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听力原文：I don't intend to stop by the post office, but I will go to the drug store and to the laundry after I see the doctor.
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A．Though I don't plan to go to the post office, after I see the doctor, I change my mind.
B．I will go to the drug store first after finishing laundry.
C．The first thing I will do is to see the doctor.
D．I won't go to the post office unless it's on the way of seeing a doctor.
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听力原文：Franklin Hall was built in memory of Benjamin Franklin who had done a lot of contributions to the country.
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A．Benjamin Franklin designed the hall.
B．Benjamin Franklin built it from memory.
C．It was built for Benjamin Franklin's use.
D．It was built in honor of Benjamin Franklin.
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听力原文： President Bush has apologized for U. S. soldiers who abused prisoners in Iraq. The apology came during a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah.
President Bush says he told King Abdullah that those responsible for the wrongdoing will be brought to justice, and their actions do not represent American values.
"I told him I was sorry for the humiliation suffered by the Iraqi prisoners and the humiliation suffered by their families. I told him I was equally sorry that people who have been seeing those pictures didn't understand the true nature and heart of America, "Mr. Bush said.
Mr. Bush says he and Americans are sickened by images of the abuse, which he says are a stain on America's reputation.
In interviews Wednesday with Arab-language television stations, Mr. Bush denounced the abuse, but stepped short of apologizing for it.
King Abdullah said Jordanians were also horrified by the images, but he is confident the abuse does not reflect U. S. morals or standards.
During his talk with King Abdullah, President Bush______.
A．denied that U. S. soldiers were to blame for their abuse of prisoners in Iraq
B．refused to admit that it was an error to launch the war on Iraq
C．made an apology for American soldiers' abuse of prisoners in Iraq
D．required Jordan to give help in fighting against terrorism
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听力原文：The estimated one-fifth of children in London's schools who cannot read simple se
听力原文： The estimated one-fifth of children in London's schools who cannot read simple sentences by the age of eight should be given special help. This is the main conclusion of an independent report on London's 700 primary schools. The report, which is the result of a year's work, tells London's primary schools that they must demand more of their children.
Most parents were happy with the schools, but some said that their children's pace of learning might be too slow. The report confirmed this by stating that much of the new work must have been taught at the same level of difficulty as the old.
The report emphasized that children should not be tortured but more should have been expected of them in schools. This would mean that some children might have achieved much more than the limited demands made on them by comprehension exercises or copying out from textbooks.
Mrs. Morrel, who commissioned the report, said that all London's schools must put into effect a framework of reform. Every child ought to be able to read by the age of eight.
Other reforms mentioned in the report were that parents should be better represented on school governing committees and that each school ought to draw up a development plan, listing what improvements it can make. Parents should also be represented on the education committee.
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A．They should not be too strict with the children.
B．They should limit their demands on some children.
C．They should demand more of their children.
D．They should demand more of the bright children.
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听力原文：W: In the studio today we've got Roberta Wilson, who's a time management consultant. Good morning, Roberta.
M: Good morning, Cindy.
W: Roberta, what exactly do time management consultants do？
M: Well, Cindy, it's all about helping people to organize their work in an ef fective way: maximum efficiency; minimum stress.
W: Hah, sounds like something I need. Who are your clients？
M: Um, mainly business people, but I've also worked with politicians, civil servants and university lecturers.
W: Um, quite a range, then. And what sort of things help people to organ ize their time？ I suppose punctuality is important.
M: Um, yes and no. It's easier to finish a meeting on time if it starts on time. But in international contexts, you do have to be aware of cultural differences.
W: For example？
M: Well, in Britain big, formal meetings usually start on time, but less for mal meetings often begin a few minutes late. In Germany, on the other hand, people expect all meetings to begin on time; In some countries, er, for example, in Latin America, there's a more relaxed attitude. So, you d6 have to adapt to circumstances.
W: Um, it sounds like even if you manage your own time very well, you still can't control what other people do.
M. Well, you can set limits. If you're meeting a friend who always arrives late, you can say, "Well, I'm going to wait for 15 minutes. If they aren't there by then, I'll leave,"
W: Hmm. I've got one friend who's always late. I don't think I'd ever see her if I did that.
M: Hah, but people who are always late are the ones you need to set limits with. If they know that you won't wait, then, perhaps they'll make an effort.
W: Isn't that rather harsh？
M: No, not really. Someone who constantly turns up late is putting a low value on your time. Let them know you've got other things to do. And I'm not suggesting you do that with everyone just the persistent latecomers.
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A．To help people to organize their work in an effective way.
B．To help people to become efficient at their jobs.
C．To help people to arrange their time properly.
D．To help people to reduce stress.
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听力原文：People, even some who are wonderful talkers in a conversation or setting, are often terrified over the prospect of giving their first public speech.
