.23]M: Well, Mrs. Phillips. This evening,

[05:57.64]I’m calling to offer you a special discount on ...

[06:00.74]W: Ah, no, let me guess.

[06:02.67]You want to sell a subscription to the newspaper or

[06:06.24]a great deal on the airfare to Hawaii,

[06:08.99]right? Or, you want to offer me

[06:11.21]an unbelievable bargain on dance lessons.

[06:14.27]M: No, no, actually ... Mrs. Philips.

[06:18.62]Oh, sorry. That was the last guy. Uh,

[06:21.96]we want to offer you a free membership to

[06:24.21]our sports club downtown at the introductory price of ＄39.95 ....

[06:29.93]W: Thirty-nine ninety-five?

[06:31.68]I thought you said free!

[06:33.71]Uh, listen, I’m not interested.

[06:36.08]M: Well, it includes unlimited 13 access to all our facilities,

[06:39.86]including the gym, weight room,

[06:42.27]tennis courts, and swimming pool.

[06:44.33]W: Again, I’m not interested.

[06:47.02]I have my own fitness program

[06:48.96]I do around the house anyway.

[06:51.11]M: Well, this is a once-in-a-lifetime deal.

[06:53.92]In addition, the location of the sports club is near your house.

[06:57.86]That will be convenient for you.

[06:59.99]W: Like I said, I’ll pass this time.

[07:02.18]And please put me on your “don’t call” list.

[07:05.46]M: Okay. It’ll take between four and six months before

[07:10.02]your name will be removed from our database.

[07:12.68]You might be called by another representative during that time.

[07:16.14]W: Ah, man. Ah, great.

[07:18.21]M: Have a nice evening, Mrs. Philips.

[07:21.11]Questions 19 to 21 are based on

[07:24.55]the conversation you have just heard.

[07:27.02]19. What is the man doing?

[07:46.83]20. What does the man want to offer the woman?

[08:05.84]21. What does the woman request at

[08:09.81]the end of the conversation?

[08:26.85]Conversation Two

[08:28.35]M: Good morning, Ms. Smith.

[08:31.17]Welcome to today’s show.

[08:33.39]W: Thank you.

[08:34.38]M: Today we’re going to talk about the

[08:36.57]living of foreign students in our country.

[08:39.04]You know, for many international students,

[08:41.97]coming to the United States and living here and

[08:45.26]studying can be a quite frightening experience,

[08:48.20]especially when finding housing. Can you give them some advice?

[08:52.91]W: Sure. Fortunately,

[08:54.39]there are a variety of options that students can look to.

[08:57.95]They can choose to live on campus or off campus.

[09:01.90]M: Then can you say something about on-campus living?

[09:06.01]W: Well, I think first of all for first-time students,

[09:09.45]coming and living on campus in dormitories can provide

[09:14.14]a certain level of security because of its

[09:16.57]closeness to campus facilities since commuting 14 without

[09:20.85]a car can be quite an experience,

[09:22.92]especially when you have to commute 15 long distances.

[09:26.98]Often in dormitories,

[09:28.98]meals might be provided,

[09:31.16]and this can allow students to devote time to their academics,

[09:35.64]rather than housekeeping.

[09:37.14]M: That sounds quite good.

[09:39.89]Is there anything students should

[09:41.73]pay attention to when living on campus?

[09:43.92]W: Yes, students should be aware that

[09:47.26]they’ll be required to abide 16 by certain regulations dealing 17 with

[09:51.54]student conduct as part of the contract and living on campus.

[09:55.77]M: Then what about off-campus living?

[09:59.51]W: Like living in dormitories, uh,

[10:01.79]living off campus in an apartment requires little or

[10:05.39]no maintenance specifically because usually it is handled by someone else.

[10:10.64]Also, when you live off campus,

[10:12.98]there might be a certain amount of flexibility 18 in choosing roommates

[10:17.19]that you might not have when living on campus.

[10:20.66]But you should be aware that tenants may be responsible

[10:25.16]for furnishing their own apartments.

[10:27.35]M: Well, thank you, Ms. Smith,

[10:30.10]for the information you have provided for us.

[10:32.51]W: My pleasure.

[10:33.90]Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

[10:39.95]22. Which of the following advantages is related to on-campus living?

[11:03.05]23. What should students remember

[11:07.11]when living on campus according to the woman?

[11:25.17]24. What is the advantage of off-campus living

[11:29.67]compared with on-campus living?

