Section 1: Listening Test

Part A: Spot dictation

1. success or failure

2. More and more Americans are electing

3. boys and girls blossom

4. tend to achieve more

5. strong religious or cultural reasons

6. out of reach

7. costly private schools

8. separating the sexes

9. many girls get short-changed

10. positive exuberate attitude

11. watch their male peers

12. begin to gain confidence

13. such a fragile time

14. an obsession with weight

15. raise a girl's self-esteem

16. all female schools

17. reinforce the regressive notion

18. has fostered a controversy

19. question the validity

20. They believe there is no such thing as separate but equal

Part B: Listening Comprehension

Question 1---5

1. D A personal assistant.

2. C To organize business trips and conferences

3. B French and Italian

4. B Not less than 18,000

5. C She is applying for the job or a conference coordinator.

Question 6---10

6. C 106

7. A The trade deficit hit an all-time high n the previous quarter

8. D An A.P. photographer was taken away by masked gunmen

9. B Killing large predators bred in captivity will be made illegal

10. D Land and air traffic, and communications were considerable affected

Question 11---15

11. D Employees go to work even when they are sick.

12. A It costs more productivity for companies than actually absenteeism

13. D 72%

14. C Announcing disciplinary measures against those working when sick.

15. B Respiratory droplets.

Question 16---20

16. A The widespread use of illegal drugs is the greatest concern of the Americans.

17. C $105 billion

18. D More money being needed in education and medical care

19. A Legalizing drugs would be considered unconstitutional.

20. A Americations have not chosen legalization as a solution to the drug problem

Section 2: Reading Test

Question 1---5

21. C online news and information provided by professional reporters and editors

22. D only the trusted online information would survive and be accepted by the crowds

23. A expertise determines the choice by the crowds.

24. C the choices of the accumulated online users should be considered more trustworthy and reliable that those of the few with expertise

25. A as a starting point for his argument and discussion

Question 6---10

26. B it has been accepted by the whole nation.

27. A changes

28. C how to define Britishness

29. D irony

30. A even the Labour Party today will not accept this as an oath of allegiance

Question 11---15

31. D indicates the tricky issue of the protection of intellectual property

32. C range

33. D as it was an example of conceptual art which causes accusations of plagiarism

34. D He is ready to fight all those who have accused him of plagiarism.

35. D there is no other way to protect ideas unless the work exists

Question 16---20

36. B have shown different feelings people have in different parts of the world

37. C exclusive enjoyment

38. B they were condemned by Jesuit map-makers in their charting of the Moon's surface

39. B to tell the readers the definition of maps given by the famous British playwright

40. D Different types of maps can reveal a wide variety of purposes and perspective.

Section 3: Translation Test

一般说来，在美国进行投资可以通过设立分公司的方式来实现。对那些非美国企业而言，此举虽然可行，但也不乏诸种弊端，尤其考虑到上税的问题。

这些非美国公司的分支并不受限于联邦法令或美国的注册要求。可是，各大州仍要求一家"外来"公司在该州"开公司前"必须先获得相应的资格。而只要一家公司是依别国或他州法律建立的，那就被视为是"外来"的。因此这个要求并非是仅仅针对非美国公司的。

"开公司"这一专业术语意味着在某公司在该州是实质性存在的。也就是说，该公司需要购置或租借一片地产，确保一定数量的商品以在当地销售，还的有自己的员工等等。把商品直接卖给给当地人，或是通过独立销售代表或经销商把商品销售出去，都不能算是"开公司"。

各州对整个审核过程的监控并不十分严格，而只要保证，一方面审核中的实体名称不和早先已注册的实体名重合，另一方面所有注册费用及税收都已付清（申请资格的过程从根本上讲就是一个纳税的过程）。在大部分州，非美国公司要获得开公司的资格只需一个十分简单的申请程序，付一笔注册费，以及公司章程经公证的或有效复件。

Section 4: Listening Test

Part A: Note-taking and Gap-filling

1. differences

2. economic

3. education

4. house

5. car

6. retirement

7. greater

8. longer

9. divorced

10. money

11. pressure

12. initiatives

13. classes/courses

14. Management

15. advice

16. 70%

17. financial

18. well-informed

19. skills

20. independent