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Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
听力原文:M: Have you decided which skirt to buy?
W: Yeah, the yellow one and the green one are more attractive than the blue one, but it's a better buy.
Q: What does the woman think about the skirts?
(12)

A. The blue one is cheaper than the others.
B. The blue one is not worth buying.
C. She is going to buy the yellow and the green ones.
D. She will not buy any of the skirts.

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听力原文:W: Julia had the highest grade in the class on the calculus test. That was the most difficult test I had ever taken.
M: For her it was probably easy.
Q: What does the man imply about Julia?
(17)

A. She's tired.
B. She's generous.
C. She's rich.
D. She's intelligent.

Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
The most noticeable trend among today's media companies is vertical integration -- an attempt to control several related aspects of the media business at once, each part helping the other. Besides publishing magazines and books, Time Warner, for example, owns Home Box Office (HBO), Warner movie studios, various cable TV systems throughout the United States and CNN as well. The Japanese company Matsushita owns MCA Records and Universal Studios and manufactures broadcast production equipment.
To describe the financial status of today's media is also to talk about acquisitions. The media are buying and selling each other in unprecedented numbers and forming media groups to position themselves in the marketplace to maintain and increase their profits. In 1986, the first time a broadcast network had been sold, two networks were sold that year -- ABC and NBC.
Media acquisitions have skyrocketed since 1980 for two reasons. The first is that most big corporations today are publicly-traded companies, which means that their stock is traded on one of the nation stock exchanges. This makes acquisitions relatively easier.
A media company that wants to buy a publicly-owned company can buy that company's stock when the stock becomes available. The open availability of stock in these companies means that anybody with enough money can invest in the American media industries, which is exactly how Rupert Murdoch joined the media business.
The second reason for the increase in media alliances is that beginning in 1980, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gradually deregulated the broadcast media. Before 1980, for example, the FCC allowed one company to own only five TV stations, five AM radio stations, and five FM radio stations; companies also are required to hold onto a station for three years before the station could be sold. The post-1980 FCC eliminated the three-year rule and raised the number of broadcast holdings allowed for one owner. This trend of media acquisitions is continuing throughout the 1990s, as changing technology expands the market for media products. The issue of media ownership is important. If only a few corporations direct the media industries in this country, the outlets for differing political viewpoints and innovative ideas could be limited.
What do Time Warner and Matsushita have in common?

A. They both belong to Rupert Murdoch.
B. They are both big American media corporations.
C. They are both outlet of differing viewpoints and innovative ideas.
D. They both own several different but related media businesses.

听力原文:W: Excuse me, Mr. Smith.
M: It's okay with me if there is no meeting, but what for?
Q: What is the woman asking for?
(14)

A. Reasons.
B. Advice.
C. Leave.
D. Opinions.

听力原文:W: Where have you been? It seems that I haven't seen you for ages.
M: Where have I been? I was wondering the same thing about you.
Q: What does the man want to know?
(16)

A. What that thing is.
B. How long he will have to wait.
C. Where the woman has been.
D. Where they are going.

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