试卷录音文字及答案

Part 1 Listening (第一部分 听力)

I. Listening Comprehension (听力理解): (共30分)

A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片): ( 6分)

1. Disneyland is a nice place to visit and it provides a lot of fun. (F)

2. Many different kinds of newspapers in English are published every day. (A)

3. Elephants are strong enough to help people do heavy work. (G)

4. Water is both important and precious, we must save it. (C)

5. Jack enjoys playing the guitar in his free time. (D)

6. Father Christmas , the joyful old man in the red suit and white beard, is probably the most famous figure of Christmas. (E)

B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear(根据你所听到的对话和问题，选择最恰当的答案): (10分)

7. W: Is Chile an African country, Mike?

M: No, it isn’t ,Sally. But most of us think so. It’s in South America.

Q: What are Mike and Sally talking about? (A)

8. M: Mary, has your brother returned from London? I’d like to see him.

W: Yes, John, but he flew to Beijing this morning. Maybe he’ll stay there for two days and then fly to New York for a one-week visit. I think he’ll be home after that.

Q: When can John see Mary’s brother? (D)

9. W: Do you always drive to work?

M: Yes, I usually do. But when it rains heavily, I don’t drive.

W: How do you go then?

M: I go by underground.

Q: How does the man usually go to work? (A)

10. M: Do I have to wash these school uniforms? I hate doing washing by hand.

W: Well, why not leave them for the washing machine? You just need to press the buttons, then everything will be OK.

M: Good idea!

Q: What is the man going to do? (C)

11. M: Could you please tell me something about the famous scientist Madam Curie?

W: Sorry, I don’t know much. Let’s go and borrow a book about her from the library.

M: That’s a good idea.

Q: What are they going to do soon? (A)

12. M: Hi, Jane. You’ve just been to the earthquake-stricken area, haven’t you?

W: Yes. As a volunteer of the Red Cross, I went there with a medical team.

M: How was the situation there?

W: It was awful. Many houses and roads were destroyed. People badly needed tents, clothes, medicine and even water.

Q: What did people need in the earthquake-stricken area? (B)

13. M: Where to, Madam?

W: Please drive me to the Grand Theatre.

M: On the south side?

W: No, the north side, opposite the museum.

Q: What’s the probable relationship between the man and woman? (A)

14. M: Would you like some warm water?

W: No, thanks. I never drink water without ice.

M: But that’s bad for your stomach.

Q: What else will the man probably say to the woman? (B)

15. M: You look sad. What’s the matter?

W: We had a geography test yesterday and I didn’t do well in it.

M: How do you know that?

W: Some students’ answers are not the same as mine.

M: Don’t worry. Perhaps theirs aren’t right.

Q: What does the girl think of her geography test? (D)

16. M: Do you still remember the serious flood happening in South China last summer?

W: Sure. I’ll never forget it.

M: Me too. It has affected 4.3 million people. About 180 people were killed and 52 are still missing. It caused about 14.5 billion yuan in damage. It is the worst flood in the past ten years in China.

Q: How much in damage did the flood cause? (D)

C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容, 符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示): (7分)

We can’t stop an earthquake, but we can do things to make sure that earthquakes don’t destroy whole cities. First, it is not a good idea to build houses along lines where two of the earth’s plates join together. Second, if you think there may be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks , not on sand. Third, you must make the houses as strong as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may stay up.

Scientists are afraid that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around San Francisco. They call it “The Big One”. However, people today are still building more houses. The population in and around San Francisco is now ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that if there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.