题目内容
1.What exactly does the man want to find out?
A．What people think of the bus service.
B．How many people are using the bus service.
C．Which group of people use the bus service most often.
2.What does the woman say about the bus service?
A．The distance between bus stops is too long.
B．The bus timetables are full of mistakes.
C．Buses are often not on time.
3.Why does the woman say her husband is fortunate?
A．He often goes to work in a friend’s car.
B．He doesn’t need to go shopping by bus.
C．He lives close to the bus station.
解析：
1.对话开始，男声作自我介绍并说明来意：(M)Hello．Mrs．Smith．I’m，from the Daily Mirror．And I’m doing a report on public opinion about the city’s bus service．So，what do you think of the bus service?这一采访话题在女声的回应中再次给予重复：“The bus service? ...”因此谈话目的十分明确：public opinion on bus service。这一话题中心在以后的交谈中还不断涉及，重复出现。 2.从女士说：“…I mean you look at a timetable and you think, oh, well, five minutes to wait and it turns out to be an hour…”说明她对公共汽车不准时表示不满。 3. 题干中的fortunate是一关键词汇，Mrs． Smith关于其husband乘车情况的较长说明中提到：... fortunately，a girl who works in his office often gives him a lift into work。此处的give him a lift意为“让他搭自己的车(=take him in her car on way to work)”，由此可推断出其fortunate的原因是：He often goes to working the girl’s car。
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提示：
M: Hello, Mrs. Smith. I’m from the Daily Mirror and I’m doing a report on public opinion about the city bus service. So what do you think of the bus service? W: The bus service? Actually, I don’t use it that often un less I have to go shopping. M: What... how could the bus service be improved? W: Well they...could turn up on time. I mean you look at a timetable and you think, oh, well, five minutes to wait and it turns out to be an hour. M: Do any other people in your family use the bus service? W: My husband, He uses it more often. But, fortunately, a girl who works in his office often gives him a lift into work, but when he does need to use it he’s often angry at it. Once he waited up to fifty minutes at the station for a bus. So I think there should be some way of warning people when a bus is not going to arrive and certainly much more frequent bus services.
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Scientists who try to predict earthquakes have gotten some new helpers recently—animals.
That’s right, animals. Scientists have begun to understand what farmers have known for thousands of years. Animals often seem to know in advance that an earthquake is coming, and they show their fear by acting in strange ways. Before a Chinese quake in 1975, snakes awoke from their winter sleep early only to freeze to death in the cold air. Cows broke their halters (缰绳) and tried to escape. Chickens refused to enter their cage. All of this unusual behavior, as well as physical changes in the earth, warned Chinese scientists of the coming quake. They moved people away from the danger zone and saved thousands of lives.
One task for scientists today is to learn exactly which types of animal behavior predict quakes. It’s not an easy job. First of all not every animal reacts to the danger of an earthquake. Just before a California quake in 1977, for example, an Arabian horse became very nervous and tried to break out of his enclosure. The Australian horse next to him, however, remained perfectly calm. It’s also difficult at times to tell the difference between normal animal restlessness and “earthquake nerves”. A zoo keeper once called earthquake researchers to say that his cougar had been acting strangely. It turned out that the cat had an upset stomach.
A second task for scientists is to find out exactly what kind of warnings the animals receive. They know that animals sense far more of the world than humans do. Many animals can see, hear, and smell things that people do not even notice. Some can sense tiny changes in air pressure, gravity, or the magnetism of Earth. This extra sense probably helps animals predict quakes.
A good example of this occurred with a group of dogs. They were shut in an area that was being shaken by a series of tiny earthquakes. (Several small quakes often come before or after a large one.) Before each quake a low booming sound was heard. Each boom caused the dogs to bark wildly. Then the dogs began to bark during a silent period. A scientist who was recording quakes looked at his machine. It was acting as though there were a loud noise too. The scientist realized that the dogs had reacted to a booming noise. They also sensed the tiny quake that followed it. The machine recorded both, though humans felt and heard nothing.
