A year later, another aircraft had a ________ with the skyscraper.

听力原文： I'm currently studying to become a physical therapist, a career path that marks a great achievement for me. At Ohio State University, admission into the physical therapy program is intensely competitive. I made it pass the first cut the first year I applied, but was turned down for admission. I was crushed, because for years I have been determined to become a physical therapist. I received advice from friends and relatives about changing my major and finding another course for my life. I just couldn't do it. I knew I could net be as happy in another profession. So I stilled myself, began to work seriously for another year and reapplied. Happily I received notice of my admission. Later, I found out that less than 15% of the applicants had been offered positions that year. Now in the first two years of professional training, I couldn't be happier with my decision not to give up on my dream. My father told me that if I wanted it badly enough, I would get in. Well, Daddy, I wanted it. So there. After graduation, I want to travel to another country, possibly a Latin American country and work in a children's hospital for a year or two. So many of the children there are physically handicapped but most hospitals don't have the funding to hire trained staff to care for them properly. I would like to change that somehow.

What is the speaker's field of study？

A．Social work.

B．Medical care.

C．Applied physics.

D．Special education.

听力原文： April Fool's Day started in the sixteenth century in Europe. Before that time, New Year's Day was celebrated on April 1st. Then a new calendar was introduced called the Gregorian calendar. January 1st became the first day of the year, but many people did not know about it. So those who continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1st were laughed at. They were called fools.

Nowadays we play jokes on people on April 1st. For example, someone might put salt in the sugar container so another person could "accidentally" put it in their coffee. Or someone might change the time on another person's alarm clock so that person would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than planned. Or maybe a person would tell a lie to make someone else shocked. After we play the trick, we say "April Fool." Then the poor person realizes he was fooled. In many countries newspapers and the other media participate with false headlines or news stories. It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm to anyone. Do you have any great jokes to play on others？ Try it out an April 1st. Just don't forget to say "April Fool" when the other person begins looking a little confused.

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A．Play jokes on others.

B．Say "April Fool" to others.

C．Celebrate the New Year.

D．Celebrate the adoption of calendar.

听力原文： An election year is one in which all four numbers are evenly divided by four (1944, 1940, etc. ),. Since 1840, American presidents elected in years ending in zero have been destined to die in office. William H. Harrison, the man who served the shortest term, died of pneumonia several weeks after his inauguration. Abraham Lincoln was one of the four presidents who were assassinated. He was elected in t860, and ？!is untimely death came just five years later. James A. Garfield, a former Union Army general from Ohio, was shot during his first year in office (1881) by a man to whom he wouldn't give a job. While in his second term of office (1901), William Mckinley, another Ohioan, attended the Pan-American Exposition at Baffalo, New York. During the reception, he was assassinated while shaking hands with some of the guests. Three years later after his election in 1920, Warren G. Harding died in office. Although it was never proved, many believe he was poisoned. Franklin D. Roosevelt had been elected four times (1912, 1936, 1940 and 1944), the only man to serve so long a term. He had contracted polio in 1921 and died of the illness in 1945. John F. Kennedy, the last of the line, was assassinated in 1963, only three years after his election.

Which of the following was NOT an election year？

A．1960.

B．1824.

C．1888.

D．1930.

听力原文： A baby spends the first year of life learning to listen. A newborn child comes equipped with a finely tuned pair of ears, but he doesn't yet know how to use them. A buzz of meaningless noise surrounds him. No one sound means more than any other. Unlike his ears, the hearing center of his brains is still immature. As the baby grows, two things happen. First, he becomes better at picking out certain sounds. Second, he begins to remember them.

This development is easy to see. If you make a loud sound near a one-day-old baby's head, you will not see any reaction. Only a check on his pulse or breathing rate will show a change. But just two weeks later, the same noise will make him jerk. He may even turn his head toward you, now the human voice means something to him. If he hears another baby crying, he may cry. By his fourth to sixth week, sounds like the doorbell or the closing of a door no longer surprise him.

What is actually happening is that he is starting to learn to listen. He can select certain sounds and memorize them. When he hears that sound a-gain, he can match it with the one he has heard before. These skills are basic to all learning.

At the same time these early hearing and language skills get under way, the child begins to practice making sounds. His first sounds are the discomfort sounds. These sounds are heard when he is not quiet or sleeping. These sounds mean nothing to him yet. To his mother they say he is wet, uncomfortable, or hungry.

Within the baby' s first month, another sound appears: the comfort sounds. These are different from the discomfort sounds. As the child grows, his comfort sounds will use more of the vowels and consonants and rhythms which he will later use. These sounds will come together to form. the first word. This special event will be long remembered by the proud parents.

Why does a newborn baby have to spend the first year of his life learning to listen？

A．Because he likes learning.

B．Because his hearing center is still immature.

C．Because his ears are immature.

D．Because he wants to know how to use his ears.

