In this section, we know that it is ______ makes Chinese music sounds unique and diffe
A.A.Confucian thoughts
B.B.Chinese rhythm
C.C.Chinese Pentatonic scale
D.D.Chinese Characters
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- · 有4位网友选择 A,占比40%
- · 有2位网友选择 B,占比20%
A.A.Confucian thoughts
B.B.Chinese rhythm
C.C.Chinese Pentatonic scale
D.D.Chinese Characters
SECTION B INTERVIEW
Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.
Now listen to the interview.
听力原文: (I -- Interviewer; K -- Miles Kimball)
I: For almost a year, economists at the University of Michigan have been asking Americans about their happiness for the school's widely quoted monthly measure of consumer confidence. Tonight on our show, we have Miles Kimball, an economics professor at Michigan. He says only results from the first three months have been analyzed so far. We asked him how all this works, language-wise. Good evening, Professor Kimball. I'm so glad to have you here.
K: It's my pleasure. Thank you for inviting me on the show.
I: Professor Kimball, could you please tell us specifically what you and your research group did?
K: What we did was we added to the survey of consumers the following question: "Now think about the past week and the feelings you've experienced. Please tell me if each of the following was true for you much of the time this past week: you were happy; you felt sad; you enjoyed life; you felt depressed." And people are asked to give yes-no answers to each of those four questions. That takes only about forty-five seconds for people to answer that, so it's quite quick.
I: Why would you want to know the answers to these questions?
K: Well, actually maybe I could explain how this relates to language because I think that answers the question, too. So, in most languages, the word for happiness is related to the word for good luck. And in English, for example, we have the word "happenstance" or this archaic phrase "as happy has it", which are both about luck and things that happen by chance. And so that meaning of happiness ends up meaning something like having a good life or the outcome of good fortune. And it's important to realize this is a different meaning of happiness than just how you feel. They're obviously related, and that's important -- related but different. One of the striking facts ab. out happiness in the sense of how you feel is that it tends to go back to normal pretty fast.
I: And what have you found so far?
K: So we found this in our data after -- in people's reaction after Hurricane Katrina. So we measured the happiness of people across the country -- so almost none of these people are those who are directly affected by the hurricane, and yet their happiness dipped down for a week or two. And then it came back to normal. So it's not too surprising that people would react strongly to Katrina. But then that becomes a measuring rod for other things. One of the surprising things we found was that a month later there was almost as strong a dip in happiness after the earthquake in Pakistan. To me this makes sense. You know, you see on TV suffering people and it doesn't matter if they're suffering people on the other side of the world or in your own country -- I mean it does matter, but either way you care about them because they're human beings.
I: Well, let me ask you, there have been a lot of stories recently I've noticed about happiness, and studies of happiness, and economists and others seem very interested in this. What's going on? Why is the interest now in happiness?
K: Well, a lot of the interest is based on these two meanings. Some of the interest is based on something bigger than I think we can actually do. The big thing would be if somehow these two meanings of happiness happen to be equal to one another. So, in other words, if you could go out and ask people how happy they felt and have a measure of how well their life was going overall, that would be very handy and you could do all kinds of things with that. And so, for example, there is an economist in England, Richard Laird, who has written a book o
A.Some people don't want to take it because it's too time-consuming.
B.The results might not be objective enough.
C.The survey aims to measure Americans' happiness.
D.The survey has been conducted for three months.
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Man will never conquer space. Such a statement may sound ludicrous(荒唐的), after we have made such long 【S1】______ into space. Yet it expresses a truth that our forefathers knew and we have forgotten one that our descendants must learn again, in heartbreak and loneliness.
Our age is in many ways unique, full of 【S2】______ that never occurred before and may never come again. They distort our thinking, making us believe that what is true now will be true forever, though perhaps on a large 【S3】______ . Because we have annihilated (消除) distance on this planet, we imagine that we can do the same in space. The truth is 【S4】______ , and we will see it more clearly if we forget the present and turn our minds toward the past.
To our ancestors, the vastness of the earth was a(n) 【S5】______ factor in their thoughts and lives. No man could ever see more than a tiny 【S6】______ of the earth. Only a lifetime ago, parents waved farewell to their emigrating children, knowing they would never see them again.
Now, within one 【S7】______ generation, all this has changed. Psychologically as well as physically, there are no longer any remote places on earth. When a friend leaves for what was once a distant country, he cannot feel the same sense of irrevocable(无法改变的) 【S8】______ that saddened our forefathers. We know that he is only hours away by jetliner, and we have merely to reach for the telephone to hear his voice.
When the satellite communication network is fully established, it will be as easy to see friends on the far side of the earth as to talk to them on the other side of the town. Then the world will 【S9】______ no more. From a world that has become too small, we are moving out into one that will be forever too large, whose 【S10】______ will recede from us always more swiftly than we can reach out toward them.
