The couple could hardly earn enough money to support the family,____the purchase of a
A.not to mention
B.don't mention
C.not mentioning
D.no mention
A.not to mention
B.don't mention
C.not mentioning
D.no mention
第1题
A.The couple could not stop by this evening.
B.The couple are now living in a hotel.
C.The couple can surely move in tomorrow.
D.The woman is not satisfied with the apartment.
第2题
The Strauss couple wished their fund could be provided for __________.
A.the greatest contributor to prose literature
B.the talented but less known artists
C.the excellent and financially needy writers
D.the amateur artists who had paying jobs
第3题
听力原文: The Commission is expected to propose allowing people to choose which legal jurisdiction they would come under, based on their nationalities or their residency. But the proposal is set to run into difficulties because of the very different laws on divorce that apply across the EU. The Commission wants to clear up problems over which law to apply when, for example, a married couple from one member state is resident in another member state or when the couple is of different EU nationalities.
The majority of member states are said to be in favor of the idea and responded positively to a consultation which followed the publication of a Commission Green Paper. With 15% of German divorces each year involving couples of different nationalities, the government of Berlin is particularly keen to see resolved the issue of which laws should apply.
But some member states are expected to resist the proposal which would involve allowing different divorce laws to be applied in their countries. For example, Malta does not allow divorce. The proposal would mean that although Maltese nationals could not divorce in Malta, a couple of different EU nationality resident in Malta could apply to the Maltese court for a divorce under their country's laws. Similarly in Ireland where the divorce law states a couple must have been separated for four years, establish that their marriage has broken down and be offered mediation, a couple from Sweden could apply to an Irish court to allow them to divorce under Swedish law, where divorce can be obtained quickly. The Irish government's submission to the Commission on the Green Paper stated: "Ireland is not in favor of allowing spouses to choose the applicable law, as this could be open to abuse ... such abuse would be likely to impact most on divorce regimes, such as that of Ireland, which require a relatively long separation period."
Ireland, like the UK, however, is allowed to choose whether to "opt-in" to such a proposal under rules agreed in the Amsterdam treaty. Malta has no such safeguard but could veto the proposal in the Council of Ministers since unanimous approval will be required. "It is going to lead to a two-tier situation," said Geoffrey Shannon, Irish expert on the Commission on European Family Law, which examines the harmonisation of EU family law. The proposal would also mean that judges would have to be trained in the divorce law of all 25 member states.
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第4题
W: He won't be climbing any more trees if I can help it. A fall like that could have killed him.
Q: What happened to the boy?
(19)
A.He fell.
B.He had a fight.
C.He was killed.
D.He was punished.
第5题
M: I could go with you. I met her a couple of years ago.
Q: What does the man imply about Fred's sister?
(15)
A.She is likely to get lost at the bus station.
B.He may be able to identify her.
C.He is an old friend of hers.
D.He has already picked her up at the bus station.
第6题
听力原文:W: Good afternoon. This is Wilson Communications. Can I help you?
M: Hi, I am calling about the cellphone I bought from your company two months ago. I am afraid there is some problem with it.
W: What happened to your cellphone?
M: It seems that sometimes I can't get incoming and outgoing calls and it always gives me a busy signal. Do you know what the problem could be?
W: Could you tell me how long this has been happening?
M: A couple of days. At the beginning I thought it could be the handset's problem but then I realized it was probably the transmission signal.
W: Please give me your number and I will check whether there is any problem on the line.
M: 978924.
W: Thank you. Please hold onto the line and I will get back to you in a minute.
M: Sure.
W: Sorry to keep you waiting, sir. I have checked your number and everything is fine. It could be due to our line upgrading and sometimes it could affect certain mobile numbers.
M: How long do I have to wait before the signal returns to normal?
W: Well, another couple of days. And if the problem still exists after two days, please give us a call and we will look into it and solve it.
M: OK. Thank you.
(9)
A.Doctor and patient.
B.Receptionist and client.
C.Teacher and student.
D.Partners.
第7题
&8226;Read the memo below.
&8226;Complete the Expenses Claim Form.
&8226;Write a word, phrase or number in spaces 41-45 on your Answer Sheet.
Memorandum
From Arthur Bowyer, Head of Marketing
To Secretary
Date 30.11.97
Re Expenses claim from
Could you fill out the rest of this Expenses Claim Form. for me for my trip to Liverpool last week to attend the VIS conference? I enclose a couple of receipts.
(41)
第8题
听力原文: Hello, Dave, it's Sam calling from the logistics warehouse. Sorry to be an inconvenience to you, but when I left the head office this morning, I forgot a bag of samples that I was supposed to pass on to the material buyers. I was informed that you would be visiting the warehouse this afternoon, and if it's not too much trouble, I was wondering if you could bring the samples I left in your room with you when you come. On another note, there are a couple of purchase authorizations I'd like you to look over. They seem a little bit out of the ordinary, and I was wondering if you could keep me up to speed on the latest purchasing arrangements. I suspect there has been a couple of irregular purchases that may cause us to have an overabundance of stock in our inventory that we may have to have a clearance sale later this year, and I'd like to reduce this risk as much as possible if I can.
What is the main purpose of the call?
A.To inform. Dave of an upcoming inventory sale.
B.To ask Dave to deliver something.
C.To request a sample of the item.
D.To meet with one of their clients.
第9题
听力原文:M: Excuse me. Could you tell me the way to the museum, please?
W: Oh, yes. Just go straight until you reach a crossroad, then turn left and go on walking to the second crossroad and then turn right and you' II see a 7-storey building. The museum you said is down in the basement of the building. You won't miss it.
M: Thanks a lot. Is it very far from here?
W: No, it's only a couple of blocks away. It's about a ten-minute walk.
What is the man's problem?
A.He can't find the way to the museum.
B.He wants to find a bus station.
C.He can't find the way to the library.
D.He has no money to buy a ticket.
第10题
听力原文:W: Did you say yon' re going to take a vacation next week?
M: Yes. I' m going to San Francisco for a couple of weeks.
W: I envy you. I wish I could get away for a while.
What can you infer from the woman' s words?
A.She will soon take a vacation.
B.She is dying for a vacation.
C.She wants to be with the man.
D.She is jealous of the man' s working ability.