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公共英语四级-237
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M: So, Lily, now that we’ve heard that you work outside. Tell us about what you do on weekends: when you get up, what you have for breakfast, what you do for fun, and things like that.
W: Well, I get up very early, around five o’clock, because...
M: Five o’clock! Even on weekends Do you do that often
W: Oh, yes, nearly every weekend. I never sleep late There is just too much to do. I hate waking up late. Even on weekends. And then I sometimes go for a long swim in my pool, when I don’t go for a run. Exercise is very important to me.
M: At five o’clock in the morning you go for a run
W: Yes, sometimes, or as I said, sometimes go for a swim.
M: OK... and then
W: Well, then I have breakfast, and after breakfast I get down to work.
M: Oh, you work on weekends, too
W: Oh, yes, I always work on weekends.
M: But don’t you ever relax
W: Relax
M: You know, ta -
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Men lie to women. At the heart of many men’s lies, however, is the male ego. Men lie to build them- selves up or to conceal something. They are more likely to lie to enhance themselves than women are Men have a hard time admitting failure. How our culture defines success is important to a man, so he assumes it’s important to his partner.
In a 1991 study, psychologist William Tooke and an assistant at the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh asked 110 students at the university to look at 88 deceptive tactics — such as inflating one’s accomplishments and wearing designer’s clothes to appear wealthy — and reveal how often they were used in their own relationships. Men were significantly more likely than women to use such deception. Ego- stroking statements that turn out to be total lies may be designed to cover up opposite feelings — for instance, when a man says he values his wife’s work but actually doesn&rsqu
A. they think their partners set much store by their success
B. according to tradition as a man they must succeed
C. success is important to both men and women
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To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, "all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing." One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights ruling out their use in research. Scientists need to respond forcefully to animal rights advocates, whose arguments are confusing the public and thereby threatening advances in health knowledge and care. Leaders of the animal rights, movement target biomedical research because it depends on public funding, and few people understand the process of health care research. Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal.
For example, a grandmotherly woman staffing an animal rights booth at a recent street fair was distributing a brochure that encouraged readers not to use anything that comes from or is tested in animals — no meat, no fur, no medi
A. call on scientists to take some actions
B. criticize the misguided cause of animal rights
C. warn of the doom of biomedical research
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In many places, ice is as widely used as bread, and it would be surprising indeed if ice did not give birth to many special phrases.
The expression, "to break the ice", meant, to make your first move, to do something for the first time; it was not possible until the ice was broken. Later, the expression developed another meaning, covering a relationship between people. When you have not broken the ice with someone, you have not yet cleared the. way to his trust in you, to his friendship, You must get through to him, just as the small boats had to clear the river’s ice jam.
When you tell someone that he "cuts no ice" with you, you are making certain things clear to him — that you are not moved or impressed or influenced by him in any way. You are putting it to him straight — that he is getting nowhere with you.
"Skating on thin ice" is something else again. This means that a man may be doing or saying some- th
A. One may be doing something quite difficult.
B. One may be doing something quite risky.
C. One may be doing something quite annoying.
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Every business has trouble sooner or later, and it is the chief executive officer’s responsibility to set things right. Good executives (21) themselves in touch with their companies — they know what is going on at every level. Yes, they delegate, (22) they also follow up to make certain (23) each delegated task has been completed. No major (24) should be made in a company (25) the president’s knowledge.
Even though the president or CEO is (26) responsible for the failure or success of his company, a smart CEO (27) himself with competent workers at all levels, especially (28) the administrative level. He then consults with his executives and supervisors (29) he has to make an important decision. He (30) their input and creates an open atmosphere where all may feel comfortable to share (31) ideas.
By (32) this practice, a president knows that when a decision has bee
A. keep
B. feel
C. put
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[简答题]
I’m sure you realize that your research papers are due in six weeks. I’ve looked at your proposed topics and made comments about them. The most frequent problem was proposing too broad a topic. Remember, this is only a fifteen-page paper.
