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It was about 600 years ago （） the first clockwith a face and an hour hand was made.
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I remember meeting the man two years ago but can't _____ him, recall what he looked like.
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Will had ninety two dollars in his pocket when he left for the supermarket, and he had twenty two dollars when he got back.
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He has been ____ by a horrible disease, from which one of his best friends died two weeks ago.
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After the guests left, she spent half an hour ___？
After the guests left, she spent half an hour _______ the sittingroom.
A) ordering B) arranging C) tidying up D) clearing away
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听力原文：W: Steve has taken two part-time jobs but he's decided to drop one of them at the end of this month.
M: That may be for the best.
What does the man mean？
A．It would be best to drop both.
B．Steve's part-time jobs are the best for him.
C．Steve is really working too hard.
D．Steve's decision may be a good one.
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–I wonder what’s keeping John. He was supposed to be here an hour ago.–_______________.
A．A.Well,the bus might have been late
B．B.Come on.Wouldn’t you like to go somewhere and do something？
C．C.I just got up late
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There is still an hour left. You don't need______.
A.hurry
B.to hurry
C.hurrying
D.hurried
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听力原文：M: I ran all the way to the bus stop, but the man at the ticket counter told me the bus left only 5 minutes ago.
W: That's too bad. Those buses leave only every 50 minutes.
Q: How long does the man have to wait？
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A．40 minutes.
B．50 minutes.
C．45 minutes.
D．55 minutes.
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Two People，Two Paths You must be familiar with the situation：Dad’s driving，Mum’s telling him where to go.He’s sure that they need to turn left But she says it’s not for another two blocks.Who has the better sense of direction？ Men or women.
They both do, a new study says.but in different ways.Men and women.Canadian researchers have found，have different methods of finding their way.Men look quickly at landmarks(地标)and head off in what they think is the right direction.Women, however, try to picture the whole route in detail and then follow the path in their head.“women tend to be more detailed,”said Edward Cornell.who led the study,“while men tend to be a little bit faster and …a little bit more intuitive(直觉感知的).”
In fact, said Cornell,“sense of direction”isn’t one skill but two.
The first is the“survey method”.This is when you see all area from above, such as a printed map.Y0u can see，for example，where the hospital is，where the church is and that
the supermarket is on its right.
The second skill is the“route method”This is when you use a series of directions.You start from the hospital，then turn left，turn fight，go uphill——and then you see the
supermarket.
Men are more likely to use the survey method while women are more likely to use one route and follow directions.
Both work, and neither is better.
Some scientists insist that these different skills have a long history. They argue it is because of the difference in traditional roles.
In ancient times，young men often went far away with the older men to fish or hunt.The trip took hours or days and covered unfamiliar places.The only way to know where you were was to use the survey method to remember landmarks—them ountains, the lakes and so on.
The women，on the other hand，took young girls out to find fruits and plants.These activities were much closer to home but required learning well-used paths.So, women’s sense of space was based on learning certain routes.
第41题：When finding his way, Dad tends to rely on
A．his intuitive knowledge.
B．his book knowledge．
C．Mum’s assistance.
D．the police’s assistance．
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When Pilar Jiménez got married in 1961, she knew her marriage would last. 'Back then, no one separated,' says the 71-year-old lady.'Marriage was for life.' Indeed, her husband and she lived happily until he passed away two years ago. But if her marriage wa typical of its time, so are those of her 10 children: five of them are now divorced.
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The latest generation of Honda's solar cars, the Dream, broke the record in this year's World Solar Challenge (WSC). Starting in Darwin on Sunday, 26th October, the two-man, four-wheel vehicle completed the 3010-kin-course to Adelaide in just 33 hours and 32 minutes, taking two and a half hours off the remarkable time set three years ago by the previous Honda Dream team in a lighter, one-man, three-wheel vehicle.