A) frontiers B) extensions C) incredible D) ambitious
E) shrink F) isolate G) dominant H) strides
I) scale J) exclusive K) otherwise L) fraction
M) diverse N) separation O) phenomena
【S1】
II Reading Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this part there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. 注意:请在答题处填入相应的字母编号!字母一定要大写! On television,the abuse of advertisements is most 11____. Who can bear sitting through ten minutes of 12____bombardment by shampoos, hair creams, snacks, washing powder and underarm spray? It is just too much! What is worse, they always come just before the most exciting part of a program. Besides giving us a 13____jolt they methodically 14____and abuse our mind until we watch them without actually seeing and hear their chatter without actually listening. It would certainly be for the good of all viewers if the advertisers 15____down on their advertisements and only advertise 16____. Presently advertisement on television is based on hard-selling and relentless 17____on the viewers. Furthermore how much of what they advertise are base on truth? Does using a certain brand of shampoo 18____dandruff? My personal experience is a 19____no. Does 20____certain food make us healthier? Then why are the hospitals always full? Does using a certain brand of soap powder really make the owner happier? Such things we must ask, if we do not want to be taken in by the advertisement. A) numb E) definite I) eliminate M) prospects B) consuming F) apparent J) annual N) prestigious C) cut G) discreetly K) variety O) assault D) continuous H) classified L) mental 11. ____________
II Reading Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this part there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. 注意:请在答题处填入相应的字母编号!字母一定要大写! On television,the abuse of advertisements is most 11____. Who can bear sitting through ten minutes of 12____bombardment by shampoos, hair creams, snacks, washing powder and underarm spray? It is just too much! What is worse, they always come just before the most exciting part of a program. Besides giving us a 13____jolt they methodically 14____and abuse our minds until we watch them without actually seeing and hear their chatter without actually listening. It would certainly be for the good of all viewers if the advertisers 15____down on their advertisements and only advertise discreetly. 16____ advertisement on television is based on hard-selling and relentless assault on the viewers. Furthermore how much of what they advertise are based on truth? Does using a certain brand of shampoo 17____dandruff? My personal experience is a 18____no. Does 19____certain food make us healthier? Then why are the hospitals always full? Does using a certain brand of soap powder really make the owner happier? Such things we must ask, if we do not want to be 20____ in by the advertisements. A) numb E) definite I) eliminate M) prospects B) consuming F) apparent J) annual N) prestigious C) cut G) presently K) variety O) taken D) continuous H) classified L) mental 11. ____________
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Can you walk a straight line? The question is much more difficult to answer than you think. A recent experiment held in Japan shows that it is almost【C1】______ for people to walk exactly straight for 60 meters. Each man had to wear socks soaked with red ink and walk on white paper fixed【C2】______ to the floor. The【C3】______ showed that all walked in a winding rather than a straight line. Researchers found that people【C4】______ their direction of walking regularly. However, the range differed from subject to subject.
This suggests that none of us can walk in a【C5】______ straight line. Rather, we meander (漫步), mainly due to a slight structural or functional【C6】______ of our legs. So steps by the left and right legs of a person are【C7】______ .
As a result, although we may start walking in a straight line, several steps afterwards we have changed direction. However,【C8】______ helps us to correct the direction of walking and leads us to the target.
Your ears also help you walk. After turning around a lot with your eyes closed, you can hardly stand still,【C9】______ to say, walk straight. It's all because your ears are still spinning and can't help you keep your balance. Your inner ear is a structure containing liquids. When you spin, the liquid inside follow your spinning, but when Stop, the liquid continues to spin for a while, the result of which is【C10】______ . For the moment, although your eyesight tells you to walk in a straight line your brain listens to your spinning ears, thus you don't walk as what your eyes tell.
A) imbalance F) dizziness K) sleepy
B) eyesight G) flat L) needless
C) similar H) readjusted M) footprints
D) impossible I) probable N) different
E) strictly J) folded O) slightly
【C1】
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Every social experience we have affects us in at least some small ways. Family, schooling, peers, and mass media all have an【S1】______on how we are socialized as children. Each of these factors has the power to shape our thoughts, feelings, and actions. The family is the most important because it【S2】______the center of children's lives. Babies are almost totally【S3】______on others, and the responsibility of meeting their needs almost falls on parents and other family members. At least until the start of schooling, the family is responsible for teaching children cultural【S4】______and attitudes. Schooling【S5】______children's social world to include people with backgrounds that differ from their own. Formally, schooling teaches children a wide range of knowledge and skills. School is also most children's first experience with rigid【S6】______. Children are encouraged to conform. to roles and be on time. Another factor that【S7】______children is their peer group. Unlike the family and school, the peer group allows young people to【S8】______from the direct control of adults. Peer groups also give young people the【S9】______to discuss interests that may not be shared by adults. The fourth major influence on social development is the mass media--【S10】______ television. Years before children learn to read, watching television has become a regular habit. Indeed, children spend as much time watching television as they do interacting with their parents.
A) obviously B) opportunity C) relevant D) represents
E) impact F) dominant G) especially H) discipline
I) stretches J) values K) solution L) escape
M) vary N) affects O) dependent
【S1】
A、it is an independent section
B、it is a composing part of a section
C、it can either be an independent section or a composing part of a section
D、it can replace the conclusion section
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones—the kind of high-tech, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines. But the U. S. has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would be【S1】______ wasteful to tear them all down and 【S2】______ them with greener versions. An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses. And it would take an average of 65 years for the 【S3】______ carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources lost by destroying an old one. So in the broadest 【S4】______ , the greenest home is the one that has already been built. But at the same time, nearly half of U. S. carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and 【S5】______ our homes, offices and other buildings. "You can't deal with climate change without dealing with the existing buildings," says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust.
With some【S6】______ , the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient-. Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that 【S7】______ over time and let in more outside air.
Fortunately, there are a 【S8】______ number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from 【S9】______ ones like Lincoln's Cottage to your own postwar home. And efficiency upgrades(升级) can save more than just the earth; they can help 【S10】______ property owners from rising power costs.
A) accommodations B) clumsy C) doubtfully D) exceptions
E) expand F) historic G) incredibly H) powering
I) protect J) reduced K) replace L) sense
M) shifted N) supplying O) vast
【S1】
A. spectrum
B. section
C. mixture
D. locality
In Section 4.6, underand conditional homoskedasticity, we have.
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