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[00:15.79]CollegeEnglishTest-Band4

[00:19.82]PartIIIListeningComprehension

[00:23.8l]SectionA

[00:26.00]Directions:Inthissection,

[00:29.73]youwillhear8shortconversationsand2longconversations.

[00:34.80]Attheendofeachconversation,

[00:37.60]oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.

[00:41.33]Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.

[00:46.88]Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.

[00:51.01]Duringthepause,

f00:53.04]youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD),

[00:58.95]anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.

[01:01.69]ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2

[01:06.51]withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

[01:09.47]Nowlet'sbeginwiththeeightshortconversations.

[01:15.40]l1.W:Justimaginewehavetofinishreading300pages

[01:23.59]beforeMonday.

[01:24.99]Howcantheprofessorexpectustodoit

[01:28.97]insuchashorttime?

[01:30.77]M:Yeah,butwhattroublesme

[01:32.79]isthatIcan'tfindthebookinthelibrary

[01:35.33]orintheuniversitybookstore.

[01:37.13]Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

[01:55.18]12.M:DoyouthinkIcouldborrowyourcar

[01:59.12]togogroceryshopping?

[02:01.18]Thesupermarketsoutsidethecityaresomuchcheaper.

[02:04.7l]I'dalsobehappytopickupanythingyouneed.

[02:08.13]W:Well,Idon'tliketoletanyoneelsedrivemycar.

[02:12.89]Tellyouwhat,whydon'twegotogether?

[02:16.75]Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?

[02:35.30]13.M:Forgivethemessinhere.

[02:39.14]Wehadapartylastnight.

[02:41.88]Therewerealotofpeopleandtheyallbroughtfood.

[02:44.73]W:Yeah,Icantell.

[02:46.70]Well,Iguessit'sprettyobvious

[02:49.88]whatyou'llbedoingmostoftoday.

[02:53.19]Q:Whatdoesthewomanthinkthemanwilldo?

[03:10.95]14.W:Whattimewouldsuityou

[03:15.25]forthefirst-roundtalkswithJohnSmith?

[03:18.72]M:Well,youknowmyschedule.

[03:21.10]0therthanthisFriday,onedayisasgoodasthenext.

[03:24.63]Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

[03:43.91]15.W:Iwassoangryyesterday.

[03:49.43]Mybiologyteacherdidnotevenletmeexplain

[03:53.16]whyImissedthefieldtrip.

[03:54.92]Hejustwouldn'tletmepass.

[03:57.82]M:Thatdoesn'tseemfair.

[03:59.6l]I'dfeelthatwaytooifIwereyou.

[04:02.31]Q:Whatdoesthemanimply?

[04:21.47]16.M:Ireallycan'tstandtheway

[04:25.82]Davidcontrolstheconversationallthetime.

[04:29.62]Ifhe'sgoingtobeatyourChristmasparty,

[04:31.54]Ijustwon*tcome.

[04:33.60]W:Fmsorryyoufeelthatway.

[04:35.72]Butmymotherinsiststhathecome.

[04:39.16]Q:Whatdoesthewomanimply?

[04:57.58]17.W:You'retakingacoursewithProfessorJohnson.

[05:03.10]What*syourimpressionsofar?

[05:04.97]M:Well,manystudentscouldhardlystayawakeinhisclass

[05:09.15]withoutfirstdrinkingacupofcoffee.

[05:11.85]Q:Whatdoesthemanimply?

[05:30,52]18.W:Haveyoueverputacomputertogetherbefore?

[05:35.91]M:No,never.ButIthinkifwefollowtheseinstructionsexactly,

[05:41.35]wewon*thavemuchtrouble.

[05:43.33]Q:Whatarethespeakersgoingtodo?

[06:03.36]Nowyou'llhearthetwolongconversations.

[06:07.41]ConversationOne

[06:10.27]W:Whatsortofhoursdoyouwork,Steve?

[06:13.11|M:Well,Ihavetoworkverylonghours,about11hoursaday.

[06:17.68]W:Whattimedoyoustart?

[06:19.90]M:Iwork9to3.

