河南大學研究生英語聽力考試全部

1、Unit1News:Outrageous shopping bills are a familiar nightmare for many compulsive shoppersAnd contrary to the popular opinion，men suffer that nightmare nearly as often as womenA new survey finds that both genders are almost equally likely to suffer compulsive buying disorder, a condition marked by un

2、controllable, unnecessary and unaffordable shopping sprees. Researchers used to estimate that between 2 and 16 percent of the US population suffered compulsive buying disorder, and that 90 percent of sufferers were female. But a 2004 telephone survey of more than 2,500 American adults found that 6 p

3、ercent of women and about 5.5 percent of men are compulsive shoppers; that's more than 1 in 20 adults. The sexes do not shop at the same aisles though. Experts say that women are more likely to binge buy things like clothes or gilts for other people, while men tend to buy expensive electronics.

4、This survey is the first to find such a high number of compulsive shoppers in the general population. Study authors hope that this finding can convince doctors of how many people are hurt by the disorder, so they can make finding a cure a priority. I'm Bill Blakemore in New York.S.C.1. W: Do you

5、 have a hobby, Kevin? M: Yes. Sure. I have more than one hobby. W: And do you agree that some hobbies are good while some are bad7 M: Well, in my opinion, yes. Good hobbies are those that give you the opportunity to develop new skills. Bad hobbies, on the other hand, may result in bad habits. Q: Wha

6、t does Kevin say about hobbies?A) He has only one hobby and no bad hobbies.B) He thinks he can learn skills from good hobbies.C) He has both bad hobbies and good ones.D) He thinks one can tam bad hobbies into good ones.2. W: Wow, Stephen, your collection of coins is really amazing. You must be proud

7、 o f it. M: Yes. They are ray babies. Collecting these has taught me a lot. It teaches me to be systematic and careful, because I need to sort the coins according to their value and dates. W: And that's why you're a good accountant. Q: What can you learn about Stephen?A) Stephen is good at t

8、aking account of everything.B) Stephen's babies are interested in collecting coins.C) Stephen learns to be systematic from his hobby.D) Stephen collects coins because they are valuable.3. W: Did you go fishing today?M: Yes. By the lake, all by myselfW: But Roy, every tame you go out fishing, you

9、 come back with an empty bag. Why not give it up or try something else, like basketball? M: No. Carol, you don't understand. Fishing makes me happy, because I love sitting alone and doing nothing at all. Q: What can be learned from the conversation?A) Roy often empties his bag when he returns ho

10、me.B) Roy is trying to persuade Carol to go fishing with him.C) Roy is only interested in catching fish.D) Roys real interest in fishing is sitting alone and doing nothing.4. W: Harry, have you heard about a 44-year-old farmer from the village whose hobby is to make machines? M: Yes, Tina. l know he

11、 is the inventor and the "father" of the robots in his village. His high-tech products really bring lots of benefits to his family and neighbours. W: The most impressive thing is, while making robots, he has suffered two major disasters. One explosion nearly destroyed his two fingers, and

12、a fire burnt all his belongings. M: And the idea of giving up never occurs to him. Actually, that's the part that touches me most. Q: What impresses Harry and Tina most?A) The farmer makes robots without much knowledge about high-tech.B) The farmer has held on to his hobby even though he met wit

13、h great difficulties.C) The farmer's hobby has brought great changes to his village.D) The farmer started his hobby at the age of 44.5. M: Marilyn, have you thought about this question? Among all the evil addictions, which is the worst? W: Addiction is addiction, no matter what it is. Drugs, alc

14、ohol, smoking, or gambling. And don't forget the Internet. Any addiction comes with pain and sadness. So my answer to your question is, all of them. M: I can't agree. You see, drug addicts don't get much sympathy. Drugs destroy health, family, feelings, and friendships. It makes you live

