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听力原文:M: If you had waited until after the Christmas holidays, you could have bought that dress for much less.
W: I know that, but I needed it immediately. I had an important meeting to attend.
Q: What are the two speakers discussing?
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A.They are discussing how to celebrate the coming Christmas holidays.
B.They are discussing whether the woman should buy the new dress.
C.They are discussing when the woman will attend the meeting.
D.They are discussing what to do after the Christmas holidays.
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听力原文:W: Sorry I did not come yesterday, because I had a temperature. Could you tell me the requirement for my term paper?
M: The theme of your paper can be about business management or touring resources in China, and the length of the paper should be no less than fifteen pages.
Q: What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?
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A.Manager and employee.
B.Salesman and customer.
C.Guide and tourist.
D.Professor and student.
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听力原文:We've had quite unusual weather this summer, don't you agree? We are supposed to wear T- shirt at this time of the year.
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A.Did you buy a new sweater on Sunday?
B.Hasn't the weather been strange this summer?
C.It's been very quiet this summer, hasn't it?
D.You don't think the weather will change, do you?
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听力原文:W: Good morning, Mr.Tim.It's a long time since I had the pleasure of a visit for you.
M: Yes, it must be three or four years. I haven't visited you since I called about my will. You helped me with that, you remember?
W: Yes, I remember. Do you want to make any changes in your will?
M: I don't think that will be necessary, but you'll tell me if it is. I left everything, you remember, to my wife, and after her death, to my son Jerry. I've about $15,000 in shares of industrial companies. These bring in, after paying tax, about $1,125 a year. Well, I'm earning a good salary now, and I shall get a good pension from my employers, so my wife and I can live fairly comfortably with this extra income, I want to buy some land and build a house for my son; he will need a house when he gets married. I'm thinking of building one and giving it to him.
W: Your son's lucky. So you want my help buying the land and building the house.
M: Yes, that's right. As soon as you've done what's necessary for buying the land, Jerry and I will see an architect.
W: Have you found a plot yet?
M: Jerry was in Edinburgh last Saturday and saw a plot he likes. My wife and I went there two days ago, and we liked it, too. I'd like you to make the necessary inquiries for me.
W: I'd be pleased to do that. I shall have to write to the Local Authority and inquire whether it is allowed to build a house on your piece of land. You've not allowed to build a house without permission from the Planning Authority. And sometimes the Authority decides that a house must be built of stone, and not of brick, so that it doesn't spoil the surrounding village.
How long have they not met each other?
A.Half a year.
B.Two years.
C.Three or four years.
D.More than five years.
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听力原文:I just had a visit to the new art museum. Isn't that outstanding? I think people should go there to appreciate those marvelous artworks.
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A.Isn't he standing outside the museum?
B.The art museum isn't new.
C.Is the museum still standing?
D.The new museum is excellent.
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听力原文:M: If you had waited until after the New Year holidays, you could have bought that dress for much less.
W: I know that, but I needed it immediately. I had a wedding reception to attend.
When did the woman buy the dress?
A.Shortly after the New Year’s Day.
B.In the spring.
C.During the New Year's holidays.
D.During a sale.
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听力原文:W: We went to the new restaurant at the corner last Saturday and had two fish dinners for the price of one.
M: Tom told me you had a delicious and filling meal all for ¥8.50.
Q: What is the special price for one fish dinner?
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A.$4.25.
B.$4.75.
C.$17.00.
D.$8.50.
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听力原文:W: I hope you'll all appreciate this steak. Recently we haven't had much steak because beef is quite expensive these days.
M: How much did you pay for it?
What are they talking about?
A.The quality of steak.
B.The falling price of beef.
C.The rising price of beef.
D.The price of beef.
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听力原文:My boss had me finish all the month-end reports, so I was very late in getting home from work.
Why was I so late in getting home?
A.My boss was working on the reports.
B.I would have to finish the reports before the end of next month.
C.I was directed to stay late and finish some work.
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听力原文:Our company had decided to set up a display for the city's forthcoming Science and Technology Week.
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A.Our company will arrange an exhibit for the Science and Technology Week.
B.Our company has been upset by the city authorities' final decision.
C.We are displeased with the arrangement of the Science and Technology Week
D.We have dissuaded the city authorities from setting up the week's display.
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听力原文:Seafood prices had come down. The shrimp had been 3 dollars a pound last week; by this Monday, it was only two dollars. So I bought 4 pounds.
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A.I paid 4 dollars for the shrimp.
B.I paid 6 dollars for the shrimp.
C.I paid 8 dollars for the shrimp.
D.I paid 12 dollars for the shrimp.
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听力原文:W: How did Mr. Steward's project mm out? I heard he had trouble with the financing, and then he couldn't get the land he wanted.
M: Well, it's true. He did have difficulty at first, but all in all, the project couldn't have turned out better.
Q: How is Mr. Steward's project now according to the man?
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A.It's one of his unreasonable ideas.
B.It's an example of bad planning.
C.It has turned out a failure for lack of funding.
D.It has turned out fairly successful.
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听力原文:M: What is my share of the bill? 18.50? That can't be right! I only had a salad for dinner.
W: Hold on. Let me check them out first.
Q: What will the woman probably do next?
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A.Lend the man some money.
B.Calculate the bill again.
C.Refuse to pay the bill.
