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Directions:

This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues.There are 5 recorded dialogues in it.After each dialogue,thereis a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. Whenyou hear a question,you should decideon the correct answer from the 4 choicesmarked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

1、 A. There isno paper.

B. Theman can use the printer.

C. The printer doesn't work.

D. The man has to pay first.

2、 A. He has got a new job.

B. He has got a pay rise.

C. He has been promoted.

D. He has bought an apartment.

3、 A. Sell a car.

B. Rent a car.

C. Repair a car.

D. Buy a used car.

4、 A. He doesn't like the color.

B. He doesn't like the style.

C. It is too small.

D. It is of poor quality.

5、 A. The chief engineer.

B. The receptionist.

C. The office secretary.

D. The sales manager.

If the old maxim that the customer is always right still has meaning, then the airlines that ply the world’s busiest air route between London and Paris have a flight on their hands.

The Eurostar train service linking the UK and French capitals via the Channel Tunnel is winning customers in increasing numbers. In late May, it carried its one millionth passenger, having run only a limited service between London, Paris and Brussels since November 1994, starting with two trains a day in each direction to Paris and Brussels. By 1997, the company believes that it will be carrying ten million passengers a year, and continue to grow from there.

From July, Eurostar steps its service to nine trains each way between London and Paris, and five between London and Brussels. Each train carries almost 800 passengers, 210 of them in first class.

The airlines estimate that they will initially lose around 15%-20% of their London-Paris traffic to the railways once Eurostar starts a full service later this year (1995), with 15 trains a day each way. A similar service will start to Brussels. The damage will be limited, however, the airlines believe, with passenger numbers returning to previous levels within two to three years.

In the short term, the damage caused by the 1 million people-levels traveling between London and Paris and Brussels on Eurostar trains means that some air services are already suffering. Some of the major carriers say that their passenger numbers are down by less than 5% and point to their rivals-Particularly Air France-as having suffered the problems. On the Brussels route, the railway company had less success, and the airlines report anything from around a 5% drop to no visible decline in traffic.

The airlines’ optimism on returning traffic levels is based on historical precedent. British Midland, for example, points to its experience on Heathrow Leeds Bradford service which saw passenger numbers fold by 15% when British Rail electrified and modernized the railway line between London and Yorkshire. Two years later, travel had risen between the two destinations to the point where the airline was carrying record numbers of passengers.

1.British airlines confide in the fact that__.

A.they are more powerful than other European airlines.

B.their total loss won’t go beyond a drop of 5% passengers.

C.their traffic levels will return in 2-3 years.

D.traveling by rail can never catch up with traveling by air.

2.The author’s attitude towards the drop of passengers may be described as__.

A.worried.B.delightedC.puzzled.D.unrivaled.

3.In the passage, British Rail (Para 6) is mentioned to__.

A.provide a comparison with Eurostar.

B.support the airlines’ optimism.

C.prove the inevitable drop of air passengers.

D.call for electrification and modernization of the railway.

4.The railway’s Brussels route is brought forth to show that__.

A.the Eurostar train service is not doing good business.

B.the airlines can well compete with the railway.

C.the Eurostar train service only caused little damage.

D.only some airlines, such as Air France, are suffering.

5.The passage is taken from the first of an essay, from which we may well predict that in the following part the author is going to__.

A.praise the airlines’ clear-mindedness.

B.warn the airlines of high-speed rail services.

C.propose a reduction of London/Paris flights.

D.advise the airlines to follow British Midland as their model.

翻译训练：

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Part III Cloze

Directions: There are twenty blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices. Choose the one that best fits into the passage and then marks your answer on the Answer Sheet.

What makes a child speak a language has long been a puzzle to linguists. 61 speaking, there are two schools of linguists, both of whom try to explain 62 a child picks up a language so easily. The fact that a child picks a language 63 is 64 : At one year old, a child is able to say “bye-bye”; at two, he is able to use fifty; by there he begins to 65 tenses. The famous American linguist Noam Chomsky 66 that human being have a sort of built-in system for language use, and that the 67 is 68 . Children are not taught language 69 they are taught arithmetic. Other linguists, 70 , hold the view that a child learns 71 of his language from the hints in the environment. 72 , theorists of both schools 73 that there is a biological basis for language use. The 74 is which is more important, the inner ability or the environment. This is certainly a field 75 to be explored. Researchers from both schools are busy finding evidence to 76 their own theory, but 77 side is persuading the other.

It seems that in order to 78 why a child learns a language so easily, we have to 79 the joint efforts of both schools. Some linguist, like De Villiers, has recognized the value of cooperation, and 80 linguists of both sides to work together.

61. A. Surprisingly B. Personally C. Properly D. Roughly

62. A. that B. when C. why D. how

63. A. independently B. naturally C. without help D. with ease

64. A. confusing B. surprising C. questioned D. suspected

65. A. master B. study C. have D. get

66. A. doubts B. believes C. realizes D. criticizes

67. A. help B. teacher C. environment D. hint

68. A. quite essential B. very important C. not necessary D. only secondary

69. A. as B. for C. when D. though

70. A. in particular B. as a result C. however D. therefore

71. A. a little B. some C. nothing D. most

72. A. Before B. From now on C. Just now D. By now

73. A. suspect B. disagree C. agree D. realize

74. A. case B. argument C. problem D. question

75. A. waiting B. planning C. never D. unlikely

76. A. provide B. create C. supply D. support

77. A. not a B. one C. neither D. either

78. A. find out B. rule out C. search for D. look for

79. A. get rid of B. trust in C. rely on D. persist in

80. A. ordered B. criticized C. challenged D. urged