Text B I. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions according to what is stated or implied in the text. Which of the following statements is implied in the passage？

Teacher: After listening， ansu，er the following two questions according to what you haveheard from the tape.

（1） What is the relationship between the speakers?

（2） What are the speakers‘ attitudes towards each other?

What strategy does this listening activity help to train?

A.Inferring.

B.Listening for the gist.

C.Listening for details.

D.Dictation.

Teacher: After listening， answer the following two questions according to what you have heard on the tape.

（1） What is the relationship between the speakers?

（2） What are the speakers‘ attitudes towards each other?

What strategy does this listening activity help to train?

A.Inferring.

B.Listening for the gist.

C.Listening for details.

D.Dictation.

Revise each of the following sentences according to the requirement given in the brackets.

15. In accordance with your wishes , we are sending you under separate cover two contract forms. (to make it concise)

16. The committee reached the conclusion that a great majority of students had a preference for mail-in registration. (to improve the vigor and clarity)

17. Reference is made to your May 7 letter in which you describe the approved procedure for initiating a claim. (to make it conversational)

18. You won' t be disappointed with the many electronic services we now offer. (to make it positive)

19. It is imperative that you reply at once. (to make it courteous)

20. This letter is to inform. you of an important change in our policy concerning insurance. (to emphasize "you" attitude)

21. Every employee is entitled to see his personnel file. (to eliminate gender bias)

22. According to you , the it stopped working. (to avoid mistrust)

23. You must return the form. by 5 p. m. (to change the aggressive tone to a friendly one)

24. We will inspect the building plans before construction begins. (to avoid dangerous words)

?Read the following letter.

?Choose the best word to fill each gap.

?For each question (19 -33), mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

?One answer has been given as an example.

Most managers make decisions under conditions of risk. and the managers at Super Drinks are no exception. With 10 percent of the domestic soft-drink market under its (19) the company has now (20) its horizons and moved into the wine industry.

Having (21) ＄110 million buying the Taste Wine corporation. Super Drinks are currently in the process of (22) to the wine business the same tools that have made coke a popular soft drink in the world -- money, muscle and marketing. The firm is trying to (23) its newly acquired wine business to the soft-drink mold that has proved (24) .

Can Super Drinks make this (25) pay off? The company is optimistic. For example. while Taste grossed only ＄65 million the year it was (26) , Super Drinks' executives believe it will gross over ＄1 billion by the end of the 2010s. nearly 15 times Taste's current (27) . On the other hand. there are several things that Taste has going for. One is the Super Drinks' money and management expertise that are available for this wine (28) The other is that while Taste, in the past, (29) only the New York table wine business and produced sweeter wines that (30) less than 10 percent of the domestic market, the Taste wine brand was the most commonly (31) of all. Building on these (32) , the management hopes to. via effective decision making, make Taste wine almost as (33) as Super Drinks.

(19)

A．guidance

B．direction

C．control

D．management

?Read the following letter.

?Choose the best word to fill each gap.

?For each question (19-33), mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

?One answer has been given as an example.

Dear Mr. Jackson,

Further to our recent exchange of communications, we are happy to confirm having (19) the deal with you in the (20) of processing goods from buyers' raw materials.

Our factory has informed us that they can, at present, (21) an order of processing 1,000 dozens of gloves. (22) your email of 26 Aug., 20--, you expected that the shipment of raw materials would be (23) from Japan late November or early December. Emphasis has, however, to be laid on the (24) that shipment must be made according to planned time. You know, if you can't (25) the raw materials in time, our factory will run (26) of raw materials and it will be impossible for our factory to (27) the commodities.

We are now attaching our Sales Contract No. 79 P52076 in (28) Please countersign and return us one copy for our (29) . You may rest (30) that we shall start production without any (31) after receiving your raw materials. We (32) your cooperation and trust that our products will (33) to your satisfaction.

Sincerely,

(19)

A．resolved

B．settled

C．made

D．prepared

Which of the following questions is answered according to the information given in the passage?

A．What is the toxin used by the fish killer?

B．Who first discovered the organism?

C．How does the fish killer paralyze fish?

D．How many fishes can the organism kill each day?

Which of the following questions is answered according to the information given in the passage?

A．What is the toxin used by the fish killer?

B．Who first discovered the organism?

C．How does the fish killer paralyze fish?

D．How many fishes can the organism kill each day?

Which of the following questions is answered according to the information given in the passage?

A．What is the toxin used by the fish killer?

B．Who first discovered the organism?

C．How does the fish killer paralyze fish?

D．How many fishes can the organism kill each day?