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  [00:12.38]MODEL TEST 8
  [00:15.31]Section A
  [00:17.63]Directions:
  [00:19.28]In this section,
  [00:20.71]you will hear 8 short conversations
  [00:23.33]and 2 long conversations.
  [00:25.78]At the end of each conversation,
  [00:28.18]one or more questions will be
  [00:30.38]asked about what was said.
  [00:32.56]Both the conversation
  [00:34.30]and the questions
  [00:35.35]will be spoken only once.
  [00:37.72]After each question
  [00:39.59]there will be a pause.
  [00:41.48]During the pause,
  [00:42.97]you must read the four choices
  [00:45.07]marked A), B), C) and D),
  [00:49.03]and decide which is the best answer.
  [00:51.95]Then mark the corresponding letter
  [00:54.82]on Answer Sheet 2
  [00:57.04]with a single line
  [00:58.31]through the center.
  [00:59.91]Now let's begin with
  [01:02.28]the 8 short conversations.
  [01:05.36]11. W: Why have you come here, Bill?
  [01:08.42]It is very late.
  [01:10.08]I heard the clock had already
  [01:11.86]stricken eleven a few minutes ago.
  [01:14.22]M: I came to see you, Helen.
  [01:16.17]I heard you were very ill,
  [01:18.24]and I could not sleep
  [01:20.12]until I had spoken to you.
  [01:21.91]Q: Why did the man come
  [01:23.27]to see the woman?
  [01:39.62]12. W: Councilor Manion,
  [01:42.94]what do you think of
  [01:44.48]the increasingly heavy traffic
  [01:46.39]in the town?
  [01:47.63]Surely it would be a good idea
  [01:50.03]if the traffic in the town
  [01:51.64]were banned altogether.
  [01:53.11]M: I wouldn’t go along
  [01:54.38]with you there.
  [01:56.16]Q: What’s the most likely relationship
  [01:58.48]between the two speakers?
  [02:15.19]13. M: Would you like to
  [02:18.74]come out for a drink, Jane?
  [02:20.40]W: Thank you,
  [02:21.21]but could I let you know
  [02:22.48]in a few minutes?
  [02:23.68]I’m not sure if
  [02:24.47]I’ve finished my work for today.
  [02:26.55]Q: Where does this conversation
  [02:29.07]most probably take place?
  [02:45.96]14. M: Now that you’ve been to
  [02:50.10]so many countries,
  [02:51.53]you must be able to speak
  [02:52.87]several different languages.
  [02:54.39]W: I wish I could,
  [02:56.06]but to be honest with you,
  [02:57.72]I’ve only learnt to
  [02:59.09]speak Spanish and Italian.
  [03:01.45]Q: What did the woman say about
  [03:04.22]her knowledge of foreign languages?
  [03:21.52]15. W: It was a real bargain.
  [03:26.32]That used tape recorder is
  [03:28.41]in good condition and cost me
  [03:30.61]only 50 dollars,
  [03:32.35]barely one third
  [03:33.79]the price of a new one.
  [03:35.70]M: You don’t say!
  [03:37.33]I can’t believe it.
  [03:38.99]Q: What is the price of
  [03:40.59]a new tape recorder of the same model?
  [03:58.32]16. W: Wow! I thought that the change of
  [04:04.06]the chef at our school restaurant
  [04:06.34]might mean better food.
  [04:08.39]M: I told you that
  [04:09.70]you were being too optimistic.
  [04:11.56]Sometimes it was salty or hard.
  [04:15.50]Q: What did the woman think of
  [04:17.53]the food at the school restaurant?
  [04:33.70]17. W: Dr. Richards of Anatole Sports
  [04:40.09]wants you to confirm his appointment
  [04:42.04]on the 28th in the morning.
  [04:44.10]M: Yes, that’s okay.
  [04:46.03]Can you help me wire him?
  [04:48.24]Q: What does the man
  [04:49.54]ask the woman to do?
