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M: Look, how tall the mountain is! Let’s climb up to the top.
W: Well, I’m feeling a bit tired.
M: Come on! You can’t really enjoy the beauty of the mountain if you don’t climb.
W: OK. Let’s go. Wow! The scenery here is really marvelous! The flowers, the trees, and the fresh air!
M: I’ve told you that climbing is rewarding!
W: I feel as if I were in a different world.
M: Seeing is believing!
W: You are right.
M: Are you feeling tired now
W: No. I’m really enjoying the beauty of the nature. Let’s make a last eftort to the top.

What are the two speakers doing （）
A. They are talking about the scenery.
B. They are enjoying the flowers.
C. They are arguing about something.
D. They are climbing up the mountain.

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Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a very complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of numerous services, including labor, professional, transportation and public-utility services. The interrelationships of all these prices make up the system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.
If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define "price," many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words, that price is the money value of a product or service as agreed upon in a market bargaining. This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particula
A. The exchanging forms in bargaining.
B. The complexities of the price system.
C. The inherent weaknesses of the price system.
D. The relationship between the resource allocation and the price system.

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Conversation 2
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M: How much are the carnations and the roses
W: One dollar for each carnation and (9)one and a half for each red rose.
M: (9)Then I’d like a dozen red carnations and half a dozen red roses.
W: I bet it’s for your mother, (8)as it’s Mother’s Day today.
M: Well, not completely true. (8)It happens to be her birthday.
W: Oh, really I guess she must be very happy to receive these beautiful carnations from you.
M: Yeah, she will. She really likes flowers. So I buy her some every year. I’d just wish they would stay fresh longer than they do.
W: (10)Put a little sugar and vitamin C in the water. They’ll stay fresh for days.
M: Really I’ll tell my mother. And thanks for your suggestion.
W: That’s all right. Happy birthday to your mother!

What day is it today（）
A. Birthday of the man’s mother.
B. Mother’s Day.
C. Mother’s Day and the birthday of the man’s mother.
D. Mother’s Day and the lady’s birthday.

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M: How are your violin lessons going
W: Very well. My teacher thinks I’m making progress, and I find the lessons well worth the time and trouble.

What does the woman think of the violin lessons （）
A. They are too expensive.
B. They are very rewarding.
C. They are too easy.
D. They are given by a strict teacher.

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M：How about your adventure to the isolated island
W：It was worth neither the time nor the money．

What does the woman mean（）
A. The adventure was worth the money but not the time．
B. The adventure was worth both the time and the money．
C. The adventure was not worth the time or the money．
D. The adventure was worth the time but not the money．

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W: How much are these pillows, please
M: Four dollars each or seven dollars for the pair.

How much does one pillow cost （）
A. $8.
B. $7.
C. $4.
D. $3.5.

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W: How many people survived this fire
M: There were 2 men on the first floor and 3 women with a child on the second floor, but no one was badly hurt.

How many people were killed in the fire（）
A. 2.
B. 3.
C. 6.
D. Non

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W: Hello. How was the marketing meeting
M: It was awful. I think I put forward some great ideas, but none of them were accepted.

What can we learn from the conversation （）
A. The meeting was boring.
B. The man didn’t like this kind of meeting.
C. The man’s ideas were not accepted by others.
D. The meeting was successful with some ideas put forward.

[简答题]【听力原文】 My topic today is how to address the problem of hunger and starvation, which still exists in many parts of the world. To end hunger starts with people’s own productivity. A dangerous and patronizing cliche we often hear is: give a man a fish and feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for life. People living with chronic hunger have generations of wisdom about ’fishing’ — the problem is the barbed wire around the lake. The hunger project announced recently by the United Nations cut through the barbed wire, addressing the underlying social conditions that systematically deny hungry people the opportunity they need to end their own hunger. When we invest in a hunger project, we are investing in people’s productivity and giving people a chance to translate their hard work into improved well-being. We are ensuring that people get the opportunities which are rightfully theirs. Too often hungry people are isolated, marginalized and exploited. Mobilizing communities a

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M: Please show me how to plant flowers
W: It’ s my pleasure. You dig a hole, put in the seed, cover it with dirt and then water it.

What’ s the second procedure to plant flowers （）
A. Dig a hole.
B. Water the seed.
C. Put in the seed.
D. Cover the seed with dirt.

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M. Could you tell me when the next bus leaves for New York
W: The next bus leaves in three minutes; if you run you might catch it.

What will the man probably do （）
A. Sit next to the bus stop.
B. Fix his torn sleeve.
C. Catch cold.
D. Hurry to get the bus.