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听力原文:W: David! Can I give you a hand with one of those grocery bags?
M: Sure, Nancy! Could you take this one, please? I didn't realize how heavy these bags would be.
W: Why did you buy so much stuff when you have to walk home from the store?
M: Well, I didn't intend to buy a lot—but I'm having some people over and I guess I needed more than I expected.
W: What' s the occasion?
M: The people I live with, the Kramers, have been on vacation for a month, and I thought I' d surprise them. I' m inviting some of their friends and family for a welcome-home dinner.
W: That' s really thoughtful of you.
M: I figure it' s the least I can do for them. They' ve been letting me stay with them rent-free while I' m in school.
W: Really? That' s pretty generous of them.
M: Well, they understand how difficult it is to make ends meet when you' re a student. They' ve been such a big help to me. I thought that this might be a small way to thank them for their generosity.
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A. Get a ride home with Nancy.
B. Find a place to live.
C. Go to the store before it closes.
D. Carry his groceries home.

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A.He didn't expect to buy a lot.B.He had only one bag of groceries.C.The supermarket i

A. He didn't expect to buy a lot.
B. He had only one bag of groceries.
C. The supermarket is just down the block.
D. He thought he'd get a ride with the Kramers.

听力原文:M: I wonder what makes Mother so upset these days.
W: Father is canceling his vacation trip. He promised to take her abroad last year. But the company is again asking Father to postpone his vacation.
Q: Why is their mother unhappy?
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A. Their father is unable to keep his promise.
B. Their father is going on a vacation without her.
C. Their father isn't telling her the truth.
D. Their father doesn't want to travel abroad.

Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文: Today, air travel is far safer than driving a car on a busy motor way. But there is a danger that grows every year. From the moment an airplane takes off to the moment it lands, every movement is watched on radar screens. Air-traffic controllers tell the pilot exactly when to turn, when to climb and when to come down. The air-traffic controllers around a busy airport may handle 1,000 planes a day. Any plane that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there. Even a small mistake on their part could cause a disaster. Recently, such a disaster almost happened, Two large jets were flying towards the airport. One was carry?g 69 passengers and had come from Toronto. The other was carrying 176 passengers from Chicago. An air-traffic controller noticed on his radar screen that the two planes were too close to each other. He ordered one to turn to the right and to climb. But he made a mistake. He ordered the wrong plane to do this. So, instead of turning away from the second plane, the first plane turned towards it. Fifteen seconds later, it flew directly in front of the second plane. They avoided each other by the smallest part of a second. The distance between them was less than that of a large swimming pool. This is an example of the danger that grows every year.
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A. Crowded air traffic.
B. The large size of airplanes.
C. Mistakes by air traffic controllers.
D. Bad weather.

Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
Go to iTunes or Rhapsody and search for "Beatles" and where do you wind up? Nowhere, man. The greatest rock group ever doesn't sell its songs online. That's why the managing director of the Beatles' record label, Neil Aspinall, made a stir recently when he revealed that the Fab Four were finally planning to sell their songs on Internet stores --but only after a long-term project of remastering the songs was completed.
During their heyday, the mop tops could get away with anything (like selling watered-down versions of their U.K. albums in America, or "Revolution No. 9"). But the Beatles today (the living members and heirs of George and John) don' t seem to understand that even they can' t control the Internet. A glimpse of their thinking came in 2004, when the group considered going online with a service other than iTunes. Microsoft was building an Internet store to compete with iTunes, and the Fab Four's people actually discussed terms with the Softies. According to a source close to the negotiations (who would not be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue), the Beatles wanted $15 million for starters -- not as an advance against royalties, but a cash payout-- for a window of exclusivity that would end after 90 days. After that the Beatles would be free to sell their songs everywhere else on the Net. Even worse, the Beatles demanded that their tunes be treated differently from any other songs in the store. "It would be a walled garden, a Beatles store within the store," the source told me. "If you bought a Beatles song, you'd go immediately to checkout and wouldn't be able to add anyone else's songs to the purchase." This approach is antithetical to what makes an online music store successful -- it must be so convenient and delightful that people pay for what is available on the file-sharing services free of charge. Microsoft walked away.
The Beatles' stance only hurts the band. Their obstinacy has not deterred millions of fans from loading Beatles music on computers and MP3 players -- it just means that no one pays for the songs. Even George W. Bush has figured out how to get Beatles songs on his iPod. People simply rip the CDs they already own into iTunes or other jukebox software. Or they use their friends' CDs. Or they grab the songs online; according to the market-research firm NPD Group, the Beatles are the fifth most popular band among illegal downloaders.
During the mania years of the 1960s, John Lennon once described the Beatles as being bigger than Jesus. But in 2006, the Internet is bigger than the Beatles. Instead of fighting the Net, the Beatles can use it to reinvigorate their glory. What happened to "We can work it out"?
The following statements are correct except ______.

A. you can not buy a Beatles record in iTunes
Beatles are planning to sell their music on the internet
C. Beatles once controlled the Internet
D. Beatles have tried to sell their music on the Internet before

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