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听力原文：W: Hey, Neal, now that the midterms are over, a bunch of us are getting away for the weekend to go canoeing？
M: Well, uhm, it'd be great to get away, but I've never done it before.
W: None of the others have either except for me. I went once last fall. But there'll be an instructor in each canoe the first day.
M: I don't know.
W: Oh, come on. This is our last chance to take a break before finals. The scenery is beautiful, and if it gets too hot we can dive in whenever we feel like it. The river's really calm this time of the year, no rapids to deal with.
M: That's a relief. What would I have to bring？
W: Let's see. Tom's bringing food for the Friday night cookout for everyone. And the people who run the trip have tents set up and they supply food and drinks for all day Saturday. On the way back Sunday morning we'll stop somewhere for breakfast. So, you have to bring a bathing suit and a sleeping bag.
M: Well, I do love camping and sleeping out. Where is this place？
W: Well, it's about an hour and a half to the place where we meet the trip leaders. We leave our car there and they drive us and then canoes upriver to the place where we start canoeing.
M: And who's driving us to the meeting place？
W: Well, I was hoping we could take your car. Mine's in the shop again.
M: Oh, I see. It's not me you want, it's my car.
W: Don't be silly. So what would you say？
M: Oh, why not!
W: Great! I'll give you a call when I find out when everyone wants to leave on Friday.
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A．To convince him to go on a canoe trip.
B．To invite him to a cookout.
C．To ask if she can borrow his car.
D．To tell him about a trip she took.
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听力原文：W: The teacher Mr. Chen wants to talk with us about Jack's study. Are you free tomorrow？
M: Urn... I'm busy myself in the business. I can't spare a little time.
Who is going to meet Mr. Chen？
A．The man.
B．The woman.
C．The man and the woman.
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听力原文：W: Air pollution is one of the most serious problems in the world. Polluted air can make us sick or even kill us. Why isn't more done to stop it？
M: Everyone wants to stop it, but it is a difficult problem to solve. Meat pollution is mused by things people need.
W: What do you mean？
M: Well, automobiles and airplanes cause pollution but they also provide transportation.
W: Right. And factories cause air pollution but they provide people with jobs and products.
M: Cities are the worst offenders. In crowded cities, factories and cars can add tons of pollution to the air every day.
W: Yes. When I drove, to town yesterday, the clear air changed. It seemed like a dark cloud hung over the city.
M: Nobody likes air pollution. It smells bad; it makes it difficult to breathe.
W: True, it even damages the plants that provide tis with food. No wonder we get sick. It's dangerous to everyone's health.
M: I think everyone knows it is a serious problem. When air pollution can even damage strong materials like steel and concrete; think what it does to poor humans.
W: It is terrible, and yet we do need some things that cause it. We'll have to try to figure out a solution.
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A．Most people don't think it is a serious problem.
B．Most of our pollution is caused by things people need.
C．The government has not spent enough money to stop it.
D．The seriousness of pollution has not been realized by the government.
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听力原文：M: I heard that the pre-turn-out for the opening of the new sculpture exhibit was kind of disappointing.
W: I guess a lot of other people feel the way I do about modem art.
What does the woman mean？
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A．She likes modem art.
B．A lot of other people like modern art, too.
C．A lot of people came to the opening.
D．Modern art is not attractive to the woman.
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听力原文：Hello, my name is Tom Kim and I am a manager of Sales at the brand-new automobile
听力原文： Hello, my name is Tom Kim and I am a manager of Sales at the brand-new automobile dealership in Jackson. We are the first dealership in this area and our customer service is unsurpassed by any other luxury brand. To celebrate the opening of the initial automobile dealership, we are offering discounts on all models as well as competitive financing opportunities for one month. Also, every new model comes with a class-leading warranty of 80,000 kilometers over 4 years with 3 years of paid scheduled-maintenance. So please visit us and see the new model line up and experience the thrill of our brand-new premium models.
What is being advertised？
A．A car dealership
B．A repair shop
C．A rental car agency
D．A financial service
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听力原文：M: It isn't fair -- the professor gives us too much reading assignment this time.
W: Oh, there's only one textbook.
M: Yeah, surely there's only one textbook, but one with 880 pages.
What does the man complain about？
A．Too much reading.
B．Only one textbook.
C．A very heavy textbook.
D．a mean professor.
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听力原文：M: We're going to have a party at our house on the weekend. Would you like to join us？
W: I'd like to, and it sounds like a lot of fun. But I need to check my schedule first.
Q: What does the woman mean？
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A．She's not interested in the party.
B．She might have something else to do.
