单选题
A. Trade is still flourishing in England villages. B. England villages abound in frozen food and antiques. C. A superficial traveler turns out to be too critical. D. A superficial traveler favors flourishing trade.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文] Nowadays a superficial traveler in rural England might conclude that the only village tradesman still flourishing were whether selling frozen food to the inhabitants or selling antiques to visitors.
单选题
A. We use Skype to talk with our son. B. The expensive long distance calls prevents us talking with our son every day. C. We talk with our son every son. D. We never use long distance calls because they are too expensive.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文] Our only son is now studying in the states, if long distance phone calls weren't expensive, we could talk to him every day. But I hear that Skype is a good thing.
单选题
A. Tom is running a Middle America's financial adviser. B. Tom is running a company. C. Tom's company is facing financial problems. D. Tom's dream of running a company ended up with failure.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文] Tom's plan to turn his company into Middle America's financial adviser has collided with the economic crisis.
单选题
A. The professor is with his students. B. The professor got lost. C. The professor works in the reading room. D. The professor reads in the reading room.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文] Sitting all day in the reading room with so many students passing by him, the professor often loses himself in books.
单选题
A. That special outing is more expensive than jewelry. B. Jewelry spending is a little lower than spending on that special outing. C. Jewelry spending is on rise. D. Spending on that special outing has declined.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文] Spending on that special outing is expected to total $2.7 billion, with jewelry spending coming in next at $2.3 billion, the survey said.