1、 In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answ
2、ers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. In a restaurant. B. In a bookstore. C. At a bus stop. D. In a library.2. A. Guest and receptionist. B. Passenger and air hostess. C. Customer and shop assistant. D. Consumer and waitress.3. A. Writing his
3、 term paper. B. Having a coffee break.C. Playing computer games. D. Attending an online school.4. A. Its quite dear. B. Its not good.C. Its very cheap. D. She doesnt like it.5. A. Work in a restaurant. B. Look for a full-time job. C. Travel around Hainan Island. D. Make a plan for a trip.6. A. Hes t
4、oo busy to serve her. B. Hes sorry for there being no enough cash.C. She should open a new savings account. D. She has to gotothemanagersdesk.7. A. He works as a gardener. B. He is too busy at work to play.C. He prefers sports to gardening. D. He lives in the countryside.8. A. 60 MPH. B. 50MPH. C. 4
5、0MPH. D. 10MPH.9. A. The man could not wait to see Susan. B. Susan is eager to pass on information.C. Susan is waiting for the latest news. D. The man knows the latest news in town.10. A. Risks may exist when they chase high profits in a short time. B. Its feasible for people to be after large short
6、-term profits.C. No one can avoid being victims of financial tricks. D. Every one is likely to make large short-term profits.Section B In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The
7、 passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passag
8、e. 11. A. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays. B. On Tuesdays and Thursdays. C. On Wednesdays and Thursdays. D. On Tuesdays and Fridays.12. A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Once a month. D. Twice a month.13. A. Classroom tests. B. Attendance rate. C. Research papers. D. Final exam.Questions 14 through 16
9、are based on the following passage. 14. A. Parents. B. Teachers. C. Experts. D. Businessmen.15. A. Maintain a savings account. B. Visit the bank regularly. C. Hire a personal accountant. D. Manage his own money.16. A. The current economic situation has a negative influence on America. B. Parent-chil
10、d communication on financial matters must be open. C. Teens should learn to handle money matters well on their own. D. Financial managers are most needed during the economic crisis.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. March. B. April. C. May. D. September.18. A. Inf
11、orm the director of student housing in a letter. B. Deposit some money in the bank. C. Go to the housing office to make a dorm deposit. D. Maintain a high grade average.19. A. There are too many freshmen. B. It costs too much. C. The rooms are too small. D. It is too noisy.20. A. Where to live the f
12、ollowing year. B. When to move. C. How much time to spend at home. D. Whose house to visit.II. Grammar and Vocabulary After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form
13、of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Nooks arrival, Good or Bad?Booklovers, most of them, will tell you (21)_ a pleasure it is to lend a favorite read to a friend the novel you stayed up all night to get to the end of; the travel book that made you feel (22
14、)_ _ you yourself were on a train ride through India. For a while it seemed that e-book users were to be denied this pleasure of lending to friends. You could buy a book or magazine for your reading device, but you couldnt lend it out.But now, with the Nook, the US book chain Barnes and Nobles respo
15、nse to Amazons Kindle, electronic readers will be able to have their latest literary enthusiasm (23)_ (press) on their friends, just like readers of physical books can. You simply email the book from your Nook and your friend can read it for two weeks, (24)_ (use) any device with the Barnes & Noble
16、e-book reader software. Its a big improvement from previous e-book readers.The Nook offers other features too. You read in black and white on the main screen, just like with Kindle. The difference is (25)_ on the lower part of the device theres a color touch screen, (26)_ allows you to browse throug
17、h a book or magazine, but goes black when youre not using it so that you save power.(27)_ exciting thing about the Nook is that it offers Wi-Fi, arguably a big advance on previous e-book readers. Customers in the United States can use the Internet connection (28)_ (read) whole e-books at Barnes and
18、Nobles hundreds of bookstores for free. None of Barnes and Nobles competitors can come close to this.But the Nook, ironically, (29)_ (turn out) to be a money-loser for Barnes and Noble, or at least a job-loser for Barnes and Nobles employees. According to Marian Maneker at The Big Money Website, (30
19、)_ the Nook is successful it might take sales from the companys bookstores, eventually forcing their closure and the loss of thousands of jobs. Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. branch B. depa
20、rtment C. appropriate D. expansion E. withdrew F. dominated G. licensed H. contract I. considerable J. brands K. breakthroughForeign Giants Target Chinese Milk MarketEuropean dairy products giant Arla Foods has chosen a leading Chinese milk manufacturers as a business partner for its 31 in Chinaa cl
21、ear sign that overseas companies are starting to cultivate huge Chinas dairy market by tying up with local players.Arla signed the cooperation 32 , which comes into effect this month, with Mengniu Dairy at the end of August to set up a milk-powder joint venture in Hohhot, capital of North Chinas Inn
22、er Mongolia Autonomous Region. The deal between Arle Foods and Mengniu can be seen as a new 33 for Multinationals re-entry into the sector.Many foreign giants have found it difficult to create 34 profits in domestic milk market, especially the liquid-milk sector, which is followed closely by price w
23、ars and dominated by local 35 companies like Danone, Kraft and Friesland Coberco have quitted dairy production in China.A few have been successfulNestle, Intel, Bristo-Myers Squibb and Wyeth have 36 the high-end milk-formula market in China.“We will watch the market closely and re-invest here in a(n
24、) 37 time,” an official of the Dutch firm Friesland said when it 38 its investment in its Tianjin joint venture last year after eight years.The company has 39 its Chinese partner to continue using its Dutch Lady brand and also sells its imported Friso infant foods, Dutch Lady milk powder and Dutch L
25、ady Calcimex in the Chinese market through its 40 company in Hong Kong.III. Reading Comprehension For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Our modern working lives are ruled by the concept of competence(能力). The idea that lies behind competence is quite simple: that one can state what people should do in behavioral terms, and then 41 whether
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