TEACHER: Before we start, Spiros and Hiroko, thanks for coming in today to talk about your recent study experiences and congratulations to you both in doing so well in your first semester exams! I'd like to discuss with you the value of the English for Academic Purposes course you did here last year before starting your university course. Spiros, if I could start with you, what parts of the programme have now proved to be particularly valuable to you?
SPIROS: I think that having to do a seminar presentation really helped me. For example, a couple of weeks ago in our marketing subject, when it was my turn to give a presentation I felt quite confident. Of course, I was still nervous but because I had done one before, I knew what to expect. Also, I know I was well prepared and I had practised my timing. In fact, I think that in relation to some of the other people in my group. I did quite a good job because my overall style was quite professional.【Q21】 What about you, Hiroko?
HIROKO: Mmm, that's interesting. In my group, I was really surprised by the way the students did their presentations - they just read their notes aloud! Can you believe that? They didn't worry about their presentation Style or keeping eye contact with their audience【Q22】 - and I remember that these things were really stressed to us in the course here.
TEACHER: So, how did you approach your presentation, Hiroko?
HIROKO: Well, to speak frankly. I read my notes too! At the time, it was a relief to do it this way, but actually when I had finished, I didn't feel any real sense of satisfaction.【Q23】 I didn't feel positive about the experience at all.
SPIROS: That's a pity. You know, although I was pleased with my presentation, I am not so pleased with my actual performance right now in the tutorials 【Q24】- during the whole semester I've not said anything in our tutorial discussions. Not a word.
HIROKO: Really. Spiros? Why's that? Do the other students talk too much?
SPIROS: It's partly that, but it's mostly because I have had no confidence to speak out. Their style of speaking is so different - it's not the style we were used to during the course. They use so many colloquialisms, they're not very polite and sometimes there seems to be no order in their discussion. Also, they are very familiar with each other, so because they know each other's habits, they can let each other into the discussion.【Q25】
HIROKO: You're right, Spiros, I've experienced that too.
HIROKO: For most of this semester, I've said absolutely nothing in tutorials. But recently, I've been trying to speak up more and I just jump in【Q26】, and I've noticed an Interesting thing, I've noticed that if they thought my point was interesting or new, then the next time they actually asked for my opinion, and then it was much easier for me to be part of the discussion.
SPIROS: That's great, Hiroko! I hope that happens for me next semester - in have to work hard to find some Interesting points. What helped you to find these ideas?
HIROKO: I think that one thing that helped me with this was the reading. I've had to do so much reading this semester just to help me make sense of the lectures. At first I couldn't understand what the lecturers were talking about, so I had to turn to the books and journals.【Q27】 Every night I read for hours, using the lists of references that were given, and I made pages of notes. At breakfast, I read and read my notes again. This habit has helped me to follow the ideas in the lectures, and it's also given me some ideas to use in the tutorials.
SPIROS: But I did so much reading anyway - I don't think there's any time left over for anything extra. My reading speed is still quite slow,【Q28】 though I'm much better at dealing with vocabulary than I used to be.
TEACHER: What else do you think we could add to the course program to help with this reading problem?
SPIROS: There's not really anything because it's my problem. I remember we were given long articles to read. We didn't like that but now I realise that reading those long articles was good preparation for the things I need to read now. Also, in class we regularly had speed-reading tasks to do, and we kept a record of our reading speed, so the teachers were encouraging us to work on that.
HIROKO: That's true Spiros, but what we read could have been different. Sometimes in the English class I felt frustrated when I had to read articles about the environment or health or education, because I wanted to concentrate on my own field, but we didn't read anything about engineering.【Q29】 So, I think I wasted some time learning vocabulary I didn't need.
TEACHER: But surely the strategies you were taught for dealing with that vocabulary were helpful.
HIROKO: Yes, but psychologically speaking, I would have felt much better working on reading from my own field.【Q30】 What do you think Spiros?
SPIROS: I agree; that would have helped my confidence too and I would have been more motivated. It was good though that we could work on our own topics when we wrote the research assignments.
TEACHER: Okay, let's move on to writing now ...
