PART ONE
    Ouestlons 1--12
    · You will hear three telephone conversations or messages.
    · Write one or two words or a number in the numbered spaces on the notes or forms below
    · You will hear each recording twice.
    Conversation One (Questions 1--4)
    · Look at the note below.
    · You will hear a man calling to rent an apartment.
    Conversation Two (Questions 5--8)
    ·Look at the note below.
    · You will hear a man requesting some information about a job.
    Conversation Three (Questions 9--12)
    · Look at the note below.
    · You will hear a woman making a reservation for a ceremony.
    PART TWO
    Questions 13--22
    Section One
    (Questions 13--17)
    · You will hear five short recordings.
    · For each recording, decide who is speaking.
    · Write one letter (A--H) next to the number of the recording.
    · Do not use any letter more than once.
    · You will hear the five recordings twice.
    13 ______________
    14 ______________
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    16 ______________
    17 ______________
    Section Two
    (Questions 18--22)
    · You will hear another five recordings.
    · For each recording, decide what the speaker is talking about.
    · Write one letter (A--H) next to the number of the recording.
    · Do not use any letter more than once.
    · You will hear the five recordings wice.
    18 ________________
    19 ________________
    20 ________________
    21 ________________
    22 ________________
    PART: THREE
    Questions 23--30
    You will hear a news story on the latest develoPment in the U.S. government's legal battle against Microsoft.
    ·For each question 23--30, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.
    · You will hear the recording twice.
    23 What was the court ruling as to Microsoft's business practice?
    A Microsoft used computer systems to win competition.
    B Microsoft was broken up earlier this month because of the rapid growing broadband market.
    C Microsoft broke anti-trust law by using its monopoly in the market.
    24 What did Ohio and Illinois,the two dissenting states, ask the government to do about Microsoft?
    A To sell off about half it assets to create two companies.
    B To leave Microsoft untouched but to order it to change its anti-competitive behavior.
    C To allow Microsoft control most of Microsoft software, including Word, Excel and Internet.
    25 How did Bill Gates respond to the court ruling?
    A He said the result would be an exciting and innovative set of new products.
    B He promised that his company is ready for along court fight and would at last win the legal battle.
    C He asked the Federal judge to impose immediate restrictions on the company's property.
    26 What are the supposed benefits of breaking up Microsoft into two smaller companies?
    A Consumers will enjoy more choices and lower prices for software products.
    B A separate group of companies is able to provide their customers with a lot of services in a bundle.
    C The breakup gives consumers instant entry into the rapid growing broadband market for interactive services.
    27 How could the breakup potentially hurt the interest of consumers?
    A The breakup led to a setback: Windows 2000 won't be shipped to consumers until February, two years behind schedule.
    B The pay-per-minute model of the cell phone industry will meld with the free culture of the Internet.
    C The breakup could increase the operating costs and thus make their products more expensive.
    28 What are the positive impact that the breakup could have on software products?
    A More software companies would join in the competition to provide more and better products.
    B Internet communications companies are gearing up for a blast into the wireless cyber world.
    C The breakup could be a boon for consumers: making cable set-top boxes as easy to buy as Motorola cell phones.
    29 Why could the quality of the software products be hurt?
    A Because Microsoft is affiliating out its product line of software applications by buying Visio,
    B Because the Microsoft brain trust is split in two.
    C Because Microsoft's top executives would own stocks of only one of the two companies.
    30 Why would other software companies still feel threatened even after the' Microsoft breakup?
    A Because Microsoft would still,be the Number.One and Number Two software companies in the world.
    B Because Microsoft would bring down the important stock market indexes, such as Dow Jones Industrial Average.
    C Microsoft .competitors know that the company has a referee staring directly over the shoulder.