That sound doesn’t _____ in his language so it’s difficult for him to pronounce. [A] ha

sts of a piece of aluminium coated with transparent plastic，12 cms across，for producing sound.

It's similar to an ordinary record，except that it's read by a laser beam，and the information recorded on the aluminium is digital.

The makers claim that a CD can reproduce the original sound perfectly，without any distortion or background hiss. As the system is computerized，there's no loss of quality between the studio master and the record you buy.

Also，a CD is much tougher-than a vinyl(乙烯基)record，so it doesn't need such careful handling. Dust and dirt won't damage it，and as there's no contact between the laser and the disc, it will never wear out.

e. The only road to the forest is just in front of his house. He can easily see the people who want to go into the forest. Sometimes he has to be on duty at night. When he hears some sound, he has to get up to see if anyone cuts the trees.

One day he bought a strong dog in the town. He loves it very much and often gives some meat or bread to it. And when a strange man walks close to his house, it barks loudly. So he can soon know about it and goes out to find out who it is. But last week something was wrong with Mr. Clarke. He didn’t feel well and couldn’t fall asleep in the evening. He had to go to a hospital in the town. The doctor looked him over and then asked, “Have you got a dog, sir？” “Yes, I have got one.” “You have got skin disease,” said the doctor. “I am sure your dog infected(感染) it to you. You can’t come in touch with it any longer.” When he came out of the hospital, Mr. Clarke said to himself, “I will see another doctor. It’s much easier to find a doctor than to buy a good dog!

(1)Mr. Clarke’s job is to ().

A. hear some sound and see if anyone cuts the trees

B. stop people from cutting trees in the forest

C. live at the foot of the mountain

D. stop the people going into the forest(2)The owner of the forest is ().

A. Mr. Clarke

B. a friend of Mr. Clarke’s

C. a rich farmer

D. the doctor(3)The strong dog can help Mr. Clarke to ().

A. do some housework

B. see if anyone will kill him

C. cut tree

D. find if anyone is cutting trees(4)The doctor ().

A. loves a dog, too.

B. is really a good one

C. has got skin disease, too

D. has infected the disease to Mr. Clarke(5)Mr. Clarke ().

A. doesn’t think the doctor is the best

B. doesn’t think he is infected

C. will be cured in a short time

D. will kill the dog as soon as he comes back

nchisee C. Sure, what do you want to know D. Thank you very much for all the information E. could you tell me how long a franchise contract will last ？ Ada wants to do franchise business and turns to Bill for some information about franchise business. ADA: Hi, Bill. I am really interested in franchising opportunities. Would you be able to give me some advice？ BILL:__________ ADA: Ok, first, what are the qualifications that a franchisor should have？ BILL: Generally speaking, a franchisor should be a well-developed company with business resources such as a trademark, trade name and business model. ADA:__________ BILL: A franchisee should have the necessary funds, work goals and employees, etc. ADA: Yes,__________ . Would you please tell me something about the franchise fees？ BILL: Ok. The fees for the franchise are an initial fee and a usage fee. ADA: Now,__________ BILL: In general, it is no less than three years. Then both the franchisor and the franchisee may talk about the conditions, and see whether the contact needs to be rewritten. ADA:__________ . BILL: My pleasure.

26. It is certain that Uncle Ric is in hospital ().

A. again after having fully recovered from an operation

B. to get some treatment for a serious disease

C. to get an operation for some minor disease

D. to do some check-up after receiving an operation

27. It is who wants to study history.

A. Trevor's wife

B. Trevor' s younger son

C. James' s elder brother

D. Robin

28. In the second paragraph , the sentence "…he is sitting some examination…"'means that Malcolm is ().

A. sitting at his desk preparing lessons for some examinations

B. sitting at home busy reading for some examinations

C. sitting in an examination place

D. going to take some examinations

29. From the letter , we know that James wants to become a professional player ，()

A. yet the whole family don't like the idea

B. but Robin , his mother , does not like the idea

C. his father thinks it' s too bad that he gets bored with school

D. Malcolm feels sorry for his idea , wishing he knows better

30. This is a ().

A. business letter

B. private letter

C.memo

D. telephone message

听力原文：W: Hi, Frank. What are you up to？ Is that really a French grammar book？

M: Well, I'm trying to teach myself some French. When I go to Montreal next semester, I don't want to sound like just another tourist. Most of the people there are bilingual.

