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M: How about my food I’ve been sitting here for almost half an hour.
W: I’m sorry, sir. It must be ready by now.

Where does the conversation most probably take place（）
A. In a book store.
B. At a ix)st office.
C. At a bank.
D. In a restaurant.

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M: How about my food I’ve been sitting here for almost half an hour.
W: I’m sorry, sir. It must be ready by now.

Where does the conversation most probably take place（）
A. In a book store.
B. At a ix)st office.
C. At a bank.
D. In a restaurant.

[简答题]【听力原文】 My topic today is how to address the problem of hunger and starvation, which still exists in many parts of the world. To end hunger starts with people’s own productivity. A dangerous and patronizing cliche we often hear is: give a man a fish and feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for life. People living with chronic hunger have generations of wisdom about ’fishing’ — the problem is the barbed wire around the lake. The hunger project announced recently by the United Nations cut through the barbed wire, addressing the underlying social conditions that systematically deny hungry people the opportunity they need to end their own hunger. When we invest in a hunger project, we are investing in people’s productivity and giving people a chance to translate their hard work into improved well-being. We are ensuring that people get the opportunities which are rightfully theirs. Too often hungry people are isolated, marginalized and exploited. Mobilizing communities a

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M: What about the food I ordered
W: I’ll see right away, sir. And I’m sure it’ s ready now.

Where does this conversation take place （）
A. At a bank.
B. At the railway station.
C. At a post office.
D. At a restaurant.

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W: How long will it take you to fix my watch
M: It won’t be longer than a week and I’ll call you when it’s ready.

What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers （）
A. Boss and secretary.
B. Librarian and student.
C. Customer and repairman.
D. Operator and caller.

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M: So, Jane, how long have you been an author
W: Well, Tom, I didn’t start writing until I was in my thirtieth, and I’m over seventy now. So goodness, I must have been writing for about forty years.

How long has the woman been an author（）
A. About 30 years.
B. About 40 years.
C. About 60 years.
D. About 70 years.

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Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a very complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of numerous services, including labor, professional, transportation and public-utility services. The interrelationships of all these prices make up the system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.
If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define "price," many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words, that price is the money value of a product or service as agreed upon in a market bargaining. This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particula
A. The exchanging forms in bargaining.
B. The complexities of the price system.
C. The inherent weaknesses of the price system.
D. The relationship between the resource allocation and the price system.

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W: How many people survived this fire
M: There were 2 men on the first floor and 3 women with a child on the second floor, but no one was badly hurt.

How many people were killed in the fire（）
A. 2.
B. 3.
C. 6.
D. Non

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Conversation 2
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M: How much are the carnations and the roses
W: One dollar for each carnation and (9)one and a half for each red rose.
M: (9)Then I’d like a dozen red carnations and half a dozen red roses.
W: I bet it’s for your mother, (8)as it’s Mother’s Day today.
M: Well, not completely true. (8)It happens to be her birthday.
W: Oh, really I guess she must be very happy to receive these beautiful carnations from you.
M: Yeah, she will. She really likes flowers. So I buy her some every year. I’d just wish they would stay fresh longer than they do.
W: (10)Put a little sugar and vitamin C in the water. They’ll stay fresh for days.
M: Really I’ll tell my mother. And thanks for your suggestion.
W: That’s all right. Happy birthday to your mother!

What does the woman suggest the man put in the water（）
A. Sugar.
B. Both A and
C. C. VitaminC.
D. Salt.

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M: How are your violin lessons going
W: Very well. My teacher thinks I’m making progress, and I find the lessons well worth the time and trouble.

What does the woman think of the violin lessons （）
A. They are too expensive.
B. They are very rewarding.
C. They are too easy.
D. They are given by a strict teacher.

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W: How much are these pillows, please
M: Four dollars each or seven dollars for the pair.

How much does one pillow cost （）
A. $8.
B. $7.
C. $4.
D. $3.5.

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M: I left my raincoat in my room. Wait while I go back to get it.
W: Don’t bother. The weather report said it would clear up by noon.

What does the woman advise the man to do （）
A. Clean up her room.
B. Get for report back.
C. Not wait for him.
D. Not worry about her raincoat.

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W: Hello. How was the marketing meeting
M: It was awful. I think I put forward some great ideas, but none of them were accepted.

What can we learn from the conversation （）
A. The meeting was boring.
B. The man didn’t like this kind of meeting.
C. The man’s ideas were not accepted by others.
D. The meeting was successful with some ideas put forward.

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M: Have you been to that new supermarket
W: Yes. The prices are reasonable, and they have a good selection, but you have to pack your own goods.

What is the one shortcoming of the supermarket （）
A. It is too far from the city center.
B. Customers have to pack their own goods.
C. The goods are too expensive.
D. There isn’t much variety.

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[听力原文] 11-15
Chemists have been studying why people cry. They say the body produces two kinds of tears. One kind cleans out the eye if it gets dirt in it. But when people cry because of their feelings, these tears have poison chemicals in them. The body is getting rid of chemicals produced by strong feeling.
In the United States men have heart diseases more often than women do. Doctors say heart disease and some other diseases are related to the pressures of living and working in a modern society. Perhaps men suffer more from these diseases because they do not cry enough. And it is possible that as more and more women work outside the home, they will also suffer from more pressure. Then everyone will need to cry more.

What do the tears contain, when people cry because of their feelings
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Thirteen has long been considered as an unlucky number by many Westerners who tried their best to avoid any connections to it. But some people are indifferent to it and the results proved not to be as dangerous as people thought.
Born on Oct. 13, 1925, Margaret Thatcher got married on Dec. 13, 1951. Exactly 3 years after the marriage, that is, Dec. 13, 1954, Margaret gave birth to a boy and a girl. Her son got engaged on Nov. 13, 1986 when he was 32 years old. That year also marked the 35th anniversary of the Thatcher couple’s marriage. Many great activities were held on Dec. 13 to celebrate the time of their marriage.

Hew do many westerners consider the number 13
Many westerners consider the number 13（）