  [05:05.99]18. W: I suppose you heard about
  [05:10.15]that chunk of concrete falling onto a car
  [05:13.32]in South Street yesterday,
  [05:15.31]didn’t you, Ted? I saw the car,
  [05:17.61]it was a complete wreck.
  [05:20.32]M: Yes, I saw it in the paper.
  [05:22.82]From a 250 feet high building,
  [05:25.58]wasn’t it?
  [05:26.87]Q: What happened to the car?
  [05:43.92]Now you will hear the
  [05:46.63]two long conversations.
  [05:49.30]Conversation One
  [05:52.54]W: Jerry, How have you been?
  [05:54.12]M: Good. But I’m surprised
  [05:56.55]to see you on the city bus.
  [05:58.33]Is your car broken?
  [05:59.87]W: No. I’ve just been thinking
  [06:01.56]a lot about the environment lately.
  [06:04.26]And I find the air will be
  [06:05.97]a lot cleaner if we
  [06:07.52]all use public transportation
  [06:09.61]when we could.
  [06:11.22]M: I’m sure you are right.
  [06:12.55]But the diesel
  [06:13.91]bus isn’t exactly pollution free.
  [06:16.23]W: We were just talking about
  [06:18.12]that in my environmental engineering class.
  [06:21.07]M: What could people do?
  [06:22.71]Install pollution filters in all their buses?
  [06:25.90]W: They could,
  [06:26.88]but those filters make the engines work harder
  [06:30.21]and really cut down
  [06:31.65]on the fuel efficiency. Instead
  [06:34.34]they found a way to make their engines
  [06:36.62]more efficient.
  [06:37.79]M: How?
  [06:38.90]W: Well, there is a material
  [06:40.45]that’s a really good insulator.
  [06:43.03]And a thin coat of it gets sprayed
  [06:45.57]on the certain part of the engine.
  [06:47.62]M: An insulator.
  [06:48.85]W: Yeah. What it does is reflecting back
  [06:52.25]the heat of burning fuel.
  [06:54.08]So the fuel will burn much hotter
  [06:56.42]and burn up more completely.
  [06:59.03]M: So a lot less unburned fuel
  [07:01.25]comes out to pollute the air.
  [07:02.88]W: And the bus will need less fuel.
  [07:04.84]So saving on fuel cost.
  [07:07.16]M: Sounds like people should all go out
  [07:09.63]and get some this stuff
  [07:10.30]to spray their car engines.
  [07:11.96]W: Well, it’s not really that easy.
  [07:14.25]You see, normally,
  [07:15.66]the materials are fine powder.
  [07:18.01]To melt it so you can spray
  [07:20.07]a coat of it on the engine parts,
  [07:22.08]you first have to
  [07:23.30]heat it over 10 000 degrees
  [07:26.34]and then ..., well,
  [07:28.03]you get the idea.
  [07:29.34]It’s not something you
  [07:30.77]or I will be able to do ourselves.
  [07:33.71]Questions 19 to 21 are based
  [07:37.04]on the conversation you have just heard.
  [07:39.62]19. What is the conversation mainly about?
  [07:59.44]20. Why did the woman
  [08:02.92]decide to take the city bus?
  [08:20.22]21. What can we learn about
  [08:24.76]the new material?
  [08:40.90]Conversation Two
  [08:43.54]M: Hi, Lucy, what do you think of
  [08:46.31]our Children’s Literature class?
  [08:48.40]W: It looks pretty good.
  [08:52.87]I was surprised to see you here.
  [08:55.36]Are you also majoring
  [08:56.82]in elementary education?
  [08:58.71]M: No, I’m not,
  [09:00.07]but as a psychology major,
  [09:02.46]I can use this to fulfill
  [09:04.01]the requirement in developmental psychology.
  [09:06.47]W: Have you finished your
  [09:07.98]first assignment yet?
  [09:09.08]Our teacher said we should hand
  [09:10.92]in the assignment on Tuesday.
  [09:12.91]Ah, that’s tomorrow.
  [09:14.95]M: Not yet.
  [09:16.21]I just bought the books today.