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A．Individuals good at conversations may find it hard to make their first speech before a large audience.
B．Students trained for their first public speeches should be given lessons in a conversational setting.
C．The future of those people afraid of giving a public speech lies in the training of making wonderful conversations.
D．Most individuals prefer to make a public speech in a conversational setting with an attentive audience.
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听力原文：M: I always have patients who really don't have anything wrong with them. They just come in and complain.
W: That's it—anxiety and tension. This may be just what you're looking for to help them.
Q: What's wrong with those who just come in and complain？
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A．They like to talk with her.
B．They have mental problems.
C．They were insulted by the doctor.
D．They've just felt on edge.
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The girlis singingn English song in the next room is Tom’s sister.whomB．whichC．whoseD．whoThe girl is singingn English song in the next room is Tom’s sister.whom B．which C．whose D．who
A．whom
B．which
C．whose
D．who
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听力原文： Lecturer: In the last lecture, we looked...
听力原文： Lecturer: In the last lecture, we looked at the adverse effects of desert dust on global climate. Today we're going to examine more closely what causes dust storms and what other effects they can have. As you know, dust storms have always been a feature of desert climates, but what we want to focus on today is the extent to which human activity is causing them. And it is this trend that I want to look at, because it has wide-ranging implications. So, what are these human activities？ Well, there are two main types that affect the wind erosion process, and thus the frequency of dust storms. There are activities that break up naturally wind-resistant surfaces such as off-road vehicle use and construction and there are those that remove protective vegetation cover from soils, for example, mainly farming and drainage. In many cases the two effects occur simultaneously which adds to the problem.
Let's look at some real examples and see what I'm talking about. Perhaps the best-known example of agricultural impact on desert dust is the creation of the USA's 'dust bowl' in the 1930s. The dramatic rise in the number of dust storms during the latter part of that decade was the result of farmers' mismanaging their land. In fact, choking dust storms became so commonplace that the decade became known as the 'Dirty Thirties'.
Researchers observed a similar, but more prolonged, increase in dustiness in West Africa between the 1960s and the 1980s when the frequency of the storms rose to 80 a year and the dust was so thick that visibility was reduced to 1,000 metres. This was a hazard to pilots and road users. In places like Arizona, the most dangerous dust clouds are those generated by dry thunderstorms. Here, this type of storm is so common that the problem inspired officials to develop an alert system to warn people of oncoming thunderstorms. When this dust is deposited it causes all sorts of problems for machine operators. It can penetrate the smallest nooks and crannies and play havoc with the way things operate because most of the dust is made up of quartz which is very hard. Another example - the concentration of dust originating from the Sahara has risen steadily since the mid-1960s.
This increase in wind erosion has coincided with a prolonged drought, which has gripped the Sahara's southern fringe. Drought is commonly associated with an increase in dust-raising activity but it's actually caused by low rainfall which results in vegetation dying off.
One of the foremost examples of modern human-induced environmental degradation is the drying up of the Aral Sea in Central Asia. Its ecological demise dates from the 1950s when intensive irrigation began in the then Central Asian republics of the USSR. This produced a dramatic decline in the volume of water entering the sea from its two major tributaries. In 1960, the Aral Sea was the fourth-largest lake in the world, but since that time it has lost two-thirds of its volume, its surface area has halved and its water level has dropped by more than 216 metres. A knock-on effect of this ecological disaster has been the release of significant new sources of wind-blown material, as the water level has dropped.
And the problems don't stop there. The salinity of the lake has increased so that it is now virtually the same as sea water. This means that the material that is blown from the dry bed of the Aral Sea is highly saline. Scientists believe it is adversely affecting crops around the sea because salts are toxic to plants.
This shows that dust storms have numerous consequences beyond their effects on climate, both for the workings of environmental systems and for people living in drylands ...
SECTION 4 Questions 31-40
Questions 31-32
Complete the notes using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer
Main focus of lecture: the impact of 【31】______ on the occurrence of dust st
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听力原文： The Atlantic Seaboard and the Gulf Coast could be in for another bad hurricane season, one of the goveminent' s top forecasters said Monday.
Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr., head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, predicted 12 to 15 tropical storms, seven to nine of them becoming hurricanes, and three to five of those major hurricanes, with winds of at least 111 mph.
On average, the United States is hit by two major hurricanes every three years. Last year, them were 15 tropical storms, with nine of them hurricanes---six of them major.
The hurricane season begins June I and runs through Nov. 30.
______ major hurricanes were predicted by the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
A．3 to 5
B．7 to 9
C．9 to 15
D．12 to 15
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听力原文：M: Operator, I want to make a person-to-person call to Miss Marilyn Peters in Washington, D.@C@The number is 393-5331.
