Listen to the coversation two times and answer the questions 8,9 and 10.

A、He's giving a lecture

B、He's attending a meeting.

C、He's speaking on another phone

D、He's away on a business trip.

A、Telling him to meet tomorrow.

B、Telling him to send a sample.

C、Asking him to call back.

D、Asking him to attend a party.

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： Manila (dpa) -Philippine President Joseph Estrada demanded a cut in the share of tobacco taxes intended to support farmers in the northern, province of Ilocos Sur as a condition to releasing the funds; a local official alleged on Tuesday.

On the 9th day of the impeachment trial of Estrada, llocos Sur provincial Governor Luis Singson testified that the chief executive asked for the kickbacks to help repay debts incurred in the presidential campaign in 1998.

Singson is the prosecution's star witness in the impeachment trial of Estrada, who is accused of bribery, graft and corruption, betrayal of public trust and violations of the constitution.

The governor, a former drinking and gambling buddy of the president, said he agreed to the condition to ensure that the much-needed funds would be released immediately to boost Ilocos Sur's tobacco industry.

"When I asked him about his campaign promise to release the funds, he told me, 'I hope you can help me since I have many expenses in the elections' ", Singson told the Senate tribunal. "I told him I will give him 10 per cent of the funds to be released."

The Department of Budget subsequently released 200 million pesos (4 million dollars) of llocos Sur's share of the tobacco taxes, which was provided for by a law.

Singson said the president asked for 130 million pesos (2.6 million dollars) of the amount, instead of the 10 per cent cut. The money was given to Estrada through Charlie "Atong"Ang, a close presidential friend.

The governor said First Lady Loi Ejercito and presidential son Mayor Jinggoy Estrada also got a portion of the kickbacks. He added that Estrada asked him to cover-up the kickbacks until more funds could be released.

The president's defence lawyers are set to cross-examine Singson on January 2, 2001.

Singson earlier testified that Estrada collected more than 8 million dollars in illegal gambling payoffs. The prosecution has established a paper trail for the money, a part of which has been deposited to a bank account of a foundation Estrada set up for Moslem youth scholars.

The senator-judges on Tuesday also affirmed the decision of Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide, the presiding officer in the trial, to allow prosecutors to inspect records of a bank account suspected to be secretly owned by Estrada.

The court, however, postponed the opening of a sealed envelope containing documents pertaining to the Equitable PCI Bank account until after the defence's motion for reconsideration of the ruling is resolved.

Prosecutors said the bank account, which is under the name of Jose Valhalla, is actually owned by Estrada. They stressed that the account's records were key to proving that Estrada is "committing a continuing offence" of graft and corruption.

Estrada would be removed from office before the end of his six-year term in 2004 if two-thirds of the 22-member Senate find him guilty in any of the four articles of impeachment. A verdict is not expected until the end of January 2001.

The senate tribunal also set another special session for Wednesday to look into reports that a police intelligence agency has been illegally monitoring the telephone calls of the members of impeachment court.

Prosecutors, senator-judges and other people identified to be have been illegally monitored have expressed outrage over the illegal monitoring, which the reporters said became "full-blown" when the impeachment trial of Estrada started on December 7.

Estrada, who is accused of EXCEPT_____.

A．bribery, graft and corruption

B．betrayal of public trust

C．disobedient to the country

D．violations of the constitution

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： Manila (dpa) - Philippine President Joseph Estrada demanded a cut in the share of tobacco taxes intended to support farmers in the northern province of Ilocos Sur as a condition to releasing the funds, a local official alleged on Tuesday.

On the 9th day of the impeachment trial of Estrada, Ilocos Sur provincial Governor Luis Singson testified that the chief executive asked for the kickbacks to help repay debts incurred in the presidential campaign in 1998.

Singson is the prosecution's star witness in the impeachment trial of Estrada, who is accused of bribery, graft and corruption, betrayal of public trust and violations of the constitution.

The governor, a former drinking and gambling buddy of the president, said he agreed to the condition to ensure that the much-needed funds would be released immediately to boost Ilocos Sur's tobacco industry.

"When I asked him about his campaign promise to release the funds, he told me, ' I hope you can help me since I have many expenses in the elections' ", Singson told the Senate tribunal. "I told him I will give him 10 per cent of the funds to be released."

The Department of Budget subsequently released 200 million pesos (4 million dollars) of Ilocos Sur's share of the tobacco taxes, which was provided for by a law.

Singson said the president asked for 130 million pesos (2.6 million dollars) of the amount, instead of the 10 per cent cut. The money was given to Estrada through Charlie "Atong" Ang, a close presidential friend.

