George are forgot what they ______and always repeated themselves.

What can NOT be inferred from the last but one paragraph？

A．The author forgot to add the white icing.

B．The author was a considerate person.

C．The author missed his father so much.

D．The author might be qualified for a professional cook.

ll about it． James：It doesn’t matter．__________．Let’get started without him·

A.Good]uekl

B.Come On

C.No problem

D.Good heavens

听力原文：W: Nobody told me that Tom was in hospital.

M: Sorry.I meant to give you a call when I found out but it slipped my mind.

Q: What do we learn about the man from this conversation？

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A．He didn't know what hospital Tom was in.

B．He took Tom to the hospital.

C．He felt sorry that the woman hurt herself.

D．He forgot to telephone the woman.

Which of the following sentences expresses "willingness"？

A．I will be a different person when I become a university student.

B．That will be George, I know.

C．A lion will attack a man only when hungry.

D．I"ll lend you the money if you need it.

听力原文：W: Morning, John ! You are late again !

M: Oh, Jane, I' m terribly sorry.

W: So, what' s the excuse this time？

M: Well, you see, I forgot to set the alarm clock last night and I...

W: Yeah, and last week it was broken.

M: Yes, I know...

W: Hmm! I hope you won' t find something wrong again next time.

M: I promise you it won' t happen again.

W: What about the tickets for the concert tonight？

M: Oh, I' m really sorry. I did the booking too late, and all the tickets had been sold out.

W: You should have booked earlier.

M: I' m so sorry. I'll try to get the tickets next time. I promise.

What was the man's excuse for having been late this time？

A．His clock was broken.

B．He forgot to set the alarm.

C．He did the booking too late.

To: Mark Hopkins＜hopkinsm@mgc.com＞ From: George Wallace＜gwallace@solarsys.com＞ Subject: March 10 Installation Date: March 1 Dear Mr. Hopkins, As we discussed earlier, I know how important it is for an assembly line to have a power source it can trust. I am sure you will find that our solar backup system is as reliable as conventional backup batteries, in addition to being more cost-effective and requiring very little maintenance. Since we will install the system outside work hours, it will not affect your schedule or cause inconvenience for your workers. If you have any questions before the installation on Saturday, do not hesitate to ask questions. Otherwise, I will see you then. Yours sincerely, George Wallace Sales Director To: George Wallace＜gwallace@solarsys.com＞ From: Mark Hopkins＜hopkinsm@mgc.com＞ Date: March 2 Dear Mr. Wallace, Thank you for your e-mail. I regret to say that we have to postpone the installation of the solar backup system. When I met you last week, I totally forgot we have an annual safety inspection by the Wellington City Fire Department on the same day we are planning to install the solar backup system. Id like to install the system on March 15 instead. I apologize for the inconvenience this may cause. Please let me know whether the date is convenient for you. Thank you. Mark Hopkins Floor Manager Micro Goods Company

For what type of business does Mr. Wallace most likely work？

A．A maintenance service

B．An energy company

C．A fire equipment manufacturer

D．An internet service provider

听力原文： I hope you all enjoyed your visit to Capitol Hill. If you look back behind you, you can get an excellent look at the Capitol Building, with its beautiful dome and the Statue of Freedom on top. I forgot to mention that the design for the original building was chosen by George Washington himself back in the 1790s. That building was opened in 1800, but it was burned down by the British during the War of 1812, and it had to be completely rebuilt.

Well, to continue our tour, ladies and gentlemen, we are now traveling west on Madison Drive. Our next stop will be the Washington Monument--five hundred and fifty-five feet high and dedicated to George Washington, our first president. In the meantime, if you will look out of the window on the right, we're just passing the National Gallery, which houses an extensive collection of European and American art from the 13 th to 20th centuries... By the way, this park-like area that we're traveling along is called the Mall. It extends from the Capitol to the Washington Monument... Across the Mall, on the left, is the National Air and Space Museum, with exhibits on aviation history and the space age. If you have time, I highly recommend you to visit the Air and Space Museum for a fascinating look at the history of air and space travel... If you look straight ahead now, folks, you will see the Washington Monument. The Monument, an obelisk that stands five hundred and fifty-five feet high, was finished in 1884. We' 11 be stopping there shortly, and those of you who wish will be able to take photographs from the observation level {ire hundred feet up. There is an elevator to take you there, and it's safe.

