Part I Script
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. Heavy metal.B. Rock.
C. Golden oldies.
D. Pop music.
2.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. She is from Hong Kong.
B. She is familiar with the Hong Kong singers.
C. She is not familiar with the music they are listening to.
D. She enjoys the music they are listening to.
3.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The man won't turn on the stereo for the woman.B. The woman loves fast music.
C. Slow music can give people energy according to the man.D. Fast music can give people energy according to the man.
4.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The man thinks the tickets are inexpensive while the woman
thinks they are expensive.
B. The man thinks the tickets are expensive while the woman thinks they are inexpensive.
C. They both think the tickets are expensive.
5.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The man probably moved in not long ago.B. The woman probably moved in not long ago.
C. The man is interested in the bass.
D. The woman wants to finish the party as early as possible.
D. They both think the tickets are inexpensive.
Part II Script
Directions: Listen to the following recording, and then fill in the blanks
with the missing words. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time to write the missing words. Use the second playing to check your answers. W:M:W:
Oh, Backstreet Boys! They were my (1) ________ last year.(2)_______
Yes, though my interest is (3)______ so strong. You see, I was once (4)_________ of them.
I know you (5)______ posters and bought every CD they ever made.I also went to almost every concert they had—even (6)_______ in Canada!
Don't you think that was strange? (7)________ over some strangers?(8)_______. But students have too much (9)_________. We have to spend a lot of time studying...
Which leads you to (10)________ with pop stars? I don't (11)_______.You see, under great pressure, we need relaxation (12)______. And...
M:W:
M:W:
M:W:
W:
1.What has Williams recently said?
Go onget itcollecteda big fanno longerpressurethe onesCorrect answerfavorite bandfall in loveMaybe to you
In a sec! Let's watch this (14)_______ first!
from time to timemusic videoGoing crazyNot anymore
Part III Script
M:
(13)_______!
Directions: Listen to the following recording, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.
2.Why is Williams so rich now?
B. Music piracy is a good thing.
D. Music piracy should be banned.
C. Music piracy promotes the popularity of his songs.
A. Music piracy is costing the music industry a lot of money.
B. CD copying.D. Both A) and B).A. Online song-sharing.
B. They found themselves helpless.C. Downloading songs from the Internet.
D. He has received large donations from his fans.B. He has benefited a great deal from music piracy.A. They were angry but would not do anything about it.C. He has got lots of money from the record companies.
4.What examples of music piracy are mentioned in the passage?3.When Williams asked the record companies about the issue of music piracy, what responses did he get from them?
D. They were angry and were trying to settle the issue in court.C. They did not care since they could get lots of money from over-priced CDs.
A. Neutral.
C. Positive.
B. Negative.
5.What is the speaker's tone about music piracy?
D. Sarcastic.
A. He has recently inherited a lot of money.
C. wantB. needB. replyD. demandD. returnA. answerA. composedC. responseA. necessity
3.Although Mozart lived only a short life, he _______ over 600 works.1.When the audience cried \"Encore\_________ from the audience.2.In 1781, he left for Vienna, where he was in great ________ as both a performer and a composition teacher.
Part IV
Directions: Choose the best answer to each of the following statements.
4.In 1916, Patty took legal action ________ Mr. Coleman.
A. over
C. composed in
B. composed of
D. was composed of
C. onC. onB. toA. forD. forD. downD. withC. withB. forthA. ahead
7.We sometimes danced _____ the music in a karaoke bar.
6.From that time _____, Mozart was performing in concerts and writing music.5.His music from the next decade was not very popular, and he eventually fell back on his teaching jobs ______ a living.
D. to
A. at
B. for
C. with
B. against
8.Let's go for ______ before we go to _________.
D. the lunch ... concert
C. lunch ... the concert
B. the lunch ... the concert
9.Before the age of four, Mozart ______ great musical talent.
10.After Patty Hill became the head of the Department of Kindergarten
Education, a gentleman ________ Robert Coleman published the song.
B. had shownA. has shownB. at the nameD. have showedD. in the name ofC. by the name ofC. had been shownA. called the name of
A. lunch ... concert
