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1、Section B interviewin this section you will hear everything once only.Listencarefully and then answer the questions that follow.Mark the correct answer to eachquestion on your colored answer sheet.Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview.At the end of the interview you will begiven 10 seconds to a

2、nswer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the following five questions.Now listen to the interview1.According to Nigel,most problems of air travel are caused byA.Unfavorable weather conditions.B.Airports handling capacity.C.Inadequate ticketing service.D.Overbooking.2.Which of the fol

3、lowing is not mentioned as compensation for volunteers for thenext fight out?A.Free ticket.BFree phone callC.Cash rewardD.Seat reservation3.Why does Niget suggest that business travelers avoid big airports?A Because all flights in and out of there are full.B.Because the volume of traffic is heavy.C.

4、Because there are more popular flights.D.Because there are more delays and cancellations.4.According to Nigel,inexperience travelers are likely to make the followingmistakes except.A Booking on less popular flights.B.buying tickets at full price.C.carrying excessive luggage.D.planning long business

5、trips.5.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A.The possibility of discounts depends on a travel agents volume of business.B.Longer flights to the same destination maybe cheaper.C.It is advisable to plan every detail of a trip in advance.D.arranging for stopovers can avoid overnight travel.

6、SECTION C NEWS BROACASTIn this section you will hear everything once only.Listen carefully and then answerthe questions that follow.Mark the correct answer to each question on your colouredanswer sheet.Question 6 is based on the following news.At the end of the news item,you will begiven 10 seconds

7、to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.6 what happened on Monday?A.A train crash occurred causing minor injuries.B.Investigator found out the cause of the accident.C Crews rescued more passengers from the site.D A commuter train crashed into a building.Question 7 and 8 are based on the follo

8、wing news.At the end of the news item,youwill be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.7.Which of the following was not on the agenda of the G20 meeting?A.Iraq debtsB.WTO talksC.Financial disastersD.Possible sanctions8.The G20 is a(n)o r g a n iz a tio n.A.InternationalB EuropeanC RegionalD Asian

9、Question 9 and 10 are based on the following news.At the end of the news item,youwill be given 20 seconds to answer the questions9.The UN Charter went into effect afterA It was signed by the 50 original member countries.B It was approved by the founders and other member countries.C It was approved b

10、y the founding membersD It was signed by the founding members.10.Which of the following best describe the role of the charter?A.the Charter only describes powers of the UN bodies.B the Charter mainly aims to promote world economy.C The charter is a treaty above all other treaties.D The charter autho

11、rizes reforms in UN bodies.Part2 Reading Comprehension(30min)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20multiple-choice questions.Read the passages and then mark your answers on yourcoloured answer sheet.Text AThe Welsh language has always been the ultimate marker of We

12、lsh identity,but ageneration ago it looked as if Welsh would go the way of Manx.Once widely spokenon the Isle of Manbut now extinct.Governments financing and central planning,however,have helped reverse the decline of Welsh.Road signs and official publicdocuments are written in both Welsh and Englis

13、h,and schoolchildren are required tolearn both languages.Welsh is now one of the most successful of Europes regionallanguages,spoken by more than a half-million of the countrys three million people.The revival of the language,particularly among young people,is part of a resurgenceof national identit

14、y sweeping through this small,proud nation.Last month Walesmarked the second anniversary of the opening of the National Assembly,the firstparliament to be convened here since 1404.The idea behind devolution was to restorethe balance within the union of nations making up the United Kingdom.With most

15、ofthe people and wealth,England has always had bragging rights.The partial transfer oflegislative powers from Westminster,implemented by Tony Blair,was designed togive the other members of the club-Scotland,Northern Ireland,and Wales-a biggersay and to counter centrifugal forces that seemed to threa

16、ten the very idea of the union.The Welsh showed little enthusiasm for devolution.Whereas the Scots votedoverwhelmingly for a parliament,the vote for a Welsh assembly scraped through byless than one percent on a turnout of less than 25 percent.Its powers wereproportionately limited.The Assembly can d

17、ecide how money from Westminster orthe European Union is spent.It cannot,unlike its counterpart in Edinburgh,enact laws.But now that it is here,the Welsh are growing to like their Assembly.Many peoplewould like it to have more powers.Its importance as figurehead will grow with theopening in 2003,of

18、a new debating chamber,one of many new buildings that aretransforming Cardiff from a decaying seaport into a Baltimore-style waterfront city.Meanwhile a grant of nearly two million dollars from the European Union will tacklepoverty.Wales is one of the poorest regions in Western Europe-only Spain,Por

