[单项选择]"It doesn’t matter what ethical assumptions you use," says Michael Grubb, an expert on climate change policy, cold financial arguments are enough to decide what to do about global warming.What does Weitzman’s new method suggest
[A] It is more sophisticated than traditional cost-benefit analysis.
[B] It takes ethical assumptions into calculating the amount of investment.
[C] Extreme events should be considered in cost-benefit analysis.
[D] It tells us that we should take the problem much more seriously.

[单项选择]"It doesn’t matter what ethical assumptions you use," says Michael Grubb, an expert on climate change policy, cold financial arguments are enough to decide what to do about global warming.Why have economists ignored extreme events when doing cost-benefit analysis
[A] They think Weitzman’s assumption deliberately exaggerates the possibility.
[B] They think increasing investment now will not be worthwhile.
[C] They believe extreme temperature rise can be avoided.
[D] They work for industrial corporations and Republics.

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No matter what you write, your mother will always believe it’s about her. So said author Ann Beattie a few years ago at a book talk in Connecticut. You could write about a family of dogs living on Mars, Beattie went on, and your mother will be convinced that she is the mother dog. (And who are we kidding, she probably is. )
Amy Tan is a writer who has fully embraced this concept. Her first novel, The Joy Luck Club, plumbed the gulf between American daughters and their Chinese mothers. Now, after the death of her own mother, Tan has returned to these themes with a renewed poignancy and lyricism in The Bonesetters Daughter.
In recent magazine interviews and the novel’s foreword, she makes it clear how much she has drawn from her own life. Like her heroine, Ruth, Tan experienced yearly bouts of psychosomatic laryngitis--unable to speak for days at a time. And like Ruth, Tan didn’t learn her mothers’ real
A. a book review
B. a novel-adapted film review
C. a scenario
D. a magazine interview

[单项选择]What was the matter with you this morning You looked ______ you hadn’t slept for the last 24 hours.
[A] as if [B] that [C] so as [D] like that

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W: Can you tell us what you like doing in the evening
M: Well, I like music. I listen to a lot of pop music, but best of all I like watching TV. It’s much better than reading a book.

What is the man’s favorite free-time activity （　）
A. Watching TV.
B. Reading a book.
C. Listening to music.

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W: What’s the matter, Paul You look worried.
M: I’ve just taken my chemistry exam and I’m pretty sure I failed it. I don’t know where the professor got some of these questions.

Why is Paul worried （）
A. He didn’t know where to find the professor.
B. He had difficulty doing the experiment.
C. He is afraid he failed the exam.
D. He couldn’t graduate from the university.

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W: What’s the matter, Paul You seem disappointed.
M: I knew just now that I hadn’t passed the last English test.

Why is Paul disappointed （　）
A. Because he lost his English textbook.
B. Because he didn’t get good marks in the last examination.
C. Because he failed in the last English examination.
D. Because he did not attend the last English test.

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W: What is the matter, Jack You seem very disappointed.
M: I knew just now that I didn’t pass the last math test.

Why is Jack disappointed（）
A. Because he was late.
B. Because he didn’t pass the English test.
C. Because he didn’t pass the math test.
D. Because his math teacher criticized him seriously.

[单项选择]Interviewer: What can you tell us about what happens when geniuses relax
Expert: We’re looking into the psychology of high achievers. A recent study compared the hobbies of 134 Nobel Prize winning chemists. Over half were artistic and almost all had a long-lasting hobby: chess or insect collecting.
Interviewer: Fascinating. So should we conclude then, that only a creative person can be a genius
Expert: （　）Perhaps it’s true up to a point, but it may not be as clear-cut as that.
A. I bet it is.
B. I’m contented.
C. I think that’s debatable
D. You got it.

[填空题]In (compare)（）with what you promised us earlier, what you have done has re- ally disappointed us.

[多项选择]Could you tell us what improvements you think technology is bringing to the working lives of people in your country Could you tell us what you think have been the most significant changes recently in work practices in China

[单项选择]-What’s the matter, Tom You look sad.
-Nothing, I （　）about my parents back home.
A. just thought
B. just been thinking
C. was just thinking
D. have just thought