15、 like trash. That's the worst. W: Daniel, any addiction may lead to that. Q: What's Marilyn's attitude towards various addictions?A) She thinks drug addiction is the most dangerous.B) She thinks Internet addiction is the most harmful.C) She thinks addictions that make you trash are the w

16、orst.D) She thinks every addiction is as bad as the other.Unit2S.C.1. W: Can we really afford a holiday? We're paying for this house and we have a loan for the furniture. M: Listen. You work hard and I work hard. We're not talking about whether we can have a vacation. We're talking about

17、 where and when. Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? A) A Husband and wife. B) Customer and salesman. C) Father and daughter. D) Co-workers.2. W: You look tired. Why not take a vacation for a change? M: A vacation for a change? Don't you know "no man needs a vacat

18、ion so much as the man who has just had one"? Q: What does the man mean?A) No one needs a vacation as much as he does.B) He has just had one.C) A vacation is incredibly good for a change.D) A vacation is even more exhausting3. W: Ive packed clothes, toiletries, a sleep mask and a camera, is the

19、re anything special I have to take? M: Oh Ill give you a list of necessities to take. Of course, the coach space is limited. Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?A) The woman is preparing presents for her coachB) The woman is packing for her coach.C) The woman is packing for a visit to her

20、coach.D) The woman is packing for her bus tour.4. W: What kind of holiday have you had?M: Terrible. Quite, quite terrible. We certainly won't go on a bus tour again.W: What exactly was the matter?M: The bus itself for a start. It was so old and battered. The only place it was fit for was a museu

21、m.Q: What do you learn from the conversation?A) The bus should be kept in the museum.B) The bus was too worn out and uncomfortable.C) The man was taken to only one place to see the sight.D) The bus was too old to be started.5. W: What's the time for your flight?M: I will leave Tokyo on May 21 at

22、 5:30 p.m. on Northwest Airlines Flight 255. It will arrive in Hong Kong SAR at 8:35 p.m.W: I'll meet you at the airport.Q: How long is the flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong SAR?A) 3 hours or so.B) 9 hours or so.C) 21 hours or so.D) 5 hours or so.Unit3Reporter:In Vail, Arizona, a new school with a

23、new idea: no textbooks. White other students might be reading books, Empire students will read on their laptops. Jeremy Gypton, a history teacher at Empire High School in Vail, Arizona. Mr. Gypton, tell us about the assignment that you've already given, that might otherwise have involved a textb

24、ook, but in this case involves a computer.Mr. Gypton: Well, with the, with history I try to use as many primary source documents as possible. I actually just recently had my students, studying.my American History students, studying the French-Indian War and its impact. And that sort of document is j

25、ust not available in a traditional textbook, I would have to say, "Go online or go to a library and find a copy", whereas with the laptops and with the resources they're using, they have immediate access to it.Reporter: What's the point here? Is it to get Io primary sources or is i

26、t to use a medium that youngsters today are more familiar with? How do you, how do you describe what you arc doing'?Mr. Gypton: When it comes to our, I guess, our reasoning, these are the students who've grown up with the computer, with the Internet, er, as, as kind of organic to their envir

27、onment. It's not an add-on, like it, like it was to me. And this is normal for them. And so, limiting them, by like sort of a traditional, maybe thousand page textbook is, from their perspective, I think a little bit abnormal, because they are used to being able to reach out, and view one topic

28、from 20 different angles, as opposed to just the one angle that a textbook would present.Reporter: Jeremy Gypton, thank you very much for talking with you.Mr. Gypton: Thanks so much for your time.S.C.1. W: Mr. Williams, where did you receive your Bachelor's degree in engineering?M: From Iowa Uni

29、versity. And I am now working on my Master's. That's part of the reason I applied for this position.W: Oh, that's a good engineering college. You have very impressive qualifications.Q: What's the man doing?A) He is taking an entrance examination.B) He is working as an engineer.C) He

