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）How to deal with hardships in life.

B）Whether it is right for students to live off campus.

C）How to create nice surroundings for study.

D）The importance of a good study environment.

2.A）They can have a better environment for study and rest.

B）They can have more freedom without supervision.

C）They can have more chances to learn to be independent.

D）They can have classes without paying for tuition.

3.A）Change the poor conditions in university accommodation.

B）Catch up with the rapid changes in the society.

C）Live off campus and be ready to meet the challenge in life.

D）Adapt themselves to hardships at the university.

4.A）Many universities have common problems.

B）Most college students can’t adapt themselves to them.

C）The conditions can’t be improved in short time.

D）The conditions can be improved soon.

Conversation Two

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

5.A）At the airport. B）At the bank. C）On the street. D）In the police station.

6.A）0.1%. B）0.2%. C）0.21%. D）0.25%.

7.A）To fill in some application forms. C）To demonstrate his certain certifications.

B）To deposit money in his savings account. D）To tell the woman his detailed information.

8.A）Deposit account and savings account. C）Checking account and savings account.

B）Current account and traveling account. D）Savings account and transaction account.

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 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.

9.A）Divorce rate. C）Single-parent families.

B）Fathers incorporated. D）Children’s care in single-parent families.

10.A）With their father. C）With their grandparents.

B）With their mother. D）Part of the time with mother，part with father.

11.A）Men need not do the job. C）Men should not do the job.

B）Men can not do the job. D）Men can do the job as well as women.

Passage Two

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

12.A）To grow beautiful flowers. C）To grow all kinds of flowers in the world.

B）To take part in the competition. D）To grow a rose of a new colour and win a prizes.

13.A）They were naughty. C）Mr Flowers didn’t let them watch flowers.

B）They hated Mr Flowers. D）They just wanted to play a joke on Mr Flowers.

14.A）He was too old to see who did it. C）The boys ran too fast for him to catch.

B）He was too kind to beat the boys. D）It was impossible for him to be on guard all the time.

15.A）They wanted to do what they were told not to. C）They hated to see the notice.

B）The notice was closer to the path. D）The notice was in the way.

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）Bird communication. C）Bird research.

B）Bird calls and songs. D）Bird body language.

17.A）To put their babies to sleep. C）To repel a mate.

B）To give short messages. D）To defend their territory.

18.A）They beg quietly. C）They do not beg when they are hungry.

B）They beg with a low frequency. D）They beg with a high frequency.

19.A）Scientists still don’t understand it well. C）It has changed in recent years.

B）It is similar to that of humans. D）Much of it seems very strange.

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

20.A）As a measure of Picasso’s productivity. C）As a key figure in Renaissance illusionism.

B）As an important influence on Picasso’s art. D）As an artist whom Picasso reacted strongly against.

21.A）Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. C）Family of Saltimbanques.

B）The Old Guitarist. D）Three Musicians.

22.A）By place of residence. C）By periods of development.

B）By thematic representation. D）By political attitude.

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

23.A）He wrote Mutual Aid：A Factor of Evolution. C）He won the Nobel Prize.

B）He coined the word“sociobiology”. D）His research was on insects.

24.A）A cultural trait. C）A kind of behaviour.

B）A theoretical proof. D）A riddle.

25.A）As a metaphor for the evolution of behaviour.

B）As a warning against the dangers of sociobiology.

C）As a contrast to the behaviour of social insects.

D）As the source of Wilson’s theory of altruism.