[单项选择]Conversation OneWhere， as the woman mentioned， has got improved traffic
A. Her own neighborhood.
B. Her big brother’s neighborhood.
C. Her parents’ neighborhood.

[单项选择]Conversation oneWhere will the woman most probably spend the coming summer
A. At the University of Wyoming
B. At Yellowstone National Park
C. At her friend’s home in Wyoming.

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Conversation 2

How long has the woman worked？（）
A. 15.
B. 10.
C. 5.
D. 2.

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Conversation 2

How long has the woman been ill（）
A. About a clay.
B. About two days.
C. About a week.
D. The speakers don’t tell us.

[单项选择]According to the conversation, the woman’s sister
A. was probably upset.
B. had little education.
C. always writes like that.
D. usually never writes.

[单项选择]Conversation twoHow many times has Mrs. Griffin stayed at the Sunrise Hotel
A. Twice.
B. Once.
C. Three times.

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A. It has the most aggressive policies.
B. It has the happiest students.
C. It is a very expensive private school.
D. It is located on the beach.

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When the woman was younger, what did she and her brother often argue about A. Whether they had unusual abilities. B. The colors connected with words. C. Why they saw different colors for certain words.

[单项选择]While no woman has been President of the United States, yet the world does have several thousand years of experience with female leaders, and I have to acknowledge it: their historical record puts men’s to shame.
A notable share of the great leaders in history have been women: Queen Hatshepsut and Cleopatra of Egypt, Empress Wu Zetian of China, Isabella of Castile, Queen Elizabeth I of England, Catherine the Great of Russia, and Maria Theresa of Austria. Granted, I’m neglecting the likes of Bloody Mary, but it’s still true that those women who climbed to power in monarchies had an astonishingly high success rate.
Research by political psychologists points to possible explanations. Scholars find that women, compared with men, tend to excel in consensus-building and certain other skills useful in leadership. If so, why have female political leaders been so much less impressive in the democratic era Margaret Thatcher was a transformative figure, but women have been mediocre pr
A. is impossible to be eliminated among the general public.
B. can be eliminated when objective standards are given.
C. can be overcome when people have knowledge of their real accomplishments.
D. is the only reason why female leaders are less impressive in democratic era.

[单项选择] Traditionally, the woman has held a low position in marriage partnerships. While her husband went his way she had to wash, stitch and sew. Today the move is to liberate the woman, which may in the end strengthen the marriage union. Perhaps the greatest obstacle to friendship in marriage is the amount a couple usually see of each other. Friendship in its usual sense is not tested by the strain of daily, year-long cohabitation. Couples need to take up separate interests (and friendship) as well as mutually shared ones, if they are not to get used to the more attractive elements of each other’’s personalities. Married couples are likely to exert themselves for guests—being amusing, discussing with passion and point—and then to fall into dull exhausted silence when the guests have gone. As in all friendship, a husband and a wife must try to interest each other, and to spend sufficient time sharing absorbing activities to give them continuing common interests. But at the
A. help couples reinforce their friendship.
B. make no impact on the quality of friendship.
C. may pose obstacles in marital friendship.
D. command less time and care than expected.