1. How do people celebrate the festival?

A. Go to visit Holi in India.
B. Prepare special traditional medicines.
C. Throw coloured powder and water at each other.

2. When does the festival usually take place?

A. February 2.
B. The end of winter.
C. When there is a full moon.

3. What is the girl's attitude towards the festival?

A. She worries it will cause illness.
B. She is interested in taking part in it.
C. She thinks it is a foolish belief.

1. Who is the speaker probably talking to?

A. His office staff.
B. His technical officers. 
C. His customers.

2. What is the talk mainly about?

A. How to remove a computer virus.
B. A warning about a computer virus attack.
C. The damage computer viruses can cause.

3. What are the listeners asked to do?

A. Stop using their email accounts.
B. Stop visiting unknown websites.
C. Increase their computer security.

     The third annual National Products Exhibition was held at the 1______ in Guangzhou. This year a total
of 2______ provinces participated in the event. The products on show included fruits from Xinjiang, tea
sets from Jiangsu and the newest 3______ from Shanghai. The exhibition hosted a special display of wonderful
silks of Zhejiang. These silks are 4______ yet strong enough to be made into any clothing. There was also
a video display showing how the 5______ were made.

1. Why was the woman stopped by the man?

A. She was caught drunk driving.
B. She was caught driving too fast.
C. She was caught crashing into a car.

2. What is the speed limit in this area?

A. 30 kilometres per hour.
B. 40 kilometres per hour.
C. 50 kilometres per hour.

3. What kind of punishment did the woman get?

A. She got a ticket.
B. She got a warning.
C. She got a notice to court.

1. What is the first step in preparing for a speech?

A. Realizing the speech's importance to you.
B. Getting a good grade for the speaking assignment.
C. Developing the main ideas with examples.

2. What is the first step in organizing your thoughts?

A. To select your subjects.
B. To write down a statement.
C. To develop your thoughts.

3. What does the woman teacher want the students to do finally?

A. Choose a possible topic from a list.
B. Practice the speech in small groups.
C. Write down the ideas that they think of.

1. Why can't man stop the world from being polluted?

A. Because man makes "increasing industrialization" his chief aim.
B. Because the population hasn't stopped increasingly yet.
C. Because there is a growing use of man-made materials.

2. What do people crowd into the cities for?

A. To find well-paid jobs and good food.
B. To share the benefits of the modern society.
C. To become skillful industrial workers.

3. What does the story about the airline pilot tell us?

A. Man knows little about where the modern society is going.
B. Man can do nothing with the serious problem of pollution.
C. Man will face a dangerous situation in rapid development.

1. What's the man mainly talking about?

A. Jack London's life.
B. O. Henry's books.
C. American literature.

2. How many American writers have the speakers mentioned?

A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five

3. When did Jack London go to Canada?

A. In 1916.
B. In 1876.
C. In 1897.

1. What did the man's sister do yesterday?

A. She looked after her baby.
B. She stayed at home all day.
C. She did some shopping.

2. What did the woman invite the man to do?

A. Go to a concert with her.
B. Take a holiday with her.
C. Have dinner at her house.

1. For how many days has the man been working overtime this week?

A. 3.
B. 4.
C. 5.

2. What does the woman worry about?

A. The man's pay.
B. The man's health.
C. The man's ticket.

3. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Friends.
B. Brother and sister.
C. Boss and clerk (員工).