PART II

Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions:

in this section,

you will hear two long conversations.

At the end of each conversation,

you will hear four questions.

 Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.

 After you hear a question, you must choose the best

answer from the four choices marked A), B), C）and D).

Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet

 1 with a single line through the centre.

Now you will haer the two long conversations

Conversation 1

M:Hello Jane.

W:Hello Paul.

M:Please come in. I'm just getting ready to go home.

Susan is expecting me for dinner. I wanted to be on time for a change.

W:Look, I'm terribly sorry to drop in this time on Friday, Paul, but it is rather important.

M:That's OK. What's the problem?

W:Well, Paul, I won't keep you long.

You see there is a problem with the exchange rates.

The Indian Rupee has taken a fall on the foreign exchange market.

You see there is being a sharp increase in Indian's balance of payment deficit.

M:I see. How serious, isn't it?

W:Well, as you know, there have been reports of unrest India,

and the prospects for the Rupee look pretty gloomy.

M:And that's going to affect us, as if we didn't have enough problems on our hands.

W:So I thought it would be wise to take out forward exchange cover

to protect our position on the outstanding contract.

M:Just a minute. Forward exchange cover, now what does that mean exactly?

W:Well, it means that JO notes enters into a commitment to sell Indian Rupees at the present rate.

M:I see. And how will that benefit us?

W:Well, JO notes wouldn't lose out if Indian Rupee falls further.

M:What will it cost, Jane?

W:A small percentage, about 1% and that can be built into the price of the bike.

M:Well, I don't suppose there is much choice.

All right Jane, let's put it into action.

Q 1：What do we learn about the man's daily life?

Q 2：Why did the woman come to see the man?

Q 3：What makes the woman worry about the Indian Rupee?

Q 4:Where does the conversation most probably happen?

Conversation 2

W:Charles, among other things, you regarded as one of the America's great masters of the blues.

A musical idiom does essentially about love, particularly the love of romantic love.

Why does love die?

M:People often get into love affairs because they have unrealistic expectations about somebody.

Then when the person doesn't turn out to be who they thought he or she was,

they start thinking maybe I can change him or her.That kind of thinking is a mistake.

Because when the dust settles, people are going to be pretty much what they are.

It's a rare thing for anybody to be able to change who they really are.

And this creates a lot of problems.

W:At 62, you continue to spend a large percentage of your life touring.

What appeals to you about life on the road?

M:Music, I don't especially love life on the road,

but I figure if you are lucky enough to be able to do what you truly love doing,

you've got the ultimate of life.

W:What's the most widelyheld misconception about the life of a famous musician?

M:People think it's all glamour. Actually we have the same troubles they do.

 Playing music doesn't mean life treats you any better.

W:How do you feel about being recognized everywhere you go?

M:You think I be used to it by now.

But I still find it fascinating.You go to a little town in Japan,

where nobody speaks English, yet they know you on side and know all your music.

I'm still amazed by the love people express for me and by music.

Q 5:What does the man say about most people when they get into love affairs?

Q 6:What does the man say about himself as a singer on the road most of his life?

Q 7:What do most people think of the life of a famous musician?

Q 8:How does the man feel whenever he was recognized by his fans?

Section B. Directions:

In this section, you will hear two passages.

At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.

Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.

After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).

Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Changing technology and markets have stimulated the team approach to management.

Inflation, resource scarcity, reduced personnel levels

and budget cuts have all underscore the need for better coordination in organizations.

Team management provides for this coordination.

Team management calls for new skills if personnel potential is to be fully realized.

Although a team may be composed of knowledgeable people,

they must learn new ways of relating and working together to solve crossfunctional problems.

When teams consist to be experienced employees from hierarchical organizations,

who have been condition to traditional organizational culture.

Cooperation may not occur naturally, it mainly to be created.

Furthermore, the issue is not just how the team can function more effectively,

but how it integrates with the overall organization,all society that it supposes it serves.

A group of individuals is not automatically a team.

Therefore, team building may be necessary in order to improve the group's performance.

Casey, an expert in this field, suggests that

the cooperation process within teams must be organized, promoted and managed.

He believes the team corporation results

when members go beyond their individual capabilities, beyond what each is used to being and doing.

Together,the team may then produce something new, unique and superior to that of any one member.

For this to happen, he suggests the multicultural managers exhibit understanding

of their own and others cultural influences and limitations.

They should also cultivate such skills as toleration of

ambiguity, persistence and patience, as well as assertiveness.

If a team manager exemplifies such qualities,

then the team as a whole would be better able to realize their potential and achieve their objectives.

Q 9:What should team members do to fully realize their potential?

Q 10:What needs to be considered for effective team management?

Q 11:What conclusion can we draw from what Casey says?

Passage 2

Advertising informs consumers about the existence and benefits

of products and services and attempts to persuade them to buy them.

The best form of advertising is probably word of mouth advertising

which occurs when people tell their friends

about the benefits of products or services that they have purchased.

Yet virtually no providers of goods or services relay on this alone,

which using paid advertising instead.

Indeed many organizations also use institutional or prestige advertising

which is designed to build up their reputation rather than to sell particular products.

Although large companies could easily set up their own advertising departments,

write their own advertisements and by media space themselves.

They tend to use the services of large advertising agencies.

These are likely to have more resources and more knowledge

about all aspects of advertising and advertising media than single company.

It is also easier for a dissatisfied company to give its account to another agency.

And it would be to fire their own advertising staff.

The company generally give the advertising agency and agreed budget.

A statement of the objective of the advertising campaign

know as brief and overall advertising strategy concerning the message to be communicated to the target customers.

