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You can dictate a message almost anywhere at your convenience. www.test99.com
Answer: B www.test99.com

1. You speak, while your secretary types down your words. www.test99.com
2. You have to speak slowly and very clearly. www.test99.com
3. One of these methods can be used when you are in a hurry. www.test99.com
4. While dictating ,you use some tapes. www.test99.com
5. One of the disadvantages of this method is that you are totally strange to the transcriber. www.test99.com
6. The dictation is done with your speaking, a machines recording, and your secretarys transcribing. www.test99.com
7. The machine records your words and then provide the transcription. www.test99.com

A. Dictation to your own secretary-live dictation, taken by a person who becomes familiar with your dictating characteristics. www.test99.com

B. Dictation to a machine, with your secretary transcribing. www.test99.com
Inexpensive cassette recorders provide great flexibility in dictation. www.test99.com
You can dictate in the office, at home, in an automobile, in an airplane, and in any out-of-the-office situation. Your dictation tapes can be transcribed by being played back on modern transcribing equipment. www.test99.com

C. Dictation to a machine, with a word-processing center providing the transcription in this case, the transcriber will probably not be familiar with your dictation manners and peculiarities. www.test99.com

D. Other dictation methods, such as by telephone calls or by direct secretarial transcription at the typewriter. These methods are not routine but are used typically in rush situations. They require a slow voice speed and clear pronunciation. www.test99.com

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. Read this text about electrical power in Canada. www.test99.com

. Choose the best sentence from the list A-I to fill each of the blanks. www.test99.com
. For each blank(8-12) mark one letter (A-I) on your Answer Sheet. www.test99.com
. De not mark any letter twice. www.test99.com
. One answer has been given as an example. www.test99.com

ELECTRICITY : WEALTH , MONEY , POWER www.test99.com
Canadian industries have prospered for more than a century on the countrys abundance of cheap ,reliable electrical power. . . . . . example. . . . . . In fact ,Canada consumes more electricity on a per person basis than any country except for Norway. . . . . . 8. . . . . . www.test99.com
Electricity is a significant source of export income for Canada. . . . . 9. . . . . But in the 1970s ,Canadian exports rose sharply to address the U. S. demand for cheaper and more reliable. www.test99.com
In 1985, exports of Canadian electrical power reached 1,400 million US dollars . . . . 10. . . . .Net electricity exports account for more than 60% of Canadas balance of trade. www.test99.com
Domestically, Canada continues to generate electrical power, primarily from water . . . . 11. . . . . www.test99.com
Exports of electricity are now subject to forces far beyond the control of utility managers. . . . 12. . . . . www.test99.com

Example: B www.test99.com

A. Besides, electricity from coal and nuclear is 50/00 to 75/00 cheaper than many other industrial nations. www.test99.com
B. Generated primarily by water, our power supplies have attracted and supported energy-intensive industries such as mining. www.test99.com
C. It also ranks among the top three electricity producers in the world, behind the U. S. and Russia. www.test99.com
D. Next to electricity, Canadian paper exports came to 900 million US dollars every year in the 1960s. www.test99.com
E. Two large nuclear power plants began to generate electricity. www.test99.com
F. Since then, electricity exports have declined but they have continued to exceed 700 million US dollars. www.test99.com
G. Environmental and trade policies all influence electrical production and trade. www.test99.com
H. Canada and the U. S. imported and exported power in almost equal measures after 1901. www.test99.com
I. Therefore, the Canadian government has little influence on these forces. www.test99.com

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. Read this text about south Koreas economic development, and answer the questions that follow. www.test99.com

The Koreans see the Seoul Olympics as a chance to show their rapid progress. The Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964 served the same purpose for a developing Japan. Within 13 years , according to a detailed development plan ,Korea is determined to be among the worlds ten largest trading nations ,up from the 13th now. www.test99.com

1. Much of the economys development in recent years comes from what Korean leaders call the three blessings-lower oil prices, lower world wide interest rates, and a currency that is weak against the Japanese yen. The Korean won is closely related with many other currencies, though the finance ministry will not say which ones. Obviously the U. S. dollar is the most important. When its value drops against the Japanese yen, the Korean won went down too. Since September 1985 the won has decreased about 40% against the yen, giving Korea a huge advantage over Japan in the U.S. market. www.test99.com

2. The Koreans made good use of this advantage, pouring 40% of their exports into America. When the U.S. responded with tough protectionism talk, they pretended to be surprised and angry. The Koreans still see themselves as relatively poor dependents of the U.S. and take American protectionism as betrayal by a big brother. They are right. The Korean economy is only 6% of Japans. Tall buildings in Seoul resemble those in Tokyo, but the Korean capital is full of narrow streets and poor houses like a village. In the countryside some 20% of home lack running water. Moreover, Korea has a heavy defense burden as well as that big foreign debt. www.test99.com

