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(Preliminary )
Part I Listening Comprehension(30 minutes，30 points)
Section A Dialogues(10 points)
Directions ：In this section ，you will hear 10 short dialogues.At the end of each dialogue，a question will be asked about what was said.Both the dialogue and the question will be read 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.Then m ark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1.A .A sales clerk. B .A police officer.
C .A tailor. D .A nurse.
2.A .By train. B .She walks.
C .By car. D .By bus.
3.A .Fish is the only dish left. B .Chicken is the only dish left.
C .Vegetarian meals are not offered. D .There aren't any vegetarian meals left.
4.A .He starts work next weekend. B .He'll be away.
C .He'll be in the mountains. D .He's moving to Florida.
5.A .In an elevator. B .At a dress store.
C .On the seventh floor. D .At a department store.
6.A .They felt it was disorganized.
B .They were pleased with its Asian content.
C .They felt it lacked Asian content.
D .They felt it ignored recent events.
7.A .He doesn't have enough time.
B .He doesn't have a watch.
C .The library doesn't have the articles he wants.
D .He can't find the library.
8.A .He wants the woman to dine out with them.
B .He wants to work tomorrow.
C .He wants the woman to finish dinner first.
D .He wants to pay for the dinner.
9.A .Twice a day. B .Twice a week.
C .Once a week. D .Daily .
10.A .At two o'clock. B .At four o'clock.
C .At three thirty. D .At eight o'clock.
Section B News Items(10 points)
Directions ：In this section，you will hear 10 pieces of short news.There will be a question following each piece of news.Write down the answer to each question in no more than 15 words .
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20._______________________________________ Section C Compound Dictation(10 points)
Directions ：In this section，you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the first time ，you should listen carefully for its general idea.Then listen to the passage again.When the passage is read for the second time，you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 21 to 28 with the exact words you have just heard.For blanks numbered from 29 to 30，you are required to fill in the missing information .You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.Finally ，when the passage is read for the third time，you should check what you have written and rewrite the correct answers on the Answer Sheet.
Although general Motors and General Electric are large multinational companies with operations around the globe，there are numerous smaller companies that engage in international trade.Because 95percent of the world's population and two-thirds of its (21)_____ power are located outside the United States，it is important for American (22)_____to be present in foreign markets.However ，before we explain the different methods by which a company may (23)_____in international trade，we might first consider some important (24)_____that U.S.companies often fail to study before they sell products in a foreign country .These factors are (25)_____with differences in language ，in values and attitudes ，and in political (26)_____.
When (27)_____Coca-Cola into the Chinese market in 1920，the company used a group of Chinese symbols that，when spoken，sounded like Coca-Cola.However ，when read， these symbols meant，a female horse fattened with wax.Upon reentering the Chinese market in the 1970s，Coca-Cola used a series of Chinese (28)_____that translates into happiness in the mouth .(29)_________________________.
Culture is the total pattern of human behavior that is practiced by a particular group of people .(30)_________________________.
Part II Vocabulary and Structure(15 minutes，30 points)
Section A Multiple Choice(20 points)
Directions ：Questions 31-50 constitute a complete passage.There are 20blanks in the passage.For each blank there are four choices marked A ，B ，C and D .Choose the one that best completes the sentence .Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
31.Senior Metropolitan police officers tried to dismiss the Noting Hill race riots which raged for five nights over the August bank holiday in 1958 as the work ofruffians ，both colored and whitehell-bent on hooliganism ，according to __B___ official files.
A .recent revealed B .newly released
C .previous disclosing D .earlier exposing
32.But police eyewitness reports in the secret papers_D___ that they were overwhelmingly the work of a white working class mob out to get theniggers .
A .contain B .convince
C .consist D .confirm
33.The ferocity of the Noting Hillracial riots，as the press called them at the time，shocked Britain into_A _C___ for the first time that it was not above the kind of racial conflict then being played out in the American deep south.
A .realizing B .witnessing
C .watching D .identifying
34.The carnival ，which will__C___ the streets of west London _____more than 1.5 million people this weekend ，was started in 1959 as a direct response to the riots.
