歌曲 | 2012年6月大学英语四级听力真题 |
歌手 | 英语听力 |
专辑 | 大学英语四级听力真题 |
[00:00.00] | 听力试音 |
[01:47.35] | Part III Listening Comprehension |
[01:51.34] | Section A |
[02:42.15] | Q11: |
[02:44.21] | M: As you can see from the drawings, |
[02:46.52] | the kitchen has one door into the dining room, |
[02:49.39] | another into the family room and a third to the outside. |
[02:53.90] | W: The door into the family room isn't big enough. Could it be made wider? |
[02:59.94] | Q: What are the speakers doing? |
[03:17.27] | Q12 |
[03:18.97] | M: I'm thinking about where to go for a bite tonight. Any suggestions, Barbara? |
[03:24.75] | W: Well, how about the French restaurant near the KFC? |
[03:29.51] | Frankly, I've had enough of our canteen food. |
[03:33.82] | Q: What do we learn about the woman? |
[03:51.08] | Q13 |
[03:53.26] | W: Hey, I f you can't enjoy the music at a sensible volume, why not use earphones? |
[03:59.67] | I'm preparing for the speech contest. |
[04:02.55] | M: Oh, sorry. I didn't realize I've being bothering you all this time. |
[04:07.29] | Q: What is the man probably doing? |
[04:24.26] | Q14 |
[04:26.66] | M: Finally, I've got the chance to p ut on my new suit tonight. |
[04:30.74] | I hope to make a good impression on your family. |
[04:33.71] | W: Come on! It's only a family reunion. So jeans and T-shirts are just fine. |
[04:39.90] | Q: What does the woman mean? |
[04:56.82] | Q15. |
[04:59.46] | M: Would you like to see those pants in brown and navy blue? |
[05:03.32] | These two colors are coming in this season. |
[05:06.50] | W: Oh, actually grey is my favourite color, |
[05:09.85] | but I prefer something made from cotton, 100% cotton I mean. |
[05:15.41] | Q: What is the woman looking for? |
[05:33.23] | Q16. |
[05:35.53] | W: From here, the mountains look as if you could just reach out and touch them. |
[05:40.95] | M: That's why I chose this lodge. It has one of the best views in Switzerland. |
[05:46.50] | Q: What is the man's chief consideration in choosing the lodge? |
[06:06.84] | Q17. |
[06:10.07] | M: What do I have to do to apply for a passport? |
[06:13.67] | W: You need proof of citizenship,either an old passport or a birth certificate and three photographs. |
[06:23.46] | Then you must complete this form and pay a fee. |
[06:27.69] | Q: What is the man most probably going to do? |
[06:45.86] | Q18. |
[06:48.21] | M: Miss, can I interest you in a pork special with serving tonight? |
[06:53.20] | It's only 799, half the usual price and it's very tasty. |
[06:58.92] | W: Oh really? I will try it. |
[07:02.74] | Q: What does the man say about the dish? |
[07:25.75] | Conversation 1 |
[07:28.03] | W:Good evening, and welcome to this week's business world, the program for and about business people. |
[07:35.69] | Tonight we have Mr. Steven Kayne, who has just taken over and established bicycle shop. |
[07:42.32] | Tell us, Mr. Kayne, what made you want to run your own store? |
[07:47.30] | M: Well, I always loved racing bikes and fixing them. |
[07:50.81] | When I was working full-time as a salesman for a big company, I seldom had time to enjoy my hobby. |
[07:57.55] | I knew then that as soon as I had enough money to get my own business going, I'll do it. |
[08:03.60] | I had my heart set on it and I didn't let anything stand in my way. |
[08:08.45] | When I went down to the bank and got a business loan, I knew I'd love being my own boss. |
[08:15.39] | Now my time is my own. I open the store when I want and leave when I want. |
[08:21.67] | W: You mean you don't keep regular hours? |
[08:25.25] | M: Well, the sign on my store says the hours are ten to six, |
[08:29.86] | but if business is slower than usual, I can just lock up and take off early. |
[08:35.10] | W: Have you hired any employees to work with you yet? |
[08:38.32] | M: Yeah, a couple of friends of mine who love biking as much as I do. |
[08:42.69] | They help me out a few days a week. |
[08:45.39] | It's great because we play cards or just sit around and talk when there are no customers. |
[08:52.15] | W: Thank you, Mr. Kayne. We wish you success in your new business. |
[08:58.26] | Questions 19-22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. |
[09:04.66] | Q19.What is the woman doing? |
[09:24.65] | Q20.What did Mr. Kayne do before he took over the bicycle shop? |
