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[06:07.09]What're your suggestions for our audiences?
[06:10.15]M: The best thing to do is to drink milk or eat cheese or tuna fish.
[06:14.86]They are all rich in amino acid that helps produce a substance in the brain that induces sleep.
[06:21.20]This substance will help you relax.
[06:23.72]And you'll be on the way to get a good night's sleep.
[06:27.54]W: I'm so excited to hear all this.
[06:30.17]I guess many of us will change our way of life since they have listened to their talk.
[06:35.51]M: Your sleeping will become better and better if you insist.
[06:39.23]W: I'm sure I will! Thank you much for your advice and thanks for joining us this evening!
[06:45.17]M: It's my pleasure.
[06:46.38]Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[06:51.40]9. Where is the talk most probably being given?
[07:10.35]10. According to the speaker, what happens when you turn and twist to get comfortable?
[07:32.42]11. According to the speaker, what sometimes causes people to have trouble sleeping?
[07:54.22]12. What does the speaker say about sleeping pills?
[08:13.69]Conversation Two
[08:15.08]W: Hi, morning! What's up?
[08:17.48]M: Nice to see you on way to work.
[08:19.89]W: I just read a curious fact.
[08:22.41]M: What is it? I like curious things.
[08:25.08]W: Did you know that people who spend less than ten minutes
[08:28.47]in a gift shop are five times more likely to make a purchase
[08:32.19]than those who spend half an hour there?
[08:34.59]M: Was it an article in the Morning News?
[08:37.22]I saw it, too. But think, if someone runs into a gift shop for ten minutes,
[08:42.47]it's usually to make a specific purchase. That's why they would just spend a short period of time.
[08:48.05]W: And someone who spends more time there maybe just looking.
[08:51.88]M: Exactly. Haven't you ever gone into a store thinking
[08:55.71]that you'd buy something, and then talk yourself out of it?
[08:58.77]W: Yes, I have. Especially when I thought I could get it for less elsewhere,
[09:03.47]or I really didn't need it after all.
[09:06.09]M: Exactly. But if you run in to buy something specific and have very little time,
[09:11.24]you pick it up, pay for it immediately and then leave.
[09:14.19]W: That's true. Maybe we should learn a lesson from that.
[09:17.58]Take your time and you'll spend less money. We always have to budget our money well.
[09:23.16]M: I doubt if that would be true in all stores, though.
[09:26.45]In a department store, for instance,
[09:28.52]you may see a sweater or something you never intended to buy
[09:31.81]and buy it because you have time to look around.
[09:34.87]W: That's sometimes true. Every theory has its conditions!
[09:39.35]M: Yes, you're right. Here we are! The office is nice and warm.
[09:43.84]W: I'll see you soon. Have a nice day!
[09:46.36]Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[09:52.26]13. What is the main topic of the conversation?
[10:12.51]14. What fact have the man and woman learned about the gift shops?
[10:33.17]15. What does the man say about people who shop quickly?
[10:53.35]Section B
[10:54.96]Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.
[11:00.87]At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.
[11:05.46]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.
[11:10.60]After you hear a question,
[11:13.22]you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).
[11:20.12]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
[11:26.46]Passage One
[11:28.10]Despite its enormous size the Airbus A380 still manages to look graceful.
[11:35.32]The double-decker plane that can carry over 550 passengers dwarfs all other commercial aircraft.
[11:44.40]Later today one will land for the first time in the UK.
[11:48.55]Wings are produced here in North Wales and traveled by land, river and sea for assembly in France.
[11:57.08]Until now the Boeing 747 Jumbo was the world's biggest passenger plane, but no longer.
[12:05.40]A380 is as high as an 8-storey building,
[12:09.88]take-off thrust from the plane's four engines equals 2 500 family cars.
[12:16.44]Without seats, it can contain 10 squash courts.
[12:20.93]But the European Airbus will soon have an American rival,
[12:25.96]Boeing's 787 Dream liner, which is smaller,
[12:30.88]can fly further, and isn't restricted to large airports.
[12:35.47]These aircrafts represent extraordinary technological breakthrough,
[12:40.62]reducing fuel emissions by about 20%,
[12:44.33]much better conditions inside the aircraft and offering
[12:48.49]both airlines and passengers much greater flexibility in their long-hauled journeys.
[12:54.72]A380 may offer shops and a casino or even a gym
[12:59.86]so that its good-value seats will win the airline battle.
[13:04.13]Critics of the new aircraft including environmentalists
[13:09.38]say it might be more fuel efficient per passenger than other jets,
[13:13.87]but the benefits we'll get from it are a drop in the ocean
[13:17.91]compared to the huge climate emissions from aviation.
