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2010 6（四 级）Section AShort Conversation11.W:Just imagine!We have to finish reading 300 pages before Monday!How can theprofessor expect us to do it in such a short time?M:Yeah,but what troubles me is that I cant find the book in the library or in the universitybookstore.Q:What does the man mean?12.M:Do you think I could borrow your car to go grocery shopping?The supermarketsoutside the city are so much cheaper.Td also be happy to pick up anything you need.W:Well,I dont like to let anyone else drive my car.Tell you what,why dont we gotogether?Q:What does the woman mean?13.M:Forgive the mess in here,we have a party last night.There were a lot of people andthey all brought food.W:Yeah,I can tell.Well,I guess ifs pretty obvious what youll be doing most of today.Q:What does the woman think the man will do?14.W:What time would suit you for the first round talks with John Smith?M:Well,you know my schedule.Other than this Friday,one day is as good as the next.Q:What does the man mean?15.W:I was so angry yesterday!My biology teacher did not even let me explain why Imissed the field trip.He just wouldnt let me pass!M:That doesnt seem fair.Td feel that way too if I were you.Q:What does the man imply?16.M:I really can*t stand the way David controls the conversation all the time.If he isgoing to be at your Christmas party,I just wont come.W:Tm sorry you feel that way,but my mother insists that he come.Q:What does the woman imply?17.W:Youre taking a course with Professor Johnson.Whafs your impression so far?M:Well,many students could hardly stay awake in his class without first drinking a cup ofcoffee.Q:What does the man imply?18.W:Have you ever put a computer together before?M:No,never.But I think if we follow these instructions exactly,we wont have muchtrouble.Q:What are the speakers going to do?Long ConversationsConversation 1W:What sort of hours do you work,Steve?M:Well I have to work very long hours,about eleven hours a day.W:What time do you start?M:I work 9 to 3,then I start again at 5:30 and work until 11,six days a week.So I have towork very unsocial hours.W:And do you have to work at the weekend?M:Oh,yes,thafs our busiest time.I get Wednesdays off.W:What are the things you have to do and the things you dont have to do?M:Uh,I dont have to do the washing-up,so thafs good.I have to wear white,and I haveto keep everything in the kitchen totally clean.W:Whafs hard about the job?M:You are standing up all the time.When we are busy,people get angry and sharp,butthafs normal.W:How did you learn the profession?M:Well,I did a two-year course at college.In the first year we had to learn the basics,andthen we had to take exams.W:Was it easy to find a job?M:I wrote to about six hotels and one of them gave me my first job,so I didnt have to waittoo long.W:And whafs the secret of being good at your job?M:Attention to detail.You have to love it.You have to show passion for it.W:And what are your plans for the future?M:I want to have my own place when the time is right.Q19.What does the man say about his job?Q 20.What does the man think is the hardest part of his job?Q 21.Where did the man get his first job after graduation?Q 22.What does the man say is important to being good at his job?Conversation 2W:Now youve seen this table of figures about the pocket money children in Britain get?M:Yes.I thought it was quite interesting,but I dont quite understand the column entitledchange.Can you explain what it means?W:Well,I think it means the change from the year before.I am not a mathematician,but Iassume the rise from 70p to 90p is a rise of 25 percent.M:Oh yes,I see.And the inflation rate is there for comparison.W:Yes.why do you think the rise in pocket money is often higher than inflation?M:I am sorry Ive no idea.Perhaps parents in Britain are too generous.W:Perhaps they are.But it looks as if children were not better off in 2001 than they werein 2002.Thafs strange,isnt it?And they seem to have been better off in 2003 than theyare now.I wonder why that is.M:Yes,I dont understand that at all.W:Anyway,if you had children,how much pocket money would you give them?M:I dont know.I think Ill probably give them 2 pounds a week.W:Would you?And what would you expect them to do with it?M:Well,out of that,they have to buy some small personal things,but I wouldnl expectthem to save to buy their own socks,for example.W:Yes,by the way,do most children in your country get pocket money?M:Yeah,they do.Q23 What is the table of figures about?Q24 What do we learn from the conversation about British childrens pocket money?Q25 Supposing the man had children,what would he expect them to do with their pocketmoney?Section BPassage 1As the new sales director for a national computer firm,Alex Gordon was looking forward tohis first meeting with the companys district managers.Everyone arrived on time,andAlexs presentation went extremely well.He decided to end the meeting with theconversation about the importance of the district