听力原文： An election year is one in which all four numbers are evenly divided by four (1944, 1940, etc. ). Since 1840, American presidents elected in years ending in zero have been destined to die in office. William H. Harrison, the man who served the shortest term, died of pneumonia several weeks after his inauguration. Abraham Lincoln was one of the four presidents who were assassinated. He was elected in 1860, and his untimely death came just five years later. James A. Garfield, a former Union Army general from Ohio, was shot during his first year in office (1881) by a man to whom he wouldn't give a job. While in his second term of office (1901), William Mckinley, another Ohioan, attended the Pan-American Exposition at Baffalo, New York. During the reception, he was assassinated while shaking hands with some of the guests. Three years later after his election in 1920, Warren G. Harding died in office. Although it was never proved, many believe he was poisoned. Franklin D. Roosevelt had been elected four times(1912, 1936, 1940 and 1944), the only man to serve so long a term. He had contracted polio in 1921 and died of the illness in 1945. John F. Kennedy, the last of the line, was assassinated in 1963, only three years after his election.

Which of the following was NOT an election year？

A．1960.

B．1824.

C．1888.

D．1930.

听力原文： Hello, Dave, it's Sam calling from the logistics warehouse. Sorry to be an inconvenience to you, but when I left the head office this morning, I forgot a bag of samples that I was supposed to pass on to the material buyers. I was informed that you would be visiting the warehouse this afternoon, and if it's not too much trouble, I was wondering if you could bring the samples I left in your room with you when you come. On another note, there are a couple of purchase authorizations I'd like you to look over. They seem a little bit out of the ordinary, and I was wondering if you could keep me up to speed on the latest purchasing arrangements. I suspect there has been a couple of irregular purchases that may cause us to have an overabundance of stock in our inventory that we may have to have a clearance sale later this year, and I'd like to reduce this risk as much as possible if I can.

What is the main purpose of the call？

A．To inform. Dave of an upcoming inventory sale.

B．To ask Dave to deliver something.

C．To request a sample of the item.

D．To meet with one of their clients.

know why it is called the "Braille" system or who Louis Braille was. In the year 1812,Louis Braille was a very small boy. He lived in a small town in France. Louis' father had a small shop in which he made things of leather. One day Louis was playing in his father's shop and picked up a small tool with a very sharp point, Louis fell, the point of the tool entered his eye. And later he became blind in both eyes. One day, he said to his father," Blind people are the loneliest people in the world. I can tell one bird from another by its sound. I can know the door of the house by feeling it with my hand. But there are so many things which I can not hear and can not feel. Only books can free the blind. But there are no books for us to read."

Why is the reading system for the blind called the Braille？

A．Because it was invented by the person called Braille.

B．Because it was first used by the person called Braille.

C．It is unknown.

are saving to buy a CD(光盘)or to go to a concert, then probably you would keep your money somewhere in your room.

If you are saving for a big purchase like a mountain bike or a school trip，where would you save your money？

One place to save money is the bank Putting your money in a savings account will help your money early more money If you put your money in a piggy bank(猪形储蓄罐)，one year later you’11 still have the same amount of money you put in.If you put your money in a savings account，one year later, you’ll have more money than you put in Why？

When you keep your money in a bank，your money earns interest.Interest is the amount of money a bank pays you to use your money.The bank uses your money (and the money of other people，too)to loan money to people and businesses.

The bank will send you a statement several times a year A bank statement tells you how much money you have in your account，It also tells you how much interest you have earned.If you leave your money in the bank，you Can watch it grow!

Another way you can save money is to buy a certificate of deposit or CD.If you have some money that you don’t need to use for a long time，this is a good way to make your money grow.

You Can buy a cd at a bank.You agree not to use the money for a certain period of time That period might be from six months to five years.You Can’t touch your money during that time If you do，you must pay a penalty，or fee.

第6题：Your money will earn more money if you put it

A．in your room

B．in a piggy bank

C．in your pocket

D．in a savings account

he family. She died in the same house fifty-six years later. During her lifetime, she never left her native land. She left her home state only once and left her village very few times. After 1872 she rarely left her house and yard. In the last years of her life she retreated to a smaller circle of family and friends. In those later years she dressed in white, avoided strangers, and communicated chiefly through notes and poems even with intimates. The doctor attending her illness was allowed to "examine" her in another room, seeing her walk by an opened door. She's thought of as a "strange" figure in her home village. When she died in 1886, she was unknown to the rest of the world. Only seven of her poems had appeared in print.

But to think Emily Dickinson only as a strange figure is a serious mistake. She lived simply and deliberately. She was one of those on whom nothing was lost. Only by thus living could Dickinson manage to fulfill her obligations both as a daughter, a sister, to write on the average one poem a day.

She read only a few books but knew them deeply. Her poems are simple but remarkably rich. Not until the 1950s was she recognized as one of the greatest American poets.

How long did Emily Dickinson live in the house where she was born？

A．Almost all her life.

B．Less than half her life.

C．Until the year of 1830.

D．Before the year of 1872.