3. And Korea has suffered set tacks before In the 1970s the government supported heavy industry ,creating some big but sseless enterpriscs. The Treasury Ministry is still quietly supporting some ill shipping and overseas companies. Meanwhile the government does not know how to set up wining industries. www.test99.com

4. The Koreans are also quick to point out that their 7.1 billion trade surplus with the U.S. is just 4% of the total American trade deficit. Japan account for 35%. In the U. S. the Koreans are competing with Japanese not American ,Products. They complain that U. S. protectionism punishes them for Americans lazy work habits and drug abuse. They say the union rules have ruined U. S. competitiveness. www.test99.com

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. For questions 13-16, choose the correct title for each paragraph for the box below. www.test99.com
. For each paragraph(l-4) mark one letter (A-G) on your Answer Sheet. www.test99.com
. De not mark any letter twice. www.test99.com

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14. Paragraph 2 . . . . . . . www.test99.com
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B. Lessons from the past www.test99.com
C. Korean products in U. S. market www.test99.com
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. Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 17-20 ,with a phrase from the List below (A-G) . www.test99.com
. For each sentence (17-20) mark one letter (A-G) on your Answer Sheet. www.test99.com
. Do not mark any letter twice. www.test99.com

17. For the Japanese ,the Tokyo Olympic Games was regarded. . . . . . www.test99.com
18. The Koreans think of the U. S. protectionism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.test99.com
19. The recent economic development of south Korea is due. . . . . . . . www.test99.com
20. The Japanese trade surplus accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.test99.com

A. to have three advantages. www.test99.com
B. among the ten biggest countries in foreign trade. www.test99.com
C. for thirty-five percent of the total American trade deficit. www.test99.com
D. as an exhibition of rapid economic growth. www.test99.com
E. against the Japanese currency. www.test99.com
F. of narrow streets and poor houses. www.test99.com
G. as cheating a little brother. www.test99.com

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. Read this news. . www.test99.com
. Choose the best word to fil1 each gap. www.test99.com
. For each question (21-35) mark one letter (A ,B ,C or D) on your Answer Sheet. www.test99.com
. One answer has been given as an example. www.test99.com

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Three men who ran a cross-channel smuggling group ,selling cheap. www.test99.com
French beer ,wine and champagne in Britain ,were jailed yesterday. www.test99.com
The men were leaders of an 11-man group which made at least 42......example......on the Dover-Calais ferry in three months. www.test99.com

Trucks of cheap drink were brought into the country and sold ... ...21 ... ...at Sunday market, And corner shops in South Wales , Two secret teams of customs officers ... ... 22... ...vehicles between Kent and Cardiff in an operation called chancer. Eleven men admitted their part in a.. ...23... ...to avoid paying duty on beer and spirits. www.test99.com

Mr. Roger Thomas said it was ......24 ...... that 70, 000pounds of unpaid duty was involved between January and April last year when the gang was ...... 25 ......the smuggling group. Cases of beer, wine and champagne were brought to a rented warehouse in Cardiff before being ...... 26 ...... to traders. Mr. Richard Nichols, a former market trader, Mr. Qichard Spencer ,a shopowner, and Mr Raymond Tout , were put in prison for ... ... 27... ..of nine, four and three months ...... 28 ...... Judge Michael Burr said the group had used an army of helpers in an organized conspiracy to make ... ... 29 ... ... money. He ordered six other men to carry out community service and conditionally .. ... 30... ...two others who had played a lesser role. www.test99.com

After the ...... 31 ..... customs investigators said that the group made as many as four cross channel trips a day ... .. 32... ... to a hypermarket near Calais. They went into business only three weeks after the new customs laws came into ...... 33......on New Years day last year. The investigators added : We hope these jail .. ... 34... ...will be a big help to tackle this . ...35... ...crime which is causing concern to the retail industry. www.test99.com

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A. holidays B. tours C. trips D. voyages www.test99.com
Answer: C www.test99.com

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23. A. accident B. conspiracy C. hope D. dream www.test99.com
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35. A. widespread B. terrible C. serious D. rare www.test99.com

