The boy wanted to divide the apple into _______ （half).

听力原文： A great deal of attention is being paid to digital divide -- the division of the world into the info rich and the info poor. That divide does exist today. I lectured about this looming danger 20 years ago. What was less visible then are now the new, positive forces that work against the digital divide. There are reasons to be optimistic.

There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide will narrow. As the Internet becomes more commercialized, it is in the interest of business to universalize access -- after all, the more people on-line, the more potential customers there are. More and more governments, afraid of falling behind ,want to spread Internet access. Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people on the planet will be netted together. So the digital divide will narrow rather than widen in the years ahead. And that is very good news because Internet may well be the most powerful tool for combating world poverty.

Of course, the use of the Internet isn't the only way to defeat poverty nor the only tool we have. But it has enormous potential.

To take advantage of this tool, some poor countries should get over their prejudices against foreign investment. Take American history for example. When the United States first built its basic structures, it didn’t have the capital to do so. Many basic facilities like road, harbors, highways, ports, etc. were built with foreign investment. The English, the Germans, the Dutch and the French all invested and financed them. Now Americans own them all. The same would be true in any where for that matter. The more foreign capital you have to build your basic facilities, an electronic basic structure in particular the better off you' re going to be. So it’s wise to build the energy and telecom facilities thus to take full advantages of the Internet.

Digital divide is something ______.

A．the world must guard against

B．considered positive today

C．getting worse due to the Internet

D．the rich countries are responsible for

Schools in China tend to divide classes by students grades into so-called elite classes, progressed classes and elementary classes, arguing that it can help teachers instruct students in accordance with their levels. This practice has been criticized by many students, parents and educators. What is your opinion? Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic; Should Schools Divide Classes by Students Grades?

(b) (i) Calculate the inheritance tax (IHT) that will be payable if Debbie were to die today (8 June 2005).

Assume that no tax planning measures are taken and that there has been no change in the value of any

of the assets since David’s death. (4 marks)

If the applicant finds obvious evidence revealing beneficiary's forged documents, banks and applicant are cheated by such fraud crime. In accordance with "______ Principle", the applicant would bring a suit against the beneficiary and request the court to issue injunction order to the issuing bank. The issuing bank should immediately refuse payment and therefore the ______ would not reimburse the issuing bank and thus avoid applicant's loss in money.

A．Slavery was abolished.

B．The Union was split and the Civil War began.

C．The United States of America was founded.

D．He was shot to death.

听力原文： The American soul singer James Brown has died at the age of 73. His agent told the BBC the singer had died in a hospital in Atlanta, where he'd been treated for pneumonia. The man, who became known as the God father of soul, was a former shoeshine boy. He grew up in poverty in the American south, who went on to write and produce some of the most successful anthems of the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1960s. The U.S. civil rights activist Derevent al Shopton paid his respects, "James Brown was not just a guy who'd made a lot of hits, he changed culture for us. He made the common landmark. We've lost more than loves. We have lost the way of life."

According to the news, James Brown ______.

A．used to be a shoemaker

B．grew up in a well-to-do family

C．supported the Civil Rights Movement

D．was the God Father of Blues