Ⅳ. Practical Listening

Section A

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. Both the conversations and questions will be spoken twices. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your book.

Conversation 1

1. A. At the woman's home.

B. In a supermarket.

C. At a restaurant.

D. At the railway station.

2. A. Wine.

B. Orange juice.

C. Beer.

D. Black coffee.

Conversation 2

3. A. On the Internet.

B. In the library.

C. In a café.

D. On the phone.

4. A. She wants to rent a car.

B. She wants to repair her car.

C. She wants to sell her car.

D. She wants to exchange the old car for a new one.

5. A. On Friday July 12th.

B. On Monday July 12th.

C. On Friday July 15th.

D. On Monday July 15th.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, one question will be asked. Answer the question and then choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

6. A. They are both anxious to try Italian food.

B. They are likely to have dinner together.

C. The man will treat the woman to dinner tonight.

D. The woman refused to have dinner with the man.

7. A. It's only for rent, not for sale.

B. It's being redecorated.

C. It's not as good as advertised.

D. It's no longer available.

8. A. Colleagues.

B. Employer and employee.

C. Husband and wife.

D. Mother and son.

9. A. She contacts her parents occasionally.

B. She phones her parents regularly at weekends.

C. She visits her parents at weekends when the fares are down.

D. She often calls her parents regardless of the rates.

10. A. The next bus is coming soon.

B. The bus will wait a few minutes at the stop.

C. There are only two or three passengers waiting for the bus.

D. They can catch this bus without running.

11. A. The assignment looks easy but actually it's quite difficult.

B. The assignment is too difficult for them to complete on time.

C. They cannot finish the assignment until Thursday.

D. They have plenty of time to work on the assignment.

Section C

Directions: In this section you will hear a recorded short passage. Fill in the blanks according to what you hear.

It's difficult to imagine the sea ever running out of fish. It's so vast, so deep, so 12. Unfortunately, it's not bottomless. Overfishing, 13 with destructive fishing practices, is killing off the fish and 14 their environment.

Destroy the fish, and you destroy the fishermen's means of living. At least 60 15 of the world's commercially important fish 16 are already over-fished, or fished to the limit. As a result, governments have had to close down some areas of sea to commercial fishing.

Big, high-tech fleets 17 that everything in their path is pulled out of water. Anything too small, or the wrong thing, is thrown back either dead or dying. That's an 18 of more than 20 million metric tons every year.

When you consider that equals a quarter of the world catch, you begin to see the 19. In some parts of the world, for every kilogram of prawns (对虾) caught, up to 15 kilograms of unsuspecting fish and other marine wildlife die, simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

True, some countries are 20 , but it's vital we find rational ways of fishing before every ocean becomes a dead sea. It would make sense to give the fish enough time to recover, grow to full size and reproduce, then catch them in a way that doesn't kill other innocent sea life.