第一节

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

Text 1

M:At which stop will we get off?

W:We still have three more stops to go.

Text 2

W:Yes?

M:I’d like two single tickets,please.

W:Where to?

M:To King’s Street.

W:That’s seven pounds forty.

M:Thanks.

Text 3

W:Mr.Johnson.I am running out of inventory(存货).

M:What items are you short of?

W:I am low on batteries,cameras and MP4s,but worst of all,cell phones.

Text 4

M:I haven’t heard from Karen since she went to Spain for further study.

W:Neither have I.

Text 5

M:Well,I thought you were working for a large office-machine company.

W:I was for a few months,but I decided that accounting wasn’t what I wanted to do.

M:That’s why you changed your job.

第二节

　　听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料,回答第6至8题。

Text 6

M:I’d like to pay a visit to the Smiths at 3:30 p.m.Will you go with me,Mary?

W:I’d love to,but I won’t be off work from my factory job until 4:00 p.m.How about 4:15? I’ll be free then,Jack.

M:OK.Let’s meet at the bus stop and take the No.5 bus to go there.

W:Why not go by bike? The bus will be crowded at that time.

M:But my bike is broken.

W:You can use your sister’s new bike,can’t you?

M:Yes.I’ll wait for you in front of the bookstore opposite the cinema.

听第7段材料,回答第9至11题。

Text 7

M:I’m going to apply for a job at Joplin’s.I heard they’re paying $12 an hour.That’s the best starting salary I’ve found!

W:Yes,that is a good working salary,but their benefits are terrible.If I were you,I’d think twice before working for them.

M:How do you know so much about Joplin’s?

W:My husband used to work there.They give no health insurance benefits to their part-time workers,but they’re on call for all the major holidays!

听第8段材料,回答第12至14题。

Text 8

W:Hello,Thomas Brothers.

M:Hello,this is Mike Landon here.Is Jack Cooper there by any chance?

W:I am afraid not.He is away for a day or two.Back on…let’s see…Monday morning.

M:Oh,well perhaps I can leave a message for him.

W:Yes,of course,just a minute.Now,let’s see,to Jack Cooper from Mike London.

M:No,Landon,L-A-N-D-O-N.

W:Sorry,yes,got that.And what’s the message?

M:Well it’s just this:could he come to a meeting on Monday afternoon at 5:00?

W:That’s this coming Monday,October 12?

M:Right.It’s to discuss the new factory in France.

W:Fine,I’ve got that.I will see that he gets it as soon as he comes in on Monday.

M:Good.Thank you.Goodbye.

听第9段材料,回答第15至17题。

Text 9

W:Hey,you got a new television!

M:Yes,it was delivered yesterday.What do you think of it?

W:It’s huge.It practically takes up the entire side of the room.

M:I know,I know.You don’t think it’s …well,reasonable,do you?

W:I didn’t say that.I mean,if you enjoy it,why not? What happened to your old TV anyhow?

M:It just stopped working last Friday.It was pretty old and didn’t work well.I thought I could afford it,so I thought,why not get a new one?

W:It must have been expensive.

M:Well,not as much as you might think.I got it on sale for 50% off.

W:Really? Where?

M:At a Stereo City on Road 20.You know,at first,I just wanted to replace what I had—a TV about the same size and quality,but the salesman was pushing these because of the 50% off sale.

W:Yeah,but 50% off what?

M:2400 dollars.

W:You spent 1200 dollars on a TV?

M:It’s got a lot of special features.Look at this remote control.

W:I’m sure it does.But that’s still a lot of money for a television.I didn’t think you watched TV that much.

M:Well,I don’t.Do you think I ought to return it? If I do it within a week of purchase,I can get my money back.

W:Yes.And you know what? I think you ought to read up on TV’s first and choose the make and model you want before you go to the store.That way,you’ll get what you want.

M:I think you are right.

听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。

Text 10

Children’s education is changing very rapidly today.In the past,teachers made children sit still for hours.They made them memorize all sorts of things.In other words,the children had to go on repeating things until they knew them by heart.Today,many teachers wonder if it is possible to make children learn by themselves.They say you must let children learn and discover things by themselves.

But for some children,school is a kind of prison.They are there only because their parents make them go.They get out of the classroom as soon as the teacher lets them leave.Many of them want to find jobs but the law will not allow them to work until they reach a certain age.And so,they have to stay in school.Often they do not learn anything at all and hate every moment.