As I return your topic papers, I’d like to look over the schedule which sketches out what we will do during the next two weeks. Today is Monday, by Friday I want your first outline. Please be sure to incorporate the suggestions I’ve made in your topics and your outlines. Next week I’ll have a conference with each of you. I’ve posted a schedule on my office door — sign your name to indicate the time you’re available for an appointment. In the conference, we’ll discuss your first outline. Then you can make the necessary revisions and hand in your final outline, which is due two weeks from today.
Use the outline style in your textbook and remember it should be no more than two pa -
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The greatest impact on the family over the last 50 years has been the changing role of the wife. These changes have affected not only her life but also that of her husband and children 61)The family has changed from an economically, defined unit under the authority of the father and having minimal interpersonal emotional ties to a unit with strong emotional ties directed primarily by the mother to her husband and children. One important result was greater emotional and general psychological seclusion of the woman which clearly implied that the female role was culturally a secondary one.
In recant decades it has become clear that for a distinct minority of American women the traditional mother role in the seclusion of the home is no longer acceptable. For many the family is of diminishing importance. The development of education for women has been a crucial factor in this change. Today, over 80 percent of all women complete four years of high school as compared to o -
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Pursuing free trade through WTO has many attractions. Countries bind themselves and their trading partners to transparent and non-discriminatory trade rules, which the WTO then enforces even handedly. Since most governments operate on the premise that opening domestic markets is a concession to be traded for access to foreign markets, multilateral liberalization is often the most effective route to free trade.
A successful WTO round requires two big bargains to be struck: a transatlantic deal between America and the EU and a north-south deal between the rich and the poor. Yet at Seattle this year there is a long way to go before such broad bargains can be considered, let alone struck.
America wants a few priority issues to be settled. Its list includes an extension of the duty-free status of e-commerce, a broader IT pact, reform of the WTO dispute settlements system, increased WTO transparency and the phase out of tariffs in eight sectors including chemicals, ener
A. exchange domestic markets for foreign markets
B. make concessions in foreign trade
C. adopt the most effective route to free trade
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In the United States, those people who want to become doctors must attend four years of college or university. They usually study biology, chemistry and other sciences. There are 125 medical colleges in the United States, but it is difficult to gain entrance m them. In 2001, about 35 000 students applied to medical schools in the United States, but only about 17 000 were accepted. A medical education is also very costly and it costs as much as 30 000 dollars for each year.
After entering medical school, students spend the next four years studying only medical sciences. The first two years of medical school are spent mainly in class. The students learn about the body and all its systems. They learn about chemistry and medicines. And they begin studying diseases and how to recognize and treat them. Many students say the first year of medical school is the most difficult. They must re- member a great deal of information for example, many schools require that students remembe
A. near 20%
B. 30%
C. near 50%
D. 80% -
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Greenspace facilities are contributing to an important extent to the quality of the urban environment. Fortunately it is no longer necessary that every lecture or every book about this subject bas to start with the proof of this idem At present it is generally accepted, although more as a self-evident statement than on the base of a closely-reasoned scientific proof. The recognition of the importance of greenspace in the urban environment is a first step on the fight way, this does not mean, however, that sufficient details are known about the functions of greenspace in towns and about the way in which the inhabitants are using these spaces. As to this rather complex subject I shall, within the scope of this lecture, enter into one aspect only, namely the re-creative function of greenspace facilities.
The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation which for many years has been used in town and country planning, has in my opinion resulted in dispropo
A. is still unknown
B. is being Closely studied
C. is usually neglected
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M: Hi, I heard you’re looking for a different apartment.
W: Yeah. The place I’m in now is really terrible.
M: It was OK when I was there.
W: The boiler keeps breaking and when it does, we lose the heat for several days at the time.
M: Why doesn’t the owner replace it
W: Well, she said it’s cheaper to keep fixing it. She is a nice enough person, just sort of stingy in any case. I’m sick of being cold.
M: Can you get your deposit back if you move
W: If I give one-month notice, I can get the whole thing back.
M: So what kind of place are you looking for
W: I think I’ll try to get into one of those high rises near the university. There is nothing really special but at least they are new and functional.
M: I heard those buildings are pretty noisy. The walls are thin and you can hear everything going on in the other apartment.
W: Oh. That will never do. I need som
A. It’s too noisy,
B. The walls are too thin.
C. The buses don’t go in that direction,
D. The boiler often goes wrong.