PART ONE
● For questions 1--8 you will hear 8 short recordings.
● For each question, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.
单选题
What nationality is Sheila?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: Sheila is an American. but she's lived in the Far East for most of her life.
W: Yes. She speaks Japanese and Chinese as well as English.
Sheila is an American所以她的国藉是美国。
单选题
What does he want?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: Hand me the papers from my briefcase.
W: Is that your briefcase there next to the typewriter?
Hand me the papers．第一个人要的是纸。
单选题
When did Dr. Jones' plane leave?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: What's the matter?
M: Dr. Jones didn't get to the airport until eleven o'clock. He missed his flight by half an hour.
Dr．Jones 11点到机场，迟到了半小时，所以他的飞机10点半起飞。
单选题
When did Mary write to Pacific Machines Ltd.?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: Hi, Mary. Have you got the letter from Pacific Machines Ltd.?
W: Not yet. I only wrote them on Tuesday, so I'm not really expecting to hear from them until next week. Probably next Friday we'll get a reply.
她星期二写的信。
单选题
Which chart is correct?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: How're our Hi-Fis selling?
M: They're the market leaders.
W: I thought our video cassette recorders were selling better than our Hi-Fis.
M: No, our VCRS aren't even selling as well as our colour TVS.
文中说Hi-Fi是 market leaders，VCRS没有 TVS卖的好，所以选B。
单选题
Which graph shows the sales figures?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: Well, what about our sales from 1998 to 2000?
W: Oh, terrific. There's been constant growth from 1998 to 2000.
注意"constant growth"，持续增长。
单选题
Where did this conversation most probably take place?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: Could you please tell me if the Paris flight will be arriving on time?
W: Yes, sir. It should be arriving in about ten minutes at Concourse C.
二人在讨论巴黎的航班是否会准时到达，所以在飞机场。
单选题
Which graph is correct?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: How's your share doing in the stock market?
M: Well, it's not bad. It went up 10 points on Tuesday, but went down 2 points on Wednesday. Surprisingly, it went up 15 points yesterday.
注意介词up和down up…on Tuesday，down on Wednesday，up yesterday．