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Section A
1. A) The man was the only survivor of an air crash.
B) People on board were frightened and tried to escape. C) The man has always been very lucky in accidents. D) A few passengers came back home safe and sound.
2. A)In an office. B) In a restaurant. C) In a department. D) In a factory. 3. A) The woman thinks the maid was beautiful. B) The woman thinks the salesman exaggerated his part. C) The woman thinks the salesman was realistic.
D) The woman thinks the salesman was not dramatic enough. 4. A) They are quite different in painting skills.
B) Neither of them is good at house-painting. C) They are equal good at house-painting.
D) Both of them will paint the house the day after tomorrow.
5. A) He found it unbelievable. B) He was not surprised about it.
C) He found the truth unacceptable. D) He was arrogant about it. 6. A) Lend Marsha some reference materials.
B) Ask Marsha where the bookshelf is. C) Check through the books on Marsha’s shelf D) Ask Marsha if she has an extra bookshelf 7. A) Mother and son.
B) Lawyer and client. C) Teacher and student. D) Dentist and patient.
8. A) Professor Smith doesn’t hold seminars or discussions in his lectures.
B) Students sometimes fall asleep in Professor Smith’s lecture. C) Professor Smith’s lectures are always well attended. D) The front seats are very hard to get in English lecture. Conversation One
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9. A) Because he can’t find an ideal date. B) Because he is too common a person. C) Because he has failed to realize his dreams. D) Because he is deceived by Mrs. Right. 10. A) Entering a large company without applicant. B) Programming human feelings into machines. C) Deciding one’s best partner through a computer. D) Matching up people with questionnaires. 11. A) It isn’t reliable. B) It needs checking. C) It is definitely trustworthy. D) It won’t hurt to try. Conversation Two
12. A) It is closing down some factories in the US. B) It no longer offers high-paying jobs.
C) The number of its employees is doubled after the restructuring. D) It is manufacturing as many as cars as before.
13. A) Over 87,000 workers will lose their jobs in auto companies. B) Many people will say bye-bye to their high salaries.
C) The employees’ laid-off has a great impact on the American business. D) American can no longer take a lead in world economy. 14. A) They produced more cars than American manufacturers. B) They reduced car-production in America. C) They give up more market share to the natives. D) They look over plans and manufacturing capacity. 15. A) It is serious threat to its competitors.
B) It is not powerful enough to affect the world market. C) The cars’ quality is good enough to have their branding. D) None of the Chinese cars meets the standard in the US.
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Section B
Passage One
16. A) To recite a lot of wonderful reading materials. B) To combine prefixes, suffixes and roots freely. C) To take part in a lot of good talks. D) To take as many word lists as possible. 17. A) Guess its meaning. B) Ask somebody. C) Refer to a dictionary. D) Add it to you word list.
18. A) Look up the new words in your notebook.
B) Pay due attention to new words that you come across. C) Analyze the basic structure of the new words.
D) Interrupt the conversation and ask others to explain the new words. Passage Two
19. A) It is extremely dangerous to fly in the dark.
B) Noise regulations restrict the hours of airport operation. C) Some of its runways are not in good condition. D) Cargo planes produce more disturbing noise at night. 20. A) It might increase airport capacity. B) It might lower property values.
C) It might lead to effective modification of existing jet engines. D) It might cause more transportation cost to and form airports. 21. A) The effect of noise on the quality of life. B) The role of air traffic restrictions. C) The production of quieter engines. D) The economic aspects of noise reduction. Passage Three
22. A) It is affecting our health seriously. B) It hinders our reading and writing.
C) It is changing our bodies as well as our culture.
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D) It surprises people with unexpected messages. 23. A) They must arrange the meeting place well in advance. B) They can postpone fixing the place till last time. C) They needn’t decide when and where to meet. D) They still have to work out detailed meeting plans. 24. A) The texts are the revealing of the texters’ characters. B) The texts are well written by the texters.
C) The texts are unacceptable by others expect the texter. D) The texts are shocking to others and the texter himself. 25. A) Talkers. B) The speakeasy. C) The spacemaker. D) Texters.
Section C
Large companies need a way to reaching the savings of the public at large. The same problem, (26)______________,faces practically every company trying to develop new products and create new jobs. There can be little prospect of raising the sort of sums needed from friends and people we know, and while banks may (27)_____________provide short-term finance, they are generally unwilling to provide money on a (28)____________basis long-term projects. So companies turn to the public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in exchange for a share in future profits. They do this by (29) _________stocks and shares in the business through the Stock Exchange. By doing so, they can (30)_________the savings of individuals and institution, both at home and (31) ____________.When the saver needs his money back, he doesn’t have to go to the company with whom he (32) ____________placed it. Instead, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other saver who is seeking to (33) _____________his money. Many of the services needed both by industry and by each of us are provided by the government or by the local authorities. Without hospitals, roads, electricity, telephones, railways, this country could not function. All these require (34) __________spending on new equipment and new development if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than is raised through (35) ___________alone. The government, local authorities, and nationalized industries therefore frequently need to borrow money to finance major capital spending , and they, too, come to the Sock Exchange.
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