Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
Misjudging someone's use of silence can take place in many contexts and on many levels. Take pausing for example. One's conversational style. may be marked by frequent pausing, thus giving room(or time) for the discourse partner to jump into the conversation by taking his or her next turn. Some speakers, however, may think that the pauses others leave for them are not long enough to claim the floor(发言权) without being rude, while it may be the feeling of the other party that longer pauses would create awkward silences. Such differences in the perception and valuation of pauses may lead to conflict. The person who does not tolerate long pauses may wonder why the other does not want to talk, whereas the person who needs longer pauses to take a turn may think of his or her partner as intolerably talkative.
What is the passage mainly about?
A. Different conversational style.
B. Silence.
C. Pauses.
D. Misjudging someone's use of silence.
听力原文: Conversations are really kind of interesting. I guess it's a kind of hobby of mine to listen to conversations that I can hear in public. It's amazing how different the style, or the tone or the content of different conversations can be and to listen to the differences in the language that people use when they speak to different people.
If you're ever in a bookstore or department store, it's interesting to hear how the same salesperson talks to different people. There're other interesting places to listen to conversations too. I think, and one place that I've found is on bus trips. People often talk to each other as if no one else were there. I guess they think people can't hear their conversations.
Recently-I was on a bus, and I was listening to a conversation of two people behind me. I can't really say t was listening. I guess it would have been hard not to hear it. It was amusing to listen to the two people, though, because they were playing a kind of language, uh, word game about states and state capitals. One person would say the name of the state, and the other person would say the name of the capital.
It sounds like a kind of simple game that doesn't involve much language, and you wouldn't think that it would involve very much conversation, but actually this wasn't the case because they were playing this game. They continued to compliment one another and talk about how much they knew about history and how many of the other things that they could or couldn't remember about those places from their trips or from their reading. It was really kind of fun to listen to them.
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A. Criticizing others on bus.
B. Amusing people in pubic.
C. Enjoying talking to people.
D. Listening to people's conversations in public.
For every course that he follows a student is given a grade, which is recorded, and the record is available for the student to show to prospective employers. All this imposes a constant pressure and strain of work, but in spite of this some students still find time for great activity in student affairs. Elections to positions in student organizations amuse much enthusiasm. The effective work of maintaining discipline is usually performed by students who advise the academic authorities. Any student who is thought to have broken the rules, for example, by cheating has to appear before a student court. With the enormous numbers of students, the operation of the system does involve a certain amount of activity. A student who has held one of these positions of authority is much respected and it will be of benefit to him later in his career.
Normally a student would at least attend ______ classes each week.
A. 36
B. 12
C. 20
D. 15
听力原文:M: Hello! You seem worried. Can I help you?
W: Oh, I feel so strange with my feet in the skis.
M: So you don't know how to ski. Is it the first time you've come here skiing?
W: It's even the first time I see the real white snow.
M: No kidding! Where are you from, young lady?
W: My family and I live in Hainan province, China. We do not have snow in winter; It's always sunshine.
M: No wonder. I guess you must be a very good swimmer, then.
W: You're right. Swimming is my favorite hobby. But I simply don't know what to do with these skis.
M: Don't worry. I'm sure you will learn it very soon. Now walk as I do, all right? Good! Let's go up the hill and try once, shall we? When you want to go up the slope, you should stand side-ways and go up step by step, just like a crab!
W: Oh, it's really funny. I've never walked in this way, but it's interesting.
M: Let's move to the gentle slope, shall we? It will make things easier.
W: I guess I'm a little nervous.
M: Take it easy. Trust yourself. Now, keeping leaning forward while going down. Remember the tips mustn't cross or you'll fall down. If you want to stop, you should point the tips together, got it?
W: I see. Oh. I make it! Thank you. You are so kind!
M: Congratulations!
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A. Skiing.
B. Skating.
C. Swimming.
D. Jogging.