Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension（30 minutes）

Section A

Directions：In this section，you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversation，you will hear some 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

Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

1.A）Help her prepare the presentation.

B）Give her extra time to finish the report.

C）Give her some advice on doing the report.

D）Hand in her report next Wednesday.

2.A）The professor often extend the time limit for assignments.

B）The students will gain extra scores for handing in assignments ahead of time.

C）The professor will punish students lightly for late assignments.

D）The students will lose some scores for late assignments.

3.A）Sympathetic. B）Skeptical. C）Grateful. D）Indifferent.

4.A）He lost everything including his computer.

B）He suffered from a serious car accident.

C）He went abroad to join his family.

D）He was transferred to another class.

Conversation Two

Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

5.A）She has finished her work. C）Her kids will arrive home after school.

B）She is too exhausted to work. D）The man does not ask her to go back to the office.

6.A）It is weird. B）It is convenient. C）It is comfortable. D）It is exhausting.

7.A）The woman does not like it. C）One can see a lot of strange things in it.

B）It is produced by weird people. D）The man is determined to watch it tonight.

8.A）His boss might ask him to stay up late.

B）The woman will record tonight’s program.

C）He may have to prepare for tomorrow’s business trip.

D）He will be having a meeting with his boss at that time.

Section B

Directions：In this section，you will hear two 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

Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.

9.A）To attract people to the camps. C）To talk about camping experiences.

B）To explain the aims of the camps. D）To describe the programmes of the camps.

10.A）Campers learn to cook food for themselves.

B）Horses play a central role in the activities.

C）Horse lessons are offered all the year round.

D）Campers are required to wear camp T-shirts.

11.A）To help people understand horses better.

B）To help people enjoy a family atmosphere.

C）To help people have fun above other things.

D）To help people achieve an educational purpose.

12.A）Horse riders. C）Parents of teenage girls.

B）Teenage girls and boys. D）International travellers.

Passage Two

Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

13.A）Competition in business. C）A type of economic policy.

B）Government grants. D）International transportation practices.

14.A）American industrialists. C）International leaders.

B）French economists. D）Civil War veterans.

15.A）The rights of private business owners should be protected.

B）The government shouldn’t interfere in private business.

C）Politicians should support industrial growth.

D）Competition among companies should be restricted.

Section C

Directions：In this section，you will hear recordings of lectures or talks followed by some questions.The recordings will be played 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.

Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 16 to 19.

16.A）They are weak both physically and mentally.

B）They are at the lowest risk today.

C）They have the problem of depression as girls do.

D）They are likely to show out their anxiety.

17.A）They seem to get very well with their peers.

B）They don't need supports from schools and teachers.

C）They like to communicate with their fathers.

D）They are not confused about sex as the girls are.

18.A）They are incapable of communicating their feelings.

B）They are unwilling to undertake responsibility.

C）They become easily anxious at things.

D）They are vulnerable in face of pressure.

19.A）Instruct their boys on what is right and what is wrong.

B）Listen patiently to their boys’experience without any judgments.

C）Take their boys to psychology experts as often as possible.

D）Give them the least interference and leave the problem at their own disposal.

Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 20 to 22.

20.A）It’s unnecessary for good people to do anything in face of evil.

B）It’s certain that evil will prevail if good men do nothing about it.

C）It’s only natural for good people to defeat evil.

D）It’s desirable for good men to keep away from evil.

21.A）They have less self-discipline.

B）They have better sense of discipline.

C）They have more mutual respect.

D）They have less effective government.

22.A）Society should be responsible for the person committing crime.

B）Modern civilization is responsible for the criminal.

C）The criminal himself should bear the blame for his guilt.

D）The standards of living should be improved to avoid robbery.

Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 23 to 25.

23.A）Later-borns do not compete for attention.

B）First-borns tend to become rebels.

C）First-borns achieve more than younger ones.

D）Later-borns are likely to get diseases.

24.A）Competition for parental attention is key to one’s personality formation.

B）People’s personalities are the critical factors affecting our society as a whole.

C）The time parents spend with kids decreases with each new baby.

D）Latter-born children are more likely to become the political activists.

25.A）To tell people that Thomas Jefferson is not the first-born child.

B）To explain that not all the famous people are the first-born children.

C）To prove the idea that most of famous people are the first-born children is wrong.

D）To show that the later-born children are more radical than the first-born children.