  [09:18.10]How about you?
  [09:19.47]W: I started this afternoon.
  [09:21.11]It’s great fun reading those wonderful
  [09:24.15]children’s stories by Dr. Thews.
  [09:26.64]M: Dr. Thews?
  [09:27.97]I don’t remember seeing his name
  [09:29.88]on the reading list.
  [09:30.93]W: His full name is Theodore Thews Gaisle.
  [09:33.85]That’s how it’s listed in the bibliography.
  [09:36.41]Dr. Thews is his pen-name.
  [09:38.87]M: I love reading those stories as a child.
  [09:41.24]It’ll be interesting to read them
  [09:43.61]now from a different perspective.
  [09:45.24]I guess it’ll give me a good idea
  [09:46.94]on how children think.
  [09:48.45]W: Those stories are also great
  [09:50.30]for classroom use.
  [09:51.76]M: How is that?
  [09:52.92]W: Well, take a typical Dr. Thews’ book
  [09:55.77]like The Cat in the Hat.
  [09:57.89]It has a controlled vocabulary
  [10:00.10]of only 200 words.
  [10:02.26]M: So that means the children
  [10:03.96]get lots of practice
  [10:05.34]in using a small number of words
  [10:07.13]over and over.
  [10:08.48]W: Exactly. In fact,
  [10:10.30]The Cat in the Hat was written primarily
  [10:13.09]to show how a controlled vocabulary
  [10:15.36]reader could also find reading
  [10:17.57]to be interesting and fun.
  [10:19.95]M: Well, it sounds like all
  [10:21.37]these courses are also going
  [10:22.53]to be interesting and fun.
  [10:23.88]I think I’ll get started
  [10:25.06]on this reading list tonight.
  [10:26.68]Questions 22 to 25 are based on
  [10:30.79]the conversation you have just heard.
  [10:33.80]22. What was the man’s major field of study?
  [10:53.95]23. Why would the man
  [10:57.78]read children’s stories?
  [11:14.62]24. When did the conversation
  [11:19.04]probably take place?
  [11:35.74]25. What could be inferred
  [11:40.03]about The Cat in the Hat?
  [11:57.09]Section B
  [12:01.10]Directions:
  [12:02.52]In this section,
  [12:03.92]you will hear 3 short passages.
  [12:07.12]At the end of each passage,
  [12:09.35]you will hear some questions.
  [12:11.54]Both the passage
  [12:12.99]and the questions will be
  [12:14.85]spoken only once.
  [12:17.46]After you hear a question,
  [12:19.09]you must choose the best answer
  [12:21.32]from the four choices
  [12:23.19]marked A), B), C) and D).
  [12:27.02]Then mark the corresponding letter
  [12:29.99]on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line
  [12:33.64]through the center.
  [12:35.15]Passage One
  [12:37.02]Margaret Mitchell,
  [12:38.49]the renowned American novelist,
  [12:40.59]is the author of the enormously popular novel
  [12:43.17]Gone With the Wind.
  [12:44.75]She grew up in Atlanta, Georigia.
  [12:47.40]When her mother died in 1919,
  [12:50.32]she returned home from college.
  [12:52.35]Between 1922 and 1926 she was a writer
  [12:56.98]and reporter for the Atlanta Journal.
  [12:59.10]After an ankle injury in 1926
  [13:02.35]she left the paper and,
  [13:04.41]for the next 10 years,
  [13:05.81]worked slowly on a romantic novel
  [13:08.70]about the Civil War and Reconstruction
  [13:11.13]as seen from a Southern point of view.
  [13:13.51]The novel featured Scarlet O. Hara,
  [13:15.99]a strong-willed heroine.
  [13:17.55]From her family Mitchell
  [13:19.73]has absorbed the history of the South,
  [13:21.72]the tragedy of the war,
  [13:23.18]and the romance of the Lost Cause.
  [13:26.11]She worked at her novel
  [13:27.76]in a scattered manner,
  [13:28.87]composing episodes
  [13:30.51]and later fitting them together
  [13:32.03]into sequences.
