1、SECTION B INTERVIEWQuestions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.1. According to Nigel, most problems of air travel are caused byA. Unfavorable weather conditions.B. Airports handling capacity.C. In
2、adequate ticketing service.D. Overbooking.2. Which of the following is not mentioned as compensation for volunteers for the next fight out?A. Free ticket.B Free phone callC Cash rewardD Seat reservation3. Why does Niget suggest that business travelers avoid big airports? A Because all flights in and
3、 out of there are full. B. Because the volume of traffic is heavy. C. Because there are more popular flights. D. Because there are more delays and cancellations.4. According to Nigel, inexperience travelers are likely to make the following mistakes except. A Booking on less popular flights. B. buyin
4、g tickets at full price. C. carrying excessive luggage. D. planning long business trips.5. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A. The possibility of discounts depends on a travel agents volume of business.B. Longer flights to the same destination maybe cheaper.C. It is advisable to plan e
5、very detail of a trip in advance.D. Arranging for stopovers can avoid overnight travel.SECTION C NEWS BROACAST Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.6 What happened on Monday?A. A train crash occurred causing mino
6、r injuries.B. Investigator found out the cause of the accident.C. Crews rescued more passengers from the site.D. A commuter train crashed into a building.Question 7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.7. Which of th
7、e following was not on the agenda of the G20 meeting?A. Iraq debtsB. WTO talksC. Financial disastersD. Possible sanctions8. The G20 is a（n）_ organization.A. InternationalB EuropeanC Regional D AsianQuestion 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 s
8、econds to answer the questions9 The UN Charter went into effect afterA. It was signed by the 50 original member countries.B. It was approved by the founders and other member countries.C. It was approved by the founding membersD. It was signed by the founding members.10. Which of the following best d
9、escribe the role of the charter?A. The Charter only describes powers of the UN bodies.B The Charter mainly aims to promote world economy.C The charter is a treaty above all other treaties.D The charter authorizes reforms in UN bodies.PART READING COMPREHENSION 30 MIN In this section there are four r
10、eading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.Text AThe Welsh language has always been the ultimate marker of Welsh identity, but a generation ago it looked as if Welsh would go the way of Manx. once wi
11、dely spoken on the isle of Man but now extinct. Government financing and central planning, however, have helped reverse the decline of Welsh. Road signs and official public documents are written in both Welsh and English, and schoolchildren are required to learn both languages. Welsh is now one of t
12、he most successful of Europes regional languages, spoken by more than a half-million of the countrys three million people. The revival of the language, particularly among young people, is part of a resurgence of national identity sweeping through this small, proud nation. Last month Wales marked the
13、 second anniversary of the opening of the National Assembly, the first parliament to be convened here since 1404. The idea behind devolution was to restore the balance within the union of nations making up the United Kingdom. With most of the people and wealth, England has always had bragging rights
14、. The partial transfer of legislative powers from Westminster, implemented by Tony Blair, was designed to give the other members of the club- Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales-a bigger say and to counter centrifugal forces that seemed to threaten the very idea of the union.The Welsh showed littl
15、e enthusiasm for devolution. Whereas the Scots voted overwhelmingly for a parliament, the vote for a Welsh assembly scraped through by less than one percent on a turnout of less than 25 percent. Its powers were proportionately limited. The Assembly can decide how money from Westminster or the Europe
16、an Union is spent. It cannot, unlike its counterpart in Edinburgh, enact laws. But now that it is here, the Welsh are growing to like their Assembly. Many people would like it to have more powers. Its importance as figurehead will grow with the opening in 2003, of a new debating chamber, one of many
17、 new buildings that are transforming Cardiff from a decaying seaport into a Baltimore-style waterfront city. Meanwhile a grant of nearly two million dollars from the European Union will tackle poverty. Wales is one of the poorest regions in Western Europe- only Spain, Portugal, and Greece have a low
18、er standard of living. Newspapers and magazines are filled with stories about great Welsh men and women, boosting self-esteem. To familiar faces such as Dylan Thomas and Richard Burton have been added new icons such as Catherine Zeta-Jones, the movie star, and Bryn Terfel, the opera singer. Indigeno
19、us foods like salt marsh lamb are in vogue. And Wales now boasts a national airline. Awyr Cymru. Cymru, which means “land of compatriots,” is the Welsh name for Wales. The red dragon, the nations symbol since the time of King Arthur, is everywhere- on T-shirts, rugby jerseys and even cell phone cove
20、rs.“Until very recent times most Welsh people had this feeling of being second-class citizens,” said Dyfan Jones, an 18-year-old student. It was a warm summer night, and I was sitting on the grass with a group of young people in Llanelli, an industrial town in the south, outside the rock music venue
21、 of the National Eisteddfod, Waless annual cultural festival. The disused factory in front of us echoed to the sounds of new Welsh bands.“There was almost a genetic tendency for lack of confidence,” Dyfan continued. Equally comfortable in his Welshness as in his membership in the English-speaking, g
22、lobal youth culture and the new federal Europe, Dyfan, like the rest of his generation, is growing up with a sense of possibility unimaginable ten years ago. “We used to think. We cant do anything, were only Welsh. Now I think thats changing.”11. According to the passage, devolution was mainly meant
23、 to A. maintain the present status among the nations. B. reduce legislative powers of England. C. create a better state of equality among the nations. D. grant more say to all the nations in the union. 12. The word “centrifugal” in the second paragraph means.A. separatist. B. conventional. C. feudal
24、. D. political13. Wales is different from Scotland in all the following aspects EXCEPT A. peoples desire for devolution. B. locals turnout for the voting. C. powers of the legislative body. D. status of the national language.14. Which of the following is NOT cited as an example of the resurgence of
25、Welsh national identity A. Welsh has witnessed a revival as a national language. B. Poverty-relief funds have come from the European Union. C. A Welsh national airline is currently in operation. D. The national symbol has become a familiar sight.15. According to Dyfan Jones what has changed is.A. pe
26、oples mentality. B. pop culture. C. towns appearance. D. possibilities for the people.Text BGetting to the heart of Kuwaiti democracy seems hilariously easy. Armed only with a dog-eared NEWSWEEK ID, I ambled through the gates of the National Assembly last week. Unscanned, unsearched, my satchel coul
27、d easily have held the odd grenade or an anthrax-stuffed lunchbox. The only person who stopped me was a guard who grinned and invited me to take a swig of orange juice from his plastic bottle.Were I a Kuwaiti woman wielding a ballot, I would have been a clearer and more present danger. That very day
28、 Parliament blocked a bill giving women the vote; 29 M.P.s voted in favour and 29 against, with two abstentions. Unable to decide whether the bill had passed or not, the government scheduled another vote in two weeks- too late for women to register for Junes municipal elections. The next such electi
29、ons arent until 2009. Inside the elegant, marbled Parliament itself, a sea of mustachioed men in white robes sat in green seats, debating furiously. The ruling emir has pushed for womens political rights for years. Ironically, the democratically elected legislature has thwarted him. Traditionalists
30、and tribal leaders are opposed. Liberals fret, too, that Islamists will let their multiple wives vote, swelling conservative ranks. “When I came to Parliament today, people who voted yes didnt even shake hands with me,” said one Shia clerc. “Why cant we respect each other and work together?”Why not in
