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Now you’ll hear two long conversations.
Conversation One
W: Hello, Gary.How’re you?
M: Fine! And yourself?
W:Can’t complain.Did you have time to look at my proposal?
M: No, not really.Can we go over it now?
W:Sure.I’ve been trying to come up with some new production and advertising strategies.First of all, if we want to stay competitive, we need to modernize our factory.New equipment should have been installed long ago.
M: How much will that cost?
W:We have several options ranging from one hundred thousand dollars all the way up to half a million.
M:OK.We’ll have to discuss these costs with finance.
W:We should also consider human resources.I’ve been talking to personnel as well as our staff at the factory.
M: And what’s the picture?
W:We’ll probably have to hire a couple of engineers to help us modernize the factory.
M: What about advertising?
W: Marketing has some interesting ideas for television commercials.
M:TV? Isn’t that a bit too expensive for us? What’s wrong with advertising in the papers, as usual?
W:Quite frankly, it’s just not enough anymore.We need to be more aggressive in order to keep ahead of our competitors.
M: Will we be able to afford all this?
W:I’ll look into it, but I think higher costs will be justified.These investments will result in higher profits for our company.
M:We’ll have to look at the figures more closely.Have finance draw up a budget for these investments.
W: All right.I’ll see to it.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What are the two speakers talking about?
【解析】［D］ 女士問Did you have time to look at my proposal? 你有時間看看我的建議么。聽完全文，可見是一個關于新的商業計劃的提案，因此正確答案是Suggestions concerning new business strategies.
20. What does the woman say about the equipment of their factory?
【解析】［B］ 女士說New equipment should have been installed long ago.即早就該給工廠裝新的設備了。所以正確答案為工廠應該引進最新的設備。
21.What does the woman suggest about human resources?
【解析】［B］女士說We’ll probably have to hire a couple of engineers to help us modernize the factory.女士建議雇用一些工程師幫助實現工廠的現代化。所以正確答案應是 B項：A few engineers should be employed to modernize the factory.
22. Why does the woman suggest advertising on TV?
【解析】［C］ 從女士的話it’s just not enough anymore.We need to be more aggressive in order to keep ahead of our competitors 中可看出，僅僅在報紙上做廣告是不夠的了。
Conversation Two
W:Sir, you’ve been using the online catalogue for quite a while.Is there anything I can do to help you?
M:Well, I’ve got to write a paper about Hollywood in the 30s and 40s, and I’m really struggling.There are hundreds of books, and I just don’t know where to begin.
W:Your topic sounds pretty big.Why don’t you narrow it down to something like...uh...the history of the studios during that time?
M:You know, I was thinking about doing that, but more that 30 books came up when I typed in “movie studios.”
W:You could cut that down even further by listing the specific years you want.Try adding “1930s” or “1940s” or maybe “Golden Age.”
M:“Golden Age” is a good idea.Let me type that in ...Hey, look, just 6 books this time.That’s a lot better.
W:Oh...another thing you might consider...have you tried looking for any magazine or newspaper articles?
M: No, I’ve only been searching for books.
W:Well, you can look up magazine articles in the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature.And we do have the Los Angeles Times available over there.You might go through their indexes to see if there’s anything you want.
M:Okay, I think I’ll get started with these books and then I’ll go over the magazines.
W:If you need any help, I’ll be over at the Reference Desk.
M: Great, thanks a lot.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23.What is the man doing?
【解析】［A］ 男士準備寫一篇關于20世紀三、四十年代好萊塢電影的論文，他現在正在檢索所需要的參考書，所以答案是“他在搜尋參考材料”。
24. What does the librarian think of the topic the man is working on?
【解析】［A］ 此題關鍵在于聽出女士，即這位圖書館員說：Your topic sounds pretty big.Why don’t you narrow it 她認為這位男士的題目太大，因此答案應為It’s too broad to cope with.
25. Where can the man find the relevant magazine articles?【解析】［D］ 本題在聽力原文中可直接找出答案。女圖書館員說Well, you can look up magazine articles in the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature.因此男士可以在Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature找到相關的雜志文章。
Section B
Passage One
There are many reasons why family life in Britain has changed so much in the last fifty years.The liberation of women in the early part of the twentieth century and the social and economic effects of World War II had a great impact on traditional family life.Women became essential to industry and the professions.During the war they had worked in factories and proved their worth, now, with the loss of millions of men, their services were indispensable to the nation.
More recently, great advances in scientific knowledge, and particularly in medicine, have had enormous social consequences.Children are better cared for and are far healthier.Infant death rate is low.Above all, parents can now plan the size of their family if they wish through more effective means of birth control.
Different attitudes to religion, authority and tradition generally have also greatly contributed to changes in family life.But these developments have affected all aspects of society.It is particularly interesting to note that the concept of “the family” as a social unit has survived all these challenges.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.What is this passage mainly about?
【解析】［D］ 短文第一句就點出了文章的主旨，There are many reasons why family life in Britain has changed so much in the last fifty years.即主要講了英國家庭生活變化的諸多原因。
27.Why did British women become indispensable to industry after World War II?
【解析】［A］ 為什么英國婦女二戰之后在工業上起著不可或缺的作用？During the war they had worked in factories and proved their worth, now, with the loss of millions of men, their services were indispensable to the nation.從這兩句話中可得出答案，由于戰爭中成千上萬的男子犧牲了，因此女子必須承擔起勞動的重任。
28.What remained unchanged in spite of all the challenges in family life?
【解析】［A］ 雖然文中花了大量篇幅介紹英國人家庭生活變化的種種原因。但本題的答案出現在文章最后一句，即It is particularly interesting to note that the concept of “the family” as a social unit has survived all these challenges.
Passage Two
In the next few decades people are going to travel very differently from the way they do today.Everyone is