  [13:33.13]She did not think of publication at first,
  [13:35.81]and for six years after the book
  [13:37.94]was finished the novel wasn’t exposed
  [13:40.27]to the public. But in 1935 Mitchell
  [13:43.43]was persuaded to submit her manuscript
  [13:45.44]for publication. It appeared in 1936
  [13:48.79]as Gone With the Wind.
  [13:50.64]Within six months 1 000 000 copies
  [13:53.03]had been sold; 50 000 copies were sold
  [13:56.17]in one day. It went on to sell more copies
  [13:59.31]than any other novel in U. S.
  [14:00.97]publishing history,
  [14:02.35]with sales passing 12 million by 1965,
  [14:05.94]and was eventually translated into
  [14:08.58]25 languages and sold in 40 countries.
  [14:12.34]It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1937.
  [14:16.60]The book was soon adapted into a film,
  [14:18.85]starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable.
  [14:21.65]The film won nine major Oscars
  [14:23.98]and within two decades ranked
  [14:26.55]as the top moneymaking film of all time.
  [14:29.01]Mitchell, who never started another book,
  [14:31.65]died after an automobile accident in 1949.
  [14:35.68]Questions 26 to 28 are based on
  [14:39.99]the passage you have just heard.
  [14:42.42]26. Why did Margaret Mitchell
  [14:46.60]leave the Atlanta Journal?
  [15:03.62]27. How many copies of Gone With the Wind
  [15:09.03]had been sold within six months
  [15:11.78]after it appeared in 1936?
  [15:28.90]28. How many major Oscars did the film
  [15:34.59]Gone With the Wind win?
  [15:51.93]Passage Two
  [15:54.05]Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on Jan 29, 1954,
  [16:00.45]in a farmer family. Oprah’s parents
  [16:03.72]separated when she was young,
  [16:05.48]leaving her to be raised
  [16:07.28]by her strict grandmother.
  [16:09.19]To amuse herself, Oprah began speaking
  [16:11.94]and play acting at a very early age.
  [16:15.34]As a child, her favorite hobby
  [16:17.32]was reading.
  [16:18.71]She began reading very early,
  [16:20.63]and her interest
  [16:21.82]in reading eventually developed into
  [16:24.03]her lifelong combat against illiteracy.
  [16:27.53]Her father encouraged Oprah to read
  [16:29.40]and engaged her in discussions.
  [16:31.53]He demanded that his daughter
  [16:33.67]add five new words to her vocabulary
  [16:36.39]before she could have dinner each day.
  [16:39.04]Oprah Winfrey won a speech contest
  [16:41.33]that guaranteed her a full scholarship
  [16:43.84]to the University of Tennessee.
  [16:46.17]She also received an invitation to
  [16:48.39]the White House Conference on Youth.
  [16:50.95]At Tennessee State, Winfrey entered
  [16:53.57]and won several beauty contests.
  [16:55.96]She was subsequently offered a position
  [16:58.19]by the local CBS
  [17:00.17]affiliate television station
  [17:02.27]while she was still in college.
  [17:04.40]After graduation in 1976,
  [17:07.23]Winfrey accepted an offer
  [17:09.01]from the ABC affiliate in Baltimore.
  [17:12.15]She was then assigned to
  [17:13.64]an early morning talk show.
  [17:15.32]By 1985 her talk show was expanded
  [17:18.65]and renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show.
  [17:21.26]Winfrey attracted scores of viewers,
  [17:24.10]primarily women. A frank interviewer,
  [17:26.95]Winfrey was equally honest
  [17:28.76]when talking about herself.
  [17:30.86]For years, she shared her uphill battle
  [17:33.42]with her weight with her fans.
  [17:35.36]Not satisfied with her success
  [17:37.75]as a TV show host,
  [17:39.34]Winfrey also participated
  [17:41.40]in movie making
  [17:42.73]in the 1980s and wrote a cookbook
  [17:45.55]in 1993 that became an immediate bestseller.
