Lyle’s current age is 23 years, and Melanie’s current age is 15 years. How many years ago
A.16
B.9
C.8
D.7
E.5
A.16
B.9
C.8
D.7
E.5
听力原文:M: Excuse me! I was wondering if it was possible to join the library.
W: Are you a student in our college?
M: No, I'm not. But I heard that it was possible to join.
W: That's right(23)The 18 years of age is the minimum joining age.
W: Well, you need to fill out some forms. You will also need to bring two passport photos with you. We also need two documents for ID, so a driving license would be fine.
M: Good. Does it cost anything to join?
W: (24) Well, it's free for students here but otherwise it is 125 pounds per year or 25 pounds when you've got a current student card from another college.
M: I was at West College until last year(24)but now I've got a job. But it is too expensive. However. it's only eight items for members of the public
M: And what happens if I return them late?
W: Like all libraries, here is (25) a fine system in place. The minimum fine is 1.5 pounds but it can be much higher for some items up to 5 pounds. We will give you a booklet with all the details when you join.
(20)
A.A college degree.
B.An age of at least 18 years.
C.Living in the college.
D.Good credit record.
A.B
B.B+4
C.B+8
D.2B+8
E.3B
A.the current age of retirement is lowered to 70
B.the current age of retirement is raised to people"s late 70s
C.the current age of retirement stays the same
D.the current age of retirement changes slightly
M: You may think that's a wise move. But that's the last thing I would do.
Q: What does the man think of Bob's investment?
(15)
A.He thinks it is a wise move.
B.He thinks Bob is not wise to invest all his money in stocks.
C.He thinks Bob should move to another place.
D.He thinks it's better for Bob to invest later.
A、The rate of crime is becoming higher and higher.
B、The punishment for criminals is becoming stricter and stricter.
C、The responsibility of parents is becoming bigger and bigger.
D、The age of criminals is becoming younger and younger.
The current American school calendar was developed in the 19th century according to().
A.the growing season of nation's form
B.the labor demands of the industrial age
C.teachers' demands for more vacation time
D.parents' demands for other experiences for their kids
A.the labor demands of the industrial age
B.the growing season on the nation's farms
C.school teachers' demands for more vacation time
D.parents' and children's demand for more time together at home
Media and Current Events
The media can impact current events. As a graduate student at Berkeley in the 1960s, I remember experiencing the events related to the People’s park that were occurring on campus. Some of these events were given national media coverage in the press and on TV. I found it interesting to compare my impressions of what was going on with perceptions obtained from the new media. I could begin to see events of that time feed on news coverage. This also provided me with some healthy insights into the distinctions between these realities.
Electronic media are having a treater impact on the people’s lives every day. People gather more and more of their impressions from representations. Television and telephone communications are linking people to a gloable village,or what one writer calls the electronic city. Consider the information that televison trings into your home everyday. Consider also the contact you have with others simply by using telephone. These media extend your conscious-ness and your contact. For example, the video coverage of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake focused on “live action”such as the fires for the rescue efforts. This gave the riewer the impression of total. Disaster. Television coverage of the Iraqi War also developed an immediacy. CNN reported events as they happened. This coverage was distributed worldwide. Although most people were far away from these events, they developed some perception of these realities.
In 1992, many people watched in horror as riots broke out on a sad Wednesday evening in Los Angeles,seemingly fed by video coverage from helicopters. This events was triggered by the verdict(裁定)in the Rodney King beating. We are now in an age where the public can have access to information that enables it to make its own judgments, and most people, who had seen the video of this beating, could not understand how the jury(陪审团)was able to acquit (宣布无罪) the policemen involved.
Media coverage of events as they occur also provides powerful feedback that influences events. This can have harmful results, as it seemed on that Wednesday night in Los Angeles. By Friday night the public got to see Rodney King on television pleading,“Can we all get along?” By Saturday, television seemed to provide positive feedback as the Los Angeles riot turned out into a rally for peace. The television showed thousands of people marching with banners and cleaning tools.
Because of that, many more people turned out to join the peaceful event they saw unfolding(展开)on television. The real healing, of course, will take much longer, but electronic media will continue to be a part of that process.
第36题 The best title for the passage is .
A The 1992 Los Angeles Riots
B The Impact of Media On Current Events
C The 1989 San Francisco Earthquake and 1992 Los Angeles Riots
D How Media Cover Events
A.When literary critics discuss issues with political judgments, their views are likely to be meaningless.
B.It is reasonable for writers to seek limelight since we are living in the age of commercialism.
C.Critics should be encouraged to write and publish poignant articles which would scorch the landscape.
D.It is the critics' responsibility to lament the downfall of serious fiction and reviewing.
Infant athletes, accompanied by doting parents on the videos, do a lot of jumping, kicking and, in one exercise, something that looks like baseball batting practice.①
The growing competition in marketing baby sports DVDs includes companies with names like athleticBaby and Baby Goes Pro. Even experts in youth sports seem startled that the age of entry has dipped so low. “That’s really amazing.What's next?”said Dr. Lyle Micheli,an orthopedic surgeon.
Dr. Micheli said he did not see any great advantages in exposing babies to sports. “I don't know of any evidence that training at this infancy stage accelerates coordination,” he said. One of his concerns, he said, is“the potential for even younger ages of overuse injury. ”
The Little Gym,based in Scottsdale, Ariz.,begins classes for children at 4 months old. Bob Bingham, the company's chief executive, said that about 20,000 youngsters under 2-about a quarter of the total enrollment-were signed up for classes at locations in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. That is a sizable increase from last year, he said. The company, which has gyms in 20 countries, plans to open 100 locations over the next five years. My Gym, based in Sherman Oaks, Calif. , said 55 percent of those who attend classes at its 200 locations-157 in the United States-were 2 or younger.
The entrepreneurs behind these businesses-gym teachers, accountants and former professional athletes among them-make no claims about turning today's babies into tomorrow's Super Bowl star.② In the past,marketing claims for products geared toward babies have caused trouble for companies. Disney, which owned the popular Baby Einstein brand, dropped the term “educational” after a children's-rights group objected to contentions that babies who watched “Baby Einstein” were learning.③ Disney also offered refunds.
That's not enough to sell Dr. Micheli on the idea of sports classes for tykes. Before rushing off to a day of treating injured athletes, he said, “We won't be putting their brochures in our clinic. ”
阅读以上文章,回答 97~101 题
第 97 题 It can be inferred from the passage that babies __________.
[A] are not allowed to play with toes any more
[B] are expected to do exercises as early as possible
[C] are video-taped by parents as much as possible
[D] are taken good care of by coaches in many gyms
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