[09:47.04] | Q21.Why did the man take over a bicycle shop? |
[10:07.40] | Q22.What do we learn about the people working in the shop? |
[10:29.08] | Conversation 2 |
[10:31.96] | W: Well, the main activities in the region were historically steel and paper processing, I think. |
[10:38.43] | M: Yes, but I'm not quite sure about the status of those industries now. |
[10:43.15] | Could you tell us something about that? |
[10:45.22] | W: Yes, of course. In fact, they are less significant, |
[10:49.61] | but steel-related manufacturing still accounts for 44% of industrial activity. |
[10:57.49] | So it's still very important. In fact, 80% of Spain's machine tools are from the Basque Country. |
[11:05.77] | As for paper processing, there's still a little. |
[11:09.29] | But it's no longer what it once was in the region. So, is that clear? |
[11:14.91] | M: Yes, thanks. |
[11:16.45] | W: Now, to get back to what I was saying, there's a lot of unemployment as well as geographical problems in the region. |
[11:24.94] | M: Sorry, Victoria. What do you mean by geographical problems? |
[11:29.07] | W: Well, what I mean is the area is very hilly, mountainous in parts. |
[11:35.60] | So there used to be transport problems, now though there are new train links and better roads, |
[11:43.98] | but it may be that some smaller towns inland remain not very well connected, is that OK? |
[11:51.99] | Does that make sense? When we talk about specific location suggestions for the factory, |
[11:58.27] | we'll see this in more detail, so we'll come back to this question, OK? |
[12:03.24] | M: OK, right. |
[12:04.62] | W: So I was about to say something about the work force in the region and the level of training and education. |
[12:12.13] | In general, it's very good and improving. |
[12:16.25] | Questions 23-25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. |
[12:24.26] | Q23. What does the woman say about the steel-related manufacturing in the region? |
[12:46.08] | Q24. What problems hinder the region's development? |
[13:06.85] | Q25. What will the speakers discuss later? |
[13:27.10] | Section B |
[13:29.36] | Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. |
[13:38.90] | Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. |
[13:43.47] | After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). |
[13:53.06] | Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. |
[14:00.32] | Passage One |
[14:03.42] | I first met Joe Gumps when we were both 9 years old, which is probably the only reason he is one of my best friends. |
[14:11.49] | If I had first met Joe as a freshman in high school, we wouldn't even have had the chance to get to know each other. |
[14:19.96] | Joe is a day student, but I am a boarding student. |
[14:24.45] | We haven't been in the same classes, sports or extra curriculum activities. |
[14:30.36] | Nonetheless, I spend nearly every weekend at his house, and we talk on the phone every night. |
[14:37.76] | This is not to say that we would not have been compatible if we had first met in our freshman year. |
[14:44.65] | Rather, we would not have been likely to spend enough time getting to know each other, |
[14:49.80] | due to the lack of immediately visible mutual interests. |
[14:53.62] | In fact, to be honest, I struggle even now to think of things we have in common, |
[14:59.70] | but maybe that's what makes us enjoy each other's company so much. |
[15:04.26] | When I look at my friendship with Joe, |
[15:07.24] | I wonder how many people I've known whom I never disliked but simply didn't take the time to get to know. |
[15:14.49] | Thanks to Joe, I have realized how little basis there is, for the social divisions that exist in every community. |
[15:23.19] | Since this realization,I have begun to make an even more determined effort to find friends in unexpected people and places. |
[15:34.06] | Questions 26-28 are based on the Passage you have just heard. |
[15:41.70] | Q26. Why does the speaker say Joe Gumps become one of his best friends? |
[16:04.99] | Q27. Where does the speaker spend most of his weekends? |
[16:26.13] | Q28. What has the speaker learned from his friendship with Joe? |
[16:48.68] | Passage 2 |
[16:51.15] | It was a bad night for Louis. |
[16:53.61] | His research in the neighboring town had taken longer than he expected. |
