Conversation Two Listening Question No. 12
A、Doing her work.
B、Reading news items.
C、Learning languages.
D、Making friends.
A、Doing her work.
B、Reading news items.
C、Learning languages.
D、Making friends.
Conversation calls for (a) willingness to alternate the role of speaker with (one) of (listener), and it calls for occasional 'digestive pauses' (by) both.
A.a
B.one
C.listener
D.by
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文:Man: Hew! This rowing is hard work. Let's have the boat toward the old light house now.
Woman: Good idea. We can rest there a while and eat our lunch. Then we can climb to the top platform. where the light is before we visit the museum at the base of the light house tower.
Man: Whenever I come out here, I think about the family who used to live on the little island and take care of the light every night. What a lonely life that must have been.
Woman: Yeah. To help ships find their way along shoreline at night, they had to constantly make sure that the windows up around the light were clean and free of ice and snow.
Man: Dirty soot must have been a problem. Didn't they bum candles up there?
Woman: No they use electricity, I think.
Man: I understand the United States Coast Guard takes care of the most modem lighthouses.
Woman: Yeah, but the lights are automatic nowadays. The lighthouse is still a friendly sight at night though.
Man: Here we are. This lighthouse is the friendliest sight I have seen today. I am exhausted.
What are the two speakers doing while having this conversation ?
A.They are visiting a lighthouse.
B.They are rowing a boat.
C.They are lightening a candle.
D.They are having lunch.
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文:M: Is that a map? Are you going sailing or something?
W: I wish. It's a hurricane-tracking chart. It's a map of tropical ocean areas southeast of us. It follows the development of tropical storms, even hurricanes. They develop and move around the Atlantic in Caribbean and here on the Florida coast. We got hit a lot by those in July or August, at least in the winds or rain.
M: Do you think that the tropical storm is on the way?
W: Too early to tell, but we need to be prepared. The radio mentioned possible evacuation routes.
M: Really? It's that serious?
W: You better believe it. Late summer is hurricane season. The television updates locations and speeds every hour.
M: What did they say is out there now?
W: A couple of tropical depressions, two storms and two hurricanes.
M: What's the difference?
W: Wind velocity. A depression is least serious actually, and a hurricane is the most serious.
M: How serious are the winds in hurricanes?
W: They have sustained winds of 74 m ph and up.
M: What are those names on the map? David, Arlene, Francisco, and Gina.
W: You know weather forecasters give the hurricanes the names of people to make storms easy to identify.
M: I wonder what the status of the storm is now.
W: You shall turn on the television. It has the best coverage. There is an up-date coming up in five minutes.
What is the conversation mainly about?
A.Memories of a recent storm.
B.How strong winds develop into a hurricane.
C.Weather patterns that can affect Florida.
D.Planning a summer vacation.
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文:W: OK. So let's go through the travel details again. Two adults, eight days in Britain from April 26th to May 3rd (Q1), flying from Beijing to London, and back with Air China, and you're in a double room.
M: Yes, that's right. Umm, do you know what the flight times are?
W: The outward flight from Beijing is, ur. . . let me see, yes, ten thirty in the morning, and the return is, I think it's early evening, yes, seven fifteen, fifteen past seven in the evening, local time, that is (Q1).
M: Right, that's fine. Oh, sorry. I can't remember what else you include in the price, apart from the air-tickets. Is it all meals or just breakfast?
W: Yes, it's full board, so all meals, and transport from the airport to your hotel. Everything is included (Q2).
M: Good!
W: Now, can you tell me if you need travel insurance?
M: Yes, yes, we do.
W: OK. Well, that's an extra three hundred yuan each, is that OK?
M: Well, there is no choice, is there? I mean we have to have it, don't we (Q3) ?
W: Yes, I'm afraid so.
M: Well, all right, then.
The following details have been checked during the conversation EXCEPT ______.
A.number of travelers.
B.number of tour days.
C.flight details.
D.room services.
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文:M: Have you ever visited a redwood forest? I recently had chance to go to Muirwoods National Monument, north of a Francisco.
