19. According to the man, what causes the widening the trade gap and the worsening of the payment balance?

20. Which of the following is not a reason why Britain has to import so much from abroad?

21. According to the man, which industry in Britain is losing ground to other countries?

22. Which of the following can be concluded from the conversation?

Question 23 ~ 26
Thank you Mr. Chairman for giving me the opportunity to speak at this parent teacher committee. I think in this country teachers in some secondary school are worried that their job may become impossible in the near future unless something can be done to restore school discipline in the classrooms. In the problem schools, some teenager students are so naughty and mischievous that they purposely disrupt lessons to such an extent that the teachers can no longer teach their class effectively. As the teacher loses the control of the pupils, the classroom become worse than a playground. And the lessons are anything but instructive or enjoyable. What has become of our children, you may ask, how could they behave in such a way. There may several reasons. First, some people within the teachers’ unions think that the permissive nature of modern society is responsible. In our community, small children are continually encouraged to express their individuality without restriction. Naturally, when they grow older, they are reluctant to accept school discipline and possibly become even more rebellious. Secondly, modern teaching techniques appear to stress personal enjoyments and individual pleasure at the expense of serious academic work. As a result, both teaching technique might instead teach the child to put his own selfish interest before his duties to the communities in which he lives. Perhaps, this problems can be solved by improving facilities for the psychological guidance of these difficult children or by better cooperation between the school and parents. Since, the parents may be mainly responsible for the aggressive behaviors of their children. But some of us believe there ought to a return to more old fashioned or the so-called traditional methods. At present, in some school, teachers may not even slap a child who misbehaves, but I personally feel that canning as kind of corporate punishment should be reintroduced and this might produced the desired results.

23. Who is this speaker addressing?

24. Which of the following is not held responsible for the behavior of difficult children in the speech?

25. What is the man attitude toward corporate punishment?

26. What inference can we draw from the man’s speech?

W: Hello, I haven’t seen you for some time. Have you been away?

M: I’ve just returned from holiday, France and Spain.

W: Sounds good, did you travel around much?

M: A lot, I had a month holiday, so there was plenty of time.

W: How did you get around?

M: Oh, all sorts of ways, bus, boat, train, car and plane. I caught the train from London to Dover and then got the boat across the channel to Kalley. I met a friend who was going to Pairs too, so I had company on the train journey from Kalley. In fact, she had friend in Pairs so stayed at home for a few evenings instead of in a hotel. It saved me a lot of money.

W: That was lucky. What did you do there?

M: Oh, the normal things. I went to the Louver, and Notherdam and Effel Tower and so on. It was my first visit to Pairs, so it was interesting to visit them.

W: Where did you go next, to Avernue in the south France. I went there by bus, so I see a lot of the villages. I really like some of the buildings and Avernue is a beautiful place. I stayed in a small hotel that was really comfortable and pleasant, after that, I went by bus to Barcelona, it’s a fascinating city. I stayed there a long time, nearly two weeks.

W: What did you do there?

M: Well, there are several art galleries and museums, so I spent a lot of time there. There are also a lot of restaurants and bars, and as I really like Spanish food and wine, I spent many happy hours there. I stayed in a hotel in a center of the old quarter.

W: It sounds interesting, perhaps I’ll go there next year. Where did you go next?

M: I traveled south along the coast. I hired a car and visited the seaside resort. But I didn’t like them, so I didn’t stay very long. Then I arrived in Vilancer, I left the coast and drove to Madrid. I stayed with some of the friends who lives there, it was very hot, so I didn’t do much just talked and went out to bars. Although I did visit the famous Prague Museum and I went to a bullfight one afternoon.

W: Bullfight, did you enjoy it?

M: It was interesting, but I didn’t really enjoyed, too much blood.

W: Yes, I can imagine. And from Madrid, where next?

M: well I had only three days left, so I went on a bus trip to Salamanca, it’s a very beautiful old city, after that, I returned to Madrid and finally I flew home. I felt a bit tired, I thought taking a flight home was the fastest and the most convenient. I only got back yesterday.

W: It certainly sounds that you had a good time. Would you do it again.

M: Yes. In fact, I’m hoping to get a job Barcelona, I can live there, I really like it.

27. Where did the man stay when he was in Paris?

28. For how long did man stay in Barcelona?

29. What did the man do in Madrid?

30. On which trip did the man travel by plane.

Part C Listening and Translation

Sentence Translations
1. You will be staying at the Hilton, right across from the street of the Exhibition Center. I’m at the Queen Hotel, a few blocks away.

2. Presumably, you worked for a Chinese company before, and here you are working for a British company, do you find many differences in management style at all?

3. Over 65% of the people I talked to are aware of the need for population control, while the rest don’t consider it problem that concerns them.

4. I have been working for this company non-stop for almost 8 years by the end of October, and reckon that I deserved a promotion.

5. The global economy is giving more of our own people and billions around the world the chance to work and live and raise their family with dignity.

Passage Translation
1. In Tokyo, Japan, most people still work six day a week. A typical businessman’s day might begin the lengthy journey from the suburbs followed by long hours at his desk. In the evening, he might visit one of the city’s 500,000 thousand with a few colleagues. Very little of his is actually spent at home. But people are happy to live like this, because it means it will do well in their job.

2. I think patients are human beings not numbers. I remembered before my father died in 1993, he went to see a doctor that has taken over the practice his long time physician, and he got into the waiting and there was not person there. And he had to push a button, and automatic voice came on asked him who he was. My father said, “none of your business, I’m leaving.” And walked out of the door. Well, I think a lot of people have that feeling that we don’t want to be treated like numbers. And we especially don’t want our family members to be treated like numbers in American Hospitals.