A .crowd ;of B .pour ;for
C .fill ;with D .emerge ;in
35.While senior officers tried to play down the racial aspects of the riots，the internal Metropolitan police files released this month at the public record office confirm that the disturbances were overwhelmingly _C __A__ by 300 to 400 strongKeep Britain White mobs ，many of them Teddy boys armed with iron bars ，butcher's knives and weighted leather belts，who wentnigger-hunting among the West Indian residents of Noting Hill and Noting Dale.
A .erupted B .commenced
C .triggered D .inaugurated
36.The first night left five black men _A __D__ on the pavements of Noting Hill.
A .lying unconscious B .there died
C .feel faint D .serious hurt
37.The battles raged over the bank holiday weekend as the black _D____responded in kind with counterattacks by large groups ofmen of colorsimilarly armed.
A .column B .army
C .brigade D .community
38.Thomas Williams was stopped by the police as he came out of Bluey's Club on Talbot Road，Noting Hill .He __B___a piece of iron down his left trouser leg，a petrol bomb in his right pocket and a razor blade in his inside breast pocket：I have to protect myself，he told the arresting officer.
A .found to have B .was found to have
C .found having D .was found having
39.The _A_B ___ files，which were sealed under the 75-year rule but have been released early，show that senior officers tried to convince the then home secretary，Rab Butler ，that there was not a racial element to the rioting.
A .forbidden B .confidential
C .incredible D .strict
40.In his official report，Detective Sergeant M.Walters of the Notting Hill police said the national press had been wrong to portray thewidespread series of street disturbancesas racial riots ：Whereas there certainly was some __A___ feeling between white and colored residents in this area，it is abundantly clear much of the trouble was caused by ruffians，both colored and white，who seized on this opportunity to indulge in hooliganism .
A .ill B .sick
C .painful D .hurt
41.But the police witness statements and private statistics __B_D__ .
A .told differently B .interpreted in a different way
C .existed m any differences D .told a different story
42.The Met commissioner was told that _C_D___ the 108people who were charged with offences ranging from grievous bodily harm to affray and riot and possessing offensive weapons，72 were white and 36 were colored .
A .for B .from
C .of D .in
43.It is popularly believed that the riot began on the night of Saturday，August 20，when a 400-strong crowd of white men，_B D____Teds ，attacked houses occupied by West Indians.
A .they are all B .many of them
C .some were D .most of them belong to
44.Among the __C__ was Majbritt Morrison ，a young white Swedish bride of a Jamaican.
A .offenders B .rioters
C .victims D .residents
45.She was pelted with stones，glass and wood，and _B _D___ in the back with an iron bar as she tried to get home.
A .bruised B .struck
C .patted D .scratched
46.The internal police witness statements provide graphic evidence of the motives of the mobs—at one point crowds several thousand strong roamed the streets of Notting Hill，_B____ homes and attacking any West Indian they could find.
A .plunging into B .breaking into
C .seeking for D .searching for
47.PC Richard Bedford said he had seen a mob of 300 to 400 white people in Bramley Road _C__A__：We will kill all black bastards.Why don't you send them home?
A .shouting B .to cry
C .utter D .announced
48.PC Ian McQueen on the same night said he was told：Mind your own __D___，cops .Keep out of it .We will settle these niggers our way.We'll murder the bastards .
A .matters B .affair
C .things D .business
49.The disturbances continued night after night until they finally petered out on September 5.At the Old Bailey Judge Salmon later handed down exemplary __D___ of four years each on nine white youths who had gonenigger hunting.
A .decisions B .statements
C .trials D .sentences
50.While those dealt with by the courts were overwhelmingly white ，the large number of black people also arrested and the official _C____ there had not been a racial motive ensured a legacy of black mistrust of the Metropolitan police that has never really been eradicated .
A .persistence B .perseverance
C .insistence D .instance
Section B Error Correction(10points )
Directions ：The following passage contains 9 errors.In each case only one word is involved.You should proofread the passage on the Answer Sheet and correct it in the following way：
EXAMPLE
One night，quite late，I was still awake in the room I am shared with 1. am
my husband.I was lying on my right side and can hear a child crying. 2. could
Getting up，I went ∧ see if our son was all right. 3. to
He was sleeping soundly，breathing deeply and gently. 4. √
The Zipper
Whatever did we do before the invention of the zipper?
In 1893 the world's first zipper was produced in Chicago.
Although the inventor claimed that it was a reliable fastening
for clothing，this was not th
