Part III Listening 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
11. [A] She refuses to go to dinner.
[B] She agrees to go to dinner.
[C] She is angry.
[D] She is surprised.
12. [A] She learns English quickly.
[B] Her English isn‘t very good.
[C] Her English is very good.
[D] She learns new sentences slowly.
13. [A] At a bank.
[B] At an inn.
[C] On the river side.
[D] On a basketball field.
14. [A] Go to Paris again.
[B] Live in Paris.
[C] Go somewhere else.
[D] Difficult to say.
15. [A] Peter likes to do physical exercise.
[B] Peter is absent-minded in class.
[C] Peter is a naughty boy.
[D] Peter usually walks to class.
16. [A] A driving test.
[B] A traffic accident.
[C ] A police movie.
[D] The best way to make signals.
17. [A] Her sister is a fashionable woman.
[B] Her sister is designing a dress.
[C] Her sister is studying Spanish.
[D] Her sister is in the Philippines.
18. [A] She is going to see a movie.
[B] She wants to see her friend.
[C] She is going to see a film that she has seen before.
[D] She is going to find out some information about the film.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. [A] A desire to express oneself and display one’s wealth.
[B] Individual taste and love for beauty.
[C] Love for beauty and a desire to impress other people.
[D] Individual taste and a desire to express oneself.
20. [A] They may be homesick and feel insecure.
[B] They are either cold or very sick.
[C] They may try to attract other people‘s attention.
[D] They want to protect themselves from physical injuries.
21. [A] Green.
[B] Yellow.
[C] Red.
[D] Grey.
22. [A] Reporter and fashion designer.
[B] Husband and wife.
[C] Shop assistant and customer.
[D] Teacher and student.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. [A] She felt embarrassed in class.
[B] Her presentation received a poor grade.
[C] She had not completed her assignment.
[D] She was unable to attend her psychology class.
24. [A] She’d be able to leave quickly.
[B] She‘d be less nervous.
[C] She’d be able to locate where the man was seated.
[D] She‘d know when her professor arrived.
25. [A] They blush more readily than women do.
[B] They’re uncomfortable when performing in front of adults.
[C] They don‘t respond to stress well.
[D] They blush less frequently than adults do.
Section B
Directions： In this section， you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage， you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question， you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A]， [B]， [C] and [D]。 Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. [A] The Black Plague.
[B] Enemy of Humanity.
[C] Common Animal pests.
[D] Causes of World Hunger.
27. [A] They eat or spoil crops.
[B] They destroy dams and buildings.
[C] They attack birds and animals.
[D] They carry diseases.
28. [A] In India.
[B] In Europe.
[C] Throughout the world.
[D] Both A and B.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. [A] The island of Guam.
[B] Yokoi Shoichi’s marriage.
[C] The battle s on Guam during World War II.
[D] A Japanese soldier who hid on Guam.
30. [A] They met Yokoi Shoichi when he arrived.
[B] They went to a department store to meet him.
[C] They saw a display of Shoichi‘s clothing and equipment.
[D] They attended Yokoi Shoichi’s wedding.
31. [A] Because he hated the war.
[B] Because he felt shame and dishonor.
[C] Because he wanted to stay away from his friends and foes alike.
[D] Because he didn‘t know that Japan had lost the war.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. [A] How to Make Violins.
[B] Expensive Violins.
[C] Stradivarius’s Secret.
[D] Italian Violin Makers.
33. [A] Hundreds of violins every day.
[B] Over 100，000 violins during his career.
[C] Only one violin.
[D] Hundreds of violins during his career.
34. [A] His notes were never found.
[B] His notes were left to his sons.
[C] His notes were found by other violin makers.
[D] There were not any written notes about his secret.
35. [A] Special properties of wood of the violin.
[B] The shape and construction of the instrument.
[C] Different steps involved in the violin‘s construction.
[D] The special coat of paint on the violin.
Section C
Directions： In this section， you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time， you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time， you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blank， you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally， when the passage is read for the third time， you should check what you have written.
More and more Americans are reading their own credit report. Credit reports are (36) ________ by lenders to decide how rrisky it would be to offer a loan or credit to an individual.
The report holds information about a person’s (37) ________ loans and credit-card debt. It records late (38) ________ of bills and any unpaid loans. It all adds up to a credit history. These days， though， lenders often welcome people with bad credit histories. They are (39) ________ higher interest rates and other loan costs.
Some Americans want to read their credit report to know if they have been a (40) ________ of identity theft. They can see if any loans or credit cards have been (41) ________ in their name with stolen personal information.
Another reason is that credit reports are not always correct.。 They might (42) ________ wrong information or old information.
Before 1971， Americans could not see any of this information. One change， in 2001， permits people to see their FICO score. FICO is short for the Fair Isaac (43) ________. (44) __________.
Fair Isaac says many lenders not just in the United States but around the world use its technology to create credit scores. (45) _______________________________________________.
