32. We are not sure if he will be able to ____ the shock of going bankrupt.

16. Last year, the foreign capital attracted to Xiamen was ____ that of 1994.

(  )51. The author’s mother prefers shopping with the author’s sister because the author is slow.

20. Mr. Johnson suggested ____ before details are discussed.

23. All computer systems contain hardware components for input, central processing unit and output, ____ how powerful they are.

50. What is the most important thing we can learn from this passage?We should get to know what we really look for before we can learn how to achieve ________.

Part I Listening Comprehension (15 Points)Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections. Section ADirections: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. 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.1. 

29. Bamboo is used ____ houses in some places.

45. Which of the following statements is the best according to the passage?

27. Should it rain, the crops ____. 

( )12. When the man came back, he found the roof of his car had been damaged by an elephant.12.【解析】题意：当这个人回来时，他发现他的车顶被一头大象弄坏了。根据短文第三句 “When he came back, its roof was badly damaged.” 可知，当他回来时，车顶被严重损坏了。本题说法正确，故答案为A。

19. Not only ____ about the food, she also refused to pay for it.