单项选择题 SECTION A CONVERSATIONSDirections: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.听力原文：M: Business center. Can I help you?W: Yes. I want two reports faxed. Would it be possible?M: Certainly madam. It has 12 pages all together. It is right?W: Yes. The fax number is 033 -815 -964 -45 -39. I have asked them to confirm the fax to me. Please send it back when you receive it.M: Fine. I'll send it back, together with your original copy to your room as soon as possible.W: Does your hotel have interpreters?M: Yes. Russian, French and Japanese interpreters are available for you; of course we also have English ones.W: The International Medical Research Conference will be held in the Easter Hall from May 12, but our English interpreter has fallen ill. We'd like to have an interpreter with good language proficiency and basic medicine background.M: I'll see what I can do. May I have your name and room number, please?W: Ms. Brown, Room 1104.M: Ms. Brown, we charge $ 50 per day for interpreter's service, is that OK?W: No problem. It would be better if I can talk with the interpreter in advance before the conference.M: OK. How long do you need this service, Ms. Brown?W: I'm not quite sure. It depends on the progress of the meeting.M: OK. As soon as I have made the arrangements, I'll phone you and send a confirmation form. for you to sign.W: That would be nice. Thank you.Why does the woman come to the business center?A．She wants to fax her reports.B．She intends to have a talk with the manager of the center.C．She wants to find a translator.D．She comes here to deal with a business.

单项选择题 听力原文：W: Hi, Jim. Have you ever read the works of Ernest Hemingway?M: Oh, I like Hemingway very much, his style, the Hemingway theme with a Hemingway hero.W: You are really my bosom friend. Yes. Hemingway wrote all his life about one theme, that is 'grace under pressure'. The world Hemingway created is a world of violence, despair and death, a world in which man cannot find the meaning of life.M: Yes. I have the same feeling with you. But his hero is not a coward, a weeper. In face of inevitable defeat, keeping a stiff upper-lip means a kind of victory. W: So he often has stoic endurance. Even in defeat he can maintain some dignity; in spite of defeat he continues to fight with the despairing courage, which enables him to behave like a man, to assert his dignity in face of adversity. From him we can see the spirit of the noble--Hemingway type of individualism.M: It is a kind of tragic beauty. I am deeply touched by their spirit, even though it's futile to fight.W: At least they give us a stir, give us an inspiration: never give up.M: Yes. Hemingway is a myth in his own times, and a myth in American literature. But he ended his life to the whole world's shock.W: He died a strong man, a hero. Few have such a despairing courage, and he did this with 'grace under pres sure'.What is the conversation mainly about?A．The writing skills of Ernest Hemingway.B．The life and profession of Hemmingway.C．The hardship suffered by Hemingway.D．Hemingway's theme and writing style.

单项选择题 听力原文： One way that scientists can learn about man is by animals, such as mice, rats and monkeys. The scientists in this laboratory are experimenting on mice. They are studying the relationship between diet and health. At this time over 100 experiments are going on in this laboratory. In this experiment, the scientists are studying the relationship between the mount of food the mice eat and their health. The mice are in 3 groups. All the 3 groups are receiving the same healthy diet. But the amount of food that each group is receiving is different. The first group is eating I cup of food each day, the second is eating 2 cups, and the third group of mice is eating 3 cups. After 3 years, the healthiest group is the one that is only eating I cup of food each day. The mice in this group are thinner than normal mice. But they are more active. Also they are living longer. Mice usually live for 2 years. Most of the mice in this group are still alive after 3 years. The second group of mice is normal weight. They are healthy, too. They are active, but not as active as the thinner mice. But they are only living about 2 years. The last group of mice spend most of the day eating or sleeping. They are not very active. These mice are living longer than the scientists thought: about a year and a half. But they are not healthy. The experiment is still going on. The scientists hope to finish their studies in 2 years.According to the passage, what animals are often used by scientists to learn about man?A．Mice.B．Rats.C．Monkeys.D．All of the above.