The latest Dream managed an average speed of 89.76 km/h, compared to 84.96 km/h for the previous one, despite stormy winds and uphill slope slowing all the competitors during the event's second day. However, during the final day's run from the South Australian desert mining town of Coober Pedy to Adelaide, the Dream cruised(以发动机效率最高的速度行驶) at 100 km/h, occasionally accelerating to 110 km/h. "We are very tired and very happy," the Dream team's project leader, Masashi Kitagawa, told the crowd of reporters waiting at the finish line at Adelaid's Technology Park.
The School of Biel team placed second, an hour and 28 minutes behind the Dream, having averaged 86 km/h. The Swiss engineering school is Honda's perennial rival(竞争对手) in this event, having beaten Honda in 1990 to set a course record of 38.50 hours. However, they placed a distant second to the Honda Dream in the 1993 event. A full report, along with pictures, will appear in the next issue of Honda: The Magazine.
The phrase "the latest generation of Honda's solar ears, the Dream" implies that ______.
A．Honda is a car maker
B．the Dream is a model of solar car produced by Honda
C．Honda's solar technologies are being improved over time
D．all of the above
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He used to say he liked traveling by train, but now after eight hours standing in the corridor, he changed his______.
A．sound
B．voice
C．tone
D．tune
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She______here two hours ago, so she's evidently decided not to come after all.
A．must have been
B．ought to be
C．could be
D．should have been
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I'm in Paris, and a strangely quiet Paris it is. Nothing is going nowhere. If they're not on strike here, they're stuck in a traffic jam. It took me two hours to go two miles yesterday evening. And this morning many of the taxis, too, have joined in, leaving me with no alternative but to start walking. And it' s bitterly cold!
The strikes are serious protests about serious issues, but I'm struck, as so often on these occasions, by something much more mundane. People are once again talking to people; strangers are going out of their way to befriend strangers, allies for a week or two in their shared frustration. Parisian motorists, even, normally the most competitive of individualists, have been seen leaving notes in their parked cars saying where they are going and when they expect to leave in case anymore wants a lift.
Remove the technology of modem life, it seems, and we often start to be nice to one another again. Technology can isolate us, for all its benefits. It started, I guess, with the chimney. Before there were chimneys, we all had to huddle together in one room Just to keep warm, master and maid, cowman and son of the house. Then some unknown genius came up with the idea of the chimney, and the social stratification of society increased dramatically as all withdrew into their own quarters. Central heating, which is, more truthfully, decentralized heating, made it worse, and now we have our walkmans, our microwaves, or, if we' re really trendy, the Internet and e-mail. You can get by, these days, without actually speaking to anyone at all. Just the odd grunt to show that you' re alive !
I liked the survey which asked teenagers how they laid a table for a meal. Did they put the knife on the fight and the fork on the left, or did they put them both together？ And 40 percent said one and 20 percent the other, but 40 percent didn't know! They had never sat down at a table together but had always, as they say, been grazers, helping themselves from the fridge and carrying the food off to their own comer to munch on their own.
If progress means that we don' t need to talk to each other anymore, then I'm getting worried. You can' t begin to love and befriend your neighbors if you never talk to them, and vice versa, they can't love you. It becomes a recipe for a world of solitaries. But most of us weren't destined to be hermits. People need people to be truly people, as the Parisians, in spite of all their frustrations, are discovering again this week. "Try walking instead" was my motto for this morning, but perhaps the motto for us all this festive month might be "Turn it off, whatever it is, and try talking instead!"
According to the author, the advent of modem technology may NOT______.
A．isolate us from the test of the society.
B．enable us to enjoy a much more convenient life.
C．leave people alone so that they may become truly people.
D．help people become grazers who are used to helping themselves from the fridge and carrying the food off to their own comer to munch on their own.
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The man was left______in the empty land, but he was not lost.
A．lonesome
B．alone
C．lone
D．lonely
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听力原文：I am Paul Newman from Coles. Some time ago we signed an agreement with you to build a link between our two companies. We have arranged for one of your representatives to visit me last week, but he failed to turn up by 4: 30. Naturally, I called your office to find out the reason, but the secretary I spoke to was very rode to me. Now, a week has passed, I have got no reply from your company.