19、tugal,and Greece have a lower standard of living.Newspapers and magazines are filled with stories about great Welsh men and women,boosting self-esteem.To familiar faces such as Dylan Thomas and Richard Burtonhave been added new icons such as Catherine Zeta-Jones,the movie star,and BrynTerfel,the ope

20、ra singer.Indigenous foods like salt marsh lamb are in vogue.AndWales now boasts a national airline.Awyr Cymru.Cymru,which means“land ofcompatriots,is the Welsh name for Wales.The red dragon,the nations symbolsince the time of King Arthur,is everywhere-on T-shirts,rugby jerseys and even cellphone co

21、vers.“Until very recent times most Welsh people had this feeling of being second-classcitizens/said Dyfan Jones,an 18-year-old student.It was a warm summer night,and I was sitting on the grass with a group of young people in Llanelli,an industrialtown in the south,outside the rock music venue of the

22、 National Eisteddfod,Wales9sannual cultural festival.The disused factory in front of us echoed to the sounds of newWelsh bands.“There was almost a genetic tendency for lack of confidence,“Dyfan continued.Equally comfortable in his Welshness as in his membership in the English-speaking,global youth c

23、ulture and the new federal Europe,Dyfan,like the rest of his generation,is growing up with a sense of possibility unimaginable ten years ago.We used tothink.We cant do anything,were only Welsh.Now I think thafs changing.，z11.According to the passage,devolution was mainly meant toA.maintain the prese

24、nt status among the nations.B.reduce legislative powers of England.C.create a better state of equality among the nations.D.grant more say to all the nations in the union.12.The word centrifugalv in the second paragraph meansA.separatist.B.conventional.C.feudal.D.political13.Wales is different from S

25、cotland in all the following aspects EXCEPTA.peoples desire for devolution.B.locals9 turnout fbr the voting.C.powers of the legislative body.D.status of the national language.14.Which of the following is NOT cited as an example of the resurgence of Welshnational identityA.Welsh has witnessed a reviv

26、al as a national language.B.Poverty-relief funds have come from the European Union.C.A Welsh national airline is currently in operation.D.The national symbol has become a familiar sight.15.According to Dyfan Jones what has changed isA.peoples mentality.B.pop culture.C.towns appearance.D.possibilitie

27、s fbr the people.TextBGetting to the heart of Kuwaiti democracy seems hilariously easy.Armed only with adog-eared NEWSWEEK ID,I ambled through the gates of the National Assembly lastweek.Unscanned,unsearched,my satchel could easily have held the odd grenade oran anthrax-stuffed lunchbox.The only per

28、son who stopped me was a guard whogrinned and invited me to take a swig of orange juice from his plastic bottle.Were I a Kuwaiti woman wielding a ballot,I would have been a clearer and morepresent danger.That very day Parliament blocked a bill giving women the vote;29M.P.S voted in favor and 29 agai

29、nst,with two abstentions.Unable to decide whetherthe bill had passed or not,the government scheduled another vote in two weeks-toolate fbr women to register fbr Junes municipal elections.The next such electionsarent until 2023.Inside the elegant,marbled Parliament itself,a sea of mustachioedmen in w

30、hite robes sat in green seats,debating furiously.The ruling emir has pushedfor womens political rights for years.Ironically,the democratically elected legislaturehas thwarted him.Traditionalists and tribal leaders are opposed.Liberals fret,too,thatIslamists will let their multiple wives vote,swellin

31、g conservative ranks.When Icame to Parliament today,people who voted yes didnt even shake hands with me,said one Shia clerc.uWhy cant we respect each other and work together?W hy notindeed?By Gulf standards,Kuwait is a democratic superstar.Its citizens enjoy freespeech(as long as they dont insult th

32、eir emir,naturally)and boast a Parliament thatcan actually pass laws.Unlike their Saudi sisters,Kuwaiti women drive,work andtravel freely.They run multibillion-dollar businesses and serve as ambassadors.Theiracademic success is such that colleges have actually lowered the grades required formake stu

33、dents to get into medical and engineering courses.Even then,70 percent ofuniversity students are females.In Kuwait,the Western obsession with the higab finds its equivalent.At a fancy partyfbr NEWSWEEKs Arabic edition,some Kuwaiti women wore them.Others opted fortight,spangled,sheer little numbers i

34、n peacock blue or parrot orange.For the party9sentertainment,Nancy Ajram,the Arab worlds answer to Britney Spears,sangpassionate songs of love in a white mini-dress.She couldnt dance fbr us,alas,sinceshaking ones body onstage is illegal in Kuwait.That didnt stop whole tables of menfrom raising their

