“Tea for ” is kept as a long tradition in China.

ay an enjoyable one.

Our overnight charge includes a continental type breakfast.

Breakfast: 7:30 - 9:30 a. m.

Lunch: 12:00 - 2:00 p. m.

Afternoon tea: 4:00 - 5:30 p. m.

Dinner: 7:00 - 9:15 p. m.

Meals can be served in rooms at a small extra charge. We regret that meals can not be served outside these times. Light refreshments including tea, coffee, cakes and sandwiches, can be served in rooms between 10:00 a.m. and 11: 00 p. m. except during the meal times listed above. Cold drinks are given in the room refrigerator.

ROOM CLEANING

Please had the proper sign on your door handle if you do not wish to be interrupted. It will be easier for the maids if you can leave the room for a while at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p. m..

VALUABLES

We are not responsible for the loss of money, jewelry, or other valuables unless they are kept in the safe and signed for by the manager.

DEPARTURES

Please inform. receptionists of your intended leaving before 9:30 a.m. of the day concerned and leave the room by noon to allow for its preparation for incoming guests. If conditions require, baggage can be left in the charge of the hall porter.

A SPECIAL REQUEST

We would respectfully suggest that in consideration of the comfort of other guests, the volume of radios and televisions should be turned downed after 11: 00 p.m..

Which of the following sentences is true according to this notice？

A．Light refreshments call be found in the room refrigerator.

B．Guests are requested to turn down their radios and televisions after 11:00.

C．Your baggage can be kept by the hall porter.

D．The sign that can be hung on the door handle shows that the room needs cleaning.

in the United States, American journalists were

teaching Europeans what their own elites would 【S2】______

submit to interviews. In 1879, an American named

James Creelman became a first person to interview 【S3】______

the president of France. During World War 1,

American correspondents helped transforming the 【S4】______

standing of the interview in Britain. One of them

recalled, "You saw the immemorial aloofness of the

King of England wiping out at a tea party for 【S5】______

American journalists at Sandringham; you beheld the

holy of holy of the British War Office as the setting 【S6】______

of a weekly conference with reporters."

The World scored with the pope (Benedict

XV) again in 1915. Interviewing the pope seems to

have been the next best thing to interview God for 【S7】______

American journalists, and they kept in citing papal 【S8】______

interviews as earth shattering achievement, The 【S9】______

United Press correspondent who interviewed Pope

Pius XI in 1929 was far from the first to do so, but

the UP boasted that he was at less the first to do so 【S10】______

"in the private library of the Pontiff".

【S1】

听力原文： The story of silk is a fascinating one. About 4,000 years ago the Chinese discovered the secret of the cocoon. No one knows exactly how or when this was made. One story says that a young princess was drinking tea in her garden and watching the silkworm spin cocoon. By chance one dropped into her tea, and the hot liquid softened it. When the girl tried to take the cocoon out of her tea. She pulled out a long silk thread.

The Chinese learned to weave the silk thread into cloth. For 2,000 years they were the only people who knew how to make silk. The Chinese merchants sold silk cloth throughout Asia and Europe and became rich. Silk was so expensive that it was called "the cloth of the Kings". Everyone wanted to learn how to make silk, but the Chinese kept the secret carefully guarded. Finally the secret was stolen. In the sixth century, two monks learned about the silk worms and their cocoons. They spent several years in China and finally found a way to take some worm eggs out of the country. The monks also carried bamboo canes. One day they hid some eggs in the hollow canes, and walked out of China with them. It is said that the development of the silk industry in other countries came from those few eggs which the monks had carried out of China.

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A．The silk covering made by an insect.

B．The silk covering made by a silkworm.

C．The soft protective covering made by an animal.

D．The hard protective covering made by an animal.

A Happy Family and a Long Life

When Japan's Kamato Hongo died at the age of 116, she was the world's oldest woman. But Mrs. Hongo seemed to have had a perfectly【36】lifestyle, and there seems to be no particular reason for her to have lived so long. She enjoyed things that are sometimes considered to be【37】, such as drinking tea, coffee and even a small amount of alcohol every day, although she did not smoke. So【38】was her secret？

After getting married, she stayed on Kagoshima, the island where she was born, helping her 【39】on his farm during her long life. Mrs. Hongo gave birth to seven children, lived through three wars, and【40】a volcano eruption on Kagoshima in 1914,【41】her eventful life, she was happy and hated being away from her family. She always kept a close relationship with all seven of her children, and in fact, when she could no longer look【42】herself, she went to live with one of her daughters, Shizue, and her family.

Then, at the end of her【43】life Airs. Hongo seemed to think more about her early life than the present, and sometimes【44】to recognize close relatives and friends who visited her. She preferred to live in the【45】, and talk about her very happy childhood. Was happiness the secret of her long life？

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A．normal

B．usual

C．common

D．casual

it is the second biggest traded commodity（商品）. You may also know that the drink comes from beans which are first roasted and then ground. But what else do you know about this popular drink？

It is said that the story of coffee started with an Ethiopian goatherd（牧羊人）named Kaldi. One day Kaldi was surprised to see that his goats were behaving very strangely: instead of grazing quietly as normal, they were jumping around, almost dancing. He also noticed that the goats were eating red cherries from a plant. He tried some himself and was surprised by the feeling of extreme happiness and excitement — he felt like dancing, too!

