听力原文：We used to go to the ballet often with friends, but now we generally go to the movie instead since a new cinema had been established here.

M: No problem. I'll save you the cost of a taxi by dropping you off at the train station on my way to work. How is the man getting to work？ A．Riding. B．By bus. C．Driving.

M: I've an idea, I'll pick you up after work and we'll eat downtown. That'll give us plenty of time to get to the concert. W: It's a good idea. What do we learn from this conversation？ A．The man and the woman will eat together. B．The woman will go home for dinner. C．The man will go home for dinner. D．The man and tile woman will go home before the concert.

W：Yeah! Now we're all working hard to get ready for our game tomorrow． Q：What will the woman probably do this afternoon？ (14) A．Take part in the championship game. B．Try out for the field hockey team. C．Get tickets to see the championship game. D．Go to practice field hockey.

W: I'd like to, and it sounds like a lot of fun. But I need to check my schedule first. Q: What does the woman mean？ (13) A．She's not interested in the party. B．She might have something else to do. C．She'd rather come some other time. D．She'll ask for the permission of her mom.

Well, at the beginning, I would like to say a few words to my dear listeners who are not very familiar with this program. Because many people want to listen to and understand pop songs, radio producers at BCD International have made hundreds of programs over the years. We not only have access to the stars of the music world, but we have a vast library of "golden oldish" Classics, as well as the "latest releases". For those of you who like a bit of background with your favorite music — there's The History of Pop or The Road to Music. These two series bring you the language of pop music and information about the periods and the artists. If you want to hear from the artists themselves ,there's a new series called About The Big Hits. This is based on interviews with popular singers and songwriters. They speak to us about the meaning and ideas behind their songs. If you want to understand the words to the big music hits, pop Words is the program for you. After all, it's hard enough for native English speakers to understand most pop songs — so, if English isn't your first language, you shouldn't be surprised ff the words to many songs leave you in the dark. It was to address exactly this problem that BCD International started broadcasting Pop Words just over 23 years ago... [ fade out] Which of the following is covered in BCD International programs？ A．Interviews with radio producers. B．A large variety of pop songs. C．News from the music library. D．Stories about the good old days.

B：Yes, it's a shame. The man's purpose in visiting was to______. A．take a course. B．see the city. C．go to the park. D．take a rest.

W: It won't be easy. M: Thanks a lot ! W: Oh, I'm just kidding. Actually, I think once we show how much money it could bring in, we'll be sure to convince everyone on campus to pitch-in. M: Well... how are we going to get the message out？ W: One thing I was thinking of is to hang up handout on the bulletin boards. M: But that's not going to attract much attention. We need to do something interesting. W: Let me finish: I know someone who works at the campus print shop. Last week he said he could get hold of materials to make a big banner. That'll attract the attention of a lot of students if we can hang it in front of the student center. M: Nice work ! W: I've also arranged to have an article published in the school paper next Wednesday. That way you can get the message out to the entire campus. M: Uh-oh, that means I better come up with an article pretty quickly. How about if I write it up and I'll let you be the first to read it. How about alter English class tomorrow？ W: Sounds like a plan. I'll see you then. M: You're the greatest. I don't think I would have known what to do without your help. (20) A．A car wash plan. B．Thanksgiving. C．A newspaper. D．A message service.

M: I'd say you have a pretty busy afternoon, Ann. Q: What does the man mean？ (16) A．Ann can go with him this afternoon. B．Ann's almost as busy as he is. C．Ann has a lot to do today. D．Ann might be finished by noon.

(24) A．Though I don't plan to go to the post office, after I see the doctor, I change my mind. B．I will go to the drug store first after finishing laundry. C．The first thing I will do is to see the doctor. D．I won't go to the post office unless it's on the way of seeing a doctor.

W: Mr Kerr, I have. You're flying with American Airlines on 23 June. The flight leaves at 9 a. m. Questions 1-8 ？For questions 1-8 you will hear eight short recordings. ？For each question, mark one letter (A, B, or C). ？After you have listened once, replay each recording. What time will the flight leave？ A．8a.m. B．9a.m. C．18:00

