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听力原文：M: Good morning, Dr. Smith. My name is Peter. I am a freshman in your department. There are a few things that I am not quite sure of and I do need your advice.
W: Thank you very much for your trust, Peter. As your academic advisor I will try my best to help you.
M: Thanks. It's about my major...
W: Well, what's the matter？
M: I used to major in English, but now I have made up my mind to switch to Applied Linguistics, concentrating on Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
W: So you want to switch majors？
M: Yes. But I wonder if it is possible.
W: Well, usually we allow it, as long as you have enough credits.
M: That's good news for me. I'm not interested in literature and that sort of thing. I want to be a real teacher, Professor. But I'm worried about the make-up credits.
W: You usually do have to make up some credits when you switch majors. Are you OK on credits？
M: Not too many. I'll have to add about 12 credits as far as I can. figure from my transcript. Would you please let me know how many credits are required to get a master's degree？
W: Usually thirty-six credits are needed, ff you take five courses per term, you'll have enough credits after just two semesters. Usually each course is worth three credits. To get the six remaining credits you either prepare a thesis or take two more courses.
M: Is there anything else besides the 36 credits for the master's？
W: You have to have an oral defense．
M: I see．I really appreciate your help，Professor．
W: Glad I can help．Good luck．Peter．
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A．A literature professor.
B．An academic advisor.
C．Dean of the English Department.
D．A Doctor of Applied Linguistics.
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听力原文：M：What! Ten minutes ago you told me there were no rooms．You just gave one to that man!
W：You don't seem to understand，sir．That man had a reservation.
Q：Where is this conversation most probably taking place？
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A．In an airplane.
B．In a hotel.
C．In a restaurant.
D．In a store.
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听力原文：I just had a visit to the new art museum. Isn't that outstanding？ I think people should go there to appreciate those marvelous artworks.
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A．Isn't he standing outside the museum？
B．The art museum isn't new.
C．Is the museum still standing？
D．The new museum is excellent.
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听力原文：W: Many Chinese students just don't open their mouth to say anything in a classroom.
M: I think they don't speak because their culture values modesty, and they don't want to appear to be showing off. Goes back to Confucius.
Q: Why don't Chinese students say anything in class according to the man？
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A．They are too shy.
B．They are not allowed to speak.
C．They are modest.
D．They don't dare to speak.
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听力原文：W: Twenty minutes ago you told me there were no rooms. But you just gave one to that young lady.
M: You d6n't understand, madam. That young lady made a reservation last week.
Where does the conversation most likely take place？
A．In an airplane.
B．In a hotel.
C．In a restaurant.
D．In a store.
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听力原文：W: David, listen to this: "Mr. Gray Smith, 80 years old, is making his first attempt to parachute this Wednesday. Mr. Smith said he had been looking forward to the jump for a long time."
M: Yes. Good for him.
W: I don't think it is a good idea for Mr. Smith.
M: Why not？
W: Because he is old. In my country, when a person is 80, he is supposed to stay at home and be taken care of
M: Really？ I think Mr. Smith can do whatever he wants as long as he knows how to do it well and he is sure be is safe.
W: I agree with you there.
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A．To join in the sport games
B．To have a parachute jump
C．To travel around the world
D．To practicing diving
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听力原文：W: The radio says there may be snow today. You’d better grab your boots, just in case.
M: I am planning to do just that.
Q: What will the man probably do？
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A．Rub his boots.
B．Wear his boots.
C．Buy a pair of boots.
D．Bring some books.
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听力原文：M: Susan just had a baby. Our colleagues will visit her tomorrow. I must take some gifts for her. How about a bunch of flowers？
W: Everyone brings flowers and they don't last. Baby shampoo, baby dress or baby hat and something like these may be more practical.
Q: What is the woman's opinion about the gift？
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A．A bunch of flowers is not enough.
B．Flowers are practical choice.
C．Something concerning baby is more preferable.
D．Baby shampoo can last for a long time.
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听力原文：W: Professor Smith suggested that I come here to borrow a Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
M: You're welcome to use our dictionaries,but they must not be taken out of the library.Would't it be better if you had one of your own？
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do？
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A．Buy a dictionary for herself.
B．Take a dictionary out of the library.