[06:22.49]ThenIstartagainat5:30andworkuntil11.

[06:26.33]Sixdaysaweek.

[06:28.67]SoIhavetoworkveryunsocialhours.

[06:31.88]W:Anddoyouhavetoworkattheweekend?

[06:34,31]M:Oh,yes,that'sourbusiesttime.

[06:36.68]!getWednesdaysoff.

[06:39,07]W:Whatarethethingsyouhavetodo,

[06:41.3l]andthethingsyoudon'thavetodo?

[06:43.95]M:Eh,Idon'thavetodothewashing-up,sothat'sgood.

[06:47.97]!havetowearwhite

[06:50.50]andIhavetokeepeverythinginthekitchentotallyclean.

[06:53.66]W:What'shardaboutthejob?

[06:57,14]M:You'restandingupallthetime.

[06:58.69]Whenwe'rebusy,peoplegetangryandsharp.

[07:02.66]Butthat'snormal.

[07:04,23]W:Howdidyoulearntheprofession?

[07:07.03]M:Well,Ididatwo-yearcourseatcollege.

[07:10.40]Inthefirstyear,wehadtolearnthebasics.

[07:13.77]Andthenwehadtotakeexams.

[07:15.99]W:Wasiteasytofindajob?

[07:18.47]M:Iwrotetoaboutsixhotels.

[07:21.21]Andoneofthemgavememyfirstjob.

[07:23.73]SoIdidn'thavetowaittoolong.

[07:25.66]W:Andwhat'sthesecretofbeinggoodatyourjob?

[07:29.96]M:Attentiontodetail.Youhavetoloveit.

[07:33.87]Youhavetoshowpassionforit.

[07:36.57]W:Andwhatareyourplansforthefuture?

fO7:39.64]M:Iwanttohavemyownplacewhenthetimeisright.

[07:43.22]Questions19to22arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

[07:52.62]19.Whatdoesthemansayabouthisjob?

[08:14.19]20.Whatdoesthemanthinkisthehardestpartofhisjob?

[08:37.24]21.Wheredidthemangethisfirstjobaftergraduation?

[08:59.87]22,Whatdoesthemansayisimportanttobeinggoodathisjob?

[09:22.44]ConversationTwo

[09:25.03]W:Nowyou'veseenthistableoffigures

[09:28.14]aboutthepocketmoneychildreninBritainget?

[09:31.71]M:Yes.Ithoughtitwasquiteinteresting,

[09:34.76]butIdon'tquiteunderstandthecolumnentitled"Change".

[09:39.30]Canyouexplainwhatitmeans?

[09:42.20]W:Well,Ithinkitmeansthechangefromtheyearbefore.

[09:46,49]!amnotamathematician,

[09:49.12]butIassumetherisefrom72pto90p

[09:54.23]isariseof25percent.

[09:57.33]M:Oh,yes.Isee.

[09:59.09]Andtheinflationrateisthereforcomparison.

[10:02.40]W:Yes.Whydoyouthinktheriseinpocketmoney

[10:05.97]isoftenhigherthaninflation?

[10:08.45]M:IamsorryI'venoidea.

[10:11.56]PerhapsparentsinBritainaretoogenerous.

[10:14.15]W:Perhapstheyare.

[10:15.86]Butitlooksasifchildrenwerenotbetteroffin2001

[10:21.00]thantheywerein2002.

[10:24.16]That'sstrange,isn'tit?

[10:26.12]Andtheyseemtohavebeenbetteroffin2003

[10:29.94]thantheyarenow.

[10:31.81]!wonderwhythatis.

[10:33.93]M:Yes.Idonftunderstandthatatall.

[10:36.93]W:Anyway,ifyouhadchildren,

[10:40.13]howmuchpocketmoneywouldyougivethem?

[10:43.20]M:Ido^tknow.

[10:45.11]IthinkI'llprobablygivethem2poundsaweek.

[10:49,40]W:Wouldyou?

[10:50.70]Andwhatwouldyouexpectthemtodowithit?

