Very bulky large articles which do not __ should not be put into the tumble-drier to dry.

The relationship of two types of media advertising begins to change.

How to approach Reading Test Part Two

&8226;In this part of the Reading Test you read a text with gaps in it, and choose the best sentence to fill each gap from a set of eight sentences.

&8226;First read the text for overall meaning, then go back and look for the best sentence for each gap.

&8226;Make sure the sentence fits both the meaning and the grammar of the text around the gap.

&8226;Read the text on the opposite page from an article about how a company reduced its transport costs.

&8226;Choose the best sentence from below to fill each of the gaps.

&8226;For each gap 9 - 14, mark one letter (A - H) on your Answer Sheet.

&8226;Do not use any letter more than once.

Route to big delivery savings

There are few areas left within the world's largest businesses where one close look can deliver instant savings of 1 per cent of sales. For Rhodia, the chemicals arm of French conglomerate Rh6ne-Poulenc, scrutiny of the company's transport costs in the UK led to just such savings. Management consultants A.T. Kearney were commissioned to review the company's operations. They scoured order books, invoices and transport logs at the company's fourteen UK sites. some transport they could not account for at all Surprising as it may seem, there were simply no records.

A.T. Kearney's initial survey found that transport accounted for 10 per cent of the company's traceable spending in the UK, and that during a 12-month period, 235 different hauliers had moved products for the company. The company were also running a 30-strong fleet of their own. (9) In a more positive light, though, they meant that the opportunity to improve was huge.

Transport buying was being dictated by the backgrounds of the buyers, rather than rational criteria. (10) Instead, they were typically former drivers or site workers who bought transport from a network of contacts built up over many years.

Even where buyers were seeking tile cheapest transport, their task was complicated by numerous different tariffs for different measures. For A.T. Kearney, the solution lay in a comprehensive, standardised tendering process. During the following weeks, all the company's existing suppliers, Rhodia's own fleet, and others were invited to tender for business. (11) Modelling of these responses began: what if this part of the business was given to X, and this part to Y - what does it do to costs？

Rhodia then went back to the most promising applicants and offered them deals for packages of business. (12) In this way the company ensured that they got the best possible arrangement. Inevitably, this process favoured large suppliers. (13) For example, a driver with his own lorry, who had been transporting goods for the company for years, submitted a tender. A sub- contracting arrangement was made for him with one of the final suppliers.

Today, Rhodia have five main hauliers, who account for 90 per cent of the company's transport spending. All rates are standardised: the whole system is a very simple one. But perhaps the most extraordinary outcome from this monumental number-crunching exercise was the bottom line impact. (14) The new set-up has delivered savings of more than 25 per cent. And the company is confident of achieving even more savings.

A Before the review, transport was eating up 3 per cent of the company's UK sales revenue.

B Nevertheless, the situation was not helped by the fragmented nature of the haulage industry.

C More than 60 did so, and their quotes were then analysed.

D Among the terms they included in these contracts were requirements for improvements in costs, flexibility and reliability.

E None had come into lo

听力原文：IBS=Initial Business Supplies LG=Lacey Graphics

IBS: Initial Business Supplies. Good morning. LG: Good morning. This is Lacey Graphics. I'd like to place an order, please.

IBS: OK, I'll just get an order form. Right. Now, It's Lacey Graphics？

LG: That's right We have an account with you.

IBS: Sorry. I didn't know. I'm new here.

LG: Oh, that's OK.

IBS: Could you give me your address, please？

LG: Yes, of course. It's Unit 5, Hailsham Industrial Estate, Hailsham.

IBS: And that's the delivery address？

IG: Yes.

IBS: And could I have your name, please？

LG: Well, I'm Liz Price, but I'd like you to address it to the 'Office Manager', please.

IBS: OK. Fine. Now what's the order for？

LG: We'd like 10 boxes of printer paper.

IBS: I'm afraid we haven't got any printer paper at the moment. Will photocopy paper do？

LG: Yes, that'll he fine.

IBS: And when would you like it？

LG: Well, as soon as possible, really. We've nearly run out.

IBS: I can get it to you on Thursday, if you like.

LG: That's great. Thanks.

IBS: And how will you be paying？

LG: Well, you usually send us an invoice.

IBS: OK. And that's to the same address？

LG: That's right.

？You will hear three telephone conversations.

？Write one or two words or a number in the numbered spaces on the forms below.

？After you have listened once, replay each recording.

Conversation One

？Look at the note below.

？You will hear a man making a call about a delivery.

Customer Order Form Order Reference XR4930

Date Received 27/5/99

Customer Name Lacey Graphics

Delivery Address (1)__

Hailsham Industrial Estate

Hailsham

For the attention of: (2) __

Order Details 10 boxes of (3)__

Delivery Date (4)__

Payment Method Invioce

Besides low birth rate, __ is another factor that fuels the trend of rural population in parts of Europe.

第二节书面表达

假如你是社会环保工作者，正准备呼吁大家节约用水。

要点：

1．人们认为淡水是取之不尽的(提示：雨水，河水，井水)；

2．实际上淡水是短缺的(提示：人口增加，工业用水增加，污染严重)；

3．我们应当节约用水。

参考词汇：可取得的available；短缺shortage

注意：

词数100词左右。