Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Example: You will hear:
You will read: [A] At the office. [B] In the waiting room.
[C] At the airport. [D] In a restaurant.
From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This conversation is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, [A] "At the office" is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.
Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]
1. [A] The woman bought the jeans cheaper than the man\'s wife.
[B] The jeans the woman bought was worth the money.
[C] The man\'s wife bought two Jeans for 150 yuan.
[D] The man\'s wife is good at bargaining.
2. [A] English husbands usually do a lot of housework.
[B] English husbands are usually interesting.
[C] English husbands are good at sports.
[D] English husbands enjoy doing housework.
3. [A] Luck. [B] A restaurant. [C] A waiter\'s job. [D] Looking for a job.
4. [A] The man should call Bill to check his schedule.
[B] The woman should have left for the airport earlier.
[C] The woman does not need to rush to meet Bill.
[D] Traffic near the airport could delay the woman\'s arrival.
5. [A] Announce appeals for public service. [B] Hold a Charity concert to raise money.
[C] Ask the school radio station for help. [D] Draw money to fund the radio station.
6. [A] In a restaurant. [B] In a bank. [C] At the airport. [D] At a hotel.
7. [A] She likes the native handicrafts.
[B] She dislikes native art a lot.
[C] She hasn\'t learned to appreciate art yet.
[D] She has never bought any native art before.
8. [A] It is serious. [B] It is pretended.
[C] It is brief but real. [D] It only occurs when there\'s a party.
9. [A] Customer and waitress. [B] Teacher and student.
[C] Boss and secretary. [D] Lawyer and client.
10. [A] The clerk doesn\'t like to be bothered.
[B] The machine was just repaired.
[C] She can teach the man how to operate the machine.
[D] The man shouldn\'t make any more copies.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. [A] The advantages of an economy based on farming.
[B] Reason that farmers continued using river transportation.
[C] The role of cotton in the United States economy.
[D] Improved methods of transporting farm crops.
12. [A] The new technology used to build roads.
[B] The ability to transport goods over land.
[C] The trade in grain and cotton.
[D] The linking of smaller local roads into one long road.
13. [A] They reduced charges for transporting farm products.
[B] They required payment from vehicles that used their roads.
[C] They made repairs to older roads.
[D] They installed streetlights on roads connecting major cities.
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. [A] To look back to the early days of computers.
[B] To explain what technical problems may occur with computers.
[C] To encourage necessary investment in computers.
[D] To warn against a mentally lazy attitude towards computers.
15. [A] Use them for business purposes only.
[B] Check all their answers.
[C] Substitute them for basic thinking.
[D] Be reasonably skeptical about them.
16. [A] A computer used exclusively by one company for its own problems.
[B] A person\'s storage of knowledge and the ability to process the computer.
[C] The most up-to-date in-house computer a company can buy.
[D] A computer from the post-war era which is very re