听力原文：W: This is the third time you have been late this week, Robert. You'll have to do better than that, or I might find it necessary to let you go.

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: Nana is the most popular comic series because Japanese people can sympathize with this love story. Why Japanese people love comics is probably because riley do not show much of what they think or feel. So, they project their thoughts and feelings in comics. W: Which part of Japan is the most famous？ And why？ M: The most famous part in Japan is Tokyo, the center of modern culture in Japan and all Japanese trends are born there. W: What is the most important festival in Japan and why does it become so significant for the Japanese？ M: In Japan, the most important festival is the New Year's Holidays. Japanese people visit a shrine on New Year's day to pray for health and good future. Also, family gets together and many children receive money. Also, people clean the house before the New Year and eat toshikoshi soba for long life. And on New Year's day people eat osechi ryori, which is very special and delicious. I like New Year very much. W: If I want to skiing, where should I go？ M: I think Nagano(长野) is the best place to ski in Japan. The reason is because the Winter Olympics were held in Nagano in 1998. The snow there is very soft and beautiful. W: What kind of food do you like besides Japanese food？ Like American food, Chinese food？ M: Recently, young Japanese people eat with their friends at fast food restaurants like McDonalds or Yoshinoya. There are not many university students eating meals at home. I think that I am the same as those students. Also, Japanese like Italian, Chinese, and Korean food. But I like Japanese food the best because foreign food is too strong for me. W: What do you think about Junlehiro Koizumi？ Is he handsome or look old？ M: I think Prime Minister Koizumi is a progressive person rather than a traditional one. He is active and has made good diplomacy, but his idea of tax increase is not good. I think capitalism is going to do big damage to poor people. Koizmni's capitalism is just like that of President George Bush. Is Koizumi handsome？ Well, I think he looks not all that bad. (23) A．Nana is the most popular comic series in Japan because it's a love story. B．Nana is the most popular comic series in Japan because its plot is attractive. C．Japanese people do not like to express their thoughts and feelings before others. D．Japanese people love comics because they are very funny and interesting.

W: But the food isn't everything. Isn't it nice just to get away from all the noise？ Q: What can we learn from the conversation？ (14) A．It's quiet in the restaurant. B．The restaurant is too far from their school. C．The price is high in the restaurant. D．The restaurant serves good food.

M: Are you kidding？ I almost went broke over all the equipment I had to buy, and now I can't get funding. Q: What does the man mean？ (18) A．His equipment is broken. B．He can't find his equipment. C．He feels he is not being treated fairly. D．He is satisfied with the funding.

M: Well, if he says to take Main Street, we should go the other way! Q: What do we learn about the man？ (18) A．He always does what the announcer says. B．He thinks that the announcer is very good at his work. C．He is angry at the announcer's words. D．He doesn't believe what the announcer says.

