19. What is the speaker’s attitude towards choosing friends?

A. Parents should choose friends for their children.

B. Children have the right to choose their own friends.

C. The writer leaves the question of choice for us to think of.

18. What is important in children’s growing up?

A. Getting together with their friends.

B. Talking with their friends on the phone.

C. Both A and B.

17. Why do teenagers go to their friends for help?

A. Their parents are too strict to them.

B. They often quarrel with their brothers or sisters.

C. They feel their friends know them better than their parents.

16. We can infer from the conversation that___________.

A. Britain still owns the biggest merchant navy in the world.

B. Sea travel isn’t as great as it used to be.

C. No people prefer sea traveling any more.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

15. How long is the track in Britain?

A. It is more than 13,000 miles.     

B. It is about 30,000 miles.      

C. It is nearly 3,000 miles.

14. How is British air service?

A. It is as important as the rail and road transport systems.

B. It isn’t so important as the rail and road transport systems

C. It is more important than the rail and road transport systems.

13. What forms of transport in Britain are being talked about in this conversation?

A. Railway, track, road and air service.   

B. Railway, road, air service and sea travel.

C. Railway, road, motorway and sea travel.

12. Which telephone could the man use?

A. The one in the woman’s kitchen.

B. The one just outside the house.

C. The one down the street. 

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

11. What did the man do at the woman’s house?

A. He had a meal.  

B. He had some coffee.  

C. He cooked some food.

10. What is Mary?

A. A worker.   B. A shop assistant.   C. A student.

听第8段材料，回答第11至12题。