托福2000年10月听力原文校正版

愿达UID: 63999

托福2000年10月听力原文校正版

愿达 江明俊

Par A

1.        M: I can’t seem to find my calculator. Did I lend it to you by any chance?
W: No, but you are welcome to mine if you need it, as long as I get it back by Thursday.
Q: What does the woman mean?
2.        M: Wow, I’ve already taken one of those pills for my headache, but it’s still bothering me.
W: Why not take another? The recommended dose.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
3.        W: Do you want to go running down by the lake after psychology class? I’d really like to take advantage of the beautiful weather this afternoon.
M: Well, normally I’d be getting gather with my study group then, but I guess I could skip that just this once.
Q: What does the man imply?
4.        W: Great haircut, James! You go to a new barbershop or something?
M: Oh, thanks. No, it was the same place, just another guy.
Q: What does the man mean?
5.        M: I can’t believe it. At the bookstore today, I had to unload two dozen boxes of textbooks, and there’s more to do tomorrow.
W: But it’s always busy at the start of a new year, isn’t it?
Q: What does the woman imply?
6.        W: Oh, man! I feel awful. I think I’m coming down with (染上) that flu everybody’s been laid up with (confined with an illness). Do you have it too?
M: No, I mean I probably look terrible ’cause I stayed up all last night studying, but I should be fine after some sleep.
Q: What does the man mean?
7.        M: Excuse me, can you tell me which bus to take to get to the art museum?
W: Well, that would be the number of 42. But I wouldn’t think you want to go there today. They are closed on Mondays.
Q: What does the woman mean?
8.        M: I really like this green jacket. The fit (the manner in which clothing fits) is perfect, but I’m not sure about the color. What do you think?
W: Hum. Try this other one. It’s the same style, but blue suits you better.
Q: What does the woman mean?
9.        W: Hey, Dan, do you think you might hurry up just a bit. You’ve been standing in front of that sandwich counter forever. And you know. I got class in ten minutes. And so do you, by the way.
M: Sorry. Uh, I just wish they didn’t give me so many choices.
Q: What does the man imply?
10.        M: Hey, didn’t your sister get here yet?
W: No, and I can hardly wait. I haven’t seen her in three months.
Q: What does the woman mean?
11.        M: This looks like the way to Susan’ s house, but I don’t know. I wish I had written down the directions
W: At this rate we’ll be lucky to get there in time for desert.
Q: What does the woman imply?
12.        W: So, did you pick up that orange juice for me like you said you would?
M: I meant to. But I was short of cash. I’ll be going back later though. I’ll try to stop by the bank, if you can wait that long.
Q: What does the man imply he will do?
13.        M: That’s a great dress, Cindy. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you wear it before.
W: Oh, I have. It’s just that it’s been in the back of my closet. My sister gave it to me like ages ago and I totally forgot about it.
Q: What does the woman imply?
14.        W: Just look at this apartment, Caron. What a mess! You’ve stuffed it all over. How does you roommate put up with it?
W: I know. I haven’t been doing my share this week. But I have three reports to do on Friday, and I haven’t even started one of them.
Q: What can be inferred about Caron?
15.        W: So we had better stop to read for a literature class. That novel she assigned us is so boring.
M: Really? I started it yesterday afternoon, and I couldn’t put it down until I finished it.
Q: What does the man mean?
16.        W: Wow, you seem to be in a really good mood today. What’s the secret?
M: I don’t know. I guess some mornings you wake up feeling great, some mornings you don’t.
Q: What does the man mean?
17.        W: If you are planning to take the train when you leave next Friday, remember that I drive right past the station on my way home from campus
M: Say, I think I’ll take you up on that.
Q: What will the man probably do next Friday? take sb up on sth.在某事上用某人.
18.        M: I need to ask John about the chemistry assignment for tomorrow. But his phone’s been busy for the last hour and a half. Who can he be talking to for so long?
W: It may not be him, you know. It could be one of his housemates. Why don’t you just (hand on) over there? Is that important?
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
19.        W: James, I don’t know if you know this. But I’m prepared to run for class president and I’m wondering if I, if I can count on your vote?
M: Oh, maybe, if you asked me sooner. But my roommate’s running too and I’ve already promised him he had my support.
Q: What does the man mean?
20.        M: I might argue with some of the details, but I basically agree with this office thesis about managing of the economy.
W: Sure it sounds great in theory. My concern is whether in apply or in practice.
Q: What does the woman mean?
21.        M: You know that summer internship I’m applying for. They want an official copy of all my grades. But the records office charges 20 dollars for an official grade report. That’s a lot, don’t you think?
W: It really is. I only had to pay six for mine last year
Q: What does the woman mean?
22.        M: Kay, the weather report says it’s going to pour today. You should probably put your bike in the garage before it really starts coming down.
W: Emh, why bother? It’s been true a lot worse. If it’s still worse, just fine.
Q: What will the woman probably do?
23.        M: Let me tell you, I’m really happy I got that ... scholarship. But I wish my parents would stop bragging to everybody.
W: What! That’s quite an accomplishment. If you ask me, I think you deserve a little bit recognition
Q: What does the woman mean?
24.        W: Can you believe it? A twenty page term paper in the final exam! What does Professor Johnson think that we don’t have any classes of his?
M: Wait a second. I’m sure what he said was either one or the other.
Q: What does the man imply?
25.        W: Emh, coffee in this restaurant is really improved. They must have changed suppliers.
M: Really? You can taste differences?
Q: What does the man mean?
26.        M: Ah, and I rushed to get here before 1:00 so I can swim my laps before the pool got too crowded. Why they are still closed?
W: They are having a brief staff meeting. Stick around.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
(Laps 游泳的圈数; stick around 呆在附近)
27.        W: I know that you don’t really like live theater, but I have extra tickets for the play at the community theater on Friday night. You won’t be interested, will you?
M: Well, you know, I could use exchange. I mean I can go to the movie every weekend.
Q: What does the man imply?
28.        M: I’d think twice about taking a history class next year. There’s not a single good professor in all history department.
W: Look, that’s what you said last term about the sociology department and I’m very glad I didn’t pay any attention to what you said.
Q: What does the woman mean?
29.        W: My boss says the company will pay for any college costs if I take ...advanced degree.
M: That’s a ...benefit you wouldn’t have if you had taken the other job offer.
Q: What does the man imply?
30.        M: Jean, it’s surely hard to wake up at the time for that eight o’clock chemistry class. I never should sign up for something so early in the morning.
W: Well, maybe next time you’ll listen to me.
Q: What does the woman imply?