30、is receiving his Bachelor's degree.D) He is at a job interview.2. W: Mr. Carlson, I tried to memorize the script but i keep forgetting the lines. I'm worried I might be a burden to the cast if l keep forgetting them during the rehearsals.M: Look, Jane, you will be just fine if you stop putti

31、ng so much pressure on yourself. Practice makes perfect, and I'm sure you will get them in no time.Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?A) He suggests the woman keep trying until she gets it right.B) He suggests the woman take a break.C) He suggests he may be able to help her practice her l

32、ines.D) He suggests that the woman give up if she is always having these problems.3. W: I'm going to Professor Wilson's office to ask for his help. Do you want to join in?M: I tell you what. I'll study in the lab by myself, and see how it goes. Self-education! Don't you remember what

33、 the instructor has always suggested?"W: Yes, but that's for advanced learners. We are still at the intermediate level!Q: What does the woman advise the man to do?A) To ask for help from advanced learners.B) To receive assistance from the teacher.C) To study by himself in the lab.D) To join

34、 in at the intermediate level.4. M: How long has your husband been studying Chinese culture?W: Him? Forever. He has been totally caught up in it since high school when we first met.M: No kidding! So many years!W: He always says one is never too old to learn.Q: What can you learn about the woman'

35、s husband?A) He has been teaching in high school for a long time.B) He is completely lost in a foreign culture.C) He thinks he will never get old.D) He wants to keep learning all his life.5. M: Education is of no use to us. Look, I've got a great idea-we can form a new school of artistic movemen

36、t.W: You must have lost your mind. Artists usually get rich after they die, I mean, it's an accumulation stuffM: Trust me, that way we will be rich and famous in two years.W: There's a mental clinic around the comer down the street.Q: What does the woman mean?A) It will take them many years

37、to get rich and famous.B) There's a new school of artistic movement around the comer.C) The man's idea is not feasible at all.D) The man has gone mentally insane.Unit 4News:Beijing Opera is largely seen as a dying art in China. Louisa Lira wants to introduce us to an unlikely new champion fo

38、r Chinese opera. He's a British man who has devoted more than a decade to bringing Chinese opera to new audiences.Ghaffar: And I saw a Beijing Opera in London in 1993. And that just shocked me. It really moved me.Louisa: Ghaffar Pourazar is British, born to Iranian Azeri parents. At the age of 3

39、2, he gave up his life as a computer animator and enrolled in a Beijing Opera school, drawn by the difficulty of mastering this art form.Ghaffar: And there is no other culture which has put that much discipline into training the perfect performer. That is what the Beijing Opera is about, the perfect

40、 performer.Louisa: On stage, the actors not only act, they sing and dance at the same time as performing heart-stopping feats of acrobatics and sword fighting. Once the show begins, it's clear that Pourazar has taken a Chinese classic and made it his own. The cast is partly non-Chinese. And ther

41、e's a lot of explanation in English. The story is the much-loved legend of the Monkey King, a mischievous monkey ham from a stone, who learns supernatural skills and uses them to challenge the emperor of heaven. Pourazar is the multilingual monkey.(Singing)Ghaffar: It's within the rules of t

42、he art form that you perform for that audience. What I have done is, by taking it to London, to change the spoken parts into English. And that's, that's within the rules of the opera.(Singing)Louisa: That even means adding a bit of comedy rap opera to the mix.(Singing)Louisa: And this hybrid

43、 bilingual opera wins good reviews from both Western and Chinese audience members.A Man: And that's really Chinese stuff, expressing the more acceptable way. So it'll be more popular.Louisa: But the popularity of Beijing Opera is fading fast, with young Chinese audiences turning to karaoke,

44、DVDs and the Internet. Much to Pourazar's sorrow.S.C.1. M: What channel do you watch on TV?W: I watch mainly news programmes mid classic movies. I hate commercials. There is a lot more advertising than there used to be.M: Nowadays, whatever you're doing in your daily life, it's quite dif

