Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Section A Conversations（对话） 1. A) On a plane B) On an island C) At a store D) In a car 2. A) 7:30 B) 8:10 C) 10:00 D) 7:45 3. A) Dentist and patient B) Professor and student C) Boss and secretary D) Travel agent and customer 4. A) He is sick. B) He is confused. C) He is fine. D) He is happy. 5. A) He borrowed money in order to buy a motorcycle. B) He borrowed the motorcycle from his friend. C) He bought the motorcycle long ago. D) He bought it second-hand. 6. A) She's been in the program for several days. B) She is working hard on the program. C) She works only during the day. D) She will probably never finish. 7. A) Bill will buy the car as soon as he gets the money. B) Bill's friend is buying the car for him. C) Bill can't afford to buy the car. D) Bill won't buy the car because he doesn't like it any more. 8. A) Something warm to drink. B) Somewhere to sit down. C) To buy the house. D) A tour of the house. 9. A) Take the pure science courses. B) Take the music and art courses. C) Take any interesting courses. D) Take all the courses. 10. A) She's on a committee. B) She's been working late. C) She exercises too much. D) She's trying to budget her sleep. Section B Compound dictation: Directions:In this section you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. Then listen to the passage again. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered S8 to S10, you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. Technological invention has directly or indirectly produced social change in every period of history. The invention of the horse collar in the Middle Ages was a (S1)－－－technological advance for agriculture; the compass for use at sea so improved (S2)－－－in the fifteenth century that it ushered in the age of (S3)－－－; and the steam engine was an essential factor in the industrialization of Europe in the nineteenth century. A discovery is another kind of technological (S4)－－－. While inventions add something new to a culture, discoveries increase our knowledge of something that already exists. Gravity had always been, but Newton "discovered" it; he observed how this nature force worked and how its (S5)－－－applied to falling bodies. This (S6)－－－made possible many new inventions. The spaceship and the television satellite are only two of the (S7)－－－inventions that apply Newton's principles of gravity. (S8)－－－. Benjamin Franklin experimented with electricity in the eighteenth century, but it was a hundred years before Thomas Edison moved from theory and experiment to practical application. (S9)－－－, from the internal combustion engine (which in turn led to the automobile and airplane) to the computer (which made space exploration possible). (S10) 英语四级
Section A Conversations（对话）