Part B

Questions 31 through 35: listen to a conversation between a student and a librarian assistant.
W:        I’m sorry, but I can’t let you check out these books.
M:        What do you mean?
W:        Wow, the computer shows you got an overdue book, artwork. And your circulation perpetual is revoked until you return it.
M:        But that’s impossible. I only started going to this school last month and I’m a business major, not an artist.
W:        Emh. This is pretty strange. Let me look out the records.
W:        OK. You are Robert Smith?
M:        Yeah.
W:        You live at forty twenty-three western
M:        No, I am living on campus, in the new ...
W:        You did say you are Robert Smith, right?
M:         Yeah, well, my full name is Robert James Smith, but I usually go by pa
W:        Let me check one more thing on the computer. Aha, it’s seen now. There’s another Robert Smith in the class, Robert El Smith. And it looks like he’s the one who got the overdue book checked out.
M:        Another Robert Smith? No kidding
W:        So I guess you two never met.
M:        No, but I think I should probably try. I could at least what’s just happened.
W:        Good idea. Now let’s check out these books today. But I suggest you start use your middle name, or mid initial to avoid any problem like this in the future.
31.        Why is the man talking to the woman?
32.        What problem does the man have in the library? (?)
33.        Why does the man mention that he is a new student at the school?
34.        What does the woman discover when she looks at the records on her computer?
35.        What does the woman suggest the man do in the future?
Questions 36 through 39: Listen to part of a discussion between two students who are in the same history of architecture class.
W:        So what do you think of that ancient Egyptian temple Professor talked about in class today?
M:        The Temple of Carneck?
W:        Ah huh.
M:        Oh, pretty amazing! So grand and magnificent with all those cleverly thought out features!
W:        Well, sure. After all, the temple was built to honor the ruler and those ancient Egyptian rulers were reviewed as gods after their deaths.
M:        Oh, I know. But like that whole Avenue of Ram leading up to the temple, I mean that roadway with all those statues, sacrificial animals along both sides, all that seems perfectly designed for the grand religious processions they often had there. And that huge stone over the entrance to the temple, the rear was cut away.
W:        Yeah. That was clever. How did they just cut away part of that stone, so that priests in those big processions could pass through the entrance underneath, even with all the tall banners they’d be carrying in and out of the temple?
M:        Right. And how about the inside of the temples…in the great hall?
W:        You mean the columns?
M:        Yeah.
W:        Those columns really were amazing. I mean, like how many were there, over a hundred? And each one with images of gods and kings cut into its surface to tell stories of their great deed.
M:        Well, they were all pretty awesome. But I particularly meant the columns down the center aisle of the hall, the ones that were so much taller than all the others, so that they raised the center roof a lot higher than the roofs on either side.
W:        Oh, yeah, those! What a brilliant solution for letting natural light down into the middle of the great hall. Man, all of (?) those architects must be really creative!
36.        What aspects of the Temple of Carneck do the speakers mainly discuss?
37.        According to the discussion, what was the Avenue of Ram often used for?
38.        Why is part of the stone over the entrance to the temple missing?
39.        According to the conversation, what aspect of the great hall was improved by raising part of its roof?