[10:53.54]M:Well,outofthat,

[10:55.4l]they'dhavetobuysomesmallpersonalthings,

[10:58.1l]butIwouldn'texpectthem

[10:59.88]tosavetobuytheirownsocks,forexample.

[11:02,46]W:Yes.Bytheway,

[11:04.73]domostchildreninyourcountrygetpocketmoney?

[ll:08.68]M:Yeah,theydo.

[ll:09.92]Questions23to25arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

[11:18.46]23.Whatisthetableoffiguresabout?

[11:40.39]24.Whatdowelearnfromtheconversation

[11:45.00]aboutBritishchildren'spocketmoney?

[12:04.54]25.Supposingthemanhadchildren,

[12:08.42]whatwouldheexpectthemtodowiththeirpocketmoney?

[12:29.36]SectionB

[12:31.03]Directions:Inthissection,

[12:34.42]youwillhear3shortpassages.

[12:37.18]Attheendofeachpassage,

[12:39.84]youwillhearsomequestions.

[12:41.56]Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.

[12:46.74]Afteryouhearaquestion,

fl2:49.17]youmustchoosethebestanswer

[12:51.35]fromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).

[12:57.02]ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2

[13:01.77]withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

[13:04.80]PassageOne

[13:06.97]Asthenewsalesdirectorforanationalcomputerfirm,

[13:11.72]AlexGordonwaslookingforwardtohisfirstmeeting

[13:15.59]withthecompany'sdistrictmanagers.

[13:17.56]Everyonearrivedontime,

[13:20.53]andAlex'spresentationwentextremelywell.

[13:23.66]Hedecidedtoendthemeetingwiththeconversation

[13:27.76]abouttheimportanceofthedistrictmanagerstothecompany'splans.

[13:31.89]"!believewearegoingtocontinue

[13:36.23]loincreaseourshareofthemarket,"hebegan,

[13:40.07]Mbecauseofthequalityofthepeopleinthisroom.

[13:42.86]Thedistrictmanageristhekeytothesuccess

[13:47.07]ofthesalesrepresentativesinhisdistrict.

[13:49.89]Hesetsthetermforeveryoneelse.

[13:53.26]Ifhehasambitiousgoalsandiswillingtoputinlonghours,

[13:58.08]everyoneinhisunitwillfollowhisexample.'1

[14:01.64]WhenAlexwasfinished,hereceivedpoliteapplause,

[14:07.92]buthardlythewarmresponsehehadhopedfor.

[14:11.30]Laterhespokewithoneoftheseniormanagers.

[14:15.86]"Thingsweregoingsowelluntiltheend,"

[14:20.20]Alexsaiddisappointedly.

[14:21.70]"Obviously,Isaidthewrongthing/1

[14:24.35]"Yes,nthedistrictmanagerreplied.

[14:29.27]"Halfofourmanagersarewomen.

[14:31.49]Mosthaveworkedtheirwayupfromsalesrepresentatives,

[14:35.81]andtheyareveryproudoftherole

[14:37.5l]they'veplayedinthecompany'sgrowth.

[14:39.97]Theydon*tcareatallaboutpoliticalcorrectness.

[14:43.59]Buttheyweredefinitelysurprisedanddistressed

[14:47.03]tobereferredtoas*he'inyourspeech."

[14:51.30]Questions26to29arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

[14:57.90]26.WhodidAlexGordonspeaktoatthefirstmeeting?

[15:21.05]27.WhatdidAlexwanttoemphasizeattheendofhispresentation?

[15:44.42]28.Whatdowelearnabouttheaudienceatthemeeting?

[16:06.55]29.WhydidAlexfailtoreceivethewarmresponsehehadhopedfor?

[16:30.48]PassageTwo

[16:31.47]Thewaytocomplainistoactbusiness-likeandimportant.

[16:37.92]Ifyourcomplaintisimmediate,

[16:40.58]supposeyougotthewrongorderatarestaurant,

[16:44.15]makeapolitebutfirmrequesttoseethemanager.

[16:48.70]Whenthemanagercomes,askhisorhername.

