[00:01.25]test 2
[00:02.67]Section A
[00:04.00]Now let's begin with the 8 short conversations.
[00:07.81]11. W:Try to cut out smoking.
[00:10.89]That's the first thing you should do if you're worried about your health.
[00:14.12]M: That's a lot easier said than done.
[00:16.67]Q: What does the man mean?
[00:33.87]12. M: We'll have to hurry if we're going to be on time to the airport.
[00:37.95]It's already 8:30.
[00:39.95]W: Well, it doesn't leave until 9: 15.
[00:42.60]I think we'll make it all right if we leave immediately.
[00:45.61]Q: How much time is the couple allowing once they get to the airport?
[01:05.18]13. M: Jane, I am having difficulty with all the theoretical stuff
[01:09.86]we are getting in our computer course.
[01:12.37]W: Oh, that part I understand.
[01:14.78]What I can't figure out is how to make it work in our program.
[01:18.67]Q: What is the man's problem?
[01:36.13]14.W: I only want to get a can of juice to take to my room.
[01:40.63]M: You don't have to wait in the food line for that.
[01:43.24]There is a machine near that stack of trays.
[01:47.02]Q: Where does this conversation probably take place?
[02:05.81]15.W: I'm looking for a textbook for my sociology course.
[02:10.28]It's called American Society at File Crossroads. Do you have it?
[02:15.61]M: Yes, we do. You'll find it in Section 24, on the top shelf.
[02:20.48]Q: What is the woman's occupation?
[02:38.23]16.W: Did you see Mary somewhere around?
[02:41.67]M: Yes, she is in the campus bank, applying for the student's loan.
[02:46.21]Q: What was Mary doing?
[03:03.78]17.W: I have lived here for about 6 years now.
[03:08.14]Have you lived in American very long?
[03:10.09]M: No. Not really. When we left Vietnam and
[03:12.84]came to America we lived with a cousin in Dallas for 2 years.
[03:17.46]Q: How long has the man been in America?
[03:35.42]18.W: I've been around the whole store,
[03:38.69]but I couldn' t find any sixty watt bulbs.
[03:41.63]Don't you carry them any more?
[03:43.59]M: Oh, they used to be on Aisle 12,
[03:45.88]but we toured them to the hardware section yesterday.
[03:49.07]Q: What does the woman want to buy?
[04:07.68]Now you will hear 2 long conversations.
[04:11.78]Conversation One
[04:14.47]W: Tell me something about yourself and your past experience.
[04:17.59]M: I have eight years of experience working in the IT industry.
[04:21.51]For the past two years,
[04:22.70]I have been working as a project manager for a dotcom.
[04:26.28]I am also PMI certified.
[04:29.17]W: What experience have you had that qualifies you for this position?
[04:33.45]M: I have worked on a variety of projects and
[04:35.72]jobs in the high tech industry.
[04:37.75]I wanted to have the experience of working for a dotcom and
[04:40.91]have learned something about being in
[04:42.62]on the ground floor of a business.
[04:44.91]W: What qualities do you think are important to this position?
[04:48.57]M: To have a combination of technical and business knowledge
[04:52.31]and to be very results oriented. My past record shows that
[04:56.50]I have those qualities and more.
[04:58.46]Because of my business acumen and technical knowledge,
[05:01.80]the teams I have managed accomplished outstanding results,
[05:04.92]including booking more than $50 million in online revenue.
[05:09.75]W: When have you been most motivated?
[05:12.14]M: When I have a specific project to complete,
[05:14.76]I like to know the specifics of a project from beginning to end.
[05:18.53]I like definite deadlines and I like to meet those deadlines.
[05:22.31]I expect some deviation from the original plan,
[05:25.30]but I try to stay focused and not let myself drift too far.
[05:28.84]I have great attention to detail and
[05:31.02]like to take my time and do it right the first time.
[05:34.83]W: Why did you leave your last position?
[05:37.19]M: My goal is to continue to take on new responsibilities and
[05:40.19]be a key contributor to the success of an online venture.
[05:44.52]W: What are your salary expectations?
[05:46.92]M: I really need more information about the job
[05:49.36]before we start to discuss salary.
[05:51.10]I'd like to postpone that discussion until later.
[05:54.51]Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[06:00.68]19. How long has the man worked?
[06:18.65]20. Why is the man applying this job?
[06:36.93]21. Which word describes the man's personality precisely?
[06:57.41]Conversation Two
[06:59.95]W: So, ha ... have you got any suggestions to
[07:02.96]make things more interesting for them?
[07:05.62]M: Well, not so much me,
[07:07.83]but the Malaysians are doing some very good work in this field.
