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[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.
If there were 100 million people logging on to the Internet in 1997, how many people logged on the Internet in 1995
A. 10 million.
B. 25 million.
C. 50 million.
D. 75 million.
[单项选择]Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retirement. They know they need to save, but how much And what exactly are they saving for to spend more time ___36___ the grandkids, go traveling, or start another career It turns out that husbands and wives max have ___37___ different ideas about the subject.
The deepest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years. Fidelity Investments Inc. found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed ___38___ on whether both or at least one spouse will work in retirement. Wives are generally right regarding their husbands’ retirement age, but men ___39___ the age their wives will be when they stop working. And husbands are slightly more ___40___ about their standard of living than wives are.
Busy juggling（穷于应对）careers and families, most couples don’t take time to sit down , ___ 41___ together, and think about
[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.
Greeks must______to keep the dead resting in everlasting peace.
A. rent a grave
B. burn the body
C. bury the dead near a church
D. buy a piece of land for a grave
[单项选择]Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
My father’s reaction to the bank building at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City was immediate and definite. “You won’t catch me putting my money in there!” he declared, “Not in that glass box!”
Of course, my father is a gentleman of the old school, a member of the generation to whom a good deal of modern architecture is upsetting, but I am convinced that his negative response was not so much to the architecture as to a violation of his concept of the nature of money.
In his generation money was thought of as a real commodity (实物) that could be carried, or stolen. Consequently, to attract the custom of a sensible man, a bank had to have heavy walls, barred windows, and bronze doors, to affirm the fact, however untrue, that money would be safe inside. If a building’s design made it appear impenetrable, the institution was necessarily reliable, and the meaning of the heavy wall as an ar
A. money is not as valuable as it was in the past
B. changes have taken place in both the appearance and the concept of banks
C. the architectural style of the older bank is superior to that of the modern bank
D. prejudice makes the older generation think that the modern bank is unreliable
[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.
Why were the fishermen frightened of the squid
A. Because of its smell.
B. Because of its eyes.
C. Because of its size.
D. Because of its behavior.
[单项选择] Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
A proverb allegedly from ancient China was widely spread in the West: "If you want to be happy for a few hours, go to get drunk; if you want a lifetime happiness, take up gardening." The reason for the last option is this: Gardening is not only useful, but it helps you to identify yourself with nature, and thus brings you new joy each day besides improving your health.
A research of a US university that I’ve read gives a definition of happiness as what makes a person feel comfortably pleased. To put it specifically, happiness is an active state of mind where one thinks one’s life is meaningful, satisfactory and comfortable. This should be something lasting rather than transitory.
Lots of people regard it the happiest to be at leisure. But according to a study, it is not a person with plenty of leisure but one at work that feels happy, especially those busy with work having little time for leisure. H
A. they are at leisure
B. they are gardening
C. they are engaged in working
D. they have numerous lovers
[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.
What’s the response of the assistant director of Alcohol Concern Association toward the findings of the study
A. To her the result is unexpected.
B. She feels sorry for the findings.
C. It is not a surprise.
D. It is exciting and inspiring.
[单项选择] Questions 11 to 14 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 long will the sucking of the mosquito last
A. Less than 8 seconds.
B. No more than 12 seconds.
C. Eight to 10 seconds.
D. About 5 seconds.
[填空题] Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
The partnership between humans and animals dates back to the first domestication of animals in the Stone Age, as long as 9,000 years ago. But never have animals provided such (47) and particular help to humans as they do today in the form of trained (48) to people with disabilities. These animals, usually dogs, help people (49) tasks that would otherwise be difficult or even impossible. Service animals are not (50) but working animals doing a job; thus, (51) such as the Americans with Disabilities Act(1990) in the United States and the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) in the United Kingdom make service animals exempt from rules that (52) animals from public places and business.
The most familiar service animals are guide dogs whose job is to help people with (53) weakness or disability move about safely. Systematic training of
