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Section A     Short Conversation

[00:02.98]1. M: How is your classmate Lucy,Mary.

[00:07.08]The last time I came to see you.

[00:09.01]you were about to take her to the hospital.

[00:11.44]W: She came home last week

[00:13.40]The operation was very successful.

[00:15.86]The doctor said that she had almost recovered and could go back to college next week.

[00:21.05]Q: What did the woman say about her classmate?

[00:23.75]2. W: Anything new in the papers?

[00:26.57]M:Yes.There's an interesting report about new efficiency 1 in a streamlined unit.

[00:33.33]Then there's a news item about the capture 2 of a gang 3 of smugglers near Guangzhou.

[00:39.55]Oh,and there's an editiorial about cutting down pollution.

[00:43.55]Q: How many pieces of news did the man tell to the woman?

[00:46.71]3. M: This is Charley speaking.

[00:48.93]Could you tell me Mr.Smith's schedule for tomorrow.

[00:51.83]I'd like to met him at his convenience.

[00:54.28]W:Let me see.Well,he'll go to see his mother at 8 and attend a meeting in the morning.

[00:59.95]And,he will be in his office the whole afternoon.

[01:03.22]Q: What does Mr. Smith plan to do at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning?

[01:07.45]4. W: I am ready to go to the railway station

[01:10.69]would you please bring down my suitcase?

[01:13.12]M: It certainly is heavy, are you carrying rocks?

[01:16.33]Q: What did the woman want?

[01:18.05]5. W:Tom,you are interested in table tennis,aren't you?

[01:22.08]Do you know that the finals of the World Table Tennis Tournament will be broadcast live tomorrow?

[01:27.67]M: Really? I do want to watch, but I haven't finished my paper yet.

[01:32.97]Q: What does the man mean?

[01:34.98]6. M: This year's heavy rain fall has caused flooding

[01:38.66]and made it hard to plant new crops in the Yangze River valley.

[01:42.71]Yes,I guess that's why fruits and vegetables are more expensive than last year.

[01:48.28]Q: What is the problem?

[01:49.98]7.I hope you can understand my reasons for deciding to go to another country,Mrs.White.

[01:56.06]W: Do I have to remind you that we have invested 4 a lot of

[01:59.01]time and money in your career here?

[02:01.26]Q: What's the woman's attitude?

[02:03.30]8. M: Maria, I want to rent a house

[02:06.56]do you have any extra money you could lend me?

[02:09.54]W: I wish I could help you.

[02:11.29]I went shopping yesterday.

[02:13.25]Now I have only two dollars till the end of the month.

[02:16.23]Q: Will the man borrow any money from the woman?

[02:18.79]9. M: Do you rent boats here?

[02:21.40]W: Of course,we rent them by the hour or by the day.

[02:25.11]Either way you have to have them back here by six.

[02:28.35]Q: When must the boats be returned?

[02:30.36]10. M:Good morning,madam.What can I do for you?

[02:34.20]W: I'd like an estimate 5 for repairing my emergency brake.

[02:37.70]The car rolls when I park it on a hill.

[02:40.42]Q:Where does the conversation most probably take place?

[02:44.28]Sectio B

[02:45.56]Passage One

[02:46.77]One of the primary materials used in the construction of buildings and roads is cement 6

[02:52.80]a powder made primarily 7 from limestone 8 and clad.

[02:56.64]Even though the ancient Egyptians and Romans used a kind of cement,it was not until 1824 that an English bricklayer develope

[03:05.13]a cement strong enough for modern roads and buildings.

[03:08.11]While experimenting in his kitchen

[03:10.33]the bricklayer found that a mixture of limestone and clad

[03:13.54]that had been heated together formed a hard

[03:16.26]stone like chunk 9 as it cooler

[03:18.79]When this substance was ground into a find powder it could be stored indefinitely.