[16:58.96] | It was late and he was very tired when he drove home. |
[17:02.89] | He turned into his building's park ing lot, but all the spaces were full. |
[17:08.22] | He drove back out onto the street looking for a parking space. The first block was full. |
[17:15.21] | The next block was almost empty. |
[17:17.78] | Louis didn't see a no-parking sign,but he suspected that if parking were allowed there,most of the spaces would be filled. |
[17:26.22] | Then he saw a small parking lot with two free spaces. |
[17:30.70] | He was so glad to see them that he didn't even think to read the sign by the entrance. |
[17:36.62] | He drove in, parked, and hurried home to go to bed. |
[17:40.90] | The next morning he went back to the lot to get his car. |
[17:45.50] | It was gone. He ran home and telephoned the city police to say that his car had been stolen. |
[17:52.60] | It took the police only a minute to tell him what had happened. His car had been on a private lot. |
[17:59.83] | It had been taken away by the police. Louis had to take a taxi to the city garage far from the center of town. |
[18:08.86] | He had to pay a fee of $40 to get his car back. |
[18:13.15] | In addition, he got a parking ticket --- his first one ever in Greenville. |
[18:19.83] | Questions 29-31 are based on the Passage you have just heard. |
[18:27.14] | Q29. Where did Louis intend to park his car when he came back from work one night? |
[18:49.72] | Q30. What did Louis think had happened to his car the next morning? |
[19:10.43] | Q31. Where did Louis finally get his car back? |
[19:30.16] | Passage 3 |
[19:32.19] | Well, to pick up where we left off last time, I believe we agreed the creativity is a mysterious idea. |
[19:40.58] | It's one of those things we all recognized when we see it.But we don't really understand what it is. |
[19:47.63] | We seem to feel that some people are naturally creative, but we don't know how they got that way. |
[19:54.72] | Is creativity a natural gift like good looks? Or is it something that can be acquired like knowledge? |
[20:03.18] | Perhaps if we analyze the creative process carefully, |
[20:07.13] | we might get some insight into what it is and how it might work in our lives. |
[20:13.23] | The creative process has always been accepted as a source of all important work in the arts. |
[20:21.05] | But we should not think the creativity play the role only in the arts. |
[20:25.88] | Every major scientific discovery began with someone imagining the world to look differently from the way others saw it. |
[20:35.02] | And this is what the creativity is all about. |
[20:38.55] | Imagining the world in a new way, and despite what you may believe about the limits of your own creative imaginations, |
[20:47.55] | we all have the potential to imagine the world in an absolute new way. |
[20:53.44] | In fact, you were born with it. It is your birth right as a human being. |
[20:59.92] | And what's more, you use it every day almost every moment of your life. |
[21:06.48] | Your creative imagination is what you use to make sense of your experiences. |
[21:13.18] | It's your creative mind to get the meaning from the chaos of your experiences and brings order to your world. |
[21:21.64] | Questions 32-35 are based on the Passage you have just heard. |
[21:29.28] | Q32: What did the speaker most probably discuss last time? |
[21:50.43] | Q33: What is a widely accepted idea about the creative process? |
[22:12.71] | Q34: What leads to major scientific discoveries according to the speaker? |
[22:35.35] | Q35: What does the speaker imply about the creative process? |
[22:56.46] | Section C |
[23:53.32] | Students have been complaining more and more about stolen property. |
[23:57.75] | Radios, cell phones, bicycles, pocket calculators and books have all been reported stolen. |
[24:05.90] | Are there enough campus police to do the job? |
[24:09.12] | There are 20 officers in the campus security division. |
[24:13.60] | Their job is to handle crime, accidents, lost and found items, and traffic problems on campus. |
[24:21.52] | More than half of their time is spent directing traffic and writing parking tickets. |
[24:28.06] | Responding promptly to accidents and other emergencies is important, but it is their smallest job. |
