A、I am sorry.

B、No, you can’t.

C、Is that OK?

D、I think you’ll make it in plenty of time.

&8226;You work for Hilton Hotel in New York.

Hilton Hotel

250 Central Park South

New York 10013

18 November 2006

Dear Sir or Madam:

I'm writing to ask about room vacancies for 10 - 12 December. We would need three double rooms, preferably with some kind of communication facilities for computers.

Could you send me a quotation for the above rooms with information about the business facilities that the hotel offers?

Yours sincerely,

Joan Smith

&8226;Read this letter from a company enquiring about room vacancies.

&8226;Write a reply to Ms Smith:

Confirming the availability of the rooms

Confirming the dates

Quoting the price.

Giving information about business facilities.

&8226;Write 60 - 80 words.

&8226;Write on your Answer Sheet. Do not include any postal addresses.

Which hotel is the woman staying?

A．Capitol Hotel

B．Hilton Hotel

C．Pamela Hotel

When will Bill stay at the Hilton?

A．

B．

C．

A、Here is my card.

B、How would you like to pay?

C、How much is the room？

D、May I help you?

Passage 1

Conrad Hilton really wanted to be a banker. Instead, he successfully changed the _1_purchase of a Texas low-end hotel into a multimillion-dollar hotel empire that earned him the _2_ “innkeeper to the world.” Born in New Mexico in 1887, Hilton was 19 when his parents began renting out rooms in their home. The business didn&39;t interest him, however, so he became a _3_ legislator, founded a bank and went off to war. In 1919, after Hilton’s father died, a friend suggested he go to Texas to make his _4_. Hilton ended up in Cisco; when his bank deal there _5_, he headed to a nearby hotel, the Mobley. It _6_ to oil-field workers, so its 40 rooms turned over every eight hours. A week later, Hilton owned it. He soon acquired more hotels—and started to build new ones. His first, the Dallas Hilton, opened in 1925. By the late 1940s, Hilton’s list included the Town House in Beverly Hills and Chicago’s Palmer House, as well as _7_ nightclubs featuring A-list stars. He also expanded internationally. And in 1949, he bought the “greatest of them all”: New York City&39;s magnificent Waldorf- Astoria. Typically American, Hiltons were _8_ too: the first to have rooms with air-conditioning, TVs, ironing boards and sewing kits. Even modern hotel-reservations systems _9_ from one Hilton which was established in 1948. Today the Hilton Hotels Corp. owns some 3,300 _10_ in 78 countries. Last year more than a quarter-billion guests checked in.

A)soured

B) motivated

C) nickname

D) catered

E) previously

F) luxurious

G) properties

H) features

I) fortune

J) evolved

K) casual

L) severe

M) inherited

N) creative

O) state

第1空答案是：

聽力原文： Man: The Hilton Dance Company have been at the Camden Theatre for almost a month now, offering us a wonderful programmed of mainly modern dances. The company have just celebrated their twentieth year of performances all over the world! But this week they'll be taking a break from dancing, to give us an idea of how a dance company works. Top dancer and company manager Lisa west will be in the theatre telling us about the company's work, but all the dancers will be there too, so it's also your opportunity for a get-together! And, of course, you don't need to have any experience of dance for this ...

You hear a radio announcement about a dance company. What are listeners being invited to?

A．A show.

B．A talk.

C．A party.

It's breakfast time at the elegant Hotel in Bangkok, and every table is full. Most of the patrons are foreigners visiting Thailand on business. In【51】corner is a contingent from a major Taiwan group, believed to be in town for talks【52】buying a stake in Bangkok bank, Thailand's largest. Not far away are investment bankers and consultants, from Hong Kong and Singapore. They're in Thailand to take part in the【53】of decade.

The scene is much the same in the ruins of Korea Inc., where there are plenty of【54】companies shopping for bargains. Try【55】a room at the Hilton or the Inter-Continental in down-town Seoul: Virtually all their guests are foreigners—and they’ re not on vocation.

Yet for all the buzz about the Great Asian Fire Sale, of bargain-basement prices wrought by weak currencies and【56】companies desperate for cash, few deals have actually been struck. Although the【57】of purchases is sure to grow, the question is【58】these perk up whole economies. For one thing, there are still【59】of legal obstacles—notably cumbersome bankruptcy procedures. Due diligence is taking an extremely long time, particularly when【60】buyers are looking at firms in debt.

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A．one

B．other

C．same

D．a(chǎn)nother