  [17:50.33]As the most successful woman
  [17:52.46]in entertainment in America,
  [17:54.50]Oprah Winfrey’s extraordinary accomplishments
  [17:57.60]are amazing by any standards.
  [18:00.82]Questions 29 to 31 are based
  [18:04.50]on the passage you have just heard.
  [18:06.56]29. What happened to Oprah Winfrey’s
  [18:11.24]parents when she was young?
  [18:27.74]30. How did Oprah Winfrey
  [18:31.80]get a full scholarship to
  [18:33.46]the University of Tennessee?
  [18:50.26]31. What are most of
  [18:53.97]Oprah Winfrey’s viewers?
  [19:11.06]Passage Three
  [19:12.51]Good evening.
  [19:13.76]Welcome to the first meeting
  [19:15.67]of our spring cycling season.
  [19:17.83]It’s pleasure to see so many
  [19:19.56]new faces here. I certainly hope
  [19:21.73]that most of you will soon feel right
  [19:23.57]at home with our group and that
  [19:25.28]bicycling will become a regular hobby
  [19:27.31]for you and a part of
  [19:28.87]your physical fitness routine.
  [19:30.71]Some of you may not realize
  [19:32.34]that the state of New Jersey offers
  [19:34.23]ample opportunities for bicyclists
  [19:36.31]of all abilities. We have rolling
  [19:38.73]countryside, miles of beaches,
  [19:41.22]lovely hills and valleys and thousands
  [19:44.07]of miles of little-used roads.
  [19:46.28]Beginners will find the shore
  [19:48.58]and area south of Princeton suitable for
  [19:50.86]their needs while expert riders will discover
  [19:53.85]that the steep trails to the region
  [19:55.71]around High Point offer a challenge
  [19:57.73]to their skill and stamina.
  [19:59.83]In addition, New Jersey is rich
  [20:02.19]in places of historical interest.
  [20:03.94]Most are carefully preserved.
  [20:06.43]All have been meticulously restored.
  [20:09.14]We organize tours to a variety
  [20:11.66]of places nearly every weekend.
  [20:13.60]Next, Saturday’s tour will be
  [20:16.05]a relatively easy one,
  [20:17.30]from Rutgers University to
  [20:18.93]the Gate Way National Park.
  [20:21.05]Interested cyclists should meet
  [20:23.36]at eight a. m. in the parking lot
  [20:25.26]at the corner of Hamilton Street
  [20:26.80]and College Avenue in New Brunswick.
  [20:29.26]The minimum time
  [20:30.59]for this tour is about six hours.
  [20:32.19]We will use a “buddy system”
  [20:34.61]throughout the ride.
  [20:35.79]Each new rider should team up
  [20:37.65]with a more experienced rider.
  [20:39.64]If the buddies looked after each other,
  [20:41.97]we can be sure that
  [20:43.23]no one will be left behind
  [20:44.39]on the back roads.
  [20:45.58]You can pick up a map of Saturday’s tour
  [20:48.27]at the information table
  [20:49.68]before you leave this evening.
  [20:51.01]Questions 32 to 35 are based on
  [20:55.51]the passage you have just heard.
  [20:57.65]32. What is the passage
  [21:01.64]mainly talk about?
  [21:17.96]33. According to the speaker,
  [21:22.43]what makes New Jersey
  [21:24.07]a good place to bicycle?
  [21:40.71]34. What will some of
  [21:44.47]the listeners probably do on Saturday?
  [22:02.07]35. What is the purpose
  [22:06.19]of the “buddy system”?
  [22:22.98]Section C
  [22:24.97]Directions: In this section,
  [22:28.12]you will hear a passage
  [22:29.94]three times.
  [22:31.69]When the passage is read
  [22:33.11]for the first time,
  [22:34.43]you should listen carefully
  [22:36.29]for its general idea.
  [22:38.37]When the passage is read
  [22:39.68]for the second time,
  [22:40.95]you are required to fill
  [22:42.49]in the blanks numbered
  [22:44.69]from 36 to 43
  [22:47.27]with the exact words
  [22:49.34]you have just heard.
