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Text 3 Travel is at its best a solitary enterprise: to see, to examine, to assess, you have to be alone and unencumbered. Other people can mislead you; they crowd your meandering impressions with their own; if they are companionable they obstruct your view, and if they are boring they corrupt the silence with nonsequiturs, shattering your concentration with "Oh, look, it’s raining," and "You see a lot of trees here". Travelling on your own can be terribly lonely (and it is not understood by Japanese who, coming across you smiling wistfully at an acre of Mexican butter cups tend to say things like "Where is the rest of your team" ). I think of evening in the hotel room in the strange city. My diary has been brought up to date; I hanker for company; what do I do I don’t know anyone here, so I go out and walk and discover the three streets of the town and rather envy the strolling couples and the people with children. The museums and churches are closed, and toward midnight the streets are empty. If I am mugged, I will have to apologize as politely as possible: "I am sorry, sir, but I have nothing valuable on my person." Is there a surer way of enraging a thief and driving him to violence It is hard to see clearly or to think straight in the company of other people. Not only do I feel selfconscious, but the perceptions that are necessary to writing are difficult to manage when someone close by is thinking out loud. I am diverted, but it is discovery, not diversion, that I seek. What is required is the lucidity of loneliness to capture that vision, which, however banal, seems in my private mood to be special and worthy of interest. There is something in feeling object that quickens my mind and makes it intensely receptive to fugitive might also be verified and refined; and in any case I had the satisfaction of finishing the business alone. Travel is not a vacation, and it is often the opposite of a rest. "Have a nice time," people said to me at my send-off at South Station, Medford. It was not precisely what I had hoped for. I craved a little risk, some danger, an untoward event, a vivid discomfort, an experience of my own company, and in a modest way the romance of solitude. This I thought might be mine on that train to Limon. Travelling companions are a disadvantage, according to the writer, because they ______.

A. give you the wrong impression about the journey.
B. distract you from your reading.
C. intrude on your private observations.
D. prevent you from saying what you think.

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Questions 11~13 are based on the following conversation. You now have 15 seconds to rend Questions 11~13. What’s Frank’s son’s hobby

A. Gardening.
Bowling.
Collecting stamps.
D. Painting.

Part A You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer Questions 1 to 10 by circling True or False. You will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. You now have 60 seconds to rend Questions 1~10. Others will care as much about your job-hunt as you do.

A. 对
B. 错

On Monday, October 9th, Prolert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will begin preliminary testing of the mechanical prototype for the packaging and labeling assembly line. If the prototype is successful, this sector will begin using automated production on the first of November, with other departments to follow when the timing is appropriate. Packaging and Labeling will be the first of the company’s divisions to make the switch to automated production.The automated technology is an industry standard and is being adopted by ProLert Pharmaceuticals in accordance with the decision reached by the board to directors. After two years of decreased profits and diminishing returns, the board voted to streamline the company, which includes implementing the automated process. The technology has been shown to lower labor costs, and maximize output.For details on the automated process and broader streamlining measures, you can visit our employee notice page under www.prolert.employees.com. For questions regarding how the new technology is forecast to affect employee status, click on "streamlining measures", or speak to-the Human Resources Manager, Richard Beacon. How can readers find out more about the new processes ?()

A. By visiting the company’s main marketing website.
By speaking to Human Resources manager
C. By reading the memo entitled "streamlining measures"
D. By looking up the employee notice page online

TELEPHONE MESSACEFinance and Expenditure DepartmentDate: February 10Time: 2:00 p.m.Message taken by: Nancy JohnsonMessage for: Ryan ShermanWHILE YOU WERE OUT_Mr. Cavanaugh called.Will call back at 5:00 p.m.Message: The president is worried about the latest figures from our company’s efficiency report. On the phone, he made reference to the overhead costs, including miscellaneous expenses, which have increased significantly in recent months. The president is very concerned about this. His assessment is that since we began outsourcing to Phones on the Go, our overseas telecommunications contractor, our own productivity has dropped dramatically.He wants to talk to you about conducting a company-wide survey on the possible causes, and he wants to discuss conducting an intensive study on the year’s fiscal outlook. What is this message about ?()

A. The new process for filing miscellaneous expenses
B. The risks of relocating the company’s headquarters
C. The company’s expansion into overseas markets
D. The assessment of a company’s financial performance

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