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. Read this text about Turkish Airlines www.test99.com
. In most of the lines (36 - 40) there is one extra word which does not fit in. One or two lines, however , are correct. www.test99.com
. If the line is correct, put a tick (√)in the space on your Answer Sheet. www.test99.com
. If there is an extra word in the line (36-40) that word in the space on your Answer Sheet. www.test99.com
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Because we Turks are famous for hospitality, you may just find yourself. . . √. . . www.test99.com
Thinking therefore were an important centre of modern civililzation. . . therefore. . . www.test99.com

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. Your friend works as secretary in a British company in China. He has written a letter in answer to a Canadian Customers complaint. www.test99.com
. In each line there is one wrong word. www.test99.com
. For each numbered line (41 -45) write the correct word in the space on your Answer Sheet. www.test99.com
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Mr. Davidson works hardly every day and he is a model worker . . . hard. . . www.test99.com

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44. upon receiving your package, well immediate send you a new one. www.test99.com
45. And the postage is on us. I look forward to hear from you. www.test99.com
Thank your for your letter. www.test99.com

二.WRITING www.test99.com

PART ONE www.test99.com
Question 46 www.test99.com
You have received a fax from a customer who in the fax complained that he had received 100 green colour bicycles instead of 50 green and 50 blue colour bicycles. In order to solve the problem and find out the facts ,you write a short note to the warehouse. www.test99.com

. Write a short note to Mr. Randy Simon ,who is in charge of delivering goods from warehouse. www.test99.com
. Tell him about the claim. www.test99.com
. Mention the date of delivery. www.test99.com
. Ask for the duplicate invoice. . www.test99.com
. Write 30-40 words on your Answer Sheet. www.test99.com

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Question 47 www.test99.com
you work for Alla ,a shop which sells upmarket clothing. You are asked to find a way to increase the profits of your shop. www.test99.com
Read the following figure showing the results of a survey of two upmarket specialty shops. www.test99.com
Point A refers to your shop. Point B refers to Betty Fashion shop ,your main competitor, near your shop. www.test99.com

. Use the figure to write a report (about 100- 120 words)recommending ways of improving the quality and pricing of your shop. www.test99.com
. Write on your Answer Sheet. www.test99.com
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. You will hear three face to face conversations. www.test99.com
. Write down one word or number in the numbered spaces on the forms below. www.test99.com

Message One. Questions 1 -4 www.test99.com
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Age : ( 1 ). . . . . . Address : (2 ) . . . . . . Forest Road www.test99.com
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Message Three. Questions 9- 1 2 www.test99.com
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Name: (9). . . . . . Sex: male www.test99.com
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Flight No : Flight (11) . . . . . . www.test99.com
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Date : 7th June Time : 2 : 50pm. www.test99.com

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Questions 13-17 www.test99.com
. You will hear five short pieces. www.test99.com
. For each piece decide how much is the total amount the speaker is talking about. www.test99.com
. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the piece. www.test99.com
. You will hear the five pieces twice. www.test99.com

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D 1.85 pounds www.test99.com
E 16 pounds www.test99.com
F 1.36 pounds www.test99.com
G 2.42 pounds www.test99.com
H 1.45 pounds www.test99.com

Section Two www.test99.com
Questions 18-22 www.test99.com
. You will hear another five short pieces. www.test99.com
. For each piece decide what the speaker is doing. www.test99.com
. Write one letter (A-H)next to the number of the piece. www.test99.com
. You will hear the five pieces twice. www.test99.com
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21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.test99.com
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PART THREE www.test99.com
Questions 23-30 www.test99.com
. You will hear a talk given by, a spokesman of` the U. S. International Communication Department. He talks about a number of privately owned telephone discounter attacking the cartel of national telephone monopolies that keeps the price of international calls high. www.test99.com
. You have to complete the sentences (23-30) by choosing the correct ending. www.test99.com
. Make one letter (A ,B or C). www.test99.com

23. The Price of international calls into America is www.test99.com
A. higher than that of the calls out of America. www.test99.com
B. far lower than that of the calls out of America. www.test99.com
C. is the same as that of the calls out of America as it is decided by the cartel. www.test99.com

24. If you want to ring back, you have to . www.test99.com
A. redial the telephone. www.test99.com
B. know the free telephone number to a computerized switch in another country. www.test99.com
C. find another person to call you back. www.test99.com

25. Third-country calling refers to www.test99.com
A.. calling via another country. www.test99.com
B. finding a person in the third country to call. www.test99.com
C. calling through three countries. www.test99.com

26. International Discount Telecommunications uses www.test99.com
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C. thired-country calling technique. www.test99.com

27. According to the spokesman, a band of these tiny American discounters will be A. prosperous. www.test99.com
B. limited to an extent. www.test99.com
C. short-lived. www.test99.com