听力原文： A little airplane has given new meaning to the term "going hyper". The Hyper-X recently broke the record for air-breathing jet planes when it traveled at a hypersonic speed of seven times the speed of sound. That's about 5,000 miles per hour. At this speed, you'd get around the world-- flying along the equator-- in less than five hours. The Hyper-X is an unmanned, experimental aircraft just 12 feet long. It achieves hypersonic speed using a special sort of engine. Actually, engineers have been experimenting with such an engine since the 1960s. For an engine to bum fuel and produce energy, it needs oxygen. A jet engine, like those on passenger airplanes, gets oxygen from the air. A rocket engine typically goes faster but has to carry its own supply of oxygen. This special engine goes as fast as a rocket, but it doesn't have to carry its own oxygen supply. Its design allows it to extract oxygen from the air that flows through the engine. And it does so without letting the fast-moving air put out the combustion flames. A booster rocket carried the Hyper-X to an altitude of about 100,000 feet for its test flight. The aircraft's record-beating flight lasted just 11 seconds. In the future, engineers predict, airplanes equipped with such engines could transport cargo quickly and cheaply to the edge of space. Hypersonic airliners could carry passengers anywhere in the world in just a few hours. (36) A．How to develop a new airplane technology. B．Features and possible usages of a special engine. C．How to do experiment with dangerous engines. D．How to do experiment with unmanned airplanes.

M: Well, everyone has been talking about having a barbecue down by the river, so why don't you pick up some hamburger and hot dogs？ W: Okay, but how much hamburger are we going to need？ And hot dogs too？ M: Uh, I don't know. How about three pounds of hamburger and a couple packages of hot dogs？ W: Oh, that's not going to be enough. Do you remember the last picnic we went on？ Your roommate, Jim, ate about ten hamburgers by himself! M: You're right. Let's see. I'd better write this down. Uh, let's see about nine pounds of hamburger meat and, uh .... seven packages of hot dogs. W: And you'd better pick up some chicken for those who don't like hamburger or hot dogs. M: Okay. How about five or six bags of potato chips？ W: Humm. Better make that eight or so. M: All right. Oh, and we're gonna need some hamburger and hot dog buns, How about five packages a piece？ I think that sounds about right. W: Yeah, you'd better pick up some mustard, catchup, and mayonnaise too. M: Okay. What else？ Uh, we're gonna need some soft drinks. How about ten of those big 2-liter bottles？ W: Sounds fine, but be sure to buy a variety of drinks. M: Okay. And what about dessert？ W: Well, maybe we could ask Kathy to make a few cherry pies like she did last time. M: Well, I heard that she's been very busy working two jobs, so we'd better not ask her, uh... Hey, why don't you whip up some of your oatmeal cookies？ Hey, you could even ask, uh... what's her name.., yeah that new girl, Susan, the one that moved in across the street! I bet she'd be willing to help you ! W: Nah, I don't think I could ask her, I haven't got a phone number. Anyway, I can try myself. (20) A．At a park. B．At the beach. C．At Dave's house. D．By a river.

W: Well, it takes only 15 minutes to get to the movies and the film doesn' t begin until 7:55. What time will the couple get to the movies if they leave immediately？ A．At 7:50. B．At 7:55. C．At 7:35. D．At 7:45.

B：Mm, normally I wouldn't, but I should as you recommend it so strongly. The woman's usual attitude towards films is______. A．mixed. B．fascinated. C．enthusiastic. D．disinterested.

Well, at the beginning, I would like to say a few words to my dear listeners who are not very familiar with this program. Because many people want to listen to and understand pop songs, radio producers at BCD International have made hundreds of programs over the years. We not only have access to the stars of the music world, but also have a vast library of "golden oldie" classics, as well as the "latest releases". For those of you who like a bit of background of your favorite music--there are The History of Pop and The Road to Music. These two series bring you the language of pop music and information about the periods and the artists. If you want to hear from the artists themselves, there's a new series called About the Big Hits. This is based on interviews with popular singers and songwriters. They speak to us about the meanings and ideas behind their songs. If you want to understand the words to the big music hits, Pop Words is the program for you. After all, it's hard enough for native English speakers to understand most pop songs--so, if English isn't your first language, you shouldn't be surprised if the words to many songs leave you in the dark. It was to address exactly this problem that BCD International started broadcasting Pop Words just over 23 years ago... [fade out] Which of the following is covered in BCD International programs？ A．Interviews with radio producers. B．A large variety of pop songs. C．News from the music library. D．Stories about the good old days.

M：That is certainly an unusual way of handing the situation，but it may bring good results． Q：How will the woman solve the problems？ (16) A．She will go directly to the boss with her problems. B．She will keep the problems by herself. C．She will let her mother speak to the boss about her problems. D．She will tell her boss's mother about the problems.

