[00:06.89]College English Test--Band Six
[00:10.71]Part III Listening Comprehension
[00:14.32]Section A
[00:16.51]Directions: In this section,
[00:19.58]you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.
[00:24.06]At the end of each conversation,
[00:26.80]one or more questions will be asked about what was said.
[00:29.86]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.
[00:34.35]After each question there will be a pause.
[00:37.63]During the pause,
[00:39.60]you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D),
[00:44.63]and decide which is the best answer.
[00:47.47]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[00:52.07]with a single line through the centre.
[00:54.69]Now, let’s begin with the eight short conversations.
[01:00.18]11. W: Hey, Dick. You’re wearing
[01:05.21]a black jacket but yellow trousers.
[01:07.40]It’s the strangest combination I’ve ever seen.
[01:10.02]M: I know. I got up late and dressed in a hurry.
[01:13.85]I didn’t realize my mistake until I entered the office.
[01:17.90]Q: What does the woman think of the way Dick is dressed?
[01:37.69]12. M: Excuse me, but has anyone turned in
[01:42.18]a brown leather wallet? I’ve lost my wallet.
[01:45.57]It contains my driver’s license
[01:48.08]and also some family pictures.
[01:50.71]It’s pretty important to me.
[01:52.89]W: Oh, yes. We had a wallet brought in this morning.
[01:56.07]Wait here just a minute, please.
[01:58.48]Q: What will the woman probably do?
[02:16.69]13. M: Excuse me, madam. Is the air-conditioning on?
[02:22.59]This room is getting as hot as a furnace（炉子）.
[02:25.55]W: Sorry, sir. A new epidemic called SARS
[02:29.16]is threatening us right now.
[02:31.13]As preventative measure,
[02:32.77]we are told to let in fresh air by opening the windows
[02:35.83]and not to use air-conditioners.
[02:38.13]Q: What does the woman mean?
[02:55.44]14. M: You look quite different from what you used to.
[02:59.60]W: Sure. I started exercising regularly two years ago
[03:04.19]and went from 253 pounds to a healthy 160 pounds.
[03:09.23]And that’s the only thing I didn’t give up half way.
[03:13.05]Q: What do we know about the woman?
[03:31.60]15. M: I wonder if you find my experience relevant to the job.
[03:36.74]W: Yes, certainly, but if only you have sent
[03:40.47]in your application letter a week earlier.
[03:42.54]Q: What does the woman imply?
[04:01.30]16. W: Shouldn’t someone go pick up
[04:04.69]the clothes from the laundry? They were ready 3 hours ago.
[04:07.86]M: Don’t look at me, mom.
[04:10.05]Q: What does the boy mean?
[04:27.49]17. M: Er...hi! Could you tell me
[04:32.20]where electronic products displayed?
[04:35.48]I want to see some TVs, digital video cameras, DVD players,
[04:40.51]that sort of thing.
[04:42.15]W: Well. Several countries are displaying electronic products.
[04:45.44]China selection is very large this year.
[04:48.28]You might as well go to the east wing first
[04:51.13]to take a look at the Chinese booth（货摊）.
[04:54.19]Q: Where is the conversation most probably taking place?
[05:13.02]18. M: Well. What do you think of the movie?
[05:17.40]W: I don’t know why I let you talk me into going.
[05:20.57]I just don’t like violence.
[05:23.20]Next time you’d better choose a comedy.
[05:25.17]Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
[05:43.48]Now you’ll hear the two long conversations.
[05:48.62]Conversation One
[05:50.45]M: I just finished reading a book of short stories
[05:53.52]by Hemlen Garlen called May Traveled Road.
[05:56.36]I really enjoyed it. Have you ever read it?
[05:59.21]W: yes, it was a required reading in American literature course
[06:03.14]I took last year. Even though it’s a fiction,
[06:05.88]you get a realistic picture of the hard life people
[06:08.51]had on the American frontier.
