Why did the man take the job at the travel agency?
A. He wanted to go to Spain.
B. He wanted to work with his friend.
C. He enjoyed travelling around the world.
D. He was rejected by the engineering firm.
听力原文: When I was at school, my ambition was to be a pilot in the airport. But my eyesight wasn't good enough, so 1 had to give up that idea. I went to university and studied physics. I wanted to stay there and do research, but my father died about that time, so I thought I had better get a job and earn my living. I started working in an engineering firm. I expected to stay in that job for a long time, but then they appoint ed a new managing director. I didn't get on with him, so I resigned and applied for a job with another engineering company. I would certainly have accepted the job if they had offered it to me. But on my way to the interview, I met a friend who was working for a travel agency. He offered me a job in Spain and I've al ways liked Spain, so I took it. I worked in the travel agency for two years, and then they wanted to send me to South America. But I had just got married, so I decided to stay here. Then we had a baby, and I wasn't earning enough to support the family. So I started giving English lessons at a school in the evenings. I liked English teaching more than working for the travel agency, and then the owner of the school offered me a full-time job as a teacher. So I resigned from the agency. Two years later, the owner of the school wanted to retire, so he asked me to take over as tile director. And here I am.
Why did the man give up studying physics?
A. His eyesight was too poor.
B. Physics was too hard for him.
C. He had to work to support himself.
D. He didn't like physics any more,
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: Once upon a time a poor farmer taking a sack of wheat to the mill did not know what to do when it slipped from his horse and fell on the ground. The sack was too heavy for him to lift, and his only hope was that presently someone would come riding by and lend a hand. It was not long before a rider appeared, but the farmer's heart sank when he recognized him, for it was the great man who lived in a castle nearby. The farmer would have dared to ask another farmer for help, or any poor man who might have come along the road, but he could not beg a favor of so great a man. However, as soon as the great man came up he got off his horse, saying, "I see you've had a bad luck, friend. How good it is that I am here just at the right time!" Then he took one end of the sack, the farmer the other, and between them they lifted it on the horse. "Sir," asked the farmer, "how can I pay you?" "Easily enough," the great man replied. "Whenever you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him."
Why didn't the farmer know what to do when the sack of wheat fell on the ground?
A. Because the sack broke.
Because the farmer was not strong enough to lift the sack alone.
C. Because the farmer fell down, too.
D. Because the sack was too heavy for the horse.