I. Listening Comprehension  25%

Section A

Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1. A. She’s too sick to have any visitor.             B. Her sister’s flight was canceled.

C. Her sister has changed her plans.             D. She picked up her sister last night.

2. A. The library closes at five o’clock.             B. She’ll get the things the man needs.

C. Mary wants to go to the classroom too.        D. There isn’t enough time to go to the classroom.

3. A. Take less medicine each day.                B. Visit him as often as possible.

C. Have more stretching exercises.              D. Try a new kind of headache medicine.

4. A. The next bus leaves in 15 minutes.

B. The man can go to the exhibition by bus.

C. The man missed the subway train to the exhibition.

D. The subway will arrive at the exhibition before 11:30.

5. A. The cellphone cannot be repaired.

B. The woman misunderstood what he said.

C. He doesn’t know what’s wrong with the cellphone.

D. The problem is different from what he thought it was.

6. A. She wished she had gone to sleep earlier.

B. She missed the beginning of the program.

C. She fell asleep before the program ended.

D. She was awakened in time to see the program.

7. A. More copies of the letter are needed.

B. It’s too late to apply for the university.

C. The man should get a more recent reference letter.

D. The principal is the best person to write the letter of reference.

8. A. He wants to talk to Sally and Mark.

B. The woman should not let out others’ secret.

C. He will explain to the woman what happened.

D. The woman shouldn’t get involved in the situation.

9. A. He wants the woman to postpone the lecture.

B. He hasn’t finished preparing for his lecture.

C. He can’t explain the simple concepts of economics.

D. He regularly gives lectures to high school students.

10. A. Hire a tutor before the mid-term exam.          B. Avoid making any mistake in the exam.

C. Turning to the same tutor that she had.           D. Work hard to catch up with others.