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Conversation Two
W: Good evening and welcome to tonight's edition of Legendary Lives.
Our subject this evening is James Dean,
actor and hero for the young people of his time.
Edward Murray is the author of a new biography of Dean.
Good evening, Edward.
M: Hello, Tina.
W: Edward, tell us what you know about Dean's early life.
M: He was born in Indiana in 1931,
but his parents moved to California when he was five.
He wasn't there long, though, because his mother passed away just four years later.
Jimmy's father sent him back to Indiana after that to live with his aunt.
W: So how did he get into acting?
M: Well, first he acted in plays at high school,
then he went to college in California where he got seriously into acting.
In 1951 he moved to New York to do more stage acting.
W: Then when did his movie career really start?
M: 1955.
His first starring role was in East of Eden.
It was fabulous.
Dean became a huge success.
But the movie that really made him famous was his second one—
Rebel Without a Cause,
that was about teenagers who felt like they didn't fit into society.
W: So how many more movies did he make?
M: Just one more,
then he died in that car crash in California in 1955.
W: What a tragedy! He only made three movies!
So what made him the legend he still is today?
M: Well, I guess his looks,
his acting ability,
his short life,
and maybe the type of character he played in his movies.
Many young people saw him as a symbol of American youths.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. What is the woman doing?
23. Why did James Dean move back to Indiana when he was young?
24. What does the man say James Dean did at college in California?
25. What do we learn about James Dean from the conversation?
Section B
Directions: In this section,
you will hear 3 short passages.
At the end of each passage,
you will hear some questions.
Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.
After you hear a question,
you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),
B), C) and D).
Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
The time is 9 o’clock and this is Marian Snow with the news.
The German authorities are sending investigators
to discover the cause of the plane crash late yesterday on the island of Tenerife.
The plane, a Boeing 737,
taking German holiday makers to the island,
crashed into a hillside as it circled while preparing to land.
The plane was carrying 180 passengers.
It’s thought there are no survivors.
Rescue workers were at the scene.
The British industrialist James Louis,
held by kidnappers in central Africa for the past 8 months,
was released unharmed yesterday.
The kidnappers had been demanding 1 million pounds for the release of Mr. Louis.
The London Bank and their agents
who have been negotiating with the kidnappers have not said
whether any amount of money has been paid.
The 500 UK motors workers who had been on strike
in High Town for the past 3 three weeks went back to work this morning.
This follows successful talks between management and union representatives,
which resulted in a new agreement on working hours and conditions.
A spokesman for the management said that
they’d hope they could now get back to producing cars,
and that they lost a lot of money and orders over this dispute.
And finally the weather.
After a cold start,
most of the country should be warm and sunny.
But towards late afternoon,
rain will spread from Scotland to cover most parts by midnight.
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What does the news say about the Boeing 737 plane?
27. What happened to British industrialist James Louis?
28. How did the three-week strike in High Town end?
29. What kind of weather will be expected by midnight
in most parts of the country?
Passage Two
Juan Louis, a junior geology major,
decided to give an informative speech about how earthquakes occur.
From his audience and analysis he learned that only 2 or 3 of his classmates
knew much of anything about geology.
Juan realized then that he must present his speech at an elementary level
and with a minimum of scientific language.
As he prepared the speech,
Juan kept asking himself,
“How can I make this clear and meaningful to someone
who knows nothing about earthquakes or geological principles?”
Since he was speaking in the Midwest,
he decided to begin by noting that the most severe earthquake
in American history took place not in California or Alaska but at New Madrid,
Missouri in 1811.
If such an earthquake happened today,
it would be felt from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean
and would flatten most of the cities in the Mississippi valley.
That, he figured,
should get his classmates’ attention.
Throughout the body of the speech,
Juan dealt only with the basic mechanics of earthquakes,
and carefully avoided technical terms.
He also prepared visual aids,
diagramming photo line,
so his classmates wouldn’t get confused.
To be absolutely safe,
Juan asked his roommate,
who was not a geology major,
to listen to the speech.
“Stop me,” he said,
“anytime I say something you don’t understand.”
Juan’s roommate stopped him four times.
And at each spot,
Juan worked out a way to make his point more clearly.
Finally, he had a speech that was interesting and
perfectly understandable to his audience.
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. What did Juan Louis learn from the analysis of his audience?
31. How did Juan Louis start his speech?
32. What did Juan ask his roommate to do
when he was making his trial speech?
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