We should cut down _______ water consumption.

s down to the absolute minimum.We think you will find that our competitors are offering a product of considerably lower quality in order to compete at this price.(英译中)

听力原文：W: We should write emails to our friends who live outside the country.

M: Sounds like a great idea. I need to cut down on my phone bill.

Q: What does the man mean？

(14)

A．He needs to make phone calls to his friends.

B．His phone was disconnected outside the country.

C．Using the email will decrease his telephone expenses.

D．His friends would rather hear his sound on the phone.

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Section A

Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

A: We should write letters to our friends who live outside the country. B: ______.

A．Sounds like a great idea. We need to cut down on our phone bill.

B．Why bother？ They will write to us.

C．Our friends wouldn't write to us.

D．Our friends would rather we do not write.

A.weaken

B.shorten

C.decrease

D.increase

Section B

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should choose the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D.

听力原文：W: It was a heavy storm last night, wasn't it？

M: It certainly was. The wind broke several windows. What weather!

W: Do you know that big tree in front of my house？ One of the biggest branches came down in the night.

M: Really？ Did it do any damage to your home？

W: Thank goodness! It is far away from that.

M: I really hate storms. It's about time we had some nice spring weather.

W: It's April, you know. The flowers are beginning to blossom.

M: Yes, that's tree. But I still think the weather is terrible.

W: I suppose we should not complain. We had a fine March after all.

(6)

A．The tree was broken.

B．AI1 the leaves fell down.

C．One of the branches fell down.

D．The tree. was cut down.

A.saturated

B.targeted

C.boosted

D.diversified

A.cut down; much

B.cut out; much

C.subtract; low

D.decrease; high