[11:46.95]25. What should students do

[11:50.45]if they prepare to live in apartments off campus?

[12:08.89]Section B

[12:10.14]Directions: In this section,

[12:14.35]you will hear 3 short passages.

[12:16.51]At the end of each passage,

[12:18.99]you will hear some questions.

[12:21.01]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.

[12:26.20]After you hear a question,

[12:29.01]you must choose the best answer from the four choices

[12:32.65]marked A), B), C) and D).

[12:36.37]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer

[12:39.43]Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

[12:42.53]Passage One

[12:44.49]We humans have found countless 19 mysteries of

[12:48.87]the universe with which to occupy our minds over the centuries.

[12:53.34]We not only ask questions about what something is but

[12:58.78]we also want to know why it is.

[13:01.34]Ancient people invented elaborate mythological explanations

[13:05.84]to account for the mysterious things they saw.

[13:09.15]Both the sky with its heavenly bodies and seemingly never-ending vastness

[13:15.34]and the seas with their great depths and power were,

[13:18.74]and still are, capable of filling people with feelings of fear and wonder.

[13:24.62]As ancient humans looked at the sky above them,

[13:27.99]one sight that intrigued 20 them most was the Milky 21 Way.

[13:31.77]They, of course, didn’t know that the strange, broad,

[13:35.82]luminous band of light across the sky is

[13:39.20]in reality composed of countless stars

[13:42.01]and planets located so far from the Earth that

[13:46.30]they cannot been seen individually by the naked eyes.

[13:50.10]To the ancient Chinese it appeared as a luminous river,

[13:54.35]which they referred to as the River of Heaven or the Silver Stream.

[13:59.44]Even though today we know what the Milky Way is,

[14:02.69]it remains 22 equally mysterious in many ways

[14:06.06]because it is so remote from us.

[14:09.28]It is no wonder that for those individuals who believe in UFOs,

[14:14.03]it seems a likely place from which they could have arisen.

[14:17.69]After all, we know so little about heavenly bodies.

[14:21.71]The power of the ocean is Awesome 23.

[14:25.34]We hear of tidal waves that crash onto land,

[14:28.65]destroying everything in their path;

[14:30.96]we read accounts of lost ships over the centuries.

[14:34.71]Now, in the 21st century as we fly across the Pacific,

[14:39.90]we can’t help but feel a bit lonely and concerned as

[14:44.06]we think of that vast body of water below us.

[14:47.40]Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[14:54.59]26. How did ancient people count for those mysterious things they saw?

[15:15.95]27. What did ancient Chinese people consider the Milky Way as?

[15:37.13]28. Why is the Milky Way mysterious to humans even now?

[15:57.69]Passage Two

[15:59.18]“High tech” and “state of the art” are two expressions

[16:04.90]that describe very modern technology.

[16:07.47]High tech is just a shorter way of saying high technology.

[16:12.40]And high technology describes any invention,

[16:16.56]system or device that uses the newest ideas

[16:20.22]or discoveries of science and engineering.

[16:22.97]What is high tech?

[16:24.87]A computer is high tech.

[16:26.84]So is a communications satellite.

[16:29.75]A modern manufacturing system is surely high tech.

[16:33.28]High tech became a popular expression

[16:36.75]in the United States during the early 1980’s.

[16:39.99]Because of improvements in technology,

[16:43.03]people could buy many new kinds of products in American stores,

[16:47.09]such as home computers, microwave ovens, etc.

[16:51.15]“State of the art” is something that is as modern as possible.

[16:55.90]It is a product that is based on the very latest methods and technology.

[17:00.84]Something that is “state of the art”

[17:03.90]means the newest possible design or product of a business or industry.

[17:08.81]A state of the art television set, for example,

[17:12.66]uses the most modern electronic design and parts.

[17:16.37]It is the best that one can buy.

[17:19.28]“State of the art” is not a new expression.

[17:21.87]Engineers have used it for years,

[17:24.43]to describe the best and most modern way of doing something.

[17:28.15]Millions of Americans began to use the expression in the late 1970’s.

[17:33.59]The reason was the computer revolution.

[17:36.68]Every computer company claimed that its computers were “state of the art”.

[17:41.28]Computer technology changed so fast that a state of

[17:46.31]the art computer today might be old tomorrow.

[17:49.25]The expression “state of the art”

[17:51.93]became as common and popular as computers themselves.