W: one moment, please. I'll get that number for you. Hello. Is this 393-53317 Is this Miss Marilyn Peters？ It is？ I have a long distance call for you.
M: How much is it, Operator？
W: That will be two dollars for the first three minutes.
M: Hello？ Hello？ Marilyn？ Operator! Operator, we've been disconnected.
W: One moment, please. I'll see if I can connect you again.
Who is the man planing to call？
A．Marilyn Peters.
B．His mother.
C．His wife.
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听力原文：M: Mrs Hunt, are you sure it is the man who you saw in last nights robbery？ Now look at him again and this is very important. W: Im absolutely sure about him. Q: Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers？2．
A．Disappointed.
B．Happy.
C．Regretful.
D．Sad.
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听力原文：M: Good evening and welcome to our program. Our guest is Mrs. Green, who is an expert in the field of environ mental protection. Welcome to our program, Mrs. Green.
W: Thank you.
M: Well, we hear it a lot in the news these days: "Recycle newspapers and save a tree. Collect bottles and cans so they can be reused in the manufacturing of new products." But how to promote the recycling movement？ Can you give us some suggestions？
W: I think there are three essential keys.
M: What is the first one？
W: The first key is to have a more informed public, that is, to raise public awareness about the recycling process, to explain the kinds of materials that can be recycled, and provide ways on how to properly dispose of them. Local governments should educate the public on how to properly sort reusable materials from those, like waxed paper, carbon paper, plastic material such as fast food wrappers, that can't be recycled very easily.
M: Then what is the second key？
W: The second is the development of improved technology. Technological progress has been made on many fronts, but governmental agencies need to step up their support for companies involved in recycling by providing tax incentives, low-cost loans, or even grants to upgrade equipment and to encourage further research.
M: So what about the third essential key？
W: The final key is to develop a greater demand for recycled materials. This means increasing demand for the growing surplus of resources waiting to be recycled.
M: Recycling is a crucial link protecting our planet. The three keys Mrs. Green mentioned are important ways to achieve this end. Thanks for joining us, Mrs. Green.
W: You're welcome.
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A．Keys to paper recycling.
B．Importance of recycling.
C．Keys to recycling improvement.
D．Technological progress in recycling.
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听力原文：The US government counts more than a quarter of all American adults, 28% of all, who have at least a bachelor's degree now; that compares to 24% back in 2000, and it's a very big rise.
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听力原文： A homeless man who broke into his ex-mother-in-law's house to clean himself up will be sentenced for stealing tea and toothpaste worth one penny.
Martin Boothby, 41, was living on the streets when he decided to sneak into the home of his ex-wife' s mother Sandra Bayley in Macclesfield, Cheshire.
Ms Bayley had left the house empty while she was away on holiday. Boothby crept into the property and brushed his teeth before helping himself to a hot bath and cup of tea. But he was spotted by a keen-eyed neighbor who contacted the authorities.
Who was Sandra Bayley ？
A．The man' s neighbor.
B．The man' s own mother.
C．The man's ex-wife.
D．The man's ex-mother-in-law.
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听力原文：M: Operator, I want to make a person-to-person call to Miss Marilyn Peters in Washington, D.@[C]@The number is 393-5331.
W: One moment, please. I'll get that number for you. Hello. Is this 393-5331？ Is this Miss Marilyn Peters？ It is？ I have a long distance call for you.
M: How much is it, Operator？
W: That will be two dollars for the first three minutes.
M: Hello？ Hello？ Marilyn？ Operator! Operator, we've been disconnected.
W: One moment, please. I'll see if I can connect you again.
Who is the man planing to call？
A．Marilyn Peters.
B．His mother.
C．His wife.
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听力原文： A new study says millions of the world' s children continue to live in poverty, disease and despair. VOA's correspondent Bmeck Ardery reports on the annual report from UNICEF, the United Nations Children' s Fund.
The report acknowledges great progress has been made in the eradication of certain childhood diseases such as polio and measles. However, it emphasizes that for millions of the world' s children, armed conflicts, disease and forced labor continue to take a heavy toll. Susan Surandon, the American film actress who is recently appointed UNICEF special representative, told reporters that 3 main factors are endangering the lives and futures of the world' s children. "Poverty is killing our children; HIV is killing our children, disproportionately in sub-Saharan Africa; armed conflict is killing our children. And when I say killing, I mean their bodies and their souls their futures, our futures." Ms. Surandon cited statistics which show that in the last decade 2 million children died in wars, 6 million were disabled as the result of armed conflicts, and 14 million have been orphaned by the disease AIDS. A special focus in this year' s UNICEF report is on the rights of adolescents. No longer children in the traditional sense, the report says adolescents still need positive support and guidance and the opportunity to finish school. Breck Ardery, VOA News, at the United Nations.
