1 . What are the speakers talking about?

A．A phone.

B．A handbag.

C．A dress.

2 . How much money will the man probably lend to the woman?

A．$400.

B．$300.

C．$100.

3 . What is the woman’s concern when buying a desk?

A．The brand.

B．The price.

C．The size.

4 . What kind of car will the speakers buy?

A．The one with four doors.

B．The one with two doors.

C．The one in red.

5 . Shenzhen is an ideal shopping place for visitors. The following is a list of the most popular shopping areas in the city.

North Huaqiang Area

The most prosperous shopping area in Shenzhen, it is home to dozens of market places for electronic products, clothing and jewelry. Some market places each house hundreds of shops, from flagship stores selling big brands to small shops where you can bargain.

It is also a great place to dine, with plenty of restaurants offering various Chinese dishes and foreign brands like Pizza Hut, Hagen Dazs and AijiSen.

Dongmen Area

One of the oldest commercial centers in Shenzhen, this area highlights a walking street flanked by humming stores. It is a good place to buy clothes, handbags, fashion accessories, jewelry, handicrafts, toys and small electronic gadgets.

MixC Shopping Mall

It is the city’s largest shopping mall and one of the most luxurious, selling clothes, cosmetics and fashion accessories. There is a large indoor ice skating rink, a movie theater and a supermarket selling many imported goods. You can also find quite a few foreign restaurant brands here, including Pizza Hut, Starbucks and a Japanese noodle house.

Shekou

Sitting by a beautiful cove in Western Nanshan District, this quiet place is frequented by many expatriates living in Shenzhen. There are stores selling antiques, collectibles, handicrafts and souvenirs, as well as bars and restaurants offering western food.

1. What can you do at North Huaqiang Area？

A．Skate.	B．Enjoy Chinese food.
C．Watch a film.	D．Buy antiques.

2. Where can you find a large indoor place to skate？

A．In North Huaqiang Area.	B．In Dongmen Area.
C．In MixC Shopping Mall.	D．In Shekou.

3. Where does this passage probably come from？

A．A text book.	B．A museum guide.
C．A news report.	D．A travel magazine.

6 . Twilight of the Brands

It's a truism of business-book thinking that a company's brand is its "most important asset," more valuable than technology or patents or manufacturing prowess．But brands have never been more fragile．The reason is simple: consumers are supremely well informed and far more likely to investigate the real value of products than to rely on logos．

Absolute Value, a new book by Itamar Simonson and Emanuel Rosen shows that, historically, the rise of brands was a response to an information-poor environment．    1     If a car was made by G.M, or a ketchup by Heinz, you assumed that it was pretty good．It was hard to figure out if a new product from an unfamiliar company was reliable or not, so brand loyalty was a way of reducing risk．

Today, consumers can read much research about whatever they want to buy．This started back with Consumer Reports, which did objective studies of products．    2     It has given ordinary consumers easy access to expert reviews, user reviews, and detailed product data, in an array of categories．

A recent study found that eighty per cent of consumers look at online reviews before making major purchases, and a host of studies have logged the strong influence those reviews have on the decisions people make．    3     An undesirable product can become a laughingstock（笑柄） in a matter of hours．In the old days, you might buy a Sony television set because you'd owned one before, or because you trusted the brand．Today, such considerations matter much less than reviews on Amazon and Engadget and CNET. As Simonson said, "each product how has to prove itself on its own．"

It's been argued that in a world where consumers are overwhelmed with information, the information will actually make brands more valuable．Indeed, the role a brand plays in people's lives has become all the more important, But information overload is largely a myth．    4     And this has made customer loyalty pretty much a thing of the past．Only twenty-five per cent of American respondents in a recent study said that brand loyalty affected how they shopped．

A．But what really weakened the power of brands is the Internet．

B．For consumers this is ideal: heightened competition has raised quality and held down prices．

C．When consumers had to rely on advertisements and their past experience with a company, brands served as a guarantee for quality．

D．A large quantity of consumers fail to get a great deal of information efficiently and effectively．

E．The rise of social media has sped up the trend to an astonishing degree．

F．Most consumers figure out how to find what they're looking for without spending huge amounts of time online．

7 . In every British town, large or small, you will find shops that sell second-hand goods. Sometimes such shops deal mostly in furniture, sometimes in books, sometimes in ornaments(装饰品) and household goods，sometimes even in clothes.

The furniture may often be"antique", and it may well have changed hands many times. It may also be very valuable, although the most valuable piece will usually go to the London salerooms, where one piece might well be sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds. As you look around   these shops and see the polished wood of chests and tables, you cannot help thinking of those long-dead hands which polished that wood, of those now-closed eyes which once looked at these pieces with love.

The books, too, may be antique and very precious;some may be rare first printings. Often when someone dies or has to move house, his books may all be sold, so that sometimes you may find whole libraries in one shop.On the border between England and Wales, there is a town which has become a huge bookshop as well. Even the cinema and castle have been taken over, and now books have replaced sheep as the town’s main trade.

There are also much more humble(简陋的)shops, sometimes simply called"junk shops", where you can buy small household pieces cheaply. Sometimes the profits (利润)from these shops go to charity. Even these pieces,though,can make you feel sad; you think of those people who once treasured them, but who have moved on to another country or to death.

Although the British do not worship(崇拜) their ancestors, they do treasure the past and the things of the past. This is true of houses as well. These days no one knocks them down: they are rebuilt until they are often better than new. In Britain, people do not buy something just because it is new. Old things are treasured for their proven worth; new things have to prove themselves before they are accepted.

1. Books found in second-hand bookshops may       .

A．be copies of the earliest printings	B．be on sale for the first time
C．never be worth very much	D．never be rare

2. The British people       .

A．do not respect old things because they are not fashionable

B．like to build new houses simply because it is fashionable to do so

C．like to buy new things because they are fashionable

D．do no like to buy things simply because they are fashionable

3. What does the underlined word them in paragraph 4 refer to?

A．Junk shops.

B．Profits from shops.

C．Old things.

D．Old houses.

8 . 听下面一段长对话，回答以下小题
1. When did Betty plan to meet Susan?

A．At 2:00.

B．At 2:30.

C．At 3:00.

2. What did Betty finally buy?

A．A skirt.

B．A sweater.

C．A blouse.

9 . Suppose you want to buy some new clothes or a new TV. Or maybe you need some work done on your car. How can you find the best price without shopping all over town？Ads can help you. Ads can show you lots of prices. And you don’t have to go anywhere to see them. Just open a newspaper or magazine，and you’ll find plenty of ads. The following is an ad about TV sets for sale. Please read it and answer the questions below.

1. How many different kinds of TV sets does the store advertise here？

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the advertisement？

A．You can buy any kind on July 14th.

B．The service time is 9-9 every day except Monday.

C．The larger the screen is, the higher the price will be.

D．The lowest price is more than 300.

3. Which is NOT mentioned in the ad？

A．The date of the American National Day (July 4th).

B．The postcode of the area where the store is.

C．The phone number of the store.

D．The names of the TV sets.

10 . What does the woman think of the price?

A．Too low.

B．Reasonable.

C．Too high.