Read the Introduction section of the paper. Which part of this section establishes a niche？ How do the authors do so？

The latter part of the paragraph suggests that individual consciousness of the phenomenal world_______

A．is always fallacious.

B．is always reliable.

C．expresses a fusion of the subjective and the objective realities.

D．shows a perfect reflection of what the world is.

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： A credit card permits its holders to buy goods or obtain services without immediate payment. Possession of a card identifies the owner, who can obtain consumer credit. Each card has an account of number which is recorded by the seller, who sends it to a central billing office. The office calculates the total price of purchases by the card holder during the month and sends him a bill. The buyer sends his check to the central office, which allocates the money to establishments extending credit.

Credit cards were used in some American stores during the 1920s, but they did not gain wide acceptance. In 1938 rival American oil companies issued them to consumers and established a national pool to honor each company's card. This was the start of the credit card's popularity.

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A．To buy goods or obtain services without immediate payment.

B．To buy goods directly from a central billing office.

C．To obtain services with a check.

D．To buy goods with a check.

SECTION A CONVERSATIONS

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

听力原文：M: Did you see that TV special on Norman Rockwell last night?

W: Yes, I did. It was really good, wasn't it?

M: It sure was. I thought it was really interesting how he developed the paintings in states starting with photographs.

W: Yes, I did, too. It never occurred to me that he would have actually employed models.

M: I know. But it does make sense to use photographs of real people, to solve as many of the composition problems as possible before starting to paint.

W: True. Anyway, you know what I like most about his work?

M: What?

W: Well, when you look at one of the magazine covers, which magazine was it?

M: The Saturday Evening Post.

W: Yes, you can just tell what the people are thinking and feeling. The picture really tells a story.

M: You're right. I like that, too. And to think that he created several hundred of those.

W: Amazing. Of course, that was over a period of almost sixty years, but still...

M: I'd like to see them when that exhibit comes to Miami.

W: What exhibit?

M: The one they mentioned after the special.

W: Oh. I must have turned it off before the announcement. I'd like to see it, too. let's go.

What is the main purpose of this conversation?

A．The use of photographs in painting.

B．The TV program about Norman Rockwell.

C．The Saturday Evening Post magazine.

D．Exhibits of art on magazine covers.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

听力原文： The United States Defense Department says genetic testing has identified the human remains found in the wreckage of a US Air Force jet that was missing on a training flight nearly a month ago. A Defense Department statement said the remains are identified as belonging to the pilot flying the A-10 jet which left the training formation and disappeared in circumstances which have still not been established. The wreckage of the aircraft which was armed with bombs was found last week in Snell in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

The disappearance of the A-10 jet was due to

A．unknown reasons.

B．a training flight.

C．the training formation.

D．four bombs.

Section B Dialogue Comprehension

Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the four choices given and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

Woman: Hello, this is Doctor Gray's office. We're calling to remind you of your 4:15 appointment for your annual check-up tomorrow.

Man: Oh, thanks. It's a good thing you called. I thought it was 4:15 today.

Question: What do we learn from the conversation?

A．The man was confused about the date of the appointment.

B．The man wants to change the date of the appointment.

C．The man is glad he's got in touch with the. doctor.

D．The man can't come for the appointment at 4:15.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

听力原文： Remnants of Russia' s Mir space station plunged into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, thundering spectacularly over Fiji with a huge smoke trail after engineers ended the laboratory' s "triumphant" 15 - year mission.

Mission Control outside Moscow said a final signal at 12:07 a. m. EST switched on engines for a 20 - minute burst that irrevocably altered the station' s trajectory, pitching it into a designated splashdown zone in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean.

"We saw five or six fragments with a huge smoke trail that lasted for 10 to 15 seconds. (It was) followed some time later by a couple of sonic booms," said Reuters photographer Mark Baker from Nadi in the South Pacific islands of Fiji. "It was a once -in- a- lifetime experience."

Australian officials said they believed Mir -- which means both "peace" and "world" in Russian--ended up in an unpopulated part of the Pacific some 1,800 miles southwest of Britain' s Pitcairn Islands.

"It occurred in the exact area that the Russian space agency had predicted, between Australia and Chile," said Emergency Management Australia managing director David Templeman," I' m relieved."

South Pacific nations had been on standby in case chunks hit land instead of water. A fleet of 27 tuna boats fishing in the target zone was not hit by any debris, a spokeswoman for the fleet, Tana McHale, told Reuters from California.

When did the remnants of Russia' s Mir space station plunged into the Pacific Ocean ?

A．On Thursday.

B．On Friday.

C．On Saturday.

D．On Sunday.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

听力原文： Remnants of Russia's Mir space station plunged into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, thundering spectacularly over Fiji with a huge smoke trail after engineers ended the laboratory's "triumphant" 15-year mission.

Mission Control outside Moscow said a final signal at 12:07 a. m. EST switched on engines for a 20-minute burst that irrevocably altered the station's trajectory, pitching it into a designated splashdown zone in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean.

