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

Question 1

What does the speaker mean?

A. He'll go to the party

B. He went to the party.

C. He has to do his homework

D. He doesn't want to do his homework

Question 2

When did the class begin?

A. The class began at 1: 45

B. The class began at 1: 00

C. The class began at 2: 00

D. The class was canceled

Question 3

What does the speaker mean?

A. The next bus is coming soon

B. The bus will wait a few minutes at the stop.

C. There are only two or three passengers waiting for the bus

D. They can catch this bus without running

Question 4

How does the speaker keep in touch with her parents?

A. She contacts her parents occasionally

B. She phones her parents regularly at weekends

C. She visits her parents at weekends when the fares are down

D. She often calls her parents regardless of the rates

Question 5

Who did the speaker buy the books for?

A. His father

B. His mother

C. His brother

D. His sister

Question 6

How does the speaker feel about the course?

A. She wishes to have more courses like it

B. She finds it hard to follow the teacher

C. She wishes the teacher would talk more

D. She doesn't like the teacher's accent

Question 7

What does the speaker probably trying to do?

A. Play a tape recorder

B. Take a picture

C. Repair a typewriter.

D. Start a car

Question 8

What is the speaker doing?

A. Planning a sightseeing tour

B. Writing to her uncle

C. Arranging her class schedule

D. Learning a foreign language

Question 9

How much is the cell phone?

A.$100

B.$80.

C.$120

D.$20.

Question 10

Who is the speaker speaking to?

A. A railway porter.

B. a taxi driver

C. a bus conductor

D. A postal clerk

In this section you will hear five short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer two questions. You will hear everything ONCE ONLY.

Questions 11 and 12 are based on conversation one.

Question 11

Who are Mary and her father talking about?

A. Mary's brother

B. Mary's boyfriend

C. Mary's classmate

D. Mary’s supervisor.

Question 12

What does Michael do for a living?

A. He's still a student

B. He’s a musician.

C. He sells his pictures

D. He teaches English in the neighborhood

Questions 13 and 14 are based on conversation two

Question 13

Where does the conversation most likely take place?

A. In a travel agency

B. At the reception desk of a hotel

C. At the booking office of the airport

D. At the woman's home

Question 14

When must the woman leave her room?

A. 12 noon tomorrow

B. 2: 00 p.m.tomorrow

C. 2: 30 p. m. tomorrow

D. 5: 30 p.m. tomorrow.

Questions 15 and 16 are based on conversation three

Question 15

What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Friends

B. Colleagues

C. Classmates

D. Husband and wife

Question 16

What can you infer from the dialogue?

A. Jane is a friend of Larry's

B. Jane is leaving for a business trip

C. The speakers seldom go and eat in a Chinese restaurant

D. The man doesn't like to go with Larry

Questions 17 and 18 are based on conversation four

Question 17

What did the woman suggest at first that the man should do?

A. Go on a holiday for a change

B. Look for a better job

C. Find a place in a university

D. Go on studying for a higher degree

Question 18

Why does the man like his present job?

A. The pay is good and there's a lot of fresh air.

B. The job doesn't require special skills

C. He can use his knowledge in his job

D. He has good relationship with his colleagues

Questions 19 and 20 are based on conversation five

Question 19

What does the man mean

A. You can do whatever you like during working hours

B. When the boss is around, you'd better work

C. You can't do personal things during working hours

D. Employees in every country start to work at 9: 00 a.m

Question 20

What can we learn from the conversation?

A. You can talk about philosophy with your boss at work

B. The Americans tend to start to work right at 9: 00 am

C. It's widely accepted that one can relax during working hours on any occasion.

D. The man knows the working philosophy in every country.

In this section you will hear three items of news. At the end of each item, you will be given 30-40 seconds to answer five questions. You will hear everything TWICE.

Questions 21 through 23 are based on news item one.

Question 21

What is the news about?

