听力原文： Today, many men working in the U. S. A. ...

听力原文：W: How many holidays do you have in the U.S.?

M: Er, I'm not quite sure. I just know some.

W: For example?

M: Mmm..., Mother's Day, National Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and Valentine's Day.

W: Not bad. When does its National Day come? And the Valentine's Day?

M: The National Day comes on July 4th and the latter on February 14th.

W: Talking of the National Day, who is the Father of the state? Benjamin Franklin or George Washington?

M: George Washington, of course.

W: Besides Washington, who else is regarded as a great president?

M: Abraham Lincoln, I'm one hundred per cent sure.

What were the two speakers talking about?

A．They were talking about the US holidays and so on.

B．They were talking about the US language and so on.

C．They were talking about the US presidents and so on.

听力原文：All her shoes are made in the United States.

A．

B．

C．

听力原文： A lot of people in the United States are coffee drinkers. Over the last few years, a trend has been developing to introduce premium specially blended coffees known as gourmet coffees into the America market. Boston seems to have been the birthplace of this trend. In fact major gourmet coffee merchants from other cities like Seattle and San Francisco, came to Boston where today they are engaged in a kind of coffee war with Boston's merchants. They are all competing for a significant share of the gourmet coffee market. Surprisingly the competition among these leading gourmet coffee businesses will not hurt any of them. Experts predict that the gourmet coffee market in the United States is growing and will continue to grow to the point that gourmet coffee will soon capture a half of what is now a 1.5 million-dollar market, Studies have shown that coffee drinkers who convert to gourmet coffee seldom go back to the regular brands found in supermarkets. As a result these brands will be the real losers in the gourmet coffee competition.

What is the main topic of the story?

A．The coffee market in Boston.

B．The role of supermarkets in the coffee business.

C．A new trend in the United States.

D．The advertising of a new product.

听力原文：What is your husband doing in the USA?

(A) My husband is 47 years old.

(B) He is studying at Miami University.

(C) Because I went to USA on that day.

(33)

A．

B．

C．

听力原文：W: Cattle raising in the U.S. is a big business, isn't it? It must be very profitable.

M: Uh...not really. At times it's not profitable. It's a supply and demand market, you know. The price is fluctuating all the time, and it can get below production costs sometimes.

Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?

(14)

A．The price fluctuates all the time because the production costs are high.

B．The production costs will be higher if the market demands more beef.

C．The price will get below production costs if your supply is larger than demand.

D．Cattle raising is a non-profit-making business in the U.S.

听力原文：How many pencils are in the drawer?

(A) It's in the bottom drawer.

(B) She's drawing with a pen.

(C) There are about a dozen.

(31)

A．

B．

C．

听力原文：In the United States, the Federal Gold Reserve acts as the central bank.

(2)

A．In the US, the Federal Gold Reserve acts as the central bank.

B．In the US, the central bank is the commercial bank.

C．In the US, there is no central bank.

D．In the US, the central bank is not so important.

听力原文：Where were you working in two thousand and three?

(A) I was, but then I quit.

(B) I was in Los Angeles.

(C) I don't make that much.

(29)

A．

B．

C．

听力原文： Today, Daylight Saving Time begins for most of the United States at 2 a. m. on the first Sunday of April. It is changed in each of the time zones across the U. S. Time reverts back to standard time at 2 a. m. on the last Sunday of October. Daylight Saving Time has been used in the United States and many European countries since World War I. It was adopted in 1918 when Congress placed the country on Daylight Saving Time to conserve energy and resources for the war effort. Between World War Ⅰ and World War Ⅱ some states and communities continued to observe Daylight Saving Time. Congress enacted The Uniform. Time Act of 1966 and Daylight Saving Time became observed nationally.

Even though Congress enacted the !aw, the law does not require that Daylight Saving Time be observed. It only states that if is observed then Daylight Savings Time must be done so uniformly. In the U. S. and its territories the following do not observe Daylight Saving Time: Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands. The Eastern Time Zone portion of the State of Indiana, and most of Arizona with the exception of the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona.

Daylight Saving Time begin at 2 a. m. ______ in the United States every year.

A．on the last Sunday of April

B．on the first Sunday of April

C．on the last Sunday of May

D．on the first Sunday of May

听力原文： Millions of words have been written about young people in the United States. There are reasons for this great interest in the ideas, feelings, and actions of youth.

[32]Today there are about seven million Americans in colleges and universities. [33]Young persons under twenty-five make up nearly half of the American population. [34]Many of these will soon be in charge of the nation. Naturally their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and it is necessary for older people to understand what they think and feel.

College students today have strong opinions about right and wrong. [35]They are deeply interested in making a better life for all people, especially for those who have not been given a fair chance before now. They see much that is wrong in the lives of their parents. It is hard for them to see what is right and good in the older way. As a result, there is often trouble in American families. Your country may be meeting such problems, too.

(33)

A．About seven million.

B．Nearly half of the American population.

C．25% of American people.

D．We don't know exactly from the passage.