听力原文：By the year 2000, the population of the developing world living in urban areas had risen to about 46% and it is estimated to reach more than 57% by the year 2025.

The Pentagon confirms that a senior U. S. defense official has presented South Korean authorities with what is termed a "concept proposal" for the withdrawal of 12,500 troops from the Peninsula by the end of next year. There are about 37,000 U. S. troops in South Korea now. The senior official, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs Richard Lawless, unveiled the proposal in talks Sunday in Seoul. Mr. Lawless made clear the 1/3 cut in the U. S. force in South Korea will include a brigade being transferred to Iraq later this year. That move involving 3,600 troops was announced last month. At the time, it was unclear whether the soldiers would return to South Korea at the conclusion of their Iraqi tour. Alex Belida, VOA news, the Pentagon. According to the proposal, by the end of next year the U. S. will reduce its troops in South Korea by ______. A．3,600 B．12,500 C．8,900 D．16,100

M：Yeah, it's a huge increase. How are you managing your budget？ W：Well, (23)I got a student loan, which is just over ￡3 000, but also I get some money from my parents as well. They're happy to help out because it's towards an education；as long as we're not just wasting it all in drinking it all away. I am in the 3rd year.1 went to the end of my overdraft a couple of times and I'm lucky to have middle class parents who can help me out really. M：But mostly your finances have been poor! W：(24)That's because of the summer. If I just 1ived as a normal student and then worked during the summer it wouldn't be so bad—but I go on big holidays and things. This year I went to the Philippines and then came back overland from Singapore, which is a wicked experience, but eats into your finances obviously. What about you？ M：My parents came to the arrangement that first of all they paid the fees for me；secondly they paid my hall fees； and thirdly they gave me an allowance. W：That's quite practical. But can you manage？ M：Yeah, I did excellently. I decided first of all I was going to get a first, which I did, and secondly 1 was not going to have any debts.(25)I put the money in a high interest account, so I came out with no debts at all. But I did live on Marmite sandwiches almost for three years. (20) A．She earned a scholarship which covers all her studies. B．She got both a student loan and support from parents. C．She received a student loan and had a part-time job. D．She had overdrawn her loan and let parents help out.

W: I know that, but I needed it immediately. I had a wedding reception to attend. When did the woman buy the dress？ A．Shortly after the New Year’s Day. B．In the spring. C．During the New Year's holidays. D．During a sale.

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korea's Kim Jong I1 ended three days of talks in Pyongyang on Thursday. They signed a joint declaration to support peace and economic growth on the Korean peninsula. It says the South and the North will closely cooperate to end military hostilities and ease tensions. The two Koreas have been increasingly cooperative, but technically they are still at war. The North invaded the South in nineteen fifty. A truce halted military action three years later. But it was never re-placed with an official peace treaty. At which year was Korean peninsula divided into two countries？ A．1938. B．1945. C．1950. D．1953.

Wildlife campaigners have insisted that scientific evidence has proved that elephants in zoos don't breed well and suffer a wide range of health problems. On top of that, it's claimed they die at a younger age than those living in the wild or kept in parks. The government in Canberra is allowing these Asian elephants into Australia as part of a conservation program that it believes will help safeguard the species. The population of these magnificent animals has been reduced over the past century. It's estimated that fewer than 34,000 now remain across a dozen countries. What can we know about the elephants in zoos？ A．They generally breed well. B．They may not suffer health problems. C．They may die relatively young. D．They are cleverer than the wild elephants.

(24) A．Though I don't plan to go to the post office, after I see the doctor, I change my mind. B．I will go to the drug store first after finishing laundry. C．The first thing I will do is to see the doctor. D．I won't go to the post office unless it's on the way of seeing a doctor.

W: Yes, but he is proud of it. He says it is a part of his identity. Q: What does the conversation tell us about Mr. Lee？ (17) A．His English is still poor after ten years in America. B．He doesn't mind speaking English with an accent. C．He doesn't like the way Americans speak. D．He speaks English as if he were a native speaker.

