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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.
John Williams has lived in his present location ______.
A. since he was born
B. since he graduated from college
C. since his wife died
D. almost half his life
[单项选择]Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
Today, cigarette smoking is a common habit. About forty-three percent of the adult men and thirty-one percent of the adult women in the United States smoke cigarettes regu-larly. It is encouraging to see that millions of people have given up smoking.
It is a fact that men as a group smoke more than women. Among both men and women the age group with the highest portion of smokers is 24-44.
Income, education, and occupation all play a part in determining a person’s smoking habit. City people smoke more than people living on farms. Well-educated men with high in-comes are less likely to smoke cigarettes than men with fewer years of schooling and lower incomes. On the other hand, he is likely to smoke packs of cigarettes per day.
This situation is somewhat different for women. (80) There are slightly more smokers among women with higher family income and higher education than among the lower in-com
A. City people are less likely to smoke.
B. People in rural areas are more likely to smoke.
C. Men with higher income tend to smoke.
D. Well-educated men with high incomes are generally less likely to smok
[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 do many visitors come to Cambridge
A. To see Cambridge University.
B. To study in the colleges in Cambridge.
C. To use the libraries of the university.
D. To visit the professors ther
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Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. Before refrigerators, homes usually had ice boxes. But
(47) way to keep food cool without the need for electricity is to use an evaporative cooler. This is easy to make and does not even use
(48) .
A. Cold
(54) in a freezer, however, can keep foods in good condition fox months after the
(55) season. Yet foods can be damaged if they are kept too cold The British development group Practical Action says the best way to prepare foods for storage is at
(56) time while still in the field. Use a sharp knife to avoid damage.
- stayI) covered
- B) storageJ) under
- C) harvest
B. K) water - other
C. L) cold - growing
D. M) air - another
E. N) preparation - ice
F. O) take - cool
[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.
All of the following are the themes of the songs of The Beatles EXCEPT ______.
A. love
B. death and poverty
C. old age and daily life
D. conflict and struggle
[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.
What are the general reaction when people are watching movies
A. They are deeply involved and forget all the troubles and problems.
B. They feel everything on the screen is too romantic and familiar.
C. They are greatly stirred and want to fulfill their own dreams.
D. They are often moved to tears.
[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.
From the passage we know that piglets
A. easily get crushed in the first weeks
B. does not like warm waterbeds in the beginning
C. generally like snuggling up to their mothers for warmth
D. are not happy wallowing in the mud
[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 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
Many of us still tend to regard emotions as interfering with rational thought, and sometimes landing us in trouble. But in recent years psychologists have taken quite a different view. Keith Oatley, Professor of psychology at Glasgow University, is involved in the research which shows the fundamental importance of emotions. He believes we are very ambivalent about them: we think of our emotions as being irrational, but we also consider them as essential to being human.
For example, Mr. Spock, a character in the television series Startrek is super-intelligent, and he has no emotions at all! However, he is never made captain of the spaceship. Maybe, this is because Mr. Spock is not the kind of person you can identify with a person who shows his emotions. As Professor Oatley points out, our emotions have very important functions, for example, fear. If we cross the road and a car approaches, we usually freeze
[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.
This month marks the ______ anniversary of the Salk vaccine against polio.
A. 15th
B. 50th
C. 14th
D. 40th