[16:53.21]Andthenstateyourproblem

[16:55.1l]andwhatyouexpecttohavedoneaboutit.

[16:58.06]Bepolite!

[16:59.92]Shoutingoractingrudewillgetyounowhere.

[17:03.40]Butalsobefirminmakingyourcomplaint.

[17:06.811Besides,actimportant.

[17:12.20]Thisdoesn'tmeantoputonairs

[17:14.84]andsayHdoyouknowwhoIam?"

[17:17.58]Whatitmeansisthatpeopleareoftentreatedtheway

[17:21.86]theyexpecttobetreated.

[17:24.15]Ifyouactlikesomeonewhoexpectsafairrequesttobegranted,

[17:28.8l]chancesareitwillbegranted.

[17:32.14]Theworstwaytocomplainisoverthetelephone.

[17:35.88]Youarespeakingtoavoicecomingfromsomeoneyoucannotsee.

[17:40.70]Soyoucan'ttellhowthepersononthelineisreacting.

[17:45.22]Itiseasyforthatpersontogiveyoutherun-around.

[17:49.99]Complaininginpersonorbyletterisgenerallymoreeffective.

[17:56.93]Ifyourcomplaintdoesn'trequireanimmediateresponse,

[18:01.28]itoftenhelpstocomplainbyletter.

[18:04.34]Ifyouhaveanappliancethatdoesn'twork,

[18:07.52]sendalettertothestorethatsoldit.

[18:10.48]Bebusiness-likeandsticktothepoint.

[18:14.10]Don'tspendaparagraphonhowyouruncleJoe

[18:18.25]triedtofixtheproblemandcouldn't.

[18:21.21]Questions30to32arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

[18:27.79]30.Whatdoesthespeakersuggestyoudo

[18:33.69]whenyouarenotservedproperlyatarestaurant?

[18:53.07]31.Whydoesthespeakersaytheworstwaytocomplain

[18:59.01]isoverthetelephone?

[19:17.37]32.Whatshouldyoudoifyoumakeacomplaintbyletter?

[19:39.52]PassageThree

[19:40.6l]BarbaraSandersisawifeandthemotheroftwochildren,

[19:46.12]ages2and4.

[19:48.63]Herhusband,Tom,isanengineerandmakesanexcellentsalary.

[19:54.49]BeforeBarbarahadchildren,

[19:57.45]sheworkedasanarchitectforthegovernment,

[20:00.09]designinggovernmenthousing.

[20:02.43]Shequitherjobwhenshebecamepregnant,

[20:05.86]bulisnowinterestedinreturningtowork.

[20:08.93]She*sbeenofferedanexcellentjobwiththegovernment.

[20:12.6l]Herhusbandfeelsit'sunnecessaryforhertowork

[20:17.35]sincethefamilydoesnotneedtheaddedincome.

[20:19.88]Healsothinksthatawomanshouldstayhomewithherchildren.

[20:24.76]IfBarbarafeelstheneedtodosociallyimportantwork,

[20:29.09]hethinksthatsheshoulddovolunteerwork

[20:31.89]oneortwodaysaweek.

[20:33.33]Barbara,ontheotherhand,

[20:36.03]hasmissedtheexcitementofherprofession

[20:38.72]anddoesnotfeelshewouldbesatisfieddoingvolunteerwork.

[20:42.35]Shewouldalsoliketohaveherownincome,

[20:45.35]soshedoesnothavetoaskherhusbandformoney

[20:48.79]whenevershewantstobuysomething.

[20:50.69]Shedoesnotthinkit'snecessary

[20:53.80]tostayhomeeverydaywiththechildren

[20:55.88]andsheknowsaveryreliablebaby-sitter

[20:59.22]who*swillingtocometoherhouse.

[21:01.18]Tomdoesnotthinkababy-sittercanreplaceamother

[21:05.48]andthinksit*sabadideaforthechildren

[21:08.43]tospendsomuchtimewithsomeone

[21:10.60]who'snotpartofthefamily.

