PartIIIListeningComprehension

PartIIIListeningComprehension
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
11. A) He admires Jean’s straightforwardness.
B) He thinks Dr. Brown deserves the praise.
C) He believes Jean was rude to Dr. Brown.
D) He will talk to Jean about what happened.
12. A) He stayed in a room on the third floor for an hour.
B) He was absent when the discussion was being held.
C) Nobody but the woman noticed that he was absent.
D) He did not leave room 405 until an hour had passed.
13. A) He enjoyed the paintings, too.
B) He has to finish his term paper first.
C) He can’t finish his term paper that day. D) He has learned something about the artists.
14. A) Some people may not go on the
trip. B) The transportation for the trip is free.
C) Everyone in the class has paid
the fee. D) The class won’t enjoy going on the field trip.
15. A) In Atlanta.
B) At a convention centre.
C) In a hospital.
D) At home.
16. A) She has been at home.
B) The new manager was not in the
office.
C) She hasn’t talked with the new manager yet.
D) S he didn’t want to talk with the new manager.
17. A) He will see Steve soon.
B) He is afraid the weather will not be clear.
C) He is not sure if there will be enough space.
D) He is not sure if he can find a room for Steve.
18. A) He might move to another city very soon.
B) The woman’s exaggerating the seriousness of the pollution.
C) The air pollution is caused by the development of industry.
D) The city was poor because ther e wasn’t much industry then.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) Professor and student.
B) Boss and employee.
C) Interviewer and interviewee.
D) President and adviser.
20. A) It has 2 million dollars in capital.
B) It has 50,000 people.
C) Its products are marketed in the US only. D) Its products sell quite well in China.
21. A) Organized and a good speaker.
B) Enthusiastic and a
fast-learner.
C) Persistent and experienced.
D) Capable and good at marketing.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 22. A) Spending more hours on the Internet.
B) Spending fewer hours on the Internet.
C) The state of being on the Internet.
D) Their brighter expectations not being met.
23. A) The Net is healthier than TV.
B) The Net is not healthy for people.
C) The Net does not help with people’s communication.
D) The Net does no good to people’s psychological well-being. 24. A) They stay at home longer than before.
B) They have more friends on the
Internet.
C) They give too much time to the Internet.
D) They have less face-to-face conversations than before.
25. A) The fast-developing technology.
B) The people who design different applications.
C) The way how people make use of the Internet.
D) The increasing information and communication via the Net.
Section B
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) When they are with a baby-sitter.
B) When they are with another baby.
C) When they are with a strange
adult. D) When they are with an elderly person.
27. A) They show fear.
B) They start to cry.
C) They turn to adults.
D) They reach out to touch them.
28. A) Ask elderly adults to attend them.
B) Hire an experienced baby-sitter.
C) Keep them in family-based day care centers.
D) Let them stay with their parents or teachers.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. A) Historic significance.
B) Splendor and peacefulness.
C) Cultural appeal.
D) Beauty and comfort.
30. A) Visiting the capital of Salt Lake City. B) Visiting the Temple Square.
C) Hiking through national parks.
D) Hiking remote Indian reservations.
31. A) All transportations during the
tour. B) Three formal meals a day.
C) Two nights’ stay in Salt Lake
City. D) Equipment for the hiking adventure.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A) Around 45%. B) About 50%.
C) Less than 68%. D) Over 70%.
33. A) What ingredient should a nutrition label list.
B) How to get consumers to read labels more carefully.
C) What food information should be provided to consumers.
D) Whether it is necessary to put labels on prepared foods.
34. A) Doubtful. B) Opposing.
C) Supportive. D) Neutral.
35. A) More detailed labeling.
B) Simple labeling.
C) Precise labeling.
D) Basic labeling.
Section C
People born in the autumn live longer
than those born in the spring. And they are less likely to fall (36) _______ ill when they are older, according to an Austrian scientist. The scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research made such (37) _______ by using census data for more than one million people in Austria, Denmark and Australia. They found that the month of birth was related to life (38) _______ over the age of 50. (39) _______ differences in what mothers ate during pregnancy, and infections occurring at different times of the year could both have an impact on the health of a new-born baby and could (40) _______ its life expectancy in older age. “A mother giving birth in spring spends the last (41) _______ of her pregnancy in winter, when she will eat less vitamins than in summer,” said Gabriele Doblhammer, one of a team of
scientists who carried out the research. “When she stops breast-feeding and starts giving her baby (42) _______ food, it’s in the hot weeks of summer when babies are (43) _______ to infections of the digestive system.” (44) _______________________________ ______________________________. In the southern hemisphere, the picture was similar. (45) _______________________________ _________________________. The study focused on people born at the beginning of the 20th century. “(46) ___________
,” Doblhammer said.。