1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．To reduce unemployment rates.

B．To increase workers’ salaries.

C．To attract international companies to the UK.

D．To check if a shorter workweek is achievable.

2.

A．To reduce employees’ expenses.	B．To meet employees’ preferences.
C．To increase productivity.	D．To follow government regulations.

3.

A．A way to attract and keep talent.	B．A trend in the workplace.
C．A try-out of a new workweek policy.	D．A demand for higher pay.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．Low-income Mexican students who want to be pilots.

B．Low-income Californian students who live in Mexico.

C．Low-income Mexican students who live near the US border.

D．Low-income Californian students who want to attend community colleges.

2.

A．$1,500.

B．$7,200.

C．$8,000.

D．$10,000.

3.

A．Helping Californians become lawmakers in the US.

B．Increasing diversity among workforce in the US.

C．Making it easy for Mexicans to achieve education.

D．Avoiding loss of talent in the United States.

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What would happen to bakers if they were found to cheat the customers in Medieval England?

A．They would be given a good beating.

B．They would have to close the business.

C．They would make a public apology.

D．They would be thrown to prison.

2. Why did the baker throw an extra stick of bread in medieval England?

A．To prove they were not bad at counting numbers.

B．To avoid having air content in their bread.

C．To ensure their baked products were not short of weight.

D．To make the baked products look more attractive.

3. What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A．The meaning of dozen in different places.

B．The first law about the baking industry.

C．The development of the word “dozen”.

D．The origin of the term “a baker’s dozen”.

4 .

A．Predictable.

B．Boring.

C．Tense.

D．One-sided.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。1.

A．The theme is too hard to understand.	B．The sound is too frightening.
C．The opening images are too violent.	D．The language is unacceptable.

2.

A．The dialect.	B．The conversation.
C．The background.	D．The plot.

3.

A．It makes the book unusual.	B．It makes the characters vivid.
C．It makes the dialogues humorous.	D．It makes the book easy to read.

4.

A．The film is officially prohibited to children because of violence in it.

B．The woman finds that the film is more interesting than the book.

C．The man believes the film is fairly priced and recommends seeing it.

D．The man has negative comments both on the book and the film.

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 1.

A．Rings made of tubes.	B．Coins with a hole.
C．Rings made of coins.	D．Coins with an ancient sign.

2.

A．When to give it.	B．When to buy it.
C．The occasion on which people wear it.	D．The hand on which people wear it.

3.

A．Transformation of wedding rings.	B．Ways to make wedding rings.
C．Customs related to wedding rings.	D．Commitment in wedding rings.

7 .

A．Fascinating artworks in the Louvre.	B．The magnificent Eiffel Tower.
C．Their days in Paris.	D．A plan for the trip to France.

8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．She used to be a doctor.	B．She loved risky sports since young.
C．She was fond of school life.	D．She was born into an adventurous family.

2.

A．Rewarding.

B．Frightening.

C．Mysterious.

D．Hazardous.

3.

A．Amelia’s belief in the development of air travel.

B．Amelia’s initiative and pioneering work in flying.

C．Amelia’s role in arousing women’s interest in flying.

D．Amelia’s life experience and regret as a woman pilot.

9 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．Those who wish to be a leader.

B．Those who are warm and inviting.

C．Those who have trouble socializing.

D．Those who judge people by first impressions.

2.

A．Because it means time is important.

B．Because it reflects that you value them.

C．Because it allows you to get ready early.

D．Because it applies to various business situations.

3.

A．By communicating with people in public.

B．By talking with anyone around you in life.

C．By trying to stop talking every time you use them.

D．By practicing with these words at home one at a time.

10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.

A．It helps to organize everything.

B．It keeps people waiting before they try to study.

C．It enables people to review things they have studied.

D．It gives the brain enough practice before things are forgotten.

2.

A．Because it relates images to each other.

B．Because it strengthens relations between ideas.

C．Because it withdraws learned stuff from memory.

D．Because it helps build links between different ideas.

3.

A．Improving memory is not a mission impossible.

B．People can memorize things even under huge stress.

C．Stopping smoking and alcohol has nothing to do with memory.

D．It is advisable that people do more exercise to improve memory.