The governor said First Lady Loi Ejercito and presidential son Mayor Jinggoy Estrada also got a portion of the kickbacks. He added that Estrada asked him to cover-up the kickbacks until more funds could be released.

The president's defence lawyers are set to cross-examine Singson on January 2, 2001.

Singson earlier testified that Estrada collected more than 8 million dollars in illegal gambling payoffs. The prosecution has established a paper trail for the money, a part of which has been deposited to a bank account of a foundation Estrada set up for Moslem youth scholars.

The senator-judges on Tuesday also affirmed the decision of Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide, the presiding officer in the trial, to allow prosecutors to inspect records of a bank account suspected to be secretly owned by Estrada.

The court, however, postponed the opening of a sealed envelope containing documents pertaining to the Equitable PCI Bank account until after the defence' s motion for reconsideration of the ruling is resolved.

Prosecutors said the bank account, which is under the name of Jose Valhalla, is actually owned by Estrada. They stressed that the account's records were key to proving that Estrada is "committing a continuing offence" of graft and corruption.

Estrada would be removed from office before the end of his six-year term in 2004 if two-thirds of the 22-member Senate find him guilty in any of the four articles of impeachment. A verdict is not expected until the end of January 2001.

The senate tribunal also set another special session for Wednesday to look into reports that a police intelligence agency has been illegally monitoring the telephone calls of the members of impeachment court.

Prosecutors, senator-judges and other people identified to be have been illegally monitored have expressed outrage over the illegal monitoring, which the reporters said became "full-blown" when the impeachment trial of Estrada started on December 7.

Estrada, who is accused of EXCEPT______.

A．bribery, graft and corruption

B．betrayal of public trust

C．disobedient to the country

D．violations Of the constitution

A、For his generation ,he is a little bit overusing the social media.

B、For his generation, he is reasonably involved for having more than 1000 friends.

C、For his generation, he is reasonably involved but having too many friends online.

D、For his generation, he is a little bit out of dated compared with his peers

SECTION B INTERVIEW

Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.

Now listen to the interview.

听力原文：Man: ... anyway, I felt pretty upset, I can tell you!

Woman: Well, something even worse happened to some friends of a colleague of mine in New York. The husband was on an extended business trip and the idea was that his wife would come over in the middle of it to spend a long weekend with him. He was flying in from Boston, and the wife from Europe and they were going to meet up on the Friday evening and stay the weekend together at one of those very big hotels near Central Park.

Man: Yeah.

Woman: Well, the hotel computer had got the first letter of their name wrong -- their name began with a B ( I think it was Berry ) but it was spelt on the computer with a P. So the wife arrived at the hotel, gave her name and asked "Has my husband arrived yet?" and the reception clerk looked her up on the computer, said "No, not yet" and so she said she'd wait in their room and she was shown to the room. Well, then about half an hour later the husband arrived and gave his name and spelt it out carefully to the reception clerk and asked "Has my wife arrived yet?" and she looked up the name on the computer and said "No, not yet", so he said he'd wait in the room and the clerk promised to send his wife up to him when she arrived and he was shown up to a different room. So he turned on the TV and started waiting.

Man: Oh ...

Woman: Well, they both waited for a couple of hours and then the wife called reception, was told her husband still hadn't arrived, so she went down to the restaurant and had a meal and then, being tired, you know, she went to bed. The husband was now quite hungry so, after calling reception and being told his wife still hadn't arrived, he went down to have his dinner, and then went to bed. Well, the next day, they narrowly missed each other at breakfast, so they decided there was no point in sitting around waiting, so they both went out shopping or sightseeing, missed each other again that evening and didn't finally meet up again till the next afternoon. By this time the husband had to fly off to Washington for a meeting first thing on Monday!

Man: Oh, that's amazing! It's always strange in a new city. I... I remember once I was going to a conference in Norway, I landed at Oslo Airport and as I didn't know the city, I picked up a whole lot of leaflets and a street map at the airport before catching the bus into town.

Woman: Mhm.

Man: Well, one of the leaflets was quite fat, about 100 pages long and it was called "Where to Eat in Oslo", so I started looking at it to find a nice restaurant to go to that evening -- I always prefer to eat out rather than in my hotel.

Woman: Yeah.

Man: And I soon realized that the same restaurant was being described again. I looked all the way through the leaflet and every page was a description of the same restaurant! There were no others in there! 100 pages all about the same restaurant !

Woman: Oh, what was the name of the restaurant? Man: I can't remember ! Woman: Oh, that reminds me of something. A colleague of mine was in Sweden. He was at the end of a tough series of meetings in Stockholm and about to fly back home to London. Well, he checked his suitcase in and went through to the departure lounge, had a drink and caught his plane back to Heathrow. Unfortunately, the check-in clerk had put the wrong label on his case and it had the tag for a different flight on it ...