All right, everyone, here we are. We'll be staying here approximately twenty minutes. For those of you who do take the elevator up to the top, if you look directly north, you'll be able to get an excellent view of our next stop, the White House--the home of all our presidents since the second president, John Adams... Ok, remember to take all your personal belongings as you get off the bus. We'll meet back here in twenty minutes...

Q. 15. Where will the passengers stop for twenty minutes？

Q. 16.What are the tourists able to do when they get to the Washington Monument？

Q. 17.Which of the following can NOT be learnt from the passage？

Q. 18.What is the tour route？

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A．The White House.

B．Capitol Hill.

C．The Washington Monument.

D．The Mall.

Richard Nixon's Childhood

One way in which both Frank and Hannah did show their love was in their willingness to make sacrifices for their children. As parents, they were devoted to ensuring that their sons obtained the best possible education. At an early age they concentrated their efforts on Richard, as he showed most signs of being a talented and perhaps even a gifted child.

The making of the early mind of Richard Nixon owed most to his mother. If her marriage had not cut short her college education she would have become a teacher. She was a well-educated young woman, proficient in Greek, Latin, German and French, with a deep interest in European culture.

Hannah taught Richard to read before he went to infant school and awakened his interest in her own specialized areas of classics, languages, and history. By the age of five he had become an eager reader of children's encyclopedias, history stories and adult periodicals.

Hannah opened Richard's mind to European culture; she started him off in French and German, introduced him to Shakespeare and trained him to recite poetry. Hannah was, above all, a classicist. She believed that Latin was the fountainhead of language, and that the ancient historians and orators were the masters of clear expression. Under his mother's instruction classics had a strong influence on Richard's childhood imagination.

Besides expanding Richard's mental curiosity and capabilities far beyond the interests of the average five year old, Hannah drilled into him the importance of working hard in order to grow up to be somebody. A small clue to her strong desire for her second son was her attempt to stop the use of the nickname Dick as too foolish, perhaps, for a future man of importance. By the way Miss George, please call my son Richard and never Dick. I named him Richard, 'Hannah told his school-teacher on the day he entered the elementary school. Miss Mary George never forgot this request—one of the many reasons why this little boy was rather different from the others in her class. Her recollections of Richard Nixon's early progress are revealing.

"He was a very quiet, studious boy and kept mostly to himself...he was one of those rare individuals born with knowledge. He only had to be exposed or shown and he never forgot...he absorbed knowledge of any kind...in that year he read no less than thirty or forty books, maybe more, besides doing all of his other work...he never had to work for knowledge at all. He was told something and he never forgot. He has a photographic mind, I think."

Although this early judgment of Richard's ability by his first schoolmistress may be too flattering, nevertheless Miss George's reference to the photographic quality of his mind showed much insight. The phrase 'photographic memory' falls too easily from the tongue and is rarely accurate, but what can be said with certainty of Richard Nixon is that he was blessed with a very good memory. For various reasons it has often suited him during his career to downplay this remarkable gift. During his life he preferred to brush aside discussion of this talent with the comment, 'My memory is very good only for a simple reason—I worked at it.' However he acquired it, there is little doubt that this capacity for remembering information of every description, from names, facts and figures to speeches and documents, was fundamental to his later political success.

'He was a very quiet child and rarely ever smiled or laughed', recalled his schoolteacher Miss George. 'I have no recollection of him playing with others in the playground, which undoubtedly he did... like other youngsters in mild weather Richard always came barefoot. Every day he wore a freshly cleaned white shirt with a big black bow tie and knee pants. He always looked like his mother had scrubbed him from head to toe. The funny thing is, I can never reme

A．Y

B．N

C．NG