听力原文:WA I love the office buildings around here. You see that one across the street—with the nice ledge? Look at those huge windows... wouldn't that be a great place for an office?
MA You know, there are a lot of vacancies in these buildings. If you're serious about getting an office around here, I think the real estate values are actually pretty good. The prices are low now.
WA Really? Even for a historic building like that? I mean, look at that thing...
MA Well, remember, this city's economy has been depressed for a long time. It's definitely turning around slowly, but I don't think there's a lot of confidence in the market yet.
On what has the woman commented?
A. The price of local real estate
B. The beauty of the local architecture
C. The area where the man's office is located
D. The number of office buildings in the city
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听力原文:WA I was just trying to pay my parking fees, and the machine I was using ate my money. It's the machine on the second floor parking deck.
MB Huh, that's strange. It's never done that before. Do you have your parking ticket with you?
WA No, the machine ate that too. I put in the ticket, the machine told me I owed two dollars, I put in a ten dollar bill... and the machine crashed completely. It won't respond to any button I press.
MB Okay, that's definitely weird. Let me close down this booth and I'll go upstairs with you to check it out. Hold on a second... I need to lock up here.
Where does this conversation take place?
At a bank
B. In a parking garage
C. Near a food vending machine
D. Next to a public telephone booth
What does the man advise the woman about?
A. Setting up a business
B. Finding a real estate agent
C. Renovating historic buildings
D. Buying property in the neighborhood
What does the man want to do?
A. Enter a contest
B. Hire a new manager
C. Expand his business
D. Work less frequently
听力原文: Nokia warned that the U. S. slowdown is now extending to other economies, and said that is cutting into demand for Nokia s handsets, and for its growing mobile infrastructure business.
In April, a more optimistic Nokia said it was on course for a 20 percent sales growth this quarter. That forecast has been cut in half. Tuesday s warning knocked a whopping $31 billion off Nokia s market capitlization. Nokia joins rivals Motorola and Ericsson in warning about sales. The rate of new phone purchases has slowed dramatically in Europe, with customers reluctant to trade up to new handsets.
Why has the rate of new phone purchases slowed in Europe?
A. Because of the warning about sales.
Because the customers are reluctant to trade up to new handsets.
C. Because of cutting into demand for handsets.
D. Because of the US slowdown.