Section A

Directions : In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the end ofeach conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each question there will bea 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 AnswerSheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

1.A.He will give the woman some tips on the game.

B.The woman has good reason to quit the game.

C.He is willing to play chess with the woman.

D.The woman should go on playing chess.

2.A.The man can forward the mail to Mary.

B.She can call Mary to take care of the mail.

C.Mary probably knows Sally's new address.

D.She would like to resume contact with Sally.

3.A.His handwriting has a unique style.

B.His notes are not easy to read.

C.He did not attend today's class.

D.He is very pleased to be able to help.

4.A.The man had better choose another restaurant.

B.The new restaurant is a perfect place for dating.

C.The new restaurant caught her fancy immediately.

D.The man has good taste in choosing the restaurant.

5.A.He has been looking forward to spring.

B.He has been waiting for the winter sale.

C.He will clean the woman's boots for spring.

D.He will help the woman put things away.

6.A.The woman is rather forgetful.

B.The man apPciates the woman's help.

C.The man often lends books to the woman.

D.The woman often works overtime at weekends.

7.A.Go to work on foot.

B.Take a sightseeing trip.

C.Start work earlier than usual.

D.Take a walk when the weather is nice.

8.A.The plane is going to land at another airport.

B.All flights have been delayed due to bad weather.

C.Temporary closing has disturbed the airport's operation.

D.The airport's management is in real need of improvement.

Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

9.A.It specializes in safety from leaks.

B.It is headquartered in London.

C.It has a partnership with LCP.

D.It has a chemical processing plant.

10.A.He is Mr.Grand's friend.

B.He is a safety inspector.

C.He is a salesman.

D.He is a chemist.

11.A.Director of the safety department.

B.Mr.Grand's personal assistant.

C.Head of the personnel department.

D.The public relations officer.

12.A.Walt for Mr.Grand to call back.

B.Leave a message for Mr.Grand.

C.Provide details of their products and services.

D.Send a comPhensive description of their work.

Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

13.A.She learned playing the violin from a famous French musician.

B.She dreamed of working and living in a European country.

C.She read a lot about European musicians and their music.

D.She listened to recordings of many European orchestras.

14.A.She began taking violin lessons as a small child.

B.She was a pupil of a famous European violinist.

C.She gave her first performance with her father.

D.She became a professional violinist at fifteen.

15.A.It gave her a chance to explore the city.

B.It was the chance of a lifetime.

C.It was a great challenge to her.

D.It helped her learn classical French music.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage, you will hearsome questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After youhear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A., B),C.and D ).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single linethrough the centre.

Passage One

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16.A.There are mysterious stories behind his works.

B.There are many misunderstandings about him.

C.His works have no match worldwide.

D.His personal history is little known.

17.A.He moved to Stratford-on-Avon in his childhood.

B.He failed to go beyond grammar school.

C.He was a member of the town council.

D.He once worked in a well-known acting company.

18.A.Writers of his time had no means to protect their works.

B.Possible sources of clues about him were lost in a fire.

C.His works were adapted beyond recognition.

D.People of his time had little interest in him.

Passage Two

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19.A.Theft.

B.Cheating.

C.Air crash.

D.Road accidents.

20.A.Learn the local customs.

B.Make hotel reservations.

C.Book tickets well in advance.

D.Have the right documents.

21.A.Contact your agent.

B.Get a lift if possible.

C.Use official transport.

D.Have a friend meet you.

Passage Three

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

22.A.Cut down production cost.

B.Sell inexpensive products.

C.Specialise in gold ornaments.

D.Refine the taste of his goods.

23.A.At a national Pss conference.

B.During a live television interview.

C.During a local sales promotion campaign.

D.At a meeting of top British businesspeople.

24.A.Insulted.

B.Puzzled.

C.Distressed.

D.Discouraged.

25.A.The words of some businesspeople are just rubbish.

B.He who never learns from the past is bound to fail.

C.There should be a limit to one's sense of humour.

D.He is not laughed at, that laughs at himself first.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the firsttime, you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for thesecond time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have justheard.Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what youhave written.

Looking at the basic biological systems, the world is not doing very well.Yet economic indicators show the world is (26) Despite a slow start at the beginning of the eighties, global economic output increased by more than a fifth during the (27) The economy grew, trade increased, and millions of new jobs were created.How can biological indicators show the 28 of economic indicators?

The answer is that the economic indicators have a basic fault: they show no difference between resource uses that( 29) progress and those uses that will hurt it.The main measure of economic progress is the gross national product (GNP). (30) , this totals the value of all goods and services produced and subtracts loss in value of factories and equipment.Developed a half-century ago, GNP helped (31) a common way among countries of measuring change in economic output.For some time, this seemed to work (32 )well, but serious weaknesses are now appearing.As indicated earlier, GNP includes loss in value of factories and equipment, but it does not( 33 )the loss of natural resources, including nonrenewable resources such as oil or renewable resources such as forests.