[21:13.5l]Questions33to35arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

[21:20.55]33.WhatwasBarbara'sprofessionbeforeshehadchildren?

[21:44.27]34.WhatdoesBarbara'shusbandsuggestshedo

[21:48.62]ifshewantstowork?

[22:06.00]35.WhatdoesTomthinkabouthiringababy-sitter?

[22:27.7l]SectionC

[22:28.74]Directions:Inthissection,

[22:32.56]youwillhearapassagethreetimes.

[22:35.40]Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,

[22:38.46]youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.

[22:41.73]Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,

[22:45.25]youarerequiredtofillintheblanks

[22:47.87]numberedfrom36to43

[22:50.72]withtheexactwordsyouhavejustheard.

[22:54.40]Forblanksnumberedfrom44to46

[22:58.29]youarerequiredtofillinthemissinginformation.

[23:01.71]Fortheseblanks,

[23:03.69]youcaneitherusetheexactwordsyouhavejustheard

[23:06.93]orwritedownthemainpointsinyourownwords.

[23:U.08]Finally,whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,

[23:15.22]youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.

[23:17.79]Nowlistentothepassage.

[23:20.89]Almosteverychild,onthefirstday

[23:25.77]hesetsfootintheschoolbuilding,issmarter,

[23:28.82]morecurious,lessafraidofwhathedoesn'tknow,

[23:32.75]betteratfindingandfiguringthingsout,

[23:36.03]moreconfident,resourceful,persistent,andindependent

[23:40.9l]thanhewilleverbeagaininhisschooling

[23:43.62]—orunlessheisveryunusualandverylucky,

[23:46.68]fortherestofhislife.

[23:48,70]Already,bypayingcloseattentionto

[23:52.43]andinteractingwiththeworldandpeoplearoundhim,

[23:55.44]andwithoutanyschool-typeformalinstruction,

[23:58.50]hehasdoneataskfarmoredifficult,

[24:01.25]complicatedandabstract

[24:02.80]thananythinghewillbeaskedtodoinschool,

[24:06.07]orthananyofhisteachershasdoneforyears.

[24:08.73]Hehassolvedthemysteryoflanguage.

[24:12.08]Hehasdiscoveredit

[24:14.41]一babiesdon'tevenknowthatlanguageexists

[24:16.98]—andhehasfoundouthowitworks

[24:19.89]andlearnedtouseitappropriately.

[24:22.42]Hehasdoneitbyexploring,byexperimenting,

[24:26.98]bydevelopinghisownmodelofthegrammaroflanguage,

[24:30.88]bytryingitoutandseeingwhetheritworks

[24:34.10]bygraduallychangingitandrefiningit

[24:37.3l]untilitdoeswork.

[24:38.94]Andwhilehehasbeendoingthis,

[24:41.62]hehasbeenlearningotherthingsaswell,

[24:44.32]includingmanyoftheconcepts

[24:46.9l]thattheschoolsthinkonlytheycanteachhim,

[24:49.9l]andmanythataremorecomplicated

[24:52.2l]thantheonestheydotrytoteachhim.

[24:54.66]Nowthepassagewillbereadagain.

[24:58.61]Almosteverychild,onthefirstday

[25:03.86]hesetsfootintheschoolbuilding,issmarter,

[25:07.44]morecurious,lessafraidofwhathedoesn'tknow,

[25:11.62]betteratfindingandfiguringthingsout,

[25:14.99]moreconfident,resourceful,persistent,andindependent

[25:19.85]thanhewilleverbeagaininhisschooling

[25:22.51]一orunlessheisveryunusualandverylucky,

[25:26.93]fortherestofhislife.

[25:28.93]Already,bypayingcloseattentionto

[25:32.3l]andinteractingwiththeworldandpeoplearoundhim,

[25:35.9l]andwithoutanyschool-typeformalinstruction,

[25:39.57]hehasdoneataskfarmoredifficult,

[25:42.63]complicatedandabstract

[25:45.07]thananythinghewillbeaskedtodoinschool,

[25:47.77]orthananyofhisteachershasdoneforyears.

