[00:07.00]College English Test--Band Six
[00:10.83]Part III Listening Comprehension
[00:14.44]Section A
[00:16.52]Directions: In this section,
[00:19.25]you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.
[00:23.96]At the end of each conversation,
[00:26.47]one or more questions will be asked about what was said.
[00:29.54]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.
[00:34.14]After each question there will be a pause.
[00:37.88]During the pause,
[00:39.41]you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D),
[00:44.66]and decide which is the best answer.
[00:47.39]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
[00:52.10]with a single line through the centre.
[00:54.62]Now, let’s begin with the eight short conversations.
[00:59.76]11. M: I’m looking for an unfurnished two-bedroom apartment,
[01:05.23]but all your apartments are furnished.
[01:07.85]W: We can take care of that.
[01:09.94]We can simply remove the furniture.
[01:12.01]Q: What does the woman mean?
[01:28.97]12. W: I don’t agree with Mr. Johnson on his views
[01:34.00]about social welfare. He seems to suggest that
[01:37.18]the poor are robbing the rich.
[01:39.47]M: He might have used better words to express his ideas,
[01:42.76]but I find what he said makes a lot of sense.
[01:45.93]Q: What does the man mean?
[02:03.76]13. W: I’ve been studying all the time
[02:07.38]but still can’t see any improvement in my grades.
[02:10.99]M: Maybe instead of studying in your dorm,
[02:13.94]you’d better go some place
[02:15.69]where there are fewer distractions.
[02:18.21]Q: What does the man advise the woman to do?
[02:37.89]14. W: The seminar originally scheduled for today
[02:42.49]has been cancelled.
[02:44.24]The hours I spent preparing for it are totally wasted.
[02:47.63]M: Not really. As far as I know it’s been
[02:51.02]postponed till next week.
[02:54.30]Q: What does the man say about the seminar?
[03:12.18]15. M: Hi, Janet. I hear you just
[03:16.67]returned from a tour of Australia.
[03:19.52]Did you get a chance to visit the Sydney Opera House?
[03:23.56]W: Of course I did. It would be a shame for anyone
[03:26.63]visiting Australia not to see
[03:28.92]this unique creation in architecture.
[03:31.55]Its magnificent beauty is simply beyond description.
[03:35.38]Q: What do we learn from this conversation?
[03:53.04]16. M: Sherry, how are you doing with your thesis?
[03:58.08]W: Oh, my thesis! That’s something
[04:00.59]I definitely don’t want to talk about right now.
[04:03.77]I finished my first draft some time ago,
[04:06.39]but my supervisor said I should do more research
[04:09.56]if I want to achieve the quality he expects of me.
[04:12.63]Q: What do we learn from the conversation
[04:15.75]about the woman’s thesis?
[04:32.98]17. W: I can’t believe Karen is late for
[04:37.02]such an important occasion as a job interview.
[04:39.98]I reminded her time and again yesterday.
[04:42.93]M: You should have known her better by now.
[04:46.12]Everything you tell her goes in one ear and out the other.
[04:49.96]Q: What does the man imply?
[05:06.97]18.W: Hi, Joe. I wonder if you could do me a favor
[05:12.98]and tell the professor I’ve lost my voice
[05:15.72]so I can’t attend this morning’s class.
[05:18.24]I need the time to study for tomorrow’s exam.
[05:21.30]M: I don’t think it’s wise to say so
[05:23.70]since you are not going to give the lecture.
[05:26.88]You might as well simply skip the class
[05:29.50]and apologize to the professor later.
[05:33.11]Q: What will the woman probably do?
[05:50.44]Now you’ll hear the two long conversations.
[05:55.69]Conversation One
[05:57.89]W: Hi, Professor Johnson.
[06:00.29]M: Hi, Anna. What can I do for you?
[06:03.02]W: Remember, I e-mailed you about getting the handouts
[06:05.87]from the class I missed the other day,
[06:08.28]and you said I could stop by and pick them up today.
[06:10.68]M: Oh, that’s right. You know,
[06:13.09]that’s the fourth class you’ve missed this semester,
[06:15.72]and that’s not doing your grade any good.
[06:18.12]I assume you had a good reason for being out...
[06:21.19]W: I know, I really hated to miss another class,
[06:24.14]but I had the flu, and I could hardly get out of bed.
