PAPER ONE
PART Ⅰ LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A TALK
? 1.答案：B
【問句譯文】根據(jù)該短文，十八、十九世紀(jì)城市小的原因是什么？
【試題分析】本題為細(xì)節(jié)理解題。
【詳細(xì)解答】談話首段第二句說"Throughout those years the total urban population re mained small and so with the cities."由此可見，因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)城市人口少，所以城市也就 小。
2.答案：A
【問句譯文】在以前的年代城市生存下來的主要原因是什么？
【試題分析】本題為細(xì)節(jié)題。
【詳細(xì)解答】談話第二段第三句說"Throughout the pre-modern era, this part of urban life remained so overwhelmingly commercial that almost every city owed its devel opment to trade."由此可知，經(jīng)濟(jì)貿(mào)易活動(dòng)是當(dāng)時(shí)城市生存下來的主要原因，故答案選A 。
3.答案：D
【問句譯文】下列哪一項(xiàng)不是城市居民的經(jīng)濟(jì)活動(dòng)？
【試題分析】本題為細(xì)節(jié)題，可用排除法解答。
【詳細(xì)解答】短文第二段第四句說"…they also collected and processed goods from the se areas and distributed them to other cities."因此distribution，processing是包 含在經(jīng)濟(jì)活動(dòng)里，所以應(yīng)排除選項(xiàng)B和C。commerce意為trade，故可排除A。因此選項(xiàng)D)tran sportation為正確答案。
4.答案：C
【問句譯文】下列哪一項(xiàng)不屬于都市人離開城市的原因？
【試題分析】本題為細(xì)節(jié)題，可用排除法解答。
【詳細(xì)解答】談話第四段倒數(shù)第三句說"These individuals and groups sought economic o pportunities or looked for a better social, political or religious atmosphere." 這里提到了"更多的經(jīng)濟(jì)機(jī)會(huì)"，"更自由的社會(huì)和政治環(huán)境"，"更加寬松的宗教環(huán)境" ，只是沒有提到"更多的教育機(jī)會(huì)"，故選項(xiàng)C為正確答案。
5.答案：D
【問句譯文】在整個(gè)18世紀(jì)，為什么早期城市不能像預(yù)期的那樣快速發(fā)展？
【試題分析】本題為主旨題。
【詳細(xì)解答】談話倒數(shù)第二段最后一句說"For the next thirty years, the proportion re mained relatively stable and it was not until the 1830 did the urban figure move d back up to the level of 1690." 由此可知，人口相對(duì)穩(wěn)定是根本原因，故選項(xiàng)D為正 確答案。

SECTION B INTERVIEW
6.答案：B
【問句譯文】根據(jù)Janet的觀點(diǎn)，影響談判的主要因素是什么？
【試題分析】本題為細(xì)節(jié)題。
【詳細(xì)解答】當(dāng)采訪者指出商業(yè)談判中可能會(huì)遇到一些情況，而且并不是每個(gè)人都能達(dá)到自己 的談判目的。Janet回答說"Well, because, I mean, negotiations between business pa rtners from different countries normally mean we have negotiations between indiv iduals who belong to distinct cultural traditions."由此可知，不同的文化傳統(tǒng)是影 響談判的主要因素，故答案選B。
7.答案：D
【問句譯文】Janet對(duì)美國(guó)式的談判態(tài)度如何？
【試題分析】本題為推理題。
【詳細(xì)解答】當(dāng)采訪者問到Janet對(duì)美國(guó)式談判的態(tài)度時(shí)，她回答說 "…the American negot iators make their points in a direct, sophistical way."這里的關(guān)鍵詞sophistical 意為"復(fù)雜的，老練的"，那么和美國(guó)人談判就必須小心謹(jǐn)慎，故答案選D。
8.答案：A
【問句譯文】下列哪一項(xiàng)不是巴西和美國(guó)談判者的區(qū)別？
【試題分析】本題為細(xì)節(jié)推理題。
