TIME LIMIT: 140 MIN.

PART I    LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN.]

In Section A, B and C you will hear everything once only.    Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.    Select the correct response for each question.

SECTION A    STATEMENT


In this section you will hear 8 statements.    At    the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following 8 questions.    Now listen to the statements.

1. How much did they pay for the skirt?
A. '50
B. '15
C. '25
D. '75
正确答案是

2. Which statement is true?
A. Only Bill submitted the report.
B. Every student handed the report to Bill.
C. Every student except Bill didn't submit the report.
D. Only Bill didn't turn in the report.
正确答案是

3. How much does Peter earn?
A. Peter's yearly salary is about '5,000.
B. Peter's weekly salary is about '500.
C. Peter's weekly salary is about '1,000.
D. Peter's monthly salary is about '1,000.
正确答案是

4. Which statement is true?
A. One-fourth of the clothes at parker's shop were sold out.
B. One-fourth of the clothes are now on sale.
C. Prices are as much as 25% lower.
D. Prices on all the clothes are one-fourth lower than any other shop.
正确答案是

5. What is the one drawback of the new supermarket according to Susan?
A. The unreasonable prices.
B. Packing her own groceries.
C. The attitude of the employees.
D. Not enough variety in vegetables.
正确答案是

6. We waited for _____.
A. 10 minutes
B. 20 minutes
C. 40 minutes
D. 50 minutes
正确答案是

7. Which statement is true?
A. Jane didn't remember Jean.
B. Jane and Jean are not good friends.
C. Jane likes Jean.
D. Jean likes Jane.
正确答案是

8. Allan _____.
A. has a favorite pastime on a cold day in winter -- climbing a mountain
B. doesn't like climbing a mountain
C. goes to the mountain except on a cold winter's day
D. doesn't go to the mountain on a cold winter's day though he likes mountain climbing
正确答案是

SECTION B    CONVERSATION


In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations between two speakers.    At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following 8 questions.    Now listen to the conversations.

9. Where does this conversation most probably take place?
A. In an office
B. In a restaurant
C. At a station
D. In a café
正确答案是

10. How much does one chair cost?
A. '35
B. '65
C. '20
D. '55
正确答案是

11. How did the man and his sister feel about the play?
A. They thought that the play was fascinating.
B. The man thought that the performance was terrible.
C. The man thought the costumes were excellent, but his sister thought they were too dull.
D. His sister was fascinated by their performance.
正确答案是

12. What will Jim do this afternoon?
A. Jim will go right home after his class.
B. Jim will go home at about 6:00.
C. Jim will go to the library at 4:00.
D. Jim will go to the laboratory at 3:00.
正确答案是

13. Which of the following is not true in this conversation?
A. Drums caused the terrible sound.
B. Tom was playing his drums.
C. The man was irritated by the terrible sound.
D. Tom had a terrible nervous breakdown.
正确答案是

14. What did the woman say about the report?
A. She will type it next week.
B. She would rather work on it than do nothing.
C. It took her an entire week to type it.
D. She still hasn't quite finished with it.
正确答案是

15. What do we learn from the man's response?
A. He agrees with the woman about the cherries.
B. The cherries aren't grown here.
C. There aren't any cherries today.
D. He wants to know whether the cherries are good or not.
正确答案是

16. What was the woman's opinion?
A. The project was very easy.
B. The man should go to class.
C. The man should sit in the back of the classroom.
D. She's further behind in her work than the man is.
正确答案是

SECTION C    NEWS BROADCAST


Questions 17 and 18 are based on the following news item.    At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following questions.    Now listen to the news.