I．Listening
A．Choose the word which is in the sentence you hear．
1．The other members of the Cabinet derided the Secretary of the Interior when he purchased Alaska because，at the time，it was not considered valuable．
2．Since she did not have time to read the entire play before class，she read a synopsis instead．
3．The audience clapped enthusiastically after the performance．
4．Each of them conceded the point that the present system was unfair，but nobody said anything．
5．In Sweden employers have taken the initiative in promoting health insurance schemes．
B．Choose the sentence which is the closest in meaning to the sentence you hear．
1．Tom should know by Monday whether his admission to the University has been approved．
2．The shrimp was two dollars a pound this week，so I bought three pounds．
3．Joe took a bus into town，and then he got a cab to come to my house．
4．If Gary plans to finish his thesis this semester，he'll be too busy for parties．
5．I enjoyed our vacation，but now that we're at home，I feel exhausted．
6．It's never too late to go back to school．
7．Mary ordinarily meets her husband for lunch，but today he's out of town on business．
8．She started out to write a poem，but it developed into a short book of verse．
9．Both of Jean's children go to a nursery school while she takes classes at the university．
10．We had a flat tyre，so we took three hours longer than usual to get there．
C．Listen and fill the m issing words in the blanks．
Many people may have noticed that，in very rapid and somewhat careless speech，the words‘Do you’and‘Did you’are often pronounced ／d
:／．This slipshod pronunciation sometimes leads to misunderstandings．The following short conversation between two husbands affords an amusing example of such a misunderstanding．
First husband：“My wife has gone to the West Indies．”
Second husband：“Jamaica？”
First husband：“No！—She went because she wanted to go．”
（Note：Jamaica is the name of one of the islands in the West Indies．When pronounced／d`meik／，it sounds like‘Did you makeher？'）
【参考答案】
I．A．1—5 B B A C B
B．1—5 C D A A A 6—10 A B A C A
C．1．slipshod pronunciation
2．affords an amusing example of
3．My wife has gone to the West Indies
4．Jamaica
5．No！—She went because she wanted to go
