1、Part I Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.(Listen to the audio recording for t

2、he question.)A. Forest fire is very bad this year.B. Forest fires will be worse next year.C. Forest fire will be brought under control next year.D. Forest fire has been brought under control. Your answerCorrect answerBB2.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. The earthquake was not

3、 as strong as the Tokyo one.B. The earthquake was stronger than the Tokyo one.C. The two of them were lucky enough to live in an earthquake-proof hotel.D. The earthquake has leveled the house to the ground. Your answerCorrect answerAA3.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. There w

4、ill be a volcanic eruption on La Palma island.B. La Palma island will be completely submerged.C. Tidal waves will strike the coasts of two continents.D. Tidal waves will die down along the coasts of Africa and North America. Your answerCorrect answerCC4.(Listen to the audio recording for the qu

5、estion.)A. She knows a lot about floods.B. She is an earthquake expert.C. She is interested in meteorites.D. She is worried about natural disasters. Your answerCorrect answerDD5.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. The man thinks modern technology can tame nature while the woman

6、does not.B. The woman thinks modern technology can tame nature while the man does not.C. Both the man and woman think mankind can conquer nature.D. Neither the man nor the woman thinks mankind can conquer nature. Your answerCorrect answerDDPart II Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three time

7、s. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in you

8、r own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers. A few years ago, my friend and I were walking (S1) noon on a street near my home in a northern (S2) of Teheran. This area is well-known because it is a beautiful avenue that (S3) two major traffic circles. It is located at

9、 the (S4) of a high mountain. That day, the sun was (S5) , but the weather suddenly changed. (S6) we were walking between the two circles, it started raining very hard. We started to (S7) the boulevard to get to the second circle. It was raining so hard that we decided to go inside a restaurant inst

10、ead. (S8) At first, we did not know what was going on. We went outside the restaurant to see what was happening. People seemed shocked.(S9) We were scared. Cars, rocks, and people were floating on the water like little toys toward the little market at the south end of the circle. The height of the w

11、ater was almost to the top of the trees.After a few minutes, the floods flow was reduced, so we decided to leave the area before the water entered the street we were on.(S10) Later, we also learned that a dam had burst as the rain started.  Your answerCorrect answer(1)atat(2)sectionsection(3)co

12、nnectionconnects(4)bottom(5)shiningshining(6)As(7)cross(8)ten minutes laterTen minutes later, as we were looking out the window, we saw everyone was running away from something.(9)A huge flood was streaming down the mountain. We were standing on a higher place, so we could see everything.(10)It was

13、reported that the flood destroyed a big area and approximately 300 people were killed or disappeared that day.Part III Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for y

14、ou to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.Why was the door to the balcony wide open?A. The weather was hot.B. It was too moist inside.C. It was too dry inside.D. The scene outside was beautiful. Your answerCorrect answerAA2.Why was the man unable to shut

15、the windows?A. The window was deformed.B. The wind was too strong.C. He was scared stiff by the loud thunder.D. He was frightened by the lightning. Your answerCorrect answerBB3.How did he manage to close the window?A. He asked his wife to close it together.B. He used a mop to close it.C. He wai

16、ted until the wind was less strong.D. He waited until the hail was over. Your answerCorrect answerBB4.What did the speaker do after seeing the lightning?A. He closed the window.B. He turned off the TV.C. He turned off the lights.D. He pulled out the electrical plugs Your answerCorrect answ

17、erDD5.What is the sequence of the events?A. Sun-wind-thunder and lightning-sun-hail.B. Sun-hail-thunder and lightning-wind-sun.C. Sun-wind-thunder and lightning-hail-sun.D. Sun-wind-hail-thunder and lightning-sun. Your answerCorrect answerCCPart IVDirections: Choose the right answer. 1.Our flig

18、ht to Tokyo was delayed by twelve hours. A typhoon _ the east coast, and it was chaos.A. beatB. hitC. struck atD. attacked on Your answerCorrect answerBB2.Tsunami waves can be _ meters high. They toss cars and houses around as though they were children's toys.A. a dozen ofB. dozen ofC. dozensD. dozens of Your answerCorrect answerDD3.It is reported that at least 1,068 people are