[25:50.96]Hehassolvedthemysteryoflanguage.

[25:55.10]Hehasdiscoveredit

[25:57.59]一babiesdon'levenknowthatlanguageexists

[26:01.04]一andhehasfoundouthowitworks

[26:04.1l]andlearnedtouseitappropriately.

[26:49.46]Hehasdoneitbyexploring,byexperimenting,

[26:52.57]bydevelopinghisownmodelofthegrammaroflanguage,

[26:56.30]bytryingitoutandseeingwhetheritworks

[27:00.08]bygraduallychangingitandrefiningit

[27:03.26]untilitdoeswork.

[28:02.03]Andwhilehehasbeendoingthis,

[28:03.38]hehasbeenlearningotherthingsaswell,

[28:06.08]includingmanyoftheconcepts

[28:08.77]thattheschoolsthinkonlytheycanteachhim,

[29:15.82]andmanythataremorecomplicated

[29:17.90]thantheonestheydotrytoteachhim.

[29:20.56]Nowthepassagewillbereadforthethirdtime.

[29:24.83]Almosteverychild,onthefirstday

[29:29.40]hesetsfootintheschoolbuilding,issmarter,

[29:32.30]morecurious,lessafraidofwhathedoesn'tknow,

[29:36.30]betteratfindingandfiguringthingsout,

[29:39.6l]moreconfident,resourceful,persistent,andindependent

[29:44.37]thanhewilleverbeagaininhisschooling

[29:47.13]一orunlessheisveryunusualandverylucky,

[29:50.60]fortherestofhislife.

[29:52.22]Already,bypayingcloseattentionto

[29:56.17]andinteractingwiththeworldandpeoplearoundhim,

[29:58.82]andwithoutanyschool-typeformalinstruction,

[30:01.97]hehasdoneataskfarmoredifficult,

[30:04.73]complicatedandabstract

[30:06.58]thananythinghewillbeaskedtodoinschool,

[30:09.90]orthananyofhisteachershasdoneforyears.

[30:12.15]Hehassolvedthemysteryoflanguage.

[30:15.38]Hehasdiscoveredit

[30:17.82]一babiesdon'tevenknowthatlanguageexists

[30:20.83]—andhehasfoundouthowitworks

[30:23.27]andlearnedtouseitappropriately.

[30:25.8l]Hehasdoneitbyexploring,byexperimenting,

[30:30.18]bydevelopinghisownmodelofthegrammaroflanguage,

[30:33.95]bytryingitoutandseeingwhetheritworks

[30:37.37]bygraduallychangingitandrefiningit

[30:40.56]untilitdoeswork.

[30:42.59]Andwhilehehasbeendoingthis,

[30:44.82]hehasbeenlearningotherthingsaswell,

[30:47.42]includingmanyoftheconcepts

[30:50.22]thattheschoolsthinkonlytheycanteachhim,

[30:53.07]andmanythataremorecomplicated

[30:55.30]thantheonestheydotrytoteachhim.

[30:58.16]ThisistheendofListeningComprehension.

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[00:13.62]CollegeEnglishTest-Band4

[00:18.00]PartIIIListeningComprehension

[00:22.02]SectionA

[00:24.07]Directions:Inthissection,

[00:27.48]youwillhear8shortconversationsand2longconversations.

[00:32.95]Attheendofeachconversation,

[00:35.40]oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.

f00:40.35]Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.

[00:46.07]Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.

[00:50.04]Duringthepause,

[00:51.80]youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD),

f00:57.08]anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.

[01:00.57]ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2

[01:04.54]withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

[01:07.49]Nowlet'sbeginwiththeeightshortconversations.

[01:15.06]!1.M:Excuseme,

[01:19.25]doyouhavechangeforaten-dollarnote?

[01:22.40]!needtopaytheparkingmeter.

[01:25.25]W:I'msorry.

[01:26.91]ButIthinkyoucangetitthroughthemoneychanger,

[01:29.83]intheshoppingcenteracrossthestreet.

[01:33.90]Q:Whatisthemantryingtodo?