W: Leave Boston to go to Montreal？ I didn't know this university had a program in Canada.

M: It doesn't. I'm planning to take a short leave of absence from school, so I can go there on my own.

W: What's the reason for this sudden interest in Canada？ M: Well, actually I've been thinking about going for some time now. I know someone there who's been wanting me to visit.

W: A relative？

M: An old friend of my uncle's runs a chemical engineering department there. So, I'm hoping he can help me enroll in some interesting courses.

W: If you want those credits transferred back here later on, you'd better arrange for it before you leave. Don't forget what happened to Susan after she came back from Rome.

M: Yeah, but her situation was different. I already have all the credits I need to graduate.

W: So you'll be taking courses just for the sake of learning.

M: That will be a nice change of pace, won't it？

What was Frank doing at the beginning of the conversation？

A．Planning a sightseeing tour.

B．Writing to his uncle.

C．Arranging his class schedule.

D．Looking through a language textbook.

A few years ago a young mother watched her husband diaper(给...换尿布) their firstborn son. "You don't have to be so unhappy about it," she protested. "You can talk to him and smile a little." The father, who happened to be a psychologist, answered firmly, "He has nothing to say to me, and I have nothing to say to him."

Psychologists now know how wrong that father was. From the moment of birth, a baby has a great deal to say to his parents and they to him. But a decade or so ago, these experts were describing the newborn as a primitive creature who reacted only by reflex, a helpless victim of its environment without capacity to influence it. And mothers accepted the truth. Most thought(and some still do) that a new infant could see only blurry shadows, that his other senses were undeveloped, and that all he required was nourishment, clean diapers, and a warm bassinet.

Today university laboratories across the country are studying newborns in their first month of life. As a result, psychologists now describe the new baby as perceptive, with remarkable learning abilities and an even more remarkable capacity to shape his or her environment—including the attitudes and actions of his parents. Some researchers believe that the neonatal period may even be the most significant four weeks in an entire lifetime.

Far from being helpless, the newborn knows what he likes and rejects what he doesn't. He shuts out unpleasant sensations by closing his eyes or averting his face. He is a glutton for novelty. He prefers animate things over inanimate and likes people more than anything.

When a mere nine minutes old, an infant prefers a human face to a head-shaped outline. He makes the choice despite the fact that, with delivery-room attendants masked and gowned, he has never seen a human face before. By the time he's twelve hours old, his entire body moves in precise synchrony to the sound of a human voice, as if he were dancing. A non-human sound, such as a tapping noise, brings no such response.

The author points out that the father diapering his firstborn son was wrong because ______.

A．he thought the baby didn't have the power of speech

B．he believed the baby was not able to hear him

C．he was a psychologist unworthy of his profession

D．he thought the baby was not capable of any response

bread-and-butter business would be lofting satellite into high earth orbit. Now he thinks he may have figured wrong. "People were always asking me when they could go," says Kelly, who runs Kelly Space Technology, "I realized the real market is in space tourism."

According to preliminary market surveys, there are 10,000 would-be space tourists willing to spend $1 million each to visit the final frontier. Space Adventures in Arlington have taken more than 130 deposits for a two-hour, $98,000 space tour tentatively set to occur by 2005. This may sound great, but there are a few hurdles: Putting a simple satellite into orbit--with no oxygen, lift: support or return trip necessary—already costs an astronomical $2,200/kg. And that doesn't include the cost of insuring rich and possibly litigious (爱打官司的) passengers. The entire group of entrepreneurs trying to comer the space- tourism market has between them "just enough money to blow up one rocket".

