单选题 In this section, yon will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a twenty-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the 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.

单选题 Where does this conversation probably take place?

A. In a swimming pool.
B. In a bank.
C. On a plane.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] M: This is your passbook. The interest rate will automatically adjust depending on how much you have in the account. W: Oh, that's good. There's something else. I'd like to apply for a mortgage, please. M: Certainly, I'll make you an appointment with our mortgage adviser. 根据录音中的关键词和短语passbook(存折)、interest rate(利率)、account(账户)和apply for a mortgage(申请住房贷款)等，可推测对话的发生地点为银行，故答案选B。

单选题 What is said about houses in Britain?

A. People tried to make money by buying houses.
B. The price of houses is rising thus people would rather rent one.
C. Most people raise their children in rented houses.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] W: Could you tell me whether people in Britain prefer to rent houses or buy them? M: It's now bred into them that they should buy their house rather than rent it. Buying a property is seen as a very sound investment now. W: It makes sense. 对话中女士问及英国人更倾向于租房还是买房，男士回答说英国人养成了应该买房而不是租房的观念，并提到“目前购置房产被认为是一项非常明智的投资”。因此A项“英国人试图通过买房来挣钱”为正确答案。

单选题 Which one is right according to the conversation?

A. The house is next to the farm.
B. The kitchen has just been decorated.
C. The woman is interested in the house.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] W: Rebecca Truman speaking. M: This is Fox and Connor, the estate agents. I think we've found a house that you may be interested in. It's in Redhill, near the station, as you requested. It's a rather attractive four-bedroomed 1930s redbrick property. It's in very good decorative order, with a fitted kitchen. Would you like to view it? W: Yes, I think it's worth a look. 对话中男士介绍自己所在公司为房地产代理商(the estate agents)Fox and Conner，指出已找到一处对方可能会感兴趣的房屋(I think we've found a house that you may be interested in)，接下来介绍了有关该房子的情况，根据女士的回答“I think it's worth a look”(我感觉值得一看)，可知C项正确。

单选题 What is the danger mentioned in the conversation?

A. The business ended up bankrupt.
B. Working together may ruin their friendship.
C. The business can't survive the world economic crisis.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] W: So you started your business with your best friend. Friends working in the same business could be a recipe for disaster. M: Yes, so we kept warning ourselves of the danger. And we found later that we each brought what the other lacked. W: Good for you. 录音中女士对于男士和最好的朋友一起创业的看法是“朋友在同一行工作可能会造成灾难(a recipe for disaster)”，男士对此表示赞同，提到“所以我们时刻都在提防这样的危险出现”，因此答案为B项。

单选题 What does the woman mean?

A. Working as a journalist is as being a recorder.
B. It's a journalist's job to convey only optimistic attitude to readers.
C. A journalist should convey the information as it is.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] W: I honestly think that a journalist's job is solely to convey to his or her readership as unambiguous a factual account of what's happening as possible. M: You mean like a professional recorder of the news? W: Yes, I think it's up to people themselves to decide their own point of view and then effect changes. 对话中女士提到其认为，新闻记者的工作就是尽可能清晰如实地报道所发生的事情(unambiguous a factual account of what's happening as possible)，而由读者自己决定如何看待这件事，并作出改变。因此C项正确。