  [22:51.06]For blanks numbered
  [22:52.37]from 44 to 46
  [22:54.77]you are required to fill
  [22:56.48]in the missing information.
  [22:58.35]For these blanks,
  [23:00.33]you can either use the exact words
  [23:02.50]you have just heard
  [23:03.74]or write down the main points
  [23:06.29]in your own words.
  [23:07.92]Finally, when the passage
  [23:09.87]is read for the third time,
  [23:11.66]you should check
  [23:12.94]what you have written.
  [23:14.46]Now listen to the passage.
  [23:18.15]If you listen to American music,
  [23:21.82]watch American television or read magazines,
  [23:25.01]you will probably
  [23:26.19]agree that the most popular
  [23:28.05]subject of these forms
  [23:29.86]of entertainment is love.
  [23:31.93]Romantic love always finds an audience
  [23:35.24]in the United States.
  [23:36.87]Falling in love,
  [23:38.62]solving the problems of love,
  [23:40.32]and achieving the happy ending—
  [23:42.62]the big wedding are subjects
  [23:44.66]of interest to the adult as well
  [23:46.75]as the teenage public.
  [23:48.53]Millions of Americans
  [23:50.37]celebrate Valentine’s Day
  [23:52.68]with special cards and gifts
  [23:54.89]that announce their love
  [23:56.60]to their mates, their friends,
  [23:58.71]their coworkers, and their families.
  [24:01.99]Popular songs tell us that
  [24:03.71]“all the world love a lover”.
  [24:05.84]A popular saying is “Love conquers all”.
  [24:09.42]Numerous columns in magazines
  [24:11.67]and newspapers offer advice
  [24:13.64]to the lovelorn, those
  [24:15.41]with difficulties of heart.
  [24:17.38]To most Americans, romantic love
  [24:19.74]is central to a happy life.
  [24:22.31]Not only do Americans believe
  [24:24.18]in romantic love but they also
  [24:26.13]believe that it is
  [24:27.35]the best basis for marriage.
  [24:29.50]Despite the high divorce rate
  [24:31.86]in the United States,
  [24:33.32]young men and women continue
  [24:35.88]to marry on the basis of romantic love.
  [24:40.10]Americans consider marriage
  [24:41.91]a private arrangement between
  [24:43.84]the two people involved.
  [24:45.87]Young Americans feel free to
  [24:47.94]choose their own marriage partners
  [24:49.97]from any social, economic,
  [24:51.93]or religious background.
  [24:53.66]The man or woman may have strong ties
  [24:55.99]with parents, brothers,
  [24:57.51]or sisters, but when he
  [24:59.72]or she falls in love,
  [25:01.38]the strongest feelings
  [25:03.28]are supposed to be for the loved one.
  [25:05.98]When an American couple marries,
  [25:08.37]they generally plan to live apart
  [25:11.12]from both sets of parents
  [25:13.37]and build their own
  [25:14.65]independent family structure.
  [25:17.68]Now the passage will be read again.
  [25:20.03]If you listen to American music,
  [25:23.28]watch American television or read magazines,
  [25:26.24]you will probably
  [25:27.50]agree that the most popular
  [25:29.36]subject of these forms
  [25:31.14]of entertainment is love.
  [25:33.51]Romantic love always finds an audience
  [25:36.70]in the United States.
  [25:38.26]Falling in love,
  [25:39.80]solving the problems of love,
  [25:41.64]and achieving the happy ending-
  [25:43.85]the big wedding are subjects
  [25:46.00]of interest to the adult as well
  [25:47.96]as the teenage public.
  [25:49.90]Millions of Americans
  [25:51.73]celebrate Valentine’s Day
  [25:54.04]with special cards and gifts
  [25:56.31]that announce their love
  [25:57.72]to their mates, their friends,
  [26:00.11]their coworkers, and their families.
  [26:02.94]Popular songs tell us that
  [26:05.02]“all the world love a lover”.
