Section I Listening Comprehension
　　Part A　You will hear a recording¹ of a conversation between Mary and John about the Hilton Hotel and the Hotel Rossiya. Listen to it and fill out the table with the information you've heard for questions 1-5. Some of the information has been completed for you. Write not more than 3 words in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below.

　　Information about the Hilton Hotel and the Hotel Rossiya　　

　
 The Hilton Hotel
 The Hotel Rossiya
 
Number of Bedrooms
 1
 3,200
 
Number of Employees
 2
 3,000
 
Number of Restaurants
 12
 3
 
Number of Elevators
 4
 
Country of Location
 U.S.
 5
 

　　Tape script²:

　　M: Hi, Mary. How's everything?

　　W: Fine. You know, John, I'm planning to go to Las Vegas for a holiday and would like to stay in a large hotel. Anything to recommend?

　　M: The Hilton Hotel there is quite a large one. It has 3,174 bedrooms. It also has 12 restaurants and about 125,000 square feet of convention³ space. There're a 10-acre recreation deck⁴ and a stage show dining hall. Over 3,600 people now work for it.

　　W: Oh, great! Is it the largest hotel in the U.S.?

　　M: Yes, it is. But it may not be the largest in the world. As far as I know, the Hotel Rossiya in Moscow is larger than Hilton. It is a 12-story building that has 3,200 rooms. It can provide accommodation for 6,000 guests. It takes nearly 8 years and a half to spend one night in each room. Besides, there's a 21-story "Presidential tower" in the central courtyard. It has 15 restaurants and 93 elevators. And it employs about 3,000 people. The ballroom⁵ is known as the world's largest. Russians are not allowed to live in that hotel. And foreigners are charged 16 times more than the very low rate charged Russian officials.

　　W: It's unbelievable ?    [fade out]

　　Now you will hear the recording again. (The recording is repeated.)

　　That is the end of Part A.

　　Part B　You will hear a radio weather forecast. Answer questions 6-10 while listening. Use not more than 5 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 40 seconds to read the questions.

　　When will showers reach south-west England and the southern coast of Wales?

　　6、What will the minimum⁶ temperature be in the south during the night?

　　7、On what day of the week do you think this weather forecast was given?

　　8、What will be the general feeling about the weekend in the Netherlands?

　　9、What part of England will be cloudy and dry over the weekend?