单选题
In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, read the five questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
{{B}}Conversation One{{/B}}

单选题 Where are a lot of fax messages sent to?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] 6-10 W: Well, Charles, I must say that your shop is pretty remarkable. Do people send the fax messages abroad, or is it just to this country? M: It's surprising because when I started, I thought I'd be sending things to London and maybe Birmingham but, in fact, a high percentage of it is sent abroad, because it's immediate and speedy. W: And how much would it cost, for example, if I wanted to send a fax to the United States? M: Well, a fax to the United States would cost you five pounds for a page. And when you think that in England by the Royal Mail, it would cost you twelve pounds to send a page by special delivery, it's actually a good value. W: Ok. What about your hours? How long do you have to spend actually in the shop? M: Well, the shop is open from eight in the morning until six at night, six days a week, and then a sort of fairly flexible morning on a Sunday. Urn, and of those hours, I'm in it quite a lot. W: And did you enjoy it? M: Yes, overall I enjoy it. Running a business by yourself is hard work and you never quite like every aspect all the time. 95% of the customers I love. Uh, 2% I really, you know, I'm not too bothered about. And 3% I positively hate. W: What, what's the problem with those? M: Um, it's hard to categorize really. I find people who are just totally rude, um, unnecessary, and I don't really need their business and I suppose they form the volume of the people that I don't like but it's a very small percentage. 对话中男士提到本来以为传真都会发往伦敦或伯明翰,后来发现大多数都是去往外国。
单选题 According to the conversation, what's the advantage of sending a fax, compared with using the Royal Mail?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】对话中提到用Royal Mail每页纸要12英镑,但用传真只需2英镑,可知传真的优势在于价格便宜。
单选题 The opening hours of the shop is from ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据对话中open from eight in the morning until six at night可知营业时间是早上八点到晚上六点。
单选题 How many days a week is the shop open?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】对话中提到商店每周有六天是从早八点开到晚六点,而周日早上则时间自由,可知一周开六天半。
单选题 Which type of customers does he particularly dislike?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】男士提到有的顾客非常粗鲁,他甚至不愿意和他们做生意,可知他讨厌的是不礼貌的人。