2006.01公派统考听力
Section 1
Listen to the following talk-and fill in the blanks as you listen. You will listen to the talk ONCE only. You now have 60 SECONDS to look at questions 1 to 10.
Studying abroad can serve several purposes at once; it can extend your academic achievements, broaden your outlook and demonstrate initiative and adaptability to future employers. If you are to get the maximum (1)benefit from your studies overseas you need to select an institution in the mainstream of national life rather than a “college” (2)town perhaps tourist-ridden, or the internationalized capital city with its very high living costs.
I feel sure that our university can offer what you need over a wide range of (3)disciplines. The university is one of Britain’s leading centres of advanced teaching and research with students drawn from over 90 countries. Our city has the good (4) fortune to be a lively city, firmly set in the heart of British commercial and agricultural life, that has grown up over the centuries on the basis of technological pre-eminence (5) without bringing industry into the city centre itself. Here students can find themselves in the heart of British city life, yet only a few minutes away from beautiful and (6) historic countryside; this really is Great Britain.
Although by international standards our university, is quite small, with only 8,700 students, in Britain it is one of the (7) larger institutions offering both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
The university has a long tradition of teaching students from overseas. This means that the university’s staff have developed an understanding of the special needs of overseas students and have, in many cases, developed (8) links with universities, research institutes and governments abroad. At the moment one in nine students comes from overseas and over 90 countries are (9)represented on the campus. As a student this means you have an opportunity to meet colleagues from many different cultures (10) while at the same time many of your friends could be students from your own state.
You now have 30 SECONDS to check your answers.
2006.01公派统考听力
Section 2
Part A
You are going to hear a telephone conversation between a customer and a clerk on booking airline tickets. As you listen, complete the following form by writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. You will listen to this part ONCE only.
You now have 30 SECONDS to read questions 11 to 15. AIR CHINA TICKE T BOOKING INFORMATION DATE OF FLIGHT TIME OF FLIGHT CLIENT’S NAME MAILING ADDRESS PHONE NUMBER 11．June 25th/25th June 12．23:50 13．Philip Barney 14. 48 West 114 Street, New York 15．87546273 You now have 30 SECONDS to check your answers.
Part B
Now listen to the news from BBC World Service. As you listen, write T for the correct statement and F for the incorrect statement. You will listen to the news ONCE only.
You now have 30 SECONDS to look at questions 16 to 20.
F 16．Demonstrators’ behaviors are aggressive. F 17．Exports go down by nearly 14%.
T 18．A political writer died at home at the age of 62.
T 19．80,000 people were made homeless by floods In India.
T 20．The Japanese Bullet train line was suspended damaged by a typhoon.
You now have 30 SECONDS to check your answers.
2006.01公派统考听力
Section 3
You are going to hear a talk on taxes and expenditures. Listen carefully and then answer the following questions by writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. You will listen to this part TWICE.
You now have 60 SECONDS to read questions 21 to 30.
21．What is the first source of the British government income? Income tax= corporation
22．What is the third source of the British government income? Social security contribution
23．Where does the British government money first go? consolidated fund: old age pension
24．What is one of the responsibilities of the local authorities? Education, road building, public housing/houses, 25．What does “rates” mean in the talk? Local property taxes revenue
26．How much does the US government spend on defense in terms of percentage? 25%
27．What kind of taxes do American individual states collect besides income taxes? Corporation sales taxes
28．According to the speaker, people of which country pay the most taxes? Norway levy GNP ratio 33， 42UK 59No, 48 F,28J,20 29．People of which country have the worst social services? Spain
30．What do lower taxes mean to the poor people? restricted social/public services / Less care/welfare/
You now have 60 SECONDS to check your answers.
2006.01公派统考听力
Section 4
You are going to hear a lecture about immigration. As you listen, complete the following statements by writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. You will listen to this part TWICE.
You now have 60 SECONDS to read questions 31 to 40.
31．In the early 19th century, the world population was 900 million.
32．Irish people had to leave their country because of failure of potato crops. have nothing to lose: romance, land
33．Most immigrants to New York could only work in sweatshop factories. Andrew Carnegie: exception; starvation US, Canada,
34．In the 19th century, the largest group of emigrants came from Britain. 35．5 million Italians emigrated to the US and other parts of the world. Argentina, Siberia
Asian: India –Africa, South not voluntary,
36．Most Chinese emigrated to California. Southeast Asia Caribbean Which received the greatest No.
37．The US received 33+4=37 million immigrants between 1821 and 1940. What do you think of the effect…?
38．The first effect of immigration is that immigrants still keep their languages. Argentina, South Asia . receiving country
39．The second effect of immigration is that immigrants still use their names. Even though absorbed
40．In general, what you have heard is about changes in population and its effect on culture.
You now have 60 SECONDS to check your answers.
You now have 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.