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Part 1 短对话

Question 1

-M: Do you remember the won derful film on space explorati on we watched together last mon th?

-W: Sure. It's actually the most impressive one I've see n on that topic.

Q:What do we lear n about the speakers?

Questi on 2

-W: Are you look ing for anything in particular?

-M: Y es. My son is graduat ing from high school, and I want to get him someth ing special.

Q:Where does the con versatio n most probably take place?

Questi on 3

-M: Mike told me yesterday that he had bee n look ing in vai n for a job in the art gallery.

-W: Really? If I remember right, he had a cha nee to work there, but he turned it dow n.

Q:What does the woma n say about Mike?

Questi on 4

-W: Would you like to come to Susa n's birthday party tomorrow eve ning?

-M: I'm going to give a lecture tomorrow. I wish I could be in two places

at the same time.

Q:What does the man mean?

Questi on 5

-W: Aren't you discouraged by the slow progress your staff is making?

-M: Y es. I think I will give them a deadli ne and hold them to it.

Q:What is the man probably going to do?

Questi on 6

-W: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the visitors' park ing is? I left

my car there.

-M: Sure. It's in Lot C. Over that way.

Q:What does the woma n want to know?

Questi on 7

-W: You look great! Now that you've take n those fitn ess classes.

-M: Than ks. I've n ever felt better in my life.

Q:What does the man mean?

Questi on 8

-W: I really admire the efficie ncy of your secretaries.

-M: Our compa ny selects only the best. They have a heave workload and we

give them a lot of resp on sibilities.

Q:What are the speakers talk ing about?

Part 2 长对话

Con vers ion 1

W: Hi Leo, why do you say En glish would become the world Ian guage?

M: Well. For one thin g, it's so com monly used, the only Ian guage that is

used by more people is Chin ese.

W: Why is En glish spoke n by so many people?

M: It's spoken in manycountries of the world because of the British

empire. And now of course is the in flue nce of America as well.

W: Many students find English a difficult Ianguage to learn.

M: Oh, all la nguages are difficult to lear n. But En glish does have two greatest adva ntages.

W: What are they?

M: Well, first of all, it has a very in ter nati onal vocabulary. It has many German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian words in it. So speakers of those Ianguages will find many familiar words in English. In fact, English has words for many other Ian guages as well.

W: Why is that?

M: Well, partly because English speakers have travelled a lot, they bring back words with them. So English really does have an international vocabulary.

W: And what is the other adva ntage of En glish?

M: It that En glish grammar is really quite easy. For example, it does n't

have doze ns of differe nt endings for its nouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian and German for example.

W: Why is that?

M: Well, it's quite interesting actually, it's because of the French. When

the French ruled En gla nd, French was the official Ian guage, and only the com mon people spoke English. They tried to make their Ianguage as simple as possible.

So they made the grammar easier.

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you've just heard.

Q9: What does the man say about Chin ese?

Q10: What made En glish a widely used Ian guage?

Q11: What is said to be special about En glish vocabulary?

Con versatio n 2

Man: Hello. Y es?

Woman: Hello. Is that the sales department?

M: Y es, it is.

W:Oh, well. My nameis Jane Kingsbury of GPFlimited.

Weneed some supplies for our desig n office.

M: Oh, what sort?

W:Well, first of all, we n eed one complete new draw ing board.

M: DO44 or DO45?

W:Ah, I don't know. What's the differe nee?

M: Well, the 45 costs 15 pou nds more.

W:So what's the total price then?

M:lt's 387 pou nds.

W:Dose that in elude valued-added tax?

M: Oh, I'm not sure. Most of the prices do. Yes, I think it does.

W:What are the boards actually made of?

M: Oh, I don't know. I think it ‘s a sort of plastic stuff these days. It's white any way.

W:And how long does it take to deliver?

M: Oh, I could n't really say. It depe nds on how much work we've got and

how many other orders there are to send out, you know.

W:Ok, now we also want some drawing pens, ink and rulers, and some drawing paper.

M: Oh dear. The girl who takes all those supplies isn't here this morning. So I can't take those orders for you. I only do the equipme nt you see.

W:Ok, well, perhaps I'll ring back tomorrow.

M: So do you want the draw ing board the n?

W:Oh, I have to think about it. Thanks very much. I'll let you know.

Good-bye.

M: Tha nk you. Good-bye.

Question 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you just heard.

Question 12: What is the woman's purpose in making the phone call?

Questi on 13: What do we lear n about the man from the con versati on?

Questi on 14: What does the man say about delivery?

Questi on 15: What does the woma n say she will possibly do tomorrow?

Part 3 短文

短文1

No one knows for sure just how old kites are. In fact, they have bee n in

use for centuries. 25 centuries ago, kites were well-known in China. These first

kites were probably made of wood. They may eve n have bee n covered with silk, because silk were used a lot at that time. Early kites were built for certa in uses. In ancient China, they will use to carry ropes to cross rivers. Onceacross, the ropes were tear dow n and woode n bridges would hang for them. Lege nd tells of on e Gen eral who flew musical kites over the en emies' camp. The en emy fled, believ ing the sounds to be the warm ing voices of an gels. By the 15th cen tury, many people flew kites in Europe. Marco Polo may have brought the kite back from his visit to China. The kite has been linked to great names and events.

For instanee, Benjamin Franklin used kite to prove the lightening electricity.

He flew the kite in the storm. He did this in order to draw lighte ning from the clouds. He tied a metal key and a strip of silk to the kite line. The silk

ribbon would stop the lightening from passing through his body. Benjamin's idea was first laughed at. But later on, it enlightened the invention of the lightening rod. With such grand history, kite flying is short remain an en terta ining and popular sport.

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