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[单项选择]Questions 15 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.
Why are divorces so common at present
A. Because it is difficult to maintain a marriage.
B. Because people like watching TV programs.
C. Because people prefer freedom to self-discipline.
D. Because our society is permissive towards divorces.
[填空题] Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
Electricity was born at the dawn of the last century. From then on, households have been inundated with a flood of home electric goods. What is the impact of this home electric goods revolution
It is argued here that the home electric goods revolution may liberate women from the home. And it is true that many households never hesitate a second to adopt this new technology or that, however, in fact many of the home electric goods which are advertised as liberating the modem woman tend to have the opposite effect, because they simply change the nature of work instead of eliminating it. Machines have a certain novelty value, like toys for adults. It is certainly less tiring to put clothes in a washing machine, but the time saved does not really amount to much the machine has to be watched, the clothes have to be carefully sorted out first, stains removed by hand, buttons pushed and water changed, clothes tak
[单项选择]Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
As an Alaskan fisherman. Timothy June, 54, used to think that he was safe from industrial pollutants（污染物）at his home in Haines-a town with a population of 2,400 people and 4,000 eagles, with 8 million acres of protected wild land nearby. But in early 2007, June agreed to take part in a 36 of 35 Americans from seven states. It was a biomonitoring project, in which people’s blood and urine（尿）were tested for 37 of chemicals-in this case, three potentially dangerous classes of compounds found in common household 38 like face cream, tin cans, and shower curtains. The results- 39 in November in a report called“Is It in Us”by an environmental group-were rather worrying. Every one of the participants, 40 from an Illinois state senator to a Massachusetts minister, tested positive for all three classes of pollutants. And while the 41 presence of these chemicals does not 42 indicate a health risk, the
[填空题]Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Teddy bears have been around since 1902. The teddy bear came to being when President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a black bear held captive (俘虏) by his hunting party. Also worth noting is that President Roosevelt’s refusal to (47) this captive bear became a very popular political cartoon by Cliff Barryman.
A Brooklyn shopkeeper was (48) by the cartoon. The shopkeeper then asked President Roosevelt for (49) to name a toy bear "Teddy", the nickname of "Theodore". Thus became the creation of the teddy bear.
It is also worth (50) that the teddy bear was born in Germany between 1902 and 1903.
The first teddy bears did not have lovely faces or smiles, in fact, the first teddy bears had expressions which could best be described as (51) Teddy bears were also quite stiff, the (52) arms and legs and soft, plush (毛绒的) bodies came much l
[单项选择] Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
How does a maglev operate
A. It uses nuclear energy.
B. It rests on a cushion of pressurized air.
C. It flies over magnetically activated tracks.
D. It uses a device similar to a jet engin
[单项选择] Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
According to the passage, Americans have probably received the most awards in
A. literature.
B. peace.
C. economics.
D. scienc
[单项选择] Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
What is the speaker’s field of study
A. Social work.
B. Medical care.
C. Applied physics.
D. Special education.
[单项选择]Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
A major sociological theory known as symbolic interactionism offers some important insights into how men and women are taught to fill different roles in society. The key concept in symbolic interactionism is that communication makes a big difference in behavior: people act on the basis of messages they receive from others, and how they understand those messages. This can be seen in a concept developed by sociologist Charles Horton Cooley known as the looking-glass self.
By the looking-glass self, Cooley meant the self-image that each of us develops according to the messages we receive from others; we think and behave according to our understanding of those messages. If, for example, a young girl is repeatedly told that she is pretty, she will come to believe that. (1) she is in fact pretty, and (2) being pretty is an important thing in her life. Similarly, if she is told that she is not good ( or not
A. why men and women are good at different things
B. how young girls feel when they are said to be pretty
C. how men and women are taught to perform different social roles
D. why men and women receive messages in a totally different way
[单项选择]Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
For any given task in Britain there are more men than are needed. Strong unions keep them there in Fleet Street, home of some London’s largest dailies. It is understood that when two unions quarrel over three jobs, the argument is settled by giving each union two. That means 33 percent over-manning, 33 percent less productivity than could be obtained.
A reporter who has visited plants throughout Europe has an impression that the pace of work is much slower here. Nobody tries too hard. Tea breaks do matter and are frequent. It is hard to measure intensity of work, but Britons give a distinct impression of going at their tasks in a more leisurely way.
But is all this so terrible It certainly does not improve the gross national product or output per worker. Those observant visitors, however, have noticed something else about Britain. It is a pleasant place.
Street crowds in Stockholm, P
A. Neutral.
B. Appreciative.
C. Critical.
D. Ironic.