[01:51.94]12.M:Canyourecommendsomething

[01:55.79]thataschoolboyofsevenoreightwillreallylike?

[01:59.56]W:Isuggestthistoytrain,sir.

[02:02.83]It'sanexcellentbrand,verypopular,

[02:05.89]allovertheworldthesedays.

[02:09.56]Q:Whatisthemandoing?

[02:26.97]13.W:Doyouletpeopleknow

[02:30.86]whenyouaretakingpicturesofthem?

[02:33.58]M:Itrynotto.

[02:35.66]Youknow,

[02:36.58]anypictureofapersonwhoposesforthecamera

[02:39.54]wouldlookdullandunnatural.

[02:43.07]Q:Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?

[03:01.49]14.W:1needtotalktosomeone

[03:05.32]whoknowsBaltimorewell.

[03:07.3l]I'mtoldyoulivedthere.

[03:09.24]M:Oh,butIwasreallyyoungatthetime.

[03:13.49]Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

[03:30.69]15.W:Aren'tyoudisappointed

[03:34.26]thatyoudidn'tgetthepromotion?

[03:37,24]M:Maybealittle.

[03:39.00]ButIknowIneedmoreexperience

[03:41.62]beforeFmreadyforthatkindofresponsibility.

[03:45,74]Q:Whatdowelearnaboutthemanfromthisconversation?

[04:06.30]16.W:TvebeenworkingoutthegymsinceJanuary.

[04:12.26]Iwasabitoutofshape.

[04:14.97]M:Youlookterrific!

[04:17.23]Itseemsthatyourefforthaspaidoff.

[04:19.88]Q:Whatdoesthemanimplyaboutthewoman?

[04:38.54]17.W:ProfessorClarksuggested

[04:43,20]!getatutorforadvancedphysics.

[04:46.88]M:Well,thatmighthelp.

[04:49.06]Advancedphysicsisaprettydifficultcourse.

[04:53.63]Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

[05:11.90]18.M:Bill,haveyouheardthelatestnews?

[05:18.17]Itappearswetwowon'tbelaidoffafterall.

[05:22.70]M:Oh,I'msomewhattiredofworkinghere.

[05:26.43]FvebeenwonderingwhetherIshouldresign.

[05:29.81]Anyway,thenewsseemstobegoodforyou.

[05:33.78]Q:Howdoesthemanfeelaboutthenews?

[05:53.14]Nowyou'llhearthetwolongconversations.

[05:57.05]ConversationOne

[05:59.85]W:Hello,ParksonCollege.

f06:02.21]MayIhelpyou?

[06:03.69]M:Yes.Fmlookingforinformationoncourses

[06:07.15]incomputerprogramming.

[06:09.19]!wouldneeditforthefallsemester.

[06:11.99]W:Doyouwantadayoreveningcourse?

[06:15.71]M:Well,itwouldhavetobeaneveningcourse

[06:18.83]sinceIworkduringtheday.

[06:20.74]W:Aha.Haveyoutakenanycoursesindataprocessing?

[06:25.79]M:No.

[06:27.32]W:Oh,Well,dataprocessingisacourseyouhavetotake

[06:31.58]beforeyoucantakecomputerprogramming.

[06:34,45]M:Oh,Isee.

[06:36.94]Well,whenisitgiven?

[06:39.69]!hopeit*snotonThursdays.

[06:41,88]W:Well,there'saclassthatmeets

[06:44.89]onMondayeveningsatseven.

[06:47.34]M:Justonceaweek?

[06:49.02]W:Yes.Butthat'salmostthreehours

[06:52.46]fromseventonineforty-five.

[06:54,96]M:Oh.Well,that'salright.

[06:57.55]!couldmanagethat.

[06:59.68]Howmanyweeksdoesthecourselast?

[07:02.23]W:Mmmm,letmesee.Twelveweeks.

[07:06.90]YoustartthefirstweekinSeptember,andfinish,

[07:11.07]oh,justbeforeChristmas.December21st.

[07:15.35]M:Andhowmuchisthecourse?

