1.B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. B
7. A 8. C 9. A 10. D 11. A 12. B
13. B 14. C 15. C 16. B 17. A 18. A
19. C 20. A 21. B 22. D 23. A 24. A
25. C 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. C
31. A 32. B 33. A 34. A 35. D 36. C
37. C 38. A 39. D 40. B 41. D 42. D
43. B 44. D 45. D 46. C 47. B 48. C
49. B 50. C 51. A 52. D 53. C 54. C
55. C 56. B 57. D 58. D 59. C 60. B
61. C
 62. B
 63. D
 64. D
 65. A
 66. A
67. D
 68. B
 69. D
 70. A
 71. D
 72. A
73. C
 74. D
 75. A
76. B
 77. D
 78. B
79. C
 80. A
 81. C
 82. B
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85. A
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以下是試題解析
PART V DICTATION

Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading. which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 or 20 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.

Now listen to the passage.

The Credit Card in the U.S

Today, more and more people in the U.S are using credit cards/ instead of money to buy what they need.??/Almost anyone who has a steady income and a continuous work record /can apply for a credit card.????

With a credit card, you can buy a car, eat a dinner, take a trip,/ and even get a haircut by charging the cost to your account.??/In this way, you can pay for purchases a month or two later. / Or you may choose to spread out your payments over several months /and pay only part of the total amount each month.. / With a credit card , you don't have to carry much cash /and you don't have to be concerned about losing your money through carelessness or theft. / The card user only has to worry about paying the final bill. / This of course can be a problem /if you charge more than you can pay for.

The second??and third readings. You should begin writing now.

The last reading.

Now, you have two minutes to check through your work.

(a two-minute interval)

That is the end of the Dictation.

　

PART III?? LISTENING COMPREHENSION

1. It has rained continuously for a week and the rain has flooded some areas of the United States.

???? Key: B

2. The press conference began at 10 prompt this morning.

???? Key: A

3.I have a 2-week vacation coming up in a month and I want to take a trip somewhere. But I don't know where I want to go.

???? Key: B

4. Monuments might be interesting, but museums are said to be terrific.

???? Key: B

5. Mary used to read 4 books monthly, but now she can read twice as many.

???? Key: A

6. I would have visited you if I had known you lived nearby.

???? Key: B

7. If everyone knew about the place, it wouldn't be paradise for long.

???? Key: A

8. F: Tomorrow we have to run several errands.

???? M: Yes, and I want to go to the hardware store to buy some paint for the bedroom.

???? Key: C

9. M: It has been ages since we had salad. How do you feel like having it for supper?

???? F: My favorite.

??????Key: A

10. F: May I help you, sir?

??????M: Yes, please. Do you sell portable desktop computers here?

??????Key: D

11. M: The weather forecast says it's going to be wet tomorrow.

??????F: In that case, we have to cancel our plan for going camping.

??????Key: A

12. F: Ken, what subjects are you taking this semester?

??????M: I am taking Western History and Civilization, Literature and Oriental Arts.

??????Key: B

13. M: My, what a charming restaurant! It has such an old-country air about it.

??????F: Yes, and the music.

??????Key: B

14. F: I'd like to have both the red shoes and blue ones if they don't cost too much.

??????M: No, the blue ones are only half the price of the red ones which are sixteen dollars.

??????Key: C

15. M: To be frank, George is the last person I want to see.

?????? F: I couldn't agree with you more.

??????Key: C

News:

??????Important talks have been taking place between the Prime Minister and Trade Union leaders. They have agreed to work together to find ways of combating inflation and reducing the present level of unemployment in industry. Meanwhile, the Government has failed to prevent a national bus strike, and the bus??drivers' union has announced that no buses will run from Monday. The decision to go ahead with the strike was announced by a union spokesman at the end of a meeting earlier this afternoon during which Government representatives failed to persuade the union and the employers to agree on a new wage plan.

16. Key: B

17. Key: A

18. Key: A??

????

??????Local police in the Yangtze River port of Chongqing, China have seized a total of 6 kilograms of drugs in an anti-narcotics campaign during the year. Since July 1996, 1,200 drug-related cases have been cracked and around 200 drug traffickers arrested, said public security bureau drugs officers in the city. Chongqing is the largest inland industrial center in China, and its port is the largest on the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

19. Key: C

??????

??????In a significant reversal for the IRA, the Clinton administration has denied a visa to Berry Adams, the Sinn Fein leader and a prominent member of the organization's ruling army council. Now the administration believes neither Adams nor the IRA is to be trusted. In recent months, Private discussion between Sinn Fein leaders and the administration have been tough, with American officials warning that unless action was taken to enforce a ceasefire official contact would be broken.

20. Key: A

21. Key: B??????

??????

??????Seven members of an extreme right-wing terrorist group involved in a plot send letter bombs to addresses in London were arrested following a series of raids by armed police in Denmark. A Danish police officer was shot and wounded during one of the raids. The targets in London are understood to have been two right-wing activities and a journalist. Three letter bombs, disguised as videotapes, believed to have been made in Denmark, were also intercepted in Sweden. Six men and a women, all aged between 20 an 22, were arrested.

22. Key: D

23. Key: A　

??????

??????An army dentist was killed and another soldier injured when they fell 500 ft during an expedition to climb North America's highest peak. Major Mark Trevillyan, attached to the Royal Army Dental Corps at Bicester and believed to be in his early thirties, died after falling on Mount Mckinley in Alaska. He was attached by rope to Lance Corporal Paul Holmes, 27, who suffered concussion.

24. Key: A

25. Key: C

PART VI WRITING
The Credit Card in the U.S
Today, more and more people in the U.S are using credit cards/ instead of money to buy what they need.??/Almost anyone who has a steady income and a continuous work record /can apply for a credit card.????
With a credit card, you can buy a car, eat a dinner, take a trip,/ and even get a haircut by charging the cost to your account.??/In this way, you can pay for purchases a month or two later. / Or you may choose to spread out your payments over several months /and pay only part of the total amount each month.. / With a credit card , you don't have to carry much cash /and you don't have to be concerned about losing your money through carelessness or theft. / The card user only has to worry about paying the final bill. / This of course can be a problem /if you charge more than you can pay for.