45、ficult to get away from ads in one tbrm or another. They're all around you! Advertising has always been part of our life.Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?A) The woman is unhappy about too many advertisements on TV.B) The man is complaining about difficulties in his daily life.C) The

46、 woman is very interested in the advertisements around her.D) The man dislikes TV advertisements as the woman does.2. W: Excuse me. Can you tell me what your lecture is about?M: Oh, I'm going to lecture on photography of cities.W: Is that about architectural styles of various buildings?M: Well,

47、not exactly. The theme in my photography is "the history contained in cities". I spend quite a large amount of time trying to depict life in the city, trying to build a history of cities visually.Q: What is file man interested in?A) He is interested in the progress of architecture.B) He is

48、 interested in writing the history of cities.C) He is interested in the history of cities shown in pictures.D) He is interested in giving lectures on photography.3. W: Hey, listen to this interesting quiz: "When the host introduces you to a group of people at a party, what's your typical me

49、et-and-greet smile? Are your ips closed over your teeth, or with lips open and teeth revealed?"M: What? What kind of quiz is that?W: It's a quiz about your character by testing your body language. My Chinese friend did the quiz, and her answer shows she is a shy and withdrawn person.M: I wo

50、nder whether that works for us Englishmen.Q: What is the quiz about?A) It is about how to give appropriate smiles at parties.B) It is about how to overcome shyness in social life.C) It is about cultural differences between English and Chinese people.D) It is about personality evident in an individua

51、ls gestures.4. M: I really don't understand why Jerry was so cold yesterday when I came to his office, I know I was late. But it was only 20 minutes.W: Well, that's your problem. Jerry is a typical American. He must feel slighted and think you are a rude person.M: In my country, it's nor

52、mal to be late by 30 minutes.W: But you are not in Brazil now.Q: What do you know about the man?A) The man is a Brazilian.B) The man makes a habit of being late.C) The man has a bad temper.D) The man is rude to his friends.5. W: Hi, Frank, have you just been to your kung fu class? With your. Chinese

53、 friends?M: Yes. It's amazing. Speed, power, balance and timing, that's kung fut. We strike with the fist, hand, the elbow, the knee, the foot, the heel, and the bottom.W: So, does that mean you are so tough that nobody can beat you in a right? M: I don't do it for righting, but for exer

54、cise. I do this martial art in a gym, not on a battlefield.Q: Why does the man takes a kung fu class? A) He wants to make his body stronger.B) He wants to get the upper hand in a fight.C) He wants to make friends with people in class.D) He wants to learn more about Chinese culture.Unit 5News: Christ

55、opher Reeve: 1996 Democratic National Convention AddressThank you very, very much.Well, I just have to start with a challenge to the President: Sir, I have seen your train go by, and I think I can beat it.I'll even give you a head start.And over the last few years we have heard a lot about somet

56、hing called "family values". And like many of you, I have struggled to figure out what that means. And since my accident, I've found a definition that seems to make sense. I think it means that were all family. And that we all have value.Now, if that's true, if America really is a

57、family, then we have to recognize that many members of our family are hurting. And just to take one aspect of it, one in five of us has some kind of disability. You may have an aunt with Parkinson's disease, a neighbor with a spinal cord injury, or a brother with AIDS, and if we're really co

58、mmitted to this idea of family, we've got to do something about it.Now first of all, our nation cannot tolerate discrimination of any kind. And that's why the Americans with Disabilities Act is so importantIt must be honored everywhere. It is a Civil Rights Law that is tearing down barriers,

59、 both in architecture and in attitude.Its purpose its purpose is to give the disabled access not only to buildings but to every opportunity in society. Now, I strongly believe our nation must give its full support to the caregivers who are helping people with disabilities live independent lives.S.C.1. W: Mark, whats wrong with you? You look so tired.M: Oh, the party was so exciting