When you attend a meeting, you should learn what is going on first, and then express your

M: Yes.I have.what a good memory you have!I was here for the Arts Festival last year.

W: And what will you be doing on this visit？

M: Oh,I came here primarily for a holiday and to see some friends.But I will also be giving some private cello lessons as well.

W: I believe that your cello is rather special.Is that true？

M: Oh,yes.It was made for my uncle by a very expert Italian cello maker called Mario.When I began cello lessons at the age of eight,he said that when I grew big enough to handle a full-sized cello,he would give it to me.

W: So when a child begins to play the cello,he or she starts on a smaller instrument？

M: Of course,or he would be very uncomfortable.Many children begin with a half-sized cello,but as I was big for my age,I began with a two-thirds-sized cello.

W: Are you going to other places on this trip and will you take your cello with you？

M: Yes.very definitely.

W: But.isn't it difficult taking a cello around with you？

M: Not really.I just reserve two seats when I'm traveling anywhere,one for me and one for my cello.It's such a precious instrument to me that it hardly ever leaves my side.

What is the main purpose of the man's visit this year？

A．To spend a holiday and see friends.

B．To attend the Arts Festival.

C．To visit the exhibition of cellos.

D．To give private cello lessons.

W: The first lecture's tonight. All second and third year students are invited to buffet dinner tonight be fore it starts. Then at 6:30, the speaker will begin her talk on solar energy.

M: Can nonengineering students attend all four weeks of the series？

W: No, they can only go to this week's lecture. During the next three weeks, the admission will be restricted to engineering students.

M: Oh, then I'm going to try to make it tonight. Can I give you a ride over there？

W: No, but thanks anyway. Wait a minute, didn't you say that you are having car trouble lately？ Let me give you a ride.

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A．Admission forms.

B．Solar energy.

C．Auto maintenance.

D．Course requirements for engineers.

W: I’m really lucky you stopped and offered me a lift. I’ve been waiting for about two hours but no one seemed to be going my way.

M: Are you a student？

W: Yes, I’m a biology student in London University. I’m going up to Edinburgh for the festival, but it’s so expensive on the train that I decided to try and hitch a lift.

M: Well, you are lucky because I should have been going yesterday, but something happened to delay me so I postponed my trip until today.

W: Is it all right if I put my bag on the back seat？

M: Yes, of course.

W: It started to rain just as I left the house this morning and my clothes and shoes are wet through. Would you mind if I take off my shoes？

M: No, of course not. I don’t mind. Go ahead.

W: Thanks.

M: Oh, don’t forget to put your seat belt on! You can get fined nowadays, you know, for not wearing your seat belt.

W: Yes, sorry, I forgot. Could I open this window？

M: Well, I’d rather you don’t if you don’t mind. It gets very draughty when you open that window. But you can open the back window.

W: Is it all right if I go to sleep for a while？

M: Yes, of course. I’ll wake you up when we reach the next service station. I’ll need some coffee then.

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A．Because she has a company for the drive.

B．Because she can attend the festival.

C．Because the man stopped and offered her a lift.

D．Because the man provided a shelter from the rain.

听力原文：M: Hello. Matt Ellis speaking.

W: Hello, Dr. Ellis, my name's Pam Johnson. My roommate, Janet Holms, wanted me to call you.

M: Janet Holms？ Oh, that's right; she's in my Shakespeare—an English class. Has anything happened to her？

W: Nothing, it's just that she submitted a job application yesterday and the company asked her in for an interview today. She's afraid she won't be able to attend your class this afternoon, though. I'm calling to see if it would be okay if I gave you her essay. Janet said it's due today.

M: Certainly, that would be fine. Uh, you can either drop it off at my class or bring it to my office.

W: Would it be alright to come by your office around 4:00？ It's impossible to come any earlier because I have three classes this afternoon.

M: Uh, I won't be here when you come; I'm supposed to be at a meeting from 3 to 6, but how about leaving it with my secretary？ She usually stays until 5:00.

W: Fine; please tell her I'll be there at 4:00. And Dr. Ellis, one more thing, could you tell me where your office is located？ Janet told me where your class is, but she didn't give me directions to your office.

M: Well, I'm in Room 302 of the Gregory Building. I'll tell my secretary to put the paper in my mail box, and I'll get it when I return.

W: I sure appreciate it; Janet was worried about not getting her paper in on time.

M: No problem. I'll look for Janet's paper later this evening, Good-bye, Ms. Johnston.

W: Bye, Dr. Ellis. Thanks again.

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A．Doctor and patient.

B．Teacher and student.

C．Employer and employee.

D．Manager and secretary.

听力原文：M: I missed class this afternoon.Could you lend me your notes？

W: My notes？You've never seen my handwriting,have you？

Q: What does the woman imply？

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A．Her notebook has got missing.

B．Her handwriting is difficult to read.

C．She needs to attend more lectures.

D．She has lent her notes to someone else.

听力原文：M: Did you attend the concert last night？

W: Yes. It was wonderful. When the pianist had finished, the audience stood up and gave him a hand.

Q: What can be drawn from this conversation？

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A．The audience helped the pianist.

B．The audience shook the pianist's hand.

C．The audience disliked the pianist's performance.

