PAPER ONE
PART Ⅰ LISTENING COMPREHENSION


SECTION A TALK
  1.答案：B
【问句译文】根据该短文，十八、十九世纪城市小的原因是什么？
【试题分析】本题为细节理解题。
【详细解答】谈话首段第二句说"Throughout those years the total urban population re mained small and so with the cities."由此可见，因为当时城市人口少，所以城市也就 小。
2.答案：A
【问句译文】在以前的年代城市生存下来的主要原因是什么？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】谈话第二段第三句说"Throughout the pre-modern era, this part of urban life remained so overwhelmingly commercial that almost every city owed its devel opment to trade."由此可知，经济贸易活动是当时城市生存下来的主要原因，故答案选A 。
3.答案：D
【问句译文】下列哪一项不是城市居民的经济活动？
【试题分析】本题为细节题，可用排除法解答。
【详细解答】短文第二段第四句说"…they also collected and processed goods from the se areas and distributed them to other cities."因此distribution，processing是包 含在经济活动里，所以应排除选项B和C。commerce意为trade，故可排除A。因此选项D)tran sportation为正确答案。
4.答案：C
【问句译文】下列哪一项不属于都市人离开城市的原因？
【试题分析】本题为细节题，可用排除法解答。
【详细解答】谈话第四段倒数第三句说"These individuals and groups sought economic o pportunities or looked for a better social, political or religious atmosphere." 这里提到了"更多的经济机会"，"更自由的社会和政治环境"，"更加宽松的宗教环境" ，只是没有提到"更多的教育机会"，故选项C为正确答案。
5.答案：D
【问句译文】在整个18世纪，为什么早期城市不能像预期的那样快速发展？
【试题分析】本题为主旨题。
【详细解答】谈话倒数第二段最后一句说"For the next thirty years, the proportion re mained relatively stable and it was not until the 1830 did the urban figure move d back up to the level of 1690." 由此可知，人口相对稳定是根本原因，故选项D为正 确答案。


SECTION B INTERVIEW
6.答案：B
【问句译文】根据Janet的观点，影响谈判的主要因素是什么？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】当采访者指出商业谈判中可能会遇到一些情况，而且并不是每个人都能达到自己 的谈判目的。Janet回答说"Well, because, I mean, negotiations between business pa rtners from different countries normally mean we have negotiations between indiv iduals who belong to distinct cultural traditions."由此可知，不同的文化传统是影 响谈判的主要因素，故答案选B。
7.答案：D
【问句译文】Janet对美国式的谈判态度如何？
【试题分析】本题为推理题。
【详细解答】当采访者问到Janet对美国式谈判的态度时，她回答说 "…the American negot iators make their points in a direct, sophistical way."这里的关键词sophistical 意为"复杂的，老练的"，那么和美国人谈判就必须小心谨慎，故答案选D。
8.答案：A
【问句译文】下列哪一项不是巴西和美国谈判者的区别？
【试题分析】本题为细节推理题。
【详细解答】女士在提到巴西和美国谈判者的特点时说"Brazilian importers look at peop le they're talking to straight in the eyes a lot. They spend time on what some p eople thinks to be background information. They seem to be more indirect.…Ameri can style of negotiating, on the other hand, is far more like that of point-maki ng; first point, second point, third point, and so on."，这里是说巴西谈判者谈话 不是很直接，而美国谈判者在谈判之前要罗列很多点。由此可知，巴西和美国谈判者在谈判 时都拐弯抹角，故答案选A。
9.答案：C
【问句译文】下列哪一种人谈话最直接？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】前面已经说到"…the American negotiators make their points in a direct , sophistical way."而采访中并没有说英国人或德国人谈话直接，故答案选C。
10.答案：B
【问句译文】下列哪一项不是日本人的特征？
【试题分析】本题为细节题，可用排除法解答。
【详细解答】在谈到日本人的特征时，Janet分别说到"…the average Japanese business p erson does choose his or more really her words very carefully." 由此可排除选项A ．Reserved（矜持的，寡言的）；由"Many Europeans nod its extreme politeness of t heir Japanese counterpart…"，可排除选项C . Polite(礼貌的)；由"They're also ve ry reserved to people they don't know well. " 由此可排除选项D．Prudent（谨慎的 ）。只有选项B．Prejudiced（偏见的）没有提及，故为正确答案。


SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
News Item 1
11.答案：B
【问句译文】这则新闻主要是讲什么的？
【试题分析】本题为主旨题。
【详细解答】新闻首句说"The first International Tibetan Traditional Medicine Conference will be held…"，由此可知，这则新闻主要是讲一次大型医药会的，故答案选B。
News Item 2  
12.答案：C
【问句译文】该新闻主要关注香港哪一方面问题？
【试题分析】本题为主旨题。
【详细解答】新闻第三句说"She outlined three policy objectives in developing an E-government in Hong Kong at the IBM Asian E-government Executive Seminar."由此句可知，该新闻主要关注香港的E-govermnent问题。
13.答案：D
【问句译文】三个政治目标中没有下列哪一项？
【试题分析】本题为细节题，可用排除法解答。
【详细解答】新闻末尾说到三个政治目标问题，即"The first policy objective is to develop an electronic and peopleless government so as to improve the efficiency, cost-effectiveness and quality of public service. The second is to promote the wide adoption of E-commence with the government setting a leading example. The third is, through the E-government program, to integrate service delivery across motorable department and agencies."这里提到了"to improve the efficiency"，"to promote the wide adoption of E-commence"，和"to integrate service delivery"，故可排除选项A、B、C。
  News Item 3
14.答案：C
【问句译文】下列哪一项是Donovan Bailey当年排在第二的最好纪录？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】新闻第二句说"Bailey recorded the second best time of the year short of the 9. 91 set…"，由此可知Donovan Bailey当年排在第二的最好纪录是9. 91秒。
15.答案：D
【问句译文】该记录表明Bailey怎样？
【试题分析】本题为推理题。
【详细解答】解答本题的关键句是Bailey自己说的一句话，"I would have run 9. 80 if I'd really pushed myself. "即要是他真正冲出去的话，跑9.80秒是没问题的，而实际记录为9. 91秒，由此可知，他这次并没有发挥好，故选项B为正确答案。