[06:10.69]I don't think I would survive 19th century frontier life.
[06:14.30]M: Me either. Remember that story among the car roads?
[06:19.01]Garlen gives a vivid description of Julie Peterson,
[06:22.72]that young immigrant girl; she had to work on her family farm.
[06:26.99]M: Ah ha.
[06:27.33]W: Well, when Julie feels exhausted,
[06:30.18]and she is wishing she can escape from her hard labor,
[06:32.80]she looks over her father working in the next field.
[06:35.97]And she is inspired to continue her own work.
[06:39.25]W: I do remember that story.
[06:41.01]Garlen really captures the spirit of hard work
[06:43.74]that was so typical of immigrants and pioneers
[06:46.81]who settled the American Midwest.
[06:48.99]It’s difficult to imagine that.
[06:50.96]Nothing seems to discourage them for long.
[06:53.80]M: I wonder how Garlen learn so much about the Midwest.
[06:57.52]Was he from Boston?
[06:59.49]W: He lived in Boston.
[07:01.02]In fact, he studied and taught in Boston.
[07:03.32]But I think he was born in Wisconsin.
[07:06.82]He did grow up in the Midwest.
[07:08.90]M: No wonder his description is so good,
[07:11.74]I'm going to take this book back to the library now
[07:14.59]and see what other Garlen's works I can find.
[07:17.11]W: Ok, let me know if there’re any interesting ones
[07:20.39]because I’d like to read them too.
[07:22.80]Questions 19 to 21 are based on
[07:26.69]the conversation you have just heard.
[07:28.33]19. What are the man and the woman discussing?
[07:49.03]20. What does Hemlen Garlen describe in May Traveled Road?
[08:10.28]21. Where's the man going now?
[08:27.19]Conversation Two
[08:31.67]M: Let's turn our focus now to advertising.
[08:34.08]We all know what an advertisement is;
[08:37.14]it's essentially a message that announces something for sale.
[08:40.21]W: Last time you said there is an important precondition
[08:42.83]that must exist before you have advertising,
[08:46.55]and that's a large supply of consumer goods,
[08:49.39]that is, things to sell.
[08:51.69]M: Yes, when there’s a demand for a product
[08:54.86]that is greater than the supply,
[08:57.05]there's no need to advertise.
[08:59.02]Now, the early form of advertising going back
[09:01.75]many hundreds of years with a simple sign
[09:04.49]there were shop doors that told you
[09:06.79]whether the shop was a bakery,
[09:08.54]a butcher shop or some other shop.
[09:10.95]Advertising increased substantially as products like coffee,
[09:15.48]tea and chocolate appeared in newspapers
[09:17.55]and other periodicals as well as on the side of buildings.
[09:20.73]In the American colonies, advertising in newspapers
[09:24.23]became a major factor in marketing goods and services.
[09:28.17]W: I guess these early advertisements were quite small,
[09:31.01]not the whole page spreads of today.
[09:33.96]M: Yes, that’s right.
[09:35.60]Probably because the news often consisted of less
[09:38.34]and fresh reports from distant Europe,
[09:40.97]for the ads were current or local.
[09:43.16]Advertising really came into its own
[09:45.12]and became a central part of doing business
[09:47.86]during the industrial revolution;
[09:49.50]suddenly there was a much greater supply of things to sell.
[09:53.11]And as we said earlier,
[09:55.08]that is the driving force behind advertising.
[09:57.60]People's attention had been drawn to the new product.
[10:00.66]Let's take a look at some of the advertisements
[10:04.05]from that time next time.
[10:06.56]Questions22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[10:11.82]22. What is the main topic of the talk?
[10:30.25]23. What does the speaker say
[10:35.06]is the important precondition for advertising?
[10:52.29]24. According to the speaker,
[10:55.57]what was the early advertisement?
[11:14.11]25. When did advertising
[11:16.52]become a central part of doing business?
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