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[00:12.01]Section A
[01:16.32]Q11.
[01:18.75]M: I just received an Email from one of my former classmates.
[01:23.70]I was surprised, I hadn't heard from him for ages.
[01:28.53]W: Well,I've been out of touch with most of my old friends,
[01:33.41]only one or two still drop me a line occasionally.
[01:37.87]Q: What does the woman mean?
[01:56.97]Q12.
[01:59.10]M: If you can make up your mind about the color,
[02:02.89]I can start on the outside of your house early next week.
[02:06.60]W: Well,right now I think I want white for the window frames and yellow for the walls,
[02:13.61]but I'll let you know tomorrow.
[02:15.81]Q: Who is the woman talking to?
[02:34.72]Q13.
[02:36.90]W:Excuse me, do you have any apartments available for under 500 dollars a month?
[02:43.56]I need to move in next week when my new job starts.
[02:47.69]M: The only vacant one I have is 600 dollars,
[02:52.22]have you inquired at the apartment complex down the street?
[02:56.07]Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
[03:16.44]Q14.
[03:18.94]W: You bought a pair of jeans yesterday, didn't you? What are they like?
[03:24.38]M: Oh, they are pretty much like my other ones, except with a larger waist.
[03:30.05]I guess I haven't spent much time exercising lately.
[03:33.95]Q: What can we infer from the conversation about the man?
[03:55.47]Q15.
[03:57.43]W: I really like those abstract paintings we saw yesterday. What do you think?
[04:04.03]M: I guess it's something I haven't acquired a taste for yet.
[04:09.20]Q: What does the man imply?
[04:28.35]Q16.
[04:30.19]W: You haven't seen a blue notebook, have you?
[04:35.16]I hope I didn't leave it in the reading room.
[04:38.02]M: Did you check that pile of journals you've borrowed from the library the other day?
[04:42.86]Q: What is the man trying to say to the woman?
[05:03.16]Q17.
[05:05.93]M: How about joining me for a cup of coffee?
[05:09.39]W: I'd love to,but I'm exhausted.
[05:13.21]I was up till 3 this morning,writing a paper for my literature class.
[05:18.77]Q: Why does the woman decline the man's invitation?
[05:40.04]Q18.
[05:42.01]W: You had a job interview yesterday, didn't you? How did it go?
[05:47.33]M: Not too bad, I guess.
[05:50.08]There were about 20 candidates competing for the sales manager's job.
[05:54.38]And finally it was down to three of us,but the other two seemed better qualified.
[06:01.19]Q: What does the man imply?
[06:25.79]Conversation One
[06:28.59]F: Simon, how does it feel to be retired?
[06:32.35]M: Well, not so bad.
[06:34.79]F: How have you been spending your time?
[06:37.33]M: I have been spending more time with my family.
[06:40.61]I've also travelled a bit, you know,
[06:43.52]off season when everywhere is less crowded and hotels cost less.
[06:47.77]F: Great.
[06:49.57]M: You know I haven't stopped work completely.
[06:52.33]F: Yes, could you tell us more about this?
[06:55.69]M: I'm on a scheme that's called phased retirement;
[06:59.89]I had a six-month break from work,
[07:03.32]after that I could apply for project work with the company I used to work for.
[07:08.72]F: How does the scheme work?
[07:10.76]M: Well, it's a trial at the moment.
[07:13.63]Instead of hiring temporary stuff,
[07:17.20]the company advertises posts on its website that retired employees like myself can access.
[07:24.36]F: What sort of works advertised?
[07:27.10]M: Well,all sorts of things,really.
[07:30.53]Administrative work and more specialized work, the sort of thing I can do.
[07:36.00]Some of the projects can last five or six months, and others can just be a couple of days.
[07:43.33]I can decide more or less when to work. So I can manage my own time.
[07:49.88]F: I can see it's good for you. What is your company get out of this?
[07:55.71]M: Well,I still have all my old contacts at work,so I know who to contact to get something done.
[08:02.19]The company gets flexibility, too.
[08:06.26]Once the job's over, that's it. I'm not on their books any more.
[08:13.62]Questions 19-21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[08:21.49]Q19. Why does Simon find his retired life enjoyable?
[08:44.35]Q20. How does Simon get to know about the company's available posts?
[09:07.88]Q21. Why does the company adopt the phased retirement scheme?
[09:30.02]Conversation Two
[09:32.44]W: Oh, where are we going?
[09:34.86]M: I want to show you something.
[09:37.14]W: I know, but what is it?
[09:39.59]M: A farm.It's just down this road. It's a small place, but at least it would be our own.
[09:47.64]W: A farm? How can we afford to buy a farm?
[09:51.72]M: It isn't very large, only 40 acres. We wouldn't have to pay very much right now.