The agency creates advertisements and develops a media prime,

specifying which media will be used and in which proportions.

Agencies often produce alternative ads or commercials that pretested in newspapers,

television stations etc. in different parts of the country.

Before a final choice was made prior to a national campaign.

Q 12:What is probably the best form of advertising according to the speaker?

Q 13: What does the speaker say is the proposes of many organization using prestige advertising?

Q 14:How did large companies generally handle their advertising?

Q 15:What would advertising agencies often do before a national campaign?

Section C

Directions:

In this section,

 you will hear recordings of lectures or talks followed by some questions.

The recordings will be played only once.After you hear a question,

you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A. B. C.and D.

Then mark the corresponding letter

on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Passage 1

Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 16 to 19.

At this time of year, few sights evoke more feelings of cheer and goodwill

than the twinkling lights of a Christmas tree.

The popularity of a tree at Christmas is due in part to my greatgreat grandparents,

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

After this touching picture was published,

many families wanted a Christmas tree of their own, and the custom soon spread.

Gathering round the tree gives us a chance to think about the year ahead—

I am looking forward to a busy 2016,

though I have been warned I may have Happy Birthday sung to me more than once or twice.

It also allows us to reflect on the year that has passed,

as we think of those who are far away or no longer with us.

Many people say the first Christmas after losing a loved one is particularly hard.

But it's also a time to remember all that we have to be thankful for.

It is true that the world has had to confront moments of darkness this year,

but the Gospel of John contains a verse of great hope,

often read at Christmas carol services:

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

The custom of topping a tree also goes back to Prince Albert's time.

For his family's tree, he chose an angel,

helping to remind us that the focus of the Christmas story is on one particular family.

For Joseph and Mary, the circumstances of Jesus's birth—

in a stablewere far from ideal, but worse was to come as the family was forced to flee the country.

It's no surprise that such a human story still captures our imagination

and continues to inspire all of us who are Christians, the world over.

The customary decorations have changed little

in the years since that picture of Victoria and Albert's tree first appeared,

although of course electric lights have replaced the candles.

There's an old saying that “it is better to light a candle than curse the darkness”.

There are millions of people lighting candles of hope in our world today.

Christmas is a good time to be thankful for them, and for all that brings light to our lives.

I wish you a very happy Christmas.

16.What was the one reason the Christmas tree became popular in England ?

17.What is the custom that has changed in decorating a Christmas tree?

18.What did the Queen say when she was warned about for the year 2016?

19.What did the Queen say brought more feelings of cheer and goodwill?

Passage 2

Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 20 to 22.

Electoral commission president Siaka Toumany Sangare said

Mr.Conde won more than 52 percent of the vote,

while his challenger－former Prime Minister Cellou Diallo－won 47 percent.

Sangare declared Mr.Conde the provisional winner of last Sunday's runoff election,

pending certification of the results by Guinea's supreme court.

Conde supporters celebrated the win after their candidate had trailed Mr.Diallo

during a week of provisional results,

slowly tightening the race from 100,000 votes to 50,000 votes to fewer than 24,000 votes

before finally finishing ahead.

Many Diallo supporters were angry about the outcome.

Earlier Monday, when the results were widely known,

but had not been officially announced,

Diallo supporters burned tires in one of the capital's main streets and threw stones

at riot police near Conakry's Hamdallaye Mosque.Security forces responded with tear gas,

chasing demonstrators from a gasoline station into neighborhoods where they fired more tear gas.

Guinea's military rulers have banned all public demonstrations.

Before the announcement of final results late Monday, both candidates declared themselves the winner.

Mr.Conde won four of five communes in the capital, all but one of the prefectures in lower Guinea,

all of the prefectures in the forest region and all of the prefectures in upper Guinea.

He said everyone in Guinea knows who won the election.

Mr.Diallo withdrew his party from vote counting on Sunday, saying it had evidence of widespread fraud.

On Monday, Mr.Diallo said that because the electoral commission had not annulled results,

which he said were fraudulent, his campaign removed those results itself and found him to be the winner.

Mr.Diallo will likely appeal the results of the vote before Guinea's supreme court.

The election is meant to return the country to civilian rule, nearly two years after soldiers took power here.

20.Who took the lead in the first round of Guinea`s presidential election?

21.When the results were due to be announced?

22.Which one is not correct according to the news?

Passage 3

Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 23 to 25.

Earlier this year, the Europe Union's financial worries were centered on Greece and fears

that its debt and deficit problems could infect other financially vulnerable members.

Today, Ireland is in the spotlight during a twoday meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels.

Dublin is struggling with a public deficit expected to be more than 30 percent to

 its gross domestic product this year.

That is roughly 10 times more than the cap set for the 16 members of the eurozone,

and three times more than Greece's deficit.

While Athens received a $150billion rescue package,

the Irish government so far has not sought a state bailout,

although it has suggested it may ask for help for Irish banks.

Meanwhile, yields or interest rates for Ireland's bonds have soared over the past week,

driving down the value of the bonds.Analysts say other financially struggling EU members－

like Portugal and Spain－also will find it harder and more expensive to borrow to finance their debts.

That is why some analysts fear that, without help, Ireland's fiscal problems could spread.

In remarks to reporters last week, European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso sought to calm the concerns.

On Monday, Portugal's finance minister warned that the Irish situation was a danger

for other Eurozone members.

Like Ireland, Portugal's bond yields have also shot up recently.

Portugal's budget deficit is nine percent of its GDP, three times the Eurozone limit.

23.What is the fear of Europe Union earlier this year?

 24.What is the time order of countries with deficit problems?

25.How serious is Irish deficit problem now?