Then when the interview ended, he asked his secretary to show Catherine _________ the work place.

听力原文：M: Hi, Catherine. Haven't seen you for a long time. How is your vocation?

W: Terrific ! I went to Washington D. C. to visit my cousin. I saw the Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, and the White House.

M: What a pity is that I've never been there. What do you like best?

W: No doubt the White House. It's been the official home of the American presidents since 1800.

M: I didn't know the history of it. Is it really as nice as everyone says it is?

W: It's a two - story building built of stones. But it is simple and dignified. It was named the White House after the British burned it in the war of 1812.

M: I remember now. The president then was James Madison. And his wife Dolly ran out of the burning building carrying the portrait of George Washington.

W: That's right, it's hanging in the East Room now.

M: How big is the White House?

W: There are one hundred thirty - two rooms inside it and covers eighteen acres of land outside. It has to be painted every four years.

M: How much are the visitors allowed to visit?

W: Only six rooms are open to the public. It's a popular, and there are always too many people waiting for their turns.

When was the White House built?

A．1800.

B．1600.

C．1812

D．1884

2 Graeme, aged 57, is married to Catherine, aged 58. They work as medical consultants, and both are higher rate

taxpayers. Barry, their son, is aged 32. Graeme, Catherine and Barry are all UK resident, ordinarily resident and

domiciled. Graeme has come to you for some tax advice.

Graeme has invested in shares for some time, in particular shares in Thistle Dubh Limited. He informs you of the

following transactions in Thistle Dubh Limited shares:

(i) In December 1986, on the death of his grandmother, he inherited 10,000 ￡1 ordinary shares in Thistle Dubh

Limited, an unquoted UK trading company providing food supplies for sporting events. The probate value of the

shares was 360p per share.

(ii) In March 1992, he took up a rights issue, buying one share for every two held. The price paid for the rights

shares was ￡10 per share.

(iii) In October 1999, the company underwent a reorganisation, and the ordinary shares were split into two new

classes of ordinary share – ‘T’ shares and ‘D’ shares, each with differing rights. Graeme received two ‘T’ and three

‘D’ shares for each original Thistle Dubh Limited share held. The market values for the ‘T’ shares and the ‘D’

shares on the date of reorganisation were 135p and 405p per share respectively.

(iv) On 1 May 2005, Graeme sold 12,000 ‘T’ shares. The market values for the ‘T’ shares and the ‘D’ shares on that

day were 300p and 600p per share respectively.

(v) In October 2005, Graeme sold all of his ‘D’ shares for ￡85,000.

(vi) The current market value of ‘T’ shares is 384p per share. The shares remain unquoted.

Graeme and Catherine have owned a holiday cottage in a remote part of the UK for many years. In recent years, they

have used the property infrequently, as they have taken their holidays abroad and the cottage has been let out as

furnished holiday accommodation.

Graeme and Catherine are now considering selling the UK country cottage and purchasing a holiday villa abroad.

Initially they plan to let this villa out on a furnished basis, but following their anticipated retirement, would expect to

occupy the property for a significant part of the year themselves, possibly moving to live in the villa permanently.

Required:

(a) Calculate the total chargeable gains arising on Graeme’s disposals of ‘T’ and ‘D’ ordinary shares in May and

October 2005 respectively. (7 marks)

Which of the following tells us the main idea of the dialogue?

A．Catherine went to seek advice for a job.

B．Mrs. Hunt found a job for her daughter.

C．The Careers Officer gave Catherine and her mother some advice.

D．Mrs. Hunt tried to convince the Careers Advisory Officer that her daughter would be a very good teacher.

SECTION 2 (10 points)

Listen to the following short statements and then choose one of the answers that best fits the meaning of each statement. There are 10 questions in this section, 1 points for each question. You will hear the recording only ONCE.

听力原文：What Catherine has had this morning was a cup of coffee.

Which of the following most probably means what you've just heard?

A．It was coffee that Catherine drank.

B．Catherine disliked to drink this kind of coffee.

C．Is this the coffee that Catherine drank?

D．What did Catherine drink with her coffee?

听力原文：W: What do you want to do tonight?

M: How about going to tile movies? I should be home from work at 5:20. Then we can go out and eat and then to the movies.

W: What do you want to see?

M: Let's see the ad in the newspaper.

W: It starts at 6:30. I don't think we can get there in time to see the beginning. How about the one at the New State Cinema? That starts at 7:00.

M: I don't like Tom Cruise.

W: Well there's one with Zelta Jones and Tom Hanks that starts at 6:50, Maybe we can go to that.

M: I've already seen it. Maybe we should just stay home and watch TV.

W: There's a Julia Roberts movie on TV. How does that sound?

M: Yeah, let's just stay home and watch that. Then we can go out Friday night.

W: Did you forget that Allan and Catherine are coming to dinner that night? In addition we probably couldn't get a baby-sitter Friday. There's a school dance.

M: OK. I hope Saturday is all right. Do we have anything planned for then?

W: No, Saturday is fine. And there's a good movie starting on Saturday too.

M: Good. I'm going to play bowling Saturday morning but I'll be home by 2:00 p.m. Then we can go out for s big dinner and to the movies, if nothing else comes up.

W: I'm sure we'll be able to. It's so nice to share the wonderful romantic movie with my darling.

M: It's the same to me.

(23)

A．The weekend dancing.

B．The weekend shopping.

C．The weekend party.

D．The weekend arrangement.

A．Catherine went to seek advice for a job.

B．Mrs Hunt found a job for her daughter.

C．The Careers Officer gave Catherine and her mother some advice.

D．Mrs Hunt tried to convince the Careers Advisory Officer that her daughter would be a very good teacher.

听力原文：M: Today I'm interviewing nine-year old Catherine about her feelings on how people can help save the environment. So, Catherine, how call we save the environment?

W: By saving water,

M: Well, how can we do that?

W: By not using too much water when we wash dishes, take a bath, and when we do other things like watering the plants outside.

M: Oh, what else?

W: When drinking or eating something outside, you should keep the garbage until you rind a garbage can to put it in. Because throwing rubbish carelessly makes our planet dirty, Do you like seeing rubbish all over the ground?

M: No, I don't. Do you have any other suggestions?

W: Yes, we shouldn't waste paper, because trees are being cut down to make paper. By saving paper, we save the forests where animals live.

M: So how can children save paper? I mean everyday.

W: Well, for example, when I was in kindergarten, I used to save newspapers so that I could fold things out of them like paper trees instead of just throwing them away. Now the children in our neighborhood collect newspapers once a month to take them to a factory as raw material.

M: That's great. Well, thanks Catherine for your ideas.

In which of the following situations does the girl try to save water?

A．When she is taking a bath.

B．When she is cleaning a car.

C．When she is washing clothes.

D．When she is working in plants.