Where can you buy things from all over the world in big cities？In ______.

Time spent in a bookstore can be enjoyable, if you 【S1】______

are a book-lover or merely there to buy a book as a

present. You may even have entered the shop just to

find shelters away a sudden shower. 【S2】______

Whatever the reasons, you can soon become totally

unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a

book with an attractive dust-jacket is irresistible, even 【S3】______

this method of selection ought not to be followed, as

you might end up with a rather bored book. You soon 【S4】______

become engrossed in some book or other, and usually it

is only much later that you realise you have spent far far 【S5】______

much time there and must dash off to keep some

forgotten appointment without buying a book, of

course.

This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday

life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop.

There are not many places where it is impossible to do 【S6】______

this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You

can wander round such places to your heart's content. If

it is a good shop, no assistant will approach to you with 【S7】______

the inevitable greeting: "Can I help you, sir？" You

needn't buy anything if you don't want. In a bookshop

an assistant should remain the background until you 【S8】______

have finished browsing. Then, only then, are his

services necessary. Of course, you may want to find out

where a particular section is, since when he has led you 【S9】______

there, the assistant should retire discreetly and look as 【S10】______

he is not interested in selling a single book.

【S1】

SECTION B PASSAGES

Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文： The Internet is a global web of computers connected to each other by wires, cables, satellites, radio waves, and waves of light. If you look at a map of big cities, smaller towns, and scattered houses, each is connected by roads, railways, rivers and other things. This is similar to the Internet.

The "big cities" of the Internet are the server computers of Yahoo, Tripod, AOL, and other networks. They often have search engines, e-mail services, shopping, entertainment, and other services that draw mil- lions of people from all around the world just like the post offices, stores, movie theaters, and other places do in the communities where we live.

Other computers on the Internet are also part of these online towns. Local banks often provide access to account information with their computers. Businesses like Wal-Mart, Lowes, and many others have computers that provide online stores where people can purchase different items. Many colleges and universities offer on- line classes that allow people to get their degrees on the Internet. Yon can often pay your cable bill, credit card payment, electric bill and other payments online. You can even buy groceries online at places like NetGrocer. You can do just about anything online that you can offline.

The speaker compares the Internet to______.

A．a map

B．cities

C．towns

D．roads

A.Where did you buy it？

B.What 's it？

C.Can I have a look？

听力原文：M: Are you really going to buy that painting？ Where will you hang it？

W: Yes, I think it would brighten my living room wall. Don't you love the way the blues and greens blend？

Q: Where does the woman plan to hang the painting？

(17)

A．In the hall.

B．At an exhibit.

C．The kitchen.

D．Living-room wall.

Where can you go to see the Australian dance？

A．International Exhibition Center

B．Renming Theater.

C．Doesn't say.