"We saw five or six fragments with a huge smoke trail that lasted for 10 to 15 seconds. (It was) followed some time later by a couple of sonic booms," said Reuters photographer Mark Baker from Nadi in the South Pacific islands of Fiji. "It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience."

Australian officials said they believed Mir—which means both "peace" and "world" in Russian--ended up in an unpopulated part of the Pacific some 1,800 miles southwest of Britain' s Pitcairn Islands.

"It occurred in the exact area that the Russian space agency had predicted, between Australia and Chile," said Emergency Management Australia managing director David Templeman, "I'm relieved."

South Pacific nations had been on standby in case chunks hit land instead of water. A fleet of 27 tuna boats fishing in the target zone was not hit by any debris, a spokeswoman for the fleet, Tana McHale, told Reuters from California.

When did the remnants of Russia's Mir space station plunged into the Pacific Ocean?

A．On Thursday.

B．On Friday.

C．On Saturday.

D．On Sunday.

SECTION A CONVERSATIONS

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

听力原文：M: Lisa, do you think it's good that Miss Rice's been nominated to be chairman of the department?

W: Yes, I do. Rice is so well liked. She really gets along with people well. She really knows how to handle them.

M: That's true. And I do think it's nice that it's a woman that's been nominated. You know women have had trouble for such a long time. But in the long run I think it's important that a man is the head of the English department.

W: Why? And what's so special about a man?

M: Because men are stronger than women.

W: I don't think that has anything to do with it. I think we should look at it as to who is more qualified.

M: But I think men are basically, inherently stronger than women.

W: Don't be so chauvinistic, Garry. Look at Thatcher, for example. She is an exception to the rule.

M: I think that she's just lucky enough to beat the men at their own game.

W: Well, Garry. That's because women aren't so accepted, it may be putting Rice in a difficult situation if she is made department head. And that's why we have to support her, even bring up false arguments.

M: Well, I'm just wondering how her fellow male colleagues in the university are going to react to a woman as the department head.

W: That's a good point, and I think that since we all know she's qualified, so with our support she can do it.

M: OK, I will try.

Which of the following is NOT the reason that Lisa thinks Rice is qualified for the position?

A．She is well liked and has good qualifications.

B．She gets well along with other people.

C．She knows how to deal with and handle people.

D．Women are more likely to be accepted by others.

SECTION A CONVERSATIONS

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

听力原文：F: Doctor Smith, today I'd like to ask you about the fact of lying of doctors.

M: It's actually quite common in this field.

F: Can you give me an example?

M: Well, one of the patients, he came in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family, Though he feels in perfect health, we've found that be has a form. of cancer that will cause him m die within six months. He is only 46 years old!

F: Poor thing. Does he know it?

M: No. And that's worrying me. I mean it's best to let him know. But there is also the need to conceal this brutal news, or at least we should conceal the truth until after the family vacation.

F: What do you usually do under such circumstances?

M: We often see important reasons to lie for the patient's own sake; in our eyes, such lies differ from self-serving ones. We doctors sincerely believe that the seriously iii people do not want to know the truth about their condition, and informing them risks destroying their hope, so that they recover more slowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide.

F: But isn't this sometimes dangerous? I mean dying patients especially can't make decisions about the end of life: about whether or not they should enter a hospital, or have surgery; about where and with whom they should spend their remaining time; about how they should bring their affairs to a close and take leave.

M: What you've said, I admit, is also reasonable. But not only in medicine, but in other professions like law, government, or the social sciences as well, people may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception.

What is not true about the patient mentioned in the beginning?

A．He came in for a routine physical checkup.

B．He is going on vacation with his family.

C．He feels in perfect health.

D．He is only 36 years old.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

听力原文： An $18.5 billion bid for Unocal made Thursday by one of the largest state-controlled oil companies in China is the latest symbol of the country's growing economic clout and of the soaring ambitions of its corporate giants. The unsolicited bid by China National Offshore Oil Corp, or CNOOC, initiated the first-ever big takeover battle by a Chinese company for a U.S. corporation. It also may be a watershed in Chinese corporate behavior. and demonstrates the increasing influence of Wall Street's bare-knuckled hostile- takeover tactics in Asia CNOOC's bid, which comes two months after Unocal agreed to be sold to Chevron, an American oil giant, for $16.4 billion, is expected to trigger a potentially costly bidding war over California-based Unocal, a large, independent oil company. Moreover, the bid is likely to provoke a fierce debate in Washington about U.S. trade policies with China and the role of the two governments in the growing trend of deal making between companies in both countries. A consortium of investors led by Haier Group, one of the biggest Chinese companies, made a bid this week to acquire Maytag, the American appliance giant, for $1.3 billion, surpassing an earlier bid made by a group of American investors. Last month, Lenovo Group, the largest computer maker in China, completed its $1.75 billion deal to acquire IBM's legendary personal computer business, creating the third-largest computer maker after Dell and Hewlett-Packard

Haler Group' bid for Maytag is _______.

A．$75 billion

B．$18.5 billion

C．$16.4 billion

D．$3 billion