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听力原文: Cross was what people call a mystery man. We had known him for over five years, ever since he became a member of our modest club, but he had a way of keeping his private life to himself in all but unessential details. We knew his address, though he did not ever invite us to his home, and his age too, but only insignificant matters of this kind. It appeared that he did not have to work for a living as we did in our various ways. He had once hinted at an inheritance on which he managed to live comfortably. He was not, however, a man of luxurious habits: he was not especially well-dressed and he did not even possess a car. At the age of forty-five he was still a bachelor. Since marriage was not a subject he ever discussed, we had no means of finding out whether he regretted the lack of a wife.
Cross disappeared abruptly from our circle and shortly after we came to learn the first really solid facts about our mystery man. From reports that appeared in the newspapers, accompanied by photographs of man who was, without any doubt, our Mr. Cross, it was revealed that he was a most accomplished burglar, operating chiefly in the London area. He had practised this profession for many years, until he was arrested and sent to prison.
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A.Because he didn't tell us his address.
B.Because he didn't tell us his age.
C.Because he didn't invite us to his home.
D.Because he kept his private life a secret.
What is learned about Wellington Corporation?
A.It has sales in 36 countries.
B.It increased its sales by 18 percent.
C.It recently opened an office in London.
D.It sells products through its Website.
听力原文:M: It all seems like yesterday, doesn't it, darling?
W: Ah. Yes, it does. How time flies! And it's twenty years ago.
M: Twenty years since I first brought you here. Do you remember? This same table in the comer near the bank.
W: Not the first time, Stan. The first time we came here we sat over in the comer by the window.
M: I remember now. Of course, we were over there by the window. I remember that night.
W: Oh, Stan, you're thinking of other times after we got married. That first night Marrio was away with the Flu, don't you remember, and we got the young waiter, Trevor.
M: Oh, yes. Trevor was the one with glasses and black teeth. And he had a stutter, didn't he? You were doing your best not to laugh.
W: What a memory! No, Stan, Trevor was the dark-haired, tall boy with the very deep voice, the one you said would make a good singer.
M: Did I? Strange, how I've forgotten that. There you were, across the table, in that lovely, long dark red dress of yours, with that golden handbag.
W: Oh, Stan, you are impossible! I've never had a dark red dress, not a long one anyway, or a golden handbag. That night I had a green dress on and my handbag was brown.
M: Oh yes, yes, yes. But there's one detail that I do remember clearly. You had a golden belt on.
W: No, Stan. The belt I wore that night was brown like the handbag.
M: Oh, dear, I'm not doing very well, am I? I know why I'm not, though. I was so... so excited that I probably didn't notice your clothes.
(20)
A.20 years ago.
B.25 years ago.
C.When Shakespeare was there.
D.When the restaurant newly opened.
听力原文:M: It all seems like yesterday, doesn't it, darling?
W: Ah. Yes, it does. How time flies! (19) And it's twenty years ago.
M: Twenty years since I first brought you here. Do you remember? This same table in the comer near the bank.
W: Not the first time, Stan. (20)The first time we came here we sat over in the comer by the window.
M: I remember now. Of course, we were over there by the window. I remember that night.
W: Oh, Stan, you're thinking of other times after we got married. That first night Marrio was away with the Flu, don't you remember, and we got the young waiter, Trevor.
M: Oh, yes. Trevor was the one with glasses and black teeth. And he had a stutter, didn't he? You were doing your best not to laugh.
W: What a memory! No, Stan, Trevor was the dark-haired, tall boy with the very deep voice, the one you said would make a good singer.
M: Did I? Strange, how I've forgotten that. There you were, across the table, in that lovely, long dark red dress of yours, with that golden handbag.
W: Oh, Stan, you are impossible! I've never had a dark red dress, not a long one anyway, or a golden handbag. (21) That night I had a green dress on and my handbag was brown.
M: Oh yes, yes, yes. But there's one detail that I do remember clearly. You had a golden belt on.
W: No, Stan. The belt I wore that night was brown like the handbag.
M: Oh, dear, I'm not doing very well, am I? I know why I'm not, though. I was so... so excited that I probably didn't notice your clothes.
(20)
A.20 years ago.
B.25 years ago.
C.When Shakespeare was there.
D.When the restaurant newly opened.
听力原文: We don't know when man first began to use salt, but we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout history. Historical evidence shows, for example, that people who lived over 3000 years ago ate salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used to keep the dead from decaying.
Stealing salt was considered a major crime during some periods of history. In the 18th century, for instance, if a person was caught stealing salt, he could be put in jail. History records that about ten thousand people were put in jail that century for stealing salt. About 150 years before, in the year 1533, taking more than one's share of salt was punishable as a crime. The offender's ear was cut off!
Salt was an important item on the table of a king. It was traditionally placed in front of the king when he sat down to eat. Important guests at the king's table were seated near the salt. Less important guests were given seats far away from it.
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A.To keep fish alive.
B.To punish criminals.
C.To preserve dead bodies.
D.To help heal wounds.
