25. I left for the railway station very early in the morning ____ the traffic jam.

34. Though he was born and brought up in America, he can speak ____ Chinese.

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Section BDirections: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversation. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Conversation 16.

58. 傍晚六点半约翰先生碰巧在家准备晚饭。

65. 培训已经成为商业中公认的一部分,因此也得到了管理层的极大重视，这一点无可置疑。

28. Still, in their journal articles, these researchers are ____ about telling people to give up dieting.

32. The observer’s statement about the accident was very ____, so we know almost everything about it now.

Section C Directions: In this section you will hear a recorded short passage. After the passage, there are five statements. The passage will be spoken three times. You are required to decide whether the sentences are True or False. Mark A ( for TRUE ) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; mark B ( for FALSE ) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Now the passage will begin.( )11. Richard has a comfortable house in a small seaside town where he has worked for about 10 years.

31. Tom is the only one of the students who ____ from Beijing.

21. Hardly had he finished his speech ____ the audience started cheering.

45. In the author’s opinion, the habit of not offering anything such as a coffee is ____.