W: The mountain ma)' not be higher, but we're older. Q: What has changed since last year？ (14) A．The mountain's height. B．The woman's height. C．The view. D．Their ages.

W: I see. So a machine can be more capable than a man. What do we learn from the conversation？ A．The woman will work together with a machine. B．The machine has been replaced by a man. C．The woman lost her job. D．The woman was happy to work with a capable computer.

M: Well, of course it is an increasingly serious problem, I mean a fairly large part of the old population becomes confined to the house. They cannot go out, because they don't want to trouble others, thus little by little they become a burden to the younger generation. Q: What are the speakers talking about？ (17) A．Population explosion. B．Generation Gap. C．Problem of the aged. D．Climate changes.

What is true of his new book？ A．Mediocre. B．Bad. C．Not as good as was expected by the publishing house. D．A success.

听力原文： An almost 100-year-old English textbook might be the earliest such book published in China, its owner, Mr. Wang, told reporters last week in Beijing. The 440-page textbook, entitled "English with Chinese Phonetics", was possibly published in 1904 or before, predating another early textbook, "English Words at Entrance Level", which was thought to be the earliest English textbook in China. Though almost a century old, with pages yellow with age, the various letter types listed in the book are still clearly recognizable, displaying the high standard of print quality at that time. As the title of the book suggests, the textbook uses Chinese characters to provide phonetic equivalent for English words, thus constituting a major drawback of this early school tutorial work, since there was no such a thing as standardized Mandarin at that time, the phonetics were arranged in line with the so-called "orthodox" Cantonese, resulting in misleading and what today seems a quite funny effect. Nevertheless, the book has been hailed as a "revolutionary guidebook inventing creative study methods for those ambitious people doing foreign businesses". The book was acquired by its present owner, Mr. Wang, quite by chance. In 1992, when he was living in Papua New Guinea, an old local Chinese, originally from Guangdong Province presented him the book as a gift. (33) A．In 1904. B．In 1905. C．In 1914. D．In 1915.

What does the woman think？ A．She thinks the Japanese first got to know how to play football. B．She doesn't think football came from China. C．She thinks the Europeans play football better.

听力原文： By the mid-nineteenth century, the term "icebox" had entered the American language, but ice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States. The ice trade grew with the growth of cities. Ice was used in hotels, taverns, and hospitals, and by some forward-looking city dealers in fresh meat, fresh fish, and butter. After the Civil War (1861- 1865), as ice was used to refrigerate freight cars, it also came into household use. Even before 1880, half of the ice sold in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and one-third of that sold in Boston and Chicago, went to families for their own use. This had become possible because a new household convenience, the icebox -- a precursor of the modem refrigerator, had been invented. Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential to a science of refrigeration, was rudimentary. The common sense notion that the best icebox was one that prevented the ice from melting was of course mistaken, for it was the melting of the ice that performed the cooling. Nevertheless, early efforts to economize ice included wrapping up the ice in blankets, which kept the ice from doing its job. Not until near the end of the nineteenth century did inventors achieve the delicate balance of insulation and circulation needed for an efficient icebox. But as early as 1803, an ingenious Maryland farmer, Thomas Moore, had been on the right track. He owned a farm about twenty miles outside the city of Washington, for which the village of Georgetown was the market center. When he used an icebox of his own design to transport his butter to market, he found that customers would pass up the rapidly melting stuff in the tubs of his competitors to pay a premium price for his butter, still fresh and hard in neat, one-pound bricks. One advantage of his icebox, Moore explained, was that farmers would no longer have to travel to market at night in order to keep their produce cool. Which of the following led to the growth of ice trade according to the passage？ A．The growth of the American population. B．The expansion of cities. C．The change of the diet of ordinary citizens. D．The increasing need for food.

