34 why doesn’t the man want to call Elizabeth? 
Questions 35 through 39: 
Listen to two students talking about their engineering class. 
woman:hello? 
man:hi,may,this is bill johns. 
woman:oh hi,bill.you weren’t in engineering class today, were you? 
man:i have the ful.i was sonderfing if you could tell me what went on. 
woman:actually we had an interesting class. Dr.Collin talked about a new  
type of fuel. 
man:oh,yeah? 
woman:uh-hum.it’s called dimethyl-ether or DME. 
man:oh,i remember reading somethinga bout¹ DME.it’s mostly used in spray  
cans,right? 
woman:right. DME doesn’t destory the ozone,so it’s been environmentally  
friendsly. 
man:but doesn’t DME pullute the air if it’s burned in an engine? 
woman:Dr.Collin says something about its exhausts being clear,that it  
doesn’t release as much pullutants as diesel² fuel.and he mentioned  
something about DME being more efficient than other alternative fuels. 
man:when will it replace diesel fuel? 
woman:not for a while.it’s not economical to massproduce. 
man:well,thanks for the information.i guess i won’t need to borrowyour  
notes. 
woman:well,maybe you should look at them.we are having a test next week. 
man:okay,could u give them to Mike Andrews? I think he is in your  
psychology³ class.he is my roommate. 
woman:sure.i hope you’re feeling better soon. 
man:thanks.me too.bye! 
woman:bye! 
35 what is the converstation mainly about? 
36 why is the woman giving the man the information? 
37 what effect will the increased use of DME instead of diesel fuelprobably  
have? 
38 according to the conversation,why won’t DME be on the market soon? 
39 why does the woman suggest the man look at her notes? 

Questions 40 through 43: 
Okay.Uh...you remember that ive mention that it’s important to read the  
assigned poems aloud,so you can develp and appreciation⁴ of the sounds of  
the poetry: the rhymes,the rhythm,the repetition of words or sounds,and to  
get a sense of the interplay between the sounds of the words and their  
meaning.this is really critical as we move into modern poetry,especially by  
writers woh place so much importance on sounds that the meaning becomes all  
etter relevant.like this line by Gertrude Stein that I’d like to  
quote.listen,listen as i say the words."rose is a rose is a rose is a  
rose." taken literally⁵ this would seems to be an empty statement,one which  
gives us no information. but the purpose of a poem need not be to infrom  
the reader of anything, but rather to evoke⁶ feelings. to create a sensual  
as well as phonically pleasing experience. now Gertrude Stein was better  
known for her prose than for her poems.but i’d like to like to quote this  
line because of its musicality,and because i think it helps open up our  
awareness⁷ to the unconventionallyricism of contemporary poets.you’ll see  
this in your homework tongiht as you read the poetryof John  
Ashbery,especially if you read it out loud,which i recommend you do.poets  
like ashbery don’t rely so much on any formal rhyme scheme or meter as on  
the musical quality of the individual words themselves. as i said,Stein was  
better known for her non-poetical work.and now i’d like to touch briefly⁸ on  
her essay entitled "Converstaion and Explanation".this work deals with her  
theory of writing and will help to explain some of the things we’ve talking  
about. 
40 what does the professor mainly discuss? 
41 what does the professor say about Gertrude Stein as a writer? 
42 why does the professor recommend the students do as part of their  
homework? 
43 what does the professor recommend the students do as part of their  
homework? 
Questions 44 through 46 
Listen to a talk in a class about United States history. 
last week,you recall,we discussed the early development of railroads in the  
United States.today i want to mention an even earlier form of  
transportation , one that brought the first European settlers to America.  
and that’s the wooden sailing ship. from colonial times sailing ships were  
vital to the economy. many coastal⁹ towns depended on fishing or whaling for  
employment and income. this was especiallytrue in the northeastern states.  
and there the wood from nearby forests and the skills of local designers  
and workers also formed the basis of an important shipbuilding industry.  
but the big profits were to be made on trade with far away places.and since  
sea captains often became part owners of their ships,they had a strong  
interest in the commercial success of their voyages.so these Yankees,that’s  
what US sailor and officers cmae to be called, they carried on a very  
profitabletrade with other partsof the world.the high pointof this trade  
came in the mid-19th centurywith the introduction of the clipper ship,the  
enormous Yankee clippers with huge sails reaching nearly two hundredfeet  
into sky.he’d carry passengers and cargo¹⁰ from New York around South America  
to San Francisco in less than three months and clear to China in just half  
a year.at that time this seemed unbelievalbe fast and efficient.but in the  
1860s ,more reliable steam-poweredship began to take over. and soon the  
important role of sailing ships in the US economy would come to an end. 
44 what aspect of United States histroy does the professor mainly discuss? 
45 According to the professor,what may be one reason for the success of the  
merchant ships of the United States? 
46 what does the professor say about clipper ships? 
Questions 47 through 50: 
Listen to part of a talk in a class on early childhood education.the  
professor is discussing penmanship: the quality of one’s handwriting. 
as you prepare to become elementary school teachers,you’ll be hearing a lot  
of disscussion about the relevance¹¹ of teaching permanship.now years ago  
when i was studying education in college,reading writikng and arithmetic  
were the basics of elementary school education.it went without saying that  
writing meant first and foremost penmanship.that is,the neatness of a  
child’s handwriting.back then,penmanship was often taught as a separate  
subject from the fist grade right up through the sixth grade long after the  
children had moved from writing in block capital letters to cursive scipt.  
it was considered so important that sometimes prizes were even awarded for  
the best handwriting.but when we move ahead a few decades into the 1980s,we  
see teachers and administrators¹² and even parents telling us that teaching  
penmanship is waste of time.with computers,they said,children can  
successfully manipulate the keyboard or mouse of their home computers  
before they can even hold a pencil. this change in attitude had an impact  
on the classroom. in your homework for this week you’ll be looking at what  
statewide curriculum standards in the US say about penmanship.you’ll see  
that in many states penmanship hasbeen de-emphasized in a required  
curriculum,especially in the later years of elementary school.in  
california,for example,the curriculum calls for fourth-grade students  
to...and i quote,"write fluently and legibly in cursive or grades.but after  
this,the curriculum makes no further mention of penmanship in grade  
five,six or beyond,Any higher level of quality or neatness is simply not  
among the curricular objectives.your assignment is to look at what the  
curricular standards say for all fifty states say about penmanship. 
47 what is the professor’s main point about penmanship in early childhood  
education? 
48 why does the professor mention prizes? 
49 what will the students read about for homework? 
50 what does the professor quote from California’s curriculum requirements?