But it wasn’t used as a drink at first, but as food. The coffee berries, mixed with animal fat, were used by monks to stay awake during long hours of prayer. From Ethiopia coffee was later cultivated（种植）in Yemen, and the first hot drink was developed there around 1000 A.D. Three centuries later Muslims were keen coffee drinkers and as Islam spread, so did coffee. Coffee houses appeared in Cairo and Mecca.

For hundreds of years the plants were guarded safely. But some beans were smuggled（偷运）out of Arabia and taken to India. In the 17th century coffee was soon growing on a new continent. From India to Indonesia and then a century later beans were smuggled once again to Brazil — which is now the largest coffee producer in the world.

It is the caffeine, an addictive stimulant（刺激性的）drug, which made the goats dance and kept the monks awake. Although it is found in other drinks, including tea, coffee has the most caffeine. 150 milligrams is the minimum dose needed to stimulate the nervous system and this can be found in a single strong cup of coffee. In the short term a couple of cups can prevent fatigue（疲劳）and delay sleep. But several cups a day, every day, can cause anxiety and restlessness.

6.The red cherries that the goats ate made them _______.

A、 sick

B、 sleepy

C、 excited

D、 tired

7.Coffee as a hot drink first appeared in ________.

A、Ethiopia

B、Yemen

C、Brazil

D、India

8.Coffee as a hot drink was probably spread around the __________.

A、11th century

B、14th century

C、17th century

D、18th century

9.In what order of continents was coffee first discovered and then spread？

A、 South America — Asia — Africa.

B、 Asia — South America — Africa.

C、 Africa — Asia — South America.

D、 Africa — South America — Asia.

10.Several cups of coffee a day can make a person ______.

A、become over-active

B、behave strangely

C、feel anxious

D、stay awake

here very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at three o'clock in the afternoon. The weather was very cold and it was snowing, but I was too excited to mind. From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my hotel. On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the first time and I stared in astonishment at the famous skyscrapers and their man-made beauty. My friend helped me unpack at the hotel and then left me because he had to go back to work. He promised to return the next day.

Shortly after my friend had left, I went to a restaurant near hotel to get something to eat. Because I couldn't speak a word of English, I couldn't tell the waiter what I wanted. I was very upset and started to make some gestures, but the waiter didn't understand me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was eating. After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway until I came to Times Square with its movie theatres, neon lights, and huge crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I continued to walk around the city. I wanted to see everything on my first day. I knew it was impossible, but I wanted to try.

When I returned to the hotel, I was tired out, but I couldn't sleep because I kept hearing the fire and police sirens during the night. I lay awake and thought about New York. It was a very big and interesting city with many tall buildings, big cars, and full of noise and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to speak English.

1. On the way to his hotel, the writer _____.

A. was silent all the time

B. kept talking to his friend

C. looked out of the window with great interest

D. showed his friend something he brought with him

2. He went to _____ to get something to eat.

A. a tea house

B. a pub

C. a café room

D. a nearby restaurant

3. He did not have what he really wanted, because _____.

A. he only made some gestures

B. he did not order at all

C. he could not make himself understood

D. the waiter was unwilling to serve

4. The waiter _____.

A. knew what he would order

B. finally understood what he said

C. took the order through his gestures

D. served the same thing the man at the next table was having

5. After dinner, he _____.

A. walked back to the hotel right away

B. had a walking tour about the city

C. went to the movies

D. did some shopping on Broadway

SECTION B INTERVIEW

Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.

Now listen to the interview.

听力原文：Host: Today, I'm very happy to have professor Pornchai with me. He is a watercolor artist who uses coffee in his paintings. Professor, how did you get the idea of using coffee to paint？ And how long have you been doing this？

Pornchai: I always have painted in watercolor and have painted professionally for over 15 years. About 6 years ago I started experimenting with using coffee in my paintings. Originally, I heard that in the old days the Chinese used tea to help create a brown background in their paintings. I then tried to use both tea and coffee in my paintings. My main purpose was to create an old-look in the paintings by using the brown color of tea and coffee. Later on, I tried to paint the whole painting with teas but did not get pictures that I felt satisfied with. Tea can not be used to give you clear lines or create the depth-of-field in the painting. I experimented with coffee and, after many tries, could create paintings that I felt satisfied with.

Host: Have you tried to paint with any other unusual medium？

Pornchai: Yes, I tried Sodium Permanganate. It is the purple liquid that is used to soak vegetables to destroy bacteria and parasites in the tropics. When I first painted using a mix of sodium permanganate and water, the color came out purple. It then turned to different shades of brown. I was satisfied with the brown colors it gave, but after completing the paintings for 2 to 3 months I found out that the lines and brush stokes I made with Sodium Permanganate disappeared from the paper!