managers to the companys plans.Ibelieve we are going to continue to increase our share of the market；*he began,becauseof the quality of the people in this room.The district manager is the key to the success ofthe sales representatives in his district.He sets the term for everyone else.If he hasambitious goals and is willing to put in long hours,everyone in his unit will follow hisexample.When Alex was finished,he received polite applauses,but hardly the warmresponse he had hoped for.Later he spoke with one of the senior managers.Things weregoing so well until the end”，Alex said disappointedly.Obviously,I said the wrong thing.5,“Yes”，the district manager replied.Half of our managers are women.Most have workedtheir way up from sales representatives,and they are very proud of the role they played inthe companys growth.They dont care at all about political correctness.But they weredefinitely surprised and distressed to be referred to as he in your speech.Q26 Who did Alex Gordon speak to at the first meeting?Q27 What did Alex want to emphasize at the end of his presentation?Q28 What do we learn about the audience at the meeting?Q29 Why did Alex fail to receive the warm response he had hoped for?Passage 2The way to complain is to act business-like and important.If your complaint is immediate,suppose you got the wrong order at a restaurant,make a polite but firm request to see themanager.When the manager comes,ask his or her name.And then state your problemand what you expect to have done about it.Be polite!Shouting or acting rude will get younowhere.But also be firm in making your complaint.Besides,act important.This doesntmean to put on airs and say“do you know who I am?”What it means is that people areoften treated the way they expect to be treated.If you act like someone who expects a fairrequest to be granted,chances are it will be granted.The worst way to complain is overthe telephone.You are speaking to a voice coming from someone you cannot see.So youcant tell how the person on the line is reacting.It is easy for that person to give you therun-around.Complaining in person or by letter is generally more effective.If yourcomplaint doesnt require an immediate response,it often helps to complain by letter.Ifyou have an appliance that doesnt work,send a letter to the store that sold it.Bebusiness-like and stick to the point.Dont spend a paragraph on how your uncle John triedto fix the problem and couldntQ30 What does the speaker suggest you do when you are not served properly at arestaurant?Q31 Why does the speaker say the worst way to complain is over the telephone?Q32 What should you do if you make a complaint by letter?Passage 3Barbara Sanders is a wife and the mother of two children,ages 2 and 4.Her husband,Tom,is an engineer and makes an excellent salary.Before Barbara had children,sheworked as an architect for the government,designing government housing.She quit herjob when she became pregnant,but is now interested in returning to work.Shes beenoffered an excellent job with the government.Her husband feels it*s unnecessary for herto work since the family does not need the added income.He also thinks that a womanshould stay home with her children.If Barbara feels the need to do socially important work,he thinks that she should do volunteer work one or two days a week.Barbara,on the otherhand,has missed the excitement of her profession and does not feel she would besatisfied doing volunteer work.She would also like to have her own income,so she doesnot have to ask her husband for money whenever she wants to buy something.She doesnot think its necessary to stay home every day with the children and she knows a veryreliable babysitter who*s willing to come to her house.Tom does not think a babysitter canreplace a mother and thinks it*s a bad idea for the children to spend so much time withsomeone who*s not part of the family.Q33 What was Barbaras profession before she had children?Q34 What does Barbaras husband suggest she do if she wants to work?Q35 What does Tom think about hiring a babysitter?Section CAlmost every child,on the first day he sets foot in the school building,is smarter,morecurious,less afraid of what he doesnt know,better at finding and figuring things out,moreconfident,resourceful,persistent and independent,than he will either be again in hisschooling or,unless he is very unusual and very lucky,for the rest of his life.Already,by paying close attention to and interacting with the world and people around him,and without any school-type formal instruction,he has done a task far more difficult,complicated and abstract than anything he will be asked to do in school,or than any of histeachers has done for years-he has solved the mystery of language.He has discovered it.Babies dont even know that language exists.And he has found out how it works and learnt to use it appropriately.He has done it byexploring,by experimenting,by developing his own model of the grammar of language,bytrying it out and seeing whether it works,by gradually changing it and refining it until itdoes work.And while he has been doing this,he has been learning other things as well,includingmany of the concepts that the schools think only they can teach him,and many that aremore complicated than the ones they do try to teach him.