Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each section there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　11. A) To order some medicine for Aunt Margaret.

　　B) To get some exercise.

　　C) To buy some items.

　　D) To see their aunt.

　　12. A) Anyone can do it.

　　B) No one can do it.

　　C) Alex can probably do it.

　　D) Alex probably shouldn’t do it.

　　13. A) Tea is better than coffee.

　　B) The man should switch to tea.

　　C) There are two reasons not to drink coffee.

　　D) The man shouldn’t drink either.

　　14. A) At a hairdresser’s. B) At a tailor’s.

　　C) At a butcher’s. D) At a photographer’s.

　　15. A) Angry. B) Tired. C) Hungry. D) Disappointed.

　　16. A) She would like some soup.

　　B) She’s inviting the man to lunch.

　　C) She wants to know if the man likes chicken.

　　D) She ate lunch earlier.

　　17. A) Very few people come to it.

　　B) A good name hasn’t been found for it.

　　C) People don’t like climbing the stairs to get there.

　　D) She has decided to phone the ticket office.

　　18. A) It was designed by modern artists.

　　B) It will color black and white prints.

　　C) Its merchandise must be carefully sorted through.

　　D) Its best selection is of modern art prints.

　　Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　19. A) A class presentation they’re preparing.

　　B) A television program the man is watching.

　　C) Visiting a close fiend of theirs.

　　D) Studying for a test.

　　20. A) He’s taking a break from studying.

　　B) He has already finished studying.

　　C) He was assigned to watch a program by his professor.

　　D) He’s finding out some information for a friend.

　　21. A) He didn’t know that she was enrolled in a mathematic course.

　　B) He thought she preferred to study alone.

　　C) He thought she had made arrangements to study with

　　D) He had told her that he had done poorly on a recent test.

　　22. A) He and Elizabeth argued recently.

　　B) He heard Elizabeth did poorly on the last test.

　　C) He doesn’t want to bother Elizabeth so late in the evening.

　　D) He’d rather study in his own dormitory.

　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　23. A) They look darker.

　　B) They look smaller.

　　C) They look clearer.

　　D) They look cloudier.

　　24. A) It stops working.

　　B) It becomes sharper.

　　C) It confuses odors.

　　D) It defects fewer odors.

　　25. A) They both have leg injuries.

　　B) They’re too tired to walk any farther.

　　C) They have no umbrella with them.

　　D) They’ve seen no signs to give them directions.

　　Section B:

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short 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 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　Passage One

　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　26. A) To do as much as you can.

　　B) To do only what is necessary.

　　C) To act carefully and quickly.

　　D) To do what is necessary as carefully and quickly as possible.

　　27. A) Leave him lying where he is.

　　B) Do as much as you can to save him.

　　C) Put his arms and legs in place.

　　D) Roll him up in a blanket.

　　28. A) Stop the flow of blood if the person is bleeding.

　　B) Perform the operation whenever necessary.

　　C) Do artificial respiration if the person has stopped breathing.

　　D) Do the best you can until a doctor arrives.

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　29. A) A few inches above the knee.

　　B) A little below the knee.

　　C) Down to the ankle.

　　D) Floorlength.

　　30. A) Boots. B) Sneakers. C) Slippers. D) Leather shoes.

　　31. A) Fashions change overtime.

　　B) Men are thriftier than women.

　　C) Skirts and shoes are more important than other clothing.

　　D) Some clothing may suit all occasions.

　　Passage Three

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　32. A) Energy conservation.

　　B) Transportation of the future.

　　C) Strip cities.

　　D) Advantages of air transportation over railroads.

　　33. A) A lack of available flights.

　　B) Long delays at the airport.

　　C) Tiredness on long flights.

　　D) Long trips to and from airports.

　　34. A) It uses nuclear energy.

　　B) It rests on a cushion of pressurized air.

　　C) It flies over magnetically activated tracks.

　　D) It uses a device similar with engine

　　35. A) They are subject to fires.

　　B) They become less fuelefficient.

　　C) They produce too much noise.

　　D) They have trouble staying on the tracks.

　　Section C:

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. Doctors are starting to believe that laughter not only improves your state of mind, but actually affects your entire physical wellbeing.

　　Britain’s first (36) ________ therapist, Robert Holden says: “Instinctively we know that laughing help us feel healthy and alive. Each time we laugh we feel better and more (37) __________.”

　　A French newspaper found that in 1930 the French laughed on average for nineteen minutes per day. By 1980 this had fallen to six minutes. Eight per cent of the people (38) _________ said that they would like to laugh more. Other (39) _________ suggests that children laugh on average about 400 times a day, but by the time they reach (40) __________ this had been (41) _________ to about fifteen times. Somewhere in the process of growing up we lose an (42) _______ 385 laughs a day.

　　William Fry, a psychiatrist from California studied the (43) _________of laughter on the body. He got patients to watch funny films, and monitored their blood pressure, heart rate and muscle tone. He found that laughter has a similar effect to physical exercise. (44) ________________________. It also makes our facial and stomach muscles work. Fry thinks laughter is a type of jogging on the spot.

　　Laughter can even provide a kind of pain relief. Fry had proved that laughter produces endorphinschemicals in the body that relieve pain. Researchers divided forty university students into four groups. The first group listened to a funny cassette for twenty minutes. The other three groups (45) _________________________________________. Researchers found that if they produce pain in the students, (46) _____________________　　________________________________________________. Some doctors are convinced that humor should be a part of every medical consultation, as there is evidence to suggest that laughter stimulates the immune system.