C．Use whatever dictionaries in the library.
D．Borrow a dictionary from Professor Smith.
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听力原文：M: Hello, Mr. Smith. You look rather tired this morning. Did you have a difficult journey back from Scotland？
W: Well, the business trip was successful but the train arrived four hours late and I didn't go to bed until four o'clock.
Q: Which of the following statements is not true？
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A．His train was delayed.
B．The man's business trip was successful.
C．His journey back form. Scotland took him four hours.
D．He had little sleep last night.
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听力原文：By the mid-nineteenth century, the term "icebox" had entered the American languag
听力原文： By the mid-nineteenth century, the term "icebox" had entered the American language, but ice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States. The ice trade grew with the growth of cities. Ice was used in hotels, taverns, and hospitals, and by some forward-looking city dealers in fresh meat, fresh fish, and butter. After the Civil War (1861- 1865), as ice was used to refrigerate freight cars, it also came into household use. Even before 1880, half of the ice sold in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and one-third of that sold in Boston and Chicago, went to families for their own use. This had become possible because a new household convenience, the icebox -- a precursor of the modem refrigerator, had been invented.
Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential to a science of refrigeration, was rudimentary. The common sense notion that the best icebox was one that prevented the ice from melting was of course mistaken, for it was the melting of the ice that performed the cooling. Nevertheless, early efforts to economize ice included wrapping up the ice in blankets, which kept the ice from doing its job. Not until near the end of the nineteenth century did inventors achieve the delicate balance of insulation and circulation needed for an efficient icebox.
But as early as 1803, an ingenious Maryland farmer, Thomas Moore, had been on the right track. He owned a farm about twenty miles outside the city of Washington, for which the village of Georgetown was the market center. When he used an icebox of his own design to transport his butter to market, he found that customers would pass up the rapidly melting stuff in the tubs of his competitors to pay a premium price for his butter, still fresh and hard in neat, one-pound bricks. One advantage of his icebox, Moore explained, was that farmers would no longer have to travel to market at night in order to keep their produce cool.
Which of the following led to the growth of ice trade according to the passage？
A．The growth of the American population.
B．The expansion of cities.
C．The change of the diet of ordinary citizens.
D．The increasing need for food.
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听力原文：W: I just found someone's wallet lying in the street. Luckily, the owner's telephone number is inside.
M: My house is a short walk from here.
Q: What does the man imply？
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A．He knows who the wallet belongs to.
B．He can call the owner from his house.
C．Some member of his family lost the wallet.
D．The woman should keep the wallet at his house.
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听力原文：M: I always have patients who really don't have anything wrong with them. They just come in and complain.
W: That's it—anxiety and tension. This may be just what you're looking for to help them.
Q: What's wrong with those who just come in and complain？
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A．They like to talk with her.
B．They have mental problems.
C．They were insulted by the doctor.
D．They've just felt on edge.
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听力原文：M: Chinese restaurant or Italian？ I like them both, but it is just too hard to make a choice.
W: Either one will do for me. You should make a quick decision because I'm not going to wait for you to make up your mind.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do？
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A．Hurry up and make the decision.
B．Hurry up and make a reservation.
C．Choose a Chinese restaurant.
D．Go to both restaurants since both are good.
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听力原文：W: Listen to me, Tom. The exam has been the thing in the past．Just forget about it.
M: It's easier said than done.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation？
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A．The exam was easier.
B．Tom is sure that he will do better.
C．The exam is easier than last one.
D．Tom is afraid of failing the exam.
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听力原文：Despite all the evidence Monica had gathered, Mark refused to admit that she was right.
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A．Mark admitted that Monica was right, when she provided enough evidence.
B．Mark denied that Monica was right, regardless of her evidence.
C．Mark didn't know whether Monica was right, though she had evidence.
D．Mark accepted Monica's evidence and agreed that she was right.
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听力原文：W: Are you going to learn to drive, Peter？ I got my driver's license last summer. It's not as difficult as many people think.
M: No, I'm not. I'm afraid of breaking my neck. So I'd rather be a bus commuter.
Q: Why won't the man learn to drive？
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A．Because driving is too dangerous.
B．Because buying a car is too expensive.
