单选题 Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE. When you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
Questions 11~14
单选题
  • A. Selling computers.
  • B. Building railroads.
  • C. Teaching.
  • D. Preaching.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 11-14 W: Jack. Tell me about yourself. M: I was born in L. A., but my family is from China. My father came to the U. S. to study. He got a Ph. D. in computer science, and he stays on as a professor at a college in California. W: Is your mother from China, too? M: No, my Morn is from here. She's Asian American. Her folks came to the U. S. during the nineteenth century. In fact, one of her great-grandfathers actually helped build the first railroad cross the United States in the 1860s. What about you? W: Well, I'm a third-generation Mexican American. My grandparents were born in Veracruz, and they immigrated to this country a long time ago. We still have a lot of relatives in Mexico. M: Do you keep in touch with them? W: We visit whenever we can. M: By the way, howls your Spanish? W: It's pretty good. We speak it at home most of the time. Do you speak Chinese? M: Yeah, I'm quite fluent. And I am now learning to write it. I think someday I might be back in China and take up my career there. 11. What does the man's father do for a living?
单选题
  • A. She came to the US in the 1960s.
  • B. She had one great grandfather killed in a railroad accident.
  • C. She was a third-generation Mexican American.
  • D. She was born in the United States.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] What does the man say about his mother?
单选题
  • A. Because she has a lot of relatives in Spain.
  • B. Because she speaks it at home most of the time.
  • C. Because she has just emigrated from Mexico.
  • D. Because she has learned the language at a college.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] According to the woman, why can she speak very good Spanish?
单选题
  • A. Learning to write Chinese.
  • B. Consulting the woman about Spanish.
  • C. Working in China.
  • D. Traveling with the woman in Mexico.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] What is the man doing now?