全国公共英语等级考试三级04

[00:09.04]you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it.
[00:14.94]After listening,you will have time to answer each question by choosing A,B,C or D.
[00:25.55]You will hear each conversation ONLY ONCE.Mark your answer in your test booklet.
[00:33.72]Questions 11-14 are based on a talk between two visitors.
[00:41.90]You now have 20 seconds to read the questions.
[00:46.79]M:What a lovely place.Walking round the palace is just like going back in time.Don't you think so.
[01:14.40]Imagine all those noble men and ladies having huge partieshere on summer nights,
[01:21.08]dancing in the halls and gardens.Or Napoleon working in his study,
[01:27.09]planning all those battles that changed the world.
[01:31.30]W:Or how about Mozart?He gave a concert in the palace when he was only six years old.
[01:38.09]Isn't that incredible 1?M:It was the colors that really impress me.
[01:43.50]The yellow outside walls and the green window frames 2.It was like a fairy-tale castle.
[01:50.39]W:What about the rooms full of Persian miniature 3 paintings.
[01:55.77]And the huge crystal 4 lights hanging from the ceilings?Weren't they magnificent 5?
[02:02.17]Don't you wish we were millionaires?
[02:05.86]M:You don't have to be a millionaire to enjoy beautiful things.
[02:10.27]I enjoyed the gardens just as much as all those lovely trees and fountains.
[02:16.96]And the wonderful view of Vienna from the park.
[02:20.85]You don't need money to enjoy a view like that.You only need eyes.
[02:26.34]W:Still,wouldn't it be nice to live in a place like this one here?
[02:31.33]Imagine,twelve hundred different Rooms.
[02:36.11]M:It would be nice as long as I didn't have to clean them.
[02:40.60]You now have one minute to answer questions 11-14.
[02:48.18]11.What is the place the two speakers are visiting?
[02:51.86](A)a modern museum(B)a concert hall(C)an ancient castle(D)a royal palace
[02:57.27]12.What did Mozart once do in this place?(A)He held a party for the nobles.
[03:05.47](B)He gave concerts in his mature years.
[03:09.26](C)He gave a musical performance as a kid.(D)He played music for Napoleon.
[03:12.55]13.What does the man like best here?
[03:17.43](A)the luxuries 6 in the place(B)the Persian pictures
[03:20.65](C)the colors of the place(D)the crystal lights
[03:27.54]14.According to the man,what one needs to do in order to enjoy beautiful things?
[03:35.33](A)One has to be a millionaire.(B)One has to be keen 7 on things around him.
[03:44.00](C)One has to go to Paris.(D)One has to go to Vienna.
[03:52.39]Questions 15-17 are based on a dialogue between a host and a former astronaut.
[04:05.58]You now have 15 seconds to read the questions.
[04:11.06]W:Hello.Today is the 30th anniversary 8 of the first moon landing 9.On July 20th,1969,
[04:37.16]man landed   on the moon for the first time.
[04:41.26]Over the next several years,a total of 12 men walked across the moon.
[04:47.87]The last man to do so was Eugene German.
[04:52.96]Mr German,it's been 30 years since man walked on the moon.
[04:58.66]What are your thoughts on this anniversary?
[05:02.76]M:How did 30 years go by so quickly?
[05:07.17]It was the greatest endeavor 10 in the history of mankind.
[05:11.85]And it was something a lot of people thought couldn't be done.
[05:16.24]When President Kennedy said in 1961 that we were going to the moon,
[05:22.64]we had a total of 16 minutes of space flight experience.
[05:28.05]Yet we made it.I lived on the moon for 75 hours.
[05:33.84]It was like parking a car in the desert and living out of it.
[05:39.54]Looking back,it sometimes seems unreal because we quit.
[05:45.63]We went to the moon,then we came home.
[05:49.70]The disappointing thing is that I'm still the last moonwalker.
[05:55.19]We should have gone back to the moon and on our way to Mars 11.
