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12．What is Joe like in the speakers'eyes？
A．He is a bad cook．
B．He is not easy-going．
C．He loves holding parties．

11．What is the man doing？
A．Asking for help B．Making suggestions C．Asking for permission．

10．听第7段材料，回答第9至11题．
9．Where does the man live？
A．l7 Mallett Street．
B.70 Mallett Street．
C．l7 Marrett Street．
10．Which house is on fire？
A．Number 16．
B．Number 18．
C．Number 20．
11．Why is there nobody in the house on fire？
A．They went shopping．
B．They went to work．
C．They went abroad on holiday．

9．A．Tim's excellent performance．
B．Tim's assignment．
C．Tim's graduation day．
D．Tim's study habits．

8．Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage．
11．A．To get better jobs．B．To save more money．
C．To move into a larger apartment．D．To receive further education．
12．A．It had family-friendly politics．B．It owned a child-care center on site．
C．It offered its staff excellent benefits．D．It rewarded employees with apartments．
13．A．Satisfied．B．Surprised．C．Confused．D．Interested．

7．A．The man can tell Kelly the news the next day．
B．The man shouldn't tell Kelly the news at school．
C．The man should tell Kelly's brother the news．
D．The man had better tell Kelly the news by himself．

6．A．Advertisements．
B．TV programs．
C．Shopping．
D．Forms of pastime．

5．The teacher with two students were at the meeting．

4．A．involve B．analysis C．immediately D．certain E．worth
F．remarks G．upset H．slightly I．respond J．note

Why does a woman have the last （and longest） laugh？The answer is that women enjoy a joke more once they get it．If you tell a woman a joke and get a blank look，don't（41）Cdespair．She's just taking her time to understand it．But if the punchline（妙语）does eventually make her laugh it will be（42）Ethe wait．
Scientists have found that while women are slower than men at getting jokes，they enjoy them more when they truly understand．Research shows that women use their brain more than men to process witty（43）Fand have less expectation that they will be funny．
When a joke does hit the right（44）J，however，women derive more pleasure from it．Scientists asked ten men and ten women to look at dozens of black and white cartoons and rate them on a"funniness scale"．During the process they underwent sophisticated scans that mapped which parts of their brain were lighting up and timed how long it took them to（45）I to a joke．The women tended to use（46）D parts of their brain．Professor Allan Reiss said："We found greater activity in the parts of their brain in women，showing women are processing stimuli that（47）Alanguage areas of the brain．"
The（48）B of a"feelgood"brain region also revealed that men and women have different attitudes to humour．Experts said："Women appeared to have less expectation of a reward．So they were more pleased about it．"The funnier the cartoon，the more the women's parts of their brain lit up．This was not the case for men．The women took（49）H longer than the men to react to jokes that were funny-but were quicker to spot the"truth"．

3．What's the probable relationship between the two speakers？
A．Old classmates． B．Travelers in England． C．Tourist and guide．

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