Our printed toilet paper allows you to reach your audience in a unique way that will certainly ______ their attention.

A、Bryan was selected as a finalist to “College Entrepreneur of 2012” for the profitability of his business.

B、Bryan and Jordan are quite ambitious about their future role in the commercial toilet paper industry.

C、Bryan is planning to take some entrepreneurial training after his graduation from the university.

D、Star Toilet Paper has become a successful company producing and selling toilet paper printed with ads.

A.prints statements

B.statements are printed

C.printed statements

D.statements print

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

听力原文： If I had to name a single great invention of mankind, I would say language. There has been no greater invention, because if there were no language, most of man's inventions would not have been made. Though there are other means of communications like signals in war, signs made with hands, and facial expressions, they are not as powerful as language. The communication possible through these means is limited. Language made it possible for man to share his thoughts, his questions and his knowledge with his fellow beings. Knowledge gained by one generation could become the basis of inventions of the next generation only because of language. The written word and the printed word were the two next greatest inventions. Can you imagine our world with everything else but without printed pages？ The modern world functions on the strength of the printed word. There would be no universities, no business contracts, no political treaties, and no newspapers, if we did not have the printed word.

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A．Language was the first invention of mankind.

B．There was no greater invention than language.

C．Most of man's inventions depended on language.

D．There were so many languages in the world.

First, we would like to recap our discussion with you regarding market position of "Peony" brand toilet rolls in Pakistan. We explained to you in detail about the problems faced by dealers in marketing the above item. Your delegation also had the opportunity to personally listen to the comments of individual dealers. We now summarize the market position as follows. Toilet paper is not used by a majority of the population of our country. In fact, it is not customary to use toilet paper for domestic purposes. Consumption of this product is mostly limited to hotels, restaurants, some offices, and a very small fraction of private households.

Having said that, there is a still bigger problem which has to be solved in order to maximize sales. Your corporation ships the goods from Qingdao mostly on transshipment vessels via Hong Kong and Singapore. Due to the limitations of this shipping method, the goods usually arrive here four or five months after shipment from Qingdao. A recent example is a lot of 285 cartons that was shipped to us on vessel "Yatlung" from Qingdao on 19 November 1978. These goods actually reached us near the end of April 1979, over five months after the shipment was originally made. We have enclosed herewith copies of the shipping documents showing this fact.

In view of this problem, we urge you to begin shipping your goods on direct vessels or with shipping companies that offer express service, so that dealers can repeat their orders after receipt of a consignment(交货), and we can sell more of your product in Pakistan.

Meanwhile, thank you for your attention and we wish to assure you of our usual best attention and efforts in facilitating and encouraging sales of "Peony" toiletpaper in Pakistan.

What is the letter about？

It's about problems with sales of ______ in Pakistan.

records.

A、writing/left

B、duplicate/countersigned/

C、copies/named

D、;attest version/printed

Dear Sirs,

First, we would like to recap our discussion with you regarding market position of "Peony" brand toilet rolls in Pakistan. We explained to you in detail about the problems faced by dealers in marketing the above item. Your delegation also had the opportunity to personally listen to the comments of individual dealers. We now summarize the market position as follows. Toilet paper is not used by a majority of the population of our country. In fact, it is not customary to use toilet paper for domestic purposes. Consumption of this product is mostly limited to hotels, restaurants, some offices, and a very small fraction of private households.

Having said that, there is a still bigger problem which has to be solved in order to maximize sales. Your corporation ships the goods from Qingdao mostly on transshipment vessels via Hong Kong and Singapore. Due to the limitations of this shipping method, the goods usually arrive here four or five months after shipment from Qingdao. A recent example is a lot of 285 cartons that was shipped to us on vessel "Yatlung" from Qingdao on 19 November 1978. These goods actually reached us near the end of April 1979, over five months after the shipment was originally made. We have enclosed herewith copies of the shipping documents showing this fact.

In view of this problem, we urge you to begin shipping your goods on direct vessels or with shipping companies that offer express service, so that dealers can repeat their orders after receipt of a consignment(交货), and we can sell more of your product in Pakistan.

Meanwhile, thank you for your attention and we wish to assure you of our usual best attention and efforts in facilitating and encouraging sales of "Peony" toiletpaper in Pakistan.