28. ATST refers to www.test99.com
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B. Associated Telephone & Television www.test99.com
C. American Telephone & Telegraph www.test99.com

29. World Connect and World Reach is purposely . www.test99.com
A. to encourage the foreigners to use American calls. www.test99.com
B. to supplement the ``call-home services. www.test99.com
C. to enlarge the communication between the U. S. and the world. www.test99.com

30. AT6Ts new services have been declined by www.test99.com
A. Iraq. www.test99.com
B. Japan. www.test99.com
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BEC二级模拟试题 4参考答案 试题www.test99.com

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一. 阅读部分 www.test99.com
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1. A 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. C www.test99.com
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21. D 22. A 23.B 24. D 25. C 26.C 27.C 28. D 29.B www.test99.com
30. B 31. D 32.C 33. B 34. B 35.A www.test99.com

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36. but是多余,应删掉. www.test99.com
37. 没有多余的词. www.test99.com
38. 后面的as是多余,应删掉. www.test99.com
39. 没有多余的词. www.test99.com
40. to是多余,应删掉. www.test99.com

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42. answer应改为answering www.test99.com
43. paying应改为pay www.test99.com
44. immediate应改为immediately www.test99.com
45.hear 应改为hearing www.test99.com

二.写作部分 www.test99.com
PART ONE www.test99.com
Question 46 . www.test99.com
(Sample for reference) www.test99.com
Dear Mr. Simon, www.test99.com
A customer complained that he had received 100 green coloured bicycles instead of 50 green and 50 blue colour bicycles ,which had been shipped on 11th May. Could you please send me the immediate invoice under contract No. TXI 2- 1 in duplicate? www.test99.com

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Question 47 www.test99.com
(Sample for reference) www.test99.com
Both Betty Fashion Shop and our shop are in city centre ,therefore ,we have almost the same customers. But there exists a fact that customers are more likely to spend their money in Betty shop. After careful research ,we notice that ,although Betty shop has higher prices ,they also have more fashionable clothes. Compared with Betty Shop, our real prices are not high, but the comparative prices to fashion are high. Therefore ,if our shop decides to increase the profits, we`should purchase highly fashionable clothes ,at least as fashionable as Betty Shop ,with the prices lower than Betty Shops. As .customers hate increasing prices ,it is better to do this gradually. www.test99.com

三.听力部分 www.test99.com
1. 20 2. no53 3. Economic . www.test99.com
4. Wednesday 5. Robinson 6. 208 www.test99.com
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10. Canada 11 . 172 12. Beijing www.test99.com
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Part One. Questions 1 to 12. www.test99.com
Message One. Questions 1 to 4. www.test99.com
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M1 : Ok, then, could you deliver the newspapers from 8: 30 on Monday, Wednesday, www.test99.com
Friday and Sunday or on Tuesday ,Thursday and Saturday? www.test99.com
F1 : Er, I can work on Monday , Wednesday and Friday ,but not on Sunday. Is it OK? www.test99.com
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F1 : I have sold some books door to door for Economic Publishing House. www.test99.com
M1 : Good ,are you a student? www.test99.com
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M1 : Do you have a telephone number? www.test99.com
F1 : Yes, 981332981. www.test99.com
M1 : Then ,well call you after we have talked it over. www.test99.com
F1 : Thank you ,Sir! I hope to hear from you soon. www.test99.com

Message Two. Questions 5 to 8. www.test99.com
F1 : Good morning ,sir. Can I help you7 www.test99.com
M1 : Good morning. I have reserved a room in your hotel. www.test99.com
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F1 : Er ,yes. Heres the booking card. Its a single room and the room number is 208. www.test99.com
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F1 : Youre welcome. www.test99.com

Message Three. Questions 9 to 12. www.test99.com
F1 : Good morning. May 1 see your ticket, please? www.test99.com
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F1 : Whats your name, then? www.test99.com
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F1 : Oh yes , here it is. Youre going to... ...Beijing, right? www.test99.com
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F1 : ... ...By Flight 172 ,Japan Air lines. May I see your passport? www.test99.com
M1 : Oh ,certainly ,here you are. www.test99.com
F1 : Thank you. Youre not American ,are you? www.test99.com
M1 : No , Im Canadian. www.test99.com
F1 : I see. Heres your passport and your ticket. www.test99.com
M1 : Thank you very much. www.test99.com
F1 : Youre welcome. www.test99.com

Part Two. Questions 13 to 22. www.test99.com
Section One. Questions 13 to 17. www.test99.com

