听力原文： Lecturer: In the last lecture, we looked...

W: But the food isn't everything. Isn't it nice just to get away from all the noise？ Q: What can we learn from the conversation？ (14) A．It's quiet in the restaurant. B．The restaurant is too far from their school. C．The price is high in the restaurant. D．The restaurant serves good food.

听力原文： In spite of stories of prosperity in the United States, not only does poverty exist there, but crimes of various types have been increasing at an alarming rate. Most types of serious crime increased from 363.5 in every 100,000 people in 2003 to 535.5 in 2004. In that one year, there was one murder committed every 24 minutes, one case of robbery in every 10 minutes and one case of rape in every 7 minutes. The cases of murder involved 21,456 victims. Most acts of violence were committed by young people. 57% of the criminals arrested in 2004 were youths below 25 years of age. Everyone agrees that crime is partly a result of bad material conditions, poverty, lack of education, living without a settled home, being parentless, sufferings due to other kinds of misfortunes, etc. There are also other factors than material conditions which are responsible for the sharp increase of the crime rate. In the first place, some states have made laws approving the death penalty but some have not. Secondly, the constitution allows every citizen to carry weapons for his own protection. It is therefore possible aid easy for anyone in the country to get a gun. Finally, there has been too much violence shown on TV and too much violence reported in newspapers of all kinds. The details of the crimes are so accurately described that even children know how to repeat what they have seen or read. All these have resulted in a higher frequency of crimes committed both by professional criminals and by nonprofessional ones such as murder, drug smuggling, robbery, pocket-picking, etc. (33) A．The United States is faced with many social problems. B．Various factors are responsible for the crimes in the United States. C．New trends have been discovered in the crimes in the United States. D．The crime rate in the United States is on the rise.

M: How about using our dining room for the meeting？ Q: What's worrying the woman？ (14) A．The organization of a conference. B．The cost of renting a conference room. C．The decoration of the conference room. D．The job of cleaning up the dining room.

Luxembourg's Prime Minster Jean Claude Juncker vows to resign if the country says "no" to the treaty, which is aimed at streamlining decision-making in Europe after the trading bloc enlarged from 15 to 25 member states. French and Dutch voters have already sent a resounding "no" to European leaders that they do not want the 448-article treaty. Opinion polls taken in July last month indicate that the poll could go either way. Opinion polls are banned during the month prior to the election. Luxembourg's parliament ratified the treaty in its first reading on June 28th, but a second reading will be axed if the voters say no. Before Luxembourg goes to the polls, which country has already expressed their unwillingness to accept the treaty？ A．Germany. B．Switzerland. C．Spain. D．France.

听力原文： A United Nations report says sub-Saharan Africa is the only region in the world where extreme poverty continues to grow over a recent twenty-year period. In its annual report Tuesday, the UN Industrial Development Organization says forty-seven percent of all people living in sub-Saharan Africa subsist on less than one dollar a day. The group said that figure increased by five percentage points in the years between 1981 and 2001. In contrast, the group said the number of people worldwide living in absolute poverty fell from forty percent to twenty-one percent during that same time. How many people lived in extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa in 1981？ A．37% of all the people there. B．42% of all the people there. C．45% of all the people there. D．47% of all the people there.

听力原文： Stonefish live among rocks in the sea. They have wide, turned-down mouths and small eyes. Their skin is the same colours as rocks. This makes a stonefish took like one of the rocks. Sometimes a swimmer will step on a stonefish. Then the fish will shoot some liquid into the swimmer's foot. The foot will become bigger and start to hurt. It may hurt for a long time. Because of the fish like the stonefish, the sea floor is sometimes not peaceful as it looks. How are the eyes of a stonefish？ A．They are wide. B．They are small. C．They are turned-down.

(22) A．The editor in chief didn't know that the figures were accurate. B．The editor in chief expressed doubt about the accuracy of the figures. C．The editor in chief questioned the reporter about the accuracy of his article. D．The editor in chief had telephoned someone and requested for a draft report.

听力原文： The climate of the west coast is the most moderate in Canada. Summers are coast and fairly dry and winters are mild, cloudy and wet. Even in mid-winter, average temperatures are usually above freezing. The central plain from the Rocky Mountains to Great Lakes is characterized by cold winters, short but hat summers, and light snow and rain.The large water-surfaces of Central and Eastern Canada produce considerable modification in the climate. Southern Ontario and Quebec experience cold, damp winters and hot, humid summers. Most of Atlantic Canada has a humid climate owing to its marine character. Nevertheless, it experiences weather systems arriving from the dry continental interior as well as from the sea. The combined influence of these systems creates some of the most variable day-to-day weather conditions to be encountered anywhere in Canada. The north-central part of Canada is usually snow-covered for more than half of the year, with a frost flee period of barely two months. Rain is relatively light. Further north, on the islands along the Arctic coast and round Hudson Bay, the land is always frozen. Average temperatures stay above freezing for only a few weeks of the year. The Arctic Islands and the northern border of the mainland do not have a summer season of the kind known in Southern Canada. (33) A．The Arctic coast. B．The west coast. C．The east coast. D．The central plain.

听力原文： The estimated one-fifth of children in London's schools who cannot read simple sentences by the age of eight should be given special help. This is the main conclusion of an independent report on London's 700 primary schools. The report, which is the result of a year's work, tells London's primary schools that they must demand more of their children. Most parents were happy with the schools, but some said that their children's pace of learning might be too slow. The report confirmed this by stating that much of the new work must have been taught at the same level of difficulty as the old. The report emphasized that children should not be tortured but more should have been expected of them in schools. This would mean that some children might have achieved much more than the limited demands made on them by comprehension exercises or copying out from textbooks. Mrs. Morrel, who commissioned the report, said that all London's schools must put into effect a framework of reform. Every child ought to be able to read by the age of eight. Other reforms mentioned in the report were that parents should be better represented on school governing committees and that each school ought to draw up a development plan, listing what improvements it can make. Parents should also be represented on the education committee. (30) A．They should not be too strict with the children. B．They should limit their demands on some children. C．They should demand more of their children. D．They should demand more of the bright children.

