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.

( ) 13. A lot of the world’s natural resources come from the poor countries.

45. The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to ____.

30. ____ time and labor, cartoonists generally draw the hands of their characters with only 3 fingers and a thumb.

48.The exhibition is sponsored by   48   organizations.

24. ____ five minutes earlier, you could have seen them off.

61. 真正的友谊就像健康一样，失去了才觉得宝贵。

49.    , drink-making techniques, equipment and packaging are exhibited in the exhibition.

59. 如今很少有人买CD了，因为可以很方便地从网上下载流行歌曲。

50.The organizing committee of the exhibition is   50  .

63. 新图书馆比以前的大两倍。

46.The exhibition begins on   46   and lasts for 5 days.