[03:24.90]When the powder was mixed with water

[03:27.15]it made an excellent quality of cement that quickly hardened 10 in sunlight or even under water.

[03:33.13]With only a few variations 11

[03:35.41]this is how cement is made today.

[03:37.89]11. What is the main topic of the talk?

[03:41.13]12. Who developed the kind of cement that is used today?

[03:44.86]13. What was significant 12 about the new kind of cement?

[03:49.28]Passage Two

[03:50.48]In America, where labor 13 costs are so high

[03:53.72]"do-it-your-self" is a way of life.

[03:55.70]Many people repair their own cars

[03:58.21]build their own garages, even remodel 14 their own houses.

[04:01.95]Soon they many also be writing their own books.

[04:04.98]In Hollywood there is a company that publishes children's books with the aid of computers.

[04:09.76]Although other book companies also publish that way

[04:13.41]this particular company is very unusual.

[04:16.37]It "personalizes" the books by having the computer make the reader the leading character in the story.

[04:22.16]Here is how they do it.

[04:23.37]Let us say your child is named Jenny.

[04:25.87]She lives on Oak 15 Drive in St.Louie

[04:28.62]has a dog named Spot, a cat named Tabby

[04:31.86]and three playmates whose are Betsy,Sandy and Jodo.

[04:36.06]The computer uses this information to fill out a story that has already been prepared and illustrate 16

[04:41.99]The story is then printed with standard equipment as a hardcover book.

[04:46.35]A child who receives such a book might say

[04:49.28]"This book is about me

[04:51.00]the company therefore calls itself the "Me-books Publishing Company".

[04:56.25]Children like the me-books because they like to see in print their own names

[05:00.49]and the names of their friends and their pets

[05:02.86]But more important

[05:04.35]"Personalization" has been found to be an important tool in developing enthusiasm 17 for reading.

[05:10.33]Me-books are thus helping 18 a child to learn how to read by appealing

[05:14.80]to that natural desire to see his own name in print.

[05:18.54]14. What is the subject of the passage?

[05:21.67]15. What characteristics does the company have?

[05:25.38]16. What's the purpose of the me-books?

[05:29.12]Passage Three

[05:30.89]Every word has its own story.

[05:32.96]So does the word "Yankee".

[05:35.52]Where did the word come from?

[05:37.27]What does it meat?

[05:38.81]And how did it get into the language.

[05:41.00]A number of people believe that the word "Yankee" comes from a Scottish word

[05:45.44]meaning sharp and clever.

[05:47.69]But most experts agree that the word comes from Holland.

[05:50.82]Many years ago the Hollanders who made cheese were called "John Cheese" by the German.

[05:57.15]Then some of these Hollanders came to America in the Early 1600s.

[06:02.11]They settled near the New England colonist 19.

[06:04.88]The Hollanders were great farmers and they laughed at the colonist

[06:08.38]in the north who tried to build farms in the mountain rock

[06:12.14]And so the Hollanders gave their own nickname 20 "John Cheese" to the New England colonist

[06:18.02]In Dutch "John Cheese" was spelt J-A-N-J-E-E-S and pronounced "Yankees".

[06:27.47]During the American Civil War

[06:29.83]that name "Yankee" took on a wider meaning.

[06:32.83]The soldiers in the northern state

[06:34.55]were called "Yankees" by the men of the southern army.

[06:37.51]During World War I

[06:39.31]the nickname "Yankee" spread to Europa.

[06:41.79]The word "yankee" was shortened 21 to "Yank"

[06:44.56]and the words "The Yanks are coming" brought tears and job

[06:48.40]to the people of the Allied 22 Nation

[06:50.38]Today,the word "Yankee" is known throughout the world as another name for an American.

[06:55.69]17.What did the speaker tell us?

[06:55.69]18.According to most experts, where did the word come from?

[07:00.15]19.What did the word "Yankees" refer to during the American Civil War?

[07:06.27]20.What does the word "Yankee" mean today