Model Test 5 Section A Short Conversation
[00:05.56]1. M: Please take me to the Beijing Hotel quickly,or I'll miss the business.
[00:12.07]W:I don't know,but I'll try
[00:14.63]With traffic so heavy it will take at least forty minutes.
[00:18.42]Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
[00:21.71]2. M:Why do you always ask us to put on slippers when we go into your apartment?
[00:28.24]W: It saves wear and tear on the carpet.
[00:31.01]Q: Why does the woman ask them to wear slippers?
[00:34.61]3.W:Allan had the highest grades in the class on all sujects except physical culture.
[00:41.17]M: For him it was probably east.
[00:43.91]I've never seen him review his lessons.
[00:46.89]Q: What does the man imply about Allan?
[00:50.42]4. M: Ordinarily you never seem to be nervous.
[00:54.70]But why were you so nervous just now when the professor called on you?
[00:59.48]You know,I didn't enter my house until I found my key at 11 o'clock last night
[01:04.44]so I didn't have enough time to preview my lessons.
[01:08.44]Q: Why did the woman feel nervous?
[01:11.68]5. M: Miss, can you give me change for a dollar so that I can make a phone call at the call box?
[01:19.44]W: I'm sorry,sir.
[01:21.01]I'm not allowed to give change without a purchase.
[01:23.93]If you go across the hall
[01:25.71]you'll find a change machine in front of the jewelry store.
[01:29.16]Q: Where does the woman suggest that the man get change?
[01:33.41]6. W: It was said in March that the famous science fiction writer.
[01:38.14]Isaac Asimov's new book was coming out in July.
[01:41.54]M: We probably won't be able to find a library copy until September.
[01:45.64]Q: When will Asimov's book be published?
[01:48.98]7. M: Where did you get that rare book.
[01:52.22]I haven't seen you read it before.
[01:54.73]W: It was packed away until last week.
[01:57.42]It's a family heirloom.
[01:59.48]Q: What do we learn about the rare book?
[02:02.44]8. W: Did you make your furniture, it's very elegant.
[02:07.03]M: I couldn't have done all this carpentering, I had it made.
[02:10.72]Q: How did the man get this furniture?
[02:14.14]9. W: Did you hear that the neighborhood convenience store was help up last night?
[02:19.68]M: Yes, I heard it on the radio this morning.
[02:22.89]Q: What happened at the convenience store last night?
[02:26.78]10. W: I'm moving to a new apartment.
[02:29.84]Could you possibly give me a hand?
[02:32.08]M: Of course. Why not ask around the department
[02:35.69]and see if some of their students will be free,too?
[02:38.67]Q: What does the man suggest?
[02:41.75]Section B
[02:42.98]In 1942, Americans (11)-{won several important victories} over the Japanese.
[02:49.43]The United States navy (12)-{defeated a powerful Japanese fleet} near Midway Island.
[02:54.68]The United States was greatly helped in the Battle of Midway because
[02:58.78](13)-{it had learned the secret code} in which the Japanese sent message.
[03:02.94]The United States knew (14)-{where the Japanese ships would be}.
[03:07.22]Many hard battles were fought on land and on the ocean.
[03:11.48]The United States Leaders in the Pacific.
[03:13.91]General Douglas MacArthur of the army and Admiral Chester Nimitz of the naval.
[03:19.84](15)-{made a plan to defeat the Japanese}.
[03:22.21]This plan was called "island hopping."
[03:24.98]The plan meant that the United States (16)-{would capture certain islands}
[03:28.85]in the Pacific on which Japan had placed soldier.
[03:32.74]Other Japanese-held islands would be passed by and (17)-{cut off from receiving food and supplies} from Japan.
[03:40.19]At the same time
[03:41.39]ships of the United States navy would fight Japanese warships wherever they found them.
[03:46.82]Each attack on an island held by the Japanese (18)-{resulted in a difficult battle
[03:51.97]But the American forces (19)-{moved steadily closer to Japan.
[03:56.38]Finally,islands were captured that were near enough to Japan.
[04:00.67]so that American planes could bomb the factories (20)-{that made war equipment}. |