[24:36.00] | Dealing with crime takes up the rest of their time. |
[24:40.51] | Very rarely did any violent crimes actually occur. |
[24:44.66] | In the last five years there have been no murders, seven robberies, |
[24:49.96] | and about sixty other violent attacks,most of these involving attacks,most of these involving fights at parties. |
[24:56.57] | On the other hand, there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property, |
[25:03.98] | which usually involves breaking windows or lights, or writing on walls. |
[25:09.99] | The thefts are not the carefully planned burglaries that you see in movies. |
[25:15.23] | Things get stolen when it is just easy to steal them because they are left lying around unwatched. |
[25:22.15] | Do we really need more police? |
[25:25.00] | Hiring more campus police would cost money,possibly making our tuition go up again. |
[25:31.34] | A better way to solve this problem might be for all of us to be more careful with our things. |
[25:40.58] | Read again |
[25:45.65] | Students have been complaining more and more about stolen property. |
[25:51.17] | Radios, cell phones, bicycles, pocket calculators and books have all been reported stolen. |
[26:00.37] | Are there enough campus police to do the job? |
[26:03.73] | There are 20 officers in the campus security division. |
[26:08.05] | Their job is to handle crime, accidents, lost and found items, and traffic problems on campus. |
[26:16.89] | More than half of their time is spent directing traffic and writing parking tickets. |
[26:23.59] | Responding promptly to accidents and other emergencies is important, but it is their smallest job. |
[26:31.12] | Dealing with crime takes up the rest of their time. |
[26:36.15] | Very rarely did any violent crimes actually occur. |
[26:41.14] | In the last five years there have been no murders, seven robberies, |
[26:46.60] | and about sixty other violent attacks,most of these involving attacks,most of these involving fights at parties. |
[26:52.95] | On the other hand, there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property, |
[28:00.42] | which usually involves breaking windows or lights, or writing on walls. |
[28:05.39] | The thefts are not the carefully planned burglaries that you see in movies. |
[28:11.67] | Things get stolen when it is just easy to steal them because they are left lying around unwatched. |
[29:21.44] | Do we really need more police? |
[29:25.22] | Hiring more campus police would cost money,possibly making our tuition go up again. |
[29:31.80] | A better way to solve this problem might be for all of us to be more careful with our things. |
[30:36.99] | Read third time |
[30:42.68] | Students have been complaining more and more about stolen property. |
[30:48.33] | Radios, cell phones, bicycles, pocket calculators and books have all been reported stolen. |
[30:56.30] | Are there enough campus police to do the job? |
[30:59.56] | There are 20 officers in the campus security division. |
[31:03.93] | Their job is to handle crime, accidents, lost and found items, and traffic problems on campus. |
[31:11.75] | More than half of their time is spent directing traffic and writing parking tickets. |
[31:18.39] | Responding promptly to accidents and other emergencies is important, but it is their smallest job. |
[31:26.35] | Dealing with crime takes up the rest of their time. |
[31:30.71] | Very rarely did any violent crimes actually occur. |
[31:34.63] | In the last five years there have been no murders, seven robberies, |
[31:40.14] | and about sixty other violent attacks,most of these involving attacks,most of these involving fights at parties. |
[31:46.20] | On the other hand, there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property, |
[31:54.24] | which usually involves breaking windows or lights, or writing on walls. |
[31:59.85] | The thefts are not the carefully planned burglaries that you see in movies. |
[32:05.68] | Things get stolen when it is just easy to steal them because they are left lying around unwatched. |
[32:12.11] | Do we really need more police? |
[32:15.03] | Hiring more campus police would cost money,possibly making our tuition go up again. |
[32:21.32] | A better way to solve this problem might be for all of us to be more careful with our things. |