D.Invite the man to dinner.
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听力原文:M: Susan just had a baby. Our colleagues will visit her tomorrow. I must take some gifts for her. How about a bunch of flowers?
W: Everyone brings flowers and they don't last. Baby shampoo, baby dress or baby hat and something like these may be more practical.
Q: What is the woman's opinion about the gift?
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A.A bunch of flowers is not enough.
B.Flowers are practical choice.
C.Something concerning baby is more preferable.
D.Baby shampoo can last for a long time.
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听力原文:M:I have an appointment to see Doctor Grant for a physical examination.And I had already made an appointment.
W: Please have a seat.He is in surgery right now. Maybe half an hour is OK.
Q: Where did the conversation probably take place?
(16)
A.In a doctor's office.
B.In an operating room.
C.In a professor's office.
D.In a gymnasium.
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听力原文:Franklin Hall was built in memory of Benjamin Franklin who had done a lot of contributions to the country.
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A.Benjamin Franklin designed the hall.
B.Benjamin Franklin built it from memory.
C.It was built for Benjamin Franklin's use.
D.It was built in honor of Benjamin Franklin.
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听力原文:By the mid-nineteenth century, the term "icebox" had entered the American languag
听力原文: By the mid-nineteenth century, the term "icebox" had entered the American language, but ice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States. The ice trade grew with the growth of cities. Ice was used in hotels, taverns, and hospitals, and by some forward-looking city dealers in fresh meat, fresh fish, and butter. After the Civil War (1861- 1865), as ice was used to refrigerate freight cars, it also came into household use. Even before 1880, half of the ice sold in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and one-third of that sold in Boston and Chicago, went to families for their own use. This had become possible because a new household convenience, the icebox -- a precursor of the modem refrigerator, had been invented.
Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential to a science of refrigeration, was rudimentary. The common sense notion that the best icebox was one that prevented the ice from melting was of course mistaken, for it was the melting of the ice that performed the cooling. Nevertheless, early efforts to economize ice included wrapping up the ice in blankets, which kept the ice from doing its job. Not until near the end of the nineteenth century did inventors achieve the delicate balance of insulation and circulation needed for an efficient icebox.
But as early as 1803, an ingenious Maryland farmer, Thomas Moore, had been on the right track. He owned a farm about twenty miles outside the city of Washington, for which the village of Georgetown was the market center. When he used an icebox of his own design to transport his butter to market, he found that customers would pass up the rapidly melting stuff in the tubs of his competitors to pay a premium price for his butter, still fresh and hard in neat, one-pound bricks. One advantage of his icebox, Moore explained, was that farmers would no longer have to travel to market at night in order to keep their produce cool.
Which of the following led to the growth of ice trade according to the passage?
A.The growth of the American population.
B.The expansion of cities.
C.The change of the diet of ordinary citizens.
D.The increasing need for food.
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听力原文:Even in Japan, where people traditionally had a very secure job for life, there is now no promise of a lifetime job with the same company.
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A.In Japan, most people have a lifetime job with the same company.
B.In Japan, government always promises to give people a lifetime job.
C.In Japan, as in other countries, it is almost impossible to have a very stable job nowadays.
D.In Japan, it is a tradition for a person to work in the same company all his life.
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听力原文:We were late at the airport and missed our plane. If we had called the taxi right away, we could have caught the plane on time.
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A.The taxi must have been waiting for us all this time.
B.Let's look for a taxi to go there immediately.
C.To avoid being late, we should have called for a taxi earlier.
D.The taxi will come as soon as we call for it.
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听力原文:Despite all the evidence Monica had gathered, Mark refused to admit that she was right.
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A.Mark admitted that Monica was right, when she provided enough evidence.
B.Mark denied that Monica was right, regardless of her evidence.
C.Mark didn't know whether Monica was right, though she had evidence.
D.Mark accepted Monica's evidence and agreed that she was right.
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听力原文:W: I understand you took one of Professor George's classes, didn't you? Is that interesting?
M: Let me put it this way. I can safely say that I never needed a cup of coffee to keep me awake in his class. I need more than two cups of coffee at Professor Jordan's class.
Q: What does the man imply?
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A.Professor George's class is very interesting.
B.Professor Jordan's class is more interesting.
C.He hasn't attended Professor Jordan's class.
D.He hasn't attended Professor George's class.
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听力原文:Had you looked hard enough in the deserted room, you might have come upon the valuables yourself.
What does the speaker imply?
A.There is still something valuable in the deserted room.
B.Someone else has discovered something valuable before.
C.There was nothing valuable in the deserted room before.
D.You should come to the deserted room looking hard.
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听力原文:M: I see. You're late because you had a flat tire. But couldn't you have telephoned?
W: I was going to but I didn't have any change for a pay phone.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
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A.The woman came late because she had no money for the taxi fee.
B.The woman failed to come on time bemuse of a traffic jam.
C.The woman failed to come on time because she had no money to replace the flat tire.
D.The woman failed to notify the man because she had no change for a telephone call.
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听力原文:If I had known the exercises should be handed in today, I'd have finished them yesterday.
What does the speaker imply?
A.He didn't finish the exercises yesterday.
B.The exercises were handed in yesterday.
C.He knew the exercises should be handed in today.
D.He doesn't need to hand in the exercises today.