[09:58.33]W: Is there a house on the place?
[10:00.89]M: A small one, two bedrooms,but it needs to be fixed up a little.I can do the job myself.
[10:08.42]W: OK. Is there enough space for a kitchen garden?
[10:12.80]M: There is about half an acre around the house. That's plenty of space.
[10:18.37]W: Then we can grow our own fresh vegetables. And maybe keep a few chickens, couldn't we?
[10:25.29]M: Yes, and we can probably grow a lot of our own food.
[10:29.90]W: What are you thinking about growing, if we do take this place?
[10:34.68]M: Well,it really isn't big enough for corn.I thought we might try to raise a crop of potatoes.
[10:42.48]W: Potatoes? There are a lot of work.
[10:45.91]M: We are used to hard work, aren't we?
[10:48.51]W: Yes, we are, but the money. Do we have enough to get started? It seems like a dream.
[10:55.53]M: I think we've saved enough.
[10:59.48]We can pay a little on the farm and maybe put a few dollars down on the tractor, too.
[11:05.63]Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[11:14.08]Q22.What are the speakers going to do at the time of the conversation?
[11:37.89]Q23.What does the man say about the farm?
[11:59.55]Q24.Why does the man intend to grow potatoes rather than corn on the farm?
[12:23.34]Q25.What is the woman's greatest concern about the man's plan?
[13:27.23]Passage One
[13:29.94]Members of the city council and distinguished guests,
[13:34.42]it is my privilege to introduce to you today Mr. Robert Washington,
[13:40.27]chief of our city's police force.
[13:42.59]He will address us on the subject of the Community Policing Program.
[13:48.65]Most of you know that Mr.Washington has a distinguished record
[13:54.80]as head of our police force for more than ten years.
[13:58.14]However,you may not know that he also holds a master's degree in criminology
[14:04.79]and studied abroad for a year with the international police force
[14:09.58]which deals with crimes around the world.
[14:12.52]Mr.Washington first introduced the Community Policing Program 8 years ago.
[14:20.16]The idea behind the program is to get the police officers out of their cars
[14:27.36]and into our neighborhoods where they can talk directly to merchants
[14:32.03]and residents about the real dynamics of our city.
[14:35.96]These officers do more than make arrests.
[14:40.02]They try to find ways to help solve the problems that contribute to crime in the first place.
[14:46.52]Often that means hooking people up with services offered by other city agencies,
[14:53.82]such as schools, hospitals, housing, drug treatment centers.
[14:59.68]And the program seems to be working:
[15:03.05]crime is down and our citizens report that they feel more secure.
[15:08.49]Today Mr. Washington is going to tell us more about this program.
[15:14.38]Now let's welcome Mr. Robert Washington.
[15:19.09]Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[15:25.83]Q26. What is the purpose of the speaker's remarks?
[15:47.96]Q27. What does the speaker say about Mr. Robert Washington?
[16:09.91]Q28. What is the idea behind the Community Policing Program?
[16:32.73]Q29. How has the Community Policing Program turned out to be?
[16:54.92]Passage Two
[16:56.93]There are between 3000 and 6000 public languages in the world,
[17:03.00]and we must add approximately 6 billion private languages since each one of us necessarily has one.
[17:11.72]Considering these facts, the possibilities for breakdowns in communication seem infinite in number.
[17:20.74]However, we do communicate successfully from time to time. And we do learn to speak languages.
[17:29.49]But learning to speak languages seems to be a very mysterious process.
[17:35.78]For a long time, people thought that we learned a language only by imitation and association.
[17:44.83]For example, a baby touches a hot pot and starts to cry. The mother says, "Hot, hot!"
[17:53.74]And the baby, when it stops crying, imitates the mother and says, "Hot, hot!"
[18:01.35]However, Noam Chomsky, a famous expert in language,
[18:06.71]pointed out that although children do learn some words by imitation and association,
[18:13.62]they also combine words to make meaningful sentences in ways that are unique,unlearned and creative.
[18:22.70]Because young children can make sentences they have never heard before,
[18:27.84]Chomsky suggested that human infants are born with the ability to learn language.
[18:34.82]Chomsky meant that underneath all the differences between public and private languages,
[18:42.13]there is a universal language mechanism that makes it possible for us, as infants,
[18:48.63]to learn any language in the world.
[18:51.33]This theory explains the potential that human infants have for learning language.
[18:58.31]But it does not really explain how children come to use language in particular ways.
[19:06.38]Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[19:14.87]Q30. Why does the speaker say there are great possibilities for communication breakdowns?
[19:38.76]Q31. What is Chomsky's point on the ability to learn a language?
[20:00.51]Q32. What does Chomsky's theory fail to explain according to the speaker?
[20:23.89]Passage Three
[20:26.41]When US spacewoman Joan Higginbotham is not flying and working in space,
[20:33.34]she might be found somewhere on earth giving a speech.
