>Question No.1. If you have decided to leave for the annual trade fair tomorrow evening, we’ll be able to see you off at the international airport.

Question No.2. Ours is such a large manufacturing company that almost every supermarket or department store in the city carries our products.

Question No.3. Compared with the traditional way, E-commerce can provide more information and opportunities, facilitate business transactions as well as lower the trading costs.

Question No.4. In my opinion, differences of taste between the generations have always existed and the so-called generation gap is by on means a modern phenomenon.

Question No.5. If you need all the details, we’ll send you, through Express Mail Service, a broche in which all our products are described and their prices quoted.

Ⅱ. Passage Translation

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages. You will hear the passages only once. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your answer booklet. You may take notes while you are listening. Now, let’s begin Passage Translation with the first passage.

Passage 1:

(Man) Heavy rains have fallen in the Midwest region of the United States for the past three days. Denver is the city that has been worst affected by the incessant rains. The floods have caused terrible damage to the city and the buildings. Many city residents have lost their homes and cars, with a total damage of about US＄3 million. It seems that the insurance companies will have to pay large sums of cash in compensation.

Passage 2:

(Woman) Inflation can have a number of causes. If can be caused by rises in the prices of raw materials: factories have to pay more for their raw materials, and as a result they have to put up the prices of their products. Large wage rises can lead to inflation, too: if workers are paid more, prices go up and the cost of living rises. Changes in the value of currency are another cause of inflation. If the pound goes down in value, then it costs more to import goods from other countries.