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Tape Script of Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end
of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report
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 1 with a single line through the
centre.
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.
Kenyan police say one person was killed and 26 injured in an explosion at a
bus station in central Nairobi. The blast hit a bus about to set off for the
Ugandan capital Kampala. Last July, the Somali group al-Shabab said it was
behind the blasts in the Ugandan capital which killed more than 70 people. Will
Ross reports from the Kenyan capital.
The explosion happened beside a bus which was about to set off for an
overnight journey from Nairobi to the Ugandan capital Kampala. Some eyewitnesses
report that a bag was about to be loaded on board, but it exploded during a
security check. Windows of the red bus were left smashed, and blood could be
seen on the ground beside the vehicle. Just hours earlier, Uganda’s police chief
had warned of possible Christmas-time attacks by Somali rebels.
1. What is the news report mainly about?
2. When did the incident occur?
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
Woolworths is one of the best known names on the British High Street. It’s
been in business nearly a century. Many of its 800 stores are likely to close
following the company’s decision to call in administrators after an attempt to
sell the business for a token £1 failed.
The company has huge debts. The immediate cause for the collapse has been
Britain’s slide toward recession, which has cut into consumer spending. However,
the business had been in trouble for years.
Known for low-priced general goods, Woolworths has struggled in the face of
competition from supermarkets expanding beyond groceries and a new generation of
internet retailers.
Many of the store group’s 25,000 employees are likely to lose their jobs.
Some profitable areas such as the DVD publishing business will survive.
3. What do we learn about Woolworths from the news report?
4. What did Woolworths attempt to do recently?
Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.
Cairo is known for its overcrowded roads, irregular driving practices and
shaky old vehicles, but also for its air pollution. In recent months, though,
environmental studies indicate there have been signs of improvement. That’s due
in part to the removal of many of the capital’s old-fashioned black and white
taxis. Most of these dated back to the 1960s and 70s and were in a poor state of
repair.
After new legislation demanded their removal from the roads, a low interest
loan scheme was set up with three Egyptian banks so drivers could buy new cars.
The government pays about $900 for old ones to be discarded and advertising on
the new vehicles helps cover repayments.
The idea has proved popular with customers ― they can now travel in
air-conditioned comfort and because the new cabs are metered, they don’t have to
argue over fares. Banks and car manufacturers are glad for the extra business in
tough economic times. As for the taxi drivers, most are delighted to be behind
the wheel of new cars, although there have been a few complaints about switching
from black and white to a plain white colour.
5. What change took place in Cairo recently?
6. What helped bring about the change?
7. Why do customers no longer argue with new cab drivers?
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the
end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation
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 1 with a single line through the
centre.
Conversation One
W: Morning, this is TGC.
M: Good morning. Walter Barry here, calling from London. Could I speak to
Mr. Grand, please?
W: Who’s calling, please?
M: Walter Barry, from London.
W: What is it about, please?
M: Well, I understand that your company has a chemical processing plant. My
own company, LCP, Liquid Control Products, is a leader in safety from leaks in
the field of chemical processing. I would like to speak to Mr. Grand to discuss
ways in which we could help TGC protect itself from such problems and save money
at the same time.
W: Yes, I see. Well, Mr. Grand is not available just now.
M: Can you tell me when I could reach him?
W: He’s very busy for the next few days – then he’ll be away in New York.
So it’s difficult to give you a time.
M: Could I speak to someone else, perhaps?
W: Who in particular?
M: A colleague for example?
W: You’re speaking to his personal assistant. I can deal with calls for Mr.
Grand.
M: Yes, well, could I ring him tomorrow?
W: No, I’m sorry he won’t be free tomorrow. Listen, let me suggest
something. You send us details of your products and services, together with
references from other companies and then we’ll contact you.
M: Yes, that’s very kind of you. I have your address.
W: Very good, Mr….
M: Barry. Walter Barry from LCP in London.
W: Right, Mr. Barry. We look forward to hearing from you.
M: Thank you. Goodbye.
W: Bye.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. What do we learn about the woman’s company?
9. What do we learn about the man?
10. What is the woman’s position in her company?
11. What does the woman suggest the man do?
Conversation Two
M: You’re going to wear out the computer’s keyboard!
W: Oh, hi.
M: Do you have any idea what time it is?
W: About ten or ten-thirty?
M: It’s nearly midnight.
W: Really? I didn’t know it was so late.
M: Don’t you have an early class to teach tomorrow morning?
W: Yes, at seven o’clock. My commuter class, the students who go to work
right after their lesson.
M: Then you ought to go to bed. What are you writing, anyway?
W: An article I hope I can sell.
M: Oh, another of your newspaper pieces? What’s this one about?
W: Do you remember the trip I took last month?
M: The one up to the Amazon?
W: Well, that’s what I’m writing about—the new highway and the changes it’s
making in the Amazon valley.
