W：This is a great jacket，but look at the price!$600．It's too expensive!

M：NO，wait，It's pretty reasonable．You're thinking in US dollars，not Hongkong dollars. It's

   only about 100 US dollars．

W：You’re right．

Text 4

 M：I'd like an Italian soup to start with and then some fried noodles．

W：All right．Anything else?

M：Yes，I'd like a cup of coffee afterwards．Make it hot，please．

W：I've got it，sir．    

Text 5   

M：Hi，Kate! Is your daddy at home? W：No，Mr. Smith．He went out 10 minutes ago．Any message?

M：Hmm．Could you tell him to call me back?

W：Sure．Leave it to me．

Text 6

M：Hurry up，Antonia．It is five to eight now．

W：Don't worry．There are still fifty minutes left．

M：But it will take us forty minutes to go to the airport by bus．

W：We'll take a taxi and it will only take us fifteen minutes．

M：Hmm，have you got the tickets with you?

W：Yeah，I put them in the pocket of my jacket．

M：Shall we buy some fruit and some biscuits from the supermarket?

W：No．Everything will be supplied on the plane．

M：Are you ready now?

W：Yeah．Let's go．

M：Taxi! Taxi!

Text 7     

W：That was a wonderful picture．The acting was wonderful，wasn't it?

M：Yes．The story is unique，and the plot is cleverly designed．

W：But I could understand only about half of the English spoken．

M：I have trouble，too，especially when the actors speak so rapidly．

W：Is the picture shown at Royal pretty new?       

M：Yes，it's the latest release．It's a local picture．

W：How do you like the film?

M：The ending and the plot are both good．I was amused by the dialogue．

Text 8

M：Do you mind if I join you?

W：P1ease do．

M：I'm Alan Hook．I work at St. Jude's Training College．

W：How do you do? Barbara Samuel．And what do you do at the college?

M：I'm in charge of the science department．

W：Have you been there long?

M：Just over a year．By the way，I have seen your picture in the paper recentlv．

W：Ah，that must have been the national tennis competition last week．     

M：That's right--you won a cup．

W：Well，I guess 1 was lucky．How about you? Do you play?

M：I used to，but I'm out of practice these days．I must consider joining a club sometime．

  Text 9

W：Hello．Minchhampton Tourist Office．

M：Hello，we want to stay in a hotel in Minchhampton．

W：Well，we've only got three，the Elm，the Hotel Placid and the Singing Fiddle．

M：How large are they?

W：The Elm has twenty rooms．The Hotel Placid has thirty-five rooms and the Singing Fiddle has

    only eight rooms．

M：How much do they cost?

W：The Elm costs 16 pounds per person a night，the Hotel Placid 32 pounds and the Singing Fiddle

    only 8 pounds．

M：Thank you。and what are the telephone numbers?

M：Well，she won't finish work until 4：30．It will take her fifteen minutes to get here-

Text 2

M：Aren't you going to see the film? They say it's well worth seeing?

W：I'm afraid I can't make it today．I am not feeling myself today．

Text 3

   China's third manned spacecraft Shenzhou VII was launched(1ifted off)from the Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan at 9: 10 p.m. of September 25th, 2008. Afterwards, the spacecraft fulfilled its most ambitious and risky mission successfully: China's first-ever space walk. Three astronauts Zhai Zhigang. Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng made a great number of experiments during their space journey. Finally they landed in the grasslands of North China's Inner Mongolia.

   The success of shenzhou VII has realized the great dream of Chinese astronauts’ walking in space in their own spacecraft. This breakthrough in China's human space flight is bound to make new contributions to the peaceful uses of outer space.

听力材料

Text 1

W：What time is Susan coming?

    3．参考词汇：神州七号ShenzhouⅦ  发射launch内蒙古Inner Mongolia

China's third manned spacecraft was successful

Jiuquan: The Launch of Spacecraft Shenzhou VII

From Xinhua News Agency

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One possible version：

    China's third manned spacecraft was successful

Jiuquan：The Launch of Spacecraft Shenzhou VII

From Xinhua News Agency

    2．可适当增添细节，注意行文连贯。

    注意：1．短文标题、开头已写好，但不计入总词数。

Improving 85. social security benefits  

The young caring for and respecting the old

第二节 写作（满分25分）

    请根据下面的素材，以China’s third manned spacecraft was successful为题目用英语写一则100―120词左右的新闻报道。

    发射时间：北京时间2008年9月25日晚上9: 10

    发射地点：酒泉卫星发射中心   

    事件：神州七号在北京时间2008年9月25日晚上9：10发射成功；在9月27日顺利完成中国宇航员首次“太空行走”任务；于9月29日安全降落在内蒙古草原。

    航天员：翟志刚刘伯明景海鹏

    意义：……(请发表自己的感想)

78. Solutions    

●Society: 84. being ill-treated// being rudely treated

―experience age discrimination, cheating and robbery

● 83. Economy: personal income decreasing sharply

● Health: suffering from poor nutrition and other diseases

● Housing: being poor and simple