This basic fault can produce a( 34 )sense of national economic health.According to GNP, for example, countries that overcut forests actually do better than those that Pserve their forests.The trees cut down are counted as income but no subtraction is made for (35 )the forests.

答案：

1.D)。選項中多次出現game和play chess，可以推測對話內容與下象棋有關。另外，從四個選項的內容審可以椎測，對話講的府該縣女士想放棄下象棋，男士給出建議或指導。

本題的關鍵在于聽懂反問句和反問的語調。女士說因為今天又輸了，所以打算放棄下象棋。男士沒有正面回應，而是反問了兩句：Just because you lost?Is that any reaSon to quit?”僅僅是因為輸了嗎?那能算是放棄的理由嗎?”言外之意就是不該放棄。換句話說就是，男士建議女士繼續下棋。故本題答案為D)。

2.C)。選項中出現了mail，address和contact等詞，可以推測對話內容和郵件有關：由選項中的瑪麗和薩利兩個人名可知對話的內容涉及另外兩個人，人物較多，聽錄音時應注意區分人物之間的關系，做好標記;另外，選項A)以the mail作主語，選項B)和D)以she作主語，可以推測該題會從女士的角度提問，女士的話為聽音重點。

本題的關鍵在于聽到細節“Mary should know it.”男士想把薩利的郵件轉寄給她，問女士是否知道她的地址。女士說自己很久沒跟薩利聯系了，但是結尾補充了一句：“瑪麗應該知道地址�！惫时绢}答案為C)。

3.B)。選項中出現了handwriting，notes和class等詞，可以推測對話內容應該與上課做筆記有關。另外，四個選項中，A)和B)以his開頭，C)和D)以he為主語，可以推測該題會從男士的角度提問，男士的話為聽音重點。

解題的關鍵是聽懂反意疑問句。女士想要借男士的筆記看，男士沒有正面回答，而是反問道：You've never seen my handwriting，have you?“你沒看過我的筆跡，對嗎?”言外之意就是自己的筆跡難以辨認，不易讀懂。故本題答案為B)。

4.A)。四個選項中反復出現了choose和restaurant等詞，由此推測對話內容與選擇飯店有關。另外，選項A)和D)均是講男士選擇飯店，而選項B)和C)則出現了dating和her，故可推測該題可能是從女士的角度看待男士所選擇的飯店，女士的話為聽音重點。男士說今晚要帶女朋友去新開的飯店過生日。女士說她上周去過，太讓她失望了。從rather disaDpointing可以聽出女士話語中強烈的否定意味，言外之意就是建議男士不要去這家飯店了，應該另選一家。故本題答案為A)。

5.A)。四個選項中三個都提到了季節，由此推測對話內容可能與季節有關。另外，四個選項都是以he開頭，故可判斷該題會從男士的角度進行提問，男士的話為聽音重點。

女士說，冬天終于結束了，可以把手套和靴子收起來了。男士回應說為此他已經等了好幾個月了。顯然男士和女士一樣非常期待冬天的結束，也就是盼望春天的到來。故本題答案為A)。

6.B).四個選項中，A)和D)以the woman為主語，B)和C)以the man為主語，選項在內容上較分散，可以推測該題并非針對男士或女士個人的話提問，而是考查對整個對話的理解，聽音時應注意從全局把握對話內容。

對話開頭，女士對男士說，謝謝他把書送回來，由此可知應該是男士借了女士的書，故首先排除C)項：男士說，他認為女士周末會用到，而且感謝女士讓他使用這些書，故本題選擇B)。

7.A)。選項中涉及work，on foot，trip和walk等詞，可推測對話和步行上班或旅行相關。四個選項均為動詞短語，由此可推斷該題會對建議或計劃進行提問，應特別注意和建議或計劃相關的表述。

女士問男士的工作時間是否可以變通，男士回答說，不能。但今天天氣很好，他決定步行去上班。所以必須比平常早一個小時出發。男士話語中有明顯的表示計劃的動詞decided，其后的內容就是本題的答案，故答案為A)。

8.C)。四個選項均涉及飛機和機場，而且都和機場存在的問題有關，故聽音的重點為機場在哪方面出現了問題。

9.D)。由對話開頭可知，男士在給女士打電話，女士問男士有什么事情，男士在說明來電目的前說，自己了解到女士的公司有家化學加工廠，故D)為答案。

10.C)。對話中，男士先表明自己的身份，介紹了自己公司，說明了來電目的是想和格蘭德先生討論如何幫助TGC公司防止泄漏，同時節省開支的問題，實際上就是要推薦自己公司的產品，由此可推斷男士是一名銷售員，故C)為答案。

