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Part 1 Short dialogs and multiple choice questions (每小题：1 分) | Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choo the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choo the correct answers. U the cond playing to check your answers. | |
| | | 1. | | | A. The man wants to leave becau he did not get a rai. | | B. The man wants to leave becau the woman is not satisfied with his work. | | C. The woman intends to lighten the man's work load. | | D. The woman intends to increa the man's work load. | | |
| | | 2. | | | A. The position is especially suitable for women. | | B. The position requires the combination of a man and a woman. | | C. The woman is excited about this position. | | D. The woman is willing to be devoted to the company. | | |
| | | 3. | | | A. The man is employed by a head-hunting company. | | B. The man works in the same company as the woman. | | C. The man will take the offer. | | D. The man is offering a job to the woman. | | |
| | | 4. | | | A. She will definitely go to the man's company. | | B. She won't go to the man's company unless the offer is good enough. | | C. She will stay in her company whatever happens. | | D. She will not stay in her company unless it rais her pay. | | |
| | | 5. | | | A. The man wants to leave, and the woman tries to keep him. | | B. The woman wants to leave, and the man tries to keep her. | | C. The woman wants the man to leave, and the man wants to stay. | | D. The man wants the woman to leave, and the woman wants to stay. | | |
| | | 6. | | | A. It caus a car accident. | | B. It caus an injury. | | C. It prevents bad luck. | | D. It makes plenty of money. | | |
| | | 7. | | | A. The building is a 13-floor one. | | B. The building does not have a 13th floor. | | C. The building has a 13th floor but nobody lives there. | | D. The building has a 13th floor but few people live there. | | |
| | | 8. | | | A. She will paint it brown. | | B. She wants the man to paint it brown. | | C. She asks the man to climb up the ladder. | | D. She asks the man not to walk under the ladder. | | |
| | | 9. | | | A. A TOEFL examination. | | B. Any English language examination. | | C. Good luck. | | D. Ill luck. | | |
| | | 10. | | | A. To keep evil away. | | B. To wish for more money. | | C. To show friendliness. | | D. To treat a wound. | | |
Part 1 Short dialogs and multiple choice questions (每小题: 1 分; 满分：10 分) (In the ca of True/Fal type of questions, A stands for True and B for Fal, or A for Y, B for N and C for NG.) | 小题 | 得分 | 对错 | 学生答案 | Correct | 1. | 1 | | C | (Hidden) | 2. | 1 | | A | (Hidden) | 3. | 1 | | D | (Hidden) | 4. | 1 | | B | (Hidden) | 5. | 1 | | C | (Hidden) | 6. | 1 | | C | (Hidden) | 7. | 1 | | B | (Hidden) | 8. | 1 | | D | (Hidden) | 9. | 1 | | C | (Hidden) | 10. | 1 | | A | (Hidden) | Subtotal: 10 | | | | | |
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Part 2 Compound dictation (每小题：1 分) | Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the cond time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers. | |
Questions 1 to 10 are bad on the same passage or dialog. | | Hong Kong's jobless rate fell to a six-month low in October as a tourism boom helped revive the city's economy, prompting companies to step up (S1) (1). The rate fell to 8 percent from 8.3 percent in September, the government said in a statement. "Economic (S2) (2) is apparently underway. The unemployment rate has fallen a great deal," said Steven Xu, an (S3) (3). "We will probably e the unemployment rate varying between 6.5 percent and 7 percent by the (S4) (4) of next year." Tourist arrivals-- more than half of which come from the Chine (S5) (5) -- ro 7.9 percent in September to 1.47 million, a (S6) (6) for the month, the Hong Kong Tourism Board said. Hong Kong hotels hired 800 people in August and will take (S7) (7) another 700 