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Section A短对话1W:Can youcome to the concertwith methis weekendOr doyou have to prepareforexamsM:I stillhave a lot todo,but maybe a breakwould dome good.Q:What willthe manprobably do2W:What doesthe papersay about the horribleincident thathappened thismorning onflight870to HongkongM:It endedwith thearrest of the3hijackers.They haveforced theplane tofly toJapan,but allthe passengers and crewmembers landedsafely.Q:What dowe learnfrom theconversation3M:Hello,this isthe mostfascinating articleIve evercome across.I thinkyou shouldsparesome timeto readit.W:Oh,really Ithought that anything aboutthe electionwill betedious.Q:What arethe speakerstalking aboutW:Im notgoing totrust therestaurant creditfrom thatmagazine again.The foodheredoesn*t tasteanything likewhat wehad inChinatown.M:It definitelywasnt worththe wait.Q:What dowe learnfrom theconversation5W:Do youknow whatswrong withMark Hesbeen actingvery strangelately.M:Come on.With his mother hospitalizedright afterhe*s takenon anew job.Hesjust gonea loton hismind.Q:What dowe learnfrom theconversation aboutMark6W:There wereonly20students atlast nightsmeeting,so nothingcould beloaded on.M:Thats toobad.Theyll have to turnup ingreat numbersif theywant avoice oncampusissues.Q:What doesthe manmean7M:I tryto watch TV aslittle aspossible,but itsso hard.W:I didntwatchTVat all before Iretired,but nowI canhardly tearmyself awayfromit.Q:What dowe learnfrom theconversation8W:Im havinga problemregistering forthe classesI want.M:Thafs toobad,but Impretty sureyoull beable towork everythingout beforethissemester starts.Q:What doesthe manmean长对话Conversation1W:Jack,sit downand listen.This isimportant,we11havetotackle theproblems oftheexporting stepby step.And thefirst moveis toget anup-to-date pictureof where westand now.M:Why dontwe justconcentrate onexpending hereat homeW:Of course,we shouldhold onto ourposition here.But youmust admitthe markethereis limited.M:Yes,but itssafe.The governmentkeeps outforeigners withimport controls.So Imust admitI feelsure wecould holdour ownagainst foreignbikes.W:I agree.Thafs whyI amsuggesting exporting.Because Ifeel we can competewiththe bestof them.M:What youare reallysaying is that wedmake moreprofit byselling bikesabroad,wherewe have acost advantageand cancharge highprices.W:Exactly.M:But,wait aminute.Packaging,shipping,financing,etc.will pushup ourcost andwecould nobetter off,maybe worseoff.W:OK.Now thereare extracost involved.But ifwe doit right,they canbe builtintothe priceof thebike andwecanstill becompetitive.M:How sureare youabout ourchances ofsuccess in the foreignmarketW:Well,thats thesticky one.Its goingto needalot of research.Im hopingto getyourhelp.Well,come on,Jack.Is itworth it,or notM:There willbealotofproblems.W:Nothing wecant handle.M:Um...Im notthat hopeful.But,yes,I think we shouldgo aheadwith thefeasibilitystudy.W:Marvelous,Jack.I washoping yoube onmy side.
9.What doesthe woman intend todo
10.Why doesthe manthink itssafe tofbcus on the homemarket
11.What isthe mansconcern aboutselling bikesabroad
12.What dothe speakersagree todoConversation2W:What doesthe termalternative energysource meanM:When we think ofenergy orfuel forour homesand cars,wethink of petroleum,afossil fuelprocessed fromoil removedfrom the ground,of whichthere wasa limitedsupply.But alternative fuels canbe manythings.Wind,sun andwater canallbeused to create fuel.W:Is ita threatof runningout ofpetroleum realM:It hastaken thousandsof yearstocreatethe naturalstores ofpetroleum we havenow.we areusing what is availableatamuch fasterrate that it isbeing producedover time.The realcontroversy surroundingthe masspetroleum wehave ishow muchwe needto keepinreserve forfuture use.Most expertsagree thatby around2025,the petroleumwe usewillreach apeak.Then productionand availabilitywill beginto seriouslydecline.This isnot tosaythere willbe nopetroleum atthis point.But itllbecome verydifficult andthereforeexpensive toextract.W:Is that the mostimportant reasonto developalternativefueland energysourcesM:The twovery clearreasons todo so,one isthat whetherwehave60or600years offossilfuels left,wehaveto findother fuelsources eventually.So thesooner westart,thebetter offwe willbe.The otherbig argumentisthatwhen youburn fossilfuels,you releasesubstancestrapped into thegroundfor along time,which leadsto somelong-term negativeeffects,like globalwarming andgreenhouse effect.
