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Part I Listening Comprehension ( 15 minutes )

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear several conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.

1.

A) A music store.

B) A music director.

C) A fruit seller.

D) A music band.

Script: Woman: Did you know that Cranberries are coming to town? I wish I had two tickets. Man: I cannot believe it. Only my aunts love their music works.

Question: What are Cranberries in the conversation?

正确答案： D

2.

A) Many people enjoy driving in the fast lane.

B) Music and novels are different nowadays.

C) Society today is different from the old times.

D) Few people listen to classical music now.

Script: Woman: Few people love classical music from deep heart just like few people really enjoy serious novels.

Man: We live in an age of fast lane. The rhythm of society is the reason behind it. Question: What does the man mean?

正确答案： C

3.

A) Trumpet.

B) Flute.

C) Viola.

D) Drum.

Script: Woman: How many musical instruments can you play?

Man: I can play the piano, violin, guitar, drum, trumpet and flute.

Question: What musical instruments can the man not play?

正确答案： C

4.

A) Different kinds of food.

B) Different types of clothes.

C) Different kinds of media.

D) Different styles of music.

Script: Woman: Music is on the radio, television and almost all of the media, but not everyone likes the same style.

Man: It is just like different kinds of food and different types of clothes.

Questions: What is the conversation mainly about?

正确答案： D

5.

A) Because they want to protect sea animals.

B) Because they try to increase their interest.

C) Because they want to protect whaling.

D) Because they try to protest against animals.

Script: Woman: What is the name of this album?

Man: It is called Love of the Sea, because they try to protect sea animals and protest against whaling.

Question: Why is the album named Love of the Sea?

正确答案： A

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

It was a (6)_________________ for Jay-Z because first he (7)_________________ Rolling Stone’s " (8)_________________ " title and second he was referred to as (9)_________________ by a pop singer Sabrina who (10)_________________ called “I want to shoot Lady Gaga”. Sabrina thought it was not (11)_________________ for her fiancé to (12)_________________ Jay-Z’s lyrics. However she thought Jay-Z’s old music was (13)_________________ and she wishes he

could go back to the (14)_________________ that he first (15)_________________ .

Script: It hasn't been a good week for Jay-Z. First, he lost Rolling Stone's "King of Hip-Hop" title to Eminem. The pop singer Sabrina said he was "overrated." We've never even heard of Sabrina, but apparently she wrote a song called "I Want to Shoot Lady Gaga."

“I can tell you who I think is overrated,” Sabrina said, “Jay-Z. Definitely. My fiancé is a huge fan and he quotes lyrics and I'm just like, Dude, that's not even smart.”

"I miss his old stuff," she continued. "I saw videos of him when he was just starting, when he wasn't really well-known and he can really rap. I didn't realize he could. He always sings off beat, you know? He can really rap but I just wish he could go back to that style that he first started out with. That was hot. What he does now, I don't feel it at all —I really don't feel him at all."

正确答案： bad week

正确答案： lost

正确答案： King of Hip-Hop

正确答案： overrated

正确答案： wrote a song

正确答案： smart

正确答案： quote

正确答案： hot

正确答案： style

正确答案： started out with

Section C

Directions: Listen to the passage once and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).

Script: In 1982 Michael Jackson released the world's largest selling album of all time, "Thriller". This album produced 7 hit singles, breaking yet again more records, and went on to sell over 50 million copies worldwide.

In 1983 Michael performed the now legendary moonwalk for the first time on the "Motown 25 years" anniversary show. This performance alone set Michael into the realm of a superstar. In 1984 Michael won a record breaking 8 Grammy awards in one night. The awards were for his work on the "Thriller" album and his work on the narrative for the "ET Storybook".

In 1987 Michael released his much awaited third solo album, titled "Bad", and launched his record breaking first solo world tour.

1988, Michael wrote his first autobiography, Moonwalk, talking for the first time on his childhood and his career.

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