[00:00.00] | tīng lì shì yīn |
[01:47.35] | Part III Listening Comprehension |
[01:51.34] | Section A |
[02:42.15] | Q11: |
[02:44.21] | M: As you can see from the drawings, |
[02:46.52] | the kitchen has one door into the dining room, |
[02:49.39] | another into the family room and a third to the outside. |
[02:53.90] | W: The door into the family room isn' t big enough. Could it be made wider? |
[02:59.94] | Q: What are the speakers doing? |
[03:17.27] | Q12 |
[03:18.97] | M: I' m thinking about where to go for a bite tonight. Any suggestions, Barbara? |
[03:24.75] | W: Well, how about the French restaurant near the KFC? |
[03:29.51] | Frankly, I' ve had enough of our canteen food. |
[03:33.82] | Q: What do we learn about the woman? |
[03:51.08] | Q13 |
[03:53.26] | W: Hey, I f you can' t enjoy the music at a sensible volume, why not use earphones? |
[03:59.67] | I' m preparing for the speech contest. |
[04:02.55] | M: Oh, sorry. I didn' t realize I' ve being bothering you all this time. |
[04:07.29] | Q: What is the man probably doing? |
[04:24.26] | Q14 |
[04:26.66] | M: Finally, I' ve got the chance to p ut on my new suit tonight. |
[04:30.74] | I hope to make a good impression on your family. |
[04:33.71] | W: Come on! It' s only a family reunion. So jeans and Tshirts are just fine. |
[04:39.90] | Q: What does the woman mean? |
[04:56.82] | Q15. |
[04:59.46] | M: Would you like to see those pants in brown and navy blue? |
[05:03.32] | These two colors are coming in this season. |
[05:06.50] | W: Oh, actually grey is my favourite color, |
[05:09.85] | but I prefer something made from cotton, 100 cotton I mean. |
[05:15.41] | Q: What is the woman looking for? |
[05:33.23] | Q16. |
[05:35.53] | W: From here, the mountains look as if you could just reach out and touch them. |
[05:40.95] | M: That' s why I chose this lodge. It has one of the best views in Switzerland. |
[05:46.50] | Q: What is the man' s chief consideration in choosing the lodge? |
[06:06.84] | Q17. |
[06:10.07] | M: What do I have to do to apply for a passport? |
[06:13.67] | W: You need proof of citizenship, either an old passport or a birth certificate and three photographs. |
[06:23.46] | Then you must complete this form and pay a fee. |
[06:27.69] | Q: What is the man most probably going to do? |
[06:45.86] | Q18. |
[06:48.21] | M: Miss, can I interest you in a pork special with serving tonight? |
[06:53.20] | It' s only 799, half the usual price and it' s very tasty. |
[06:58.92] | W: Oh really? I will try it. |
[07:02.74] | Q: What does the man say about the dish? |
[07:25.75] | Conversation 1 |
[07:28.03] | W: Good evening, and welcome to this week' s business world, the program for and about business people. |
[07:35.69] | Tonight we have Mr. Steven Kayne, who has just taken over and established bicycle shop. |
[07:42.32] | Tell us, Mr. Kayne, what made you want to run your own store? |
[07:47.30] | M: Well, I always loved racing bikes and fixing them. |
[07:50.81] | When I was working fulltime as a salesman for a big company, I seldom had time to enjoy my hobby. |
[07:57.55] | I knew then that as soon as I had enough money to get my own business going, I' ll do it. |
[08:03.60] | I had my heart set on it and I didn' t let anything stand in my way. |
[08:08.45] | When I went down to the bank and got a business loan, I knew I' d love being my own boss. |
[08:15.39] | Now my time is my own. I open the store when I want and leave when I want. |
[08:21.67] | W: You mean you don' t keep regular hours? |
[08:25.25] | M: Well, the sign on my store says the hours are ten to six, |
[08:29.86] | but if business is slower than usual, I can just lock up and take off early. |
[08:35.10] | W: Have you hired any employees to work with you yet? |
[08:38.32] | M: Yeah, a couple of friends of mine who love biking as much as I do. |
[08:42.69] | They help me out a few days a week. |
[08:45.39] | It' s great because we play cards or just sit around and talk when there are no customers. |
[08:52.15] | W: Thank you, Mr. Kayne. We wish you success in your new business. |
[08:58.26] | Questions 1922 are based on the conversation you have just heard. |
[09:04.66] | Q19. What is the woman doing? |
[09:24.65] | Q20. What did Mr. Kayne do before he took over the bicycle shop? |
