The train might be early, so we'd better （) safe and leave now.

A、remingding the time of the terminal.

B、reminding the senior of the temperature.

C、take the tempreature of senior the passenger.

D、bring coffee regualarly for him/her.

?Choose the best word to fill in each gap, from A, B or C.

?For each question (29-40), mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet.

Flight to the Unknown

The world's airline industry will change (29) quickly in the next twelve months than in any year since aviation began. Watch out for the (30) trends:

Passenger traffic will go (31) by 4% a year iii Europe. Asia will see even faster growth up (32) 9% a year.

Flight delays will become a nightmare. (33) travel under 700 km, high speed trains will be the answer. Paris to Lyon by train (34) two hours; (35) plane it can take up to the three-city center.

Airfares will not fail. Last year, airlines lost money (36) they will have to increase prices — or go bankrupt.

There will be more competition. More small airlines will start (37) . Good, But as the number of flights increases, so will the congestion in the airports. (38) governments will need to (39) more money on them. (40) there will be even more delays.

(29)

A．less

B．little

C．more

?For each question (13-18), mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer sheet for the answer you choose.

Success of New Rail Links in Europe

The Eurostar company is now running frequent train services using the tunnel built beneath the sea between Britain and France. Millions of passengers have already travelled on Eurostar trains and there are now twenty services a day between London and Paris and nine between London and Brussels.

Eurostar has already won 40% of all passengers from the UK to Paris and Brussels but further growth will depend on the business market. The early morning departure to Paris is proving popular, especially for business people from London who need to do a full day's work in the French capital.

However. exactly how many of Eurostar's passengers are business travellers is unknown. While first-class accommodation has been 70% fill, many of these passengers are travelling on holiday: one travel agent estimates Eurostar has only 20% of the business travel market. Meanwhile, tour operators report a sharp rise in the sale of short trips to Paris. which, they claim, is largely due to the possibility of travelling by Eurostar.

As Eurostar increases the frequency of daily journeys over the next year. it will need more business travellers than ever to fill its trains. However, business travel agents feel that some aspects of Eurostar service could be improved. According to one large business travel agent. "Eurostar's marketing has been poor and it needs to look more closely at doing commercial deals with large travel agents and corporations to become more attractive than airlines". British travel agents alone are now spending over ￡1 million a month with Eurostar. Naturally, they are expecting Eurostar to provide some good deals and flexible tickets.

Eurostar is hoping to attract more customers as it expands its network of services. Already, train journeys between London and Paris stop at a few towns and cities enroute. There will also be daytime and overnight services front eighteen other British cities to Paris and Brussels, and planning is in progress for services from London to cities in Holland and Germany. Soon, many major towns and cities in Britain and other European countries will have regular direct connections within Eurostar's network.

The demand for Eurostar is forcing airlines to use smaller planes on the London-Paris and London-Brussels service, two of the busiest air routes in the world. One British airline reports a 15% decline in ticket sales to both Paris and Brussels. The crucial marketing aspect in business travel is frequency, Rather than cut frequency, airlines have reduced the size of their aircraft to prevent further losses. However, the large airlines will find it easier to maintain their flight schedules by introducing lower capacity planes. Eurostar threatens mainly the smaller airlines, which already have fewer services and smaller planes.

Which of the following statements is not true about Eurostar company？

A．Passengers can travel on its trains through the tunnel.

B．It offers frequent train services front London to Paris.

C．There are many passengers traveling on Eurostar.

D．It offers a variety of services on the train every day.

Read the following mini case and answer the questions: Topic: IKEA Timing: June 15, 2017 News: China Daily; Reuters Characters: Mr Torbjorn Loof, Chief Executive, Inter Ikea Group Now testing what does digital shopping mean? The furniture megastore IKEA has its own e-commerce services, however, partnering with a site like Amazon, which offers legendary free shipping for its Prime members, could bring Ikea's products to a whole new group of consumers. Even die-hard fans of the brand could perceivably shop online, avoiding the winding, labyrinth-like stores and fill up a virtual cart at their Ikea-furnished homes. Exorbitantly high shipping costs and a limited selection of products are limiting Ikea's own e-commerce platform. Considering that furniture is pretty big, it can't cost just a few bucks to ship something like a couch or dining room table, especially when the parts required to assemble it all, come in more than one box. Inter Ikea Group Chief Executive, Torbjorn Loof told Reuters. "We will test and pilot, to see 'what does this mean, what does digital shopping look like in future? We have one great advantage and that is that we design, produce, and distribute our own unique range." This would be the very first time that Ikea's experimented with selling through channels outside of its own operations. Additionally, Reuters reports that Ikea is planning to open smaller stores in different metropolitan areas to provide access to more customers. Give short answers to the following questions: 1. If you are Mr Torbjorn Loof, what your decision would be: should IKEA enter into partnership with Amazon? 2. How IKEA should engage in digital selling activities in China?

