1. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage.1) In this monologue the speaker mainly talks about ________.A) stories about college lifeB) the life of college freshmenC) carefree life of college studentsD) differences between college and high school2) According to the speaker, the freshman experience will ________.A) enable students to find true friendshipB) leave a deep impression on every studentC) decide what a student can do in the futureD) teach students the importance of responsibility

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage.1. In this monologue (独白) Alberto tells us that ________.A) he is interested in language researchB) he is good at Chinese and GermanC) he has a degree in political scienceD) he wants to be a language teacher2. According to Alberto, he is not very good at ________ in learning foreign languages.A) verb tensesB) reading speedC) speakingD) spelling3. To learn a foreign language well, Alberto strongly emphasizes ________.A) watching TV in that languageB) reading extensively in that languageC) communicating with native speakersD) reading about the culture of that language4. In this monologue Alberto talks about all of the following EXCEPT ________.A) why he likes to learn foreign languagesB) when he first started learning a new languageC) why learning foreign languages is necessaryD) some helpful ways he finds in learning a new language5. One of the reasons why Alberto learns multiple languages is that ________.A) he has a natural talent in learning languagesB) he can study political science in greater depthC) he is attracted by the beauty of different languagesD) he can broaden his mind by knowing more languages

Please turn to page 95. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage.1)This talk is mainly about ________.

A. why teenagers refuse to listen to their parents
B. what the larger problems in the parent-teenager relationship are
C. what needs to be done to improve the parent-teenager relationship
D. what causes the communication problem between teenagers and their parents

The speaker says that difficulty in communication between teenagers and their parents is mainly caused by ________.

A. generation gap
B. misunderstanding
C. lack of communication
D. different styles of thinking

The “taking out the trash” incident is a good example to show that ________.

A. teenagers should communicate more with their mothers
B. teenagers usually refuse to help their mothers with house chores
C. teenagers often miss the implied message in their mother’s instruction
D. teenagers are usually unwilling to follow their mother’s instructions

The speaker believes that ________.

A. the “taking out the trash” incident is an exceptional case
B. unhappiness caused by small incidents at home can cause larger problems
C. misunderstanding between parents and their children is easy to be solved
D. it can be a serious cause of concern if miscommunication occurs in bigger issues