Section A Conversation One A) The man should consider his privacy first. B) The man will choose a low-rent apartment. C) The man is not certain if he can find a quieter place. D) The man is unlikely to move out of the dormitory. Conversation Two A) Lucy doesn’t often dance. B) Lucy isn’t the person dancing. C) Lucy does indeed dance well. D) Lucy dances better than her friend. Conversation Three A) Mary B) Joe C) John D) Ann Conversation Four A) He has got another party to attend. B) He’s not interested in parties. C) He won’t be available on New Year’s Day. D) He has changed his idea. Section B Dialogue One 1. A) This means that a friend who helps you when you really need help is a true friend. B) This means that a friend who is willing to be with you when you are happy is a true friend. C) This means that a friend who likes to lend money to you is a true friend. D) This means that a friend who likes to share his wonderful things with you is a true friend. 2. A) He wants to know what true friends are. B) He wants to borrow money from the woman. C) He wants to share his opinion on friendship with the woman. D) He wants to kill the time. 3. A) She is very poor. B) She is unwilling to lend money to the man. C) She decides to lend money to the man. D) She has no ability to lend money to the man. Dialogue Two 1. A) It’s very lucky for you to have so many friends. B) If you don’t want to feel lonely, you had better have many friends. C) If you are friendly to all other people, it just means you are trying to please everybody. No one is going to feel like you are their true friend. D) If you have many friends, you will have many good friends. 2. A) The man should go out more to have more opportunities to know more people. B) The man should wear expensive clothes to make him look handsome. C) The man should make more money to make people like him. D) The man could join a club or take a class to make some new friends. 3. A) He likes to meet some people who have a positive attitude and want to have a good time. B) He likes to have a friend who is vey rich. C) He likes to have a friend who has common interest with him. D) He likes to have a friend who is very talkative. Section C Passage One 1. What is the passage mainly about? A) Friendship can bring us the feeling of warmth and security B) Friendship can make us happy C) A friend is important D) The definition of friendship 2. Which of the following reflects the author’s attitude? A) Friendship is always easily kept. B) Without friendship, we can live much better. C) True friendship should be frank and should have not some conditions. D) Friendship doesn’t need to be protected. 3. Why is friendship not always easily kept? A) It is very difficult to share your sadness with your friend. B) True friendship should be able to stand all kinds of tests. C) Finding a true friend is not an easy thing. D) It is hard to keep the secrets that your friends tell you. Passage Two 1. Why are Americans always talking? A) Because most Americans have a lot of free time. B) Because some Americans are open-minded. C) Because silence makes most Americans uncomfortable. D) Because most Americans want to have more friends. 2. What does the passage mainly about? A) Americans enjoy talking to others. B) Americans are generally friendly to everyone. C) Americans likes to talk to different people. D) Americans believe it takes time to develop friendship. 3. What can you infer from the passage? A) Friendship can not last long. B) Friendliness and friendship are not the same. C) Americans don’t have many close friends. D) In American, friendliness means friendship. Section D Compound dictation For Chinese a true friendship (1)______ throughout life changes. Chinese are friends even if they haven’t spoken for 20 years. If you (2)______ something at one time, then all your life you are friends. This is the best of Guanxi, the Wide Web that connects Chinese through time and space. Chinese invented the (3)______ long before Bill Gates was born. Chinese friends share "things in common": a task, a class, the hometown. (4)__________ are formed by people who work or go to school (5)________ . You may or may not like the person, but if he or she can do something for you because of his (6)_______ or job, you can be friends. Chinese friends give each other very (7)_________________________help. A Chinese will use (8)_______________________ to help a friend get something hard to obtain such as a job, or an (9)___________________ a good doctor. Chinese friends give each other money and might help each other out financially over a long time. A friend in China is someone who offers help without waiting to be asked. There are few limits to what you can (10)__________ a friend. You can feel free to tell your friend what he/she can or should do to help or please you.