Model Test 2听力文本和参考答案

Model Test 2
11.
W: Well, Jack, I would offer you another drink but I have guests coming and I haven't even begun to prepare the dinner. Thanks for stopping by.
M: Thanks for the drink. It has been nice seeing you, too.
Q: Why did the woman mention her dinner guests?
12.
W: This is the worst drought ever since the sixties.
M: Yes. But it's just the opposite in the south. They have the severest flood for the past 30 years.
Q: What do we know about the weather in the south?
13.
M: It says here the next train is due in at 7:50.
W: I know, but I don't know whether I can make that one. I'd rather call you from the station than have you waiting around for an hour.
Q: What does the woman mean?
14.
W: Hi, John, we have so many tests next week and the professor is still pressing us to hand in the term paper before Friday. Are you prepared for the tests?
M: As far as preparation is concerned, there will never be an end to it.
Q: What does the man imply?
15.
W: Could you spare me a few minutes to go over a letter I have just written? You see I've never written a letter in English before, so I've probably made lots of mistakes.
M: Okay. Please sit down. What's the letter for?
Q: What does the woman want to do?
16.
W: Have you finished the assignment given by Professor Smith? I don't think you have much difficulty doing that experiment.
M: No, but I didn't expect it would take me most of the day.
Q: What does the man mean?
17. W: I'm sorry, sir. But you're allowed only one piece of luggage on the plane. You'll have to check in one of your suitcases at the baggage counter.
M: Actually, one of these belongs to the woman up ahead. I'm just giving her a hand.
Q: What does the man mean?
18.
W: I spent so much money on photocopying this afternoon in the library that I don't have enough money left for dinner. Can you lend me a few dollars?
M: Sorry. I am short of money at the moment. I was hoping to borrow some money from you.
Q: What do we know from the conversation?
Conversation One
W: Dr. Jones, how exactly would you define eccentricity?
M: Well, we all have our own particular habits which others find irritating or amusing, but an eccentric is someone who behaves in a ~totally different manner from those in the society in which he lives.
W: When you talk about eccentricity, are you referring mainly to matters of appearance?
M: Not specifically, no. There are many other ways in which eccentricity is displayed. For instance, some individuals like to leave their marks on this earth with strange buildings. Others have the craziest desires which influence their whole way of life.
W: Can you give me an example?
M: Certainly. One that immediately springs to mind was a Victorian surgeon by the name of Buckland. Being a great animal lover he used to share his house openly with the strangest creatures, including snakes, bears, rats, monkeys and eagles.
W: That must have been quite dangerous at times. Does one of these

stand out in your mind at all?
M: Yes, I suppose this century has produced one of the most famous ones: the American billionaire, Howard Hughes.
W: But he wasn't a recluse all his life, was he?
M: That's correct. In fact, he was just the opposite in his younger days. He was a rich young man who loved the Hollywood society of his day. But he began to disappear for long periods when he grew tired of high living. Finally, nobody was allowed to touch his food and he would wrap his hand in a tissue before picking anything up. He didn't even allow a barber to go near him too often and his hair and beard grew down to his waist.
W: Did he live completely alone?
M: No, that was the strangest thing. He always stayed in luxury hotels with a group of servants to take care of him. He used to spend his days locked up in a penthouse suit watching adventure films over and over again and often eating nothing but ice cream and chocolate bars.
W: It sounds very sad story.
M: It does. But, as you said earlier, life would be the same without characters like him, wouldn't it?
19. What did the woman want to talk to Dr. Jones about?
20. According to the conversation, what’s the meaning of eccentricity?
21. Who is Howard Hughes?
22. Which statement is true according to your comprehension of this conversation?
Conversation Two
W: Now I've got your background. Let's talk about the management trainee scheme. What exactly do you think a manager does?
M: I don't know a great deal about the work.
W: But have you got any ideas about it? You must have thought about' it.
M: Well, er, I suppose he has a lot of, er, what is called, policy making to do. And, urn, he'd have to know how to work with people and all about the company. W: Um.
M: Yes, I, er, should think a manager must know, er, something about all aspects of the work.
W: Yes, that's right. We like our executive staff to undergo a thorough training. Young men on our trainee scheme have to work through every branch in the company.
M: Well, if I had to do it, I suppose. But I was thinking that my French and German would mean that I could specialize in overseas work. I'd like to be some sort of an export salesman and travel abroad.
W: You know the charm of traveling abroad disappears when you've got to work hard. It's not all fun and game.
M: Oh, yes, I realize that. It's just that my knowledge of languages would be useful.
W: Now, Mr. Smith, is there anything you want to ask me?
M: Well, there's one or two things. I'd like to know if I'd have to sign a contract, what the salary is and what the prospects are.
W: With our scheme, Mr. Smith, there is no contract involved. Your progress is kept under constant review. If we, at any time, decide we don't like you, then that's that! We reserve the right to dismiss you. Of course, you have the same choice about us. As for salary, you'd be on our fixed scale starting at 870 pounds. For the successful trainee,