短 对 话 11.C He can not get access to the assigned book.12.A She will drive the man to the supermarket.13.C Tidy up the place.14.A The talks can be held any day except Friday.15.A He understands the womans feelings.16.D She has to invite David to the party.17.C Many students find Prof.Johnsons lectures boring.18.D Assemble the computer.长 对 话 19.B It requires him to work long hours.20.D It demands physical endurance and patience.21.D In a hotel.22.B Paying attention to every detail.23.A The pocket money British children get.24.C It often rises higher than inflation.25.B Pay for small personal things.段 子 题 26.A District managers.27.D The important part played by district managers.28.B Fifty percent of them were female.29.B He was not gender sensitive.30.C Ask to see the manager politely but firmly.31.D You can*t tell how the person on the line is reacting.32.D Stick to the point.33.B Architect.34.A Do some volunteer work.35.A Few baby-sitters can be considered trustworthy.听 写 36.Curious37.Figuring38.Independent39.Interacting40.Formal41.Abstract42.Mystery43.he has found out how it works and learnt to use it appropriately.44.by trying it out and seeing whether it works,by gradually changing it and refining it45.including many of the concepts that the schools think only they can teach him,2009 12（四 级）Section A11.Man:Excuse me,do you have change for a ten-dollar note?I need to pay the parkingmeter.Woman:Tm sorry.But I think you can get it through the money changer,in the shoppingcenter across the street.Question:What is the man trying to do?12.Man:Can you recommend something that a school boy of seven or eight w川 really like?Woman:I suggest this toy train,sir.Ifs an excellent brand,very popular,all over the worldthese days.Question:What is the man doing?13.Woman:Do you let people know when you are taking pictures of them?Man:I try not to.You know,any picture of a person who poses for the camera would lookdull and unnatural.Question:What are the speakers talking about?14.Woman:I need to talk to someone who knows Baltimore well.Tm told you lived there.Man:Oh,but I was really young at the time.Question:What does the man mean?15.Woman:Arent you disappointed that you didnt get the promotion?Man:Maybe a little.But I know I need more experience before Im ready for that kind ofresponsibility.Question:What do we learn about the man from this conversation?16.Woman:Ive been working out the gym since January.I was a bit out of shape.Man:You look terrific!It seems that your effort has paid off.Question:What does the man imply about the woman?17.Woman:Prof.Clark suggested that I get a tutor for advanced physics.Man:Well,that might help.Advanced physics is a pretty difficult course.Question:What does the man mean?18.Woman:Bill,have you heard the latest news?It appears we two wont be laid off after all.Man:Oh,Tm somewhat tired of working here.Tve been wondering whether I shouldresign.Anyway,the news seems to be good for you.Question:How does the man feel about the news?Conversation OneWoman:Hello,Parkson college.May I help you?Man:Yes.Im looking for information on courses in computer programming.I would needit for the fall semester.W:Do you want a day or evening course?M:Well,it would have to be an evening course since I work during the day.W:Aha.Have you taken any courses in data processing?M:No.W:Oh.Well,data processing is a course you have to take before you can take computerprogramming.M:Oh,I see.Well,when is it given?I hope ifs not on Thursdays.W:Well,theres a class that meets on Monday evenings at seven.M:Just once a week?W:Yes.But thafs all most three hours from seven to nine forty-five.M:Oh.Well,thafs all right.I could manage that.How many weeks does the course last?W:Mmmm,let me see.Twelve weeks.You start the first week in September,and finish,oh,Just before Christmas.December 21st.M:And how much is the course?W:Thafs three hundred dollars including the necessary computer time.M:Aha.Okay.Ah,where do I go to register?W:Registration is on the second and third of September,between 6 and 9 in Frost Hall.M:Is that the round building behind the parking lot?W:Yes.Thafs the one.M:Oh,I know how to get there.Is there anything that I should bring with me?W:No,just your check book.M:Well,thank you very much.W:You are very welcome.Bye!M:Bye!19.Why does the man choose to take an evening course?20.What does the man have to do before taking the course of computer programming?21.What do we learn about the schedule of the evening course?22.What does the man want to know at the end of the conversation?Conversation TwoW:So,why exactly does your job have a reputation for being stressful?M:Stress is generally driven by the feeling of being out of control of a situation,and th