单选题{{B}}Part A{{/B}} {{I}}You will hear 10 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there is one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answer—A, B, C or D, and mark it in your test booklet. You will have 15 seconds to answer the question and you will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE. Now look at Question 1.{{/I}}

单选题Where do the speakers work?

单选题 Questions 18～21 are based on the following dialogue between two friends.

单选题{{B}}Text 3{{/B}} Whenever I see anyone buying a National Lottery ticket I want to stop them and ask if they know just where their money is going. The lottery money is supposed to go to charity—but it makes me angry to see some of the socalled "good causes" it's being used to support. Also, Camelot, the organizers, have made a profit of ￡3 10.8 million in five months. We hear now that a lot of that money is boosting the pay packets of the company's bosses. For the past 10 years I've been helping to raise funds for a cancer research charity called Tenovus. My husband, Sandy, died from cancer 11 years ago—he was only 51. There's been a long line of deaths in our family through cancer and it's been devastating. I've also lost two sisters-in-law, my brother, Michael, my father-in-law and my father. That's apart from several close friends. The charity is 50 years old now and raises money mainly for breast cancer research. It also runs a support line for the families of cancer sufferers. Our local group raises money through dances, sales and coffee morning, and all the funds go directly to cancer research. In 1993 Tenovus raised 1￡3 million--and half that money came from sales of our own lottery tickets at supermarkets. But out income has dropped by half since the National Lottery was introduced. I'm not against people playing the National Lottery, but they should think about what they're doing. The chances of winning the jackpot are so small; they might as well throw their money away. The Government tells us that the proceeds are going to things like the arts and sports, but what about the National Health Service? They should give some cash to that, too. How can they justify spending ridiculous amounts of cash on so-called works of art—like displays of potatoes—or buying up Winston Churchill's papers at a cost of ￡12 million? So who really are the winners in the National Lottery? When I think of all that money people could be donating to cancer research, I could weep. It's time people realized bow charities across the country are suffering because of the National Lottery. It's disheartening and so infuriating.

单选题 Text Many years ago when the summers seemed longer and life was less complicated, we had rented a cottage (26) a river in the heart of the country (27) the whole family was going to (28) a three-week holiday. There were four of us: me, Mum and Dad, and Mum's sister, Auntie June. Oh, and I mustn't forget to (29) . Spot, our little dog. I was (30) to go off by myself all day, (31) I promised to be careful and took Spot with me for (32) . One day I was out fishing with Spot when we heard a lot of shouting in the (33) followed by a scream and splash. I was a bit (34) so I called Spot and we both hid (35) a bush where we could see but not be (36) . After a few moments, a straw hat came drifting down the river, followed by an oar, a picnic basket and (37) oar. Then came the rowing boat itself, but it was (38) upside down! A few seconds later my dad and Auntie June came running (39) the river bank, both wet (40) . Spot started barking so I came out of hiding and said hello. My dad got really angry (41) me for not trying to catch the boat as it went past. Luckily, (42) , the boat and both the oars had been caught by an overhanging tree a little further downstream, but not the hat or picnic basket. So I had to let them (43) my sandwiches. Dad and Auntie June both made me (44) not to tell Mum what had happened (45) she would be worried.

单选题How much does one pillow cost?

单选题Which of the following is one of the author's suggestions to consumers?

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单选题Which of the following is NOT the result of polluting the search engine?

单选题 Questions 22-25 are based on thefollowing weatherforecast．

单选题{{B}}Text 2{{/B}} Comics in America have broadened their appeal by marketing to adults. Prior to World War II , usually only adolescents bought comics. During World War I1, the comic book industry in the United States began to undergo a major change. When the war started, the government subsidized the comics industry in order to take advantage of the powerful propaganda effects, regulating them for purposes of military defense. By the time the war was over, the taste for comic books had reached the adult population. Publishers from this point on expanded this portion of the market that was to become the largest sales increase in the history of the comic industry. The editor of Exciting Comics, Ed O' Donnell, was important in extending the success of this marketing drive. Here organized comic drawing to encourage artists' innovation. The market had declined slightly since the late forties. O' Donnell, against conventions, hired adroit illustrators. He abandoned the low-cost budget publication, a step considered risky to his peers in the publication industry; however, his begin environment for artistic creation eventually proved successful. Kenny Bar was one of the artists that helped spawn the most innovative titles to come out of Exciting Comics. He insisted on revising the concept of the comic book radically; he proposed to create characters designed to capture markets that had previously not been successfully explored by comic books. This revolutionary idea laid the foundation for the now thriving market for sophisticated adult-oriented comic books.

单选题Engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality, but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of course, any sensible student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, famous reputation and lots of good labs and research equipments. But that's not what I did. I chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts (文科) university that doesn't even offer a major in electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a value sys- tem to guide me in my career. I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by interacting with people who weren't studying science or engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a sensible choice. They told me I was wise and mature beyond my 18 years, and I believed them. I headed off to college sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering" factories" where they didn't care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete engineer: technical genius and sensitive humanist (人文学者) all in one. Now I'm not so sure. Somewhere along the way my noble ideals crashed into reality, as all noble ideals eventually do. After three years of struggling to balance maths, physics and engineering courses with liberal-arts courses, I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile (协调) engineering with liberal-arts courses in college. The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply don't mix as easily as I assumed in high school. Individually they shape a person in very different ways; together they threaten to confuse. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.

单选题 {{I}}Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.{{/I}}