Men's manners have improved markedly since Genghis Khan's day. At heart, though, we're the same animals we were 800 years ago, which is to say we are status seekers. We may talk of equality and fraternity. We may strive for classless societies. But we go right on building hierarchies, and jockeying for status within them. Can we abandon the tendency? Probably not. As scientists are now discovering, status seeking is not just a habit or a cultural tradition. It's a design feature of the male psyche—a biological drive that is rooted in the nervous system and regulated by hormones and brain chemicals.
How do we know this relentless one-upmanship is a biological endowment? Anthropologists find the same pattern virtually everywhere they look and so do zoologists. Male competition is fierce among crickets, crayfish and elephants, and it's ubiquitous among higher primates, for example, male chimpanzees have an extraordinarily strong drive for dominance. Coincidence?
Evolutionists don't think so. From their perspective, life is essentially a race to repro-duke, and natural selection is bound to favor different strategies in different organisms. In reproductive terms, they have vastly more to gain from it. A female can't flood the gene pool by commandeering extra mates; no matter how much sperm she attracts, she is unlikely to produce more than a dozen viable offspring. But as Genghis Khan's exploits make clear, males can profit enormously by out mating their peers. It's not hard to see how that dynamic, played out over millions of years, would leave modern men fretting over status. We're built from the genes that the most determined competitors passed down.
Fortunately, we don't aspire to families of 800. As monogamy and contraceptives may have leveled the reproductive playfield, power has become its own psychological reward. Those who achieve high status still enjoy more sex with more partners than the rest of us, and the reason is no mystery. Researchers have consistently found that women favor signs of "earning capacity" over good looks. For sheer sex appeal, a doughy(脸色苍白的) bald guy in a Rolex will outscore a stud(非常英俊的男子) in a Burger King uniform. almost every time.
Genghis Khan is mentioned in the text to show _____.
A.that he is a man who enjoys great victory m possessing land.
B.the astonishing number of his offspring in the world.
C.how cruel and arrogant an emperor can be in the past.
D.males have a long history of craving for power.
听力原文:(Woman—Susan Man—David)
W: What is so interesting in that book, David?
M: Oh, Susan, it's a book about the changes in weather.
W: We certainly are having different weather this year, aren't we?
M: That's why I borrowed this book from the library. I wanted to read about differences in climate.
W: Does the book talk about cold weather like we've been having?
M: As a matter of fact, it does. It tells how weather seems to come in cycles. There will be periods of very cold winters and very hot summers.
W: Well, we've had both this year, haven't we?
M: Yes, and according to the book, that type of weather will last for several years.
W: Then what happens? Does it just continue to get colder and hotter?
M: No, that was what I was afraid of, but the book says that after the very cold/very hot cycle is over, there will be a time of moderate weather.
W: What do you mean by "moderate"?
M: The book says that the weather will be cold in the winter but not too cold. In the summer, the temperature will not be so high as it was this last summer.
W: Will it last for several years?
M: It seems that it will. It's a cycle, just like we're having now. Then it will go back to the very cold and very hot.
W: I'll look forward to the moderate years, then.
M: Me, too!
(20)
A.The climate in cold countries.
B.The weather for tomorrow.
C.The changes in weather.
D.The cold winter.
听力原文: Mechanized carnival attractions draw big crowds at the Maryland State Fair. But there is another side to this event. It is a scene that looks like it is fight off the farm. The fair is a yearly event that helps America's largely urban-dwelling population reconnect with its agrarian roots.
Fairs were originated hundreds of years ago in various forms and certainly the fair as we know it is about a hundred years old. It was a place for the agricultural community to get together and show off what they had done over the past year.
Farmland scenes like this have become ever less common across the United States. But it seems they will always be preserved at America's state fairs.
Which of the following statements is correct?
A.The Maryland State Fair is held annually.
B.The Maryland State Fair is held by farmers.
C.The fair as we know it has a long history of hundreds of years.
D.Fairs were originated a hundred years ago.
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Step Back in Time
Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us? One hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45. But now, she can live until at least 80.
One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after ourselves better. We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to get better again. And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep our hearts beating healthily.
But in order that we don"t slip back into bad habits, let"s have a look at what life was like 100 years ago.
Families had between 15 and 20 children, although many babies didn"t live long.Children suffered from lots of diseases, especially tickets (佝偻病 ) and scurvy (坏血病) , which are both caused by bad diets. This is because many families were very poor and not able to feed their children well.
Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept standing up,bending over a piece of string, because there was no room for them to lie down.
People didn"t have fridges until the 1920s. They kept fresh food cold by storing it on windowsills (窗台板 ) , blocks of ice, or even burying it in the garden.
Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their parents. If you had lived 100 years ago, you might well be selling matchsticks (火柴杆) (a job done by many children ) or working with your dad by now.
16. On average women lived longer than men 100 years ago. 查看材料
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
What is being advertised?
A.A cut-price sale
B.Low interest bank loans
C.Jobs at Jackson' s
D.Second-hand furniture
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