M: Well, it's a combination of things, but at the top of the list I think I'd put being truthful. Staff have certain expectations of how they should be treated and they want their managers to be fair. Not telling your staff what's happening is a sure way of losing their respect. You need to concentrate on solving problems, not hiding them. W: But not all problems can be solved, can they？ M: Most can, actually, but that's not the point. The thing is, instead of reacting after the dam-ages done, you should be talking to staff about how things are going and avoiding a situation where they come to see you about the problems after the event. The trick is to decide what problems might arise before they actually happen. W: What about having staff work together？ How should that be managed？ M: Well, some people appear to like working on their own, but in most companies, people who work on their own do so because they have been neglected. They have been given a task and their boss is not in-terested in how it is being done. This makes their sense of achievements smaller no matter how hard they work. People who work in teams have dearer overall picture of the work they are involved in. They have a role to play, and they know that if they don't perform. well, it is not only the business is going to suffer but also the other members of their team. So it is up to managers to create teams within their organization and encourage this team spirit. It raises performance. W: How is this best done？ M: Well, it's important to identify certain key employees among your staff and give them particular support and attention. If these key people are encouraged in their work, they would perform. better themselves, and more importantly raise the general level of performance of all the others in their area. W: Isn't it also a question of recruitment？ M: Yes, yes, lots of difficulties in staff management arise because mangers genuinely don't know how to select the right person. Sometimes interviewees are chosen on the basis of written personality tests which hear no relation with the work they'll be actually doing. Many managers admit that they sometimes ignore the lack of appropriate skills in recruiting the staff. I'd say that in the vast majority of cases they simply opt for the candidates who's made the best impression in half an hour or so... F: So, what should we have instead？ M: Well, the selection procedure should involve matching the skills and knowledge of the applicant to the actual job. And they should be done in the most immediate and relevant way possible, for example, if you try to recruit a trainer for your company, an important part of the inter-view should involve the applicant giving a pre-pared training session. Training is what they'll be doing, so you should see them in operation be-fore employing them. F: That sounds sensible. The final question, Brian, is about discipline, which is perhaps the hardest factor to get it right. What is the latest thinking？ B: Umm, well, the issues are: should you be a hard, unfriendly boss, make sure everyone obey your order without a question, or should you be more sympathetic and listen to your employees' difficulties？ Then there will be time when you have to discipline someone who has done some-thing wrong. It can be difficult if you are on very friendly terms with them. So a certain distance is necessary. On the either hand, if you are too un-approachable, you may not be made aware of important problems. M: Well, thank you, Brian. I'm sure plenty of managers out there will find out our talk very interesting. ？You will hear a radio interview with Brian Williams, a management expert. The interview deals with staf A．being able to concentrate. B．being honest. C．being respected.

M: No, but the next one does. Just wait for a few minutes. Q: What does the man suggest？ (17) A．Wait for the next bus. B．Ask someone else. C．Walk to the housing office. D．Get on this bus.

听力原文： A United Nations report says sub-Saharan Africa is the only region in the world where extreme poverty continues to grow over a recent twenty-year period. In its annual report Tuesday, the UN Industrial Development Organization says forty-seven percent of all people living in sub-Saharan Africa subsist on less than one dollar a day. The group said that figure increased by five percentage points in the years between 1981 and 2001. In contrast, the group said the number of people worldwide living in absolute poverty fell from forty percent to twenty-one percent during that same time. How many people lived in extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa in 1981？ A．37% of all the people there. B．42% of all the people there. C．45% of all the people there. D．47% of all the people there.

M: Yes. Good for him. W: I don't think it is a good idea for Mr. Smith. M: Why not？ W: Because he is old. In my country, when a person is 80, he is supposed to stay at home and be taken care of M: Really？ I think Mr. Smith can do whatever he wants as long as he knows how to do it well and he is sure be is safe. W: I agree with you there. (20) A．To join in the sport games B．To have a parachute jump C．To travel around the world D．To practicing diving

M: I hate standing in line anyway. If we don't get in soon, let's just forget it and go somewhere else. Q: Where are the man and woman at this moment？ (13) A．In a theatre. B．In line at a museum. C．In line outside a movie house. D．In the tube.

M: This is the busiest time of the year, but 1'11 speak to one of our men about going over some time today. Q: Whom did Mrs. Thatcher want to come over？ (18) A．An auto mechanic. B．An electrician. C．A carpenter. D．A telephone repairman.

M: Sure, and I'll arrange for extra chairs. Is there anything else you want me to do？ W: Please get Hari to ensure that all the sound equipment is working fine. Last week we had a problem with the microphones. M: Yes, we need to be extra careful this time. But I'm sure Hari's at his job already. What does the woman want the man to do？ A．Send out the invitations. B．Arrange for accommodations. C．Welcome guests to a show. D．Supervise preparations for an event.

