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College English Test Band 4

Short Conversation

11.W: Have you finished that painting for the new student center?

M: Just this morning. I’ve been working extra hours all week. You know, the building opens tomorrow.

Q: What does the man mean?

12.M: Do you sell camping gear?

W: Yes, we have tents, sleeping bags, just about everything you might need, including stoves.

Q: What is the man probably going to do?

13.M: Hi Jenny. Have you talked to Mr. Wright about the new sports program?

W: Well, I contacted his office half an hour ago, and his secretary said he was out for lunch until 2:00.

Q: What does the woman mean?

14.M: Bill says he’s not working so hard on his biology project.

W: But he spends a lot of time in the lab, doesn’t he?

Q: What does the woman imply about Bill?

15.M: I have to say I find the new smoking regulations too strict.

W: Well, they are for everyone’s health. I have no complaints.

Q: What are the speakers talking about?

16.W: Jack asked me to drop off this report. He’s tied up in meetings all morning.

M: I was hoping he brings it in himself. I need to talk with him about it.

Q: Why can’t Jack come in person?

17.M: Should we invite Mr. Smith to join us for dinner this weekend? He’s just come back

from England.

W: You can have a try, but as far as I know, he seldom accepts invitations from his employees.

Q: What can we infer about Mr. Smith?

18.W: This place doesn’t look familiar at all. We must be lost.

M: Yeah, it seems so. Let’s pull in here. While I’m filling the tank, you g o ask the way and get me something to drink, please.

Q: What is the man going to do first?

Long Conversation 1

M: Well, did you enjoy it?

W: Yes, I enjoy it much more than I thought I would.

M: Really?

W: Yes, I don’t usually go to science fiction films. I don’t think they are much better than comics on film, if you know what I mean.

M: yes, sure. And a few years ago, they were certainly like that. But they’ve got a lot better now. W: Yes, and historical films–that’s what I really like. I never miss a goo d film set in the Middle Ages. Oh, and love stores—I never miss one on TV.

M: Funnily enough, I don’t like those kinds of films at all. But to come back to this one, I personally didn’t think it was very good. It certainly wasn’t as good as other science f iction films

I’ve seen/ W: Wasn’t it?

M: No, not at all. Oh, the effects were very good.

W: Yes, I thought they were marvelous, especially the battle in space, incredible.

M: Yes, but I was going to say I thought the acting was terrible.

W: Yes, I suppose Jason was too good to be true. And what was the name of baddy?

M: Cargon?

W: Yeah, Cargon was really evil, wasn’t he? But I suppose that’s what these films are all about—good triumphing over evil. And the characters have to be black and white.

M: Well, ye s, but not always. War of worlds wasn’t like that, for example. Anyway, you enjoyed the film. That’s most important.

W: Yes, I did. Thanks for taking me.

19. What does the man say about science fiction films?

20. What opinion do the speakers share about the film they have just seen?

21. What do we learn about Jason and Cargon?

Long Conversation 2

M: Can I ask you about your evening class? What class do you go to?

W: Car maintenance.

M: What night of the week is it on?

W: Wednesday night.

M: And how long does it last?

W: Well, it's supposed to start at 6:00, but that's a bit of problem because people have difficulty getting through the traffic. So we start at 6:30 and then it goes on until 9 o'clock.

M: And what was your reason for wanting to do the class?

W: Wel, I just bought my first car and I don't know anything about the cars. So I thought it was a good opportunity to learn. I guess most people in the class are in the same situation.

M: Um, and what do you actually do? Do you bring the car along to the class?

W: Yes, we do. And in the first part of the lesson, the first half hour, hte man who runs the class will go though some particular part of the car, and we'll learn about it. And then we spend the rest of the time, actually working on our own cars, the same problem.

M: And how many peope are there in the class?

W: Um, I think 16, but three quarters of them are women. It's quite interesting because the man is obviously used to teaching men. And he always starts his sentence by saying, "Wow, you chaps will know..." And then he stops and says,"Oh, and you women, you ladies, but...er..."

M: Um, sounds funny.

22. What does the woman say about her evening class?

23. Why did the woman want ot attend the class?

24. What do the peopl who attend the class do in the first part of the lesson?

25. What do we learn about the participants in the class?

Passage One

We don't choose friends on the basis of how much money they have, of course, but vast differences can be disturbing to both sides. Erin, for example, is single, and earns a very good salary. Her friend, Pat, a divorced mother of three, is struggling to make ends meet. " We are both frequent theater-goers," Erin explains, " and I'd glady par for two tickets, just to have Pat's company at plays in concerts, but she won't go anywhere unless she can pay her own way.

I hate to go alone, so we both stay home. It all seems so silly." Pat sees the situation differently.

After an unhappy marriage to a man who tried to control her without considering her wishes and feelings, she says, "it's very important to me to carry my own weight. I'm not comfortable in any relationship where all I do is take."

The difficult situation finally changed when Erin moved recently. Pat's children were with their father, so she took a picnic lunchto her friend's new place, then spent the day helping her unpack and get settled.

"I was so grateful," Erin says, "that I persuaded Pat to let me return the favour in my own way with season tickets to our little theater group. I think she's beginning to recognize that she contributes as much to our friendship as I do."

26. What do we learn about Pat?

27. What draws Erin and Pat together?

28. What does Erin do to return Pat's favor?

29. What do we learn about friendship from the passage?

Passage Two

Sun school in the won of Ashbert in England is a day school for children aged 10 to 18. It is based on the value of social equality between students and staff, and has few rules. Sun School believes that the healthy growth of a child is more important than academic success. It offers a variety of lessons and activities for students to choose from and free time for children to follow their own interests. Classes are small, and based on the individual needs of each child. The imetable is fixed, but democratically decided, and students makes all the decisions that affect the school, including rules, the timetable adn accepting or rejecting new stuents and teachers.

Participating in these meetings gives the children an understanding of democratic decision-making and helps them develop their skills of augument and persuation. The most important advantage of the school meeting is that it shows the children that the school is really theirs. They have the right to decide on changes. And the school's success or failure depends on their decisions and their behavior.

Sun School employs no cooking or cleaning staff. These jobs are done by students and teachers. Decorating and simple repairs are also done by the students. It is believed that for the school to truly belong to those who use it, they must take responsibility for its maintenance.

30. What value is Sun Scholl based on?

31. What is characteristic of the school's decision-making process?

32. Why does Sun School ask students to do its maintenance?

Passage Three

Well, to continue, as I mentioned earlier, there is also research that demonstrates that individuals perform worse, not better, on tasks when other people are there. R. W. Harburt did an interesting experiment. He had his subjects learn a finger maze. Thi is a game in which you indicate with your finger the way through a complex system of passages or paths. The subjects who had an audience did worse than the subjects who did alone.

Now how can we explain these very different results? It seemed very confusing for a long time. Social psychologist, John Roberts, finally cleared up the confusion about why people sometimes perform better and sometimes worse in front of an audience. Roberts found that the presence of an audience facilitates what you already know how to do. That is, if you know what you are doing, having an audience helps you do it better. But if you don't already know how to do something, you will probably make some mistakes and you will make mistakes for a longer time if you have an

audience. That's exactly what happened to the subjects who were learning the finger maze.

So, if you are doing well, having an audience increases the chances that you will continue to do well. If you are doing badly, having an audience increase the chances that you will continue to do badly. Roberts cleverly pointed out that when you are first learning something, you are better off working alone than practicing with other people.

33. What did the speaker probably discuss before coming to this part of the talk?

34. When does the presence of an audience facilitate your performance according to Roberts?

35. What does Roberts think is a better way to learn new things?

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