爱华网第三部分：听力原文
Part 1 短对话
Question 1
- M: Do you remember the wonderful film on space exploration wewatched together last month?
- W: Sure. It’s actually the most impressive one I’ve seen on thattopic.
Q:What do we learn about the speakers?
Question 2
- W: Are you looking for anything in particular?
- M: Yes. My son is graduating from high school, and I want to gethim something special.
Q:Where does the conversation most probably takeplace?
Question 3
- M: Mike told me yesterday that he had been looking in vain for ajob in the art gallery.
- W: Really? If I remember right, he had a chance to work there, buthe turned it down.
Q:What does the woman say about Mike?
Question 4
- W: Would you like to come to Susan’s birthday party tomorrowevening?
- M: I’m going to give a lecture tomorrow. I wish I could be in twoplaces at the same time.
Q:What does the man mean?
Question 5
- W: Aren’t you discouraged by the slow progress your staff ismaking?
- M: Yes. I think I will give them a deadline and hold them toit.
Q:What is the man probably going to do?
Question 6
- W: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the visitors’ parking is? Ileft my car there.
- M: Sure. It’s in Lot C. Over that way.
Q:What does the woman want to know?
Question 7
- W: You look great! Now that you’ve taken those fitness classes.
- M: Thanks. I’ve never felt better in my life.
Q:What does the man mean?
Question 8
- W: I really admire the efficiency of your secretaries.
- M: Our company selects only the best. They have a heave workloadand we give them a lot of responsibilities.
Q:What are the speakers talking about?
Part 2 长对话
Conversion 1
W: Hi Leo, why do you say English would becomethe world language?
M: Well. For one thing, it’s so commonly used,the only language that is used by more people is Chinese.
W: Why is English spoken by so many people?
M: It’s spoken in many countries of the worldbecause of the British empire. And now of course is the influenceof America as well.
W: Many students find English a difficultlanguage to learn.
M: Oh, all languages are difficult to learn. ButEnglish does have two greatest advantages.
W: What are they?
M: Well, first of all, it has a veryinternational vocabulary. It has many German, Dutch, French,Spanish and Italian words in it. So speakers of those languageswill find many familiar words in English. In fact, English haswords for many other languages as well.
W: Why is that?
M: Well, partly because English speakers havetravelled a lot, they bring back words with them. So English reallydoes have an international vocabulary.
W: And what is the other advantage ofEnglish?
M: It that English grammar is really quite easy.For example, it doesn’t have dozens of different endings for itsnouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian and German forexample.
W: Why is that?
M: Well, it’s quite interesting actually, it’sbecause of the French. When the French ruled England, French wasthe official language, and only the common people spoke English.They tried to make their language as simple as possible. So theymade the grammar easier.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversationyou’ve just heard.
Q9: What does the man say about Chinese?
Q10: What made English a widely usedlanguage?
Q11: What is said to be special about Englishvocabulary?
Conversation 2
Man: Hello. Yes?
Woman: Hello. Is that the sales department?
M: Yes, it is.
W:Oh, well. My name is Jane Kingsbury of GPFlimited. We need some supplies for our design office.
M: Oh, what sort?
W:Well, first of all, we need one complete newdrawing board.
M: DO44 or DO45?
W:Ah, I don’t know. What’s the difference?
M: Well, the 45 costs 15 pounds more.
W:So what’s the total price then?
M:It’s 387 pounds.
W:Dose that include valued-added tax?
M: Oh, I’m not sure. Most of the prices do. Yes,I think it does.
W:What are the boards actually made of?
M: Oh, I don’t know. I think it's a sort ofplastic stuff these days. It’s white anyway.
W:And how long does it take to deliver?
M: Oh, I couldn’t really say. It depends on howmuch work we’ve got and how many other orders there are to sendout, you know.
W:Ok, now we also want some drawing pens, ink andrulers, and some drawing paper.
M: Oh dear. The girl who takes all those suppliesisn’t here this morning. So I can’t take those orders for you. Ionly do the equipment you see.
W:Ok, well, perhaps I’ll ring back tomorrow.
M: So do you want the drawing board then?
W:Oh, I have to think about it. Thanks very much.I’ll let you know. Good-bye.
M: Thank you. Good-bye.
Question 12 to 15 are based on the conversationyou just heard.
Question 12: What is the woman’s purpose inmaking the phone call?
Question 13: What do we learn about the man fromthe conversation?
Question 14: What does the man say aboutdelivery?
Question 15: What does the woman say she willpossibly do tomorrow?