Question Thirteen www.test99.com
Yesterday I bought this T-shirt in your shop. But it was too small for my son and my son wanted a blue one. So I want to change this white one for that blue one priced at twelve thirty-four. This white one is ten forty-nine. How much more will I have to pay you? www.test99.com

Question Fourteen . www.test99.com
I tried this pair of shoes and I think I like this colour and style. Please pack them. By the way, I notice that all the goods in your shop are at 20% discount. And this price tag says 20pounds a pair. So how much will I have to pay you? www.test99.com

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My wife, my children and I are going to visit Edinburgh for 3 days. We need a small room and a large room with a double bed. If a small room is 5pounds a day and a large one is 12pounds a day, how much will we pay for our stay? www.test99.com

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This novel costs two ninety-nine. This book is one pound forty-two. And that pocket dictionary is priced at fourteen twenty-four. You gave me two ten pounds. Lets look at the calculator and find out how much change Ill give you. www.test99.com

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One letter will be sixteen pence, so for three letters thats forty-eight pence. And the five postcards at .twenty-four pence thats l.20pounds. And the two airmail letters at twenty-four pence thats forty-eight pence. Lets see what the total cames to. www.test99.com

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Question Eighteen www.test99.com
Accounts will be charged five pounds a month service fee if the minimum balance falls below four hundred pounds at any time during the stated period. You may keep three pounds in your account ,but we charge you five pounds a month. www.test99.com

Question Nineteen www.test99.com
The package containing the records appeared to be in perfect condition. But when we unpacked it with great care ,we found that one record was completely smashed. Could you send us a new one? 1ll return the broken one at once. www.test99.com

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Thank you for asking me. Youve already done a lot for the children. I believe this tea party on Friday will attract more peoples attention to the childrens problems. Unfortunately Ive got an appointment then. www.test99.com

Question Twenty-one. www.test99.com
Thank you for your invitation. Our company is willing to explore with your corporation the possibility of closer ties through joint ventures. Here ,let me propose a toast to the success of our negotiations and to our friendship and future cooperation. www.test99.com

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As this is the last week in September, the two teams were going to watch tonight are tied for first place in this season. They both want to make the play-offs, so theyll be playing their best. www.test99.com

Part Three. Questions 23 to 30. www.test99.com
For decades the worlds telephone companies ,nearly all state-owned monopolies ,have jointly set the rates for international calls. Now a handful of nimble, privately owned telephone discounters are using loopholes in regulations written to protect national telephone monopolies to undercut the cartels high prices. Eventually ,that could lead to the break-up of the cartel itself. www.test99.com

The small firms leading the trend are interesting for the way they do business rather than for the amount of business they do. www.test99.com

But because their activities expose monopoly overpricing so dramatically, they could help to bring about changes that are vastly out of proportion to their size. www.test99.com

The American market for international calls is more open to competition than those of most other countries, so calls out of America are usually far cheaper than the calls into it. The discounters exploit this difference by routing calls from foreign subscribers to computerized switches in America ,undercutting normal rates by a third or more. www.test99.com

One technique, known as ring-back, involves giving a customer in, say, Paris a free telephone number to a computerized switch in America. When the customer calls ,the switch automatically calls him back and puts him through to his American destination. Since the call technically originates with the switch, France Telecoms monopoly on outgoing calls remains unbroken but the caller in Paris is charged American rates. www.test99.com
A second technique, called third-country calling, involves routing international calls via America to take advantage of cheap American rates on the second leg of the journey. On intercontinental calls the saving is usually so great that it more than makes up for the extra distance travelled. www.test99.com

One of the best-knows discounters , 2(1/2)year old international Discount Telecommunications (IDT) ,uses third-country calling to provides calls between countries whose own telephone companies are not on speaking terms ,such as Syria and Israel ,and Iraq and Kuwait. Todays small discounters may be short-lived. www.test99.com

But if the small discounters do go out of business, it will be because they have launched a trend. This year, Americas established international carriers have started touting for business from over seas customers themselves. In April American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) launched a third-country calling service of its own. Dubbed World Connect, the service lets customers use a personal identification number to call from45 different countries of the world via switches in America. Customers pay call charges in dollars ,along with their normal domestic bills. In June AT&Ts biggest rival, MCI, launched a similar service , called World Reach. Both products supplement the firms long-establishes call-home services , which make it easier for travelling Americans to call home. www.test99.com

Though AT&T and MCI both hotly deny selling international calls to foreigners explicitly, some foreign carriers certainly fear this. Neither ATST nor MCI has been allowed to offer its new services in Japan, Australia, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Argentina or Mexico. The small discounters have run into similar problems.www.test99.com