Part B
Directions: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.
听力原文:M: Congratulations on breaking the records at the recent Olympics, Miss Green!
W: Thank you, Mr. Rarker.
M: Oh, look at those trophies ! You became a swimming star at the age of fifteen, didn't you?
W: Yeah, you're right.
M: Could you tell me something about your plans for the future?
W: To tell you the truth, I'm going to give up swimming from now on.
M: I beg your pardon?
W: I mean I'd rather not swim at all. I'm too old to...
M: Excuse me, if I'm not wrong, you've only twenty now. Is it too old at twenty?
W: Yes, too old for a swimmer. If I swim in an international competition, 1'11 hardly be able to win.
M: But...er...don't you enjoy swimming?
W: Certainly, and I enjoy visiting other countries, and the Olympics are very exciting. However, I missed more important things. I had to work very hard at swimming. There was training before school, after school, and at weekends. While other girls were growing up, I was swimming, swimming. But life isn't merely swimming, is it?
When did Miss Green become a swimming stars
At the age of 15.
B. At the age of 20.
C. At the age of l8.
D. At the age of 16.
M: Let me see. It's one pound and fifty.
Who is the woman most probably speaking to?
A railway porter.
B. A bus conductor.
C. A taxi driver.
D. A postal clerk.
Why is the woman going td give up swimming?
A. She doesn't enjoy swimming.
B. She thinks she will never win in an international competition.
C. She can't bear the hard training,
D. She wants to do something other than swimming in her life.
听力原文:M: How about the food I ordered? I've been waiting for 20 minutes already.
W: I'm very sorry, sir. I will be back with your order in a minute.
What's the woman's job?
A shop assistant.
B. A telephone operator.
C. A waitress.
D. A clerk.