Your mobile phone rings,and instead of usual electronic signals,it’s playing your favorite music.A friend sends your favorite song to cheer you up.One day,a record company might forward new records and music videos to your phone

The mobile business is getting into the music business.For the moment,the interest is in pleasant ring tones,but some companies are hoping to take full advantage of the next generation of mobile phones-all-purpose gadgets that blend phone,personal stereo,video player and Internet browser into one.

Finally,record companies might send new records and videos to fans who register their cell phone numbers.

The fans could pass music or songs along to friends—a kind of musical trading card.Unlike Internet tracks,mobile downloads would be easy for record companies to control,said former record industry official Ralph Simon,who is now chairman of your mobile,based in Santa Monic,California.

“If you pass a song along to other phones through a network,each phone can be charged,” said Simon.“It’s like going through a toll gate（收费站）.There’s more possibility for copyright control than there is on the Internet.”

Massachusetts-based Converse is offering a service in Portugal and the Netherlands that lets people record tunes on their voice mail or send music as presents to friends.Finally,people might be able to sing karaoke and pass them along.The company is sure that people will want to use music to reach out and touch someone.

“A mobile phone is not a listening machine,and you’ll be disappointed if you think you can change it to a radio,”said Ohad Ouziel,a creative manager for Converse in Israel.“But if someone sends you a song while you’re on vacation,you appreciate the feeling.”

1.The underlined word “blend”in the second paragraph probably means _____.

A.send

B.become

C.mix

D.compare

解析：从上下文以及该词的搭配可知，blend...into...“把……融为一体”。?

答案：C

2.“Massachusetts-based Converse”in the sixth paragraph probably refers to _____.

A.a person

B.a city in Israel

C.a state in the USA

D.a company

3.Record companies _____ the idea of passing songs and music along mobile phones.

A.are worried about

B.are interested in

C.try hard to stop

D.a company

4.According to Ralph Simon it would be easier to _____ through mobile phone network than through the Internet.

A.protect copyright of music works

B.send personal messages

C.pass along songs and music　

D.send voice mail

With his attention________on the shops along the roadside，he knocked an old man down while riding to school.

A  concentrating     B．concentrated     C．to concentrate      D．concentrates

答案　B

解析　考查词组，故选B项。

作题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从小题中所给的A. B. C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?

A. &19. 15          B. &9. 15           C. &9. 18

答案B。

1.What do the speakers need to buy?

A. A fridge         B. A dinner table  C. A few chairs

2.Where are the speakers?

A. In a restaurant.

B. In a hotel

C. In a school.

3.What does the woman mean?

A. Cathy will be at the party.

B. Cathy is too busy to come.

C. Cathy is going to be invited

4.Why does the woman plan to go to town?

A. To pay her bills in the bank.

B. To buy books in a bookstore.

C. To get some money from the bank

5.What is the woman trying to do?

A. Finish some writing.

B. Print an article.

C. Find a newspaper.

第二节（共15小题，每小题1．5分，满分22．5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.What is the man doing? 

A. Changing seats on the plane 

B. Asking for a window seat 

C. Trying to find his seat 

7.What is the woman’s seat number? 

A. 6A.              B. 7A.              C. 8A 

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 

8.Why doesn’t the woman take the green T-shirt? 

A. It’s too small 

B. It’s too dark 

C. It’s to expensive 

9.What does the woman buy in the end? 

A. A yellow T-shirt 

B. A blue T-shirt 

C. A pink T-shirt 

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 

10.How long has the man been in London? 

A. One year.  

B. A few years 

C. A couple of months 

11.Why did the woman leave her hometown? 

A. To lend a city life.  

B. To open a restaurant.  

C. To find a job 

12.Where did the woman come from? 

A. London.  

B. Arnside 

C. Lancaster.  

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 

13.What is a daypack? 

A. A box 

B. A bag 

C. A lock 

14.What surprise the girl at school? 

A. A lot of discussions in class 

B. Teachers giving little homework 

C. Few students asking questions in class.  

15.At what time of the school term does the conversation most probably take place? 

A. At the end of it.  

B. In the middle of it 

C. At the beginning of it 

16.What do we know about the girl? 

A. She is new to the school 

B. She writes for the school newspaper.  

C. She seldom asks questions in class.  

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 

17.Where does Mr. Henry Stone do? 

A. A bank clerk 

B. A teacher 

C. A writer 

18.What does Henry like doing at airport? 

A. Watching people 

B. Telling stories 

C. Reading magazines.  

19.What did Henry learn from the newspaper the day? 

A. A valuable suitcase was missing 

B. A man stole money from a bank 

C. A woman ran away from home 

20.Why was the woman at the airport? 

A. She was traveling on business 

B. She was seeing the man off.  

C. She was leaving for Greece