单选题{{B}} Directions:{{/B}} This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are two parts in this section, Part A and Part B. Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet onto your ANSWER SHEET 1. If you have any questions, you may raise your hand. Now as you will not be allowed to speak once the test is started. Now look at Part A in your test booklet. {{B}}Part A{{/B}} 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

单选题Which sports does the woman like? A. Skating. B. Swimming. C. Boating and swimming. D. Boating and skating.

单选题Questions 18-21 are based on a conversation you are going to hear.

单选题Scratchy throats, stuffy noses and body aches all spell misery, but being able to tell if the cause is a cold or flu (流感) may make a difference in how long the misery lasts. The American Lung Association (ALA) has issued new guidelines on combating colds and the flu, and one of the keys is being able to quickly tell the two apart. That"s because the prescription drugs available for the flu need to be taken soon after the illness sets in. As for colds, the sooner a person starts taking over-the-counter remedy, the sooner relief will come. The common cold and the flu are both caused by viruses. More than 200 viruses can cause cold symptoms, while the flu is caused by three viruses-flu A, B and C. There is no cure for either illness, but the flu can be prevented by the flu vaccine (疫苗), which is, for most people, the best way to fight the flu, according to the ALA. But if the flu does strike, quick action can help. Although the flu and common cold have many similarities, there are some obvious signs to look for. Cold symptoms such as stuffy nose, runny nose and scratchy throat typically develop gradually, and adults and teens often do not get a fever. On the other hand, fever is one of the characteristic features of the flu for all ages. And in general, flu symptoms including fever and chills, sore throat and body aches come on suddenly and are more severe than cold symptoms. The ALA notes that it may be particularly difficult to tell when infants and preschool age children have the flu. It advises parents to call the doctor if their small children have flu-like symptoms. Both cold and flu symptoms can be eased with over-the-counter medications as well. However, children and teens with a cold or flu should not take aspirin for pain relief because of the risk of Reye syndrome (综合征), a rare but serious condition of the liver and central nervous system. There is, of course, no vaccine for the common cold. But frequent hand washing and avoiding close contact with people who have colds can reduce the likelihood of catching one.

单选题Questions 14-17 are based on a conversation you are going to hear.

单选题Art is fun; it caters to the basic creative instinct which is present in everyone. It can impart a great feeling of achievement especially to children who as yet have not been able to gain much of a sense of success from their other efforts in life. It also helps backward children to develop mentally and physically. Their confidence grows as they experience success in art, and a confident child learns more easily than a tense one. Physically handicapped children benefit because their motor control improves as they attempt to make more delicate movements with their hands and as they gradually impose more control upon themselves. Art is particularly valuable to mentally handicapped children who find it difficult to communicate their ideas and emotions and who perhaps even find it difficult to comprehend themselves. Subnormal children with very limited vocabularies may find that painting is easier than talking, and through painting they are able to express ideas, emotions, and reactions to situations and experiences. Children need to communicate in two ways. First, they have to convey information to other people, often about their immediate requirements concerning both tangible things— "I want to drink." or "I want to mention." —and less tangible things— "I want you near me." Secondly, they have to communicate with themselves. If children, do not have words to use, their minds are, inevitably, a disorderly mixture of responses to which they can react only emotionally, often with frustrations. Through their paintings such children are not consciously trying to tell other people that they have certain feelings, but with the paint they are able to create a concrete, permanent statement of feeling and so the emotion becomes less intense and under more control. Thus, art helps in the same way that acting and fantasy-play help children to regulate their emotions and recreations, i. e. , by recreating them in a controlled situation. Music, dancing, acting, and storytelling can give similar feelings of satisfaction and offer opportunities which may be of assistance to children either individually or collectively.

单选题We can realise how deeply a finger is put into water at body temperature ______.

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{{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Almost all companies involved in new production and development must _______.

单选题 Companies with large scale need a way to reach the savings of the public at large. The same problem, on a smaller scale, faces practically every company trying to develop new products and create new jobs. There can be little prospect of raising the sort of sums require from friends and people we know, and while banks may agree to provide short term finance, they are generally unwilling to provide money on a permanent basis for long-term projects. So companies turn to the public, persuading people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in exchange for a share in future profits. Thus they do by issuing stocks and shares in the business through the Stock Exchange. Only by doing so can they put into circulation the savings of individuals both at home and abroad. When the saver needs his money back, he does not have to go to the company with whom he originally placed it. Instead, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other savers who is ear- nest to invest his money. A lot of the services needed both by industry and by each of us are provided by the Government or by local authorities. The governments at all levels furnish us with hospitals, roads, electricity, telephones, equipment and other new development. The money raised through taxes alone can't serve us properly. The government, local authorities, and nationalised industries therefore frequently need to borrow money to support major capital expenses, and they too, come to the Stock Exchange. There is hardly a man or woman in this country whose job or whose living standard does not rely on the ability of his or her employers to raise money to finance new development. In one way or an- other, the money needed must be gathered from the public at home or abroad. The Stock Exchange exists to supply a channel through which these savings can reach those who need finance.

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.{{/I}}

单选题Questions 23-25 are based on a monologue about instruments．

单选题Meals Your fare includes all meals and gratuities in flight and on the ground from the departure of the aircraft until arrival at the airport of destination shown on the flight coupon of your ticket. Kosher, Moslem, saltfree and vegetarian diets are available, provided they are requested in advance. Alcoholic drinks, provided free in flight for First Class passengers, are available on board for sale to Business, Economy passengers. Cigarettes may be purchased in all classes. 　　Ground Transport At certain places in the Eastern Hemisphere transport between town terminal and airport is provided free for originating, terminating and stopover passengers, but elsewhere such passengers are charged for ground transport. 　　Stopovers In most cases, you may break your journey at one or more places on the route, and retain the benefit of fare, provided notice is given at the time of reservation. Hotel expenses at each stopover will be your responsibility. 　　Children and Infants An infant under two accompanied by an adult, and not occupying a separate seat, is charged 10% of the normal First, Business or Economy adult fare. Additional infants under two accompanying the same adult, an infant under two occupying a separate seat, and children of two years of age and over, who have not yet reached their twelfth birthday, are charged 50% of the normal First, Business or Economy adult fare. Age is taken as that at the beginning of the outward journey. Unaccompanied children under the age of seven are not normally accepted for travel. If you are travelling with children or infants, ask for our booklet Babies as Air Travellers. Any requirements should be advised at the time of booking. 　　Taxes or Charges Any ticket, transportation or other taxes or charges imposed by Government regulations are additional to the fare and payable by you, either with the fare or in local currency on arrival or departure.

单选题It can be inferred that Japan's literary establishment can't ______.

单选题The example of the mechanic's wife is intend to show film in times of rising prices, ______.

单选题Sharing tasks and decisions in a family leads to ______.

单选题The word "groundbreaking" ( paragraph 7 ) can be interpreted as ______.