[09:47.04] | Q21. Why did the man take over a bicycle shop? |
[10:07.40] | Q22. What do we learn about the people working in the shop? |
[10:29.08] | Conversation 2 |
[10:31.96] | W: Well, the main activities in the region were historically steel and paper processing, I think. |
[10:38.43] | M: Yes, but I' m not quite sure about the status of those industries now. |
[10:43.15] | Could you tell us something about that? |
[10:45.22] | W: Yes, of course. In fact, they are less significant, |
[10:49.61] | but steelrelated manufacturing still accounts for 44 of industrial activity. |
[10:57.49] | So it' s still very important. In fact, 80 of Spain' s machine tools are from the Basque Country. |
[11:05.77] | As for paper processing, there' s still a little. |
[11:09.29] | But it' s no longer what it once was in the region. So, is that clear? |
[11:14.91] | M: Yes, thanks. |
[11:16.45] | W: Now, to get back to what I was saying, there' s a lot of unemployment as well as geographical problems in the region. |
[11:24.94] | M: Sorry, Victoria. What do you mean by geographical problems? |
[11:29.07] | W: Well, what I mean is the area is very hilly, mountainous in parts. |
[11:35.60] | So there used to be transport problems, now though there are new train links and better roads, |
[11:43.98] | but it may be that some smaller towns inland remain not very well connected, is that OK? |
[11:51.99] | Does that make sense? When we talk about specific location suggestions for the factory, |
[11:58.27] | we' ll see this in more detail, so we' ll come back to this question, OK? |
[12:03.24] | M: OK, right. |
[12:04.62] | W: So I was about to say something about the work force in the region and the level of training and education. |
[12:12.13] | In general, it' s very good and improving. |
[12:16.25] | Questions 2325 are based on the conversation you have just heard. |
[12:24.26] | Q23. What does the woman say about the steelrelated manufacturing in the region? |
[12:46.08] | Q24. What problems hinder the region' s development? |
[13:06.85] | Q25. What will the speakers discuss later? |
[13:27.10] | Section B |
[13:29.36] | Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. |
[13:38.90] | Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. |
[13:43.47] | After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. |
[13:53.06] | Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. |
[14:00.32] | Passage One |
[14:03.42] | I first met Joe Gumps when we were both 9 years old, which is probably the only reason he is one of my best friends. |
[14:11.49] | If I had first met Joe as a freshman in high school, we wouldn' t even have had the chance to get to know each other. |
[14:19.96] | Joe is a day student, but I am a boarding student. |
[14:24.45] | We haven' t been in the same classes, sports or extra curriculum activities. |
[14:30.36] | Nonetheless, I spend nearly every weekend at his house, and we talk on the phone every night. |
[14:37.76] | This is not to say that we would not have been compatible if we had first met in our freshman year. |
[14:44.65] | Rather, we would not have been likely to spend enough time getting to know each other, |
[14:49.80] | due to the lack of immediately visible mutual interests. |
[14:53.62] | In fact, to be honest, I struggle even now to think of things we have in common, |
[14:59.70] | but maybe that' s what makes us enjoy each other' s company so much. |
[15:04.26] | When I look at my friendship with Joe, |
[15:07.24] | I wonder how many people I' ve known whom I never disliked but simply didn' t take the time to get to know. |
[15:14.49] | Thanks to Joe, I have realized how little basis there is, for the social divisions that exist in every community. |
[15:23.19] | Since this realization, I have begun to make an even more determined effort to find friends in unexpected people and places. |
[15:34.06] | Questions 2628 are based on the Passage you have just heard. |
[15:41.70] | Q26. Why does the speaker say Joe Gumps become one of his best friends? |
[16:04.99] | Q27. Where does the speaker spend most of his weekends? |
[16:26.13] | Q28. What has the speaker learned from his friendship with Joe? |
[16:48.68] | Passage 2 |
[16:51.15] | It was a bad night for Louis. |
[16:53.61] | His research in the neighboring town had taken longer than he expected. |
