英语周报英语四级考试听力模拟试题(十三)_大学英语听力

英语周报英语四级考试听力模拟试题(十三)

　　Your best source of information about either houses or apartments is likely to be the local newspaper. Usually, the weeks most complete listing of houses or apartments to rent appears in the Sunday newspaper, which, in many cities, can be obtained late Saturday night. Many people looking for houses or apartments believe that they have a better chance of finding a place to live if they have all the information as soon as possible. On Sunday morning, they are ready to call or visit.

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　29. If you would like to pay lower rent, where should you live?

　　30. What is good about living close to the city center?

　　31. When do most people go visiting houses or apartments?

　　Passage Three

　　In recent years, American society has become increasingly dependent on its universities to find solutions to its major problems. It is the universities that have been charged with the principal responsibility for developing the expertise to place men on the moon; to deal with our urban problems and our deteriorating environment; to develop the means to feed the worlds rapidly increasing population. The effort involved in meeting these demands presents its own problems. In addition, this concentration on the creation of new knowledge significantly impinges on the universities efforts to perform their other principal functions--the transmission and interpretation of knowledge, that is, the imparting of the heritage of the past and the preparing of the next generation to carry it forward.