While it is expected that students come to university with the ability to take a good set of notes，this is not always the case．High school may not have demanded it，so good listening and note-taking skills may need to be developed．

63．During a lesson          

    A．students might lose interest after 20 minutes

    B．most students might be absent―minded

    C．students prefer to talk to each other

    D．students don't have to pay attention to the last part of the lesson

64．the underlined part“the latter”refers to“          ”．

    A．imagining the lecture          B．reading the text beforehand

    C．questions to be answered       D．an interest in the material

65．The article is probably written for          ．

    A．high school students           B．grown―ups

    C．university students             D．teachers of English．

66．Which would be the best topic for the passage?

    A．How to Learn English well     B．Listening and Note―making．

    C．Being a Positive Listener．     D．How to Be an Active Learner．

　　1．During a listening lesson ________.

　　A．the students might be interested in the first part of the class

　　B．most students might be absent-minded

　　C．students prefer to talk to each other

　　D．students don’t have to pay attention to the last part of the lesson

　　2．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

　　A．Pre-reading the text might help you understand the material better.

　　B．Taking notes in class can help you master the main idea better.

　　C．The writer of the passage is quite satisfied with high school education because students’ learning ability is paid special attention to.

　　D．One should learn to go over his（her）lessons regularly.

　　3．The article is probably written for ________.

　　A．primary school students

　　B．grown-ups

　　C．university students

　　D．Chinese teachers

　　4．The best topic of the passage should be ________.

　　A．How to Learn English Well

　　B．Listening and Note-making

　　C．Being a Positive Listener

　　D．How to Be an Active Learner

　　While it is expected that students come to university with the ability to take a good set of notes, this is not always the case. High schools may not have demanded it, so good listening and note-taking skills may need to be developed.

　　1．During a listening lesson ________.

　　A．the students might be interested in the first part of the class

　　B．most students might be absent-minded

　　C．students prefer to talk to each other

　　D．students don’t have to pay attention to the last part of the lesson

　　2．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

　　A．Pre-reading the text might help you understand the material better.

　　B．Taking notes in class can help you master the main idea better.

　　C．The writer of the passage is quite satisfied with high school education because students’ learning ability is paid special attention to.

　　D．One should learn to go over his（her）lessons regularly.

　　3．The article is probably written for ________.

　　A．primary school students

　　B．grown-ups

　　C．university students

　　D．Chinese teachers

　　4．The best topic of the passage should be ________.

　　A．How to Learn English Well

　　B．Listening and Note-making

　　C．Being a Positive Listener

　　D．How to Be an Active Learner

Motorists who used to listening to the radio or their favourite tunes on CDs may have a new way to entertain themselves, engineers in Japan developed a musical road surface.

A team from the Hokkaido Industrial Research Institute has built a number of "melody roads", which use cars as tuning forks to play music as they travel. The concept works by using grooves, which are cut at very specific intervals in the road surface. Just as travelling over small speed bumps or road markings can emit a rumbling tone throughout a vehicle, the melody road uses the spaces between to create different notes. Depending on how far apart the grooves are, a car moving over them will produce a series of high or low notes, enabling cunning designers to create a distinct tune.

According to reports, the system was the brainchild of Shizuo Shinoda, who accidentally scraped some markings into a road with a bulldozer before driving over them and realising that they helped to produce a variety of tones. The designs were refined by engineers at the institute in Sapporo. The team has previously worked on new technologies including the use of infra-red light to detect dangerous road surfaces.

However , the engineer still have a long way to go perfect the musical road. Motorists expecting to create their own hard rock soundtrack(MUSIC) could find themselves struggling to live the dream. In addition, they have to obey some rules to enjoy the music. They have to drive at 45 kilometers per hour with the car windows closed to hear well. Driving too fast will sound like playing fast forward, while driving around 20mph has a slow backward effect, and can almost make you car sick."

49. What can be the best title for the text?

A. Musical roads in Japan              

B. Hokkaido Industrial Research Institute in Japan

C. How to build the musical roads in Japan

D. How to Produce Notes on Musical Roads

50. How do motorists enjoy music on musical road?

A. By using bulldozers over the bumps.

B. By using cars over the marking roads

C. By controlling car speed

D. By producing car rumblings.

51. It can be inferred from the text that Shizuo Shinoda probably was a(n)        

A. engineer        B. musician      C. worker        D. researcher.

52. What prevent drivers expecting their own music form realizing their dreams?

A. Lacking musical gift               B. Lacking musical roads

C. Imperfect technology and rules limit.  D. Driving speed limit and distance limit

Too often we accuse others of not listening, pretending that we ourselves are faultless, yet in our hearts we know that many of the mistakes we make come about because we haven’t listened carefully enough. We get things wrong because we haven’t listened carefully enough. We get things wrong because we haven’t quite understood what someone meant when they were talking to us. Anyone who has ever taken the minutes of a long meeting will know how hard it is to remember-- despite the benefit of notes-- exactly what everyone said. But success depends on getting things right--and that means listening.

Listening is not the same thing as hearing; it is not an effort actively. It demands attention and concentration. It may mean quizzing the speaker for additional information or for clarification------ it is always better to ask than to continue regardless and get things wrong. However, if you allow your mind to wander onto something else, even for a few minutes, you’ll miss what the speaker is saying------ probably at the very moment when he or she is saying something critical. And not having heard, you won’t know you’ve missed anything until it’s too late.

The most common bad habit we have is to start thinking of what we are going to say about the subject long before the other speaker has finished. We then stop listening. Even worse, this often adds rudeness to inattentiveness, as once you have decided what to say there is a fair chance you will interrupt to say it. Good listeners don’t interrupt. In fact it is often worth explaining the main idea of what you have just been told before going on to make your own points. Nobody is offended by this and it shows that you have listened well.

Above all be patient and accept that many people are not very good communicators. It’s helpful to remember that the ways people move and position themselves while they are speaking can reveal a great deal about what they are saying. Equally important you should put yourself in the other person’s place, both intellectually and emotionally; it will help you to understand what they are getting at and form a response. But don’t be too clever. Faced with a know-all, many people keep quiet because they see no point in continuing.

36. Which is the best title for this passage?

A. Don’t be too clever                         B. Be a good listener.

C. Don’t miss anything critical             D. Think of the speaker

37. In the last paragraph, “…… what they are getting at ……” means________ .

A. what they imply                             B. what they like

C. what they attack                                   D. what they achieve

38. What is the writer’s opinion?

A. If you want to be a good listener, you should be very clever and emotional.

B. Speakers won’t continue talking when their listeners explain what they’ve heard.

C. If you don’t want to get things wrong, it’s important to be a good listener,

D. It’s hard to be a good listener because listening tests you on your intelligence.

39. What is the lesson we can learn from this passage?

A. Don’t accuse others of not listening while talking with them.

B. Don’t get anything wrong if you miss what the speaker is saying.

C. Listening inattentively may cost you the loss of your success.

D. Think carefully of what you’re going to say before the speaker finishes.