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There came a guest who had booked a standard room. But after checking, I found that there was no standard left. I checked the record of this guest, and found that he had always booked deluxe rooms.
I felt that it was perfect chance to up-sell. I checked the booked room with the guest, “Thank you very much for your reliance on our hotel, Mr. Gao. It’s my pleasure to serve you. This time, you have ordered a standard large-bed non-smoking for three nights, right？” “Yes.”
”I suggest you are on a business, right？ I’d like to suggest you try our executive floor. It’s newly decorated, and you will enjoy the top-level service. And there are many preferential treatments.”
“Really？ Then what preferential treatments can I have if I take that？”
“Mr. Gao, you need to use the internet to deal with you business, right？ The Internet service is not free, but you may have one-hour free Internet use each day if you take the ECF. In addition, 80 yuan’s free laundry service, 6 tins of free soft drinks, and so on. And for all of these, you will only need to pay another 20 yuan.”
Here I stopped to observe the reaction of the guest. He kept silence for a while, looking hesitated. Then I said. “Maybe your concern is not how much you will pay, but rather whether the room is worth the price. Would you like to make your decision after having a look at the show room？”
The guest felt very hard to turn down my warm-hearted offer, so he decided to take an executive room for three nights.
30、The guest booked a deluxe room in Lisa’s hotel（）
31、Lisa wanted to earn more money by recommending a higher-priced room（）
32、The guest can use the Internet for free is he takes the executive room（）
33、Lisa really knew why the guest hesitated（）
34、At last, the guest accepted Lisa’s suggestion（）
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选择方框内适当的句子完成下面的对话。Jim: Eric. Is this your dog （） dog E. He has two black dogs. F. Is it a dog G. But her dog is in her room.
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______ in the queue for half an hour, Tom suddenly realized that he had left his wallet at home.
A．To wait
B．Waiting
C．Having waited
D．To have waited
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Are you still here？ You were here half an hour ago. Who（)for？
A、were you waiting
B、are you waiting
C、did you wait
D、do you wait
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John Preston lives in a flat in north London. He moved there after his wife died four years ago to be close to his daughter’s family, and because his big detached house and garden were too much work for him as he got older. It’s easier in the flat because the letting agent does everything that needs doing. The agent has the not satisfied because the window frames need painted two years ago, but the painters didn’t do it very well, so they need doing again. John pays over ￡1,500 a year for service and maintenance, and he thinks that it’s not good enough because the flats look shabby and a lot of things need repairing.
His daughter June, and her husband, Pete, on the other hand, have to do everything themselves or find builders to do it. They live in a large semi-detached house further out from the center of London than John, but they are still near enough to see him often. They live in the suburbs with a nice garden when their children play. They moved there four years ago to have more space. The only drawback is that June’s husband has to commute into the centre of London every day, but, overall, they are happy with their decision. When they bought the house, a lot needed doing to it and still does. June says, “We have a list of things to do as long as your arm-the roof needs repairing and the chimney needs mending. The bedrooms need decorating and we haven’t had the broken windowpanes replaced yet in the conservatory. We need to fix the gate and repair the path-it looks dreadful when you arrive.
31. John lives in the centre of London.（）
32. The agent hasn’t done anything to John’s flat.（）
33. June and Pete live near to John.（）
34. There are broken windowpanes in conservatory.（）
35. The front of the house is in a good state (处于较好的状态)。（）
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When Abdullah Younis, CFA, was hired as a portfolio manager at an asset management firm two years ago, he was told he could allocate his work hours as he saw fit. At that time, Younis served on the bo
A、Board activities
B、Family investment pool management
C、Non-family member management fees
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After the guests left, she spent half an hour（）the sitting-room
A．to clear
B．clearing
C．to clearing
D．clear
