Some people think the period of transition is too long and _______ impatience.
A、give in
B、give up
C、give way to
D、give off
A、give in
B、give up
C、give way to
D、give off
Some people in Taiwan think that ______ .
A.a large number of Taiwan students will go to the mainland to finish their study for economic reasons
B.the student exchange program will expand at a tremendous speed
C.the difficulties in educational cooperation will not take a lot of efforts to overcome
D.exchange of professors will take place very soon
Questions 1to 5 are based on the following passage:
Some psychologists (心理学家)maintain that mental acts suchas thinking are not performed in the brain alone, but that one’s muscles alsoparticipate. (76)It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhatthe same way that we listen to music with our bodies.
You surely are not surprised to be told thatyou usually listen to music not only with your ears but with your whole body.Few people can listen to music without moving their body or, more spe-cifically, some part of their body. Oftenwhen one listens to a symphonic concert on the radio, he is attracted to directthe orchestra (乐队)even though he knows there isa good conductor on the job.
Strange as this behavior. may be, there is avery good reason for it. One cannot derive all pos-sible enjoyment from musicunless he participates, so to speak, in its performance. The listener “feels”himself into the music with more or less noticeable motions of his body.
(77) The muscles of the body actuallyparticipate in the mental process of thinking in the same way,but this participation is lessobvious because it is less noticeable.
1. Somepsychologists think that thinking is ____________.
A.not a mental process
B.more of a physical process than a mental action
C.a process that involves our entire bodies
D.a process that involves the muscles as well as the brain
Some people hate everything that is modern. They cannot imagine how anyone can really like modern music; they
find it hard to accept the new fashions in clothing; they think that all modern painting is ugly; and they seldom
have a good word for the new buildings that are being built everywhere in the world. Such people look for
perfection in everything, and they take their standards of perfection from the past. They are usually impatient
with anyone who is brave enough to experiment with new or to express himself or the age in materials original
ways. It is, of course, true that many artists do not succeed in their work and instead produce works that can
only be considered as failures. If the work of art is a painting, the artist’s failure concerns himself alone, but if
it is a building, his failure concerns others too, because it may damage the beauty of the whole place. This does
sometimes happen, but it is completely untrue to say, as some people do, that modern architecture is nothing.
We can’t judge every modern building by the standards of the ancient time, even though we admire the ancient
buildings. Technologically, the modern buildings are more advanced. The modern architect knows he should learn
from the ancient works, but with his greater resources of knowledge and materials, he will never be content to
imitate the past. He is too proud to do that.
Some people hate everything that is modern because _______.
A. they are aged
B. they find it hard to accept modern things
C. they take their standards of perfection from the Greek
D. they look at things by the standards of the past
The best title for this passage is ______.
A.The Age of Reason
B.The Need for Independent Thinking
C.The Value of Refutation
D.How People Think
SECTION B PASSAGES
Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文: Some people argue that the pressure on international sportsmen and sportswomen kills the essence of sport-the pursuit of personal excellence. Children kick a football around for fun. When they get older and play for local school teams, they become competitive but they still enjoy playing. The individual representing his country cannot afford to think about enjoying himself, he has to think only about winning. He is responsible for an entire nation's hopes, dreams and reputation.
A good example is the football World Cup. Football is the world's most important sport. Winning the World Cup is perhaps the summit of international sporting success. Mention "Argentina" to someone and the chances are that he'll think of football.
In a sense, winning the World Cup "put Argentina on the map".
Sports fans and supporters get quite irrational about the World Cup. People in England felt that their country was somehow important after they won in 1966. Last year thousands of Scots sold their cars, and even their houses, and spent all their money traveling to Argentina, where the finals were played.
So, am I arguing that international competition kills the idea of sport? Certainly not! Does the Argentina really believe that because eleven of their men proved the most skillful at football, their nation is in every way better than all others? Not really. But it's nice to know that you won and that in one way at least your country is the best.
What is the author's main purpose in the passage?
A.To prove that football is the world' s most important sport.
B.To show that Argentina is better than others.
C.To compare Scotland with Argentina.
D.To explain the role of sport.
根据下面材料,回答题。
Mind Those Manners on the Subway
So, there you are, just sitting there in the subway car, enjoying that book you just bought.
____46____ Or, the person sitting next to you takes out a nail clipper (指甲刀) and begins cutting his or her nails.
Annoying? Many of us have to spend some time every day on public transportation.____47____ So, to make the trip more pleasant, we suggest the following:
Let passengers get off the bus or subway car before you can get on.____48____
Stand away from the doors when they are closing.
Don&39;t talk loudly on a bus or subway. Chatting loudly with your friends can be annoying to others.____49____
Don&39;t think your bags and suitcases (手提箱) deserve a seat of their own.
Use a tissue whenever you cough or sneeze (打喷嚏). An uncovered sneeze can spread germs(细菌), especially in crowded places.
Don&39;t cut your nails or pick your nose on public transportation.
Don&39;t read over other people&39;s shoulder.____50____ It can make people uncomfortable. They might think you&39;re too stingy (小气的) even to buy a newspaper. Or they might think you&39;re judging their behavior.
第46题__________ 查看材料
A.Don"t eat food in your car.
B.Don"t shout into your mobile phone on a bus or subway.
C.We all know that some behaviors are simply unacceptable.
D.Many people do this on subways, but it"s really annoying.
E.Getting off and on in an orderly manner can save time for all.
F.Suddenly, you feel someone leaning over your shoulder reading along with you.
SECTION B PASSAGES
Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文: A recent report has shown that here in the United States, we've experienced an evolution concerning our attitudes towards the workweek and the weekends. Although some calendars still mark the beginning of a week as Sunday, more and more of us are coming to regard Monday as the first day of the week with Saturday and Sunday comprising the two-day period thought as the weekend. In fact the word "weekend" didn't even exist in English until about the middle of the last century. In England at that time, Saturday afternoons had just been added to Sundays and holidays as a time for workers to have off from their jobs. This innovation became common in the United States in the 1920s, but as the workweek were shortened during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the weekend expanded to two full days Saturday and Sunday. Some people thought that this trend would continue due to increasing automation and the workweek might decrease to four days or even fewer. But so far this hasn't happened. The workweek seems to have stabilized as forty hours made up of five eight-hour days. After this commercial I'll be back to talk about the idea of adding Monday to the weekend.
According to the speaker, What is changing in the way people think about the week?
A.Which days people should work.
B.How the week is divided into days.
C.Which day begins the work.
D.How many weeks there are in a month.
Some people think no one can be ______ to SARS.
A、free
B、rid
C、open
D、immune
A.to
B.on
C.in
D.from
People think that______.
A.Miggi's garden is better than theirs
B.Miggi works harder than they
C.Miggi knows how to grow vegetables well
D.The radio helps Miggi to grow everything well in his garden
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