As of May， the company says it sold ten million credit scores to individuals.
(46) ______________________________________________________________________.
Paying bills on time and paying off credit-card debt improves credit scores.
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. B 信息明示题。男士问女士明晚能否和汤姆来吃饭，女士表示可以，还说他们本没有出行的安排，即女士同意了男士的邀请，故选B。
12. B 综合推断题。男士说莫尼卡学英语句子学得快但忘得也快，由此推断，莫尼卡的英语不好，故选B。
13. C 信息明示题。男士说他们用野餐篮带午饭，然后在河边用餐，故选C。
14. C 综合推断题。男士说明年应该做点儿别的，由此可知，男士明年会去别的地方，故选C。
15. B 综合推断题。女士说她让学生们做练习时，彼特坐在那儿看着窗外，言外之意是彼特上课不专心，故选B。
16. B 综合推断题。由对话中的signal， car driving carel
essly， speed以及男士和女士说话的语气可以推断，他们在为交通事故相互指责，所以B正确。
17. D 综合推断题。女士说她姐姐(或妹妹)在马尼拉学服装设计，由此可知，女士的姐姐现在在菲律宾，故选D。本题要注意的是马尼拉是菲律宾的首都。
18. A 信息明示题。女士说自己将和朋友去看电影，由此可知，A正确。
Conversation One
19. D 信息明示题。女士说，现在人们开始相信一种着装心理学，即支配人们穿什么衣服的不仅有个人品味，还有人们想通过衣服表达一些想法，这些想法可能自己都未曾意识到。故选D。
20. A 信息明示题。由女士所说的probably feeling homesick和a general feeling of insecurity可知，A正确。
21. D 综合推断题。女士认为善交际的人偏爱明亮、炫目的颜色，由此推断，害羞的人则偏爱灰暗的颜色，故选D。
22. A 综合推断题。结合听力材料可知，女士很精通服装，男士则不断用引导话语向女士提问，由此推断，男士可能是记者而女士可能是服装设计师，故选A。
Conversation Two
23. A 综合推断题。女士觉得自己在历史课上所做的阐述非常糟糕，男士问她是否没有准备好，女士回答说自己在一群人面前讲话时总是感到尴尬和紧张，由此推断，女士的问题应该是在课上感到尴尬，故选A。
24. B 综合推断题。女士问男士是否会在教授叫他回答问题时脸也变得非常红，男士借此建议女士别再想周围的人，而是看房间里其他的东西，例如说出口标志，由此推断，男士认为这样可以使女士不那么紧张，故选B。
25. D 综合推断题。男士说小孩几乎不会脸红，而成人之中，女性可能比男士更容易脸红，由此推断，小孩与成人相比，很少脸红，故选D。
Section B
Passage One
26. B 主旨题。文章开头便指出Rats are the enemy of human beings，再结合听力材料可知，文章绝大部分在讲老鼠带来的危害，故选B。
27. D 信息明示题。文章提到The most terrible destruction caused by rats…has come from the diseases they carry，即老鼠带来最可怕的危害是它们传播疾病，故选D。
28. B 信息明示题。本题的关键是文章中的one-third和Europe。文章虽然提到了India，但说的是老鼠给印度带来饥荒，故排除A，选B。
Passage Two
29. D 主旨题。文章开头指出a Japanese soldier…hid deep in the jungles of Guam，再结合听力材料可知，全文内容都围绕该日本士兵展开，故选D;干扰项B提到的只是文章内容的一部分，应排除。
30. C 信息明示题。文章提到，在横井庄一回来后，东京的一家商店展出了他在丛林中穿的衣服和使用的工具，引来350，000人参观，故选C。
31. B 信息明示题。文章提到横井庄一呆在关岛上是因为he felt “shame and dishonor” after the war，故选B。
Passage Three
32. C 主旨题。文章提到Stradivarius小提琴非常独特，并指出Stradivarius制作小提琴的全过程连他的儿子也不清楚，最后还猜测了Stradivarius小提琴音调独特的原因，故选C。
33. D 信息明示题。文章提到During his career he made over eleven hundred violins by hand，故选D。
34. A 信息明示题。文章提到the secret of the Stradivarius violin died with its maker，再结合Stradivarius kept his notes safely hidden可知，Stradivarius小提琴的手工制作方法随着Stradivarius的去世而失传，故选A。
35. C 综合推断题。文章最后猜测了Stradivarius小提琴音调独特的原因，但并没有提到有关制作步骤的内容，故选C。
Section C
36. issued
37. current
38. payments
39. charged
40. victim
41. opened
42. contain
43. Corporation
44. That company developed a way to represent credit risk with a number. The number is based on information gathered by credit reporting agencies.
45. But lenders are not the only ones interested in these numbers.
46. People with high scores can expect lower interest rates for loans. The idea is that the higher the score， the lower the risk.