M: My house is a short walk from here. Q: What does the man imply？ (16) A．He knows who the wallet belongs to. B．He can call the owner from his house. C．Some member of his family lost the wallet. D．The woman should keep the wallet at his house.

M: Perhaps I'd better read it through again. Q: What is the man most probably going to do？ (18) A．He is going to finish his term paper. B．He is going to hand in the paper. C．He is going to correct the errors in the paper. D．He is going to read it to the woman.

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(28) A．Single parent. B．Adults go back to live with their parents. C．Old people share a house. D．Married couples share a house.

M: It's easier said than done. Q: What can we learn from the conversation？ (2) A．The exam was easier. B．Tom is sure that he will do better. C．The exam is easier than last one. D．Tom is afraid of failing the exam.

What does the speaker imply？ A．There is still something valuable in the deserted room. B．Someone else has discovered something valuable before. C．There was nothing valuable in the deserted room before. D．You should come to the deserted room looking hard.

W: Yes，it was wonderful．I particularly like the works by Da Vinci． M: I wish I had gone but I heard we had to wait for two hours to get the ticket. What are these two people talking about？ A．They are talking about an Italian High-tech Exhibition． B．They are talking about the train tickets． C．They are talking about Tianjin University．

W: I think I still have to get used to his sense of humor. Q: What does the woman mean？ (7) A．She must learn to understand Bob's humor better. B．She enjoys Bob's humor a great deal. C．She thinks Bob is not funny enough. D．She doesn't appreciate Bob's humor.

Israel suspended fuel supplies to those areas in the wake of the suicide bombing that killed 20 Israelis a week ago. The government lifted the ban on Wednesday. Now, the Israeli company that is the sole supplier of fuel to the Palestinians says it may be forced to stop pumping oil to those areas because of Israel's refusal to pay for the fuel with tax money collected on behalf of the Palestinians under the interim peace deals. The Israeli Company, Dor Energy, said the Israeli government had canceled an earlier arrangement to pay the company for fuel out of the taxes collected. Israel stopped transferring customs and tax funds to the Palestinian Authority shortly after the current conflict began last September in order to keep the Palestinians from using the money to support the uprising against Israel. What caused the death of 20 Israelis a week ago？ A．Battle between Israel and Palestine. B．A suicide bombing. C．A car bombing. D．A plane crashing accident.

W: Well, it's fairly cool and there's much rain in the morning. What is the weather like in Shanghai？ A．Hot. B．Cool. C．Cold.

听力原文： The ancient Egyptians believed strongly in life after-death. They also believed that a person would need his body to exist in his afterlife. Therefore, they carefully preserved the body by treating it with spices and oils and wrapping it in a linen cloth. The wrapped body was then placed in a tomb. A body that is treated in this way is caned a mummy. Egyptian kings and nobles wanted to be certain that their mummies would be kept in safe places forever. They had great tombs built for themselves and their families. Many kings were buffed in secret tombs carved out of solid reek in places near Thebes called the Valley of the Kings. About eighty kings built towering pyramid-shaped stone tombs. These pyramids have become famous as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. One of the most amazing things about these pyramids is that they were constructed without using wheels or heavy equipment to raise the rocks. Egyptians did not learn about the wheel until long after the pyramids were built. Workmen used levels to get large blocks of stone on and off sledges and hauled them into places over long ramps built around the pyramids. (20) A．Kings of ancient Egypt. B．Ancient Egyptian nobles. C．The place where Egyptian kings were buffed. D．The preserved body of a dead person.

听力原文： LOS ANGELES--Spider-Man caught just about everyone in his web. The superhero's latest adventure, Spider-Man 3, smashed box-office records with $148 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates Sunday. That put it ahead of the previous record debut of ＄135.6 million set last summer by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man' s Chest. With ＄59.3 million on opening day Friday, Sony's Spider-Man 3 broke the single-day box-office record, also held by Dead Man's Chest with ＄55.8 million in its first day. Since it began rolling out overseas on Tuesday, Spider-Man 3 has taken in ＄227 million in foreign markets, bringing the film's worldwide total to ＄375 million. In just days, the movie has grossed ＄117 million more than its whopping ＄258 million production budget. In just two days, it also nearly matched the ＄114.8 million opening weekend of 2002's Spider-Man, which had held the debut record until Dead Man's Chest opened. Spider-Man 3 reunites director Sam Raimi, who also made the previous two installments, and stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. How much did Spider-Man 3 take in on its opening day？ A．＄148 million. B．＄227 million. C．＄59.3 million. D．＄55.8 million.

(24) A．Jack could not repair the lamp and it was repaired by an electrician. B．The lamp was so badly damaged that Jack had to buy a new one. C．Jack didn't ask an electrician to repair the lamp, although it was badly damaged. D．Jack could repair the lamp himself, but he didn't bother and called in an electrician.

(22) A．He was too sick to live another two months. B．The doctor advised an operation on his wife. C．He learned the case from the doctor. D．The doctor told him the truth about his illness.

A．Thirty percent of the German population can receive college education． B．American students enjoy a very high rate of admission to college in the worlD C．Comparatively speaking, there are more British people than the French attending collE D．American college students are envied by 60% of high school graduates around the worl D．