[16:58.96] | It was late and he was very tired when he drove home. |
[17:02.89] | He turned into his building' s park ing lot, but all the spaces were full. |
[17:08.22] | He drove back out onto the street looking for a parking space. The first block was full. |
[17:15.21] | The next block was almost empty. |
[17:17.78] | Louis didn' t see a noparking sign, but he suspected that if parking were allowed there, most of the spaces would be filled. |
[17:26.22] | Then he saw a small parking lot with two free spaces. |
[17:30.70] | He was so glad to see them that he didn' t even think to read the sign by the entrance. |
[17:36.62] | He drove in, parked, and hurried home to go to bed. |
[17:40.90] | The next morning he went back to the lot to get his car. |
[17:45.50] | It was gone. He ran home and telephoned the city police to say that his car had been stolen. |
[17:52.60] | It took the police only a minute to tell him what had happened. His car had been on a private lot. |
[17:59.83] | It had been taken away by the police. Louis had to take a taxi to the city garage far from the center of town. |
[18:08.86] | He had to pay a fee of 40 to get his car back. |
[18:13.15] | In addition, he got a parking ticket his first one ever in Greenville. |
[18:19.83] | Questions 2931 are based on the Passage you have just heard. |
[18:27.14] | Q29. Where did Louis intend to park his car when he came back from work one night? |
[18:49.72] | Q30. What did Louis think had happened to his car the next morning? |
[19:10.43] | Q31. Where did Louis finally get his car back? |
[19:30.16] | Passage 3 |
[19:32.19] | Well, to pick up where we left off last time, I believe we agreed the creativity is a mysterious idea. |
[19:40.58] | It' s one of those things we all recognized when we see it. But we don' t really understand what it is. |
[19:47.63] | We seem to feel that some people are naturally creative, but we don' t know how they got that way. |
[19:54.72] | Is creativity a natural gift like good looks? Or is it something that can be acquired like knowledge? |
[20:03.18] | Perhaps if we analyze the creative process carefully, |
[20:07.13] | we might get some insight into what it is and how it might work in our lives. |
[20:13.23] | The creative process has always been accepted as a source of all important work in the arts. |
[20:21.05] | But we should not think the creativity play the role only in the arts. |
[20:25.88] | Every major scientific discovery began with someone imagining the world to look differently from the way others saw it. |
[20:35.02] | And this is what the creativity is all about. |
[20:38.55] | Imagining the world in a new way, and despite what you may believe about the limits of your own creative imaginations, |
[20:47.55] | we all have the potential to imagine the world in an absolute new way. |
[20:53.44] | In fact, you were born with it. It is your birth right as a human being. |
[20:59.92] | And what' s more, you use it every day almost every moment of your life. |
[21:06.48] | Your creative imagination is what you use to make sense of your experiences. |
[21:13.18] | It' s your creative mind to get the meaning from the chaos of your experiences and brings order to your world. |
[21:21.64] | Questions 3235 are based on the Passage you have just heard. |
[21:29.28] | Q32: What did the speaker most probably discuss last time? |
[21:50.43] | Q33: What is a widely accepted idea about the creative process? |
[22:12.71] | Q34: What leads to major scientific discoveries according to the speaker? |
[22:35.35] | Q35: What does the speaker imply about the creative process? |
[22:56.46] | Section C |
[23:53.32] | Students have been complaining more and more about stolen property. |
[23:57.75] | Radios, cell phones, bicycles, pocket calculators and books have all been reported stolen. |
[24:05.90] | Are there enough campus police to do the job? |
[24:09.12] | There are 20 officers in the campus security division. |
[24:13.60] | Their job is to handle crime, accidents, lost and found items, and traffic problems on campus. |
[24:21.52] | More than half of their time is spent directing traffic and writing parking tickets. |
[24:28.06] | Responding promptly to accidents and other emergencies is important, but it is their smallest job. |