Man: So he went to London and his luggage went somewhere else?

Woman: No, no, no, no, worse than that. They did a security check on all the luggage that was being loaded onto the other flight a

A．in Boston.

B．in New York.

C．in Oslo.

D．in Washington.

SECTION B INTERVIEW

Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.

Now listen to the interview.

听力原文：Man: ...anyway, I felt pretty upset, I can tell you!

Woman: Well, something even worse happened to some friends of a colleague of mine in New York. The husband was on an extended business trip and the idea was that his wife would come over in the middle of it to spend a long weekend with him. He was flying in from Boston, and the wife from Europe and they were going to meet up on the Friday evening and stay the weekend together at one of those very big hotels near Central Park.

Man: Yeah.

Woman: Well, the hotel computer had got file first letter of their name wrong--theft name began with a B (I think it was Berry) but it was spelt on the computer with a P. So the wife arrived at the hotel, gave her name and asked "Has ray husband arrived yet?" and the reception clerk looked her up on the computer, said "No, not yet" and so she said she' d wait in their room and she was shown to the room. Well, then about half an hour later the husband arrived and gave this name and spelt it out carefully to the reception clerk and asked "Has my wife arrived yet?" and she looked up the name on the computer and said "No, not yet", so he said he' d wait in the room and the clerk promised to send his wife up to him when she arrived and he was shown up to a different room. So he turned on the TV and started waiting.

Man: Oh...

Woman: Well, they both waited for a couple of hours and then the wife called reception, was told her husband still hadn't arrived. So she went down to the restaurant and had a meal and then, being fired, you know, she went to bed. The husband was not quite hungry so, after calling reception and being told his wife still hadn't arrived, he went down to have his dinner, and then went to bed. Well, the next day, they narrowly missed each other at breakfast, so they decided there was no point in sitting around waiting, so they both went out shopping or sightseeing, missed each other again that evening and didn't finally meet up again fill the next afternoon. By this time the husband had to fly off to Washington for a meeting first thing on Monday!

Man: Oh, that's amazing] It's always strange in a new city. I... I remember once I was going to a conference in Norway, I landed at Oslo Airport and as I didn't know the city, I picked up a whole lot of leaflets and a street map at the airport before catching the bus into town.

Woman: Mhm.

Man: Well, one of the leaflets was quite fat, about 100 pages long and it was called "Where to Eat in Oslo", so I started looking at it to find a nice restaurant to go to that evening --I always prefer to eat out rather than in my hotel.

Woman: Yeah.

Man: And I soon realized that the same restaurant was being described again. I looked all the way through the leaflet and every page was a description of the same restaurant! There were no others in there! 100 pages all about the same restaurant!

Woman: Oh, what was the name of file restaurant?

Man: I can't remember!

Woman: Oh, that reminds me of something. A colleague of mine was in Sweden. He was at the end of a tough series of meetings in Stockholm and about to fly back home to London. Well, he checked his suitcase in and went through to tile departure lounge, had a drink and caught his plane back to Heathrow. Unfortunately, the check-in clerk had put the wrong label on his case and it had the tag for a different flight on it...

Man: So he went to London and his luggage went somewhere else?

Woman: No, no, no, no, worse than that. They did a security check on all the luggage that was being loaded onto the other flight and found that there was no passenger name to

A．in Boston

B．in New York

C．in Oslo

D．in Washington

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： A controversial debate over whether to change the upper time limit for abortions will return to the House of Commons later for the first time since 1989. Under current laws a woman can have an abortion up to 24 weeks into her pregnancy. Most abortions are carried out long before this upper limit is reached—less than 2% are performed after 20 weeks.

However with improved survival rates among premature babies, there is growing pressure to reduce the upper time limit for abortions to 20 weeks.

Some medical experts believe lowering the abortion time could have a serious impact on the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities. This could result in more abortions they say.

It is such a highly controversial and emotive issue, that the British Medical Association recently chose not to change the upper limit.

But there is growing support for a scientifically based inquiry to determine just what is acceptable and what is not when it comes to abortion.

Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.

Now listen to the news.

A lowered time limit for abortion was preferred by some specialists______.