[17:55.37]Now all kinds of products are said to be “state of the art”.

[18:00.15]Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[18:06.84]29. What is the author’s purpose for this passage?

[18:27.04]30. Where were the expressions of “high tech” and

[18:32.35]“state of the art” first used?

[18:49.41]31. Why did people begin to use the expression “state of the art”?

[19:09.37]Passage Three

[19:11.21]Reading to oneself is a modern activity

[19:15.24]which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval worlds,

[19:20.78]while during the fifteenth century the term “reading”

[19:24.90]undoubtedly meant reading aloud.

[19:27.34]Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace.

[19:32.49]One should be careful, however,

[19:36.03]in assuming that silent reading came about simply

[19:40.09]because reading aloud is a distraction 24 to others.

[19:43.06]Examination of factors related to

[19:46.68]the historical development of silent reading reveals that

[19:50.86]it became the usual mode of reading for most adult

[19:54.68]reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character.

[20:00.03]The 19th century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy,

[20:05.34]and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased,

[20:09.80]so the number of potential listeners decreased,

[20:13.24]and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud.

[20:17.59]As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common,

[20:22.12]so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity

[20:26.34]in such public places as libraries,

[20:29.27]railway carriages and offices.

[20:32.05]There reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers.

[20:36.80]Towards the end of the century there was still considerable

[20:41.02]argument over whether books should be used for information,

[20:45.11]and over whether the reading material such as

[20:48.59]newspapers was in some way mentally weakening.

[20:52.05]Indeed this argument remains with us still in education.

[20:57.37]However, whatever its virtues 25 are,

[20:59.49]the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced

[21:04.24]by the mass media on the one hand and by books and magazines for

[21:08.58]a specialized 26 readership on the other.

[21:10.96]The social, cultural,

[21:13.18]and technological 27 changes in the century had greatly altered

[21:17.14]what the term “reading” implied.

[21:19.33]Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[21:25.59]32. Why was reading aloud common before the nineteenth century?

[21:47.79]33. What did the development of silent reading during

[21:52.76]the nineteenth century indicate?

[22:07.83]34. What are educationalists still arguing about?

[22:29.65]35. What is the writer of this passage attempting to do?

[22:50.03]Section C

[22:51.40]Directions: In this section,

[22:54.09]you will hear a passage three times.

[22:56.31]When the passage is read for the first time,

[22:59.53]you should listen carefully for its general idea.

[23:02.50]When the passage is read for the second time,

[23:05.94]you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from

[23:10.35]36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard.

[23:14.09]For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required

[23:20.50]to fill in the missing information.

[23:22.62]For these blanks,

[23:24.94]you can either use the exact words you have just heard or

[23:29.09]write down the main points in your own words. Finally,

[23:33.66]when the passage is read for the third time,

[23:36.47]you should check what you have written.

[23:38.68]Now listen to the passage.

[23:42.00]Dr. Gregory Connolly is director of

[23:44.97]the office for non-smoking and health

[23:47.43]in the Massachusetts public health department.

[23:50.06]He said the U.S. had threatened Taiwan, Japan,

[23:54.62]Korea and Thailand with trade sanctions unless they opened up

[23:59.34]their markets to U.S. cigarettes and tobacco advertising.

[24:03.06]“We are trading them cancer in the form of Camel cigarettes”,

[24:07.16]Connolly told a world health conference.

[24:10.00]“That is something to be condemned and ashamed of.”

[24:13.94]Connolly did not say when the threats were made or by whom.

[24:17.53]U.S. tobacco company officials were not immediately available for comment.

[24:22.56]American Cancer Society chief executive William Tipping said,

[24:28.56]"American corporations are the carriers of an epidemic and

[24:33.09]our government has become a willing instrument for

[24:36.03]the enforced export of that epidemic.

[24:38.59]Those of us from America can only feel ashamed

[24:42.52]at our administration’s role in undermining world health."

[24:46.34]Connolly said cigarettes are sold and advertised

[24:49.62]in the Third World without health warnings and with higher nicotine content

[24:54.34]than in the U.S. Later Wednesday, the American Cancer Society announced

[24:59.71]that its new Trade for Life campaign would help Thailand fight

[25:04.25]what it called U.S. moves to force open

[25:07.49]the Asian country’s market to American tobacco companies.