M: Oh, you mean the wife is going to give birth to her husband？ W: Right. The child will be born in two months and the couple won't feel sad about having no children! How great! M: But isn't that strange？ How could the father face another self! You see, they'll look exactly the same! And if they had decided to clone the wife, she'd be giving birth to herself! W: Well, isn't it charming to live your own life again？ I think human cloning is beneficial in many ways, such as providing remedies for new incurable diseases, prolonging one's life, and so on. M: That's very good, but what'll be the relationship between the parents and their cloned copy？ What responsibilities should people take for their own clone？ And what if the child falls in love with his own mother one day？ As I see it, human cloning is unethical and must be prohibited! W: Well, maybe human cloning still has a long way to go, or, maybe, the couple would be better of adopting a child. Who has the couple cloned？ A．The wife. B．The husband. C．The baby. D．A sheep.

M: Perhaps I'd better read it through again. Q: What is the man most probably going to do？ (18) A．He is going to finish his term paper. B．He is going to hand in the paper. C．He is going to correct the errors in the paper. D．He is going to read it to the woman.

M: Betty, let's not push our luck! OK？ Q: What does the man mean？ (13) A．They shouldn't make too many requests. B．They should ask for further extension. C．They should finish the project as scheduled. D．They should not try their luck.

M: Why trouble him？ I'll show you how easy it is to work the copies of this paper for you. What does the man mean？ A．He can help the woman. B．No one can help her. C．The machine was just repaired. D．The clerk doesn't like to be troubled.

M: Clean it now. We'll all go on a picnic in half an hour. Q: What is the possible relationship between the two speakers？ (15) A．Mother and father. B．Mother and son. C．Teacher and student. D．Two students.

M Okay, let me pull it up on screen... R71-B... Okay Jean, I'm showing none in stock right now. W Well, that's not good. How long do you think it'll be before you have them back in stock？ M Between 2 and 3 weeks, probably. If you're in a hurry, you can try Iron Dog Plumbing Supply on Market Street. What kind of company does the woman work for？ A．Clothing B．Plastics C．Plumbing D．Software

A．Disappointed. B．Happy. C．Regretful. D．Sad.

M: I prefer an angry sea. That makes me feel better whenever I'm sad. Q: What does the man like？ (17) A．A stormy ocean. B．Calm water. C．Golden sand. D．Little waves.

M: Let me see. It's one pound and fifty. Who is the woman most probably speaking to？ A．A railway porter. B．A bus conductor. C．A taxi driver. D．A postal clerk.

听力原文：W: 45-21-64. Bonjour(French). M: Is that the Saint Martine Hotel？ W: Oui(French). Yes, it is. Can I help you？ M: Have you got a double room for the night of 23rd July？ W: One moment please. I'll just have a look. Yes, we have got a double room on that date. M: Has it got a double bed or two singles？ W: Two singles, monsieur, M: And is that with or without bath？ W: It's a room with shower and toilet, monsieur. M: That sounds fine. Is there a TV？ W: Could you repeat that, please？ M: Is there a color television in the room？ W: Yes, but of course. And a video, if you choose. M: How much will it be for one night？ W: About four hundred francs. M: And what does that include？ W: It includes morning newspaper continental breakfast and service. M: Where is the nearest metro？ W: Opera, monsieur. It's only five minutes from here. M: And is there an extra charge for children？ W: If the child is under sixteen and we put an extra bed in your room, the charge is seventy-five francs. Do you want the room？ M: Yes, for one night-23rd July. W: Oui, monsieur. May I have your name, please？ M: Actually, it's for my wife and two daughters Mrs. Jean Gordon, Linda and Maggie. W: Yes, monsieur. So you need an extra bed. (23) A．A room with a single bed. B．A double room with two single beds. C．A room with a double bed and a single bed. D．A double room and two double beds.

M: Don't worry. We'll be there in no time. Q: What does the man mean？ (17) A．He has never been to the laboratory. B．He wants to stop and ask for directions. C．The woman won't be late. D．The program in the laboratory has already begun.

A．At a restaurant． B．At a hotel． C．At a department stor E．