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听力原文1995

Unidentified Flying Objects (1995)

There are many explanations for why UFOs visit the Earth. / The most popular one is that

they maybe visitors from other planets./ To fly such aircraft, their builders must develop different

forms of aviation,/because they seem to fly much faster than normal aircraft./ The UFOs, it is

believed, must contain scientists/ from other planets who are studying life on earth./ It is even

believed that several such aircraft may have landed on earth/ and the space visitors may be living

amongst us./ But there are also less fantastic explanations available./ Although some sightings of

UFOs are difficult to explain, most can be explained quite easily./ In many cases the observers

might have made a mistake./ They might have seen a weather balloon or an aircraft./ Or the light

they saw in the sky might have been light from the ground,/ reflected on to the clouds./ However,

the exact cause of many sightings still remained a mystery.

PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION

In section A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the

questions that follow. Mark the correct response for each question on your answer sheet.

SECTION A STATEMENTS

In this section you will hear eight statements. At the end of the statement you will be given 10

seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.

Now listen to the statements.

1. We moved to London about three months ago because Bob got a new job, and we're living in a

small flat while we try to find a house.

2. If you don't want to sound impolite, or cause embarrassment or distress of any kind to the

person you're talking to, you should learn to use tactful and tentative forms in your English. OK,

class is over.

3. Whenever I got to the bank near my house, the cashiers are either fooling around or keeping

whole queues of people waiting by chatting to the customer at the front about their holidays.

4. The more we discuss the trip, the less likely it seems we can afford it.

5. I live on my standard unemployment benefit- or rather, social security benefit. And I do a bit of

baby-sitting on the side, for extra pocket money.

6. The moment the windscreen shatters, you should begin to take foot off the accelerator. Not

completely off, of course, because you might be in heavy traffic with another vehicle right behind

you.

7. Two men who were caught stealing property after it grew dark have appeared before the local

Magistrates' court this morning. They are expected to be kept in custody for several days.

SECTION B CONVERSATION

In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each

conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following questions.

Now listen to the conversations.

8.

M: Are you having much trouble with the course?

F: Not really. The only thing I haven't understood so far is the reading we had last night.

9.

F: In the summer, Andrew plays tennis or golf almost every day in the winter he goes skiing every

chance he gets.

M: He's always been very enthusiastic about sports.

10.

M: Paul's been taking 5 courses, but he's decided to drop one of them at the end of this semester.

F: That may be for the best.

11.

F: It's so hot today I can't work. I wish there were a fan in the library.

M: So do I. I'll fall asleep if I don't get out of this stuffy room soon.

12.

F: I'm going to the bank, then to the jeweler store, and after that, I have to prepare a presentation

for my linguistic seminar.

M: I'd say you have a pretty busy afternoon, Ann.

13.

F: Do you have an address where I can write to you?

M: No, I'll be off. Write to me at my uncle's house, and he'll hold my mail until I get there.

14.

M: I wish they'd reduce some of the compulsory classes for the course.

F: They talk about it every year. But a few students definitely need a lot of basic classes.

15.

M: Carl earned a lot of money over the summer vacation as a consultant to that company.

F: I don't doubt it. What surprises me is that he's still working there now that classes are about to

start again.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Question 16 & 17 are based on the following news from the BBC. At the end of the news item,

you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question.

Now listen to the news.

President DE Klerk of South Africa has called an urgent meeting of leaders of the main political

groups following yesterday's violence in the center of Johannesburg in which at least 31 people

were killed and more than two hundred wounded. Inkata and the ANC have blamed each other for

the violence which took place as thousands of Inkatha supporters marched through the city to

demand the creation of a sovereign Zulu kingdom.

Questions 18 and 19 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be

given 20 seconds to answer the two questions.

Now listen to the news.

The Israeli army has been in contact with the PLO to try to explain the killing in Gaza and the

Israeli delegation is leaving for Cairo this morning in the hope that the scheduled talks will go

ahead despite Palestinian anger.

Israel and the PLO have both said they were on the verge of agreement that armed Palestinian

police and international observers should be stationed in Hebron to protect Palestinian in the wake

of a massacre there a month ago, when a Jewish settler killed some 29 Palestinians.

Questions 20 & 21 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be

given 20 seconds to answer the two questions.

Now listen to the news.

The Clinton administration has cited 35 countries and 4 trading blocks for allegedly erecting