employees by the end of this year, the Hong Kong Hotels Association said. (S8) (8). That's helping revive consumer confidence in the city and prompting non-tourist ctors to hire. (S9) (9). A financial management and consultant company, is recruiting 100 financial planners to meet incread demand for wealth management. (S10) (10). | | | Questions 11 to 20 are bad on the same passage or dialog. | | Easter Island in the southern Pacific Ocean remains a mystery. When the island was (S1) (11), it was almost uninhabited, but there were many statues on it. People are (S2) (12) to know who lived there before its discovery, how they lived, and why they (S3) (13) out. Different theories give different explanations, but none is completely convincing. The Easter Islanders had their own system of (S4) (14), different from any other in the world. No other (S5) (15) Islanders knew how to write. The American (S6) (16) did not know how to write either. Who (S7) (17) the Easter Islanders how to write, or did they develop their own system? Remember that writing was first invented in Asia only a few thousand years BC. (S8) (18) . How did the Easter Islanders get them? Is it possible that a few Easter Islanders traveled 2,300 miles to Chile, got sweet potatoes, and brought them back? But this is unlikely. (S9) (19), which was only colonized in 1492. Could Easter Island have been colonized by people from Chile? Yet, DNA taken from graves dug up on Easter Island has shown that the people were Polynesians, not American Indians. The Polynesians lived on the a and knew how to travel thousands of miles in their small canoes. They knew where they were going. The American Indians did not know how to do that. Yet, (S10) (20). Also, the eds could have been brought in the stomachs of birds. | | | | |
Part 2 Compound dictation (每小题: 1 分; 满分：20 分) (The last three questions for each passage need to be marked by your teacher.) | 小题 | 得分 | 对错 | 学生答案 | Correct | 1. | 1 | | hiring | (Hidden) | 2. | 1 | | recovery | (Hidden) | 3. | 1 | | economist | (Hidden) | 4. | 1 | | middle | (Hidden) | 5. | 1 | | mainland | (Hidden) | 6. | 1 | | record | (Hidden) | 7. | 1 | | on | (Hidden) | 8. | 0 | | Stores,hotels and restaurants are adding workers to cope with a surge in Chine tourists since the Chine government relaxed restrictions governing vosits to Hong Kong | (Hidden) | 9. | 1 | | Hong Kong's biggest phone company is hiring around 150 to 200 sales reprentatives following the launch of new rvices | (Hidden) | 10. | 1 | | The government last month raid its 2003 economic growth forecast to 3 percent from 2 percent | (Hidden) | 11. | 1 | | discovered | (Hidden) | 12. | 1 | | eager | (Hidden) | 13. | 1 | | died | (Hidden) | 14. | 1 | | writing | (Hidden) | 15. | 1 | | Pacific | (Hidden) | 16. | 0 | | (未答) | (Hidden) | 17. | 1 | | taught | (Hidden) | | 特仑苏牛奶怎么样 18. | 0 | | (未答) | (Hidden) | 19. | 0 | | (未答) | (Hidden) | 20. | 0 | | (未答) | 十二道锋味第四季 (Hidden) | Subtotal: 15 | | | | | |
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Part 3 Short passages/dialogs and blank filling (每小题：1 分) | Directions: Listen to the following recording, then fill in the blanks. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time to write the missing words. U the cond playing to check your answers. | |
Questions 1 to 11 are bad on the same passage or dialog. | | Unemployment caus (1) problems. Fear of losing jobs can cau (2), weaken (3) and their members' n of solidarity (团结), encourage (4), lower (5), and encourage protectionism (保护主义). Another cost for the unemployed is that the combination of (6) may push unemployed workers to take jobs that (7). Also, high unemployment implies (8) Gross Domestic Product. As unemployment ris (9), the percentage of (10) that could have been produced but was not ris (11). | | | Questions 12 to 29 are bad on the same passage or dialog. | | Legend has it that