D．The audience applauded the pianist's performance.

M: Last month he told me that his knees hurt. Last week he had the operation.

Q: What happened to Nick？

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A．He failed to attend the salon the day before.

B．He fell down the steps when he walked.

C．He had an operation on his knees.

D．He knocked the woman down while walking.

听力原文：A: 8734059.

B: May I speak to Thomas Nelson？

A: This is Thomas speaking. May I ask who's calling？

B: This is Lee Ting, the secretary at the Dean' Office.

A: Hi, Miss Lee, what's up？

B: I'm calling to inform. you about some changes in our arrangement for your seminar next week.

A: Yes, what are the changes？

B: The first change is that the seminar will be moved to the law school Auditorium. The time will be 3:00 pm on Monday.

A: Ok, seminar, 3:00 pm Monday. What else？

B: I want to know if you have any special needs for facilities for your presentation？

A: Well, I need a PowerPoint projector or an overhead projector.

B: OK, overhead projector, or PowerPoint projector. What about the audio equipment？ Do you want me to arrange a wireless microphone for you？

A: Well, I think a microphone on the podium will do. I don't move too far from the podium when I make a presentation.

B: Sure, we'll put a microphone on the podium. Oh! And finally, the field visit has been cancelled owing to your time constraints.

A: That's too bad. I was really looking forward to visiting the experiment facility.

B: In that case, should I tell the Dean that you had really hoped to see the lab？

A: It'd be very kind of you if you would let him know.

B: Sure, I'll let him know as soon as he returns to the office.

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A．To invite him to attend a seminar.

B．To inform. him about some changes in the arrangement for his seminar.

C．To invite him to visit the lab.

D．To inform. him that the seminar has been postponed.

Music to My Ears

As a boy growing up in Shenyang, China, I practiced the piano six hours a day. I loved the instrument. My mother, Xiulan Zhou, taught me to read notes, and my father, Guoren Lang, concertmaster of a local folk orchestra, showed me how to control the keys. At first I played on Chinese keyboards-cheap, but the best we could afford. Later my parents bought me a Swedish piano, but I broke half the strings on it Playing Tchaikovsky (柴科夫斯基). That's when my parents and my teacher decided I was too much for such an instrument—and for our hometown. To be a serious musician, I would have to move to Beijing, one of our cultural capitals. I was just eight years old then.

My father, who played the erhu, a two-stringed instrument, knew that life wouldn't be easy. Millions of pianists in China were competing for fame. "You need fortune," my father said. "If you don't work, no fortune comes." "But music is still music," he added, "and it exists to make us happy."

To relocate to Beijing with me, he made a great sacrifice. He quit his concertmaster's job, which he loved, and my mother stayed behind in Shenyang to keep working at her job at the science institute to support us. They both warned me, "Being a pianist is hard. Can you live without your mother？" I said, "I want my mother!" But I knew I needed to be in Beijing. In America, people often move and start over. But it is not in China, not in those days.

Suddenly my father and I were newcomers—outsiders. To the others around us, we spoke with funny northern accents. The only apartment we could find for the money we had was in an unheated building, with five families sharing one bathroom. My father cooked, cleaned and looked after me. He became a "house-husband", basically.

We lived far from my school, and since the bus was too expensive, my father would "drive" me on his bicycle every day. It was an hour-and-a-half trip each way, and I was a heavy boy, much heavier than I am as an adult. He did this in winter too. Imagine! During the coldest nights, when I practiced piano, my father would lie in my bed so it would be warm when I was tired.

I was miserable, but not from the poverty or pressure. My new teacher in Beijing didn't like me. "You have no talent," she often told me. "You will never be a pianist." And one day. she "fired" me.

I was just nine years old. I was desperate. I didn't want to be a pianist anymore, I decided. I wanted to go home to be with my mother. In the next two weeks I didn't touch the piano. Wisely, my father didn't push. He just waited.

Sure enough, the day came at school when my teacher asked me to play some holiday songs. I didn't want to, but as I placed my fingers on the piano's keys, I realized I could show other people that I had talent after all.

That day I told my father what he'd been waiting to hear—that I wanted to study with a new teacher. From that point on, everything turned around.

When Fortune Spots You

I started winning competitions. We still had very little money-my father had to borrow $ 5 000 to pay for a trip to the International Young Pianists Competition in Ettlingen, Germany, in 1994, when I was 12. I realized later how much pressure he was under as I watched footage (电影胶片) of the contest. Tears streamed down his face when it was announced that I'd won—earning enough money to pay back our loan.

It was soon clear I couldn't stay in China forever. To become a world-class musician, I had to play on the world's bigger stages. So in 1997, my father and I moved again, this time to Philadelphia, so I could attend The Curtis Institute of Music. Finally our money worries were easing. The school paid for us an apartment and even lent me a Steinway (斯坦威钢琴). At night, I would sneak into the living room just to touch the keys.

Now that I was in Ame

A．His mother.

B．His father.

C．His uncle.

D．His kindergarten teacher.

M：All right．But I have to leave at one o'clock．I'm going to a party in the afternoon．

Q：What is the woman going to do？

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A．To make an appointment.

B．To attend a party.

C．To go to work.

D．To look after the children.