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听力原文: Time was when a visit to a museum included shopping for a postcard or an exhibition catalogue. Nowadays, most art institutions have expanded their wares to include home furnishings, jewelry, clothing, toys and books. While it might enhance the museum experience, selling all those products can become a distraction for administrators, taking away time and money from their primary business: exhibiting works of art. If that weren't trouble enough, retail operations, intended to supplement museum admissions, don't always end up in the black.
Last year, to try to solve the problem of doing art and commerce profitably, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (MFA) became one of the first museums in the country to spin off the management of its retail operations into a for-profit company, Museum Enterprise Partners Inc. (MEP). Owned by the MFA and senior management, MEP replaced the museum's 30-year-old Enterprise division and the MFA became its first client. From its offices in Boston's South End, MEP operates both the main MFA store and an exhibition store inside the museum, two mall stores in downtown Boston at Copley Place and Faneuil Hall, the MFA catalogue and Web site, the catalogue outlet store on Cape Cod and a wholesale/corporate division. To handle distribution and fulfillment, MEP has a state-of-the-art 100 O00-square-foot warehouse in Avon, Mass., which includes an 85-seat call center.
What is the primary business for a museum, according to the speaker?

A. Selling home furnishings.
B. Showing works of art.
C. Exhibiting books and toys.

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What's the difference between MEP and MFA?

A. The former is a for-profit company while the latter is a museum.
Both are run by the Boston city council and sponsored by the government.
C. The latter used to have 100 000-square-foot warehouse in Avon.

听力原文:M: How far north are we, Dane?
W: Up here in Damson City? About 2,000 kilometers, north of Edmonton.
M: The top of the world...
W: That's the North Pole—3,500 kilometers, north of here.
M: All this is making me hungry. What do you all feel like having for breakfast?
W: Let's see the menu.
M: A small orange juice, some coffee and an order of toast.
W: I'm going to go for the Robert Service breakfast.
M: The Robert Service breakfast?
W: Ham and eggs.
M: I didn't think you could stand ham or eggs.
W: A piece of cake. Here're the waitresses.
How far is Damson City from Edmonton?

About 200 km.
B. About 2,000 km.
C. About 350 km.

听力原文:M: Yes, madam. What seems to be the problem?
W: I'd like to report a robbery. It's my ear. It's been stolen.
What's probably the man's occupation?

A repairman.
B. A robber.
C. A policeman.

A.Where is the manager now?B.Who will be his new manager?C.Whether his manager is ill.

A. Where is the manager now?
B. Who will be his new manager?
C. Whether his manager is ill.
D. When the manager will go to the headquarters.

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