单选题
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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) What I longed for was to be a leader.
B、 (B) I didn't know if I was suitable to be a leader.
C、 (C) To get into business appealed to me.
D、 (D) What truely interested me was business.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] I didn't know I wanted to go into business, but I knew I wanted a leadership position. That appealed to me.

A、 (A) The newly-completed stadium was on the dot.
B、 (B) The stadium was not finished in time.
C、 (C) The stadium was open to public before last September.
D、 (D) The stadium couldn't be used even after last September.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] The completion of the new stadium was not on the dot and was available for public use until last September.

A、 (A) The plane arrived at 9 am.
B、 (B) The plane arrived at 12 pm.
C、 (C) The plane delayed for 3 hours.
D、 (D) The plane delayed for 9 hours.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] Flight No. GW-235 was supposed to arrive at 9 am, but we waited till soon.

A、 (A) The spaghetti was from the outer space.
B、 (B) The spaghetti was terrible.
C、 (C) The spaghetti was delicious.
D、 (D) The spaghetti was self-cooked.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] The spaghetti I ate last night at the Italian restaurant across the street was out of this world.

A、 (A) Jack was a bit upset for another ordinary Christmas.
B、 (B) Jack was always disappointed with Christmas.
C、 (C) Jack touched the Christmas cards with disappointment.
D、 (D) Jack didn't receive any cards this Christmas.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] When another Christmas came around with nothing but the usual cards, Jack couldn't help but feel a touch of disappointment.