听力原文:W: Hello. China East Airlines Ticketing Office.
M: Hello. I'd like to know if you fly to Beijing.
W: Yes, we do.
M: Okay. I'd like to make a reservation on a flight this weekend.
W: Okay. Which day would you like to depart, Sir?
M: Well, what flights do you have on Saturday morning?
W: Saturday? Let's see. There's a flight at 6:10 am and there's also one at 10: 45.
M: And what time do they arrive in Beijing?
W: Well, the 6:10 flight arrives at 9 o'clock, and the 10:45 arrives at 12:45.
M: Are they both nonstop flights?
W: Well, the 6:10 flight makes a stopover in Shanghai, but the 10:45 is a direct flight.
M: I'd like the 6:10 flight, please. Will I have to change planes in Shanghai?
W: No, no, no. It's just a fifteen-minute stopover.
M: Okay.
W: Is that a one-way ticket or would you like a return flight?
M: One-way, please.
W: Fine. Your name, please.
M: Bill Siemens, S-I-E-M-E-N-S.
W: All right, Mr. Siemens. That's Flight 1034, departing at 6:10 am, July 14th, arriving at 9 o'clock in Beijing. You can pick up your ticket at the airport.
M: That would be great. Thank you. By the way, how much is that?
W: That's $ 398.
What is the man doing?
A. Calling an information center.
B. Reserving a round-trip ticket for himself.
C. Buying a one-way ticket for his wife.
D. Booking a one-way ticket via telephone.
A.hang toB.hang aboutC.embraceD.kiss
A. hang to
B. hang about
C. embrace
D. kiss
Thousands of years ago, in the middle of an ocean, miles from the nearest island, an undersea volcano(火山) broke out. The hot liquid rock piled higher and higher and spread wider and wider. In this way, an island rose up in the sea.
As time went on, hot sun and cool rains made the rock split and break to pieces. Sea waves dashed against the rock. In this way, soil and sand came into being.
Nothing lived on the naked soil. And then the wind and birds brought plant seeds, spiders and other little creatures there. Only plants could grow first. Only they, in sunlight, could produce food from the minerals of the soil, water and air. While many animals landed on the island, they could find no food. A spider spun its web in vain, because there were no insects for its web to catch, In sects couldn' t stay until there were plants for them to eat. So plants had to be the pioneer life on this new island.
The passage centers on ______.
A. how an undersea volcano broke out
B. how an island rose up in the sea
C. how soil was formed on a new island
D. how life began on a volcano-produced island
The first European stock exchange was established in Antwerp, Belgium(比利时) , in 1531. There were no stock exchanges in England until the 1700' s. A man wishing to buy or sell shares of stock had to find a broker(agents) to transact his business for him. In London, he usually went to a coffee house, because brokers often gathered there. In 1773, the brokers of London formed a stock exchange.
In New York City, brokers met under an old button-wood tree on Wall Street. They organized the New York Stock Exchange in 1792. The American Stock Exchange, second largest in the United States, was formerly called the Curb Exchange because of its origin on the streets of New York City.
A stock exchange is a market place where member brokers buy and sell stocks and bonds (债券) of American and foreign businesses on behalf of the public. A stock exchange provides a market place for stocks and bonds in the same way a board of trade does for commodities. The stockbrokers receive a small commission on each transaction they make.
The stockholder may sell his stock wherever he wants to unless the corporation has some special rule to prevent it. Prices of stock change according to general business conditions and the earnings and future prospects(前景) of the company. If the business is doing well, the stockholder may be able to sell his stock for a profit. If it is not, he may have to take a loss.
In the 1600's, if a man wanted to buy or sell shares of stock, he had to do it through ______.
A. the government
B. himself
C. a broker
D. the stock exchange