(30) A．People using the Internet will soon be almost doubled. B．Population is exploding because of the Internet. C．Ten years ago, only rich people can afford to use the Internet. D．The Internet population will increase two fold in ten years.

(29) A．The manager put a salesman in the spotlight. B．The salesman had a difficult time due to his bad performance. C．Many products have been sold at the end of the year. D．A salesman bought fewer products than he used to do.

M: Have you checked with the employment resource center here at school？ W: Yes, there were one or two promising leads, but I'm hoping to find something a little better than those. I have a list of the most prominent accounting firms. I plan on sending my resume to each of them. M: Tom told me that he has mailed out twenty resumes already. W: The job market is very tight this year. I'm afraid that there will be a lot of the graduating class that will have to settle for something less than they hoped for or go to a less desirable part of the country. M: Bob and Joe have contacted a headhunter. They hope by using those professional services they will be able to find a good position. W: I thought of doing that myself, because their fee is too high. They would want nearly half of my first six months' salary. M: What about that accounting firm your father's company uses？ Do you think he could give you a recommendation？ W: I hate to ask him to do that, but if my other leads don't work out, I'll ask him for help. M: Networking the contacts you have is one of the best ways to find employment. (27) A．Check with the employment resource center at school. B．Send her resumes to all the most prominent accounting firms. C．Resort to headhunters (猎头公司). D．Ask for help from her father first.

M: What are you studying now？ W: l am taking three general courses and American history and American literature this semester. Last semester I took four requirements and freshman French. M: I believe it's not too late to change your major because you've mainly taken general requirements which all freshmen have to take. Also we have twelve electives so the two literature courses will be included in them, so you can change your major without losing any credit hours. W: I am very happy to know I am still able to change my major. I am interested in writing newspaper articles, and after finishing my degree I would like to work for some newspaper firm. M: Oh, I think you will be a good writer. W: Dr. Steven, when do students start practical training？ M: They don't begin practical training in reporting until the sophomore year. Journalism normally is taken in the freshman year as a general background course. W: I see. I will take the course next semester. Thank you, very much for your help. M: You're welcome. I look forward to seeing you in my department. How many courses did the woman take last semester？ A．3. B．4. C．5. D．6.

听力原文： A twenty-one-year-old American named Philo Farnsworth built the first working television receiver in nineteen twenty-seven. Many scientists around the world had made important discoveries that led to the development of television. But Philo Farnsworth had recognized as a boy that electrons could capture a picture sent as light and sound waves through the air. Over the years, the technology has changed and improved. But the idea behind the television broadcast is still the same. TV stations send a powerful signal from a transmitting antenna. An antenna connected to a television set receives the signal. The problem with this system is that the receiver antenna has to be in line with the transmitting antenna. Mountains or tall buildings can interfere. One solution is cable television. This system began in the nineteen forties in Pennsylvania. Only a few television stations existed then, and they were in large cities. People in small towns could not receive the signals. So a store owner put an antenna on top of a pole and placed it on a nearby mountain. This antenna received the television signal. Wires led from the antenna to the store. The cable brought clear pictures to the television sets inside. Later, the idea of cable television spread to cities, to provide people with more stations to watch. Today, people can watch hundreds of stations. And another way to receive them is with a satellite dish antenna. A small round device of the size of a pizza can receive signals from satellites .high above the Earth. The antenna is connected to a special receiver which connects to the television set. Some broadcasts over satellite can be watched free of charge. But the others cost money, just like cable service. The passage mainly focuses on ______. A．the importance of TV B．the function of TV C．the production of TV D．the evolution of TV

