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　　Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　19. For what day did Mr. Nelson make a hotel reservation?

　　20. What made it so difficult for Mr. Nelson to get a room in a hotel?
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　　21. How much discount can Mr. Nelson get?

　　22. What can be inferred from this conversation?

　　Conversation Two

　　M: Hello! You seem worried. Can I help you?

　　W: Oh, I feel so strange with my feet in the skis.

　　M: So you don’t know how to ski. Is it your first time coming here to ski?

　　W: It’s my first time seeing real white snow.

　　M: No kidding! Where are you from, young lady?

　　W: My family and I live in Singapore. We do not have snow in winter. It’s always sunny.

　　M: No wonder. I guess you must be a good swimmer, then.

　　W: You are right. Swimming is my favorite hobby. But I simply don’t know what to do with these skis.

　　M: Don’t worry. I’m sure you will learn very quickly. Now walk like me, all right? Good! Let’s go up the hill and try once, shall we? When you want to go up the slope, you should stand sideways and go up step by step, just like a crab.

　　W: Oh, that’s really funny. I’ve never walked in this way, but it’s interesting.

　　M: Let’s move to the gentle slope, shall we? It will make thing easier.

　　W: I guess I’m a little nervous. 英语周报听力下载|大学英语四级考试 英语周报听力下载|大学英语四级考试

　　M: Take it easy. Trust yourself. Now, keep leaning forward while going down. Remember, the tips mustn’t cross or you’ll fall down. If you want to stop, you should point the tips together, got it?

　　W: I see. 英语周报听力下载|大学英语四级考试 英语周报听力下载|大学英语四级考试

　　M: Now, let’s try. Okay. Go! … How do you feel? Still afraid?

　　W: No, not at all. As a matter of fact, I feel quite pleased and proud of myself, thank you. You are so very kind.

 

 

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
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　　23. What was the woman worried about?

　　24. What is the woman’s favorite hobby?

　　25. Where did the man lead the woman to first in order to make things easier?

　　Section B 英语周报听力下载|大学英语四级考试 英语周报听力下载|大学英语四级考试

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short 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 2 with a single line through the center.

　　Passage One
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　　Besides private bills, there are also public bills that must be paid. Public bills are paid for by the government. In turn, we get these services through taxes. What would happen if everyone in the city stopped paying taxes? The water supply would stop. Water might even become unclean and impure. The streets might not be cleaned. There would be no police force to protect people and property. Schools would be closed. People would become sick and diseases might spread. We would not want to live in such a city. We all want pure water and food, clean streets and good schools. We want the police to protect us from crime. The chief duty of every government is to protect persons and property. More than three fourths of the money spent by our government is used for this purpose. The next large amount of public money goes to teach and train our citizens. Billions of dollars each year are spent on schools and libraries. Public money is used to pay the teachers and all the public officials. Also, a large amount of public funds is spent on roads. 英语周报听力下载|大学英语四级考试 英语周报听力下载|大学英语四级考试


　　The greatest part of the needed funds is raised by taxes. Tax is money that we all must pay to support the government. The law orders us to pay taxes. We have no choice in this matter. Almost everyone pays some tax in one form or another.

　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　26. How does the government pay for public bills?

　　27. According to the speaker, what would happen if nobody in the city paid taxes?

　　28. Which of the following costs the largest amount of public money according to the speaker?

　　Passage Two 英语周报听力下载|大学英语四级考试 英语周报听力下载|大学英语四级考试

　　America’s national symbol, the bald eagle, almost went extinct twenty years ago, but it has made a comeback. In fact, the U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service is considering the possibility of taking it off the Endangered Species List. Once, more than fifty thousand pairs of bald eagles nested across the country, but by 1960 that number had fallen below four hundred. The chief killer was the widely used DDT. Fish soaked up DDT, died, and were washed up on the shores, where bald eagles feasted on them. DDT prevented eagle eggshells from thickening. The shells became so thin that they shattered before the babies hatched. Fortunately, in 1972, a law was passed to ban DDT, which saved the bald eagle from total wipeout. And since then, wild-life biologists have reintroduced bald eagles from Canada to America. The result was that last year, U.S. bird watchers counted eleven thousand six hundred and ten bald eagles in the country. If it were dropped from the Endangered Species List, the bald eagle would still be a threatened species. That means the bird would continue to get the same protection. No hunting allowed, and no disturbing of nests. But bald eagles still face tough times. The destruction of their natural homes could be the next DDT causing eagle numbers to drop quickly.