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客观题得分： 2013专四考试冲刺模拟试题三 TIME LIMIT: 135 MIN PART I DICTATION Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. 参考答案： Bees It is the job of the most mature worker bees to leave the hive to collect nectar from flowers. / Upon returning to the hive, they deposit the nectar into pockets, / called honeycombs, in the hives walls. / It is from here that we get honey. / But before you go putting your hand into a beehive, / do remember that the hive is the center of the bees world. / It is not only where they store the products of their hard work, but also where they raise their young. / The hive is, therefore, so important that every worker is willing to lay down its life to protect it, / should its safety be threatened. / A group of worker bees can kill an animal – or even a person – with their stings. / This defense, however, comes at a high price. / Soon after stinging its victim, a honeybee will die. / These little soldiers make this sacrifice without a second thought, / as they are driven by instinct alone. / So next time when you are near a beehive, you cant be careful enough! PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. SECTION A CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now,