Who will arrive late at the meeting？

write names on when they arrived each morning. At nine o'clock, a young woman who lived in a small room above the office, had to draw a red line under the last name, and anyone who was coming after that had to explain (说明原因) to the manager.

Whenever there was a thick fog in the city the first person to arrive late usually wrote the reason "Delayed (延误) by fog" and then everyone else after him then just put "ditto" below.

One morning the first man who arrived late wrote "My wife has given birth to a baby this morning" instead of "Delayed by fog." Twenty or thirty people after him put "ditto" below as usual.

The office hour started ______ .

A．as soon as the manager arrived

B．at nine a. m. sharp

C．before the young woman came to draw the red line

week in order to accommodate citizens who are filing their tax forms at the last minute. The Revenue Office will be open in the morning only, from eight A.M. until noon. Long lines are expected, so it is suggested that you arrive early in order to avoid them. You can also avoid lines by filing before Saturday. Send your tax return in by mail before the end of this week. Tax returns sent by mail must be postmarked on or before Saturday of this week in order to avoid late penalties.

When will the Revenue Office in City Hall be open？

A．From 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 on Saturday.

B．Every day this week.

C．In the afternoon only.

D．From 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday.

听力原文：Woman: So tell me again, what time does that train get in？ I see. That's a bit late, because I wouldn't really have enough time to get from the station to my meeting. What about the one before that, what time does that one arrive？ Yes, that sounds better. Is it necessary to book？ Will you see to that for me and leave the tickets on my desk？ No, on second thoughts, I'll be at my mother's for the weekend. Can you post them to me there？ It'll save time all round. Thanks.

You hear someone talking on the phone. Who is she talking to？

A．Someone at her office.

B．Someone at a travel information centre.

C．A family member.

ent, it will reflect badly on you. So try to arrive on time, or even if a little early. 【M1】______ If you know that you will be arriving late, you should telephone ahead to let them know of the delay. If a business meeting takes place over a meal, expect the business discussions to begin after everyone has ordered their meal, sometimes as soon as everyone is seating. 【M2】______ Socializing tends to occur after the business is concluded, not before. This is in contrast with the practice in many other countries, where the purpose of the meal is to socialize with and get to know each other after any business is discussed. Many 【M3】______ American companies have men in management positions. So 【M4】______ dont be surprised if the person who meets you is a woman, not a man. They are just as competent as their male counterparts. If you feel uncomfortable, focusing on the business at hand 【M5】______ and ignore the fact what she happens to be a woman. Do not, 【M6】______ however, ask personal questions like you might with a male 【M7】______ colleague. In particular, do not ask whether she is married or has children. When businessmen or businesswomen meet, they usually introduce themselves on shaking right hands. When you 【M8】______ shake hands, dont crush their fingers, neither hold their hand so 【M9】______ lightly. A firm handshake is best. Business cards are not normally exchanged with meeting. If you need a colleagues contact 【M10】______ information, it is okay to ask them for their cards. It is also okay to offer someone your card. But there is not an elaborate ritual of exchanging cards as in other cultures.

【M1】

invitation to somebody they【C2】______polite and if that person accepts the invitation, he is expected to【C3】______. In some cultures it is not polite to say no. This is not the case in Australia.【C4】______if a person is invited to do something and is unable to do it, a "no" answer【C5】______be given; otherwise the person who has issued the invitation will be greatly【C6】______

Punctuality is also【C7】______when an invitation is accepted. If a person is invited【C8】______at a particular place at a specified time,【C9】______if there is a meal【C10】______, that person is expected to arrive on time. One of the【C11】______for this is that western type Australian food, such as a roast dinner, must be【C12】______and eaten as soon as it is cooked, and if a person arrives late the food will be【C13】______

Australians【C14】______issue informal invitations. They will give a person their name, address and telephone number and【C15】______, "why don' t you come and see me【C16】______when you are free？" This is not just a polite gesture, it is a【C17】______invitation and the Australian who has issued the invitation will be disappointed and even offended if that person does not【C18】______them. However, because Australians live in a【C19】______society, they are not always at home and it is always best to telephone them to make sure they will be at home【C20】______making a visit.

【C1】

A．express

B．show

C．imply

D．mean

听力原文： After years of study, I hove determined there are only two types of people in this world: Those who get to the airport early and those who walk in just as the plane is about to take off. If there were any justice in the world, the early airport people would be rewarded for doing the right thing and the late airport people would be punished. But there is no justice. I know I hove been an early airport person for years. My luggage will get on the plane first but it will be the last luggage to come off the plane when we land. You know who really gets his luggage first when we land？ The late airport person, who rushes into the airport three minutes before the plane takes off. "But if I get there real early," I told myself, "I will get the best seat." Well, no matter how early I showed up, I was always told that someone had called two or three days ahead of me and asked for that seat. The utmost embarrassment of the early airport person happened to me a few years ago when I was flying from New York to Chicago, When I got to the ticket counter, the person there said, "Sir, you hove a seat on the 9:15 A.M. flight, is that right？" "Yea. ' I said. "Well, it's only 7:00 A. M. and the 7:05 A.M. flight has not left yet. If you hurry you can make it." I was too embarrassed to say that I arrived early so I wouldn't have to hurry. Instead, I ran down the corridor to the plane.

(23)

A．He is always in a hurry.

B．He is quick in making decisions.

C．He is always the first to arrive at the airport.

D．He usually doesn't get the reward he deserves.

a few minutes. You can feel the comfortable cool air coming from the lake. This is a favorite place for tourists in summer, especially on a hot summer afternoon like today. This area is one of the British national parks. People began to build houses around the lake a hundred years ago, so in this park you can have a special view of houses of all shapes and styles and colors. In late autumn and winter, this park is the best place for an outing. People like to have a good walk around it. Now our bus is driving around the lake. You can sit back and enjoy the beauty of everything here. The bus will take us to a good spot, where you can take the most wonderful photos you have ever taken.

Here we are! Where we get off is where we get on. Return to the bus in Fifty minutes. Thank you!

Who do you think is speaking？

A．A bus driver.

B．A tourist guide.

C．A visitor.

？Read the text below about death by overwork in Japan.

？In most of the lines 34-45 there is one extra word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. Some lines, however, are correct.

？If a line is correct, write CORRECT.

？If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS.

34. death in the 1980s in Japan, where long working hours are the norm there.

35. Official figures say it that the Japanese work about 1780 hours a year,

36. slightly less than Americans (1800 hours a year),though more than Germans

37. (1440). But the statistics are misleading because of they do not count 'free overtime'

38. (work that an employee is obliged to perform. but not paid for). It is being estimated

39. that one in three men who aged 30 to 40 works over 60 hours a week. Factory

40. workers arrive early and stay late, without an extra pay. Training at weekends may be

41. uncompensated. During the past 20 years of economic inactivity, many companies

42. have been replaced full-time workers with part-time ones. Regular staff who remain

43. are benefit from lifetime employment but feel obliged to work extra hours lest

44. their positions will be made temporary. Cultural factors reinforce these trends.

45. Hard work is respected as the cornerstone of Japan's post-war economic miracle.

The value of self-sacrifice puts the benefit of the group above that of the individual.

(34)

A．The train will arrive on time.

B．The train has already arrived thirteen minutes ago.

C．The train will arrive in thirteen minutes.

D．The train will be late for thirty minutes.