[07:11.39]One idea is to make the work on the plantations more varied,
[07:14.76]and profitable, by introducing other products which are
[07:17.63]compatible with continuing to grow rubber trees.
[07:20.72]Well, the most promising line seems to be to encourage
[07:24.17]small holders to raise livestock which can live among the trees.
[07:28.54]W: Yes, I hear they've started trying raising chickens and turkeys.
[07:33.05]M: Yes, indeed. I have another OHP at this point.
[07:37.04]W: Erm ... OHP?
[07:38.86]M: Overhead projection.
[07:40.52]W: Ah.
[07:41.45]M: Anyway, you can see here the different types
[07:43.92]of animals that have been tried.
[07:45.74]At first sight, chickens seemed ideal.
[07:48.21]After all, they did originate as jungle birds.
[07:51.58]However, excuse me,
[07:53.22]so far the profits on chickens have proved disappointing.
[07:56.78]The turkey seemed an excellent choice,
[07:58.95]since it could live among the trees living very well
[08:01.48]off the seeds of the rubber trees,
[08:03.54]which lie scattered all over the forest floors and are put to no other use.
[08:08.37]W: Yes, but the turkey,
[08:09.90]it's hardly an established part of the Malaysian diet!
[08:12.90]M: Exactly! So far the most successful candidate has been the sheep.
[08:16.86]W: Sheep?
[08:17.81]M: Now. Sheep will eat the weeds,
[08:20.39]which will save the cultivator's money and work,
[08:22.97]and they are a source of meat which
[08:24.64]is acceptable both to Hindus and Muslims.
[08:28.01]W: Yes, well, that's most important in multicultural Malaysia.
[08:32.01]M: Yes, they can also be used for their milk, their wool and their skins.
[08:36.04]W: Yes, of course.
[08:38.11]Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[08:44.31]22. Which of the following is the goal of the conversation?
[09:03.02]23. What is true about turkey from the conversation?
[09:21.71]24. Why does the sheep become the most successful candidate?
[09:40.33]25. Where has the conversation probably happened?
[10:00.05]Section B
[10:01.83]Passage One
[10:03.85]To quickly review the main point covered in Chapter Ten,
[10:07.31]the most important part of the system of nerves is the brain.
[10:11.22]The brain controls most of the body's activities.
[10:14.23]Messages between the brain and spinal cord are carried
[10:17.93]by nerves which are made up of special cells called nerve cells.
[10:22.87]Nerve cells are found in the brain,spinal cord,spinal nerves
[10:26.93]and in the organs we use to see,hear,smell,taste and touch.
[10:32.80]Nerve cells have long string like fibres that carry messages.
[10:38.28]These fibres have branched ends to send and receive messages.
[10:42.96]Remember that nerve cells are so small that
[10:46.00]they cannot be seen without a microscope.
[10:48.45]But one fibre from a nerve cell may stretch as long as three feet.
[10:52.63]There are many kinds of nerve cells,
[10:54.80]and this chapter deals mainly with three kinds.
[10:58.61]Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[11:03.84]26.What is the main topic of this talk?
[11:21.99]27.What is the source of the speaker's information?
[11:40.36]28.Why do nerve cells have fibres?
[12:00.22]Passage Two
[12:01.98]Let me briefly explain how tomorrow's registration will go.
[12:05.60]In the morning,all students are to report to the gymnasium
[12:08.68]with their completed course enrollment forms.
[12:11.91]These forms must be signed by your academic advisor,
[12:15.15]and each course listed must get the departments' approval.
[12:18.92]Tables will be set up all around the north end of
[12:21.24]the gym for the different departments.
[12:23.39]So you simply go to the appropriate desk,
[12:25.55]and have someone there stamp your form “approved”.
[12:28.89]When you have completed the process for all of your course,
[12:31.85]you can proceed to the cashiers,at the south end of the gym.
[12:35.59]There you will have to pay for tuition,housing,and insurance.
[12:38.97]You are not considered officially enrolled in the university
[12:41.87]until you have paid all of these fees.
[12:45.27]Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[12:50.32]29.Who is the speaker?
[13:07.30]30.Why must the students walk around
[13:09.79]to different tables in the gymnasium?
[13:26.45]31.Where will the students pay for tuition,housing,and insurance?
[13:46.82]Passage Three
[13:49.07]Pakistani officials fear at least 100 people are dead and
[13:52.67]as many as 1,200 missing after flush floods roared
[13:56.86]through southwest Baluchistan Province.
[14:00.02]The casualties include about 35 students caught
[14:02.93]inside their religious school as it was swept away by the water.
[14:06.85]Thousands of mud homes and villages along the dashed river are gone.
[14:10.95]The worst affected area is Turba district
[14:13.63]near the Iranian border and the Arabian sea.