Change the form of the words in the box with “-er” or “-ee”, and complete the sentences with them. interview train address exam employ 1. Two _______ were given very low scores. The _______ said they had to take a make-up exam. 2. Any _______ will speak to a dozen of_______in different areas of this company which he or she would like to work in. 3. Mr. Thompson’s first job at BBC was a(n) _______journalist, and now he is the most experienced_______ in journalism. 4. Please make sure the _______ receives this mail himself. This is very important. 5. The ______, the Western Airline, will cover all the medical expenses for its _______.

How does it feel to finally get the deal？

I'm very happy, of course, but it would have been better if it were a few years ago, otherwise cable wouldn't have made those investments and would have been more vulnerable.

How are you going to win customers away from cable？

To a certain extent, we're just going to give better service — cable and satellite both have had reputations for service — and if we want to get customers, we'd better have someone on the phone in 30 seconds rather than 20 minutes. And we will be investing a lot in research and development to get the most advanced technology for our set-top boxes and to get a lot of more interactivity.

Will you be giving set-top boxes for free？

Well, Jack Lonergan, Echo Star Communications Corp. Chairman, is already giving away some of the boxes. We will be matching him. But if we are manufacturing boxes with more features than he is giving, then we will charge something. But we will be subsidizing to the extent that he does.

Do you intend to undercut cable's prices to start a price war？

We are not going into a price war with anyone. But overall, digital satellite today is getting about $54 a month per customer, and cable is averaging about $66 at the moment. People want digital offerings, because cable is just too expensive.

What about broadband？ Cable offers it; satellite can't.

I am inclined to think that broadband will be a commodity. I am not sure about that, but it's certainly physically possible to get first-class broadband service by satellite.

People genuinely seem to fear you. Why is that？

Ah, "the crazy people who will change the world". This company has always been a stimulus for change — Fox News is a stimulus for change, BSKYB was. Someone told me that there Were two crazy people in the media business — Ted Turner and me — and now there is only one. And that's not a bad thing to keep people guessing.

Still, in Britain, you forced MTV to lower its rates for your BSKYB service. Will you force US programmers to lower their rates to get carried on Direct TV？

I hope to have a good relation and compromise. But they want give us more and more channels — and charge us for them. So if they want us to carry one of their channels, they have to promise it will get an audience.

You have said you would use sports as battering ram. Will Fox TV or the Fox Sports Network bid against ESPN for Sunday Night NEL football when it comes up in 2006？

It is too early to say. I would be happy to leave things as they are. but the NFL may try to do something with cable to expand their revenues. To try to take on ESPN would be too expensive. I am not committing myself, but at current prices we are to keep what we have.

Your sons, Lachlan and James. are both in top jobs, Who will succeed you？

They will both learn and develop. And my daughter may be coming back into the company. But the board will decide. I won't be around. I'll probably drop dead on the job.

?You will hear an interview with Peter Smith, CEO of Direct TV.

?For questions 23-30, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.

?You will hear the recording twice.

Mr. Smith believed that his promotion came

A．too early.

B．a bit late.

C．just in time.

5. Congress vs Parliament The difference between congress and parliament exist in the way they function. Congress and parliament are terms that have come to represent two major forms of democracies in different parts of the world. While Westminster form of parliamentary democracy is found in Britain and many other commonwealth countries that were ruled by Britain at one point of time and are now free and independent, congressional form of democracy where the President is the head of the executive is opted by mainly US and some other countries. The main purpose of both congress as well as parliament is to make, pass, and amend laws providing representation to states or provinces that collectively make up the nation. However, there are also differences that will be highlighted in this article. At a superficial level, it seems hard to find out differences between a congress and a parliament as both are made up of popularly elected representatives of people who have got majority votes of the people in their constituency. However, there are differences between both in how members get elected and what their roles and functions are once they are members of the house. The first and foremost difference between the two lies in the meanings of the two terms themselves. While congress comes from a Latin word meaning “to come together,” parliament comes from a French word meaning “to talk.” The same difference in meaning almost defines differences in the election procedure of congressmen and parliamentarians. What is the difference between Congress and Parliament? Both congress and parliament serve the same purpose of making legislations though, there are differences in how members get elected and what they do after getting elected in the two types of legislative bodies. Definition of Congress and Parliament: ? Congress is the legislative branch of a governing system that has a congressional democracy. ? Parliament is the legislative branch of a governing system that has a parliamentary democracy. Accountability of the Executive: ? The executive branch is not accountable to the legislative branch in a congressional democracy. ? The executive branch is accountable to the legislative branch in a parliamentary democracy. Freedom: ? There is more freedom to members in a congress than in the parliament. This simply means that a member has more individuality in case of congress than in the case of a parliament. Parts of Congress and Parliament: ? Congress has two parts as Senate and House of Representatives. ? Parliament has two parts as House of Lords and House of Commons. Influence of the Executive: ? Executive is more powerful in congress. ?However, executive is more in control as far as legislation process is concerned in parliament. 9. About the differences between Congress and Parliament, which one is NOT TRUE?

A、Members in a congress enjoy more freedom than in the parliament

B、Congress has two parts as Senate and House of commons.

C、Executive is more powerful in congress.

D、Congress comes from a Latin word meaning “to come together”.