C．She'd rather come some other time.
D．She'll ask for the permission of her mom.
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听力原文：W: Renting the conference room at the hotel will cost us too much. We’re already running in the red.
M: How about using our dining room for the meeting？
Q: What's worrying the woman？
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A．The organization of a conference.
B．The cost of renting a conference room.
C．The decoration of the conference room.
D．The job of cleaning up the dining room.
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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：A: Hey Neal, now that the midterms are over a bunch of us are getting away for the weekend to go canoeing. Wanna come along'？
B: Well, uhm, it'd be great to get away, but I've never done ii before.
A: None of the others have either except for me. I went once last fall. But there'll be an instructor in each canoe the first day.
B: I don't know.
A: Oh, come on. This is our last chance to take a break before finals. The scenery is beautiful, and if it gets too hot we can dive in whenever we feel like it. The river's really calm this time of the year, no rapids to deal with.
B: That's a relief. What would I have to bring？
A: Let's see. Tom's bringing food for the Friday night cookout for everyone. And the people who run the trip have tents set up and they supply food and drinks for all day Saturday. On the way back Sunday morning we'll stop somewhere for breakfast. So, you have to bring a bathing suit and a sleeping hag.
B: Well, I do love camping and sleeping out. Where is this place？
A: Well, it's about an hour and a half to the place where we meet the trip leaders. We leave our car there and they drive us and the canoes upriver to the place where we start canoeing.
B: And who's driving us to the meeting place？
A: Well, I was hoping we could take your car. Mine's in the shop again.
B: Oh, I see. It's not me you want, it's my car.
A: Don't be silly. So what would you say？
B: Oh, why not!
A: Great I'll give you a call when i find out when everyone wants to leave on Friday.
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A．To convince him to go on a canoe trip.
B．To invite him to a cookout.
C．To ask if she can borrow his car.
D．To tell him about a trip she took.
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听力原文：W Do you have everything prepared to present the promotional plan for the new novel tomorrow？
M Yes, I'm just waiting on some posters. I should get them after lunch so I can do a run-through of the presentation tonight. Have you seen the cover of the novel？ It's fantastic.
W I know, it's the best one of the series. Where are you guys going to start promoting it first？
M We're going to start in New York then visit the major cities along the East Coast. There's so much anticipation, we're scheduling stops in Europe and Asia too.
What will the man promote？
A．A play
B．A novel
C．A rock singer
D．An art exhibit
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听力原文：A little airplane has given new meaning to the term "going hyper".The Hyper-X rec
听力原文： A little airplane has given new meaning to the term "going hyper".
The Hyper-X recently broke the record for air-breathing jet planes when it traveled at a hypersonic speed of seven times the speed of sound. That's about 5,000 miles per hour. At this speed, you'd get around the world-- flying along the equator-- in less than five hours.
The Hyper-X is an unmanned, experimental aircraft just 12 feet long. It achieves hypersonic speed using a special sort of engine. Actually, engineers have been experimenting with such an engine since the 1960s.
For an engine to bum fuel and produce energy, it needs oxygen. A jet engine, like those on passenger airplanes, gets oxygen from the air. A rocket engine typically goes faster but has to carry its own supply of oxygen. This special engine goes as fast as a rocket, but it doesn't have to carry its own oxygen supply.
Its design allows it to extract oxygen from the air that flows through the engine. And it does so without letting the fast-moving air put out the combustion flames.
A booster rocket carried the Hyper-X to an altitude of about 100,000 feet for its test flight. The aircraft's record-beating flight lasted just 11 seconds.
In the future, engineers predict, airplanes equipped with such engines could transport cargo quickly and cheaply to the edge of space. Hypersonic airliners could carry passengers anywhere in the world in just a few hours.
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A．How to develop a new airplane technology.
B．Features and possible usages of a special engine.
C．How to do experiment with dangerous engines.
D．How to do experiment with unmanned airplanes.
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听力原文：W: Could we talk a little about the problem of the old？ I wonder if you could begin by telling us the importance of this problem.
M: Well, of course it is an increasingly serious problem, I mean a fairly large part of the old population becomes confined to the house. They cannot go out, because they don't want to trouble others, thus little by little they become a burden to the younger generation.
Q: What are the speakers talking about？
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A．Population explosion.
B．Generation Gap.
C．Problem of the aged.
D．Climate changes.
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听力原文：His new book turned out to be the one of the greatest hits by the publishing house.
What is true of his new book？
A．Mediocre.
B．Bad.
C．Not as good as was expected by the publishing house.
D．A success.