A．because 98 % abortions were carried out before 20 weeks

B．because pregnancy can be diagnosed earlier than before

C．because survival rates among premature babies have improved

D．because the fetal abnormalities can be diagnosed earlier than be fore

Questions 13 to 16 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

听力原文

W: Good evening, and welcome to this week’s “Business World,” the program for and about

businesspeople. Tonight we have Mr. Steven Kane who has just taken over an established

bicycle shop. Tell us, Mr. Kane, what made you want to run your own store? M: Well, I’ve

always loved racing bikes and fixing them. When I was working full-time as a salesman for a

big company, I seldom had time to enjoy my hobby. I knew then that as soon as I had enough

money to get my own business going, I’d do it. I had my heart set on it, and I didn’t let

anything stand in my way. When I went down to the bank and got a business loan, I knew I’d

love being my own boss. Now my time is my own. I open the store when I want and leave when

I want. W: You mean you don’t keep regular hours? M:Well, the sign on my store says the

hours are 10:00 to 6:00, but if business is slower than usual, I can just lock up and take

off early. W: Have you hired any employees to work with you yet? M: Yeah, a couple of

friends of mine who love biking as much as I do. They help me out a few days a week. It’s

great because … we play cards or just sit around and talk when there’re no customers. W:

Thank you, Mr. Kane. We wish you success in your new business.

Questions 13 to 16 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

13. What is the woman doing?

A.Having her bicycle repaired.

B.Hosting an evening TV program.

C.Lecturing on business management.

D.Conducting a market survey.

1：Reading Comprehension(子母填空): Read the following text and answer questions 1-10 by choosing A, B, C or D. Some choices may be required more than once. A = Washington D.C. B = New York City C = Chicago D = Los Angeles Which book(s) say(s) that... 1. Washington D. C. Washington, the capital of the United States, is in Washington D. C. and is situated on the Potomac River between the two states of Maryland and Virginia. The population of the city is about 800, 000 and it covers an area of over 69 square miles (including 8 square miles of water surface). The section was named the District of Columbia after Christopher Columbus, who discovered the continent. The city itself was named Washington after George Washington, the first president of U. S. A.. The building of the city was accomplished in 1800 and since that year, it has served as the capital of the country. Thomas Jefferson was the first president inaugurated there. In the War of 1812, the British army seized the city, burning the White House and many other buildings. Washington is the headquarters of all the branches of the American federal system. Congress, the Supreme Court and the Presidency. Apart from the government buildings, there are also some other places of interest such as the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the Library of Congress and Mt. Vernon, home of George Washington. 2. New York City New York City, located in New York State, is the largest city and the chief port of the United States. The city of New York has a population of over 7 million (1970) and Metro politan, 12 million. The city has five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Queen's Brooklyn and Richmond. The city with its good harbor was discovered as early as 1524, and it was established by the Dutch who named the city New Amsterdam. In 1664, the city was taken by the English and it got the name New York as it bears now. During the American Revolution in 1776, George Washington had his head-quarters for a time in New York City. The Declaration of Independence was first read there on July 4th, 1776. The city remained the nation's capital until 1790. New York became an important port early in the last century. A large portion of the national exports passed through New York Harbor. New York has become one of the world's busiest ports and also the financial, manufacturing, and travel center of the country. Some of the places of interest in the city are: the Statue of Liberty ( 152 meters high) which was given by the French people to the American people as a gift in 1877. It was erected on Liberty Island in the middle of New York Harbor. Broadway, Wall Street and Fifth Avenue are a few of New York's more famous streets. Wall Street, where many famous banks are centered, is the financial center of America and has become a symbol of the American monopoly capitalism. Fifth Avenue is the street with famous stores and shops. Time Square is in the center of New York City, at Broadway and 42nd Street. Greenwich Village is an art center. Many American artists and writers have lived and worked there. The group of the third largest city buildings of the United Nations stand along the East River at the end of the 42nd Street. 3. Chicago Chicago, the second largest city in population in the United States, lies on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan at a point where the Chicago River enters the lake. The city is now the largest industrial city in the country. Both heavy and light industries are highly developed, particularly the former. Black metallurgical industry and meat processing are assumed to be the head in the U. S.. It is now considered the center of industry, transportation, commerce and finance in the mid-west area. The working class in Chicago has a glorious revolutionary tradition. On May 1st, 1886, thousands upon thousands of workers in the city and the country went on strike for the eight hour workday and succeeded. Since 1890, May 1st has been observed every year as an International Labor Day. On March 8th 1909, women workers in Chicago held a big strike for freedom and equal rights with men and since 1910, March 8th has been celebrated each year as an International Working Women's Day. 4. Los Angeles Los Angeles is situated near the Pacific coast in California. It is an important center of shipping, industry and communication. The city was first founded by a Spanish explorer in 1542 and turned over to the U. S. in 1846. The city leads the country in the manufacture of aircraft and spare parts and the area has become an aviation center. California is a leading state in the production of electronic products and the area of Los Angeles has grown into an important electronic center. Since the first American movie was made in Los Angeles in 1908, the city has remained the film center of the United States. Hollywood, the base of the film industry in the city, is a world famous film producing center. 1.is the headquarter of the Supreme court.