Narrator

　　Now listen to two students as they discuss the announcement. [2 seconds]

　　Student A Oh great, now we have to come up with more money for next semester.

　　Student B Yeah, I know, but I can see why. When I first started here, classes were so much smaller than they are now. With this many students, it's hard to get the personal attention you need……

　　Student A Yeah, I guess you're right. You know, in some classes I can't even get a seat. And I couldn't take the math course I wanted to because it was already full when I signed up.

　　Student B And the other thing is, well, I am kind of worried about not being able to get a job after I graduate.

　　Student A Why? I mean you're doing really well in your classes, aren't you?

　　Student B I'm doing ok, but the facilities here are so limited. There are some great new experiments in microbiology that we can't even do here…… there isn't enough equipment in the laboratories, and the equipment they have is out of date. How am I going to compete for jobs with people who have practical research experience? I think the extra tuition will be a good investment. [2 seconds]

　　Narrator The woman expresses her opinion of the announcement made by the university president. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.

Please begin speaking after the beep. [2 secs beep]

　　The woman expresses her opinion of the announcement made by the university president. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.

　　Preparation time: 30 seconds

　　Response time: 60 seconds

　　对于该题,首先要快速读完文字通知部分,再听懂AB两者间的对话方可答题。若在答题前先扫描题干,可以看出这道题也是一道Issue题,只是其观点并非由答题者自由发挥,而是必须在听明白其中那名女生的观点后加以有条理的复述。

　　请特别注意,这道题的关键是要阐述她的观点并加以说理,若一些举例性的细节实在没有听清楚可以略过。不过这也意味着归纳总结能力是此题所考查的英语语言运用能力之一。

　　本题参考答案:

　　The woman is in favor of the university's decision to raise the tuition and fee for all students. One of her reasons is that the university needs to hire more faculty members so that class size would be made smaller. She has noticed that the ever-expanding class size has kept students from getting enough personal attention they need. She also agrees that the lack of faculty members has led to the limited opportunity for students to take the courses they are interested in. Besides, she thinks it is highly necessary for the university to be financed to purchase better research facilities so that students would have the opportunity to conduct all the experiments they need to master for their future career.

　　三。先听后答题

　　Narrator Please Listen Carefully

　　Narrator You may begin to prepare your response after the beep. [2 secs beep]

　　Narrator Now listen to a conversation between two students.

　　Student A Hey Lisa, how's it going?

　　Student B Hi Mark. Uh, I'm OK, I guess, but my schoolwork is really stressing me out.