34 why doesnt the man want to call Elizabeth?
Questions 35 through 39:
Listen to two students talking about their engineering class.
woman:hello?
man:hi,may,this is bill johns.
woman:oh hi,bill.you werent in engineering class today, were you?
man:i have the ful.i was sonderfing if you could tell me what went on.
woman:actually we had an interesting class. Dr.Collin talked about a new
type of fuel.
man:oh,yeah?
woman:uh-hum.its called dimethyl-ether or DME.
man:oh,i remember reading somethinga bout1 DME.its mostly used in spray
cans,right?
woman:right. DME doesnt destory the ozone,so its been environmentally
friendsly.
man:but doesnt DME pullute the air if its burned in an engine?
woman:Dr.Collin says something about its exhausts being clear,that it
doesnt release as much pullutants as diesel2 fuel.and he mentioned
something about DME being more efficient than other alternative fuels.
man:when will it replace diesel fuel?
woman:not for a while.its not economical to massproduce.
man:well,thanks for the information.i guess i wont need to borrowyour
notes.
woman:well,maybe you should look at them.we are having a test next week.
man:okay,could u give them to Mike Andrews? I think he is in your
psychology3 class.he is my roommate.
woman:sure.i hope youre feeling better soon.
man:thanks.me too.bye!
woman:bye!
35 what is the converstation mainly about?
36 why is the woman giving the man the information?
37 what effect will the increased use of DME instead of diesel fuelprobably
have?
38 according to the conversation,why wont DME be on the market soon?
39 why does the woman suggest the man look at her notes?
Questions 40 through 43:
Okay.Uh...you remember that ive mention that its important to read the
assigned poems aloud,so you can develp and appreciation4 of the sounds of
the poetry: the rhymes,the rhythm,the repetition of words or sounds,and to
get a sense of the interplay between the sounds of the words and their
meaning.this is really critical as we move into modern poetry,especially by
writers woh place so much importance on sounds that the meaning becomes all
etter relevant.like this line by Gertrude Stein that Id like to
quote.listen,listen as i say the words.rose is a rose is a rose is a
rose. taken literally5 this would seems to be an empty statement,one which
gives us no information. but the purpose of a poem need not be to infrom
the reader of anything, but rather to evoke6 feelings. to create a sensual
as well as phonically pleasing experience. now Gertrude Stein was better
known for her prose than for her poems.but id like to like to quote this
line because of its musicality,and because i think it helps open up our
awareness7 to the unconventionallyricism of contemporary poets.youll see
this in your homework tongiht as you read the poetryof John
Ashbery,especially if you read it out loud,which i recommend you do.poets
like ashbery dont rely so much on any formal rhyme scheme or meter as on
the musical quality of the inpidual words themselves. as i said,Stein was
better known for her non-poetical work.and now id like to touch briefly8 on
her essay entitled Converstaion and Explanation.this work deals with her
theory of writing and will help to explain some of the things weve talking
about.
40 what does the professor mainly discuss?
41 what does the professor say about Gertrude Stein as a writer?
42 why does the professor recommend the students do as part of their
homework?
43 what does the professor recommend the students do as part of their
homework?
Questions 44 through 46
Listen to a talk in a class about United States history.
last week,you recall,we discussed the early development of railroads in the
United States.today i want to mention an even earlier form of
transportation , one that brought the first European settlers to America.
and thats the wooden sailing ship. from colonial times sailing ships were
vital to the economy. many coastal9 towns depended on fishing or whaling for
employment and income. this was especiallytrue in the northeastern states.
and there the wood from nearby forests and the skills of local designers
and workers also formed the basis of an important shipbuilding industry.
but the big profits were to be made on trade with far away places.and since
sea captains often became part owners of their ships,they had a strong
interest in the commercial success of their voyages.so these Yankees,thats
what US sailor and officers cmae to be called, they carried on a very
profitabletrade with other partsof the world.the high pointof this trade
came in the mid-19th centurywith the introduction of the clipper ship,the
enormous Yankee clippers with huge sails reaching nearly two hundredfeet
into sky.hed carry passengers and cargo10 from New York around South America
to San Francisco in less than three months and clear to China in just half
a year.at that time this seemed unbelievalbe fast and efficient.but in the
1860s ,more reliable steam-poweredship began to take over. and soon the
important role of sailing ships in the US economy would come to an end.
44 what aspect of United States histroy does the professor mainly discuss?
45 According to the professor,what may be one reason for the success of the
merchant ships of the United States?
46 what does the professor say about clipper ships?
Questions 47 through 50:
Listen to part of a talk in a class on early childhood education.the
professor is discussing penmanship: the quality of ones handwriting.
as you prepare to become elementary school teachers,youll be hearing a lot
of disscussion about the relevance11 of teaching permanship.now years ago
when i was studying education in college,reading writikng and arithmetic
were the basics of elementary school education.it went without saying that
writing meant first and foremost penmanship.that is,the neatness of a
childs handwriting.back then,penmanship was often taught as a separate
subject from the fist grade right up through the sixth grade long after the
children had moved from writing in block capital letters to cursive scipt.
it was considered so important that sometimes prizes were even awarded for
the best handwriting.but when we move ahead a few decades into the 1980s,we
see teachers and administrators12 and even parents telling us that teaching
penmanship is waste of time.with computers,they said,children can
successfully manipulate the keyboard or mouse of their home computers
before they can even hold a pencil. this change in attitude had an impact
on the classroom. in your homework for this week youll be looking at what
statewide curriculum standards in the US say about penmanship.youll see
that in many states penmanship hasbeen de-emphasized in a required
curriculum,especially in the later years of elementary school.in
california,for example,the curriculum calls for fourth-grade students
to...and i quote,write fluently and legibly in cursive or grades.but after
this,the curriculum makes no further mention of penmanship in grade
five,six or beyond,Any higher level of quality or neatness is simply not
among the curricular objectives.your assignment is to look at what the
curricular standards say for all fifty states say about penmanship.
47 what is the professors main point about penmanship in early childhood
education?
48 why does the professor mention prizes?
49 what will the students read about for homework?
50 what does the professor quote from Californias curriculum requirements?