W: I've never seen a redwood tree. I really can't imagine how big they are.
M: The coastal redwoods are the tallest living things. Some are more than three hundred and fifty feet high. But none of the trees at Muirwoods is that high. You have to go further north in California to see the tallest trees.
W: You said that Muirwoods is near San Francisco? I guess it must be quite a tourist attraction.
M: Yes. It's less than an hour's drive away, so it's easy to get to.
W: I've heard that many redwood trees are thousands of year old. Are the ones in Muirwoods that old?
M: The oldest documented age for a coastal redwood is more than two thousand years. The trees at Muirwoods are 400 to 800 years old.
W: Why have they survived so long?
M: They have remarkable resistance to forest fires. Their tough, thick bark protects the trees during a fire. The coastal redwoods also like a damp, foggy climate.
W: Then since Muirwoods is near foggy San Francisco, it must be ideal for the trees survival. I can't wait to go there and see them.
What is the main subject of this conversation?
A.San Francisco.
B.Forest fires.
C.Redwood trees.
D.Survival skills.
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文:W: You're an expert on urban problem, Mr. Cross. [1] I wonder how you would describe the characteristics of these enormous cities which have sprung up in Asia and Latin America?
M: The first point to make is that they are different from large cities in Europe and America.
W: Surely all large cities are essentially similar.
M: It's true that in all large cities there are the same problems of provision of housing and services, but the difference lies in the time factor.
W: Surely some of the cities we are considering are just as old and, in some cases, much older, than cities in the United States, for instance.
M: Very true, but the large cities of Europe and the United States grew relatively slowly. [2] London had a population of more than a million at the beginning of the nineteenth century and this number grew for more than a hundred years until it reached its maximum of more than eight million. And this growth was parallel to industrial growth throughout the country. The same is true of New York, for example.
W: But this is not true of Mexico City or Buenos Aries?
M: No, it is not. [3] Throughout Latin America and in parts of Asia, cities have grown much faster than industry, or agriculture for that matter. Some of these cities have quadrupled in size in less than two decades, while industrial growth over the same period may only have reached thirty or forty percent.
Where have many large cities sprung up according to the conversation?
A.In Latin America, Europe and Asia.
B.In Latin America and Europe.
C.In Latin America and parts of Asia.
D.In Europe and America.
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文:M: Excuse me, are you waiting to buy concert tickets?
W: Yes, I am. So are all these people in front of me.
M: Have you been here long?
W: About 45 minutes. I've moved forward a total of about 3 feet in that time.
M: You're kidding!
W: Not at all. There was a couple up ahead of me who got so disgusted they finally gave up and left. They said they'd been waiting for more than an hour.
M: Does anyone know what's causing the delay?
W: If so, no one's letting us know. It could be that there aren't enough people selling tickets this afternoon. Or maybe their computer's down. I'm sure the concert hasn't been canceled.
M: I just hope they don't run out of tickets before I get up there.
W: That really would be annoying, wouldn't it?
M: I guess I should have come before lunch. Or has it been like this all day?
W: Apparently it has. In fact, before I came, I tried calling to charge my tickets over the phone, just to avoid this long wait, but they're not taking phone orders, or checks, or credit cards. It's cash or nothing. And you have to come in person.
M: Well, there're two more hours before the ticket office closes. Tickets to a good concert are worth waiting for. So I think I'll just make myself comfortable.
What is most likely true about the area in which this conversation is taking place?
A.It's crowded with people.
B.It's full of computers.
C.Lunch is being Served there.
D.Only few people in there.
Where might the two speakers have their conversation?
A.In Jack's home.
B.In the street.
C.In the gym.
D.On their way to the gym,
TASK TWO—WHO THE SPEAKER IS
?For questions 18-22, match the extracts with the speakers, listed A-II.
?For each extract, choose the person who speaks.
?Write one letter (A-II) next to the number of the extract.
A a sales manager
B a managing director
C a search consultant
D Director of Strategic Company
E a job applicant of an entrepreneur
G a recruitment advisor
H a marketing professor
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