[05:59.99]I gave myself 28 years for that to happen.
[06:04.70]W:Would you like to go to Mars?M:Yes.Absolutely.
[06:09.08]You have 45 seconds to answer questions 15-17.
[06:15.98]15.How many people have been to the moon?(A)20(B)16(C)2(D)12
[06:21.00]16.Which statement is true about the astronauts who went to the moon?
[06:25.59](A)They had only 16 minutes of flight experience by 1969.
[06:29.59](B)They accomplished 12 what was thought to be the impossible.
[06:34.08](C)It seemed unreal to the astronauts that they were on the moon.
[06:37.40](D)It was wonderful for the astronauts to live on the moon.
[06:40.69]17.What is it that Mr.German is not happy about?
[06:44.98](A)He stayed there for only hours.(B)Living on the moon was like living in a desert.
[06:51.17](C)He was not the first man to go to the moon.(D)Man has not been to the Mars.
[06:55.06]17.What is it that Mr.German is not happy about?
[07:00.47](A)He stayed there for only hours.(B)Living on the moon was like living in a desert.
[07:05.77](C)He was not the first man to go to the moon.(D)Man has not been to the Mars.
[07:10.16]Questions 18-21 are based on a talk about the green movement.
[07:20.48]You now have 20 seconds to read the questions.
[07:25.15]Have you ever heard of the Goldman Environmental Foundation 13 in San Francisco?
[07:49.84]Its motto is "think globally,act locally."It has created a prize for the green movement.
[07:59.35]The $60,000 awards are given annually 14 to representatives from six continents.
[08:07.65]One of the prize winners is Roland Tiensuu,a twelve-year-old Swedish boy.
[08:14.63]He thinks that preserving the earth is too important to be left to grownups.Three years ago,
[08:22.41]the boy learned 15 from his teacher about the destruction 16 of the rain forests in Latin 17 America.
[08:29.31]Tiensuu was worried that by the time he and his classmates grew up,
[08:35.42]there would be no rain forests left to save.He thought they should do something.
[08:41.93]One day he saw a television program
[08:46.63]where people planted trees to replace one of those that had been cut down.
[08:52.22]But,of course, Tiensuu couldn't do that because he lived far away in Sweden.
[08:59.22]Then he thought that instead they could buy the rain forest Tiensuu and his classmates
[09:07.32]organized a sale in their small village
[09:11.21]and raised enough money to buy 10 acres of rain forest in Costa Rica,
[09:17.30]School children in Sweden,Germany,Japan and the US have followed his example
[09:25.08]As a result,part of the rain forest has been named Children's Eternal 18 Forest.
[09:32.66]You have one minute to answer questions 18-21.
[09:39.34]18.Which best sums up the purpose of the prize offered by the Foundation
[09:41.85](A)To encourage the Green movement in San Francisco.
[09:46.63](B)To encourage the environmental movement across the world.
[09:48.83](C)To reward individuals on the American Continent.
[09:51.80](D)To establish the image of the foundation in the world.
[09:52.80]19.What was Tiensuu concerned about?(A)Saving the forests in his homeland.
[09:54.68](B)Persuading grownups to protect forests.(C)Planting trees in Latin America.
[09:57.76](D)Preventing destruction of rain forests.
[09:58.96]20.What did Tiensuu and his classmates do in order to buy some acres of trees?
[10:03.56](A)They asked their parents to donate money.(B)They collected funds 19 by selling something.
[10:08.16](C)They appealed to the Swedish government for support.(D)They used their pocket money.
[10:12.23]21.In which countries have children made the same efforts as Tiensuu has done.
[10:16.93](A)Germany,France and Japan  (B) France,Britain and Germany
[10:22.94]C)US,Germany and Britain(D)US,Japan and Germany
[10:31.75]Questions 22-25 are based on a talk on the cloning of human beings,
[10:43.13]i.e. the artificial 20 reproduction of human beings.You now have 2o seconds to read these questions.
[10:54.13]W:Welcome to the Genetic 21 World.