In this case there was a machine to monitor what the dogs were sensing. Many times, however, our machines record nothing extraordinary, even though animals know a quake is coming. The animals might be sensing something we measure but do not recognize as a warning. Discovering what animals sense, and learning how they know it is a danger signal, is a job for future scientists.
【小题1】Through the passage the writer hopes to explore __________.
| A．why animals send a danger signal before an earthquake |
| B．how animals know when an earthquake is coming |
| C．why animals not men have good sense of danger |
| D．how much animals know about an earthquake |
| A．chickens refused to go out of their cage |
| B．snakes were frozen to death in their caves |
| C．snakes awoke from their winter sleep earlier |
| D．cows broke their halters and escaped from their sheds |
| A．An Arabian horse tried to escape from his enclosure. |
| B．A cougar had an upset stomach unexpectedly. |
| C．An Australian horse was perfectly calm. |
| D．A cat acted very strangely in a zoo. |
| A．find out that the machine could record unusual happenings |
| B．compare the reactions of animals and those of humans |
| C．prove that animals could sense more than humans |
| D．find out what exact warnings animals sent |
Scientists who try to predict earthquakes have gotten some new helpers recently—animals.
That’s right, animals. Scientists have begun to understand what farmers have known for thousands of years. Animals often seem to know in advance that an earthquake is coming, and they show their fear by acting in strange ways. Before a Chinese quake in 1975, snakes awoke from their winter sleep early only to freeze to death in the cold air. Cows broke their halters (缰绳) and tried to escape. Chickens refused to enter their cage. All of this unusual behavior, as well as physical changes in the earth, warned Chinese scientists of the coming quake. They moved people away from the danger zone and saved thousands of lives.
One task for scientists today is to learn exactly which types of animal behavior predict quakes. It’s not an easy job. First of all not every animal reacts to the danger of an earthquake. Just before a California quake in 1977, for example, an Arabian horse became very nervous and tried to break out of his enclosure. The Australian horse next to him, however, remained perfectly calm. It’s also difficult at times to tell the difference between normal animal restlessness and “earthquake nerves”. A zoo keeper once called earthquake researchers to say that his cougar had been acting strangely. It turned out that the cat had an upset stomach.
A second task for scientists is to find out exactly what kind of warnings the animals receive. They know that animals sense far more of the world than humans do. Many animals can see, hear, and smell things that people do not even notice. Some can sense tiny changes in air pressure, gravity, or the magnetism of Earth. This extra sense probably helps animals predict quakes.
A good example of this occurred with a group of dogs. They were shut in an area that was being shaken by a series of tiny earthquakes. (Several small quakes often come before or after a large one.) Before each quake a low booming sound was heard. Each boom caused the dogs to bark wildly. Then the dogs began to bark during a silent period. A scientist who was recording quakes looked at his machine. It was acting as though there were a loud noise too. The scientist realized that the dogs had reacted to a booming noise. They also sensed the tiny quake that followed it. The machine recorded both, though humans felt and heard nothing.
In this case there was a machine to monitor what the dogs were sensing. Many times, however, our machines record nothing extraordinary, even though animals know a quake is coming. The animals might be sensing something we measure but do not recognize as a warning. Discovering what animals sense, and learning how they know it is a danger signal, is a job for future scientists.
1.Through the passage the writer hopes to explore __________.
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A．why animals send a danger signal before an earthquake |
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B．how animals know when an earthquake is coming |
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C．why animals not men have good sense of danger |
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D．how much animals know about an earthquake |
2. During an earthquake in China in 1975, _________.
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A．chickens refused to go out of their cage |
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B．snakes were frozen to death in their caves |
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C．snakes awoke from their winter sleep earlier |
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D．cows broke their halters and escaped from their sheds |
3.Which of the following is one of earthquake nerves according to the passage?
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A．An Arabian horse tried to escape from his enclosure. |
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B．A cougar had an upset stomach unexpectedly. |
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C．An Australian horse was perfectly calm. |
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D．A cat acted very strangely in a zoo. |
4.The scientists did an experiment with a group of dogs to _________.
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A．find out that the machine could record unusual happenings |
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B．compare the reactions of animals and those of humans |
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C．prove that animals could sense more than humans |
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D．find out what exact warnings animals sent |