This new country didn’t come into ___until the year 1918.

Dialogue Three

Interviewer: How long did you live in the States？

Interviewee: I was there for two years， in New York， and I enjoyed it tremendously. What I liked best was that I could work and still lead a normal life. I mean， the shops are open till 10: 00p. m.

Interviewer: All shops？

Interviewee: Yes， everything. Food shops， chemists， and department stores. ____ 8 ____ And on public

holidays， only the banks are shut.

Interviewer: I see， emm...Do you think New York is as multinational as London？

Interviewee: Oh， that‘s for sure. But it‘s not as mixed ____ 9 ____like there‘s Russian， the German section and China Town. But I think the major difference between these two cities was the height of the place. Everything was up in the Big Apple. We lived on the thirty-fifth floor. And of course everything is faster and the New Yorkers are much ruder.

Interviewer: Oh! In what way？

Interviewee: Well， pushing in the street， fights about getting on the bus， ____ 10 ____ And of course the taxi drivers! New York taxi drivers must be the rudest in the world!

第8题__________ 查看材料

A.nationalities stay in their own areas

B.people don"t queue like they do here in England.

C.Cultures vary from country to country.

D.Some supermarkets are open twenty-four hours a day.

听力原文： To find out how the name Canada came about we must go back to the 16th century. At that time the French dreamed of discovering and controlling more land, of expanding trade beyond their borders and of spreading their faith across the world. In 1535, Francois I, King of France, ordered a navigator named Jacques Cartier to explore the New World and search for a passage to India.

Cartier first arrived at the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, which he wanted to explore. He did not know what to expect but he hoped that this Gulf was just an arm of the ocean between two islands, if it was, be would soon be on his way to the Far East. So he sailed upstream along the St. Lawrence River. However, instead of reaching Asia he arrived at Quebec or Stadacona, as the Indians called it. It was at this point that the term "Canada" entered the country's history. Apparently the word "Canada" came from an Indian word Kanata, which means community or village. Cartier first used it when he referred to Stadacona or Quebec. What a huge village Canada is!

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A．To build a new country.

B．To explore the New World.

C．To get in touch with the American Indians.

D．To know more about France.

Traditionally, it was thought that it could【5】the luck they would have【6】the coming year by【7】they did or ate on the first day of the year. For that reason, it has become common for【8】to celebrate the first few minutes of a【9】new year in the【10】with the family and friends. Parties often last into the middle of the night after the ringing of a new year. It was once believed that the first visitor on New Year's Day would bring【11】good luck or bad luck to the rest of the year. It was particularly lucky if that visitor【12】to be a tall dark-haired man.

Traditional New Year's【13】are also thought to bring luck. People in many parts of the US celebrate the New Year by【14】black-eyed peas and cabbage. Black-eyed peas have been considered good luck in many cultures. Cabbage leaves are considered a【15】of prosperity, being【16】of paper currency. Other traditions of the season include the making of New Year's resolutions. That tradition also【17】back to the early Babylonians. Popular modern resolutions might include the【18】to lose weight or quit smoking.

The song, "Auld Lang Syne", is sung at the【19】of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the New Year. "Auld Lang Syne" literally【20】"yearning for the old days."

(1)

A．remarked

B．commented

C．observed

D．viewed

Furthermore, the country's recent economic progress has been, according to Donald Johnston, the secretary-general of the OECD, "stunning". GDP in the second quarter of the year was 13.4% higher than a year earlier, a rate of growth that no EU country comes close to matching. Turkey's inflation rate has just fallen into single figures for the first time since 1972, and this week the country reached agreement with the IMF on a new three-year, $10 billion economic program that will, according to the IMF's managing director, Rodrigo Rato, "help Turkey... reduce inflation towards European levels, and enhance the economy's resilience (弹性)".

Resilience has not historically been the country's economic strong point. As recently as 2001, GDP fell by over 7%. It fell by more than 5% in 1994, and by just under 5% in 1999. Indeed, throughout the 1990s growth oscillated like an electrocardiogram recording a violent heart attack. This irregularity has been one of the main reasons (along with red tape and corruption) why the country has failed dismally to attract much-needed foreign direct investment. Its stock of such investment (as a percentage of GDP) is lower now than it was in the 1980s, and annual inflows have scarcely ever reached $1 billion (whereas Ireland attracted over $25 billion in 2003, as did Brazil in every year from 1998 to 2000).

One deterrent to foreign investors is due to disappear on January 1 st 2005. On that day, Turkey will take away the right of virtually every one of its citizens to call themselves a millionaire. Six naughts will be removed from the face value of the lira; one unit of the local currency will henceforth be worth what lm is now--i.e., about C0.53 ($0.70).

Goods will have to be priced in both the new and old lira for the whole of the year, but foreign bankers and investors can begin to look forward to a time in Turkey when they will no longer have to juggle mentally with indeterminate strings of zeros.

The mood of the workers was pessimistic in that______.

A．their plant would go to bankruptcy

B．they would be unemployed temporarily

C．new models and investment would bring about jobs cut

D．they are confronting the threat of losing jobs

根据以下材料，回答题

About Turkey

Some of the concerns surrounding Turkey"s application to join the European Union， to be voted on by the EU"s Council of Ministers on December 17th， are economic—— in particular， the country"s relative poverty. Its GDP per head is less than a third of the average for the 15 pre-2004 members of the EU. But it is not far offthat of one of the ten new members which joined on May 1st 2004 （Latvia）， and it is much the same as those of two countries， Bulgaria and Romania， which this week concluded accession talks with the EU that could make them full members on January 1 st 2007.