the Great Chicago (12) of 1871 began when Mrs. O'Leary's cow (13) over a lantern, tting her straw on fire, which destroyed (14) buildings, left (15) homeless, and killed (16). Less well-known is the fact that the whole of the American Midwest (17) disastrous fires on the night of October 8, 1871, People did not pay enough attention to Peshtigo, a small town. It fared (18) in terms of (19). Half the town--- (20)---died that terrible night. Not a (21). Where did the (22) come from? A Peshtigo survivor wrote, "Countless fiery tongues (23) into (24), piercing every (25) that stood in town. There was no obvious (26); the flame just (27)." What eyewitness described was more like (28) than (29). | | | | |
Part 3 Short passages/dialogs and blank filling (每小题: 1 分; 满分：29 分) | 小题 | 得分 | 对错 | 学生答案 | Correct | 1. | 1 | | a ries of | (Hidden) | 2. | 1 | | psychological anxiety | (Hidden) | 3. | 1 | | labor unions | (Hidden) | 4. | 1 | | greater work-effort | (Hidden) | 5. | 1 | | wage demands | (Hidden) | 6. | 0 | | tike unemployment, lack of financial resources, and social responsibilities | (Hidden) | 7. | 1 | | do not fit their skills or allow them to u their talents | (Hidden) | 8. | 1 | | low real | (Hidden) | 9. | 1 | | by one percentage point | (Hidden) | 10. | 1 | | potential output | (Hidden) | 11. | 1 | | by about two points | (Hidden) | 12. | 1 | | Fire | (Hidden) | 13. | 1 | | kicked | (Hidden) | 14. | 1 | | more than venteen thousand | (Hidden) | 15. | 1 | | a hundred thousand people | (Hidden) | 16. | 1 | | at least two hundred fifty | (Hidden) | 17. | 1 | | fell victim to | (Hidden) | 18. | 0 | 燕子的英文 | fell wor | (Hidden) | 19. | 1 | | lives lost | (Hidden) | 20. | 1 | | 1000 people | (Hidden) | 21. | 1 | | single structure was left standing | (Hidden) | 22. | 1 | | flames | (Hidden) | 23. | 1 | | struck down | (Hidden) | 24. | 1 | | the village | (Hidden) | 25. | 1 | | object | (Hidden) | 26. | 0 | | (未答) | (Hidden) | 27. | 0 | | (未答) | (Hidden) | 28. | 0 | | (未答) | (Hidden) | 29. | 1 | | an accidental fire started by a nervous cow | (Hidden) | Subtotal: 24 | | | | | |
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Part 4 Short passages/dialogs and cloze (每小题：1 分) | Directions: Listen to the following recording, then answer the questions by filling in the blanks. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time to write the missing words. U the cond playing to check your answers. | | 描写冬天景色的诗句
Questions 1 to 16 are bad on the same passage or dialog. | >> | What does the Labor Department say about jobs in May and in the last three months? The department says the (1) in May. It also says (2) in the last three months. | | | | >> | What was the unemployment rate in May? Why was it so high? The unemployment rate in May was (3) becau, while there were (4), there were also (5). | | | | >> | Why was the United States in a jobless recovery? Becau the (6) until September of (7). | | | | >> | What reason does the Bush administration give for the new economic growth? The administration gives (8) for the new growth to (9). The reasoning is that people who (10) put (11). | | | | >> | What did Senator Kerry’s statement say? It said, "America is still in (12) since (13)." It said tho who (14) are (15), while having to (16). | | | | |
Part 4 Short passages/dialogs and cloze (每小题: 1 分; 满分：16 分) | 小题 | 得分 | 对错 | 学生答案 | Correct | 1. | 0 | | (未答) | (Hidden) | 2. | 0 | | almost one million jobs have been | (Hidden) | 3. | 0 | | (未答) | (Hidden) | 4. | 1 | | more jobs | (Hidden) | 5. | 1 | | more job ekers in the market | (Hidden) | 6. | 1 | | number of people with jobs had been shrinking | (Hidden) | 7. | 1 | | last year | (Hidden) | 8. | 1 | | credit | (Hidden) | 9. | 1 | | its personal tax cuts | (Hidden) | 10. | 1 | | pay less in taxes | (Hidden) | 11. | 1 | 一什么大雪 | the savings into investments and goods | (Hidden) | 12. | 1 | | 语文作文万能开头 the worst job recovery | (Hidden) | 13. | 1 | | the Great Depression | (Hidden) | 14. | 1 | | do find a job | (Hidden) | 15. | 1 | | earning less | (Hidden) | 16. | 0 | | pay more for health care, college and gasolion | (Hidden) | Subtotal: 12 | | | | | |