[20:36.26]Higginbotham, who grew up in Chicago and became an engineer before joining NASA,
[20:43.98]that is the National Air and Space Administration, gives about a dozen speeches a year.
[20:50.74]Each speech is different because she tailors her remarks to each audience.
[20:56.93]Through interviews and E-mails, she finds out in advance her listeners' educational level
[21:05.16]and what information they want to know.On the subject of space walks,
[21:12.38]for example, audiences vary in their interests and how much complexity they can comprehend.
[21:19.90]To elementary school children, Higginbotham may discuss a problem that many kids want to know about.
[21:28.02]"How do spacemen in a spacesuit eat, drink, and go to the bathroom?"
[21:35.23]Her answer is"the spacesuit is really a small spacecraft with room for food
[21:43.58]and water-containers,and a waste-collection system."
[21:48.09]To a high school audience,she might satisfy a curiosity that often arises
[21:55.51]in her pre-speech interviews with students who obviously have seen many science fiction movies.
[22:02.18]"Do spacemen carry weapons in case they encounter enemies in space?" Her answer is "No".
[22:12.52]To scientists, she might provide technical details on such topics as the design of spacesuits
[22:20.12]that protects spacemen from the deadly temperature extremes of space.
[22:25.81]Just as elaborate preparation is required for success in space,
[22:32.16]Higginbotham says that it's important for speakers to learn
[22:36.61]as much as possible about their listeners before a speech
[22:41.17]because every audience is different.
[22:46.12]Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[22:54.02]Q33. What did Joan Higginbotham do before joining in NASA?
[23:17.49]Q34. How does Higginbotham prepare her speech on space walks?
[23:40.71]Q35. What does the high school audience want to know about space travel?
[24:03.61]Section C
[25:04.36]Crime is increasing worldwide.
[25:07.81]There is every reason to believe the trend will continue through the next few decades.
[25:13.38]Crime rates have always been high in multi-cultural industrialized societies such as the United States.
[25:21.50]But a new phenomenon has appeared on the world scene:
[25:26.18]rapidly rising crime rates in nations that previously reported few offences.
[25:32.97]Street crimes such as robbery, rape, murder and auto theft are clearly rising,
[25:40.66]particularly in Eastern European countries,such as Hungary,
[25:44.52]and in Western European nations, such as the Untied Kingdom.
[25:48.76]What is driving this crime explosion? There are no simple answers.
[25:56.73]Still, there are certain conditions associated with rising crime.
[26:02.75]Increasing heterogeneity of population,greater cultural pluralism,
[26:09.67]higher immigration,democratization of governments,changing national borders,
[26:18.09]greater economic growth and the lack of accepted social ideas of right and wrong.
[26:28.27]These conditions are increasingly observable around the world.
[26:32.62]For instance, cultures that were previously isolated and homogenous, such as Japan, Denmark and Greece,
[26:42.40]are now facing the sort of cultural variety that has been common in America for most of its history.
[26:49.44]Multiculturalism can be a rewarding, enriching experience, but it can also lead to a clash of values.
[26:59.03]Heterogeneity in societies will be the rule in the 21st century,
[27:04.37]and failure to recognize and plan for such diversity can lead to serious crime problems.
[27:14.05]Listen again
[27:17.93]Crime is increasing worldwide.
[27:22.07]There is every reason to believe the trend will continue through the next few decades.
[27:27.70]Crime rates have always been high in multi-cultural industrialized societies such as the United States.
[27:36.83]But a new phenomenon has appeared on the world scene:
[27:41.55]rapidly rising crime rates in nations that previously reported few offences.
[27:48.41]Street crimes such as robbery, rape, murder and auto theft are clearly rising,
[27:56.41]particularly in Eastern European countries,
[27:59.68]such as Hungary, and in Western European nations, such as the Untied Kingdom.
[28:05.89]What is driving this crime explosion? There are no simple answers.
[28:12.60]Still, there are certain conditions associated with rising crime.
[28:18.00]Increasing heterogeneity of population, greater cultural pluralism,
[28:25.52]higher immigration, democratization of governments,changing national borders,
[28:32.71]greater economic growth and the lack of accepted social ideas of right and wrong.
[29:52.95]These conditions are increasingly observable around the world.
[29:57.61]For instance,cultures that were previously isolated and homogenous,such as Japan, Denmark and Greece,
[30:06.03]are now facing the sort of cultural variety that has been common in America for most of its history.
[31:18.50]Multiculturalism can be a rewarding, enriching experience, but it can also lead to a clash of values.
[31:26.95]Heterogeneity in societies will be the rule in the 21st century,
[31:34.47]and failure to recognize and plan for such diversity can lead to serious crime problems.
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