13.What dowe usuallyrefer towhen wetalk aboutenergy according to the man
14.What domost expertsagree onaccordingto the man
15.What doesthemanthinkweshould donow短文Section BPassageoneKaron Smithis abuyer forthe departmentstore inNew York.The apartmentstorebuyers purchasethe goodsthat theirstores sell.They notonly haveto knowwhat isfashionableat thatmoment,but alsohavetoguess whatwill becomefashionable nextseasonor nextyear.Most buyerswere forjust onedepartment in a store.But thegoods thatKaronfinds maybedisplayed andsold inseveral differentsections of the store.Her jobinvolvesbuying handicraftsfrom allover theworld.Last year,she madea tripto Moroccoandreturns withdrugs,pots,dishes andpants.The yearbefore,she visitedMexico.Andbought backhandmade tablecloths,mirrors withframes oftin andpaper flowers.The paperflowersare brightand colorful.So theywere usedto decoratethe wholestore.This yearKaronis travellingin Malaysia,Thailand andIndonesia,many ofthe countriesthat Karonvisitshave governmentoffices thatpromote handicrafts.The officialsare gladto cooperatewithher byshowing herthe productsthat areavailable.Karon likesto visitmarkets andsmalltowns invillages whenevershe canarrange forit.She isalways lookingforinteresting andunusual items.Karon thinksshe hasthe bestjob shecould find.She lovesallthe travellingthat shehas todo.Because sheoften visitsmarkets andsmall out-of-the-wayplaces.She saysmuch morethe countryshe visitsthan anordinary touristswould.As soonasshe getsback inNew Yorkform onetrip,Karon beginsto plananother.Passage2Mark feltthatitwas timefor himto takepart in his community,so hewent totheneighborhood meetingafter work.The areascity councilwomanwas leadinga discussionabouthow thequality oflife wasonthedecline.The neighborhoodfaced manyproblems.Mark lookedat thecharts tapedtothewalls.There werecharts forparking problems,crime,and forproblems invacant buildings.Mark readfrom thecharts,police patrolscut back,illegal parkingup20%.People weresupposed tosuggest solutionstothecouncilwoman.Itwas toomuch forMark.The problemsare toobigj hethought.He turnedtotheman nexttohim andsaid,“I thinkthis isa wasteof mytime.Nothing Icould dowould makeadifference here.As heneared thebus stopon hisway home,Mark sawa womancarrying agrocerybag anda baby.As Markgot closer,her otherchild,a littleboy,suddenly dartedintothe street.The womantried toreach forhim,but asshe moved,her bagshifted andthegroceries startedto fallout.Mark ranto takethe boysarm andled himback tohis mother.“You gottastay withMom hesaid.Then hepicked upthe grocerieswhile thewomansmiled inrelief.Thanks!”she said.“YoiTve gotgreat timing!Just beingneighborly JMarksaid.As herode home,he glancedat theposter nearhis seatin thebus.Small actsofkindness addup.Mark smiledand thought,Maybe that5sagood placeto start.”
19.What didMark thinkhe shouldstart doing
20.What wasbeing discussedwhen Markarrived atthe neighborhoodmeeting
21.What didMark thinkofthecommunitys problems
22.Why didMark smileon hisride homePassageThreeAn distressingchildhood canlead toheart disease.What aboutcurrent stressesLongerworkouts,threats oflayoffs,collapsing pensionfunds.A studylast yearon thelancerexamine morethan11,000heart attacksuffers from52countries.It foundthat intheyear beforetheir heart attacks.Patients hadbeen undersignificantly morestrains thansome30,000healthy controlsubjects.Those strainscame fromwork,family,financial troubles,depression inother causes.Each ofthese factorsindividually wasassociated withincreasedrisk/says DoctorSalim Yussef,Professor ofmedicine andcandidates McMasterUniversityand seniorinvestigator onthe study.Together,they accountedfor30%to overallheartattack risk.But peoplerespond differentlyto high-pressure worksituations,whether itproduceshard problemsseems todepend onwhether youhave asensitive controlover lifeorlive atthe mercyof circumstancesand superiors.That wasexperiences ofJohn Connell,a rockfood Illinoislaboratory manager,who sufferedhis firstheartattackin1996attheageof
56.In the2years before,hismotherand2of hischildren hadsuffered seriousillnesses,and hisjob hadbeen changedinare-organization.HMy lifeseemed completelyout ofcontrol/he says,I hadno ideawhere Iwould endup.He endedup inhospital dueto ablockinhisartery.2months later,he had a tripleby-pass surgery.The second heart attackwhen he was58,left hisdoctor shakinghis head.nThere,s nothingmore wecan dofor you/doctors toldhim.Question23What doesthe passagemainly discussQuestion24What dowe learnabout JCsfamilyQuestion25What didJCs doctorstell himwhenhehadasecondheartattackSection CWhenmost peoplethinkofthe word“education Jthey thinkof apupil asa sortofanimate sausagecasing.Into thisempty casing,the teachersare supposedto stuff“education”.But genuineeducation,as Socratesknew morethan twothousand yearsago,isnot insertingthe stuffingof informationinto aperson,but rathereliciting knowledgefromhim.It isthe drawingout ofwhatisinthemind.The mostimportant partof education/5once wroteWilliam ErnestHocking,the distinguishedHarvard philosopher,“is thisinstructionof amaninwhat hehas insidehim”.So manyofthediscussions andcontroversiesaboutthecontent of education arefutile andinconclusive becausethey areconcernedwith whatshould“go into“the studentrather thanwith whatshould betaken out,and howthis canbest bedone.A collegestudent whoonce saidto me,after alecture,“I」spend somuch timestudying thatI donthave achance tolearn anythingwas brieflyexpressinghis dissatisfactionwith thesausage-casing viewofeducation.。
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