【詳細(xì)解答】女士在提到巴西和美國(guó)談判者的特點(diǎn)時(shí)說"Brazilian importers look at peop le they're talking to straight in the eyes a lot. They spend time on what some p eople thinks to be background information. They seem to be more indirect.…Ameri can style of negotiating, on the other hand, is far more like that of point-maki ng; first point, second point, third point, and so on."，這里是說巴西談判者談話 不是很直接，而美國(guó)談判者在談判之前要羅列很多點(diǎn)。由此可知，巴西和美國(guó)談判者在談判 時(shí)都拐彎抹角，故答案選A。
9.答案：C
【問句譯文】下列哪一種人談話最直接？
【試題分析】本題為細(xì)節(jié)題。
【詳細(xì)解答】前面已經(jīng)說到"…the American negotiators make their points in a direct , sophistical way."而采訪中并沒有說英國(guó)人或德國(guó)人談話直接，故答案選C。
10.答案：B
【問句譯文】下列哪一項(xiàng)不是日本人的特征？
【試題分析】本題為細(xì)節(jié)題，可用排除法解答。
【詳細(xì)解答】在談到日本人的特征時(shí)，Janet分別說到"…the average Japanese business p erson does choose his or more really her words very carefully." 由此可排除選項(xiàng)A ．Reserved（矜持的，寡言的）；由"Many Europeans nod its extreme politeness of t heir Japanese counterpart…"，可排除選項(xiàng)C . Polite(禮貌的)；由"They're also ve ry reserved to people they don't know well. " 由此可排除選項(xiàng)D．Prudent（謹(jǐn)慎的 ）。只有選項(xiàng)B．Prejudiced（偏見的）沒有提及，故為正確答案。

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
News Item 1
11.答案：B
【問句譯文】這則新聞主要是講什么的？
【試題分析】本題為主旨題。
【詳細(xì)解答】新聞首句說"The first International Tibetan Traditional Medicine Conference will be held…"，由此可知，這則新聞主要是講一次大型醫(yī)藥會(huì)的，故答案選B。
News Item 2? 
12.答案：C
【問句譯文】該新聞主要關(guān)注香港哪一方面問題？
【試題分析】本題為主旨題。
【詳細(xì)解答】新聞第三句說"She outlined three policy objectives in developing an E-government in Hong Kong at the IBM Asian E-government Executive Seminar."由此句可知，該新聞主要關(guān)注香港的E-govermnent問題。
13.答案：D
【問句譯文】三個(gè)政治目標(biāo)中沒有下列哪一項(xiàng)？
【試題分析】本題為細(xì)節(jié)題，可用排除法解答。
【詳細(xì)解答】新聞末尾說到三個(gè)政治目標(biāo)問題，即"The first policy objective is to develop an electronic and peopleless government so as to improve the efficiency, cost-effectiveness and quality of public service. The second is to promote the wide adoption of E-commence with the government setting a leading example. The third is, through the E-government program, to integrate service delivery across motorable department and agencies."這里提到了"to improve the efficiency"，"to promote the wide adoption of E-commence"，和"to integrate service delivery"，故可排除選項(xiàng)A、B、C。
? News Item 3
14.答案：C
【問句譯文】下列哪一項(xiàng)是Donovan Bailey當(dāng)年排在第二的最好紀(jì)錄？
【試題分析】本題為細(xì)節(jié)題。
【詳細(xì)解答】新聞第二句說"Bailey recorded the second best time of the year short of the 9. 91 set…"，由此可知Donovan Bailey當(dāng)年排在第二的最好紀(jì)錄是9. 91秒。
15.答案：D
【問句譯文】該記錄表明Bailey怎樣？
【試題分析】本題為推理題。
【詳細(xì)解答】解答本題的關(guān)鍵句是Bailey自己說的一句話，"I would have run 9. 80 if I'd really pushed myself. "即要是他真正沖出去的話，跑9.80秒是沒問題的，而實(shí)際記錄為9. 91秒，由此可知，他這次并沒有發(fā)揮好，故選項(xiàng)B為正確答案。