Can you tell us some interesting ____of city life？

some deals with you soon．

Zhang: Mr． George, we are pleased to have the opportunity to meet you here in our company． After you have seen the presentations in our show room, would you tell me which particular items are really of interest to you？

George: I had studied your catalogue before I saw your presentations in the show room． We are interested in your silk dresses． I think there will be a prospective market for some of them in AmericA．Here is a list of our requirements, for which I hope to have your lowest offer, CIF New York．

Zhang: Thank you for your inquiry． Could you please let us know the quantity you require so that we can make the offers？

George: I'll do that． Meanwhile, would you give me an indicative price？

Zhang: SurE．Here are our FOB price lists． All prices in the lists are subject to our final confirmation． You will find the prices are reasonable．

George: What about the commission？

Zhang: Usually, our principle does not allow any commission．

George: From European suppliers, in the regular practice, we usually get a 3 to 5 percent commission for imports． You know, we do business on commission basis． Moreover, a commission will help us to promote sales．

Zhang: Well, if the order is really large enough, we may take the commission into consideration． I think it will be better to consult this when you order the goods．

George: OK． Then I will write down the quantity for each item on the enquiry list． Can you tell me when we can have your offer？

Zhang: Tomorrow morning． Could we meet again tomorrow afternoon for further details？

George: Fine．

A、Thank you for your purchase,I have prepared you some gifts,which will be sent to you along with the goods.Sincerely hope you like it.I will give you a discount,if you like to purchase other products

B、Dear friend,your package has been send out,the tracking NO.is 0000000000 via DHL,please keep an eye on it,hope you love our goods and wish to do more business with you in the future.Good luck!

C、Thank you for your patronage,if you confirm the order as soon as possible,I will send some gifts. A good news:Recently there are a lot of activities in our store.If the vakue of goods you buy count to a certain amount,we will give you a satisfied discount

D、Hello,my dear friend.Thank you for your visiting to my store,you can find the products you need from my store.If there is not what you need,you can tell us,and we can help you to find the source,please feel free to buy anything!Thanks again

听力原文：M: Hello! Can I speak to Susan, please？

W: Speaking. Is that you, Tom？

M: Yes, it is. I am going to New Zealand in two weeks' time, and my wife is going with me.

W: Oh, how lucky you are! How long are you going for？ .....

M: For a couple of months, maybe half a year. My boss wants me to help set up a branch company there. Well, Susan, you have been to New Zealand several times. Can you give us some suggestions or just tell us something about that country？

W: I'd love to. We can have a talk sometime.

M: Why not come over to dinner in my house this weekend. My wife wants to meet you as well.

W: All right. What about Saturday？

M: OK. See you at 6:00 p. m. , this coming Saturday. Goodbye!

Who answers the telephone？

A．Tom.

B．Susan's husband.

C．Susan.

who is well-known for his research in the area of language learning.

M: It's a pleasure to be here.

W: Now, Dr. Adams, tell us about your new book.

M: Well, the name of it is Learning a Language over Eggs and Toast.

W: Could you tell us about the title？

M: Well, one of the most important keys to learning another language is to establish a regular study program, like planning a few minutes every morning around breakfast time.

W: Now, sorry for saying this, but your ideas may sound a little simplistic to our viewers.

M: Well, I'm not implying that we can become fluent speakers in a matter of a few minutes here and there, but rather following a regular, consistent, and focused course of study can help us on the way to language mastery.

W: So what are some of the basic keys you are suggesting in the book？

M: Well, as I just mentioned, people need to plan out their study by setting realistic and attainable goals from the beginning. And small steps, little by little, are the key. And as I have mentioned in my book, you can maximize your learning potential by learning about your own individual learning style.

W: Well, Dr. Adams. What is your learning style？

M: Well, I'm a very tactile learner.

W: You mean one who learns through hands-on experience？

M: Exactly.

W: So what is my learning style？

M: Well, you're going to have to read my book to find that out.

W: Okay. Thanks for joining us.

M: My pleasure.

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A．At a public forum.

B．In an auditorium.

C．On TV.

D．In a classroom.

more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, "I' m sorry, I can’t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down."

"If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket."

"I can't write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so."

I looked down the counter and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, "What do all the people do？"

"We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not."

"So when it goes down, you go down with it."

"That’s what happens, sir."

"How long will the computer be down？" I wanted to know.

"I have no idea. Sometimes it's down for ten minutes, sometimes for two hours. There is no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it’s down it won’t answer us."

After the girl told me they had no backup computer, I said, "Let's forget the computer. What about your planes？ They're still flying, aren't they？"

"I couldn't tell without asking the computer."

"Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he’s flying to Washington." I suggested.

"I wouldn’t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to ' Washington', he couldn’t take you if you didn’t have a ticket."

"Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours.'？"

"I wouldn't know," she said, pointing at the dark screen. "Only 'IT' knows. 'it' can't tell me."

By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage(行李).

The best headline for the article is ______.

