The sale hardly changed throughout the period.

Ad 1

Part-time laboratory assistant wanted by busy electronics company to help with development of computer. Should have an electronic degree and some practical experience of working in an electronics laboratory. Hours 9:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m. Mon.—Fri. Fourteen days paid leave. Salary $6,598-$10,230 per month dependent on experience, Letter of application to Mrs. Chan, Nova Electronics, 45 Gordon Rd, Hung Horn Kowloon.

Ad 2

Interesting and rewarding clerk position in the Great Wall Hotel

Age 20-22, at least 2-year working experience

Salary according to experience will be between $1,200 and $1,500 per month.

Transport can be provided from Town Center.

5 days—40 hours/week

Plus other benefits including shopping discount

Please contact Miss Cooper at 2627888.

Ad 3

Share Flats Happy Valley, big flat, 1 room ready for use immediately, quiet and convenient, fully furnished, park view, $6,800 including bills with electricity, gas, central heating, etc. female(女性) nonsmoker. No pet. Sara 25720836 or 10077809.

Ad 4

Moving sale 2 armchairs, red/brown at $400 each; coffee table, black, wood, $800; oil painting, big, $900; double bed, $500; mirror, big square, $500; fridge, big, double-door, $1,000; old pictures, $140, up, each; plants, big and small. Tel: Weekend, 25216011/Weekday, 25245867.

If you are interested in the job as a laboratory assistant, you will contact ______.

A．Miss Cooper

B．Mrs. Chan

C．Sara

D．the landlady

Task 2

Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.

Ad 1

Part-time laboratory assistant wanted by busy electronics company to help with development of computer. Should have an electronic degree and some practical experience of working in an electronics laboratory. Hours 9:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m. Mon.—Fri. Fourteen days paid leave. Salary $6,598-$10,230 per month dependent on experience, Letter of application to Mrs. Chan, Nova Electronics, 45 Gordon Rd, Hung Horn Kowloon.

Ad 2

Interesting and rewarding clerk position in the Great Wall Hotel

Age 20-22, at least 2-year working experience

Salary according to experience will be between $1,200 and $1,500 per month.

Transport can be provided from Town Center.

5 days—40 hours/week

Plus other benefits including shopping discount

Please contact Miss Cooper at 2627888.

Ad 3

Share Flats Happy Valley, big flat, 1 room ready for use immediately, quiet and convenient, fully furnished, park view, $6,800 including bills with electricity, gas, central heating, etc. female(女性) nonsmoker. No pet. Sara 25720836 or 10077809.

Ad 4

Moving sale 2 armchairs, red/brown at $400 each; coffee table, black, wood, $800; oil painting, big, $900; double bed, $500; mirror, big square, $500; fridge, big, double-door, $1,000; old pictures, $140, up, each; plants, big and small. Tel: Weekend, 25216011/Weekday, 25245867.

If you are interested in the job as a laboratory assistant, you will contact ______.

A．Miss Cooper

B．Mrs. Chan

C．Sara

D．the landlady

s literally an iconic company. Some of the power of its brand comes from the extraordinary story of a computer company rescued from near-collapse by its co-founder, Steve Jobs, who returned to Apple in 1997 after years of exile, reinvented it as a consumer-electronics firm and is now taking it into the billion-unit-a-year mobile-phone industry. But mostly Apple's zest comes from its reputation for inventiveness. From its first computer in 1977 to the iPhone now, which goes on sale in America this month, Apple has prospered by keeping just ahead of the times.

The company, however, is not without its critics. The firm has come under attack for refusing to make its operating-system and music-protection software available to others (a price worth paying, Apple responds, for greater reliability and consistency). And there are grumbles about manufacturing defects and customer service.

Apple is hardly alone in the high-tech industry when it comes to duff gadgets and unhelpful call centers, but in other respects it is highly unusual. In particular, it inspires an almost religious fervor among its customers. That is no doubt helped by the fact that its corporate biography is so closely bound up with the mercurial Mr. Jobs, a rare showman in his industry.

ideo piracy(盗版)becomes more and more popular. Gone are the days when film fans swarmed to cinemas to see latest-released local movies. "the Hong Kong film industry will disappear in a few years unless something is done," said Woody, chief executive of the Motion Picture Industry Association.

The industry started going downhill in the early 1990s when major investors backed off in the face of rising copyright piracy. "since the Taiwanese have stopped investing in or buying the copyright for Hong Kong movies at very high prices, there's not too much money coming in from Taiwan," a director said. "Taiwan money had funded at least half of the industry in the late 1980s and early 1990s". she said. Hong Kong made 86 movies in 2002, a fifth of the 426 produced in 1994. The industry employs just 5,000 people now, down from 30,000 in 1994. The industry's fading attraction has also dimmed the careers of its stars. Now, besides making far fewer films, they have turned to other fields, such as drama, television, radio or business.

Copyright piracy is at the heart of the problem. The widespread sale of pirated video compact discs has drawn audiences away from the big screen or genuine products. Pirated editions flood Hong Kong, with shops selling VCDs of the latest local and Hollywood movies for as little as HK ＄100 (US ＄13) for six discs. By contrast, a movie ticket costs about HK ＄50 (US ＄6.4). Hollywood studios have threatened to stop bringing in their latest movies unless piracy is brought under control. Making a bad situation worse, Hong Kong's economy began to sour in late 1997 amid Asia's financial crisis.

With the industry in the depression, top members of the Hong Kong film industry, such as actors Jackie Chan and Chow Yurt-fat and director John Woo, now spend more time in Hollywood.

In a vicious(恶性的) cycle, the talent drain reduces the motivation for audiences to watch local movies. If the decline continues, more industry professionals will seek work overseas.

What is the main cause of the problem of the movie industry in Hong Kong？

A．The government's interference.

B．Asia's financial crisis.

C．The copyright piracy.

D．The vicious cycle.

itable Christmas gift for her father. She wished that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was __1__ satisfied with perfume. Besides, shopping at this time of the year was a most unhappy job. People stepped on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost knocked you over in their hurry in order to __2__ something cheap ahead of you.

Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on show. "They are __3__ silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to persuade her to buy one. But Edith knew from past experience that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.

She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes on sale and the shapes were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father __4__ smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was certainly to please him.

When she got home, with her small but well-chosen present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already at table. Her mother was in great __5__. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so surprised that she could not say a single word.

1)、A.find

B.only

C.excitement

D.always

E.real

2)、A.find

B.only

C.excitement

D.always

E.real

3)、A.find

B.only

C.excitement

D.always

E.real

4)、A.find

B.only

C.excitement

D.always

E.real

5)、A.find

B.only

C.excitement

D.always

E.real

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