Question 1 to 8 are based on the passage you have just heard.
What contributes to the woman’s high score?()Question 1 to 3 are based on the passage you have just heard.
What gave the woman an advantage during her business trip in Japan?()Question 1 to 8 are based on the passage you have just heard.
What does the woman suggest the man do?()Question 1to 8 are based on the passage you have just heard.
What are the speakers talking about?() Have you ever been startled by a loud
noise or by someone appearing suddenly behind you on dark night or by a snake in
the grass Do you remember the sudden, tight feeling in your chest, the way your
heart started go pound, the way you seemed to breathe more rapidly Such
reactions occurred because you were frightened. Your brain sent a signal to the
special gland (腺) in your body caned the adrenal (肾上的) gland. Other parts of
your body were involved, too, but the adrenal gland has a very special
function. The adrenal gland is located on top of your kidney. Since you have two kidneys. You also have two adrenal glands. Each adrenal gland is divided into two parts: a cortex (外皮) and a medulla (髓质). The cortex forms the outer shell; the medulla forms the central core. Both the cortex and the medulla secrete (分泌) hormones, but they hav A. the human brain B. glands and systems in the body C. the cortex of the adrenal gland D. the medulla of the adrenal gland [单项选择]Passage One
Have you ever dreamed of visiting a planet in the Milk Way While the trip sounds exciting, it would take years and years to reach your destination. So in the future, bedtime for astronauts may be more than a few hours of regular shut-eye. They would have to sleep for years.
European researchers are now conducting hibernation experiments. The study may help them understand whether humans could ever sleep through the years it would take for a space flight to distant planets. “If there was an effective technology, it could make deep-space travel a reality,” said Mark Ayre of the European Space Agency last month.
What seems like science fiction is not completely unlikely. Researchers have been able to use chemicals to put living cells into a sleep-like state where they don’t age. They have now moved on to small, non-hibernating mammals like rats. The results will be out by the end of 2009.
A major challenge is the fact that cells can be very simple systems, wher
A. ensure astronauts to get a complete sleep B. find the secret of some creatures C. make preparations for the journey to Jupiter’s moon Callisto D. know if man can sleep for years [单项选择]Passage Four
Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly Have you ever bought something just because the salesman talked you into it Are you afraid to ask someone for a date
Many people are afraid to assert themselves (坚持已见). Dr. Robert Alberti, author of Stand Up, Speak Out, and Talk Back, thinks it’s because of their lack of confidence. "Our structure of organization tends to make people distrust themselves," says Alberti. "There’s always a ’superior’ around—a parent, a teacher, a boss—who knows better’. These ’superiors’ often gain when they keep breaking at your self-image."
But Alberti and other scientists are doing something to help people assert themselves. They offer "assertiveness training" courses—AT for short. In the AT course people learn that they have a right to be themselves. They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be aggressive without hurting people.
In one way, learning to speak out is to overc
A. Protect Yourself B. Try to Speak Out C. Share Your Opinion D. Face Your Superior 我来回答: 提交
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