What is the letter about？

It's about problems with sales of ______ in Pakistan.

听力原文： For most people, reading a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation. I'm sure in a hundred years we will still be reading newspapers.

What basically makes news is what affects our lives -the big political stories the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters will continue much the same. I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though. It's already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic engineering. In the future, I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do - as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.

It's quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own home. In fact, I'm pretty sure that is how it will happen in the future. You will probably be able to choose from a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to read.

I think people have got it wrong when they talk about the competition between the different media. They actually feed off each other. Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasn't happened. What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound lost in the air. And as for the Internet, it's never really pleasant to read something just on a screen.

29．What does the speaker say about news in the future？

30.What will probably be on in the newspaper made by yourself？

31.What does the speaker think of different media？

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A．It will cover more big political affairs.

B．It will cover less disasters.

C．It will cover more scientific research.

D．It won't be printed in publishing houses.

What basically makes news is what affects our lives-the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same. I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though. It's already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic engineering. In the future, I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do-as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.

It's quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own home. In fact, I'm pretty sure that is how it will happen in the future. You will probably be able to choose from a menu; making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to read.

I think people have got it wrong when they talk about the competition between the different media. They actually feed off each other. Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasn't happened. What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound lost in the air. And as for the Internet, it's never really pleasant to read something just on a screen.

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A．It will cover more big political 'affairs.

B．It won't be printed in publishing houses.

C．It will cover more scientific research.

D．It will cover less disasters.

Dear Sir,

After reading some of the letters printed in this newspaper, I'm beginning to believe that the carbon monoxide in this city's air during the past year has already affected some people's ability to think straight.

The proposal for limiting the use of ears seems fair and reasonable to me. I can't feel that it will produce any real suffering on the part of motorists, who sometimes seem to put their rights to drive above the public's right to breathe.

Surely everyone understand that it would be worse to have to wear gas masks in our city than to ride buses or trains. After all, breathing is necessary, and we might all breathe more easily ff we could reduce the amount of pollution in our air.

The letters referred to in the first paragraph must have ______.

A．complained that carbon monoxide had affected their own ability to think

B．complained that carbon monoxide had affected other people's ability think

C．opposed the limiting of the use of cars

D．proposed the limiting of the use of cars

My dad was aplumber for the public works department in our town, so from time to time he came into my school. Can you imagine sitting in class and seeing your dad peek through the door of your classroom and wave at you？ In junior high？ One girl in our classalways made fun of me becausemy dad was a plumber and hers was a lawyer, and shewould say things like, “ that is gross! ” I must admit I was sometimes embarrassed by what my dad did, especially in my early teens, when the only thing I really cared about was what the other girls thought.

The girl lived a few streets away from us, and a winter day---the day her elder sister got married---the toilet in their main upstairs bathroom cracked and there was water everywhere. Her father called every plumber in the yellow book but nobody would come out becauseof the major snowstorm. His daughter told her father that my father was a plumber, and he called. My dad went over andtook me with him(maybe he was hoping that the lawyer ’s daughter would be nicer to me.)

My father fixed the toilet, helped to clean up everything, and didn ’t take a dime for the trouble. But aswe were leaving, he told the girl“If I ever need a lawyer, I ’ ll be happy to call your dad.” As we walked to our car, he said to me, “ Doyou believe he didn ’t know where the main shut-off valve was？What a dumb ass! ”

From that point on, her dadwas known in school asAttorney Dumb Ass. When my husband and I bought our house,the first thing my dad showed him was the main shut-off valve. I have always been proud to say that I ’maplumber ’s daughter.

When her father came to her school and peeked through the classroom door, the writer might feel ________.

A.pleased

B.embarrassed

C.disappointed

D.proud

The girl ’s attitude towards the writer can be bestdescribed as________.A.unfriendly

B.doubtful

C.kind

D.gross

In her early teens,the only thing the writer careabout was _________.A.her study

B.her appearance

C.what her father did

D.what the other girls thought

Why couldn ’t the lawyer find anybody to fix the toilet on that winter day？A.He hadlittle money

B.All the plumbers were too busy to come

C.There was a major snowstorm and nobody would come out

D.One of his daughters was getting married and the house was in a mess

What might the writer ’s father think of the lawyer？A.Generous

B.Intelligent

C.Stupid

D.Respectful