Furthermore， the country"s recent economic progress has been， according to Donald Johnston，the secretary-general of the OECD，"stunning". GDP in the second quarter of the year was 13.4% higher than a year earlier， a rate of growth that no EU country comes close to matching. Turkey"s inflation rate has just fallen into single figures for the first time since 1972， and this week the country reached agreement with the IMF on a new three-year， $10 billion economic programme that will， according to the IMF"s managing director， Rodrigo Rato，"help Turkey... reduce inflation toward European levels， and enhance the economy"s resilience".

Resilience has not historically been the country"s economic strong point. As recently as 2001， GDP fell by over 7%. It fell by more than 5% in 1994， and by just under 5% in 1999. Indeed， throughout the 1990s growth oscillated like an electrocardiogram recording a violent heart attack. This irregularity has been one of the main reasons （along with red tape and corruption） why the country has failed dismally to attract much-needed foreign direct investment. Its stock of such investment （as a percentage of GDP） is lower now than it was in the 1980s， and annual inflows have scarcely ever reached $1 billion （whereas Ireland attracted over $25 billion in 2003， as did Brazil in every year from 1998 to 2000）.

One deterrent to foreign investors is due to disappear on January 1st 2005. On that day， Turkey will take away the right of virtually every one of its citizens to call themselves a millionaire. Six noughts will be removed from the face value of the lira; one unit of the local currency will henceforth be worth what lm are now， i. e.， about E0.53 （$0.70）. Goods will have to be priced in both the new and old lira for the whole of the year， but foreign bankers and investors can begin to look forward to a time in Turkey when they will no longer have to juggle mentally with indeterminate strings of zeros.

What is Turkey‘s economic situation now？ 查看材料

A.Its GDP per head is far lagging behind that of the EU members.

B.Its inflation rate is still rising.

C.Its economy grows faster than any EU member.

D.Its economic resilience is very strong.

Most people say that the USA is making progress in fighting

AIDS, but they don't know there's cure and strongly disagree that 【S1】______.

"the AIDS epidemic is over, " a new survey finds:

The findings, relieved Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foun- 【S2】______.

dation, reassure activists who have worried that public concern

about AIDS might disappear in night to recent news about ad- 【S3】______.

vances in treatment and declines in deaths.

"While people are very pessimistic about the advances, 【S4】______.

they're still realistic about the fact that there is no cure, "

says Sophia Chang, director of HIV programs at the founda-

tion.

The Kaiser Family Foundation did find in its survey that 【S5】______.

the number of people ranked AIDS as the country's top health 【S6】______.

problem has fallen.

In the poll, 38% says it's the top concern, down from 【S7】______.

44% in a 1996 poll. Other findings from Kaiser, which poll 【S8】______.

more than 1, 200 adults in September and October and asked

additional question of another 1, 000 adults in November 【S9】______.

show that 52% say that the country is making progress

against AIDS, up from 32 % in 1995. Daniel Zingale, director

of AIDS Action Council, says, " I'm encouraged that the Amer-

ican people are getting the message what the AIDS epidemic 【S10】______.

isn't over. I hope the decision-makers in Washington are get-

ting the same message. We have seen signs of complacency (满足)."

【S1】

developing countries. Professor James West from North America argued that one of the key needs for developing

countries was to implement rigorous systems of corporate governance to underpin investor confidence in businesses

in those countries. If they did not, he warned, there would be no lasting economic growth as potential foreign inward

investors would be discouraged from investing.

In reply, Professor Amy Leroi, herself from a developing country, reported that many developing countries are

discussing these issues at governmental level. One issue, she said, was about whether to adopt a rules-based or a

principles-based approach. She pointed to evidence highlighting a reduced number of small and medium sized initial

public offerings in New York compared to significant growth in London. She suggested that this change could be

attributed to the costs of complying with Sarbanes-Oxley in the United States and that over-regulation would be the

last thing that a developing country would need. She concluded that a principles-based approach, such as in the

United Kingdom, was preferable for developing countries.

Professor Leroi drew attention to an important section of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to illustrate her point. The key

requirement of that section was to externally report on – and have attested (verified) – internal controls. This was, she

argued, far too ambitious for small and medium companies that tended to dominate the economies of developing

countries.

Professor West countered by saying that whilst Sarbanes-Oxley may have had some problems, it remained the case

that it regulated corporate governance in the ‘largest and most successful economy in the world’. He said that rules

will sometimes be hard to follow but that is no reason to abandon them in favour of what he referred to as ‘softer’

approaches.

(a) There are arguments for both rules and principles-based approaches to corporate governance.

Required:

(i) Describe the essential features of a rules-based approach to corporate governance; (3 marks)

(1) A typical American woman is _____.

A、single or married

B、divorced

C、ure about herself and her role

D、all of the above

(2) Which of the following statements best describes the organization of the second paragraph？

A、Two contrasting views of a problem are presented

B、An uation is explained and then reasons are given

C、A problem is examined and possible answers are given

D、Historical view is explained in comparison with the present

(3) During the industrialized twentieth century, the role of women _____

A、was strengthened

B、was as important as early

C、was on the decline

D、was more reinforced than early days

(4) Women took part in men’s jobs during the time of _____.

A、the Second World War

B、the West movement

C、the early immigration

D、the industrialized twentieth country

(5) What is the main idea of this passage？

A、Different life styles led by the American women

B、American women were free to step into nontraditional roles

C、American women worked hard to establish their roles in American history

D、American women were independent because they did not have to follow the regulations at all

A.Canad

B.The US

C.Australi

D.The UK.

A.I have felt

B.I did feel

C.have I felt

D.did I feel

根据听到的内容，回答问题

Where did Gall spend the nights in the country？ 查看材料

A.In a farm house．

B.In the open．

C.At a hotel．