Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension

　　Section A Conversations

　　Short Conversations

　　11. C) She was somewhat overweight.

　　12. D) At the hotel reception.

　　13. B) Having confidence in her son.

　　14. A) Have a short break.

　　15. D) He has been in perfect condition.

　　16. B) She still keeps some old furniture in her new house.

　　17. D) The woman forget lending the book to the man.

　　18. C) The man doesn’t look like a sportsman.

　　Long Conversations

　　19. A) She has packed it in one of her bags.

　　20. C) It will last one week.

　　21. B) The taxi is waiting for them.

　　22. A) At home.

　　23. C) She is tired of her present work.

　　24. A) Translator.

　　25. D) Education and experience.

　　Section B Short Passages

　　26. A) They care a lot about children.

　　27. B) Their birth information is usually kept secret.

　　28. C) They have mixed feelings about finding their natural parents.

　　29. D) Adoption has much to do with love.

　　30. B) He bought the Washington Post.

　　31. A) She was the first woman to lead to lead a big US publishing company.

　　32. D) Katharine had exerted an important influence on the world.

　　33. C) It'll protect them from possible financial crises.

　　34. A) They can’t immediately get back the money paid for their medical cost.

　　35. B) They needn’t pay the entire medical bill at once.

　　Section C Compound Dictation

　　36. alarming 37. increased 38. sheer 39. disturbing 40. comparison

　　41. proportion 42. force 43. inverse

　　44. The percentage of people living in cities is much higher than the percentage working in industry.

　　45. There is not enough money to build adequate houses for the people that live there, let alone the new arrivals

　　46. So the figures for the growth of towns and cities represent proportional growth of unemployment and underemployment.