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听力原文：W: Today, we invite Mr. Sonderim to talk something about the Euro. Mr, Sonderim, could you tell us the origin of the Euro？
M: Well, the 1992 Maastricht Treaty proposed a single currency between the European Union. The participating countries decided on the name "Euro' at a summit in Madrid in 1995 and the currency was launched on January 1, 1999.
W: What is it worth？
M: When the Euro was launched in 1999, one Euro was worth 1.17 US dollars or 71 British pence. However, the weakness of the Euro zone economies compared with that of the United States, combined with the inexperience of the European Central Bank in dealing with the international markets, has meant that since its launch the value of the Euro had declined significantly. In December 2001, one Euro was worth little more than 89 cents or 63 pennies, a 20 percent drop on its initial value.
W: Do you think it will affect the daily life of ordinary people？
M: I suppose so. For example, one of the major headaches for participating countries has been the con version of public telephones, vending machines, and shopping trolleys to accept Euro coins. Al though a conversion process has been in full swing since before 1999, there are reports that some countries are not ready for the Euro.
W: So what does it look like？
M: There are seven notes designed by the Austrian artist Robert Kalina. The designs show the "seven ages" of European development, with windows and gateways on the front, and bridges on the back. In addition, there are eight coins designed by the Belgian artist Luc Luycx. All Euro coins are round, but have differences in composition, weight, thickness, and milling to ensure that the blind can easily distinguish between them. On the front there is a European design, common to all coins, and on the back a "national" design from the central bank of issue. Despite the "national identities'', all coins can be spent throughout the Euro zone regardless of their origin.
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A．1992
B．1995
C．1999
D．2001
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听力原文：The need to learn a new language may excite one person and frighten another.
According to the speaker, the need to learn a new language is
A．exciting.
B．frightening.
C．necessary.
D．debatable.
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听力原文：The new rules call for blood centres to develop more ways to make sure the country's blood supply.
According to the speaker,
A．there are more ways to ensure blood supply.
B．more ways should be developed.
C．new rules should be developed.
D．more blood supply should be called for.
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听力原文： China's US $ 56.56 billion of imports and US $ 60.51 billion of exports of hi-tech products for the first 4 months of the year represent the country's 7-month long trade surplus on hi-tech products since last October.
The hi-tech foreign trade from January to April posted a year-on-year rise of 26.8 percent. The hi-tech exports went up faster than the imports by 12 percent. The hi-tech trade surplus totaled more than US $ 3.9 billion for the first 4 months.
The hi-tech exports accounted for 27.8 percent of the total exports for the first 4 months.
USS 35.38 billion, or 58.5 percent of hi-tech exports, came from integrated circuit, color TV, mobile phones, and automatic data processing equipment. They have won larger orders at higher prices.
China's hi-tech trade surplus has lasted for______ so far.
A．4 months
B．7 months
C．4 years
D．7 years
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听力原文：The United States and other western counties have experienced adjustment problems with each new wave of immigrants.
According to the speaker, the United States and other western countries
A．have to adjust to the problems of immigrants nowadays.
B．have enough experience to deal with immigration.
C．have problems in adjusting the waves of immigrants.
D．have experience in adjusting to immigration problems.
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听力原文： The package containing the records appeared to be in perfect condition. But when we unpacked it with great care, we found that one record was completely smashed. Could you send us a new one？ I'll return the broken one at once.
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听力原文：Which is the best way to get to the new shopping mall？ Hamilton Road or the highway？
(A) Yes, the prices are quite reasonable.
(B) The traffic is terrible there.
(C) They're both about the same.
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A．
B．
C．
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听力原文：M: I must point out the trials of new medicine are expensive and you can never guarantee success.
W: But there is a very good chance in this case. I do hope you'll go ahead in view of the potential benefit to mankind.
Q: What are the two speakers talking about？
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A．A prediction of the future of mankind.
B．A new drug that may benefit mankind.
C．An opportunity for a good job.
D．An unsuccessful experiment.
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听力原文：W: It is said that you have made a new pretty girlfriend. And we're having a party tonight. Why not join us together with your girlfriend？
M: Well.. .I'm breaking up with Cathy.
Q: What does the man mean？
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A．He has his leg broken.
B．He wants to join the party.
C．He parts with his girlfriend.
D．He gets along well with Cathy.
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听力原文：M: How does your son like his new school W: Great. He seems to have some new frie听力原文：M: How does your son like his new school W: Great. He seems to have some new friends in no time. Q: What can be inferred about the woman’s son （）
A．He doesn’t like his new school．
B．He feels very lonely now．
C．He has no time to make new friends．
D．He has adapted easily to his new school．
