Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
听力原文:M: Helen told me she would fly to London sometime this week.
W: Well, I saw her a minute ago at the supermarket.
Q: What can we conclude from the conversation?
(12)
A. Helen was telling a lie.
B. Helen has already come back from London.
C. Helen wasn't in London that day.
D. The woman wasn't being sincere.
听力原文:W: My friend chatted with me on the phone for two hours last night!
M: Was it toll free?
Q: What does the man imply?
(15)
A. They had so much free time to talk on the phone for that long.
B. They talked on the phone for too long.
C. He always talks on the phone for that long if it is toll free.
D. He wants to know what they talked about.
It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions, the bases for rite decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are, to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory.
Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It includes not only "remembering" things like arithmetic or historical facts but also involves any change in the way an animal typically behaves. Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile. Memory is also involved when a six-year-old child learns to swing a baseball bat.
Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices of storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory-storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being. The instant-access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 "words" — ready for instant use. An average U.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.
The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem solving intelligence of human beings. A large part of a person's memory is in terms of words and combinations of words.
According to the passage, memory is considered to be______.
A. the basis for decision making and problem solving
B. an ability to store experiences for future use
C. an intelligence typically possessed by human beings
D. the data mainly consisting of words and combinations of words
听力原文:M: Mr. Howard appears to be honest. But I don't think we can trust him.
W: No, Mr. Howard is not what he looks like.
Q: What does the woman probably mean?
(13)
A. Mr. Howard is honest.
B. Mr. Howard looks honest.
C. Mr. Howard looks dishonest.
D. Mr. Howard is dishonest.