SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文: The top three U.S. auto makers have decided not to proceed with plans to file a trade complaint against Japanese auto makers. General Motors, Ford and Chrysler had planned to accuse Japanese companies of dumping cars below market prices in the U. S., but they dropped the idea, citing a pledge by the Clinton administration to address the U. S.-Japan trade imbalance.
The U.S. auto makers decided to stop their action because______
A. Japanese auto makers promised to stop dumping cars in the U.S.
B. the government promised to solve the U. S.-Japan trade imbalance
C. three U.S. companies have ended the U. S.-Japan trade imbalance
D. Japan agreed to sell cars at the agreed prices inside the U. S.
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听力原文: Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was a man of many contrasts. He was the son of a bankrupt man, but became a millionaire; a scientist with a love of literature, an industrialist who managed to remain an idealist. He made a fortune but lived a simple life, and although cheerful in company he was often sad in private. A lover of mankind, he never had a wife or family to love him; a patriotic son of his native land, he died alone on foreign soil. He invented a new explosive, dynamite, to improve the peacetime industries of mining and road building, but saw it used as a weapon of war to kill and injure his fellow men. He was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833 but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842. Most of the family returned to Sweden in 1859. He had never been to school or university but had studied privately. He was imaginative and inventive, but he had better luck in business and showed more financial sense. His greatest wish was to see an end to wars, and thus peace between nations, and he spent much time and money working for this cause until his death in Italy in 1896.
What happened on October21, 1833?
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
B. Alfred moved to Russia.
C. Alfred was born in Stockholm.
D. Alfred died in a foreign country.
Inspector: Right, Constable. What have you stopped him for?
Kelly: Breaking the speed limit, sir. We are just giving him a breath test, and he is making it very difficult.
Inspector: Well, make sure that the breath test is a long one, Kelly, How do you know he's got stuff? How much can you see?
Kelly: He is in a van, sir, with windows all around. You can see it all there on the floor.
Inspector: Have you got a list of what you can see?
Kelly: Yes, sir. Couple of color TVs, for a start, one big and one a small portable, couple of bottles of whisky, Johnny Walker, an electric sewing machine, new by the looks of it, two typewriters, one of them electric, a set of golf clubs.
Inspector: Good work, Kelly. I think it would be reasonable to suppose that your gentleman there would be able to help us with some enquiries we are making about a break -in earlier this evening.
Kelly: Shall I ask him to come with us to the station, sir?
Inspector: No, wait till the second car arrives. Then bring him in
Kelly: Right sir.
Why did the policewoman Kelly call the inspector?
A. She found a suspicious thief.
B. She caught a murderer.
C. She needed help for she was in trouble.
D. She wanted to check whether anybody had broken into her house.
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文:Ken: Sue, this tape recorder, it looks like a spaceship! How does it work?
Sue: Well, the first thing you have to do is plug it in. There is no on-off power switch on this machine.
Ken: I see. How do you open it?
Sue: Well, to open the cover, you press E, which means eject. After you have done that, you put the cassette in. Now be careful not to put the cassette in backwards. The tape should always be facing you.
Ken: Sorry. Can you say that again.
Sue: OK. You put the cassette in with the tape facing you. Ok so far?
Ken: M-Inn.
Sue: OK. Now you close the cover, and press P, which is for play, and you press it hard.
Ken: I see. Uh, what is that red button?
Sue: Oh, the red button is for record. Now don't press it while playing tapes because it will erase the material that is already on there.
Ken: And, that is the rewind?
Sue: That is right.
Ken: And there is the stop.
Sue: Fine. I think you are ready to take it on your own.
The tape-recorder is different from a normal one in many aspects EXCEPT _________.
A. it looks like a spaceship
B. you have to plug it in first
C. it has no on-off power switch
D. one has to learn how to handle it properly
交易性金融资产是指企业为了近期内出售而持有的金融资产。 ()
A. 正确
B. 错误