35、 camera-enabled mobile phones and clicking her picture.Youdthink not being able to vote or dance in public would anger Kuwaifs youngergeneration of women.To find out,I headed to the malls-Kuwaifs archipelago of civicfreedom.Eager to duck strict parents and the social taboos of dating in public.Young

36、Kuwaitis have taken to cafes,beaming flirtatious infrared e-mails to one another ontheir cell photos.At Starbucks in the glittering Al Sharq Mall,I found only tables ofmen,puffing cigarettes and grumbling about the service.At Pizza Hut,I thought Idgot an answer after encountering a young woman who l

37、ooked every inch the modernsuffragette-drainpipe jeans,strappy sliver high-heeled sandals and a higab studdedwith purple rhinestones.But,no,Miriam Al-Enizi,20,studying businessadministration at Kuwait University,doesnt think women need the vote.M en arebetter at politics than women,“she explained,ad

38、ding that women in Kuwait alreadyhave everything they need.Welcome to democracy,Kuwait style.16.According to the passage,which of the following groups of people might beviewed as being dangerous by the guards?A.Foreign tourists.B.Women protestors.C.Foreign journalists.D.Members of the National Assem

39、bly.17.The bill giving women the vote did not manage to pass becauseA.Different interest groups held different concerns.B.Liberals did not reach consensus among themselves.C.Parliament was controlled by traditionalists.D.Parliament members were all conservatives.18.What is the role of the 4th and 5t

40、h paragraphs in the development of the topic?A.To show how Kuwaiti women enjoy themselves.B.To describe how women work and study in Kuwait.C.lb provide a contrast to the preceding paragraphs.D.To provide a contrast to the preceding paragraphs.19.Which of the following is NOT true about young Kuwaiti

41、 women?A.They seem to be quite contented.B.They go in for Western fashions.C.They desire more than modern necessities.D.They favour the use of hi-tech products.TextCRichard,King of England from 1189 to 1199,with all his characteristic virtues andfaults cast in a heroic mould is one of the most fasci

42、nating medieval figures.He hasbeen described as the creature and embodiment of the age of chivalry,In those daysthe lion was much admired in heraldry,and more than one king sought to link himselfwith its repute.When Richards contemporaries called him Coeur de Lion(The Lionheart),they paid a lasting

43、compliment to the king of beasts.Little did the Englishpeople owe him for his services,and heavily did they pay fbr his adventures.He wasin England only twice for a few short months in his ten years*reign;yet his memoryhas always English hearts,and seems to present throughout the centuries the patte

44、rnof the fighting man.In all deeds of prowess as well as in large schemes of warRichard shone.He was tall and delicately shaped strong in nerve and sinew,and mostdexterous in arms.He reioiced in personal combat,and regarded his opponentswithout malice as necessary agents in his fame He loved war,not

45、 so much for the sakeof glory or political ends,but as other men love science or poetry,fbr the excitementof the struggle and the glow of victory.By this his whole temperament was toned;andunited with the highest qualities of the military commander,love of war called forthall the powers of his mind

46、and body.Although a man of blood and violence,Richardwas too impetuous to be either treacherous on habitually cruel.He was as ready toforgive as he was hasty to offend;he was open-handed and munificent to profusion;inwar circumspect in design and skilful in execution;in political a child,lacking ins

47、ubtlety and experience.His political alliances were formed upon his likes anddislikes;his political schemes had neither unity nor clearness of purpose.Theadvantages gained for him by military geoids were flung away through diplomaticineptitude.When,on the journey to the East,Messina in Sicily was wo

48、n by his armshe was easily persuaded to share with his polished,faithless ally,Philip Augustus,fruits of a victory which more wisely used might have foiled the French Kings artfulschemes.The rich and tenable acquisition of Cyprus was cast away even more easilythan it was won.His life was one magnifi

49、cent parade,which,when ended,left only anempty plain.In 1199,when the difficulties of raising revenue for the endless war were at theirheight,good news was brought to King Richard.It was said there had been dug upnear the castle of Chaluz,on the lands of one of his French vassals,a treasure ofwonder

50、ful quality;a group of golden images of an emperor,his wife,sons anddaughters,seated round a table,also of gold,had been unearthed.The King claimedthis treasure as lord paramount.The lord of Chaluz resisted the demand,and the Kinglaid siege to his small,weak castle.On the third day,as he rode daring