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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］ 女士问Did you have time to look at my proposal? 你有时间看看我的建议么。听完全文，可见是一个关于新的商业计划的提案，因此正确答案是Suggestions concerning new business strategies.
20. What does the woman say about the equipment of their factory?
【解析】［B］ 女士说New equipment should have been installed long ago.即早就该给工厂装新的设备了。所以正确答案为工厂应该引进最新的设备。
21.What does the woman suggest about human resources?
【解析】［B］女士说We’ll probably have to hire a couple of engineers to help us modernize the factory.女士建议雇用一些工程师帮助实现工厂的现代化。所以正确答案应是 B项：A few engineers should be employed to modernize the factory.
22. Why does the woman suggest advertising on TV?
【解析】［C］ 从女士的话it’s just not enough anymore.We need to be more aggressive in order to keep ahead of our competitors 中可看出，仅仅在报纸上做广告是不够的了。
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］ 男士准备写一篇关于20世纪三、四十年代好莱坞电影的论文，他现在正在检索所需要的参考书，所以答案是“他在搜寻参考材料”。
24. What does the librarian think of the topic the man is working on?
【解析】［A］ 此题关键在于听出女士，即这位图书馆员说：Your topic sounds pretty big.Why don’t you narrow it 她认为这位男士的题目太大，因此答案应为It’s too broad to cope with.
25. Where can the man find the relevant magazine articles?【解析】［D］ 本题在听力原文中可直接找出答案。女图书馆员说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找到相关的杂志文章。
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］ 短文第一句就点出了文章的主旨，There are many reasons why family life in Britain has changed so much in the last fifty years.即主要讲了英国家庭生活变化的诸多原因。
27.Why did British women become indispensable to industry after World War II?
【解析】［A］ 为什么英国妇女二战之后在工业上起着不可或缺的作用？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.从这两句话中可得出答案，由于战争中成千上万的男子牺牲了，因此女子必须承担起劳动的重任。
28.What remained unchanged in spite of all the challenges in family life?
【解析】［A］ 虽然文中花了大量篇幅介绍英国人家庭生活变化的种种原因。但本题的答案出现在文章最后一句，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