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Part 5 Short passages and multiple choice questions (每小题：1 分) | Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choo the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choo the correct answers. U the cond playing to check your answers. | |
Questions 1 to 5 are bad on the same passage or dialog. | | | 1. | What did the Mexican fisherman say when advid to stay out longer and catch more fish? | | A. He was tired. | | B. He could not find many more fish. | | C. He had caught enough fish for his family's immediate u. | | D. He had caught enough fish for his family's long-term consumption. | | 2. | Which of the following is the quence of actions the American suggests for the Mexican? | | A. lling to the factory-owning a factory-owing a fleet of boats | | B. owing a fleet of boats-lling to the factory-owning a factory | | C. owing a fleet of boats-owning a factory-lling to the factory | | D. lling to the factory-owing a fleet of boats-owning a factory | | 3. | What did the American suggest the Mexican could finally do to make millions of dollars? | | A. Expand his fleet. | | B. Expand his factory. | | C. Sell more fish to the middleman. | | D. Sell his company stock to the public. | | 4. | What did the American advi the Mexican to do after the latter had made millions of dollars? | | A. Lead a leisurely life. | | B. Lead a colorful life in Mexico City. | | C. Lead a profitable life in Los Angeles. | | D. Follow an MBA program. | | 5. | What does the Mexican's final answer imply? | | A. Playing with one's children is more fun than drinking wine. | | B. Drinking wine is more fun than playing the guitar. | | C. It is not worthwhile to work hard to expand one's business. | | D. It is a good idea to work hard to make plenty of money. | | |
Part 5 Short passages and multiple choice questions (每小题: 1 分; 满分：5 分) (In the ca of True/Fal type of questions, A stands for True and B for Fal, or A for Y, B for N and C for NG.) | 小题 | 得分 | 对错 | 学生答案 | Correct | 1. | 1 | | C | (Hidden) | 2. | 1 | | B | (Hidden) | 3. | 1 | | D | (Hidden) | 4. | 1 | | A | (Hidden) | 5. | 1 | | C | (Hidden) | Subtotal: 5 | | | | | |
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Part 6 Short passages and multiple-choice questions (每小题：1 分) | Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choo the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choo the correct answers. U the cond playing to check your answers. | |
Questions 1 to 5 are bad on the same passage or dialog. | | | 1. | When will the new company probably start operating? | | A. Before mid-July. | | B. After mid-July. | | C. Before mid-August. | | D. After mid-August. | | 2. | How soon can they move into the new office? | | A. Before July 1st. | | B. After July 1st. | | C. Before August 1st. | | D. After August 1st. | | 3. | What experience did the woman have? | | A. She always bought new equipment. | | B. She assisted her former boss in marketing. | | C. She was in charge of finance only. | | D. She did marketing and finance on her own. | | 4. | What will the woman do first on Monday morning? | | A. Buy new equipment. | | B. Call the art people. | | C. Hand in her marketing plan. | | D. Write a marketing plan. | | 5. | What has the man done about recruiting people? | | A. He has employed some R and D experts. | | B. He has found some candidates for the company's R and D ction. | | C. He has employed some art people. | | D. He has found some candidates for the company's art work. | | |
