【正文】 ind in Paris and won’t arrive until later this eveningW : oh ,I can’t believe this ,have it been to delivered to my hotel then ,I guessQ :what happened to the woman’s luggage ?15W：I don’t think we have enough information for our presentation. But we have to give it tomorrow. That doesn’t seem to be much we can do about it.M: Yeah, at this point, we’ll have to make do with what we’ve got.Q: what does the man suggest they do?16M: I’m taking this great course psychology of language. It’s really interesting. Since you’re psychology major, you should sign up for it.W: Actually, I tried to do that. But they told me I have to take language studies first.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?17W: Can you believe the way Larry was talking to his roommate? No wonder they don’t get along.M: Well, maybe Larry was just reacting to something his roommate said. There are two sides to every story you know. Q: What does the man imply about Larry and his roommate?18M: We don’t have the resources to stop those people from buying us out. Unless a miracle happens, this may be the end of us.W: I still have hope we can get help from the bank. After all, we don’t need that much money.Q: What do we learn about the speakers from the conversation?長對話原文 Conversation One 1 Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. W: You know I’ve often wondered why people laugh at the picture of a big belly businessman slipping on a banana skin and falling on his bottom. We are to feel sorry for them.M: Actually, Laura, I think we laugh because we are glad it didn’t happen to us. But of course there is also a kind of humorous satisfaction in seeing somebody selfimportant making a fool of themselves.W: Yes, and there are a lot of jokes about people who are too fat or physically handicapped, you know, deaf, or shortsighted things like that. After all, it’s not really funny to be like that.M: Oh, I think that’s because we’re embarrassed. We don’t know how to cope with the situation. Perhaps we are even a bit frightened we may get like that, so we laugh.M: What about the custard pie routine?W: What do you mean ‘custard pie routine’?M: You know, all those old films where someone gets so outraged with his boss, He picks up a custard pie and plasters it all over the other person’s face.W: That never makes me laugh much, because you can guess what’s going to happen. But a lot of people still find it laughable. It must because of the sort of the thing we’d all love to do once in a while and never quiet have the courage to.M: I had an old aunt who used to throw cups of tea at people when she was particularly irritated. She said it relieved her feelings.W: It must have e a bit expensive.M: Not really. She took care never to throw her best china.19. Why does the man say we laughed when we see some selfimportant people making fool of themselves?20. Why do some people joke about those who are fat or handicapped according to the man?21. Why do many people find it funny to see someone throwing a custard pie on their boss’s face?22. Why do the man say she would drop cups of tea at people occasionally? Conversation Two W：Your name Sanjay Kumar is that correct?M：Yes, madam.W：You claim you are traveling on a scholarship from Delhi University.M：That’s right.W：Now it seems that a hand gun was found in your luggage. Do you admit that?M：Yes, but?W：According to the statement you made, you had never seen the hand gun before it was found in your bag. Do you still maintain that?M：But it’s true. I swear it.W：Mmm, you do realize Mr. Kumar that to bring a hand gun into Hong Kong without proper authorization is a serious offense.M：But I didn’t bring it. I ? I mean I didn’t know anything about it. It wasn’t there when I left Delhi. My bags were searched. It was part of the airport security check.W：Maybe so, but someone managed to get that hand gun onto the aircraft or it couldn’t have been there.M：Someone but not me.W：Tell me , where was your personal bag during the flight?M：I had it down by my feet between me and the man in the next seat.M: He was the only person who could have opened my bag while I was asleep. It must have been him.W: I see. Have you any idea who this man was? 2 M: He told me his name, Alfred Foster. He was very friendly, after I woke up that is. He hadn’t spoken before.W: Alfred Foster, we can check that on the passenger list.M: He said he had a car ing to meet him. He offered me a lift.W: Oh, Why should he do that?M: So he can get his handgun back, that’s why. Please find him, Madam.Questions 2325 are based on the conversation you have just heard23. What is Sanjay Kumar suspected of?24. What do we know about Alfred Foster ?25. What does Sanjay Kumar ask the woman to do finally?聽力理解短文原文 Section B Passage One Everyone is looking for a good investment these days. And with stocks, currencies and panies all crashing, some are finding that taking the trip of a lifetime is actually a smart move right now. Prices are good, crowds are fewer and the dividends like expanded worldview, lifelong memories, the satisfaction of boosting the global economy—can’t be easily snatched away. Sylvia and Paul Custerson, a retired couple from Cambridge, England, recently took a 16day vacation to Namibia, where they went on birdwatching excursions. Later this year, they are planning a trip to Patagonia. amp。quot。quot。quot。We’re hearing things like, ‘We don’t know what the situation will be in six months so let’s travel now’ amp。It seems people would rather give up something else than the big trip,amp。We’re using our capital now,amp。And why not? We’re not getting any interest in the bank. If it’s a place we really want to go, then we will go. We may as well travel while we’re fit and healthy. amp。We’ve had more people booking in the first quarter of this year than last,amp。quot。quo