[25:11.06]The society said the Thai government has resisted such imports

[25:15.56]because of fears it will lead to increases

[25:18.28]in tobacco-related diseases and deaths.

[25:21.00]Tipping said the GATT case could set a precedent

[25:25.65]in allowing international tobacco companies to force

[25:29.19]their products and advertising on developing countries,

[25:32.22]he said the first goal of the US$500,000-a-year campaign was to bring

[25:39.31]the moral force of world opinion to bear on American trade policy.

[25:43.87]Now the passage will be read again.

[25:47.75]Dr. Gregory Connolly is director of

[25:51.90]the office for non-smoking and health

[25:54.40]in the Massachusetts public health department.

[25:56.96]He said the U.S. had threatened Taiwan, Japan, Korea

[26:02.09]and Thailand with trade sanctions unless they opened up

[26:06.31]their markets to U.S. cigarettes and tobacco advertising.

[26:09.49]“We are trading them cancer in the form of Camel cigarettes”,

[26:14.00]Connolly told a world health conference.

[26:16.65]“That is something to be condemned and ashamed of.”

[26:21.06]Connolly did not say when the threats were made or by

[26:24.43]whom. U.S. tobacco company officials were not immediately available for 

comment.

[26:29.56]American Cancer Society chief executive William Tipping said,

[26:35.29]"American corporations are the carriers of an epidemic and

[26:39.57]our government has become a willing instrument for

[26:42.75]the enforced export of that epidemic.

[26:45.19]Those of us from America can only feel ashamed

[26:49.48]at our administration’s role in undermining world health."

[26:53.04]Connolly said cigarettes are sold and advertised

[26:56.32]in the Third World without health warnings

[26:59.25]and with higher nicotine content than in the U.S.

[28:13.18]Later Wednesday,

[28:14.44]the American Cancer Society announced

[28:16.81]that its new Trade for Life campaign would help Thailand fight

[28:20.88]what it called U.S. moves to force open

[28:24.43]the Asian country’s market to American tobacco companies.

[28:28.81]The society said the Thai government has resisted such imports

[28:32.53]because of fears it will lead to increases

[28:34.97]in tobacco-related diseases and deaths.

[29:49.24]Tipping said the GATT case could set a precedent

[29:52.61]in allowing international tobacco companies to force their products

[29:56.89]and advertising on developing countries,

[29:59.58]he said the first goal of the US$500,000-a-year campaign was to bring

[30:05.98]the moral force of world opinion to bear on American trade policy.

[31:22.45]Now the passage will be read for the third time.

[31:24.91]Dr. Gregory Connolly is director of the office for

[31:31.10]non-smoking and health in the Massachusetts public health department.

[31:35.38]He said the U.S. had threatened Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Thailand

[31:41.23]with trade sanctions unless they opened up their markets to U.S.

[31:46.04]cigarettes and tobacco advertising.

[31:48.13]“We are trading them cancer in the form of Camel cigarettes”,

[31:52.41]Connolly told a world health conference.

[31:55.07]“That is something to be condemned and ashamed of.”

[31:58.85]Connolly did not say when the threats were made or by whom. U.S.

[32:03.00]tobacco company officials were not immediately available for comment.

[32:08.04]American Cancer Society chief executive William Tipping said,

[32:13.85]"American corporations are the carriers of an epidemic and

[32:18.35]our government has become a willing instrument for

[32:21.60]the enforced export of that epidemic. Those of us from America

[32:26.07]can only feel ashamed at our administration’s role in undermining world health."

[32:31.82]Connolly said cigarettes are sold and

[32:34.01]advertised in the Third World without health warnings and

[32:37.76]with higher nicotine content than in the U.S. Later Wednesday,

[32:42.38]the American Cancer Society announced that

[32:45.48]its new Trade for Life campaign would help Thailand fight

[32:49.48]what it called U.S. moves to force open the

[32:53.10]Asian country’s market to American tobacco companies.

[32:56.07]The society said the Thai government has resisted such imports

[33:00.69]because of fears it will lead to increases

[33:04.01]in tobacco-related diseases and deaths.

[33:06.51]Tipping said the GATT case could set a precedent

[33:10.60]in allowing international tobacco companies

[33:13.41]to force their products and advertising on developing countries,

[33:17.60]he said the first goal of the US$500,000-a-year campaign was to bring

[33:24.48]the moral force of world opinion to bear on American trade policy.

[33:33.09]This is the end of listening comprehension.