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[简答题]Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage:
Reading is not the only way to acquire knowledge of preceding work. There is another large reservoir which may be called experience, and the college student will find that every craftsman has something he can teach and will teach gladly to any college student who does not look down upon them.
The information from these quarters differs from that in textbooks and papers chiefly in that its theoretical part －the explanations of why things happen — is frequently quite fantastic. But the demonstration and report of what happens, and how it happens, are sound even if the reports are in completely unscientific terms. Presently the college student will learn, in this case also, what to accept and what to reject. One important thing for a college student to remember is that if Aristotle could talk to the fisherman, so can he.
Another source of knowledge is the vast store of traditional practices handed down
A. A．personal experience
B．wild weeds among good plants
C．the information from the parents
D．the vast store of traditional practice
[单项选择] Questions 17 to 20 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 did John Adams make his living
A. He trained soldiers.
B. He was a smith.
C. He was a silversmith.
D. He was a politician.
[单项选择] Questions 14 to 16 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 was the United States called a" melting pot"
A. Most immigrants have settled in big cities.
B. Its population consists of people from various countries.
C. Most people tend to forget where their ancestors came from.
D. People gathered in racial groups.
[填空题]Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
If our society ever needed a reading renaissance(复兴), it’s now.The National Endowment for the Arts released "Reading at Risk" last year, a study showing that adult reading 47 have dropped 10 percentage points in the past decade, with the steepest drop among those 18 to 24. “Only one half of young people read a book of any kind in 2002. We set the bar almost on the ground. If you read one short story in a teenager magazine, that would have 48 , ”laments a director of research and analysis. He 49 the loss of readers to the booming world of technology, which attracts would-be leisure readers to E-mail, IM chats, and video games and leaves them with no time to cope with a novel.
“These new forms of media undoubtedly have some benefits,” says Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good for You. Video games 50 problem solving skills; TV shows promote mental gymna
[单项选择]Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
One of the world’s most profitable news organizations is Fox News, an American cable-news channel that is part of Rupert Murdoeh’s News Corporation. Fox was set up in 1996 by Roger Ailes, a former media adviser to three Republican presidents, specifically to appeal to conservative viewers. Fox is famous for being opinionated (固执己见的) rather than for being profitable.
In a world where millions of new sources are emerging on the Internet, consumers are overwhelmed with information and want to be told what it all means. Fox is not the only news organisation that is unafraid to say what it thinks and is prospering as a result. Perhaps significantly, MSNBC, which has lately been positioning itself to appeal to a left-wing crowd, is picking up viewers. "It’s not quite as political as what Fox does, "says Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC," but we definitely have a progressive sensibility. a sensibility to
A. The reason of MSNBC’s success is different from that of Fox.
B. Some news organizations are prospering for being opinionated.
C. MSNBC is picking up viewers because it is not so political.
D. MSNBC has got a position to appeal to left-wing viewers.
[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.
Which of the following is true of John Milton’s pronunciation of Latin
A. It had a strange accent.
B. It was difficult to understand.
C. It had a strong Italian accent.
D. It was easy to understan
[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.
What can we learn from the lady’s comment
A. Most Londoners were frightened.
B. Most Londoners became rather confused.
C. Most Londoners took Exercise Flood Call calmly.
D. Most Londoners complained about the trouble caused by the Call.
[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.
Which of the following is the reason for people’s dissatisfaction with traditional banks
A. Their business hours are limited,
B. Their safety measures are inadequate.
C. Their banking procedures are complicated,
D. They don’t have enough service windows.
[单项选择]Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
The increase in global trade means that international companies cannot afford to make costly advertising mistakes if they want to be competitive. Understanding the language and culture of target markets in foreign countries is one of the keys to successful international marketing. Too many companies, however, have jumped into foreign markets with embarrassing results. Translation mistakes are at the heart of many blunders in international advertising.
General Motors, the US auto manufacturer, got a costly lesson when it introduced its Chevrolet Nova to the Puerto Rican market. "Nova" is Latin for "new (star)" and means "star" in many languages, but in spoken Spanish it can sound like "nova", meaning "it doesn’t go". Few people wanted to buy a car with that cursed meaning. When GM changed the name to Caribe, sales picked up dramatically.
Marketing blunders have also been made by food and beverage companie
A. Cultural Importance in Advertising.
B. International Companies’ Translation Mistakes.
C. Avoidance of Culture Oversights in Advertising.
D. Prevention of Translation Blunders.
[单项选择]Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage.
What is the main idea of the passage
A. The typical process of Yoga.
B. The medical benefits of Yoga.
C. The best way to do Yoga.
D. The relationship between health and Yoga.