[24:36.00] | Dealing with crime takes up the rest of their time. |
[24:40.51] | Very rarely did any violent crimes actually occur. |
[24:44.66] | In the last five years there have been no murders, seven robberies, |
[24:49.96] | and about sixty other violent attacks, most of these involving attacks, most of these involving fights at parties. |
[24:56.57] | On the other hand, there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property, |
[25:03.98] | which usually involves breaking windows or lights, or writing on walls. |
[25:09.99] | The thefts are not the carefully planned burglaries that you see in movies. |
[25:15.23] | Things get stolen when it is just easy to steal them because they are left lying around unwatched. |
[25:22.15] | Do we really need more police? |
[25:25.00] | Hiring more campus police would cost money, possibly making our tuition go up again. |
[25:31.34] | A better way to solve this problem might be for all of us to be more careful with our things. |
[25:40.58] | Read again |
[25:45.65] | Students have been complaining more and more about stolen property. |
[25:51.17] | Radios, cell phones, bicycles, pocket calculators and books have all been reported stolen. |
[26:00.37] | Are there enough campus police to do the job? |
[26:03.73] | There are 20 officers in the campus security division. |
[26:08.05] | Their job is to handle crime, accidents, lost and found items, and traffic problems on campus. |
[26:16.89] | More than half of their time is spent directing traffic and writing parking tickets. |
[26:23.59] | Responding promptly to accidents and other emergencies is important, but it is their smallest job. |
[26:31.12] | Dealing with crime takes up the rest of their time. |
[26:36.15] | Very rarely did any violent crimes actually occur. |
[26:41.14] | In the last five years there have been no murders, seven robberies, |
[26:46.60] | and about sixty other violent attacks, most of these involving attacks, most of these involving fights at parties. |
[26:52.95] | On the other hand, there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property, |
[28:00.42] | which usually involves breaking windows or lights, or writing on walls. |
[28:05.39] | The thefts are not the carefully planned burglaries that you see in movies. |
[28:11.67] | Things get stolen when it is just easy to steal them because they are left lying around unwatched. |
[29:21.44] | Do we really need more police? |
[29:25.22] | Hiring more campus police would cost money, possibly making our tuition go up again. |
[29:31.80] | A better way to solve this problem might be for all of us to be more careful with our things. |
[30:36.99] | Read third time |
[30:42.68] | Students have been complaining more and more about stolen property. |
[30:48.33] | Radios, cell phones, bicycles, pocket calculators and books have all been reported stolen. |
[30:56.30] | Are there enough campus police to do the job? |
[30:59.56] | There are 20 officers in the campus security division. |
[31:03.93] | Their job is to handle crime, accidents, lost and found items, and traffic problems on campus. |
[31:11.75] | More than half of their time is spent directing traffic and writing parking tickets. |
[31:18.39] | Responding promptly to accidents and other emergencies is important, but it is their smallest job. |
[31:26.35] | Dealing with crime takes up the rest of their time. |
[31:30.71] | Very rarely did any violent crimes actually occur. |
[31:34.63] | In the last five years there have been no murders, seven robberies, |
[31:40.14] | and about sixty other violent attacks, most of these involving attacks, most of these involving fights at parties. |
[31:46.20] | On the other hand, there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property, |
[31:54.24] | which usually involves breaking windows or lights, or writing on walls. |
[31:59.85] | The thefts are not the carefully planned burglaries that you see in movies. |
[32:05.68] | Things get stolen when it is just easy to steal them because they are left lying around unwatched. |
[32:12.11] | Do we really need more police? |
[32:15.03] | Hiring more campus police would cost money, possibly making our tuition go up again. |
[32:21.32] | A better way to solve this problem might be for all of us to be more careful with our things. |