Part C
Questions 40 through 43. Listen to part of a talk in a physics class.
Okay, since we’ve been talking about mechanics and still have a few minutes, let me tell you a little about ancient Greeks and what they thought about mechanics.

They came up with a system that, for them, seemed to describe and explain the different motions of different materials. More than about 2000 years ago, Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher, assumed that all the matter on Earth was made up of four kinds of substances—earth, water, air, and fire. Under this system, earth is the densest, water is next, air is less dense than water, and fire is the least dense of all. The heaviest object remains of earth and water, and lighter object contains significant amounts of fire or air.

So when Aristotle observed that different types of matter have different characteristics, he assumed that this was because different types of matter were composed of different amounts of the four primary substances.

And Aristotle believed that the motions of objects could also be explained by the basic nature of the four primary substances. Eh, for example, there’re always the basic motions of up or down. Aristotle noticed that when he released most objects, they would drop downward. But he also knew that something could rise upward, like smoke.

Aristotle considered an object’s downward or upward motions to be a result of the dominant nature of the object. So according to Aristotle, matters like rock were primarily composed of earth, therefore, they naturally wanted to move toward the center of the earth because this was where all things of earth rested. But fire had a different resting place—the sky. So smoke would naturally rise when it was released, because it was driving toward its natural resting place.

40.        What is the main topic of the talk?
41.        Using Aristotle’s system of classification, which primary substance is the densest?
42.        According to the speaker, what types of motions does Aristotle’s theory try to explain?
43.        According to Aristotle’s theory, why does smoke rise?
Questions 44 through 46: Listen to an announcement given in a university biology class.
Hi, I’m Jim Black. Before you get to start the class today, Dr Webster give me a few minutes to talk to you about the Biology Department’s ongoing turtle watching project down the South Beach.

As many of you probably know, South Beach is an important nesting site for the green turtles—the type of the endangered species. In the next few days, turtles from several nesting sites we’ve identified along the beach will hatch and head for the water. The problem is that a lot of these hatchlings will never make it. Raccoons and hungry birds will get many of them before they reach the surf. So we have a 24-hour watch going on now so the volunteers will be on hand to protect the turtles after they hatch.

Oh, and we also need someone to notify the owners of beachfront homes to leave their yard lights off for the next couple of weeks. The baby turtles are attracted to artificial lights, such as court lights, headlights. In fact, some of them will end up on the beach highways and are killed by passing cars. So we’ll try to minimize lights on the landward side of the beach.

Now, if you are interested, please stop by my office in the Biology Department and sign up. What we’re asking you to do? We are asking for at least two-hour commitment from each participant. Oh, and please note, the turtle watch activities do not constitute excuse absence from class. Thanks.

44.        What is the purpose of the talk?
45.        Why should homeowners turn their lights off?
46.        What do the turtle watch participants have to do?
Questions 47 through 50: Listen to part of a talk in a United States history class.
While we are on the topic of things that technology has made obsolete, I’d like to spend a few minutes on the ice industry—one of the major industries in the United States in the 1800.

Now, before refrigerators came into common use, people in rural areas often had a well or a springhouse to keep perishable fruits fresh. jjj a huge one, but a springhouse was a small building that people would build over a spring. Farm families jjj relied on cool water from the spring to help keep diary products or meat cool, boxes instead. And they bought a lot of ice put in these boxes and they packed all their milk or meat inside to keep them fresh. So until refrigerators had made them obsolete, the ice industry supplied city dwellers with these blocks of ice.

Now, by 1800, people had learned how to harvest blocks of ice from lakes and cover this ice with hay and store it. These icehouses were enormous, among the largest structures anywhere in the country at that time. Icehouses were so important that they often had rail tracks going right up next to them. In addition to being transported by train, ice was delivered by ships all along the east coast or further inland by canal boat. Eventually, the industry supplied blocks of ice to almost any place in the country where people could afford such a luxury.

47.        What is the talk mainly about?
48.        According to the speaker, what caused the ice industry obsolete?
49.        What does the speaker imply about the springhouses?
50.        What was the purpose of an icebox?