W: How much time should I spend on online searching for a job？M: Limit your time online

对话理解

听力原文：M: Have you borrowed money from the bank？

W: Yes, I have borrowed $1,000 with the rate of interest 12% and the time one year.

Q: How much interest will the woman pay at maturity？

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A．$100

B．$120

C．1200

D．1000

听力原文：W: How is your job at the supermarket M: Well, it’s rather hard work. The hours are pretty long. I already feel difficult to keep up with my classmates. What is the man worried about （）

A．He does not earn as much money as his classmates．

B．He does not work as well as his classmates．

C．He does not get enough pay for his ’hard work．

D．He does not have enough time for his study．

对话理解

听力原文：W: Is it necessary for me to make a note of all my assets？

M: Yes, of course, thus you can work out what sort of investment suits you and over what time frame.

Q: Why should the woman make a note of all her assets？

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A．Thus she can know the most appropriate investment and the best time of investment.

B．Thus she can earn a lot of money.

C．Thus she can help others.

D．Thus she can know about how much money she has.

Section B

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should choose the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D.

听力原文：M: We want to take a train to New York.

W: Regular or express train？

M: How much time would I save if we took the express？

W: About one hour. The next express train arrives in New York at 3:15.

M: And how much more do i have to pay for the express？

W: First class is 24 dollars more, and second class is 15 dollars more.

M: As long as we can arrive one hour earlier, I don't mind paying a little extra. Then give me one second class ticket on the express, please.

W: OK, one second class ticket. Here you are.

M: Thank you.

Q6. How much more does the man have to pay for the first class express？

7.What kind of ticket has the man bought？

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A．24 dollars.

B．15 dollars.

C．20 dollars.

D．25 dollars.

to open a savings account. Want to come？ W: Sure. Wait a minute. M: OK.(a little while later) W: You just said you wanted to open a savings account？ M: Yes. W: They usually have two kinds of deposit — time deposit and current deposit. M: What is the minimum deposit for a savings account？ W: Sorry, I dont know, but how much money do you want to deposit to start with？ M: Two thousand dollars. W: Thats big enough for both, Im sure. M: You know the interest rate, dont you？ W: For current deposit it is very low. M: I dont mind that. I want to put my money in the bank just to be on the safe side. W: Good idea. M: Is it convenient to withdraw money from my savings account here？ W: Its very easy. You just need to fill out a withdrawal form. and hand in your chequebook together with it, and everything will be OK. M: Do they use a password？ W: Yes, you can if you like. M: Do I have to show anything as proof of identification？ W: No. They want nothing. Just tell them your name and address. Thats all. M: Thank you. Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9. How much money does the man want to deposit to start with？ 10. What does the man want to do in the bank？ 11. How can the man withdraw money from his savings account？ 12. According to the conversation, what do we know about the interest rate？9．

A．To buy some national savings bonds.

B．To open a savings account.

C．To inquire about the interest rate.

D．To withdraw some money.

M: Hello Jane.

W: Hello Paul.

M: Please coming. I’m just getting ready to go home. Susan is expectingme for dinner. I wanted to be on time for a change.

W: Look, I’m terribly sorry to drop in this time on Friday, Paul, butit is rather important.

M: That’s OK. What’s the problem？

W: Well, Paul, I won’t keep you long. You see there is a problem withthe exchange rates. The Indian Rupee has taken a fall on the foreign exchangemarket. You see there is being a sharp increase in Indian’s balance of paymentdeficit.

M: I see. How serious, isn’t it？

W: Well, as you know, there have been reports of unrest India, and theprospects for the Rupee look pretty gloomy.

M: And that’s going to affect us, as if we didn’t have enough problemson our hands.

W: So I thought it would be wise to take out forward exchange cover toprotect our position on the outstanding contract.

M: Just a minute. Forward exchange cover, now what does that meanexactly？

W: Well, it means that JO notes enters into a commitment to sell IndianRupees at the present rate.

M: I see. And how will that benefit us？

W: Well, JO notes wouldn’t lose out if Indian Rupee falls further.

M: What will it cost, Jane？

W: A small percentage, about 1% and that can be built into the price ofthe bike.

M: Well, I don’t suppose there is much choice. All right Jane, let’sput it into action.

Q9: What do we learn aboutthe man’s daily life？

Q10: Why did the woman cometo see the man？

Q11: What makes the womanworry about the Indian Rupee？

听力原文：M: Mary, (19)you want to talk about your second essay, right？

W: Yes, Dr. Richardson. I just need your comments on what I'm planning to do. (19)I'm doing the essay on the differences between TV news programs at different hours of the day.

M: How many times slots are you planning to consider？

W: Well, I think I'd look at all of them. That'd be five slots. The breakfast news, midmorning news. midday news. mid-afternoon news and evening news.

M: That's rather a lot. And you'd have too much to consider. (20)Why don't you just do two. Say the midmorning and then evening news. That should give you two contrasting approaches with two main audience compositions.

W: OK, just two then.

M: Yes, I think that would be much better. Now how many actual programs do you plan to work with？

W: What do you think of analyzing a whole week's news programs？

M: Well, that depends on how much of each program, if you concentrate on one particular type of news item, say the sports news or local items, it might be alright.

W: Yes. that would be a good idea. (21)I won't make a decision before I collect a sample of programs over a whole week. I'll look at them and see what items appear throughout the week.

M: Yes, that's a sound approach. (22)Now we’re getting close to the deadline. Can you finish it in time？

W: Yes, I think so. I've completed the reading and I know what my basic approach is, so it's really just a matter of pulling it all together now.

M: Fine, Mary. I'll look forward to reading it.

(23)

A．To discuss the second essay.

B．To get the comments on TV news.

C．To plan to join TV news programs.

D．To tell the difference of TV news.

听力原文：W: Freedom Travel. How may I help you？

M: Yes, I' d like to make a flight reservation for the twentythird of this month.

W: Okay. What is your destination？

M: Well. I'm flying to Helsinki, Finland.

W: Okay. Let me check what flights are available？ And when will you be returning.

M: Uh, well, I' d like to catch a return flight on the twentyninth. Oh, and I' d like the cheapest flight available.

W: Okay. Let me see. Urn, hmm ...

M: Yeah？

W: Well, the price for the flight is almost double the price you would pay if you leave the day before.

M: Who. Let's go with the cheaper flight. By the way, how much is it？.

W: It's only $ 980.

M: Alright. Well, let's go with that.

W: Okay. That's flight 1070 from Salt Lake City to New York, Kennedy Airport, transferring to flight 90 from Kennedy to Helsinki

M: And what are the departure and arrival time for each of those flights？

W: It leaves Salt Lake City at 10:00 A.M., arriving in New York at 4:35 P.M., then transferring to flight 90 at 5:55 P.M., and arriving in Helsinki at 8,30 A.M. the next day.

M: Alright. And, I'd like to request a vegetarian meal.

W: Sure no problem. And could I hove your name please？

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A．Salt Lake City, USA.

B．New York City, USA.

C．Helsinki, Finland.

D．Stockholm, Sweden,

A.How many

B.How long

C.How much

It is very difficult for the time being to ________ how much money is needed.

A. account

B. assume

C. ranges

D. estimat