W: Yes，it was wonderful．I particularly like the works by Da Vinci． M: I wish I had gone but I heard we had to wait for two hours to get the ticket. What are these two people talking about？ A．They are talking about an Italian High-tech Exhibition． B．They are talking about the train tickets． C．They are talking about Tianjin University．

A．On foot． B．By bus． C．By bike D．By taxi．

W: Movies always relax me. It might be worth it in the long mn. Q: What does the woman suggest the man do？ (19) A．Study harder in order to keep up with others. B．Get some exercise. C．Go to see a film. D．Do homework at school.

Matt Flanigan, President, TIA: Well, today I would say speed and bandwidth. Especially, a little smile up to the consumer' is probably a big issue holding back the Internet. But security is also important with electronic commerce. And until they really solve that, people are not gonna feel secure. Host: All right. Well, Let's introduce our guest. We're joined by an executive from Effnet: Tomas Althen. Welcome to the program. We're delighted to have you. Tomas, let's start with this. What sort of Internet issue is Effnet dealing with？ What kind of solutions do you bring to the table？ Tomas Althen, CEO, Effnet Group: The Internet is growing at a very rapid speed at the moment. As you must know, the number of users doubles every year. However, also the information on the net doubles every month. And this calls up the two issues we have been hearing about here, speed and security. Host: Well, let's look at more details. Look at this video about the city council of Stockholm, Sweden. Narrator on the video: Here is the power. The politicians and high civil servants at Stockholm County Council are used to having access to qualified information. Now with everyone using Internet and Intranet, some information has to remain secret. The decision on how to do this are mad here at IT Control. They have found the way to let 10, 000 employees use the Internet but some information can still be accessed only by qualified people. This is the firewall keeping the information system secure. A box in the basement with software from Effnet. Scandinavia is known for its technology. Cellular phones and Internet are part of daily life. And here in Sweden there are some young, very innovative up-starting companies. One is Effnet, founded in 1997 and already on the world market. As the world demands speed and security and reliability, Effnet's gigabit router on a card makes security easier. The generic plug-in card, firewaller and router in one, proves that they are ready to meet the world demand. Host: Well, how does the firewall work？ We were told a few days ago that one of the new methods of transmission was to break everything up into little packets, send them all into the Internet and hope they arrive in the same order, and so on. Is the protection of these packets from being raided is this the principle task of the firewall？ Tomas Althen: You can say that in one sense. You also don't want packets to come in to your data system, or into your network, packets which you don't want to be there. You want to be able to decide for yourself as an organization or as a company: hey, I don't want these guys to be able to access my treasure. And to do that you need to do some filtering. You need to decide which packets are allowed, which packets are not allowed. You have to do that very fast so you don't end up with yet another bottleneck. And we solved that problem. Host: Let's look ahead a couple of years and have you estimate for us how you see this technology evolving. What do you think will be different or new on the horizon in a couple of years？ Tomas？ Tomas Althen: More and more has been put into smaller and smaller spaces. We are making quite a leap in putting all these features on one card. But the next step is clearly putting them on one chip. And we are talking to chip vendors to try to do that as quickly as reasonable. They usually say that one year in this business is seven ordinary years. So, that would be 14 years from now. We'll see things more and more integrated. For Effnet, in two years I would s A．The quality of being easy to use. B．For most of us, broadband access is years in the future. C．To maximize the Internet's sufficiency.

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(28) A．The company raised the worker's wage to avoid a strike. B．The company demands that workers strike. C．If the wages are not increased, the workers plan to go on strike. D．The company threatens to pay the workers less.

M: Well, it depends on the traffic, but shouldn't toke more than twenty minutes for the average driver. And I'm not average. So we should be able to cruise through traffic and get there in less than twelve minutes. W: Oh. By the way, do you know what time the museum closes？ M: Around 6:00 o'clock. W: Do you have the time？ M: Yeah. It's half past four. Hi, this is your first time to the city, right？ W: Yeah.How did you know？ M: Well, you can tell tourists from a mile away in this city because they walk down the street looking straight up at the tall buildings. W: Was it that obvious？ M: Well... W: Oh, before I forget, can you recommend any good restaurant downtown that offer meals at a reasonable price？ M: Umm...well, the Mexican restaurant, La Fajita, is fantastic. It's not as inexpensive as other places I know, but the decoration is very authentic, and theportions are larger than most places I've been to. W: Sounds great! How do I get there from the museum？ M: Well, you can take the subway right outside the museum. There are buses that run that way, but you would have to transfer a couple of times. And there are taxis too, but they don't run by the museum that often. M: Okay. Thank you so much. (20) A．He is an average driver. B．He is a skilled driver. C．He is below average. D．He is a green hand.

A．He’s going through an operation． B．He’s getting sick． C．He’s had an accident． D．He looks good today．