[00:04.72]Section A
[00:07.23]1.
[00:08.82]M: Did you see Martha just now ?
[00:11.11]I want to ask her to go with us to the concert tonight.
[00:15.02]W: She must be around somewhere .
[00:17.37]You may still be able to catch her .
[00:19.75]Q: What does the woman mean ?
[00:26.45]2.
[00:28.40]W: I can't bear the air pollution in this city anymore.
[00:32.30]It's getting worse and worse .
[00:34.00]M: You said it. We've never had so many factories before .
[00:38.62]Q: What does the man mean ?
[00:45.84]3.
[00:47.36]M: Just think I went through so much work on my paper only to get a c.
[00:53.07]W: Well, I don't think grades are everything .
[00:56.01]What you have learned in the process will prove useful in your future work.
[01:01.08]Q: What does the woman imply ?
[01:07.14]4.
[01:09.45]M: My brother is coming this weekend ,
[01:12.01]and I was thinking the three of us could go out to dinner Saturday night .
[01:16.33]Any suggestions ?
[01:17.87]W:It's up to you.I don't know there staurant here that well .
[01:21.70]Q: What does the woman mean ?
[01:28.25]5.
[01:30.11]W: I couldn't have won the award withoutyour assistance .
[01:33.88]Thank you very much.
[01:35.67]M: You have been working so hard .
[01:37.62]You deserve the honor .
[01:39.80]Q:What do we learned from the conversation ?
[01:46.11]6.
[01:48.85]M: I'd like to sign up for some voluntary work with the environment council.
[01:53.88]I hear it is a great way to connect with the community .
[01:57.54]W: It sure is. But you'll have to put in a lot of hours .
[02:01.29]So you must leave some room inscheduling your time.
[02:04.79]Q: What does the womanimply?
[02:11.03]7.
[02:14.06]W: Can you tell me when I can leave here,doctor ?
[02:16.96]I have some important business to attend to .
[02:19.66]M: That depends on how your condition reacts to our treatment .
[02:23.74]You may leave as soon as the bleeding stops.
[02:26.71]I think that will take a couple of days .
[02:29.17]Q: What does the doctor mean ?
[02:35.55]8.
[02:38.03]M: I'm told that Alice is trying to find a job in an electronics company.
[02:43.00]W: As far as I know, she is good at anything but electronics .
[02:47.87]Q: What does the woman mean ?
[02:54.71]9.
[02:56.29]M: Jimmy is going on a journey tomorrow.
[02:58.99]Shall we have a farewell dinner tonight ?
[03:01.70]W: Do you think it's necessary ? You know he will be away just a few days .
[03:06.96]Q: What does the woman mean ?
[03:13.44]10.
[03:15.04]M: I thought you were going to call me last night
[03:17.98]about the plans for the conference on language teaching .
[03:21.38]W: Sorry, I should have,
[03:23.07]but Tom and Jane stopped by and stayed until midnight
[03:26.64]Q: What do we learn from the conversation ?
[03:34.56]Section B
[03:36.85]Passage One
[03:38.34]The Golden Gate Bridge joins the beautiful city of San Francisco with the suburbs to the north.
[03:44.97]Each day about one hundred thousand automobiles
[03:48.63]cross the bridge taking people to and from the city.
[03:52.77]More than half of them cross the bridge during the morning and evening
[03:55.62]rush hours when traffic is so heavy the trip is not pleasant .
[04:00.52]Now however there is at least one group of happy commuters .
[04:04.63]These are the people who travel under the bridge instead of on it.
[04:08.72]They go to work by boat and enjoy it so much
[04:11.36]that most of them say they will never go by car again.
[04:15.64]The ferry they take is spacious , quiet and comfortable .
[04:19.85]Commute is can enjoy the sun on deck.
[04:22.71]In the morning they can have breakfast in the coffee shop .
[04:26.32]And in the evening they can order a drink in the bar while looking at the beautiful scenery .
[04:31.53]The trip takes only 30 minutes andis not very costly .
[04:36.01]Best of all, being on a boat seems to make people more friendly toward each other .
[04:42.11]There has already been a marriage of two commuters who met on the ferry .
[04:46.35]Because the ferry has been so successful,there are plans to use other still larger boats.
[04:53.03]There is also a proposal for a high speed boat that will make the trip in only 15 minutes .
[04:58.87]But not everyone is happy about that.
[05:01.50]A lot of people feel that half an hour is just enough time to relax .
[05:06.97]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard .
[05:13.48]11 . According to the speaker how do commuters feel about crossing the Golden Gate Bridge by car?