A．When the Computer Is Down

B．The Most Frightening Words

C．The Computer of the Airport

D．Asking the Computer

er is down. " You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, "I m sorry, I can t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down. " "If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket. " "I cant write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so. " I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, "What do all you people do？" "We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not. " "So when it goes down, you go down with it. ""That s good, sir. " "How long will the computer be down？" I wanted to know. "I have no idea. Sometimes it s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There s no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it s down it won t answer us. " After the girl told me they had no backup computer, I said, "Let s forget the computer. What about your planes？ They re still flying, arent they？""I couldn t tell without asking the computer. " "Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he s flying to Washington," I suggested. "I wouldn t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldnt take you if you didn t have a ticket. " "Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours？" "I wouldn t know," she said, pointing at the dark screen. "Only IT knows. It can t tell me. " By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The words soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white; some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage. The best tide for the article is

A.When the Computer Is Down

B.The Most Frightening Words

C.The Computer of the Airport

D.Asking the Computer

’ life really say a lot more. Scientists are using tree tings to learn what's being happening on the sun's surface for the last ten thousand years. Each ring represents a year of growth. As the tree grows, it adds a layer to its trunk taking up chemical elements from the air. By looking up the elements in the rings for a given year, scientists can tell what elements were in the air that year. Doctors Stevenson is analyzing one element—carbon-14 in ring from both living and dead trees. Some of the tings go back almost ten thousand years to the end of the Ice Age. When Stevenson followed the carben-14 trail back in time, he found carbon-4 levels change with the intensity of solar burning. You see, the sun has cycles. Sometimes it burns fiercely and other times it's relatively calm. During the sun's violent periods, it throws off charged particles in fast moving strings called solar winds. The particles interfere with the formation of carben-14 on earth. When there's more solar wind activity, less carbon-14 is produced. Ten thousand years of tree rings show that the carbon-14 level rises and falls about every 420 years. The scientists concluded that the solar wind activity must follow the same cycle.

What can the tree's rings tell us？

A．The age of the tree.

B．The changing activities of sun.

C．A lot more.

D．All the above.

you tell us what language will be if it has no such design feature？

听力原文：W: Hi, Li Hua. What are you doing this semester？

M: Oh, I'm still learning English. I have to do one more semester before I can start my real studies at the university.

W: You make it sound like prison. How are the classes？

M: They're all right, I guess. I don't know. It seems like they never tell us what we really need to know.

W: What do you mean？

M: Look, when I study mathematics, for instance, we start with definitions. Then we have problems and some equations and processes to learn. You go to class, you keep up, you do the homework, and you know it. You pass exams. But English class is quite different. First of all, they don't want to teach us all the rules. They tell us one rule. Fine. We use that rule, but soon it won't work. It's more complicated or there are a lot of exceptions or something. Sometimes I think the teachers don't know the rules either.

W: But you don't learn a language from the rules, anyway. You have to use it.

M: Yes. That's something else they tell us. But why can't we just go to class, study, and do our homework？ That's what I know how to do.

W: Look at this way, can you learn to play soccer by sitting at home and reading about soccer？

M: No, of course not. Not if you want to play well.

W: But why not？ You could understand the rules of strategy, the duties of each position, and all the special situations. You have to feel the ball, practice kicking it hundreds of times, practice running down the field, moving toward the goal, and centering the ball. No one can learn that by passively studying. Learning a language is more like learning to play soccer than learning mathematics. You have to ask a lot of questions and hear how the answers sound. You have to listen to how people indicate the important part of what they're saying. And then of course endless practice on all the details spelling, "s" endings, articles.., just like practice in simple dribbling and kicking.

M: But if it's a skill like soccer, not a science, why do they teach it in schools and universities, and give you diplomas and grades？

W: That's a good question. It is confusing, but languages are important and people do want to learn them. But the main thing is to practice the language a lot, just like soccer.

M: Maybe I'll join a soccer team and practice English and soccer at the same time. I can talk with people before and after the practice.

W: That's a good idea.

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A．The rules in English language.

B．Learning English and mathematics.

C．The approach to learning English.

D．Playing Soccer needs a lot of exercise.

Revise the following e-mail message. And the formatting of the message is to be scored.

TO: Andrea Kana

This message is in response to your recent inquiry about mail costs. Your message of April 30 said that you wanted a brief explanation of what is being done in Mail Services to cut back on overall costs. I can tell you that I've been doing many things to cut costs.

For one thing. l' m trying very hard to locate duplicate names and addresses inadvertently included in our mailing lists. This problem is particularly difficult when we merge multiple mailing lists. Another thing l'm doing relates to envelope size. Departments that use envelopes larger than 631 by 1131 are costing us a lot of money. which they do not realize. Therefore. 1 am making a proposal to all departments to limit the envelope size.

Finally. l' m looking into the possibility of presorting some of our first- and third-class mail. Mailings that are presorted are charged less.

George Miller

听力原文：M: Good morning, love.

W: Morning.

M: Sleep well？ I've made some tea; here you are

W: Thanks, Any post？

M: Not really. There' s a questionnaire to fill in from the company which gave us the free samples of tinned meat to try out for them.

W: They' ve got a nerve!

M: But we did say we'd return the questionnaire when we took the samples.

W: What do they want to know？

M: If we liked it.

W: If we liked it？ Are they joking？ You' re not fining it in now, are you？ What for？

M: We did premise and if I do it now I can post it on my way to work.

W: Well, write ' didn' t like it.

M: I'll put ' not much. ' That sounds nicer. Then it says ' If not, why？ '

W: No flavor. Too much fat.

M: 'How did you cook it ？' is next.

W: Fried it like they said, didn't I？ Took a mouthful and gave it to the cat.

M: "Guests ' comments, if any"!

W: The cat became ill. Poor thing, her fur went all green.

M: Did guests ask for the brand name？'

W: Tell them that our cat can't speak.

M: 'Will you be buying our product regularly？'

W: Certainly not! They must be out of their minds.

M: 'Did you find the tin attractive？'

W: Cut myself opening it. Nearly lost my thumb. Couldn't use it for a week. I thought it was infected.

M: 'Any other comments？'

W: Well, tell them we' re too polite to answer that.

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A．the morning

B．the afternoon

C．the evening

D．the information is not given