[11:18.32]Dr.Smith is going to give his opinion about the cloning of human beings.
[11:24.51]Dr.smith,is it possible to copy human beings at present?
[11:30.81]M:Well,the cloning  of human beings is a very inefficient 22 procedure 23.
[11:36.69]Even if the technique were perfected,
[11:40.50]we must ask ourselves what practical value human cloning might have.Why do we copy people?
[11:49.09]Firstly,couples unable to have children might choose to have a copy of one of them.
[11:55.70]The parents would be more likely to place higher expectation
[12:01.08]on the cloned child than average  parents.
[12:05.26]Cloning is also suggested as a means of bringing back a relative,usually a  child,killed tragically 24.
[12:13.86]But it must be first recognized that the copy would be a new child and not the lost child.
[12:21.75]Thirdly,copying is suggested as a means by which parents can have the child of their dreams.
[12:29.53]Couples might chose to have a copy of a film star,
[12:34.63]baseball player or scientist,depending on their interest.
[12:39.72]But what if the child does not live up to their hopes.
[12:44.53]In my opinion,each child should be wanted for itself,as an individual.
[12:51.32]I suggest that there is a greater need to consider the interests of the child.
[12:57.33]And we should reject these proposed 25 uses of cloning.
[13:02.42]You have one minute to answer questions  22-25.
[13:09.42]22.What do we learn about the technique for the cloning of human beings?
[13:13.42](A)perfect(B)inadequate(C)undesirable(D)insufficient
[13:18.62]23.For a couple unable to have children, what would their attitude towardthe cloned child?
[13:21.83](A)They might find it hard to live with him.(B)They might love him so much as to spoil 26 him.
[13:33.01](C)They might expect too much from him.
[13:38.00](D)They might love him more than average parents do.
[13:41.39]24.What will probably be a danger for parents with a cloned child?
[13:45.10](A)The parents' dream is nothing but a false illusion 27.
[13:50.30](B)The child will not look like their former child.
[13:54.40](C)The child will be spoiled.(D)The child may fail to fulfil 28 the parents' dream.
[13:57.90]25.What is the speaker's opinion of the cloning of children?
[14:01.48](A)The children's interests are more important.
[14:08.77](B)The parents' wishes should be respected.
[14:13.16](C)The reasons for cloning children are justified 29.(D)There is a need to clone children.
[14:18.93]This is the end of Part B.
[14:26.72]Exercise 6 Part A You will hear 10 short dialogues.
[14:38.32]For each dialogue,there is one question and four possible answers.
[14:45.42]Choose the correct answer--A,B,or D, and mark it in your test booklet.
[14:56.52]You will have 15 seconds to answer the question and you will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE.
[15:06.42]Now look at question 1.1.M:Jane,I would like to introduce you to my sister, Ellen.
[15:23.61]W:Glad to meet you, Ellen.Bob tells me that you are interested in African art too.
[15:30.40]In fact,he says that you plan to spend the summer in Zimbabwe.
[15:35.60]1.What do the girls have in common?
[15:38.68](A)Both of them are going to in Zimbabwe.(B)They are both from Africa.
[15:42.08](C)They are of the same age.(D)They are interested in  African art.
[15:48.56]2.M:I would like to see Mr.Smith, please.
[16:00.24]W:Mr.Smith is not here anymore. Mrs.Brown is the manager now.
[16:06.43]2.What do we learn from this conversation?
[16:10.21](A)Mr.Smith is the new manager.(B)The manager is a man.
[16:15.31](C)The former manager has left.(D)The manager is not here.
[16:21.79]3.M:I am sorry,Miss. Flight 622 has already departed 30.
[16:33.88]W:Oh.all right. Could you please tell me where I can find a telephone?
[16:40.25]3.What does the woman want to know?
[16:44.54](A)where to board the plane.(B)where to find a telephone.
[16:48.64](C)the flight number(D)the departure 31 time.