the prospects are very good.
23.How does Mr. Smith sound when asked what a manager’s role is?
24. What does Mr. Smith say he would like to be?
25. What can we learn about the management trainee scheme?
Passage One
Zoe Chambers was a successful PR ( Public Relations) consultant and life was going well -- she had a great job, a beautiful fiat and a busy social life" in London. Then one evening in June last year, she received a text message telling her she was out of work. "The first two weeks were the most difficult to live through," she said. “After everything I'd done for the company, they dismissed me by text! I was so angry and I just didn't feel like looking for another job. I hated everything about the city and my life. "
Then, Zoe received an invitation from an old school friend, Kathy, to come and stay. Kathy and her husband, Huw, had just bought a farm in northwest Wales. Zoe jumped at the chance to spend a weekend away from London, and now, ten months later, she is still on the farm.
"The moment I arrived at Kathy’s farm, I loved it and I knew I wanted to stay," said Zoe.
“Everything about my past life suddenly seemed meaningless.”
Zoe has been working on the farm since October of last year and says she has no regrets. "It's a hard life, physically very tiring.” She says. “In London I was stressed and often mentally exhausted. But this is a good, healthy tiredness. Here, all I need to put me in a good mood is a hot bath and one of Kathy's wonderful dinners. "
Zoe says she has never felt bored on the farm. Every day brings a new experience. Kathy has been teaching her how to ride a horse and she has learnt to drive a tractor. Since Christmas, she has been helping with the lambing --watching a lamb being born is unbelievable. She says, "It's one of the most moving experiences I've ever had. I could never go back to city life now. "
26. How did Zoe find her life in London when working as PR consultant?
27. What is the most important reason Zoe went to visit Kathy’s farm?
28. How does Zoe feel about the country life according to the passage?
29. What is the main idea of the passage?
Passage Two
MySpace, the social networking website, is different from other websites which only provide stories about other people. MySpace is a place that allows you to broadcast
your own stories and personal information to as many people as you like. Started two years ago, it is a big source of information for and about American kids.
Teenagers and their parents feel very differently about it. Teens are rushing to join the site, not sharing their parents' worries. It signals yet another generation gap in the digital era.
For teenagers, it is reliable network to keep in touch with their friends. They will often list their surnames, birthdays, after-school jobs, school clubs, hobbies and other personal information. “MySpace is an e

asy way to reach just about everyone. I don't have all the phone numbers of my acquaintances. But if I want to get in touch with one of them, I could just leave them a message on MySpace, "said Abby Van Wassen. She is a 16-year-old student at Woodland Hills High of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Parents on the other hand are seriously concerned about the security problems of MySpace. "Every time we hold a parents' meeting, the first question is always about MySpace," said Kent Gates, who travels the country doing Internet safety seminars. The National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children has received at least 288 MySpace-related-complaints, according to Mary Beth Buchanan, a lawyer in Pittsburgh.
"Your profile on' MySpace shows all your personal information to anyone on the Web. And MySpace even lists this information by birthplace and age. It's like a free checklist for trouble-makers and it endangers children, Buchanan said.
30. What can we learn about MySpace from the passage?
31. Why are some parents against MySpace?
32. What can we infer from the passage?
Passage Three
The interview has been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well. Then, suddenly, the interviewer asks an unexpected question, "Which is more important, law or love?" Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this. And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China.
Employers want people who are skilled, enthusiastic and devoted. So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicant will try to show no matter what his
or her actual feelings are. In response, employers are increasingly using the questions which try and show the applicant's true personality.
The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Kiersey Temperament Sorter. It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know. This is often called aptitude test.
According to Mark Baldwin of Alliance, many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult. "When a Chinese fills out an aptitude test, he or she will think there is a right answer but they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.”
This is sometimes called the prisoner's dilemma. Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest, but they fail because they don't understand what the interviewer is looking for. Remember that in an aptitude test, the correct answer is the honest answer.
33. What is the purpose of the passage?
34. What kind of workers do employers want to hire nowadays?
35. What do we know from the passage?
1-7: DBCABBD
8. offering discounts
9. anonymous financial instruments
10. privacy
11-15: BDBDC
16-20. DBAAA
21-25. BDBAC
26-30. ABDCD
31-35. ACDCB
36. spot
37. devastating
38. committed
39. deportation
40. noticeable
41. variations
42. taste
43. imported
44. Most damaging is

a fashion for extreme violence that has easily found a home in countries with violent histories
45. Local branches of major international gangs are involved in serious crimes from smuggling drugs and weapons to kidnapping
46. The spread of the gangs has its beginnings in the conflicts that have been common in Central America during the last 25 years
47. Bigger firms have more room for maneuver
48. cautious
49. Breaches of loan agreements
50. They issue corporate debt
51. the Fed’s program to buy commercial paper
52-56. CDBAC
57-61. CDABD
62-65. ABDD
66-70. CCADB
71-75. BACBC
76-81. CADCDA
82. should be especially careful to have a well-balanced diet
83. to be completed by the end of this month
84. regretted causing the customer inconvenience
85. as a result of contract signed between the two companies
86. Being considered not very popular with all its members