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Part I: Listening Comprehension
第一部分：听力理解
Section A: In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once.
第一节：在本节中，你将听到五段短对话。每段对话只读一遍。
At the end of each conversation, there will be a twenty-second pause.
每段对话后有20秒钟的停顿。
During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
在停顿期间，阅读问题和A、B、C、D四个选项，并选出最佳答案。
Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
然后在答题纸上用一条线标出相应的字母，线划在字母的中间。
1.Have you ever heard the saying, “Clothes make the man”?
1.你听过“人靠衣装”这句谚语吗？
It might be truer than we imagine.
这可能比我们想象的更真实。
When a police officer or firefighter puts on their uniform it must affect their psychology.
当警察或消防员穿上制服时，他们的心理一定会受到影响。
It probably gives them a sense of responsibility and authority.
这可能会给他们一种责任感和权威感。
Absolutely. When a judge puts on that heavy black robe it transmits an image of power, but it also serves as a reminder to the judge of the responsibility of their position.
当然。当法官穿上那件厚重的黑袍时，它传递了一种权力的形象，但它也提醒法官他们的职责所在。
2.I’ve got a question. How do you know a gene is a disease gene?
2.我有一个问题。你怎么知道一个基因是疾病基因？
Well, as I say, after an analysis we have a list of candidate genes that could be a disease gene.
嗯，就像我说的，经过分析，我们有一个可能是疾病基因的基因列表。
We then send off these results to biologists who will confirm our findings.
然后我们将这些结果发送给生物学家，他们将会证实我们的调查结果。
3.They’re going to hold an NBA preseason game in Singapore.
3.他们将在新加坡举行一场NBA季前赛。
I think the teams are from New York and Houston.
我认为球队来自纽约和休斯顿。
Wow, that’s cool. Everyone’s going to try to get tickets. I bet they’ll be expensive.
哇，太酷了。每个人都设法买到票。我敢说票会很贵的。
They’re not too bad ,actually. I’m thinking of flying over.
实际上还不错。我在考虑飞过去。
Since it’s low season , a plane ticket from Hong Kong to Singapore won’t cost too much.
由于现在是淡季，从香港到新加坡的机票不会太贵。
4.I just love seeing movies on a big screen.
4.我喜欢在大屏幕上看电影。
Want to go to the theatre?
想去看电影吗？
I’m not sure. I would rather stay home to watch a movie.
我不确定。我宁愿待在家里看电影。
The theatre can be fun, and it’s pretty close, but it’s so much less expensive to rent a movie.
虽然电影院很有趣，而且很近，但租电影要便宜得多。
That’s true. Maybe we could rent a funny comedy.
确实。也许我们可以租一部搞笑喜剧。
I don’t really like horror movies.
我不太喜欢恐怖片。
They scare me too much.
它们太让我害怕了。
5.It hasn’t rained for a month.
5.已经一个月没下雨了。
They’re going to shut off water to parts of the city for four or five hours a day.
他们打算每天切断该市部分地区的供水4到5个小时。
So I’ve heard. We’ve started taking three-minute showers.
我听说了。我们已经开始洗三分钟的澡了。
Plus, we stopped washing our car.
另外，我们不再洗车了。
It’s not much, but it helps.
虽然不是很多，但很有帮助。
It sure does. I feel sorry for the farmers.
的确如此。我为农民感到难过。
Some of their crops are dying.
他们的一些庄稼快要死了。
That means food prices will start going up.
这意味着食品价格将开始上涨。