Questions 6 to 10 are bad on the same passage or dialog. | | | 6. | What does the man report to the policewoman? | | A. A car accident. | | B. A ca of drunk driving. | | C. A UFO. | | D. An alien killing people. | | 7. | What did the man e? | | A. A bright light rising over a hill. | | B. A bright light disappearing behind a hill. | | C. A light moving towards him. | | D. A light exploding in front of him. | | 8. | What did the man do when he sighted what he believed to be a UFO? | | A. He drove towards it. | | B. He ran away from it. | | C. He immediately reported it to the police. | | D. He called his friend for help. | | 9. | What does the man say the "beast" did? | | A. He overturned the car to injure the man. | | B. He knocked the man out before putting him alongside the road. | | C. He knocked the man out before carrying him to a flying saucer. | | D. He carried the man on his shoulder to a flying saucer. | | 10. | What does the policewoman imply by asking "Have you been taking any medication, drugs, or alcohol in the last 24 hours?"? | | A. She wants to u medicine to cure the driver. | | B. She wants to throw the driver into jail. | | C. She wants to e the UFO for herlf. | | D. She does not believe the man's story. | | |
Part 6 Short passages and multiple-choice questions (每小题: 1 分; 满分：10 分) (In the ca of True/Fal type of questions, A stands for True and B for Fal, or A for Y, B for N and C for NG.) | 小题 | 得分 | 对错 | 学生答案 | Correct | 1. | 1 | | C | (Hidden) | 2. | 1 | | A | (Hidden) | 3. | 1 | | D | (Hidden) | 4. | 1 | | C | (Hidden) | 5. | 1 | | B | (Hidden) | 6. | 1 | | C | (Hidden) | 7. | 1 | | B | (Hidden) | 8. | 1 | | A | (Hidden) | 9. | 1 | | D | (Hidden) | 10. | 1 | | D | (Hidden) | Subtotal: 10 | | | | | |
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Part 7 Vocabulary and Structure (每小题：1 分) | Directions: Choo the right answer. | |
| | | 1. | In some cas companies inform their employees in advance that ________________ are coming. | | A. fires | | B. dismiss | | C. layoffs | | D. sacks | | |
| | | 2. | I'll try my best to get here earlier in future. Perhaps I could work later to ________________ the time I've lost. | | A. make up with | | B. make up for | | C. make with | | D. make for | | |
| | | 3. | Mr. Stone was known ________________ as a hard-nod boss who watched his employees like a hawk. | | A. far and wide | | B. far and broad | | C. distant and near | | D. distant and wide | | |
| | | 4. | In the United States the unemployed often end up ________________ welfare programs such as Food Stamps | | A. to tap | | B. tapping | | C. with tapping | | D. for tapping | | |
| | | 5. | If you e only one or two bad signs, don't jump ________________ a hasty conclusion that the company is going bankrupt. | | A. at | | B. in | | C. to | | D. for | | |
| | | 6. | Despite my experience as a career counlor, when the bad news finally arrived, I was ________________ unprepared. | | A. caught | | B. ized | | C. hit | | D. struck | | |
| | | 7. | Don't worry too much about losing the job. Sooner or later something good is bound to ________________ in the job market. | | A. turn | | B. show | | C. turn up | | D. show off | | |
| | | 8. | If I were you, I would keep an eye on the job ________________ on the Internet. | | A. posts | | B. postings | | C. opens | | D. vacants | | |
| | | 9. | If you e a lot of earnings warnings, budget cuts, hiring freezes, restructuring, and massive layoffs in your industry, it just might be time to bring your resume ________________ and start looking for a new job. | | A. dated | | B. dating | | C. according to date | | D. up to date | | |
| | | 10. | If you work in sales, you might know that quotas have not been ________________. | | A. finished with | | B. met with | | C. accomplished | | D. met | | |
| | | 11. | He was making one of his regular tours of the factory when he ________________ a young man leaning against a pile of boxes just outside the foreman's office. | | A. looked | | B. spotted | | C. placed | | D. located | | |