  [26:07.19]A popular saying is “Love conquers all”.
  [26:10.90]Numerous columns in magazines
  [26:12.94]and news papers offer advice
  [26:14.93]to the lovelorn, those
  [26:16.53]with difficulties of heart.
  [26:18.66]To most Americans, romantic love
  [26:21.09]is central to a happy life.
  [26:23.65]Not only do Americans believe
  [26:25.66]in romantic love but they also
  [26:27.58]believe that it is
  [26:28.71]the best basis for marriage.
  [26:31.40]Despite the high divorce rate
  [26:33.32]in the United States,
  [26:34.75]young men and women continue
  [26:37.26]to marry on the basis of romantic love.
  [26:40.72]
  [27:38.96]Americans consider marriage
  [27:43.40]a private arrangement between
  [27:46.31]the two people involved.
  [27:47.51]Young Americans feel free to
  [27:49.45]choose their own marriage partners
  [27:51.23]from any social, economic,
  [27:53.45]or religious background.
  [27:55.49]The man or woman may have strong ties
  [27:57.51]with parents, brothers,
  [27:58.99]or sisters, but when he
  [28:01.18]or she falls in love,
  [28:03.02]the strongest feelings
  [28:04.74]are supposed to be for the loved one.
  [28:07.44]
  [29:08.41]When an American couple marries,
  [29:10.35]they generally plan to live apart
  [29:12.69]from both sets of parents
  [29:15.06]and build their own
  [29:16.51]independent family structure.
  [29:39.22]
  [30:18.76]Now the passage will be
  [30:20.40]read for the third time.
  [30:23.08]If you listen to American music,
  [30:25.50]watch American television or read magazines,
  [30:28.73]you will probably
  [30:29.84]agree that the most popular
  [30:31.75]subject of these forms
  [30:33.39]of entertainment is love.
  [30:35.96]Romantic love always finds an audience
  [30:39.07]in the United States.
  [30:40.81]Falling in love,
  [30:42.15]solving the problems of love,
  [30:44.09]and achieving the happy ending-
  [30:46.33]the big wedding are subjects
  [30:48.38]of interest to the adult as well
  [30:50.45]as the teenage public.
  [30:52.72]Millions of Americans
  [30:54.14]celebrate Valentine’s Day
  [30:56.45]with special cards and gifts
  [30:58.63]that announce their love
  [31:00.10]to their mates, their friends,
  [31:02.43]their coworkers, and their families.
  [31:05.39]Popular songs tell us that
  [31:07.22]“all the world love a lover”.
  [31:09.31]A popular saying is “Love conquers all”.
  [31:13.31]Numerous columns in magazines
  [31:15.39]and news papers offer advice
  [31:17.44]to the lovelorn, those
  [31:19.09]with difficulties of heart.
  [31:20.89]To most Americans, romantic love
  [31:23.42]is central to a happy life.
  [31:26.01]Not only do Americans believe
  [31:27.79]in romantic love but they also
  [31:29.96]believe that it is
  [31:30.98]the best basis for marriage.
  [31:33.66]Despite the high divorce rate
  [31:35.67]in the United States,
  [31:37.08]young men and women continue
  [31:39.62]to marry on the basis of romantic love.
  [31:43.29]Americans consider marriage
  [31:45.57]a private arrangement between
  [31:47.52]the two people involved.
  [31:49.95]Young Americans feel free to
  [31:51.25]choose their own marriage partners
  [31:53.75]from any social, economic,
  [31:55.67]or religious background.
  [31:57.40]The man or woman may have strong ties
  [31:59.58]with parents, brothers,
  [32:01.27]or sisters, but when he
  [32:03.23]or she falls in love,
  [32:05.49]the strongest feelings
  [32:07.07]are supposed to be for the loved one.
  [32:10.21]When an American couple marries,
  [32:12.12]they generally plan to live apart
  [32:14.76]from both sets of parents
  [32:16.94]and build their own
  [32:18.30]independent family structure.
  [32:21.15]This is the end of listening comprehension.


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