[填空题]Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
You’ve decided to try advertising your business with post cards. The idea came to you from the post cards you receive from other businesses. You like the idea because it seems easy to do and economical. However, you’ve never tried this before so yon question whether this method will bring you customers.
Let me say this first, "All Forms of Advertising Work! " However, you have to clearly understand how the advertising medium works and realize that each form has its limitations along with costs associated with it.
Advertising in any medium has always been about repetition and getting your name remembered. It’s called "Branding". Study businesses that use television commercials. They are constantly repeating their business message 1000’s of times a day. They are the best free examples to watch and learn from.
So for your business, you can conclude that the more your prospects see your nam

[单项选择] Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Protests at the use of animals in research have taken a new and fearful character in Britain with the attempted murder of two British scientists by the terrorist technique of the pre-planted car-bomb.
The research community will rightly be alarmed at these development, which have two objectives: to arouse public attention and to frighten people working in research with animals. The first need is that everything should be done to identify those responsible for the crimes and to put them on trial. The Defence Research Society has taken the practical step of offering a reward of 10,000 pounds for information leading to those responsible, but past experience is not encouraging. People are unlikely to be tempted by such offers. The professional police will similarly be confronted by the usual problem of finding a needle in a haystack.
That is why the intellectual community in Britain and elsewhere must ac
A. encouraging
B. defensive
C. rebellious
D. comforting

[单项选择] Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
No one should be forced to wear a uniform under any circumstances. Uniforms are demanding to the human spirit and totally unnecessary in a democratic society. Uniforms tell the world that the person who wears one has no value as an individual but only lives to function as a part of a whole. The individual in a uniform loses all self-worth.
There are those who say that wearing a uniform gives a person a sense of identification with a larger, more important concept. What could be more important than the individual himself If an organization is so weak that it must rely on cloth and buttons to inspire its members, that organization has no right to continue its existence. Others say that the practice of making persons wear uniforms, say in a school, eliminates all envy and competition in the matter of dress, such that a poor person who cannot afford good-quality clothing is not to be belittled by a wealthy per
A. Wearing uniforms has both advantages and disadvantages.
B. Wearing uniforms should be promoted strongly.
C. Wearing uniforms will destroy economy.
D. Wearing uniforms have many negative effects.

[单项选择]Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will he given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.
After the conquest of Normans, French had become the main language of ______.
A. the actors
B. the engineers
C. the governors
D. the doctors

[单项选择]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.
According to the passage, which statement is CORRECT
A. The elephant is the biggest animal In the world.
B. Female and male elephants live together all life long.
C. The elephant has a good memory.
D. The male elephant often has lots of male friends.

[单项选择]Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.
During the Middle Ages, what happened to the umbrella
A. It appeared again in Italy.
B. People hardly used it.
C. It became a symbol of honor and authority again.
D. It appeared in France and later on in Englan

[单项选择]Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
The sight of eight long black legs moving over the floor makes some people scream and run—and women are four times more likely to take fright than men. Now a study suggests that females are genetically prone to develop fears for potentially dangerous animals.
David Rakison, a developmental psychologist at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, found that baby girls only 11 months old rapidly start to associate pictures of spiders with fear. Baby boys remain merrily indifferent to this connection.
In an initial training phase Rakison showed to baby girls and boys a picture of a spider together with a fearful face. In the following test phase he let them watch the image of a spider paired with a happy face, and the image of a flower paired with a fearful face.
Despite the spider’s happy companion, the girls looked significantly longer at it than at the flower. The researchers took t
A. are less sensitive
B. are more adventurous
C. need to be brave in life
D. need to be cool-headed in life

[单项选择]Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.
What was said to have been stolen
A. A book.
B. $ 3000.
C. A handbag.
D. A Christmas car