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. C. Three. D. Two.
7. The shop could exchange the product if the customer
A. makes no more complaints. B. can produce the receipt. C. is still unhappy with it.
Now, listen to the conversation. 1. Mark is unhappy because of A. his Chemistry homework. B. a girl in his class. C. Linda's words.
D. Friday night's party.
2. Which of the following is CORRECT? A. Linda is Jane's friend. B. Mark is Jane's boyfriend. C. John is Jane's boyfriend.
D. Mark and John are good friends.
3. Did Mark eventually take Linda's advice? A. No. B. Partly.
C. Completely. D. Not mentioned.
Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following
conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation.
4. About the scratch on the product, the shop assistant thinks that A. the customer made it himself. B. there was definitely not one then. C. the customer should have checked. D. the customer was making trouble.
5. The customer was ______ when told he might not have worn the headphones properly. A. annoyed B. surprised C. indifferent D. worried
6. How many complaints did the customer make about the product altogether? A. Five. B. Four.
D. brings it back within a week.
Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following
conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation.
8. Joe Smith telephoned Victoria for A. the menu. B. the place.
C. the reception. D. the campaign.
9. When will the lunch be held? A. Friday next week. B. Thursday next week. C. April 30th. D. This week.
10. All the following information is new to Victoria EXCEPT
A. how many people to attend it. B. why to hold it. C. where to hold it. D. what to cook.
SECTION B PASSAGES
In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. ,4t the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.
11. People choose London for
post-Christmas shopping because A. shops open early in the morning. B. shops stay open for longer hours. C. they can buy really cheap things. D. they can shop with their friends.
12. We learn from the passage that A. people are very keen on sales.
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B. post-Christmas sales start at 3:30am. C. post-Christmas sales last for a day. D. sales include only a few items.
13. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Some people buy Christmas presents in the sales.
B. Some people shop online during the sales. C. Some people buy presents for next Christmas. D. Online retailers offer better post-Christmas sales.
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.
14. Ballroom dancing used to be associated with
A. TV shows. B. old people. C. celebrities.
D. professional dancers.
15. According to the passage, recent
popularity of ballroom dancing is the result of
A. the participation of celebrities.
B. the designing of colourful costumes. C. the benefits it brings. D. a TV programme.
16. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the TV show?
A. Performers have to be formally dressed on the show.
B. Each professional dancer dances with a celebrity.
C. People on the show perform a different dance every week.
D. The show runs for about four months.
17. According to the passage, the TV show has the greatest impact on A. old people.
B. middle-aged people. C. kids and young people. D. all of the above.
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Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.
18. According to New Zealand's rules about naming children, which of the following names is NOT acceptable? A. Spiderman. B. Gandalf. C. 2win. D. Arsenal.
19. According to the passage, unusual names come from A. popular culture. B. parents' invention. C. sports.
D. all of the above.
20. All of the following countries have strict rules about naming children EXCEPT A. Algeria. B. Germany. C. Japan.
D. Argentina.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow
Questions 21 to 23 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now. listen to the news.
21. Why were the fishing crew stranded on Oct. 10th?
A. They went to a remote area. B. Their fishing boats collided.
C. They tried to repair their boats. D. They decided to stay in the boats.
22. How did they survive during those three months?
A. On supplies they brought with them.
B. On supplies sent to them by rescue teams. C. On supplies left at the military base. D. Not mentioned in the passage.
23. How were the crew rescued eventually?
A. By helicopter. B. By boat. C. By radio contact. D. By a search team.
Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, B. rapid economic growth. C. unknown pollution sources.
PART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN]
In this section there are four passages followed by listen to the news.
24. Juan Carlos has been King of Spain A. since 1981. B. for 32 years. C. for 70 years. D. for 17 years.
25. What is the news item mainly about? A. The King's birthday.
B. The stability of the monarchy.
C. Criticism from both the left and the right. D. The King's public defence of his reign.
Questions 26 and27 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.
26. The three suicide bombings occurred in A. November and December. B. October and November. C. November. D. December.
27. Did people die in the bombings? A. No one died in the bombings. B. Yes. In one of the bombings. C. Yes. In two of the bombings. D. Yes. In all the bombings.
Questions 28 to 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.
28. What is the purpose of the national survey?
A. To collect data on sources of pollution. B. To identify pollution in rivers and lakes. C. To help control environmental pollution. D. To help control industrial wastes.
29. According to the news item, efforts of environmental protection are especially affected by
A. lack of technology.
questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two. TEXT A
Do you realize that every time you take a step, the bones in your hip are subjected to forces between four and five times your body weight? When you are running, this force is increased further still. What happens if through disease a hip-joint ceases to be able to resist such forces? For many years hip-joints and other body joints have been replaceable either partially or
completely. It is after all a simple ball and socket joint; it has certain loads imposed on it; it needs reliability over a defined life; it must contain materials suitable for the working environment. Any engineer will recognize these as
characteristic of a typical engineering problem, which doctors and engineers have worked
together to solve, in order to bring a fresh lease of life to people who would otherwise be disabled. This typifies the way in which engineers work to help people and create a better quality of life. The fact that this country has the most efficient
agricultural industry in the world is another good example. Mechanical engineers have worked with farmers and biologists to produce fertilizers, machinery and harvesting systems. This team effort has now produced crops uniformly waist high or less so that they are better suited to mechanical harvesting. Similar advances with other crops have released people from hard and boring jobs for more creative work, whilst
machines harvest crops more efficiently with less waste. Providing more food for the rapidly
increasing population is yet another role for the mechanical engineer.
