单选题
Statements
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET

A、 (A) Miss Allan has just inherited a fortune.
B、 (B) Miss Allan doesn't like her colleague.
C、 (C) Miss Allan prefers to share the room with her colleague.
D、 (D) Miss Allan has moved into a new apartment.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] When she first arrived in this city, Miss Allen shared a room with one of her colleagues in a rented house. Now she enjoys living in her own apartment.

A、 (A) My friends try to persuade me to invest in the stock market.
B、 (B) My friends talk a lot about investing in the stock market.
C、 (C) My friends say that investing in the stock market is crazy.
D、 (D) My friends and I have different opinions about the stock market.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] Although I myself am not interested in investment, recently, topics such as buying shares in a stock market are a source of heated discussion among my friends.

A、 (A) The candidate is definitely well qualified, whether we check with his references or not.
B、 (B) The candidate needs to be checked by the finance manager, even though he has work experience.
C、 (C) We are satisfied with the candidate's references, who recommended him for the job.
D、 (D) We should find more about the candidate, though he is apparently eligible for the post.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] From his resume, this candidate appears to be well qualified for the post of finance manager. Even so, I think we still need to check with his references.

A、 (A) I am interested in your new techniques and I want to make an appointment.
B、 (B) I want to talk to our technician to see if he is interested in your new products.
C、 (C) I can ask some of our staff to give you information about our new products.
D、 (D) I hope you understand that I have to attend a meeting about our new products.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] If you are interested, I can arrange a meeting for you to meet our technicians to give you an overall understanding of our new products.

A、 (A) I don't think we should open our local branch here in Shanghai.
B、 (B) I cannot appoint Mr. Brown to the post although he was born in Shanghai.
C、 (C) I believe Mr. Brown can easily be connected as he is now living in Shanghai.
D、 (D) I recommend that Mr. Brown be in charge of our local branch in Shanghai.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] In case you need to appoint someone to be in charge of our local branch here, Mr. Brown was born in Shanghai and has good connections.