1、年全国大学生英语竞赛B级决赛赛卷听力理解录音材料文字稿2006年全国大学生英语竞赛（B级决赛赛卷）听力理解录音材料文字稿（Script for Listening Comprehension）Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be rea
2、d only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. M: The tape explains that therell be a
3、short pause. Allow a minute or two, but no longer. W: Should we intervene at all during the exam? For instance, to repeat certain instructions if some candidates look puzzled? M: No, Im afraid that if someone looks confused, its their English which isnt up to scratch, not the instructions. Question:
4、 What are the two speakers mainly talking about?2. W: Well, can you tell me why you came to Finland? M: Well, I came to Finland - it was right after I finished university in Toronto where I studied literature - I always wanted to be a journalist - and the reason I came to Finland was just for a summ
5、er job. Question: Why did the man come to Finland?3. W: How long have you been a lock-keeper, Mr. Fidlder? M: Oh dear, let me think. umm. I started when I was 25, so that means Ive been at it for uh twenty-one years now. Yeah, thats it - three years on the Oxford Canal and the past eighteen years he
6、re on the Reading Stretch. Twenty-one years in all. W: Oh, really!Thats incredible. Question: How long has the man been a lock-keeper?4. W: Can you tell me when Sudeley Castle is open? M: Yes, of course, Sudeley Castle, Sudeley, I think its open all day, someone asked me this a week or so ago. Here
7、we are, Ive got the guide. Yes, its open from 11 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon. Well, not quite all day, but morning and afternoon. W: Eleven am to five pm, OK, thats great. Question: When is Sudeley Castle open?5. M: Where did the idea of the gentle classical music come from? W: From my s
8、tudies of Renaissance music, and of course, opera. On the continent, especially in Spain and Italy where it still thrives, it is a traditional romantic experience. Over the centuries, university students have turned the classical music into an art form for hire. Question: Where did the idea of the c
9、lassical music come from?6. W: What about the new signposting in the airport? M: New signposting!Its as bad as its ever been. Oh, Ive been going round in circles. You follow a sign and you find that the arrows pointing the other way. W: Right. Thank you. Question: How does the man feel about the new
10、 signposting in the airport?Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. At the end of the conversation, 4 questions will be asked about what was said. You will hear both the conversation and the questions only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During t
11、he pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. W: Excuse me. Im doing a survey on the recent modernisation of this airport. Would you mind answering some
12、 questions? M: Well, if youre quick. W: Right um could you tell me um where youre going and why youre going there? M: Yes, Im flying to Barcelona on business. W: OK. Can you tell me how often you use the airport? M: Yes, I use this airport approximately twice a month because of my work. W: And um wh
13、at do you think of the new restaurant? M: Im sorry, but I think its tacky - cheap, vulgar, I mean - plastic cups, wobbly chairs, we deserve something better. W: Right, now what about the speed of airport procedures and formalities? M: Well, that varies. Now, some days theyre all right, they can cope
14、 but on busy days they cant cope at all - if it gets overcrowded they just dont seem to have the staff to deal with the situation and there are delays. W: Thank you. Um. What about the new parking facilities? M: In my opinion the parking lot is too far from the terminals. I know theres a courtesy bu
15、s but it isnt frequent enough. W: Well, er, and what about the transport links to the airport? M: Transport facilities, public transport is pretty good. I think there are frequent rail services and buses, yes, I think its pretty good.Questions 7 to 10 are based on the conversation you have just hear
16、d.7.Where do you think this dialogue takes place?8.Why is the man flying to Barcelona?9.How often does the man use the airport?10. What does the man think of the new parking arrangements?Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short pieces of news from BBC or VOA. After each news ite
17、m and question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 11. It is the second time in twenty-four hours that the conde
18、mned man, Michael Morales, has been spared, not by the actions of the courts or by the governor, but by doctors. Morales, convicted of killing a seventeen-year-old girl twenty-five years ago, had been due to be executed by lethal injection on Monday night. Question: By whom has Michael Morales been
19、spared the second time in twenty-four hours?12. The charity group Plan International says 600 million Asian children are deprived of one of the seven basic needs used to define poverty, including food, safe water, shelter, health and education. And it says 350 million children, equivalent to the pop
20、ulation of the European Union, are deprived of two or more basic needs, classifying them as absolutely poor. Question: According to the charity group Plan International, how many children are deprived of two or more basic needs?13. Health officials say as many as eighty percent of deaths from chroni
21、c diseases could be prevented. They say an important tool for governments is to restrict the marketing of alcohol and tobacco to young people. Also, more programs are needed to urge healthy eating and more physical activity. Question: How can governments reduce chronic disease deaths?14. In winter i
22、n Britain, many children and adults enjoy going to the theatre to watch a pantomime. Pantomimes are a very old form of entertainment, but the modern version is as popular as ever. Pantomimes today originate from a type of light, popular, comedy play from 16th- century Italy. Some aspects of modern p
23、antomime date from this time, for example having stock characters who appear in different stories. Question: What is a pantomime?15. The website Friends Reunited was started for fun in 1999 by a couple who were interested to know what their old school friends were doing. The project snowballed and b
24、y 2005, the site had 12 million members. One extraordinary fact is that Friends Reunited has never advertised, its success is entirely due to word-of-mouth. Question: When was the website Friends Reunited started?16. The latest Chinese player to join a Premiership team was the 18-year-old prodigy Do
25、ng Fangzhou, who was bought by Manchester United in 2004. Because of problems with red tape he does not yet have a work permit to play in Britain, so he is currently at a Belgian feeder club. Question: Where is Dong Fangzhou currently?17. There are many traditional games on Halloween, but the most c
26、ommon is “apple-bobbing”. Its simple to play. Several apples are put floating in water. Children then have their hands tied behind their backs. They then have to try to pick the apples out of the water using only their mouths. Of course, people get very wet and it is very funny to watch. Question: H
27、ow do children pick the apples out of the water?18. The industry still has work to convince Americans of the virtues of wind power. Some residents complain the large towers are unsightly, and environmentalists have criticized the windmills as dangerous to birds. This is more of a problem at another
28、site in Northern California, which is on a migration route. In response to complaints, owners have agreed to a temporary shutdown of some of that areas wind turbines during this years winter migration. Question: Why do some American residents complain about the large windmills?19. Foucht is one of a
29、n estimated 60 million Americans who regularly suffer from insomnia, either because they are taking medication, or experiencing pain, or not eating right. Or according to Russell Rosenberg, who directs the Sleep Medicine Institute in Atlanta, Georgia - simply because they are living in the modern wo
30、rld. Question: According to Russell Rosenberg, why do many Americans suffer from insomnia?20. According to an annual poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation, in 2005, 75 percent of Americans experienced sleeping problems ranging from minor and transient to severe and chronic. That is up from
31、 62 percent in 1999, when the NSF first conducted its poll. Question: What percentage of Americans had sleeping problems in 1999, based on the NSF research?Section D Directions: In this section, you will hear 2 passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear 4 or 6questions. After you hear a que
32、stion, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One The Redfern Museum is closed today. Our opening hours are from half past one to half past four Monday to Thursday. The museum has things for you to see from the eighteenth century - the downstairs r