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81. According to the passage, when would most weight be imposed on hip-joints?
A. When one is walking. B. When one is running. C. When one is standing. D. When one is lying down.
82. Engineers regard the replacement of hip-joints as a(n) ____ Problem. A. mechanical B. medical C. health
D. agricultural
83. According to the passage, how do
engineers contribute to increasing efficiency of the agricultural industry? A. By working with farmers. B. By working in teams.
C. By growing crops of the same height. D. By making agricultural machinery.
84. According to the context, \effort'\ A. mechanical engineers. B. doctors and engineers.
C. biologists, doctors and farmers. D. farmers, biologists and engineers. TEXT B
Nowadays, a cellphone service is available to everyone, everywhere. Probably thousands of people have already been using it, but I just discovered it, so I'm going to claim it and also name it: Fake Foning.
The technology has been working well for me at the office, but there are infinite applications. Virtually in any public space.
Say you work at a big university with lots of talky faculty members buzzing about. Now, say you need to use the restroom. The trip down the hall will take approximately one hour, because a
person can't walk into those talky people without getting pulled aside for a question, a bit of gossip, a new read on a certain line of Paradise Lost. So, a cellphone. Any cellphone. Just pick it up. Don't dial. Just hold that phone to your face and start talking. Walk confidently down the hall engaged in fake conversation, making sure to
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tailor both the topic and content to the person standing before you whom you are trying to evade.
For standard colleague avoidance, I suggest fake chatting about fake business:
\to hammer out the details. What's that? Yes, I read Page 12, but if you look at the bottom of 4, I think you can see the problem begins right there.\Be animated. Be engaged in your fake fone
conversation. Make eye contact with the people passing, nod to them, gesture keen interest in talking to them at a later time, point to your phone, shrug and move on.
Shoppers should consider fake foning anytime they spot a talky neighbor in the produce
department pinching (用手捏) unripe peaches. Without your phone at your face, you'd be in for a 20-minute speech on how terrible the world is. One important caution about fake foning. The other day I was fake foning my way past a
colleague, and he was actually following me to get my attention. I knew he wanted to ask about a project I had not yet finished. I was trying to buy myself some time, so I continued fake foning with my doctor. \doctor, that is the best news.\
And then: Brrrrrrng! Brrrrrmg! Brrrrrmg! My phone started ringing, right there while it was planted on my face. My colleague looked at me, and I at him, and naturally I gasped. \matter with this thing?\away to look at it, and then putting it back to my ear.
\Oops.
85. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A. Cellphone service is popular among people. B. Cellphone has much use in office.
C. Fake foning is a new cellphone service. D. Fake foning is a new discovery. 86. What is fake foning? A. A strategy to avoid people.
B. A device newly produced.
C. A service provided everywhere. D. A skill of communication.
87. In the author's opinion, in order to make fake foning look real one has to A. talk about interesting matters.
B. behave politely to people passing by. C. hold the phone while walking. D. appear absorbed in conversation.
88. What does the last example show?
A. One effective way is to fake fone one's doctor. B. One has to be careful while fake foning. C. Fake foning may not deceive people. D. Fake foning is always quite successful.
89. After his phone suddenly began ringing, the author
A. immediately started talking to the caller. B. immediately started talking to his colleague. C. put the phone away and stopped talking. D. continued with his fake conversation. 90. What is the tone of the passage? A. Critical. B. Humorous. C. Serious. D. Unclear. TEXT C
It was late in the afternoon, and I was putting the final touch on a piece of writing that I was feeling pretty good about. I wanted to save it, but my cursor had frozen. I tried to shut the computer down, and it seized up altogether. Unsure of what else to do, I yanked (用力猛拉) the battery out. Unfortunately, Windows had been in the midst of a delicate and crucial undertaking. The next
morning, when I turned my computer back on, it informed me that a file had been corrupted and Windows would not load. Then, it offered to repair itself by using the Windows Setup CD.
I opened the special drawer where I keep CDs. But no Windows CD in there. I was forced to call the computer company's Global Support Centre. My call was answered by a woman in some
unnamed, far-off land. I find it annoying to make small talk with someone when I don't know what
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continent they're standing on. Suppose I were to comment on the beautiful weather we've been having when there was a monsoon at the other end of the phone? So I got right to the point. \it wants to fix itself, but I don't have the Windows Setup CD.\
\Setup CD.\having come to just as the sentence ended, was attempting to cover for her inattention.
It quickly became clear that the woman was not a computer technician. Her job was to serve as a gatekeeper, a human shield for the technicians. Her sole duty, as far as I could tell, was to raise global stress levels.
To make me disappear, the woman gave me the phone number for Windows' creator, Microsoft. This is like giving someone the phone number for, I don't know, North America. Besides, the CD worked; I just didn't have it. No matter how many times I repeated my story, we came back to the same place. She was calm and resolutely polite. When my voice hit a certain decibel (分贝), I was passed along, like a hot, irritable potato, to a technician.
\because you don't need it,\cheerfully.
\\
\for a while. Finally, he offered to walk me through the use of a different CD, one that would erase my entire system. \
e-mail, your documents, your photos.\offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache. \but it would be expensive.\\产品保证书)!\provided it was full.
I hung up the phone and drove my computer to a small, friendly repair place I'd heard about. A