[07:18.25]W:That'sthreehundreddollars

[07:20.24]includingthenecessarycomputertime.

[07:22.63]M:Aha.Okay.Ah,wheredoIgotoregister?

[07:29.05]W:RegistrationisonthesecondandthirdofSeptember,

[07:32.97]between6:00and9:00inFrostHall.

[07:36.46]M:Isthattheroundbuildingbehindtheparkinglot?

[07:39.37]W:Yes.Thafstheone.

[07:41.85]M:Oh,Iknowhowtogetthere.

[07:44.18]IsthereanythingthatIshouldbringwithme?

[07:46.87]W:Nojustyourcheckbook.

[07:49,71]M:Well,thankyousomuch.

[07:51.36]W:Youareverywelcome.Bye!

[07:53,36]M:Bye!

[07:55.92]Questions19to22arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

[08:02.18]19.Whydoesthemanchoosetotakeaneveningcourse?

[08:24.72]20.Whatdoesthemanhavetodo

[08:28.05]beforetakingthecourseofcomputerprogramming?

[08:47.79]21.Whatdowelearnaboutthescheduleoftheeveningcourse?

[09:08.82]22.Whatdoesthemanwanttoknowattheendoftheconversation?

[09:31.18]ConversationTwo

[09:34.24]W:Sowhyexactlydoesyourjob

[09:37.25]haveareputationforbeingstressful?

[09:40.77]M:Stressisgenerallydrivenbythefeeling

[09:43.92]ofbeingoutofcontrolofasituation

[09:46.77]andthefeelingofasituationcontrollingyou.

[09:50.09]Tradinginfinancialmarketscombinesboth.

[09:53.76]W:Howdoyourelaxintheevening?

[09:57.13]M:Iveryrarelydoanythingwork-related

[09:59.60]soit'seasytoescape"TheMarkets1'.

[10:02.33]!generallygotothegymorgoforarun,

[10:05.65]especiallyifI'vehadabadday.

[10:08.56]!alwayscookamealratherthanhaveatake-away

[10:12.17]todosomethingmybrainwouldregardascreative.

[10:15.71]W:Doyouthinkwhatyoudotorelax

[10:18.71]isaneffectivewaytobeatstress?

[10:21,87]M:Idon'tthinkthere'saspecificruleabouthowtobeatstress.

[10:25.99]!generallyfindthatwhatIdoiseffectiveforme.

[10:29.98]W:Wouldyouconsiderchangingyourjob

[10:32.51]becauseofthehighstressfactor?

[10:34.91]M:Ihaveconsideredleavingmyjob

[10:37.05]duetostress-relatedfactors.

[10:39.19]However,Idothinkthatanelementofstressisagoodthing,

[10:43.77]andifusedtherightway,

[10:45.45]canactuallybeapositivething.

[10:48.25]W:Whatdoyouenjoyaboutthestressfulaspectsofyourjob?

[10:53.04]M:Havingsaidallthat,

[10:54.68]!doactuallyenjoyanelementofuncertainty.

[10:58.42]!enjoyamentalchallenge.

[ll:00.92]Tradinggeneratesawiderangeofemotionssecondbysecond.

[11:05.12]Howyoudealwithandmanagethoseemotions,

[11:08.16]dictatesshort,mediumandlongtermtradingperformanceandsuccess.

[ll:15.45]Questions23to25arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

[11:22.44]23.Whatistheman'sjob?

[11:42.68]24.Whydoesthemanprefertocookameal

[11:47.97]ratherthanhaveatake-away?

[12:05.87]25.Whatdoesthemansayaboutanelementofstressinhisjob?

[12:29.30]SectionB

[12:31.28]Directions:Inthissection,

[12:34.90]youwillhear3shortpassages.

[12:38.66]Attheendofeachpassage,

[12:41.80]youwillhearsomequestions.

[12:44.50]Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.

[12:50.17]Afteryouhearaquestion,

[12:52.16]youmustchoosethebestanswer

[12:54.25]fromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).

[13:00.69]ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2

[13:04.96]withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

[13:08.89]PassageOne