A. The birth of a girl whose mother was cured of HIV

B. The death of a girl thought to be cured of HIV

C. The reemergence of a girl thought to be lost

D. The reemergence of the virus in a girl thought to be cured of HIV

Question 22

What problem does the girl's mother have

A. Drug addiction

B. AIDS

C. Stroke

D. Cancer

Question 23

How long did the girl remain free of the HIV virus?

A. For 18 months

B. For 8 months

C. For more than 2 years

D. For less than 2 years

Questions 24 through 26 are based on news item two

Question 24

Why did John Kerry go to Afghanistan?

A. To pay a visit to Ashraf Ghani, a former World Bank economist

B. To pay a visit to Abdullah Abdullah, former Foreign Minister of Afghanistan

C. To pay a visit to American forces based in Afghanistan

D. To resolve tensions over the disputed presidential elections in Afghanistan

Question 25

What is America's concern?

A. Fraud in Afghanistan presidential elections

B. Afghanistan descending into post-election turmoil

C. The deteriorating economic conditions of Afghanistan

D. The terrorism in Afghanistan

Question 26

What did Kerry threaten to do?

A. To evacuate American troops from Afghanistan

B. To overthrow the newly elected government of Afghanistan

C. To stop financial and security support to Afghanistan

D. To take sanction against Afghanistan

Questions 27 through 30 are based on news item three

Question 27

What have people petitioned the US government to do?

A. To stop all legal action against James Risen

B. To set James Risen free

C. To expel James Risen from America

D. To put James Risen into prison

Question 28

Who is James Risen?

A. A judge

B. A US diplomat to Iran

C. A government arbitrator

D. A journalist

Question 29

What did James Risen refuse to do?

A. To undermine Iran's nuclear program

B. To keep the information of Iran’s nuclear program a secret

C. To identify the person who leaked the information to him

D. To cooperate with Irani government

Question 30

Which of the following is NOT true

A. The government has no intention to force James Rizen to betray his sources

B. James Rizen's book leaked some secrets

C. Some people thing that the leaks can be dangerous to national security

D. Some people petitioned journalists to safeguard the confidentiality of their sources

In this section you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will be given 30-40 seconds to answer the questions. You will hear everything TWICE.

Questions 31 through 33 are based on passage one.

Question 31

What percentage of the earth's water can man actually use??

A.Nearly 75%

B.About 97%

C.3%

D.13%

Question 32

What measures can we NOT take to avoid a worldwide water shortage in the future?

A. Develop ways to rescue water.

B. Make use of sea water

C. Melt the icebergs and glaciers.

D. Reduce water pollution

Question 33

How can sea-water be turned into fresh water?

A. Through salt-removing process

B. Through usual purifying in plant

C. Through piping water to a plant

D. Through repeated cleaning

Questions 34 through 37 are based on passage two.

Question 34

What does the nest built by tailor bird look like?

A.A basket

B.A cup

C.An egg

D.An oven

Question 35

Why is there a hole in the weaver birds nest?

A. To let in the sunshine

B. To serve as its door

C. To keep the nest cool

D. For the bird to lay eggs

Question 36

What is the oven bird's nest made of?

A. Branches

B. Grasses

C. Mud

D. Straw

Question 37

What might surprise us about birds' nests according to the speaker

A. Some are built underground

B. Some can be eaten

C. Most are sewed with grasses.

D. Most are dried by the sun

Questions 38 through 40 are based on passage three

Question 38

What is the author's attitude towards children's complaints about their parents?

A. Understanding

B. Critical

C. Praising

D. Confused

Question 39

Why do teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles?

A. Because they want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own

B. Because they have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste

C. Because they have no other way to enjoy themselves better.

D .Because they want to irritate their parents

Question 40

Why do teenagers NOT want their parents to approve of whatever they do?

A. Because they have already been accepted into the adult world

B. Because they feel that they are superior in a small way to the adults

C. Because they are not likely to win over the adults

D. Because they have a desire to be independent