| | | 12. | The logical place to start downsizing would be in administration. They're usually ________________. | | A. too staffed | | B. too much staffed | | C. above staffed | | D. overstaffed | | |
| | | 13. | Some people want a fixed routine so that they don't have to ________________ new circumstances over and over again; others think variety is the spice of life. | | A. adapt to | | B. adapt at | | C. adjust with | | D. adjust for | | |
| | | 14. | St. Dunstan recognized the Devil and tied him ________________ a wall with only his feet free to move. | | A. with | | B. to | | C. at | | D. for | | |
| | | 15. | People ________________ livelihoods depend more on luck-like professional athletes, or fishermen-often have superstitious routines. | | A. with | | B. for | | 巍然挺立 C. who | | D. which | | |
| | | 16. | One legend ________________ that the Devil was in disgui and wandering at large, looking for trouble. | | A. has it | | B. makes it | | C. says it | 虾排的做法 | D. tell it | | |
| | | 17. | Lucky people were much less superstitious and tended to take constructive action to improve their lives. ________________, superstitious people tended to regard themlves as among the less lucky. | | A. Opposite | | B. Contrary | | C. Converly | | D. In the contrary | | |
| | | 18. | ________________ its peak, the population of Easter Island is believed to have reached 11,000. | | A. In | | B. At | | C. On | | D. For | | |
| | | 19. | There has been a significant increa in superstition over the last month, ________________ as a result of current economic and political uncertainties. | | A. probable | | B. may | | C. possibly | | D. likely | | |
| | | 20. | It has even been suggested that space aliens may have played a role ________________ the giant statues. | | A. regarding | | B. regarded | | C. with regard in | | D. in regard with | | |
| | | 21. | My Uncle gave me this lucky mascot when I was five, and it's been with me ever since. It brought me luck in all my college exams. I can't ________________ part with it. | | A. bring mylf to | | B. get mylf | | C. take mylf to | | D. help mylf | | |
| | | 22. | If you smash your mirror, your soul will be damaged too, dooming it to an early death, and not giving it an entry into ________________. | | A. sky | | B. the sky | | C. heaven | | D. the heaven | | |
| | | 23. | David Copperfield is the world's greatest magician; he's certainly ________________. | | A. worth en | | B. worth looked | | C. worth looking | | D. worth a look | | |
| | | 24. | A magician never tells his crets. David attempts the impossible, and no one has any idea ________________ he does it. | | A. which | | B. where | | C. what | | D. how | | |
| | | 25. | Congratulations for getting the interview! I've ________________ for you. | | A. crosd my legs for you | | B. crosd my arms for you | | C. got your fingers crosd | | D. got my fingers crosd | | |
Part 7 Vocabulary and Structure (每小题: 1 分; 满分：25 分) (In the ca of True/Fal type of questions, A stands for True and B for Fal, or A for Y, B for N and C for NG.) | 小题 | 得分 | 对错 | 学生答案 | Correct | 1. | 1 | | C | (Hidden) | 2. | 1 | | B | (Hidden) | 3. | 1 | | A | (Hidden) | 4. | 1 | | B | (Hidden) | 5. | 1 | | C | (Hidden) | 6. | 0 | | B | (Hidden) | 7. | 1 | | C | (Hidden) | 8. | 1 | | B | (Hidden) | 9. | 1 | | D | (Hidden) | 10. | 1 | | D | (Hidden) | 11. | 1 | | B | (Hidden) | 12. | 1 | | D | (Hidden) | 13. | 1 | | A | (Hidden) | 14. | 1 | | B | (Hidden) | 15. | 1 | | C | (Hidden) | 16. | 0 | | C | (Hidden) | 17. | 0 | | B | (Hidden) | 18. | 1 | | B | (Hidden) | 19. | 1 | | C | (Hidden) | 20. | 1 | | A | (Hidden) | 21. | 1 | | A | (Hidden) | 22. | 1 | | C | (Hidden) | 23. | 1 | | D | (Hidden) | 24. | 1 | | D | (Hidden) | 25. | 1 | | D | (Hidden) | Subtotal: 22 | | | | | |
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