According to the UNICEF report, great progress has been made in the protection of world' s children from______.
A．some childhood diseases
B．AIDS
C．wars
D．forced labor
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听力原文：W: Doctor White, we recently learned that a large piece of the Larsen lee shelf in Western Antarctica broke off in early January. Could you please tell us exactly what happened？
M: I'd be happy to. The piece that broke off was over a thousand square miles in area. More recently and quite alarming to scientists is that a forty-mile crack, some 30 feet wide in places has torn through the ice shelf.
W: I understand that the scientific community is quite concerned. What is the significance of these events？
M: Well, some scientists believe that this is a clear sign of global warming. Back in 1978, some American researchers predicted that Antarctica would show early signs of global warming due to the green house effect.
W: But couldn't crumbling ice shelves also be a result of the unusual weather Antarctica itself has experienced lately？
M: That's certainly possible, but you'll have to remember that over the past thousands of years, ice shelves have been through a lot of weather changes without breaking up.
W: I think most people know that if the ice cap over Antarctica melts, the level of the oceans will rise. What sort of impact will this have？
M: Well, the ice shelves currently insulate the Antarctic continent from wind, which slows down the melting. If the winds cause even a tenth of the continent's ice to melt, the world's oceans could rise as much as 30 feet.
What are the speakers mainly discussing？
A．An experiment in Antarctica.
B．Part of the Larsen Ice Shelf broke off.
C．The formation of the Larsen Ice Shelf.
D．An expedition in Antarctica.
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听力原文：Hi, Jim! You look pretty good tody. Everybodyt the office sys hello. We’rel听力原文：Hi, Jim! You look pretty good tody. Everybodyt the office sys hello. We’rell pulling for you to pull through this opertionnd get bck to workt soons you cn. Wht’s wrong with Jim He’s going throughn opertion. B．He’s getting sick. C．He’s hdnccident. D．He looks good tody.
A．He’s going through an operation．
B．He’s getting sick．
C．He’s had an accident．
D．He looks good today．
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听力原文：America’s universities are the envy of the world with 60% of all U.S. high school听力原文：America’s universities are the envy of the world with 60% of all U.S. high school graduates attending college, while in Germany, it’s 30% in France, 28% and in Britain, only 20%. （）
A．Thirty percent of the German population can receive college education．
B．American students enjoy a very high rate of admission to college in the worlD
C．Comparatively speaking, there are more British people than the French attending collE
D．American college students are envied by 60% of high school graduates around the worl
D．
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听力原文：Goodfternoon, ldiesnd gentlemen. Tody my presenttion to the bord meeting听力原文：Goodfternoon, ldiesnd gentlemen. Tody my presenttion to the bord meeting will cover the profit report of our corportion. Let us hve lookt this grph, you cn see tht our sles topped 5 million the yer before lst. Then lst yer sles dropped to 4. 2 million, with slight recoveryt the end of the finncil yer. However, this yer sles hve continued to drop tonll-time low of 3. 8 million. Now let’s lookt our mrket shre.s you cn see, we hve 25% of the mrket shre, 10% down on lst yer… Who is the speker The CEO of corportion B．The secretry of the CEO C．Thessistnt engineer D．The HR mnger
A．The CEO of a corporation
B．The secretary of the CEO
C．The assistant engineer
D．The HR manager
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听力原文：W: Excuse me, cn you tell me where the Stff’sssocition is meeting M: It ws听力原文：W: Excuse me, cn you tell me where the Stff’sssocition is meeting M: It ws going to meet in Room 110, but ws chnged to theuditorium for more spce. Where is thessocition meeting In Room 110. B．In the meeting room. C．In theuditorium. D．In the stff room.
A．In Room 110．
B．In the meeting room．
C．In the auditorium．
D．In the staff room．
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听力原文： Mny of us believe tht person’s mind becomes lessctives he grows older. B听力原文： Mny of us believe tht person’s mind becomes lessctives he grows older. But this is not true,ccording to Dr. Jrvik, professor of psychitryt the University of Cliforni. She hs studied the mentl functioning ofging persons for severl yers. （）In the cses where the older person’s mind relly seems to decy, it is not necessrily sign of decy due to oldge. Often it is simply sign of depressed emotionl stte. How mny pirs of twins did Dr. Jrvik’s studies involved 136. B．60. C．70. D．80.
A．136．
B．60．
C．70．
D．80．
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听力原文：M: How does your son like his new school W: Great. He seems to have some new frie听力原文：M: How does your son like his new school W: Great. He seems to have some new friends in no time. Q: What can be inferred about the woman’s son （）
A．He doesn’t like his new school．
B．He feels very lonely now．
C．He has no time to make new friends．
D．He has adapted easily to his new school．