The U.S. space agency has plenty of money but zero interest in making space less expensive for the little guys. So the little guys are racing to do what the government has failed to do: design a reusable launch system that's inexpensive, safe and reliable. Kelly Space's prototype looks like a plane that has sprouted rocket engines. Rotary Rocket in California has a booster with rotors to make a helicopter-style. return to earth. The first passenger countdowns arc still years away, but bureaucrats at the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington arc already informally discussing flight regulations. After all, you can't be too prepared for a trip to that galaxy far, far away.

Which of the following is the best title for the passage？

A．Take Vacations in Space

B．Building Hotels in Space

C．Flight Regulations in Space Travels

D．Cost of Space Traveling

Journalists and TV people, we know, are () to record what goes on: but in trying to get the best () they can, they may sometimes seem amazingly cold-blooded. In the massacre that followed the British quitting India, () was a photographer who made a sorrowing Indian family bury and rebury () dead several times () he got a perfect shot. A BBC sound man held up a Nigerian execution for half an hour while he adjusted his sound equipment; you could say it didn 't () any difference to the final outcome, but it doesn 't make you feel especially warm towards the man () .

Should journalists and photographers join in, () just stand back and watch while people kill () another？ It 's a tricky question, not just a () of how brave anyone is feeling at the time, () without authentic pictures, how will the world know, how should the world believe () crimes are committed？ One dead photographer does not do much for the cause he cares about, even () he did feel forced to join in and take sides.

To stay out of the fight, to write () what 's going on, to treat () with both sides, as a doctor will cure soldiers in () uniform. or a lawyer argue for either side —that is supposed to be our code, and when it () to the crutch, we probably do better trying to stick () that, than rushing off on individual impulse. But is there not a point in any profession () you are forced back against the wall () a human being？ I think there is, and I was.

1、A) ready B) supposed C) responsible D) eager

2、A) record B) report C) essay D) article

3、A) here B) where C) there D) he

4、A) its B) the C) their D) that

5、A) when B) after C) before D) till

6、A) do B) become C) change D) make

7、A) concerning B) concerns C) concerned D) concern

8、A) but B) or C) and D) only

9、A) each B) every C) one D) all

10、A) fact B) case C) thing D) matter

11、A) but B) although C) for D) because

12、A) which B) what C) that D) such

13、A) if B) when C) then D) as

14、A) up B) away C) down D) in

15、A) equally B) evenly C) averagely D) similarly

16、A) neither B) both C) either D) all

17、A) speaks B) comes C) talks D) goes

18、A) to B) for C) on D) in

19、A) which B) where C) that D) what

20、A) as B) like C) unlike D) for

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though it is clear that a successful salesman does need special talents and an outgoing personality, many of the skills he uses are used by us all: we build and maintain relationships with different kinds of people, we listen to and take notes of what they tell us and don't just enjoy the sound of our own voices, and we explain things to them or discuss ideas with them.

A firm may depend on their own sales team and/or on the salesmanship of their distributors, wholesalers or retailers. But any company needs to establish a personal relationship with its major clients (' key accounts' ) and potential customers (' prospects' ). It is often said that ' people do business with people': a from doesn't just deal impersonally with another firm, but a person in the buying department receives personal visits from people representing the firm's suppliers on a regular basis.

Keeping sales people ' on the road' is much more expensive than employing them to work in the office and much of their time is spent unproductively travelling. Telephone selling may use this time more productively, but a face-to-face meeting and discussion is much more effective. Companies involved in the export trade often have a separate export sales force, whose travel and accommodation expenses may be very high. Serving overseas customers may consequently often be done by phone, telex or letter and personal visits may be infrequent. Many firms appoint an overseas agent or distributor whose own sales force takes over responsibility for selling their products in another country.

A sales department consists of many people who are based in different pans of the country or the world, who don't have the day-to-day contact and opportunities for communicating with each other that office-based staff have. For this reason, firms holds regular sales conferences where their entire sales force can meet, receive information and ask questions about new products and receive training.

Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage？

A．Though a face-to-face meeting would cost much in travelling; it is more effective.

B．Many firms only deal impersonally with other firms in order to save money.

C．Good salesmen often bring notebooks along with them and note down the customers' opinions.

D．Key accounts and prospects are important to all companies.