Part I. Listening Comprehension

1-10 D B A C A D C C B A

11-20 C B C B D D D A B C

Tapescripts:

1. W: Raise your hat a little bit and hold the saddle and smile a little. You look wonderful posing like that. Shall I press the shutter?

M: Wait a minute. Let me put on a cowboy hat.

Q: What are the speakers doing?

2. M: I’m still waiting for my sister to come back and type the application letter for me.

W: Why bother her? I’ll show you how to use the computer. It’s quite easy?

Q: What does the woman mean?

3. M: Hey, where did you find the journal? I need it, too.

W: Right here on the shelf. Don’t worry, John. I’ll take it out on my card for both of us.

Q: What does the woman mean?

4. M: Thank you for your helpful assistance. Otherwise, I’d surely have missed it. The place is so out of the way.

W: It was a pleasure meeting you. Good-bye.

Q: Why does the man thank the woman?

5. W: We are informed that the 11:30 train is late again.

M: Why did the railway company even bother to print a schedule?

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

6. M: Maybe I ought to subscribe to the Engineering Quarterly. It contains a lot of useful information.

W: Why not read it in the library and save the money?

Q: What is the woman advice to the man?

7. M: I’ve been waiting all week for this concert. The performance is said to be excellent. And with our student discount, the tickets will be real cheap.

W: Ah ah…I’m afraid I left my student ID card in the dorm.

Q: What does the woman imply?

8. M: Mr. Smith, our history professor, announced that we would be doing two papers and three exams this semester. I wonder how I’m going to pour through when other courses have similar requirements.

W: Well, can’t you drop one course and pick it up the next semester?

Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?

9. W: Renting the conference room at the hotel will cost us too much. We’re already running in the red.

M: How about using our dining room for the meeting?

Q: What’s worrying the woman?

10.W: Jerry, can you pick me up after work today? I left my car at the garage.

M: I’m afraid I can’t. I’ve scheduled an appointment with a client at dinner time.

Q: What is the man going to do?

Part II Reading Comprehension

21. C 22.A 23. D 24. C 25. C

26. B 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. A

31. B 32. B 33. B 34. A 35. C

36. C 37. D 38. B 39. D 40. B

Part III Vocabulary

41. A 42. C 43. B 44. A 45. C 46. D 47. D 48. C 49. D 50. B

51. D 52. A 53. C 54. D 55. A 56. A 57. D 58. A 59. C 60. C

61. C 62. B 63. A 64. B 65. C 66. D 67. B 68. B 69. A 70. C

Part IV Error Correction

S1. it->they

S2. percents->percent

S3. maintain->maintaining

S4. subjective->objective

S5. meets-> meet

S6. 去掉an___

S7. woman->women

S8. from-> in

S9. majority->minority

S10. with->as

Part V. 参考例文

Ownership of Houses in a Big City in China

As can be seen from the chart, ownership of houses in Beijing has significantly changed in the 1990s. In 1990, 75 percent of the houses were state-owned. Five years later, the ratio of state-owned houses to private ones was 60 to 40. But from then on, the ownership changed dramatically and by the end of the century, 80 percent of houses were private.

There might have been two main reasons. One of the reasons was the policy of the government. In the 1990s, China carried on with its reform policy and the government called for privatization of the sate-owned estate. But it took time for the reform to come into effect. But from 1995 on when people have recognized its significance, the reformation took bigger steps. Another reason was that the people were getting better off and they could afford buying their own houses.

Such changes have had great impact on individuals as well as the society. On one hand, the individuals must save money to buy an apartment or to pay the mortgage. On the other hand, a heaven burden has been taken off the government so that it can take more effective measures to improve people’s life.