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听力原文:M: The company is operating from London, but is planning to move to Paris.
W: Really? It used to be operating from Berlin.
Where is the company going to operate?

A. Paris.
B. London.
C. Berlin.
D. Chicago.

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Sociologists use "power" to refer to the capacity of people to control or influence the actions of others. Sociologists study power to 【C1】______ not only who exercise it, but also why it's exercised and who benefits from its use.
Of wealth, power and prestige, power is the hardest to measure. Most studies are nothing more than an average of 【C2】______ about where power is found. Many forms of power are so 【C3】______ hidden that only its holders know the source. Because it's so hard to 【C4】______ , and tied to ideology, the subject of power is a source of much 【C5】______ in sociology. Some maintain that power in America is concentrated in the 【C6】______ of a few people who have a common 【C7】______ and who tend to act together. Wright Mills 【C8】______ hat America is 【C9】______ by a "power elite". Others believe that power in America is 【C10】______ among many groups and people.
Sociologists do agree that real power may not always lie 【C11】______ we think it does. Mayors of some cities, 【C12】______ , are sometimes mere figureheads looking impressive. The actual decisions are made by a handful of business leaders staying behind the 【C13】______ . Some are made at the lowest level, where the work is really 【C14】______ . Such is the 【C15】______ with the police officers or teachers.
Power may exist 【C16】______ wealth: not all the rich are powerful, and vice versa. But the two 【C17】______ are closely related. In national politics, 【C18】______ for office are often wealthy. The Kennedy brothers, the Roosevelts, and Reagan are only a few men of wealth powerful in politics. Moreover, power is often used to 【C19】______ wealth. How many lawmakers, generals, or labor union heads retire 【C20】______ poverty?
【C1】

A. settle
B. determine
C. consider
D. mediate

听力原文:M: Most of the leading food shops have promised to hold prices down until after the new year.
W: I hope so.
Food prices

A. will not rise this year.
B. will fall down till the new year.
C. will rise up until after the new year.
D. will hold down not until the new year.

听力原文:W: Hi, John. How much is the coat you bought?
M: Oh, I paid $139 for the coat when I could have got the same one for $86.
How much money could have been saved by the man?

A. $68.
B. $35.
C. $49.
D. $53.

听力原文:M: The politicians have been leading us up the garden path all these years.
W: It's true, they've promised us tax cuts to get our votes but they've never done anything.
What can we learn from the conversation?

A. Neither of them has a favorable opinion of the politicians.
B. The man doesn't like visiting gardens with politicians.
C. Both agree it's time to cut down taxes immediately.
D. The man think taxes are all right, but the woman doesn't.

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