11.B)。對話中，女士告知男士格蘭德先生非常忙，沒空與男士說話，男士想找其他人商談，女士告訴他，他正和格蘭德先生的私人助理說話，即女士就是格蘭德先生的私人助理，故B)為答案。

12.C)。對話中，女士說let me suggest Something，由此可知，其后就是女士對男士的建議，即為該題的答案。對話中，女士建議男士將其公司產品和服務的詳情以及其他公司的推薦信一并寄送過來，之后會和男士聯系，故C)為答案。

13.D)。男士問女士是否想過會在西方世界生活和工作，女士回答說沒有，但是自己一直都聽歐洲大型管弦樂隊的唱片，由此可知女士在到歐洲之前聽過很多歐洲管弦樂隊的唱片，故D)是答案。

14.A)。男士問女士是否很小就喜歡古典音樂，女士給出肯定回答，并說自己六歲就開始在學校學習小提琴，故A)為答案。

15.B)。對話末尾，女士提到自己十五歲獲得獎學金到巴黎留學，男士詢問女士父母對此有何感受，女士說她父母喜憂參半，因為這既是個千載難逢的機會，也意味著她要遠離故鄉。四個選項中只有B)與原文相符，故為答案。

16.D)。短文中作者先提出“有多少人了解莎士比亞本人”的問題，接著指出學者們經過幾個世紀的研究之后，仍然在不斷探索他的個人史。由此可知，莎士比亞的個人史很少有人知道，故D)為答案。

17.C)。本題考查對莎士比亞父親的了解，由于使用的人稱代詞都是he，會對聽前預測造成一定的干擾，在聽錄音時應注意將選項和短文內容進行匹配區別。文章中提到莎士比亞的父親受人尊敬，是埃文河畔斯特拉特福鎮議會的一名成員，故C)為答案。

18.B)。文章中提到1666年倫敦的一場大火把很多重要文件燒毀了，而這些本來可能是了解莎士比亞的線索，因此莎士比亞的一部分生活將永遠不為人所知，故B)為答案。

19.A)。短文開頭部分提到，人們在外出旅游時遇到的大部分人都是既友好又熱情的，但也會遇到很多危險，而其中最為常見的就是盜竊，故A)為答案。

20.D)。文中提到，在準備出國旅游時，一定要確保文件正確，誰都不想到了目的地卻發現簽證錯誤、護照過期等情況。選項D)中的documents與文中的paperwork是同義轉述，故D)為答案。

21.C)。文章最后給出建議：到達目的地后要選擇乘坐正規的交通工具，故C)為答案。

22.B)。短文提到，拉特納在1984年接管了父親的珠寶連鎖店后，決定以最低的價格賣出低檔產品，選項B)中sell inexpensive products是原文sell downmarket products的同義轉述，故B)為答案。

23.D)。短文明確提到，在英國上層商人會議上，拉特納出席并解釋了自己成功的秘密，故D)為答案。

24.A)。短文提到，聽到拉特納的評論后，人們覺得受到了侮辱并遠離拉特納的商店，故A)為答案。

25.C)。短文開頭就點明了主題，提到英國人以自嘲聞名，但即使是對他們來說，幽默也應該有限度，接著短文以拉特納的故事為例說明這個主題，文末再次強調“這個玩笑的代價太大了”，以此首尾呼應，告訴我們開玩笑要有度，故C)為答案。

26.prospering。此處應該填人一個現在分詞或形容詞，作is的表語。prospering意為“繁榮的”。

27.decade。此處應該填入表示時間的名詞，與前面的介詞during搭配。decade意為“十年”。

28.opposite。此處應該填入名詞。opposite意為“對立面”。

29.sustain。此處應該填入動詞原形作從句謂語，上文的先行詞reSource uses充當其主語。sustain意為“保持，維持”。

30.In simple terms。此處應該填入副詞或介詞短語作狀語。in simple terms意為“簡言之”。

31.establish。此處應該填入動詞原形，與其前面的help搭配，并且能和后面的way搭配。estabfish意為“建立，設立”。

32.reaSonably。此處應該填入副詞修飾well。reaSonably意為“尚可，還可以”。

33.take into account。此處應該填入動詞原形或動詞短語。take into account意為“考慮，重視”。

34.misleading。此處應該填入形容詞來修飾sense。misleading意為“令人誤解的”。

35.using up。此處應該填人動名詞或動名詞短語來作介詞for的賓語，并和forests進行搭配。usingup意為“耗盡，用光”。