[16:54.33]4.M:My tape recorder doesn't work.What do you think I should do?W:Why not call Mr.Jackson?
[17:09.75]4.What does the woman mean?
[17:14.74](A)She doesn't want to ask Mr.Jackson herself.(B)She doesn't want to work for Mr.Jackson.
[17:19.93](C)Mr.Jackson may have broken the tape recorder.(D)Mr.Jackson might fix the tape recorder
[17:24.61]5.M:I'd like to drive to the concert, but my brother has the car tonight.
[17:36.21]W:Who needs a car?We can take the subway if we go a little earlier.
[17:41.90]5.What does the woman mean?
[17:45.09](A)They don't have to go to the concert.(B)His brother should let them use the car.
[17:49.58](C)The subway is fine with her.(D)A car wouldn't be any faster.
[17:56.06]6.W:You seem very tired lately.M:It's my new job. It's hard work and the hours are long.
[18:11.87]6.Why is the man tired?(A)His job is difficult.(B)His job isn't interesting.
[18:19.26](C)He doesn't know how to do his job.(D)He doesn't sleep well at night.
[18:26.34]7.W:Are you going to Canada or Mexico during your winter vacation?
[18:37.15]M:Well,I don't enjoy cold weather at all,and Canada is freezing at wintertime.
[18:44.44]7.What do we learn from this conversation?
[18:47.94](A)The woman will probably go to Canada for her vacation.
[18:51.05](B)The woman will probably wait until summer to go to Mexico.
[18:53.09](C)The woman will probably not go to Canada for her winter vacation.
[18:56.09](D)The woman will probably stay home during her vacation.
[18:59.88]8.M:Excuse me,can you tell me how I can get to the Government Building?
[19:08.58]W:Of course,go straight for two blocks,and then look to the right.
[19:14.87]8.What does the woman mean?(A)The man needs to continue walking.
[19:18.45](B)The man needs to go straight back for two blocks.(C)He has already passed the building.
[19:23.57](D)The building is to his right.
[19:29.55]9.W:I saw Peter today at the hospital.I wonder if maybe something is wrong.
[19:40.87]M:His sister just had a new baby.
[19:44.47]9.What was Peter doing at the hospital?
[19:48.47](A)Something is wrong with his baby.(B)His wife just had a new baby
[19:53.27](C)He went to see a doctor(D)He was seeing his sister.
[19:58.47]10.W:After dinner we can all go to the concer this evening.M:Of course,if I am free.
[20:11.56]10.What does the man mean?
[20:16.05](A)He is not free after dinner.(B)He can go to the concert if he has time.
[20:19.24](C)They can not go to concert together(D)He will go to the concert.This is the end of Part A.
[20:23.03]This is the end of part A.
[20:30.11]Part B You are going to hear four conversations.Before listening to each conversation,
[20:40.92]you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it.
[20:47.01]After listening,you will have time to answer each question by choosing A,B,C or D.
[20:58.42]You will hear each conversation ONLY ONCE.Mark your answer in your test booklet.
[21:08.11]Questions 11-14 are based on the following conversation.
[21:16.32]You now have 20 seconds to read the questions.
[21:22.51]W:It's almost vacation time.Have you found a summer job yet?
[21:48.11]M:I suppose I can work at the boy's camp where I worked last summer.
[21:53.31]But camp jobs don't pay much.W:I think I can get a job at the Edgewater Hotel.
[21:59.89]A friend of mine was a waiter there last summer.The pay wasn't good,but he got lots of tips.
[22:07.70]M:My sister worked there last summer; making beds and cleaning bathrooms,
[22:13.00]she didn't like it,but she earned quite a lot of money.
[22:17.18]W:A friend of my sisters did that one summer
[22:21.15]M:What I want is a job outside.After sitting in college classes all winter;
[22:27.45]I'd like a job in the open air.
[22:30.43]W:The high school kids earn a lot of money every summer cutting grass.
[22:35.91]My brother is only fourteen,but he gets five dollars every time he cuts somebody's grass,
[22:43.30] and it only takes him an hour.