M: It should be interesting.
W: It is. I guess that’s why I forgot all about the time.
M: How many articles have you sold now?
W: About a dozen so far.
M: What kind of newspapers buy them?
W: The papers that carry a lot of foreign news. They usually appear in the
big Sunday editions where they need a lot of background stories to help fill up
the space between the ads.
M: Is there any future in it?
W: I hope so. There’s a chance I may sell this article to a news
service.
M: Then your story would be published in several papers, wouldn’t it?
W: That’s the idea. And I might even be able to do other stories on a
regular basis.
M: That would be great.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. What is the woman’s occupation?
13. What is the woman writing about?
14. Where do the woman’s articles usually appear?
15. What does the woman expect?
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear three 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 1 with a single line through the
centre.
Passage One
In today’s class, we’ll discuss Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved. As I’m sure
you all know, Morrison is both a popular and a highly respected author, and it’s
not easy to be both. Born in 1931, Morrison has written some of the most
touching and intelligent works on the African-American experience ever written
by anyone, and yet to call her an “African-American writer” doesn’t seem to do
her justice. In many ways, she’s simply an American writer—and certainly one of
our best.
Beloved is a truly remarkable work. It was recommended for nearly every
major literary prize, including the National Book Award and the National Book
Critics Circle Award, and it in fact won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988.
Morrison herself is distinguished for having won the Nobel Prize for literature
in 1993.
What makes Beloved unique is the skillful, sure way in which Morrison
blends intensely personal storytelling and American history, racial themes and
gender themes, the experience of Blacks with the experience of all people
everywhere, the down-to-earth reality of slavery with a sense of mysterious
spirituality.
We’ll be paying special attention to these themes as we discuss this work.
I’m particularly interested in your views on the relative importance of race and
gender in this book. Is it more important that Sethe, the main character, is
black or that she’s a woman? Which contributes more to her being? What does
Morrison tell us about both?
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. What do we learn about Toni Morrison?
17. What honor did Toni Morrison receive in 1993?
18. What does the speaker tell us about Sethe, the main character in
Morrison’s novel Beloved?
Passage Two
The topic of my talk today is gift-giving. Everybody likes to receive
gifts, right? So you may think that gift-giving is a universal custom. But
actually, the rules of gift-giving vary quite a lot, and not knowing them can
result in great embarrassment. In North America, the rules are fairly simple. If
you’re invited to someone’s home for dinner, bring wine or flowers or a small
item from your country. Among friends, family, and business associates, we
generally don’t give gifts on other occasions except on someone’s birthday and
Christmas. The Japanese, on the other hand, give gifts quite frequently, often
to thank someone for their kindness. The tradition of gift-giving in Japan is
very ancient. There are many detailed rules for everything from the color of the
wrapping paper to the time of the gift presentation. And while Europeans don’t
generally exchange business gifts, they do follow some formal customs when
visiting homes, such as bringing flowers. The type and color of flowers,
however, can carry special meaning.
Today we have seen some broad differences in gift-giving. I could go on
with additional examples. But let’s not miss the main point here: If we are not
aware of and sensitive to cultural differences, the possibilities for
miscommunication and conflict are enormous. Whether we learn about these
differences by reading a book or by living abroad, our goal must be to respect
differences among people in order to get along successfully with our global
neighbors.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. What does the speaker say about gift-giving of North Americans?
20. What do we learn about the Japanese concerning gift-giving?
21. What point does the speaker make at the end of the talk?
Passage Three
Hetty Green was a very spoilt, only child. She was born in Massachusetts,
USA, in 1835. Her father was a millionaire businessman. Her mother was often
ill, and so from the age of two her father took her with him to work and taught
her about stocks and shares. At the age of six she started reading the daily
financial newspapers and opened her own bank account.
Her father died when she was 21 and she inherited $7.5 million. She went to
New York and invested on Wall Street. Hetty saved every penny, eating in the
cheapest restaurants for 15 cents. She became one of the richest and most hated
women in the world. At 33 she married Edward Green, a multi-millionaire, and had
two children, Ned and Sylvia.
Hetty’s meanness was well known. She always argued about prices in shops.
She walked to the local grocery store to buy broken biscuits which were much
cheaper, and to get a free bone for her much loved dog. Once she lost a two-cent
stamp and spent the night looking for it. She never bought clothes and always
wore the same long, ragged black skirt. Worst of all, when her son Ned fell and
injured his knee, she refused to pay for a doctor and spent hours looking for
free medical help. In the end Ned lost his leg.
When she died in 1916 she left her children $100 million. Her daughter
built a hospital with her money.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. What do we learn about Hetty Green as a child?
23. How did Hetty Green become rich overnight?
24. Why was Hetty Green much hated?
25. What do we learn about Hetty’s daughter?
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