【正文】 . Write one letter (AH) next to the number of the piece. . You will hear the five pieces twice. 13. . . . . . . . 14. . . . . . . . 15. . . . . . . . 16. . . . . . . . 17. . . . . . . . places A on the plane B at the bank C at the airport D at the office E at the theatre F at the hotel G at the customs H on the bus Section Two Questions 18 22 . You wt71 hear another five short pieces. . For each piece decide what the speaker is going to do next. . Write one letter (AH) next to the number of the piece. . You will hear the five pieces twice. 18. . . . . . . . . . 19. . . . . . . . . . 20. . . . . . . . . . 21. . . . . . . . . . 22. . . . . . . . . . Next actions A to stop smoking B to fall into sleep C to leave a pany D to mail a parcel E to go shopping F to go to the beach G to resign from the office H to find a motel PART THREE Questions 2330 . you will hear a report presented by a journalist from Tokyo. He talks about the difficult situations met by Japanese chemical groups. He gives some important figures of four biggest chemical groups in Japan. . you have to plete the sentences (2330) by choosing the correct answer. . Mark one letter (A ,B or C). 23. The crisis met by Japanese chemical groups is caused by, one of the reasons. A over capacity B high prices C high cost 24. The productions manufactured by Asahi Chemical, Japan39。s MFN trade status and concerns over the lower domestic property market. The Hang Seng index fell to close at 9, per cent lower on the week. PART TWO Questions 812 . Read this letter to the editor of The Economist. . Choose the best sentence from the list AI to fill each of the blanks. . For each blank (812) mark one letter (AI) on your Answer Sheet. . Do not mar4 any letter twice. . One answer has been given as an example. Sir You state on February 13th that New Mexico has few natural resources ,... ...example...... In 1991 New Mexico ranked fourth in the United States in production of natural gas , seventh in oil and tenth in nonfuel minerals ... ...8... ... Nonfuel minerals contributed about $ 1 billion and coal $ 509 million. Taxes from production of fuels and minerals, and lease payments on state lands have been set aside by legislative acts to endow two permanent funds worth about $ 5. 65 billion, ...... 9 ...... In addition, during fiscal year 1991 , payments to New Mexico from taxes on federal lands were S 108 million ,all earmarked for public education. ...... 10 ...... About $566 million came from taxes and permanentfund earnings attributable to oil and gas production. ......11 ...... Tourism is an important industry in New Mexico, yet its economic impact on the public sector is dwarfed by that of mineral production. New Mexico came through the recent recession in much better shape than most other states. It does not have a deficit. ... ... 12... ... States that rely primarily on a sales tax or on an ine tax have big problems during economic downturns. Ine growth per head in New Mexico averaged 6. 1/00 in the year to October 1992one of the fastest growth rates in the United States. Charles Chapin Example :C A. It has a broadly based tax structure an important point. B. In 1992 it produced more oil than Colorado and Kansas bined. C. However, the extractive mineral industry in New Mexico is one of the state39。re doing our best to. . . . . . 20. To other branches that have business with us, we39。s a cathedral near the Old City. It39。ll have to move over and let the young boy take this seat. Squeeze through! Question Fifteen Please sign your name on the check and don39。s a beautiful glass necklace. It39。s biggest polyethylene maker, plunged 75 per cent from Y9bn to Y2. 26bn on sales down 9. 3 per cent at Y272bn. The pany blamed poor demand for the slump which offset the benefits of costcutting measures. The dividend is unchanged at Y6 per share. The group forecast pretax profits for the current year marginally up at Y3bn on turnover of Y276bn. ShinEtsu, one of Japan39。re going to have a big celebration for the grand opening and the first one thousand customers can get free Tshirts. I want to get one. Question Twentyone Eleven hours on the road is long enough for anyone, especially in this hot weather. I39。re lucky to find this vacancy. This is a busy time of the year. Please fill out this registration card and be sure to list your car39。39。s $ 1. 9 billion generalfund ine in fiscal year 1991. PART THREE Questions 1320 . Read this letter about Compensation Trade ,and answer the following questions. Ministry of Foreign Trade 19th January , 1 993 Xi Changan Street Beijing , China Dear Sirs, This letter is in regard to the window glass business between our firm and the China National Light industrial Products Import amp。 Export Corporation, Daren Branch and the Daren Window Glass Factory. 1. Our two sides sincerely worked in the past and the window glass business has already been done successfully. However, the quantity of products doesn39。, buying a lot of things. We have received the report that the real hourly wages of workers bee even less ,so they do not have enough money to buy so many things. Although the employment is rising towards the end of 1994 ,the growth is very slow. Therefore ,not many people find jobs to earn enough money to buy goods. Then where doe