[简答题]Why are some retailers more confident about yearend shopping

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M: Why don’t you have some more soup
W: No, thank you. It’s delicious, but I’ve had enough.

Will the woman have more soup Why or why not （）
A. Yes, because it’s delicious.
B. Yes, because she hasn’t had enough yet.
C. No, because it’s not delicious.
D. No, because she is full.

[填空题]The passage is mainly about the reasons why boys are different from girls in many fields.

[填空题]Many people worry about some electronic creations made by human can surpass human creators.

[单项选择]He was rather (vague) about the reasons why he never finished school.
A. bright
B. unclear
C. general
D. bad

[填空题]This passage is mainly about some social and cultural changes of 1970s and 1980s.

[多项选择]Some more information: The beginning time of the party: 7:00; Plan on Sunday: go fishing or play table tennis together; How to find your house: a board "Kelly’s Home" near the road; The distance from Petty’s house to yours: one hour of driving. Dear Petty, I hope you didn’t make any plans for this weekend. You know I’ve moved into a new house.______ Looking forward to your reply soon. Yours affectionately, Kelly

[填空题]We can make up our minds about some people within only seven seconds of meeting them.

[单项选择]
· You will hear a panel discussion about some major problems, or issues facing the Internet technology. The host is joined by an industrial expert and a senior executive from Effnet, a Swedish company producing Internet security equipment.
· For each question 23--30, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.
· You will hear the recording twice.

What’s the especially big issue that holds back the Internet A. The quality of being easy to use. B. For most of us, broadband access is years in the future. C. To maximize the Internet’s sufficiency.

[简答题]The examiner will ask some more general questions which follow on from the topic in Part 2.
Do you think too many people are dependent on cars as a means of transport
Why do people prefer to travel by car Is there a way of changing this attitude
How could public transport systems be improved
How can the amount of air travel be reduced throughout the world
How will people travel in the future, do you think

[单项选择]Some countries are more populous; some have more crime. But in no other country are crime fighters quite so knowledgeable about citizens as in Britain. On January 4th a boastful Home Office detailed the triumphs of the world’s biggest forensic DNA database, which holds samples from more than 5% of the entire population of England and Wales. Recent changes to the rules governing the database mean that it may eventually hold profiles from more than a fifth of all adults.
Once a country starts storing DNA samples from criminals it is hard to resist the urge to expand the collection. When the National DNA Database (NDNAD) was set up in 1995, samples could only be taken from those charged with "recordable" offences. If a suspect was not tried, or was freed, the sample had to be destroyed and the profile removed from the database.
That law was abandoned in 2001 , after two men who had been convicted of murder and rape had their cases overturned on appeal -the DNA evidence against t
A. proved that the former rule of NDNAD should be abolished.
B. led to the destroy of 200,000 samples in NDNAD.
C. resulted in the two men being confined in prison.
D. showed the importance of the DNA evidence.