Part ⅢListening 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 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 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　11. A) In a post office. B) In an apartment.

　　C) In a department store. D) In a drug store.

　　12. A) To go to the shops. B) To lend him her umbrella.

　　C) To say sorry to him. D) To buy a pen for him.

　　13. A) These watches are made in Switzerland. B) These watches are newly made.

　　C) Most people can afford these watches. D) No one would like to live here.

　　14. A) She takes it as a kind of exercise. B) She wants to save money.

　　C) She loves doing anything that is new. D) Her office isn’t very far away.

　　15. A) Shop assistant. B) A telephone operator.

　　C) A waitress. D) A clerk.

　　16. A) She doesn’t look as young as she did ten years ago.

　　B) She has not changed at all.

　　C) She wears glasses and has short hair.

　　D) She wears long hair and no longer has glasses.

　　17. A) At 8∶00. B) At 7∶20. C) At 7∶30. D) At 7∶13.

　　18. A) Because he would graduate from a school.

　　B) Because he wanted to enter a university.

　　C) Because he was sure he would get the highest score.

　　D) Because he was looking for a job.

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

　　19. A) Because her parents love her very much.

　　B) Because her parents never force her to do anything she doesn’t want to do.

　　C) Because she is allowed to have her career.

　　D) Because she has too much freedom.

　　20. A) She didn’t need her parents’ money any more.

　　B) She begins to get on well with her parents.

　　C) She always stayed with her parents.

　　D) She rented a government house and lived alone.

　　21. A) They allowed him to come to England immediately.

　　B) They thought he should go abroad as a child.

　　C) They were reluctant until their son persuaded them.

　　D) They tried to control his English study.

　　22. A) The two speakers are from different countries.

　　B) The man gets along very well with his parents.

　　C) British parents never interfere with their children.

　　D) The man doesn’t like his parents at all.

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

　　23. A) He failed in a power test yesterday.

　　B) He never expected himself to be happy.

　　C) It was because of his father’s foot.

　　D) He missed about 30 minutes of a program.

　　24. A) His mother’s use of the washing machine.

　　B) His father’turning on the microwave oven.

　　C) His long hours of watching TV.

　　D) The switch on of two air-conditioners.

　　25. A) Not use any electric appliances any more.

　　B) Take part in a basketball final.

　　C) Ask his neighbor to check the power.

　　D) Watch a ball game television.