[05:25.20]12. What does the speaker say about ferry commuters ?
[05:36.19]13. How do commuters respond to plans forthe future of the ferry ?
[05:48.05]Passage Two
[05:49.38]How many teeth have you had filled in the past two years?
[05:53.47]If you follow the advice of Dr.Faustick you may be able to
[05:57.96]reduce the number of your visits to a dentist.
[06:01.33]Dr.Faustick conducted a two-year survey to find out how to preventor reduce dental decay .
[06:08.05]946 students took part in an experiment .
[06:12.42]523 students cleaned their teeth within ten minutes of eating
[06:17.95]when possible they used a toothbrush,
[06:21.16]when this was impossible they washed their mouth thoroughly with water .
[06:25.68]The remaining 423 students merely cleaned their teeth
[06:30.46]when they went to bed and when they got up in the morning.
[06:33.65]All the studentshad their teeth X-rayed at the end of the first and second years .
[06:39.45]At the end of the first year,the night and morning group had three times
[06:44.48]as many decayed teeth as the clean after each meal group.
[06:49.11]At the end of the second year the latter group had 53 percent fewer decayed teeth than the former group.
[06:57.80]Dr. Faustick has cleaned his teeth after meal for thirteen years
[07:03.57]and has not had a single decayed tooth.
[07:07.21]He pointed out that sugar is a major agent in dental decay .
[07:11.69]Particularly the sugar in sweets, cakes, and soft drinks .
[07:16.21]I deally you should keep a tooth  brush in your pocket
[07:19.73]and use it immediately after you have finished eating.
[07:22.90]When this is impractical you can at least make sure that you have a drink of water
[07:28.38]and let the water through your teeth to force out any particles of food.
[07:33.60]7 of out 10 people loose at least half of their teeth by the time they are fifty .
[07:38.80]Many have a complete set of false teeth by that time .
[07:42.85]In any case neither toothache nor a visit to a dentist is very pleasant.
[07:48.53]So it is worthwhile making an effortto keep you own teeth as long as possible .
[07:54.22]The main preventative agent is simply water .
[07:59.85]Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard .
[08:05.06]14. According to the passage what kind of food is most likely to cause dental decay ?
[08:17.44]15. What does the passage tell us about the condition of Dr.Faustick's teeth ?
[08:29.09]16. What does Dr.Faustick suggest to prevent dental decay ?
[08:40.37]Passage Three
[08:43.05]The worldwide Organization of the Red Crossstems from the ideal of Henri Dunant,a Swiss Banker.
[08:51.26]In 1838 at the age of ten ,Dunant was taken by his father to visit a prison ,
[08:57.68]there he saw prisoners chained together exercising in the yard
[09:02.14]and breaking stones along the road.
[09:04.87]This experience left a deep impression on him .
[09:07.97]And made him determined to do something for convicts and slaves
[09:10.65]and for all who were oppressed and deprived of their liberty .
[09:14.94]On 24th June 1859 while on his way from Geneva to France ,
[09:20.67]Dunant witnessed the battle between the French and Austrian armies .
[09:24.83]It was one of the fiercest battles of the 19th century .
[09:28.45]Shocked by the lack of medical supplies andattention given to the wounded ,
[09:33.16]Dunant decided that volunteer service had to be organized.
[09:36.46]He gathered together a number of women
[09:39.03]who attended the hundreds of wounded soldiers of all nationalities
[09:42.52]and helped the surgeons as best they could .
[09:45.70]From that battle Dunant determined to forma body of people
[09:49.63]who would rally together in times of war and attend to the needs of wounded and dying .
[09:55.28]Dunant held that a suffering human being should be helped for his own sake only
[10:00.16]and without regard to race, religion , or political beliefs .
[10:03.90]Many Europeans states supported him and 22nd August 1864 the first Geneva Convention was signed.
[10:12.78]This lays down that once a soldier is wounded
[10:16.28]he and everyone else who comes to his help ceases to be an enemy.
[10:19.37]A symbol by which the relief workers could be recognized was devised .
[10:24.92]As a tribute to Switzerland , the symbol was the Swiss flag was reversed.
[10:29.48]That is a red cross on a white ground.
[10:32.16]So the Red Cross was born .
[10:35.85]Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard .
[10:41.84]17. What first led Henri Dunant to think of helping the oppressed ?
[10:53.22]18. What did Henri Dunant do during the battle between the French and Austrian armies ?
[11:04.91]19. What was Henri Dunant 's belief when hefound the Red Cross ?
[11:17.53]20. What was Henri Dunant ' s belief when hefound the Red Cross ?