Host: How hard is it to use coffee to paint compared to normal watercolor paint？

Pornchai: First of all, the texture of the coffee is a challenge. It has more elastic properties than normal paint. It is stickler when you apply it with the brush. You have to use the right amount of water to dilute the coffee right on the paper for the lighter brown or whiter areas. It was also harder to control the lines, color tones and the flow of liquid on the paper. Furthermore, coffee also displayed glittering flakes in itself and left unwanted traces of this in the paintings. I had to use special techniques to control these flakes on the paper. Another big problems was that after the coffee paintings are completed the painting can mold easily. Furthermore, the color on the paintings can peel off from the paper. Through years of experimenting, I found ways to overcome these problems but it was not easy.

Host: If coffee is so hard to paint with, why do you continue to do so？

Pornchai: I kept on trying because it seemed like a great challenge for me. Coffee gave a unique effect through the stain it left on the paper and the unique flow of water mixed with coffee is unpredictable. All of this is a challenge, which I had to strive to solve.

Host: What themes are you using coffee to paint？

Pornchai: Mostly old-time scenes or history themes. I also paint landscape like the ocean, forest or building scenes.

Host: What is the potential of this kind of painting in the market？ And what have been the public' s reactions to this way of paintings？

Pornchai: I had my first show of coffee painting in 1998. Over 600 guests attended the exhibition and most of the paintings were sold. The people enjoyed the new idea in art and the unique quality that it produced. I think the viewers found that it was interesting to use something close to them that they see or use daily, like coffee, to apply in the art form.

Host: What is your future plan and what are your new challenges？

Pornchai: I plan to use different themes to my coffee paintings, for example: pictu

A．He got some inspiration from the Chinese.

B．He used tea to get an unsophisticated look for his paintings.

C．Tea could not produce clearly-defined paintings.

D．He experimented with coffee many times before he felt satisfied.

hat you've got A levels at school. What subjects did you take？

Pitt: I took four subjects, French, German, chemistry and art. Chemistry wasn't my cup of tea, but art has always been.

Interviewer: I see. Now Mr. Pitt, what about hobbies and interests？ Er, what do you do in your spare time？

Pitt: I like jazz, traditional and folk music. I don't play of course, but I go to quilt a lot of concerts and I go to the theater occasionally and act a bit myself. I'm in the local Germanic society. I read quilt a lot and I've done a bit of photography. Also, I've hitchhiked to Europe once.

Interviewer: Very interesting. Mr. Pitt. Now let's talk about the management trainee scheme. What exactly do you think a manager does？

Pitt: I don't know a great deal about the work.

Interviewer: But you have got any ideas about it, have you？ You must have thought about it.

Pitt: Well, I suppose he has a lot of... a... what is called policy making to do. And... he has to know how to work with people, and all about the company. Yes, I... should think a manager must know something about all aspects of the work.

Interviewer: Yes, that's right Now, Mr. Pitt, is there anything you want to ask me？

Pitt: Well, there's one or two things. I'd like to know if I have to sign a contract and what the salary and prospects are.

Interviewer: With our scheme, Mr. Pitt, there is no contract involved. Your progress is kept under constant review. If we at any time decide we don't like you, then that's that. We reserve the right to dismiss you.

Pitt: Fair enough. And what about the salary？

Interviewer: As for salary, you'll be on our fixed scales, starting at 870 pounds. For the successful trainee, the prospects are very good.

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A．Art

B．French

C．German

D．Chemistry

the troops. Many male office workers in modem Japan (and in Japanese branches abroad) seem to think they are still at war. Women workers, even those with university degrees, are expected to do all the humble tasks: greet the visitors, make the tea, tidy up the office afterwards and then leave the firm as soon as they get married and have a child. Come party time, they are often pressed into behaving like bar hostesses.

The fort of Japanese male chauvinism—the old guard of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has unintentionally done more than most to, change all that. The sex scandal that marked the brief prime ministership of Mr. Sosuke Uno last summer outraged many women, and helped the opposition to its success in, the upperhouse election in July. Mr. Uno is forgotten, but the resentment (怨恨)of women about their treatment at the hands of men lingers (逗留) on. Over the past few months Japanese women have started campaigning much more vigorously for laws to protect them from sexual bothering at work.

Japan's first lawsuit claiming sexual bothering opened last week in a city court in Fukuoka. A 32-yeasold woman, whose name has been kept from being known (another first), is seeking about ＄26000 in damages from her former boss and the publishing company she worked for. She claims his sexual hints forced her to leave the company and give up her career. She stakes her claim on the ground, among others, that her rights under article 14 of the Japanese constitution were violated. This guarantees equal treatment for the sexes.

Women's lobbying groups have been springing up all over Japan. The lead has been taken by lawyers at the Second Bar Association in Tokyo. Last month the association held a call-in for women to expose their grievances. Its telephone lines were jammed for six hours. By the end of the session, some 137 formal complaints had been registered. "Nearly 40% of them were from women who had been compelled to have sexual relations with their superiors at work", says Miss Shizuko Sugii, a lawyer with the bar association. Ten of the eases have since been classified as rape or attempted rape.

This passage mainly talks about things in______.

A．old imperial Japan

B．war-time Japan

C．modem Japan

D．future Japan