[06:27.97]That’ll be the last class I miss, though. I promise.
[06:30.82]M: Okay, uh…Oh yes, the handouts.
[06:35.96]There were three of them,
[06:37.71]and I’ll get those for you in just a minute.
[06:39.24]They’re pretty self-explanatory,
[06:41.20]but if you have any questions,
[06:42.85]just send me an e-mail.
[06:44.27]W: Okay, thank you.
[06:45.59]M: Sure. Uh, but we also watched a video,
[06:48.87]and we’ll be having an essay question
[06:51.29]about it on the next exam, so,
[06:54.03]Hmmm…Do you have a VCR at home?
[06:57.42]W: Actually, I don’t, but I do have access to one.
[07:01.54]M: Okay… Well I can lend it to you,
[07:04.71]but the only thing is, you’d have to watch it tonight
[07:07.56]and get it back to me early tomorrow,
[07:09.64]because I’m going to be showing it
[07:11.50]in the other section of that class tomorrow afternoon.
[07:14.62]W: That’ll be great.
[07:15.82]M: Okay...You know what?
[07:17.35]How about if we do it this way?
[07:18.67]I’ll keep it for now and show it in my class tomorrow,
[07:21.39]and uh then you can drop by here
[07:23.80]and pick it up on Friday morning
[07:25.67]and bring it with you when you come to class next week.
[07:28.07]How does that sound?
[07:29.71]W: Oh, yeah. Thank you.
[07:31.90]Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation
[07:34.85]you have just heard.
[07:37.37]19. Why does the woman go to see her professor?
[07:56.13]20. What can be inferred about
[08:00.29]why the professor changes the way?
[08:19.10]21. Why will the woman stop
[08:21.61]by the professor’s office on Friday morning?
[08:39.69]Conversation Two
[08:41.88]W: Our lecture today is given by Professor Lincoln.
[08:44.40]He’s going to talk about art movements in the United States.
[08:48.23]M: Yes. I would like to say that their popularity
[08:52.06]can be affected by social conditions and historical events.
[08:56.00]As an example, let’s look at
[08:58.40]what happened in the United States early
[09:00.59]in the 20th Century, around the time of the great depression,
[09:03.54]the art movement known as the Regionalism
[09:07.04]had begun in the United States even
[09:08.69]before the depression occurred.
[09:10.55]But it really became popular in the 1930s,
[09:13.61]during the depression years.
[09:15.47]W: What is the reason for this?
[09:17.44]M: Many artists who had been living in big cities
[09:20.17]were forced by the economic crisis to
[09:22.58]leave those big cities and move back to
[09:24.55]their small towns in rural America.
[09:27.07]Some of them came to truly love the life
[09:29.58]in small towns and to leave
[09:31.23]the “sophisticated society” in cities.
[09:33.74]These artists really built the Regionalism Movement.
[09:36.91]W: What’re the features of Regional Movement?
[09:40.30]M: It’s all about everyday life in small towns
[09:43.15]or farming areas. And their style was
[09:45.44]about glorified or romanticized country life.
[09:48.40]It showed stable, wholesome American traditions.
[09:52.17]W: Why did this style become popular?
[09:54.03]M: It’s partly because of the economic conditions of the time.
[09:57.41]You see, the Depression had caused many Americans
[10:00.59]to begin to doubt their society.
[10:02.56]But regionalism artists painted scenes
[10:05.30]that glorified American values,
[10:07.48]scenes that many Americans could easily identify with.
[10:10.55]So the movement helped strengthen
[10:13.39]people’s faith in their country.
[10:15.36]W: What was Regionalism like after the depression?
[10:18.10]M: Before and after the Second World War,
[10:20.63]American culture began to take on
[10:22.48]a much more international spirit, and Regionalism,
[10:25.71]with its focus on small town life, lost its popularity,
[10:29.42]as American society changed once again.
[10:32.49]Questions22 to 25 are based on
[10:36.86]the conversation you have just heard.
[10:39.16]22. What is the lecture mainly about?
[10:58.01]23. What does the professor say about
[11:02.71]the artists in the USA during the Great Depression?
[11:21.14]24. What kind of scene might be shown
[11:25.07]in a typical regionalist painting?
[11:41.86]25. What happened in the USA around WWII
[11:47.12]that affected the popularity of the regionalism art?
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