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
听前预测：定位词为One reason，happy，marketing presentation。
题目解析：快速浏览三个选项，找出核心区别点：A 选项为“不紧张”；B 选项为“风格很好”； C 选项为“小组中最好”。本题难度不大，仔细捕捉定位词，出题句为“…I did quite a good job because my overall style was quite professional.”其中one reason 原文替换为because，而原因是与style 相关。故选项B 为正确答案。
听前预测：定位词为surprised，other students’ presentations。
题目解析：快速浏览三个选项，找出核心区别点：A 选项为“无聊”；B 选项为“有压力”；C 选项为“与听众交流不够”。仔细捕捉定位词，出题句为“…I was really surprised by the way the students did their presentations — they just read their notes aloud…They didn’t worry about their presentation style or keeping eye contact with their audience…”意思是“对于他们做陈述的方式，我感到很惊讶，他们只是大声地朗读自己的稿子，不注重风格，很少与听众交流。” 其中eye contact 为眼神交流，故选项C 为正确答案。
听前预测：定位词为After，gave…presentation。
题目解析：快速浏览三个选项，找出核心区别点：A 选项为“高兴”；B 选项为“不满意”；C 选项为“尴尬”。定位词在原文替换为“…but actually when I had finished…”，出题句为“I didn’t feel any real sense of satisfaction”意为“我感到不满意”，故选项B 为正确答案。
听前预测：定位词为performance in tutorials。
题目解析：快速浏览三个选项，找出核心区别点：A 选项为“不满意”；B 选项为“很满意”； C 选项为“非常自信”。本题难度不大，很容易定位，出题句为“…I am not so pleased with my actual performance right now in the tutorials…”其中not so pleased 对应选项A。
听前预测：定位词为Why，participate…easily。
题目解析：快速浏览三个选项，找出核心区别点：A 选项为“互相尊重”；B 选项为“轮流演讲”； C 选项为“互相了解”。根据“…they’re not very polite…”可排除选项A ；“…and sometimes there seems to be no order in their discussion”排除选项B。出题句为“…they are very familiar with each other, so because they know each other’s habits, they can let each other into the discus-sion”意思是“他们互相很熟悉，了解彼此的习惯，很容易进行相互讨论”，故选项C 为正确答案。
听前预测：定位词为Why，more positive。
题目解析：快速浏览三个选项，找出核心区别点：A 选项为“其他学生的想法更有趣”；B 选 项为“贡献更多”；C 选项为“她参与到讨论中”。出题句为“But recently, I’ve been trying to speak up more and I just jump in…”意思是“但是最近，我一直试着发表言论，积极地去参与”，与选项B 意思最接近，故选B。
听前预测：定位词为understand lectures。
题目解析：快速浏览三个选项，找出核心区别点：A 选项为“参考资料”；B 选项为“额外课程”；C 选项为“借笔记”。根据“I’ve had to do so much reading this semester just to help me make sense of the lectures”进行定位，其后为出题句“At first I couldn’t understand what the lectures were talking about, so I had to turn to the books and journals”，其中“turn to”为“依靠” 的意思，“books and journals”与选项A 中的“reference materials”意思一致，故选项A 为正确答案。
听前预测：定位词为reading skills。
题目解析：快速浏览三个选项，找出核心区别点：A 选项为“读得比之前快”；B 选项为“仍旧花很长时间阅读”；C 选项为“纠结于生词”。本题出题句为“…I don’t think there’s any time left over for anything extra. My reading speed is still quite slow, though I’m much better at dealing with vocabulary than I used to be”意思是“我觉得没有时间做其余的部分（即阅读时 间不够），阅读速度仍旧很慢，尽管词汇比之前好一些。”选项A 与原文意思相反；选项C 没有提到；选项B 为正确答案。
听前预测：定位词为subject area。
题目解析：快速浏览三个选项，找出核心区别点：A 选项为“环境研究”；B 选项为“健康教育”； C 选项为“工程学”。本题出题句为“…I wanted to concentrate on my own field, but we didn’t read anything about engineering”意思是“我想把精力集中于自己的领域，但我们没有阅读工程学的内容”。原文以正话反说的方式给出答案，言外之意，工程学正是自己的领域，故选项 C 为正确答案。
听前预测：定位词为reading classes。
题目解析：快速浏览三个选项，找出核心区别点：A 选项为“学到更多词汇”；B 选项为“在 自己领域读得更多”；C 选项为“更好的阅读策略”。本题难度不大，出题句为“…I would have felt much better working on reading from my own field（我感觉多花些时间在自己的专业上会更好）”，所以选项B 为正确答案。