C．Because getting a driver's licence is too difficult.
D．Because taking a bus is more convenient.
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听力原文：Had you looked hard enough in the deserted room, you might have come upon the valuables yourself.
What does the speaker imply？
A．There is still something valuable in the deserted room.
B．Someone else has discovered something valuable before.
C．There was nothing valuable in the deserted room before.
D．You should come to the deserted room looking hard.
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听力原文：W: Excuse me, Sir. I've been waiting here for nearly 20 minutes long just to pay my telephone bill.
M: I'm sorry about that. But the computer is down, and everybody has had to wait this afternoon.
Q: What's the woman complaining about？
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A．The long wait.
B．The broken-down computer.
C．The mistakes in her telephone bill.
D．The bad telephone service.
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听力原文：Since Professor Smith cannot come on Friday, the quiz will be postponed until next week's class.
Which of the following is true about the quiz？
A．It will be given at a later time.
B．It won't be ready until Friday.
C．It will be short and easy.
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听力原文：LOS ANGELES--Spider-Man caught just about everyone in his web. The superhero's la
听力原文： LOS ANGELES--Spider-Man caught just about everyone in his web. The superhero's latest adventure, Spider-Man 3, smashed box-office records with $148 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates Sunday.
That put it ahead of the previous record debut of ＄135.6 million set last summer by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man' s Chest.
With ＄59.3 million on opening day Friday, Sony's Spider-Man 3 broke the single-day box-office record, also held by Dead Man's Chest with ＄55.8 million in its first day.
Since it began rolling out overseas on Tuesday, Spider-Man 3 has taken in ＄227 million in foreign markets, bringing the film's worldwide total to ＄375 million. In just days, the movie has grossed ＄117 million more than its whopping ＄258 million production budget.
In just two days, it also nearly matched the ＄114.8 million opening weekend of 2002's Spider-Man, which had held the debut record until Dead Man's Chest opened.
Spider-Man 3 reunites director Sam Raimi, who also made the previous two installments, and stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.
How much did Spider-Man 3 take in on its opening day？
A．＄148 million.
B．＄227 million.
C．＄59.3 million.
D．＄55.8 million.
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听力原文：W: I love the beach when the sand is fine and the water is just barely making waves.
M: I prefer an angry sea. That makes me feel better whenever I'm sad.
Q: What does the man like？
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A．A stormy ocean.
B．Calm water.
C．Golden sand.
D．Little waves.
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听力原文：If I had known the exercises should be handed in today, I'd have finished them yesterday.
What does the speaker imply？
A．He didn't finish the exercises yesterday.
B．The exercises were handed in yesterday.
C．He knew the exercises should be handed in today.
D．He doesn't need to hand in the exercises today.
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听力原文：W: Good evening! Welcome to our Talk Show program. Our guest today is Mr. David Smith, who had the experiences of studying abroad for seven years and then returning back home. Well, Mr. Smith, do you think going abroad was the hard part？
M: I don't think so, but returning back home was really hard.
W: Why？
M: Well, for many students, returning back to their home countries can be a very confusing experience.
W: Re-entry Shock! That sounds quite interesting. Can you explain it？
M: For example, many students who come to the United States experience freedoms they have never enjoyed in their country.
W: Sure, such as freedom from family, freedom from cultural norms they didn't like and freedom from the pressures of working in a real job.
M: However, too much freedom and unstructured life can lead to other problems. Students sometimes skip classes, stay out late, and engage in activities that their families and cultures might not approve of, but students want to enjoy "freedom" while it lasts.
W: So when students return back to their countries, they can struggle with fitting back into the cultural norms and family expectations of the past.
M: Yes. Naturally, depression is possible and a loss of self can result.
W: Then what can students do to minimize this Re-entry Shock？
M: First of all, keep in contact with your family and friends while you are abroad. They will be your first source of advice and support once you return.
W: What else？
M: Second, have a clear plan what you will do when you return. Start looking for a job now or apply to enter a school months before you return. Re-entry Shock can be greatest when you have nothing to do when you return.
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A．How to go abroad for study.
B．How to enjoy the freedom abroad.
C．How to look for a job after returning back from abroad.
D．Re-entry Shock and how to reduce it.
