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Section A
Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. The dialogues and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices A , B, C, and D.
听力原文:W: Would you like to see a menu?
M: No, thanks. I already know what I want to order.
Q: What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?
(1)

A. Mother-son.
B. Waitress-customer.
C. Servant-master.
Driver-passenger.

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听力原文:W: Hello, Tom. How was the trip?
M: It was a terrible experience.
W: Can you tell me what happened?
M: I intended to fly to New York to attend a meeting, but I got on the wrong plane and it took me to Washington.
W: Oh, Tom, that's awful. Then you should have taken a taxi to go to New York.
M: Yes, I wanted to, but I couldn't. The taxi drivers were on strike.
W: Poor old you! So you didn't make it to the meeting in time.
M: As luck would have it, I met a friend who was driving to New York.
W: So you attended the meeting at last. That's amazing!
Q8. How does Tom feel about his trip?
(13)

A. He feels lucky.
B. He feels awful.
C. He feels unforgettable.
D. He feels tired.

Friendships are not made in a day, and the computer would be more acceptable as a friend if it imitated the gradual changes that occur when one person is getting to know another. At an appropriate time it might also express the kind of affection that stimulates attachment and intimacy. The whole process would be accomplished in a subtle way to avoid giving an impression of over-familiarity that would be likely to produce irritation. After experiencing a wealth of powerful, well-timed friendship indicators, the user would be very likely to accept the computer as far more than a machine and might well come to regard it as a friend.
An artificial relationship of this type would provide many of the benefits that people obtain from interpersonal friendships. The machine would participate in interesting conversation that could continue from previous discussions. It would have a familiarity with the user's life as revealed in earlier contact, and it would be understanding and good-humored. The computer's own personality would be lively and impressive, and it would develop in response to that of the user. With features such as these, the machine might indeed become a very attractive social partner.
Which of the following is NOT a feature of the ideal companion machine?

Active in communication.
B. Attractive in personality.
C. Enjoyable in performance.
D. Unpredictable in behaviour.

听力原文:W: Did you get the job you applied for?
M: No. It's been offered to someone else, but I think it wouldn't have suited me anyway.
Q: How does the man probably feel?
(2)

A. Worried.
B. Unhappy.
C. Pleasant.
D. It's OK.

In the past, the working-class tended to be paid less than middle-class people, such as teachers and doctors. As a result of this and also of the fact that workers' jobs were generally much less secure, distinct differences in life-styles and attitudes came into existence. The typical working man would collect his wages on Friday evening and then, it was widely believed, having given his wife her "housekeeping", would go out and squander the rest on beer and betting.
The stereotype of what a middle-class man did with his money was perhaps nearer the troth. He was — and still is — inclined to take a longer-term view. Not only did he regard buying a house as a top priority, but he also considered the education of his children as extremely important. Both of these provided him and his family with security. Only in very few cases did workers have the opportunity (or the education and training) to make such long-term plans.
Nowadays, a great deal has changed. In a large number of cases factory workers earn as much, if not more, than their middle-class supervisors. Social security and laws to improve job-security, combined with a general rise in the standard of living since the mid-fifties of the 20th century, have made it less necessary than before to worry about "tomorrow". Working-class people seem slowly to be losing the feeling of inferiority they had in the past. In fact there has been a growing tendency in the past few years for the middle-classes to feel slightly ashamed of their position.
The changes in both life-styles and attitudes are probably most easily seen amongst younger people. They generally tend to share very similar tastes in music and clothes, they spend their money in having a good time, and save for holidays or longer-term plans when necessary. There seems to be much less difference than in previous generations. Nevertheless, we still have a wide gap between the well-paid (whatever the type of job they may have) and the low-paid. As long as this gap exists, there will always be a possibility that new conflicts and jealousies will emerge, or rather that the old conflicts will re-appear, but between different groups.
Which of the following is seen as the cause of class differences in the past?

A. Life style. and occupation.
B. Attitude and income.
C. Income and job security.
D. Job security and hobbies.

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