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2006年全国大学生英语竞赛（B级决赛赛卷）听力理解录音材料文字稿 （Script for Listening Comprehension） Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 1. M: The tape explains that therell be a short pause. Allow a minute or two, but no longer. ?? W: Should we intervene at all during the exam? For instance, to repeat certain instructions if some candidates look puzzled? ?? M: No, Im afraid that if someone looks confused, its their English which isnt up to scratch, not the instructions. ?? Question: What are the two speakers mainly talking about? 2. W: Well, can you tell me why you came to Finland? ?? M: Well, I came to Finland - it was right after I finished university in Toronto where I studied literature - I always wanted to be a journalist - and the reason I came to Finland was just for a summer job. ?? Question: Why did the man come to Finland? 3. W: How long have you been a lock-keeper, Mr. Fidlder? ?? M: Oh dear, let me think... umm... I started when I was 25, so that means Ive been at it for uh twenty-one years now. Yeah, thats it - three years on the Oxford Canal and the past eighteen years here on the Reading Stretch. Twenty-one years in all. ?? W: Oh, really!Thats incredible. ?? Question: How long has the man been a lock-keeper? 4. W: Can you tell me when Sudeley Castle is open? ?? M: Yes, of course, Sudeley Castle, Sudeley, I think its open all day, someone asked me this a week or so ago... Here? we? are,? Ive? got the guide. Yes, its open from 11 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon. Well, not quite all day, but morning and afternoon. ?? W: Eleven am to five pm, OK, thats gre