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M: There’s Bill on his bicycle. Will he have it fixed
W: Don’t be silly, that would have been a waste of money. It only had a flat tire.

What conclusion can be drawn from the woman’s statement（）
A. Bill repaired the tire himself.
B. Bill will have his bicycle fixed.
C. Bill was silly to have wasted his money.
D. Bill now wrote a check for the bill.

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W: Bill, have you finished the research paper for biology
M: Not yet, I always seem to put things off until the last minute.

What did the man mean（）
A. He wrote it last semester.
B. He’ll finish it in a few minutes.
C. He never does assignments early.
D. He isn’t going to write it.

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M: Hello. Jane. is Bill feeling any better today
W: Oh, yes. But the doctor says he’ll have to stay in bed.

Where is Bill now（）
A. At the office.
B. in his own house.
C. On his way to work.
D. In the hospital.

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M: How do Jane and Bill like their new home
W: It’s realty comfortable, but they are tired of having to hear the jets go over their house at all hours.

What is located close to Jane and Bill’s new home （）
A. A bus station.
B. An airport.
C. A super highway.
D. A train station.

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In the morning, President Bush and his wife Laura will attend a church service across from the White House. Then, they will go to the Capitol Hill for the swearing-in ceremony. Every four years, workers build a special stand outside for that purpose.
The chief justice of the United States traditionally swears in the vice president and then the president. However, Vice President Dick Cheney is to take the oath of office from Dennis Hastert, the speaker of the House of Representatives. Chief Justice William Rehnquist has thyroid cancer. But he is still planning to swear in President Bush.
Newly inaugurated presidents give a speech, officially called an inaugural address.
After the ceremony, the president and vice president and guests go inside the Capitol to have lunch. Later, they watch a parade along Pennsylvania Avenue with floats and marching bands from around the country. Pennsylvania Avenue is a wide street with the Capitol at one end an
A. introduce the process of presidential inauguration
B. introduce the new president
C. introduce how presidents are elected
D. introduce the wife of Mr. Bush

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W: Leonard works as hard as his Roommates.
M: That’s not saying very much.

What conclusion can be drawn form the man’s statement （）
A. leonard does not talk much.
B. Leonard speaks with difficulty.
C. keonard’s roommates do not talk to him.
D. Leonard doesn’t work very hard.

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[听力原文]8-10
W: What are you doing, Bill Writing a letter
M: Yes, and it’s not easy.
W: My Aunt Mabel sent me a gift for my birthday. I can’t remember which gift was hers, but I want to thank her for it.
M: Oh, that’s a difficult problem. When it happens to me, I just write to say" Thank you for the wonderful girl" without saying what a gift was. Are you with me
W: Yes, thanks. That’s a clever idea.
M: When you have a bad memory, you have to be clever.

What’s the matter with Bettie （）
A. She doesn’t know how to write a letter.
B. She never receives any gifts.
C. She has received too many gifts from her Aunt Mabel.
D. She can’t remember what gift her Aunt Mabel sent her.

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Conversation 2
[听力原文] 8-10
W: Hi, Bill. I haven’t seen a film for half a year. Do you have some free time to go to the cinema with me this weekend
M: Sure. But I don’t have any information about the recent films. What about you
W: Well, my workmate tells me that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone will be on.
M: What’s that
W: I don’t know. It is said that kids like it a lot.
M: Perhaps you can take our son there. It’s boring for me to sit there for two hours.
W: Oh, you’re that kind of man. Um, a violent film called The Most Wanted will also be on at the same time. Maybe you can come with us.
M: That’s a clever idea. I like American films very much. We can go to the same cinema and come home together, but watch different films.

What’s the relationship between the two speakers（）
A. Husband and wife.
B. Classmates.
C. A teacher and his students.
D. Colleagues.

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Conversation 1
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W: Hi, Bill. This is Nancy.
M: Oh, hi. How is everything going
W: Just fine, thanks. How about you
M: Pretty well.
W: Uh, I’m calling to see if you will be free on Saturday night.
M: Hmm, Saturday night Let me think. Oh, I’m afraid not. My brother just called to say he was coming that night. I told him I would meet him at the airport.
W: Oh, that’s too bad! It’s my birthday and we are going to have a party at my place. I thought you would come then.
M: I’m really sorry, but I won’t be able to make it.

Why does the woman call the man（）
A. Invite him to her birthday party.
B. Go shopping.
C. Travel together.
D. See a film.

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[听力原文]11-15
Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something which has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand -- he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him.
What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experiences into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors, out of the countless billion possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors, or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist.
Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies. Their choices indicate these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beauti