[14:17.98]Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[14:23.79]32.How many people were missing?
[14:40.96]33.What happened in the southwestern Baluchistan Province?
[15:00.16]34.Where were the students when floods came?
[15:18.38]35.How about thousands of mud homes and villages?
[15:38.34]Section C
[15:40.23]I asked successful people what the secret of their success was.
[15:44.04]I recall an early discussion with a vice president of a large oil company.
[15:48.91]“Oh, I just keep a To Do List,” he said.
[15:52.07]I passed over that quickly,
[15:53.88]little suspecting the importance of what he said.
[15:56.66]I was in another city the next day and I had lunch
[15:59.57]with a businessman who practically owned the town.
[16:02.51]He was chairman of the gas and light company,
[16:05.30]president of five manufacturing companies,
[16:07.57]and had his hand in a dozen other enterprises.
[16:11.58]I asked him how he managed to get everything done.
[16:15.02]“Oh, that's easy,” he said. “I keep a To Do List.”
[16:18.97]The first thing in the morning, he told me,
[16:21.37]he would come in and list what he wanted to accomplish that day.
[16:25.73]He would arrange the items in priority.
[16:28.27]During the day he would cross off items and
[16:30.85]add others as they occurred to him.
[16:33.39]In the evening he would check to see
[16:35.57]how many of the items he had written down still remained undone
[16:39.74]and then give himself a score.
[16:41.70]His goal was to cross off every single item.
[16:44.64]Again and again in the years since,
[16:46.93]when I have talked to successful people, the To Do List has come up.
[16:50.85]I have found that one difference between people at the top of the ladder
[16:53.93]and people at the bottom is that those at the top use a To Do List
[16:57.56]every day to make better use of their time; those at the bottom don't.
[17:04.51]I asked successful people what the secret of their success was.
[17:08.32]I recall an early discussion with a vice president of a large oil company.
[17:14.14]“Oh, I just keep a To Do List,” he said.
[17:17.30]I passed over that quickly,
[17:19.07]little suspecting the importance of what he said.
[17:23.20]I was in another city the next day and I had lunch
[17:25.45]with a businessman who practically owned the town.
[17:29.77]He was chairman of the gas and light company,
[17:32.51]president of five manufacturing companies,
[17:36.42]and had his hand in a dozen other enterprises.
[17:40.81]I asked him how he managed to get everything done.
[17:45.24]“Oh, that's easy,” he said. “I keep a To Do List.”
[17:49.24]The first thing in the morning, he told me,
[17:51.63]he would come in and list what he wanted to accomplish that day.
[17:57.04]He would arrange the items in priority.
[18:00.60]During the day he would cross off items and
[18:03.10]add others as they occurred to him.
[18:54.72]In the evening he would check to see
[18:56.68]how many of the items he had written down still remained undone
[19:00.93]and then give himself a score.
[19:02.92]His goal was to cross off every single item.
[19:54.98]Again and again in the years since,
[19:57.12]when I have talked to successful people, the To Do List has come up.
[20:01.08]I have found that one difference between people at the top of the ladder
[20:04.16]and people at the bottom is that those at the top use a To Do List
[20:07.92]every day to make better use of their time; those at the bottom don't.
[21:03.83]I asked successful people what the secret of their success was.
[21:07.50]I recall an early discussion with a vice president of a large oil company.
[21:12.33]“Oh, I just keep a To Do List,” he said.
[21:15.53]I passed over that quickly,
[21:17.34]little suspecting the importance of what he said.
[21:20.43]I was in another city the next day and I had lunch
[21:22.90]with a businessman who practically owned the town.
[21:25.98]He was chairman of the gas and light company,
[21:28.71]president of five manufacturing companies,
[21:31.60]and had his hand in a dozen other enterprises.
[21:35.01]I asked him how he managed to get everything done.
[21:38.42]“Oh, that's easy,” he said. “I keep a To Do List.”
[21:42.42]The first thing in the morning, he told me,
[21:44.84]he would come in and list what he wanted to accomplish that day.
[21:49.19]He would arrange the items in priority.
[21:51.70]During the day he would cross off items and
[21:54.10]add others as they occurred to him.
[21:56.82]In the evening he would check to see
[21:58.85]how many of the items he had written down still remained undone
[22:03.18]and then give himself a score.
[22:05.14]His goal was to cross off every single item.
[22:08.08]Again and again in the years since,
[22:10.33]when I have talked to successful people, the To Do List has come up.
[22:14.29]I have found that one difference between people at the top of the ladder
[22:17.48]and people at the bottom is that those at the top use a To Do List
[22:20.89]every day to make better use of their time; those at the bottom don't. |