PART Ⅱ DICTATION
Money
Money is accepted across the world as payment for goods or services. People use money to
buy food, clothes and hundreds of other things. In the past, many different things were used as money. People on Pacific islands once exchanged shells for goods. The Chinese used cloth and knives. In Africa, elephant tusks or salt were used. Even today, some people in Africa are still paid
in salt. Coins were first invented by the Chinese. Originally, they were round pieces of metal with
a hole in the center, so that a piece of string could keep them together. This made doing business much easier, but people still found coins inconvenient to carry when they wanted to buy something expensive. To solve this problem, the Chinese again came up with the solution. They began to use paper money for coins. Now paper notes are used throughout the world.
PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A
1. Lily studied drama at the university but she used to work as a policewoman. Now she is a teacher b
2. May I have your attention, please? Flight 5125 scheduled to take off at 11:30 will be delayed for
20 minutes. Please check-in half an hour prior to departure.
3. There is a railway strike in the south region and several trains have been cancelled, however, the
4. Latest reports from the northeast provinces say that at least sixteen people lost their lives in Sunday’s floods. A further nine people, mostly children are r
5. John, your paper must be revised over the weekend and handed in its final form on Monday.  If you have any problem, call the office directly.
6. My discovery of Mary Jackson was as a matter of fact, a gift from a friend.  Years ago I was
It’s only with
7. Oh!  Talking about money, it’s terrible when you think how tiring the work is.
8. A lot of drugs are missing from the cupboard here in this room so I think we will have to look
SECTION B
9. W: Would you mind if we discussed tomorrow’s agenda before dinner this evening?
r meal.
M: Not at all. I certainly don’t want to talk about it during ou
10. W:
11. W: It’s so hot today, I can’t work.
M: So do I, I’ll fall as
12. W: I can’t imagine what happened to Janet.
13.  W: Check in here?
M: Yes, can I see your flight ticket please?
W: Here it is.  I
14. W: I heard that PICC is going to hold interviews on campus next week.
M: Yeah, what day?  I’d like to talk to them and drop my resume.
15. W: There must be a thunderstorm in some place because the picture isn’t very sharp an
d the
sound isn’t very clear.
M: I think you’re right, they said on the radio last night that a storm was coming in from the
16. W: The party will start at 6:30 but there are a lot of preparations to make and I need your help.四级听力
Can I expect you at 5:00?
17. M: Excuse me, I’m enrolled to take Professor Lee’s literature course 102 and I hear some
changes have been made.
W: Yes, the class has been moved to the north building. Also it is now on Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 2 to , instead of being held on Monday and Friday from 2 to 3 p.
M: What changes!
SECTION C
News Item One (18-
A court in Zimbabwe is due to deliver its verdict today in a trial of a journalist who works for
the British newspaper The Guaidian.  The trial is seen as a test case for the country’s strict new media laws.  Andrew Meldrum, an American w ho’s lived in Zimbabwe for over twenty years is
accused of publishing an untrue story and faces up to two years in prison if found guilty.    A dozen
other journalists have also been charged with offenses relating to the new laws. In court Mr.
Meldrum’s defe nse argued that his story was published in Britain. It was beyond the jurisdiction of
News Item Two (20-
withdrawal Kuala Lumpur Afghanistan will play soccer at the Asian games.  Mongolia’s
has given the war-torn nation a confidence boost.  The Asian Football  Confederation (AFC)
announced in a statement yesterday that Afghanistan would play in the under-twenty-three
against Iran on September
tournament at the games in Bussan.  Afghanistan’s first match will be
other teams are Qatar and Lebanon. Afghanistan was a founding member of the
28. The group’s
confederation in the 1950s, before entering long periods of war and factional fighting.  The  chaos was largely ended after US led forces overthrew the Taliban regime last year in
country’ｓ
response to the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States. During the Soccer World Cup
-Kohistani said he
in June, the President of Afghanistan’s Football Aociation (AFA), Abdul Aleem
hoped his country would be able to take part in the
News Item Three (22-23)
The expected life span of Beijing residents has gone up to 75.5 years old, compared with 74.4
years old, a decade earlier. While the death rate of middle-aged residents increased dramatically,
according to recent official report. The report made public by the Beijing Disease Control and
Prevention Center said the past mortality of people age between 35 to 54 years old had gone up
58.5% during the past ten years, from 158 people per 100,000 in 1991 to 251 people per 100,000
last year.  Infant and maternal mortality rates went down 132% and 147% respectively.  Health
experts said chronic non-infectious diseases were the main causes of death covering 60% of the
total number of deaths.  The male mortality is higher than that of females and the death rate
News Item Four (24-25)
Islamabad-Pakistani President, Purvez Musherof said yesterday there was no danger of the
country going to war with neighboring India but that Pakistani forces would be ready to repel any aggression.  There is no danger of war, Musherof told  reporters in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.  We should have confidence in ourselves. We are not sitting idle.  We are prepared for everything. There should not be any misunderstanding. Tensions were raised this week as the two accused each other of links to killings in the two countries. India suspects the two gunmen who killed twenty-based Islamic militant groups.  Pakistan denied any involvement in the temple massacre and police in Karachi said there were indications of India intelligence agents behind the murder of seven Christian charity workers
in the city, but India rejects the charges yesterday.