听力

Ⅰ．听下面五段对话，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读一遍。

1. hat colour is the woman speaker's dress？

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2．When did the man's daughter set the world record？

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3．What is the man most likely to be？

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4．What will the woman have to do？

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A．Borrow a tape next week．

B．Keep the tape for another week．

C．Return the tape to the man right now．

5．What is the man doing？

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A．Offering a suggestion．

B．Making a request．

C．Asking for permission

Ⅱ．听下面两段对话或独白，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段

对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6．What's the speaker mainly talking about？

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A．Wednesday's programs on VOA．

B．Special English tonight on VOA．

C．The hosts of the programs on VOA．

7．When can you hear“The plans for a new factory in space？

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A．At night．

B．In the afternoon．

C．In the morning

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8．What is the main topic of the conversation？

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A．The suggestion for Susan．

B．The guitar lesson for Susan's son．

C．The guitar lesson for Mary Jackson．

9．On what day is the woman going to take her lessons？

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10．How much will the woman have to pay for her lessons each time？

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听力

Ⅰ．听下面五段对话，从 A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。每段对话读一遍。

1．What time will the two speakers leave？

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2．What are the two speakers talking about？

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A．Past experience．

B．Family members．

C．Traveling abroad．

3．Where dose the conversation most probably take place？

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A．At a theatre．

B．At a restaurant．

C．At a gas station．

4．How will the woman go to New York？

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5．Why is the man angry with Anne？

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A．She hasn't shown up

B．She drives too slowly．

C．She is too rude to him．

Ⅱ．听下面两段对话或独白，从 A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。每段

对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6．What did the man do at his weekend？

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A．He watched TV．

B．He went to the cinema．

C．He visited his parents．

7．What does the man think about his roommate？

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A．He is stupid．

B．He is strange．

C．He is shameless

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8．What's the possible relationship between the two speakers？

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A．Nurse and patient．

B．Mother and son．

C．Friends．

9．Why does the man want to see Dr Carter？

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A．He was hit by a ladder．

B．He broke his leg．

C．He hurt his foot．

10．What does the woman tell man to do in the end？

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A．Wait for Dr Carter at home．

B．Come to the office right away．

C．Take off the paint an himself．

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　　Montgomery is a large city in the southern state of Alabama. This state had many 1 that forced black people, called “coloureds”, to be separated 2 white people.

　　Restaurants drinking fountains, and buses had 3 that forced “coloureds” to be in a certain section away from white people.

　　Rose Parks decided to 4 one of these laws. On December 1,1955, she got on a bus and sat at the back of the 5 section because the black section was full. When 6 asked her to give up her seat for him, she refused. When the driver insisted she move, she again 7 . The driver called the police and she was arrested.

　　When the black people of Montgomery heard about her arrest, they had meetings to decide 8 they could do. Martin Luther King had 9 the black population to stand up to injustice (不公正) through non-violent means.

　　They decided to boycott bus. 10 white people had cars, so only a few rode the bus. The bus company could not make 11 money to buy fuel and pay the drivers. They 12 thousands of dollars.

　　The bus boycott lasted 381 days. During the time black people 13 long distances to their 14 . The law had to be changed 15 Blacks would again ride the bus. In 1956, the Supreme Court in Washington D． C． decided it was not lawful to 16 black people to sit in a special section of the bus. The new law meant that people of any race could sit anywhere on the bus. Rose Parks had changed the 17 of separation for all of the southern states. She stated that her 18 came from two sources (来源). The first was the 19 she saw in her mother and grandparents when they faced difficult situations. The second was from an inner feeling about right and 20 , justice and injustice. Some people call her the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”. Certainly, her act of bravery changed the lives of black people in the southern states.

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  If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise—and as a result, we are ageing unnecessarily soon.
　　Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down.
　　With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.
　　Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect (智能) and emotion, and determine the human character. (The rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional faculties.)
　　Contraction of front and side parts—as cells die off—was observed I some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty- and seventy-year-olds.
　　Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with age—using the head.
　　The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant.
　　Matsuzawa’s findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. “The best way to maintain good blood circulation is through using the brain,” he says, “Think hard and engage in conversation. Don’t rely on pocket calculators.”
36. The team of doctors wanted to find out ________.
　　A. why certain people age sooner than others   B. how to make people live longer
　　C. the size of certain people’s brains          D. which people are most intelligent
37. On what are their research findings based?
　　A. A survey of farmers in northern Japan.      B. Tests performed on a thousand old people.
　　C. The study of brain volumes of different people  D. The latest development of computer technology.
38. The doctor’s test show that ________.
　　A. our brains shrink as we grow older         B. the front section of the brain does not shrink
　　C. sixty-year-olds have the better brains than thirty-year-olds
　　D. some people’s brains have contracted more than other people’s.
39. The word “subjects” in Paragraph 5 means ________.
　　A. something to be considered               B. branches of knowledge studied
　　C. persons chosen to be studied in an experiment
　　D. any member of a state except the supreme ruler.
40. According to the passage, which people seem to age slower than the others?
　　A. Lawyers.          B. Farmers.         C. Clerks.         D. Shop assistants.

“Opinion” is a word that is used carelessly today. It is used to refer to matters of taste, belief, and judgment. This casual use would probably cause little confusion if people didn’t attach too much importance to opinion. Unfortunately, most believe it is of great importance. “I have as much right to my opinion as you to yours,” and “Everyone’s entitled to his opinion,” are common expressions. In fact, anyone who would challenge another’s opinion is likely to be considered intolerant(不可容忍的).

    Is that label accurate? Is it intolerant to challenge another’s opinion? It depends on what definition of opinion you have in mind. For example, you may ask a friend “What do you think of the new Ford cars?” And he may reply, “In my opinion, they’re ugly.” In this case, it would not only be intolerant to challenge his statement, but foolish. It’s obvious that by opinion he means his personal preference, a matter of taste. And as the old saying goes, “It’s pointless to argue about matters of taste.”

　　But consider this very different use of the term, a newspaper reports that the Supreme Court has delivered its opinion in a controversial(有争议的) case. Obviously the justices did not share their personal preferences, their likes and dislikes; they stated their considered judgment, painstakingly arrived at after thorough inquiry and careful consideration.

　　Most of what is referred to as opinion falls somewhere between these two extremes. It is not an expression of taste. Nor is it careful judgment. Yet it may contain elements of both. It is a view or belief more or less casually arrived at, with or without examining the evidence. Is everyone entitled to his opinion? Of course, this is not only permitted, but guaranteed. We are free to act on our opinions only so long as, in doing so, we do not harm others.

1.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

　 A. Everyone has a right to hold his own opinion.

　 B. Free expression of opinions often leads to confusion.

　 C. Most people tend to be careless in forming their opinions.

　 D. Casual use of the word “opinion” often brings about quarrels.

2.The new Ford cars are mentioned as an example to show that ________.

　 A. it is foolish to criticize a famous brand

　 B. one should not always agree to others’ opinions

　 C. personal tastes are not something to be challenged

　 D. it is unwise to express one’s likes and dislikes in public

3.Considered judgment is different from personal preference in that ________.

　 A. it is stated by judges in the court      

 B. it reflects public likes and dislikes

　 C. it is a result of a lot of argument　　

 D. it is based on careful thought

4.As indicated in the passage, being free to act on one’s opinion ________.

　 A. means that one can ignore other people’s criticism

　 B. means that one can force others to accept his preferences

　 C. doesn’t mean that one has the right to do things at will

　 D. doesn’t mean that one has the right to charge others without evidence