欧文英语编辑整理 www.OwenEnglish.cn欧文英语编辑整理 www.OwenEnglish.cnSection A1. M: Mary, could you please tell Thomas to contact me? I was hoping h e would be able to help me out with the freshmen orientation program next w eek. W: I would certainly tell him if I saw him, but I havent seen him aroun d for quite a few days.Q: What does the woman mean?2. M: Susan, I am going to change the light bulb above the dining room table. Will you hold the ladder for me?W: No problem. But be careful while youre up there.Q: What does the man want the woman to do?3. W: Its freezing cold. Let me make some coffee to warm us up. Do y ou want a piece of pie as well?M: Coffee sounds great. But Im going to have dinner with some friends i n a while, so Id better skip the pie.Q: What does the man mean?4. W: How come Jim lost his job?M: I didnt say he had lost it. All I said was if he didnt get out and sta rt selling a few cars instead of idling around all day, he might find himself lo oking for a new job.Q: What does the man say about Jim?5. M: Hello, Mary. This is Paul at the bank. Is Tony home?W: Not yet. Paul. I dont think you can reach him at the office now, eith er. He phoned me five minutes ago to say he was stopping for a hair-cut on his way home.Q: Who do you think the woman probably is?6. W: Oh! Boy! I dont understand how you got a ticket today. I always thought you were slow even driving on the less crowded fast lane.欧文英语编辑整理 www.OwenEnglish.cn欧文英语编辑整理 www.OwenEnglish.cnM: Im usually careful. But this time I thought I could get through the int ersection before the light turned.Q: What do we learn about the man?7. W: Your dog certainly seems to know you are his master. Did you ha ve to punish him very often when you trained him?M: I found its much better to praise him when he obeys and not to be s o fussy when he makes mistakes.Q: What does the man say about training dogs?8. M: I am afraid there wont be time to do another tooth today. Make s ure you dont eat anything like stakes for the next few hours, and well fill th e other cavity tomorrow.W: All right. Actually, I must hurry to the library to return some books.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?9. W: I am worried about Jenny going to college. College students are so wild nowadays.M: Actually, only a few are like that. Most students are too busy studyin g to have time to cause trouble.Q: What does the man imply?10. W: You didnt seem to be terribly enthusiastic about the performance.M: You must be kidding. I couldnt have clapped any harder. My hands a re still hurting.Q: What does the man think of the performance?Section BPassage 1Born and raised in central Ohio, Im a country girl through and through. I m currently studying to become a physical therapist, a career path that marks a great achievement for me. At Ohio State University, admission into the physi cal therapy program is intensely competitive. I made it pass the first cut the fi rst year I applied, but was turned down for admission. I was crushed, because for years I have been determined to become a physical therapist. I received ad欧文英语编辑整理 www.OwenEnglish.cn欧文英语编辑整理 www.OwenEnglish.cnvice from friends and relatives about changing my major and finding another c ourse for my life. I just couldnt do it. I knew I could not be as happy in an other profession. So I stilled myself, began to work seriously for another year and reapplied. Happily I received notice of my admission. Later, I found out t hat less than 15% of the applicant had been offered positions that year. Now i n the first two years of professional training, I couldnt be happier with my de cision not to give up on my dream. My father told me that if I wanted it bad ly enough, I would get in. Well, Daddy, I wanted it. So there. After graduatio n, I would like to travel to another country, possibly a Latin American country and work in a childrens hospital for a year or two. So many of the children t here are physically handicapped but most hospitals dont have the funding to h ire trained staff to care for them properly. I would like to change that someho w.11. What is the speakers field of study?12. According to the speaker, what contributed to her admission to Ohio State University?13. Why does the speaker want to go to a Latin American country?Passage 2Gabriela Mistral was once an ordinary teacher in a small village school in Northern Chile. Towering mountains separate her village from the world outsid e. Gabriela Mistral was only fifteen when she began teaching, but she was a g ood teacher. She helped the minds of her students scale the mountain walls an d reached out to the world beyond. For eighteen years, Gabriela devoted her li fe to the poor farm children of Chiles Northern valleys. During part of this ti me, she was director of schools in all of Chile. Before long, many countries r ecognized her as a great friend of children and the leader in education. In 192 2, she was invited to Mexico to help organ