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听力原文： Michael Dell, the 39-year-old chairman and founder of Dell Computer, was at the top of the annual list of the "40 Richest Americans under the Age 40". His first business idea was to take apart an Apple computer in the bedroom of his parents' Houston, Texas home. From there, he went on selling computers out of his dorm room. He had developed a brand new approach to do business: sell computers directly to the consumers without going through retailers. And, in the process, he decided to design and deliver a computer based upon the customers' special needs. Prior to this there was absolutely no idea about make the PC special for each customer. In 1984, he founded the Dell Computer Corporation with US $1,000. Dell gave a short version of his success secrets at a conference in Texas. He said:" First of all, don't start a business just because everybody else is doing it or it looks like it's a way to make a lot of money. Start a business because you found something you really love doing and have a passion for. Start a business because you found something unique that you can do better than anyone else. And start a business because you really want to make a big contribution to society over a long period of time." (33) A．Between the age of 20 to 30. B．Between the age of 30 to 40. C．Between the age of 40 to 50. D．Between the age of 50 to 60.

The company's name came from TTC'S vision of employees working happily and efficiently, like bees in a hive. Friendliness pervaded the organization and became one of the “Five Fs” that summed up Honeybee's philosophy. The others were flavorful food, a fun atmosphere, flexibility in catering to customer needs, and a focus on families (children flocked to the company's bee mascot whenever it appeared in public). The company's value proposition offered all of these to customers at an affordable price. The recipe of the local Filipino flavor and sound operation and management enabled the corporation to grow rapidly. Up to 1985, Honeybee had 28 chains in the Philippines. The domestic business success of the corporation made President TTC get greatly interested in international expansion. Since 1985, Honeybee started seven chain stores respectively in Singapore, Taiwan, Brunei, and Indonesia. However, except for the four extremely successful chains in Brunei, the other three all failed in the end. The major causes for the business failure included lack of full exchange and communication among different divisions, some problems in the organizational structure, and too fast development of international business. Honeybee had opened a large number of chains in a short period of time, but owing to limited management ability, many of these chains were unprofitable. The corporation should take the development step by step and make sure that each new chain was profitable. Only in this way could the corporation guarantee sustainable development. &8226;Look at the notes about an enterprise. &8226;Some information is missing. &8226;You will hear part of a presentation by the International Manager of the company. &8226;For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space, using one or two words. &8226;You will hear the presentation twice. Honeybee Foods Corporation Honeybee started originally as (16) an ______ parlor The company's name came from (17) TTC' s vision of employees working like ______ Honeybee's philosophy (18) “______” Up to 1985, Honeybee had (19) ______ chains in the Philippines In its international expansion, the successful chains were in (20) ______ The chain store of Honeybee in Singapore was (21) ______ In the future Honeybee should (22) ______ step by step. (16)

听力原文： Recently a five-year study was conducted by the Center for Childhood Development in Los Angeles, California regarding the way babies react to different types of people. The findings of the study suggest that infant children seem to be more comfortable around other babies than they are with strange adults. The result confirm the ideas of Dr. Richard Perelman, a well-know pediatrician, who has written many books about raising children. Dr. Richard Perelman supports the findings of the study and adds that it is a sounder idea to keep children with other children, as in a day care center, than it is to have children cared for by a baby-sitter. According to the results of the study, infants benefit from being in the company of other babies on a daily basis. Whereas some babies seem to show fear of strange adults. They are likely to reach out to try to touch an unfamiliar baby. The study even suggests that children as young as one year old can form. friendships According to the study, what is the way the babies react to different people？ A．They seem to be more comfortable around other babies than with strange adults. B．They seem to be more nervous around other babies than with strange adults. C．They seem to be as comfortable around other babies as with strange adults. D．They have no special interest.

In a written statement, Mr. Bush says the Taleban continues to provide safe haven and a base of operations for Osama bin Laden. He goes on to say the bin Laden operation has committed, and threatens to commit, acts of violence against Americans. Why does President Bush renew sanctions on the Taleban forces？ A．Taleban forces killed some Americans. B．Taleban forces attacked other countries. C．Taleban forces are a terrorist organization. D．Taleban forces continue to provide safe haven and a base of operations for Osama bin Laden.