试卷一
Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Example：You will hear:
You will read:
A) At the office.
B) In the waiting room.
C) At the airport.
D) In a restaurant.
From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A)“At the office”is the best answer. You should choose ［A］ on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.
Sample Answer ［A］ ［B］ ［C］ ［D］
1. A) Steve cannot hear.
B) Steve has some problems with his ears.
C) Steve doesn’t listen to him.
D) Steve forgot about the meeting.
2. A) She loved the people in Africa.
B) She loved the tour in some places.
C) Three weeks is just like a few minutes.
D) The whole tour is quite interesting.
3. A) Bill cannot afford a house.
B) Bill decided to buy a house.
C) Bill doesn’t mean to buy a house.
D) Bill goes beyond the house
4. A) Susan Evans rings a bell.
B) The name sounds familiar to the man.
C) The man never heard of the name.
D) The man is not sure about the bell.
5. A) To a movie. B) On a two-week trip.
C) To work. D) On a short visit to their neighbor.
6. A) ＄18.50. B) ＄19.50. C) ＄15.50. D) ＄14.50.
7. A) He went mountain climbing last year.
B) He hasn’t traveled around the world yet.
C) He’d like to climb that mountain.
D) He definitely does not want to go.
8. A) The woman’s doctor. B) The woman’s husband.
C) A shoe buyer. D) A shoe salesman.
9. A) The man. B) The woman. C) The woman’s mother. D) A baker.
10. A) She does not agree with the man.
B) She thinks that it is better to wait.
C) To go today is much better than tomorrow.
D) She thinks that the man has made a wrong decision.
Section B Compound Dictation
注意：听力理解的B节(Section B)为复合式听写(Compound Dictation)，题目在试卷二上，现在请取出试卷二。
Part II Reading Comprehension(35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D)。 You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.
My father’s reaction to the bank building at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York city was immediate and definite: “You won’t catch me putting my money in there!” he declared, “Not in that glass box !”
Of course, my father is a gentleman of the old school, a member of the generation to whom a good deal of modern architecture is upsetting, but I am convinced that his negative response was not so much to the architecture as to a violation of his concept of the nature of money .
In his generation money was thought of as a real commodity (实物)that could be carried, or stolen. Consequently, to attract the custom of a sensible man, a bank had to have heavy walls, barred windows, and bronze doors, to affirm the fact, however untrue, that money would be safe inside. If a building’s design made it appear impenetrable, the institution was necessarily reliable, and the meaning of the heavy wall as an architecture symbol dwelt in the prevailing attitude toward money.
But the attitude toward money has, of course, changed. Excepting pocket money, cash of any kind is now rarely used; money as a tangible commodity has largely been replaced by credit. A deficit (赤字) economy, accompanied by huge expansion, has led us to think of money as product of the creative imagination. The banker no longer offers us a safe: he offers us a service in which the most valuable element is the creativity for the invention of large numbers. It is in no way surprising, in view of this change in attitude, that we are witnessing the disappearance of the heavy-walled bank.
Just as the older bank emphasized its strength, this bank by its architecture boasts of imaginative powers. From this point of view it is hard to say where architecture ends and human assertion (人们的说法)begins.
11. The main idea of this passage is that .
A) money is not as valuable as it was in the past
B) changes have taken place in both the appearance and the concept of banks
C) the architectural style of the older bank is superior to that of the modern bank
D) prejudice makes the older generation think that the modern bank is unreliable
12. How do the older generation and the younger one think about money?
A) The former thinks more of money than the latter.
B) The younger generation values money more than the older generation.
C) Both generations rely on the imaginative power of bankers to make money.
D) To the former money is a real commodity but to the latter be a means to produce more money.
13. The word “tangible” (Line 2, Para. 4 ) refers to something .
A) that is precious B) that is usable C) that can be touched D) that can be reproduced
14. According to this passage, a modern banker should be .
A) ambitious and friendly B) reliable and powerful
C) sensible and impenetrable D) imaginative and creative
15. It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s attitude towards the new trend in banking is .
A) cautious B) regretful C) positive D) hostile
Passage Two
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.
Sixteen years ago, Eileen Doyle’s husband, an engineer, took his four children up for an early morning cup of
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