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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, one question will be asked, and you have fifteen seconds to read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
在每段对话结束时会提出一个问题，你将有15秒钟的时间阅读问题和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.Oh, I’m so tired! Shall we just stay at home this weekend?
1.哦，我太累了！这个周末我们就呆在家里好吗？
Maybe watch some TV and read the newspapers?
也许看看电视，读读报纸？
Mmm...how about going to the beach tomorrow with a picnic as it’s so hot...although we really ought to clean the flat.
嗯……天气这么热，明天去海滩野餐怎么样……尽管我们真的应该打扫一下公寓。
Oh, I nearly forgot! Isn’t your sister coming to see us on Sunday?
哦，我差点忘了！你妹妹星期日不是来看我们吗？
Yes, you’re right...she is! She’ll enjoy a good day at the seaside, won’t she?
是的，你说得对……她要来！她会在海边度过愉快的一天，不是吗？
We’ll relax at home another time...and then do the housework, too!
我们改天再在家里休息……再做家务！
Sounds great!
听上去不错!
Q: What will the speakers do on Sunday?
问题：说话者周日会做什么？
2.Good morning, I lost a pair of black leather gloves at the theatre last night, but I’m not sure where.
2.早上好，我昨晚在剧院丢了一副黑色皮手套，但我不知道丢在哪里了。
I know I kept them with me when I left my coat in the cloakroom.
我知道我把外套放在衣帽间的时候还带着它们。
We’ve found a pair this morning, under one of the seats.
我们今早在一个座位下发现了一双。
Oh, now I remember! I put them on my seat when I went to the coffee bar during the interval.
哦，我想起来了！中场休息时我去咖啡厅的时候把它们放在我的座位上了。
They probably fell on the floor when I came back.
我回来的时候，它们可能掉在地上了。
Well, you can collect them from the ticket office any time.
你可以随时到售票处领取。
Q: Where in the theatre did the woman leave her gloves?
问题：女士把手套放在了剧院的什么地方？
3.I’d like to send a parcel to Hong Kong, please. How much will it cost?
3.我想寄一个包裹到香港。总共要花多少钱？
I’ll need to weigh it before I can tell you...Okay...
我需要称一称才能告诉你......好的......
If you send this by air, which is more expensive than by sea, it’ll be 18 euros and 50 cents.
如果空运的话要比海运贵，要18欧元50分。
By sea, it’ll be about half that...erm...7 euros 50 cents.
海运的话，大概是空运费用的一半……呃……7欧元50分。
I need to send it by air, so I’ll pay the extra.
我需要空运，所以我会付额外的费用。
But last time, I think I only paid 15 euros 50 cents for the same weight!
但上次，我想我只花了15欧元50分就寄了同样重量的包裹！
Have prices increased?
价格上涨了吗？
Yes. Sorry!
是的。抱歉！
Q: How much does the man pay for the postage?
问题：男人要付多少邮费？
4.Professor Renton, what initially attracted you to science?
4.伦顿教授，最初是什么吸引你投身科学的？
Well, in fact it was my fascination with the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes: the way he uses first-hand evidence and analytical reasoning to solve his mysteries.
事实上，是我对虚构的侦探夏洛克·福尔摩斯的迷恋：他使用第一手证据和分析推理来解决他的谜团的方式。
My father and grandfather were both engineers.
我的父亲和祖父都是工程师。
Engineers tend to take things apart.
工程师往往会把东西拆开。
Although they’re not always able to reassemble them, they’re always curious about how things work.
尽管他们并不总是能够重新组装它们，但他们总是对事物的工作原理感到好奇。
That’s doubtless in my genes, too.
毫无疑问，这也存在于我的基因中。
Q: What does Professor Renton suggest he has inherited from his early generations?
问题：伦顿教授认为他从上一辈那里继承了什么？
5.Hello, Robert, could you share with us your views of the recent technological developments?
5.你好，罗伯特，你能和我们分享一下你对最近技术发展的看法吗？
Of course, the Internet’s great—I can do an Internet search and find the exact location of a restaurant on the edge of Liverpool, or whatever.
当然，互联网很棒——我可以在互联网上搜索，找到利物浦边缘的一家餐厅的确切位置，或者其他什么。
But the people whose working patterns have been significantly changed by the Internet are in a tiny minority.
但是，工作模式被互联网显著改变的人只占极少数。
When you look at its impact on the economy, it’s mainly in the area of leisure.
你会发现它对经济的影响，主要是在休闲领域。
For most people, its effect is more about keeping in touch with friends and looking up things here and there, although there’s now so much information out there that you don’t actually have time to digest it.
对大多数人来说，它的作用更多的是与朋友保持联系，到处查找信息，尽管现在有太多的信息，你实际上没有时间去消化。
Q: What does Robert think of the Internet?
问题：罗伯特对互联网有什么看法？
