Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
听力原文:W: Tom, can you tell me what percentage of the United States' population is registered to vote?
M: Off the top of my head, I'm afraid I don't know.
What does Tom mean'?
(12)
A. He put file information on top of his desk
B. He doesn't know the answer right now.
C. The top of his head hurts.
D. He's not sure of the population of the US.
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Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文: Did you know that vegetables can be tricked into growing in climates they are not accustomed to? Cool climate vegetables are now able to be grown in places as hot as Ha wan. In Hawaii, marine engineers have been able to actually convince such vegetables that they're living in cooler climate. That way they grow faster and taste better. What these engineers have been using is very simply cold sea water. How do they use it. They place pipes in the soil and the cold water flow in through them cools the air. This stimulates plants growth and enables gardeners in tropical climates to grow crops from cooler climates, Also some of these pipes are exposed to the air and they condense moisture and thus irrigate the garden. What's especially appealing about this process is that nothing damaging to the natural environment is being used. Another innovative use for cold ocean water is to cool buildings. Engineers believe that, for example, the entire west coast of the United States could be air-conditioned using sea water.
(27)
A. Hawaii is cooler now.
B. The vegetables have become accustomed to the weather in Hawaii.
C. They are cheated to believe that they are growing in cool climate.
D. They are transgenic vegetables.
A.Rag dolls.B.Wooden and clay dolls.C.Fashion dolls.D.Stone dolls.
A. Rag dolls.
B. Wooden and clay dolls.
C. Fashion dolls.
D. Stone dolls.
公安部决定建立聘请特邀监督员制度,并于()颁布了《公安部聘请特邀监督员办法》。
A. 1999年7月22日
B. 1996年7月22日
C. 1998年7月22日
D. 36699
?Read the article below about inventory.
?For questions 13—18, mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet for the answer you choose.
Inventory
Inventory belongs to an important element of the cost of doing business in a large company. If a company is assembling cars, they must have a large number of parts in hand so that the assembly line does not stop because one part is missing. If cars are going down the assembly line and one person is supposed to fasten wheels on to the car, the whole line will stop if he runs out of fasteners. This means that several hundred men will be waiting while someone must find fasteners for the wheel. So there must be a sufficient number of parts of all sorts nearby in order to keep the car assembly line running smoothly.
A large supply of spare parts is very expensive, so a company will try to keep its inventory as low as it can without finding it necessary to stop production for lack of a part.
In a planned company, i.t was often difficult to secure spare parts and so many companies ordered many extra parts and kept large supplies of parts so that if a mistake was made in planning, they could continue to produce. This was known as just-in-case inventory.
As an economy moves from s planned economy to a market economy, the-important thing for a business is to make money and not just produce. It's very expensive to keep large suppliers available just in case there is a delay in delivery. So increasingly, companies are moving to another system of inventory of spare parts as low as possible. This way they do not have to pay for parts used in production until just before they are paid for the finished product. This saves them much capital and is a much more efficient method of operating. The problem with this is that if a shipment is delayed or lost for some reason, the whole factory may have to stop because they don't have one little part. This is very expensive.
Most modern industries try to keep inventory as low as possible, but when they adopt just-in-time inventory control, they try to keep at least some extra in stock for emergencies.
In a planned economy it was often difficult to secure spare parts, ______.
A. so many companies manufacture them all by themselves
B. so many companies have to stop the production lines while waiting
C. so many companies place large orders for emergencies
D. so many companies feel quite headache about this problem