SECTION B CONVERSATION
In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following nine questions.
10.What happened to the secretary?
A. The secretary was fired.
B. The secretary was poor typist.
C. The secretary quit her job.
D. The secretary was critical of her boss.
11.What do you know about the little boy?
A. He’s missing.
B. He’s had an accident.
C. He’s playing with friends.
D. He’s absent-minded.
12.What are the two people discussing?
A. A good book.
B. Making reservations.
C. Good seats.
D. A film.
13.What is the student concerned about?
A. Making an appointment.
B. How to use a library.
C. Studying in an American university.
D. Coming back at 3:30.
14.Where is this dialogue most likely taking place?
A. In a bank.
B. In a police station.
C. In front of a bank.
D. In a three-day meeting.
15.What does the man feel about the exhibition?
A. The exhibition is not good.
B. The exhibition is excellent.
C. He wants to stay at home.
D. He wants to pay a visit to the exhibition.
16.Why is man now living outside of the city?
A. It’s so cold.
B. Traffic is unbearable to the man.
C. The man gets used to living in the city.
D. The man gets used to living outside of the city.
17.Where are the man and woman?
A. In a hotel.
B. In a library.
C. In a coffee shop.
D. In a laboratory.
18.What does the man mean?
A. He will ask John when he talks to him.
B. He doesn’t know if the day is fine.
C. He doesn’t know whether they can get a room.
D. He won’t take John along with them.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Questions 19 to 20 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item,you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
19. When will the rescue resume?
A. On Saturday.
B. On Friday.
C. On Thursday.
D. On Wednesday.
20. How many students were trapped in the flooded cavern?
A. 8.B. 1.C. 7.D. 150.
Questions 21 to 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item,you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
21. Mac Stiofain died____.
A. on Saturday
B. when he was 73 years old
C. in 1972
D. in 1928
22. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Mac Stiofain was the former leader of the so-called provisional IRA
B. Mac Stiofain died in a hospital.
C. Mac Stiofain was the first chief of staff of the Provisional IRA after the paramilitary group split from the more political official IRA.
D. Mac Stiofain was born in Ireland.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item,you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
23. How many candidates were authorized by the interior ministry?
A. 10.B. 8.C. 6.D. 2.
24. How many eligible voter are there in Iran?
A. 42 million.B. 32 million.C. 22 million.D. 52 million.
25. According to the state media who will win the election?
A. A conservative candidate.
B. President Mohammad Khatami.
C. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
D. Not mentioned.