[22:46.39]He just rides around on the machine that he bought, and the machine does all the work.
[22:52.08]M:That's pretty good.I used to cut grass when I was in high school.
[22:57.18]But now I thought I might work for a road-building company, or something like that
[23:02.77]W:It would be good experience.You could earn a lot, too.
[23:07.05]You have one minute to answer questions 11-14.
[23:13.84]11.When did the conversation take place?
[23:18.44](A)before summer vacation(B)during summer vacation
[23:21.55](C)after summer vacation(D)in class
[23:26.43]12.Who are the two speakers?(A)brother and sister(B)unemployed young man and woman
[23:32.44](C)college students(D)high school kids
[23:36.05]13.What kind of jobs does the man prefer?
[23:39.13](A)camp jobs(B)a job at a hotel(C)a job in the open air(D)cutting grass
[23:43.12]14.What do we learn from this conversation?
[23:47.41](A)Camp jobs are very attractive.(B)Customers at hotels usually give tips to waiters.
[23:57.81](C)High school usually help their parents cutting grass.
[24:07.21](D)The man wants a job outside because machines do all the work.
[24:18.52]Questions 15-18 are based on the following conversation.
[24:31.61]You now have 20 seconds to read the questions.M:Good morning.May I help you?
[25:00.53]W:Yes,I want to find out about the bus service between here and my home in Detroit.
[25:08.21]I came here last week by train,but I think I want to return by bus.
[25:14.29]I like to try different ways of,traveling.M:I'll try to help you.Here is our schedule.
[25:21.89]It shows that we have eight buses a day that leave Cleveland for Detroit.
[25:27.90]I think you'll find that the service is cheaper than the train's.
[25:32.60]W:Yes,it looks as,though the tickets are quite a bit cheaper than the train tickets.
[25:40.18]Why is that?M:The bus trip takes a little longer than the train trip,
[25:45.87]and we don't have a dining car or a lounge 32.
[25:49.77]We do have a rest room,however,and the bus is air-conditioned.The trip should be comfortable.
[25:57.26]W:How long is the trip?M:We have an express bus that takes a little more than three hours,
[26:04.06]and we have a bus that stops at several cities along the way.
[26:09.05]It's cheaper,but it takes a little more than four hours.
[26:14.03]If you don't mind the extra traveling time,it's our best bargain.
[26:19.34]W:Can I use my return ticket from the train to pay for my bus ticket?
[26:25.63]M:No,you'll have to take that ticket back to the train station.
[26:30.13]That's a different company.They'll give you your money back,
[26:35.22]and then you can buy a ticket from me here for the bus.
[26:39.43]W:Thank you,I want to talk this over with my aunt and uncle before I decide.
[26:46.61]I appreciate your help.M:You're welcome.You have one minute to answer questions 15-18.
[26:56.09]15.Where does this conversation take place?
[27:00.90](A)in Detroit(B)at the railroad 33 station
[27:04.29](C)at the bus station(D)at Cleveland airport
[27:08.08]16.Why does the traveler want to take a bus?
[27:11.37](A)The bus tickets are cheaper than the train tickets.
[27:15.76](B)The bus trip is comfortable because it is air-conditioned.
[27:19.16](C)Bus stops at several cities along the way.
[27:22.74](D)The traveler wants to experience another way of traveling.
[27:26.55]17.Why are the bus tickets much cheaper than the train tickets?
[27:29.63](A)The bus trip takes longer time.(B)The bus stops at several cities.
[27:34.73](C)Few people enjoy bus trip.(D)There is no rest room in the bus.
[27:39.01]18.Why couldn't the passenger use the train ticket to pay for the bus ticket?
[27:45.31](A)The train ticket costs more than the bus ticket .
[27:49.88](B)The train station belongs to another company.
[27:56.77](C)Her uncle and aunt don't agree with him to do so.
[28:01.48](D)She doesn't want to pay extra money to the bus station.