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A．in any case
B．to that effect
C．in a sense
D．to the contrary
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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： Holiday Inn wants to know what has become of the 500,000 towels a year that guests swipe from its 2,638 hotels. [12]But the hotel chain isn't looking to put towel takers through the spin cycle. It just wants them to spin some yarns for a national promotion. Holiday Inn gave guests amnesty in exchange for their stories about how they've used the towels they've taken over the years. For every story shared, [11]Holiday Inn will donate $1 to a charity it founded in 1986 that helps children with life-threatening illnesses. "This really is lighthearted," said Mark Snyder, senior vice president for brand management at Holiday Inn. "It's just a way for people to come on, tell us their story and relieve any lingering guilt they might have about having a Holiday Inn towel in their linen closet." The hotel chain asked guests to provide their stories on Holiday Inn's Website. [13]Guests whose stories are one of the best 25 chosen will receive a limited edition souvenir Holiday Inn towel. [12]Hundreds of stories had already rolled into the Website, One man said he took a towel from a Holiday Inn hotel in Monterey, Mexico, as a memento of his honeymoon night. He said he later lost the woman, but he's still got the towel.
Who will be benefited from the money Holiday Inn donates for every story shared？
A．The towel takers.
B．The disabled children.
C．Children with life-threatening illness.
D．Guests in Holiday Inn.
W: Yes, it was fantastic. Now I know why it is listed together with the Nile river as one of the great natural wonders of the world. Here, want to see the picture I took？
M: Oh what a view! It is even bigger than I had imagined. I remember reading about the Great Canyon and I think it said that it was formed suddenly when the earth crust split open during an earthquake.
W: Well, not that quickly. Look, here is the picture of th Colorado river. See way down at the bottom of the canyon, that river and its tributaries have been wearing the canyon floor away for ten million years.
M: Then the canyon is the result of soil erosion. I'll bet geologists have made some interesting discoveries there.
W: Not only the geologists, archaeologists have also found the bones of extinct animals in caves in the canyon walls. In a cave one hundred and forty feet above the river, they found drift wood that dated back as far as thirty-seven thousand years.
M: That means the river must have been a hundred and forty feet higher up when it carried the drift wood into the cave.
W: It's very possible, but of course who knows. The Great Canyon is full of mysteries. Wouldn't you like to go to Arizona some day？
M: You bet I would.
Where has the woman been？
A．To Colonado.
B．To Anzona.
C．To the Nile River.
D．To the Museum of Natural History.
听力原文： During a state of deep relaxation, several physiological changes take place in the body: the body's oxygen consumption is reduced; the heart beat decreases; muscle tension and sweating ease, and there is decreased sympathetic nervous system activity. (32) This restful state not only allows the body to repair and restore itself but it has a calming effect on the consciousness. How to achieve this state of relaxation, however, is a matter of opinion. (33) A recent report by Dr. David Holmes of the University of Kansas in the journal American Psychologist said that simple sitting in an armchair has just as many beneficial characteristics for the body as meditation does. Researchers of other relaxation techniques disagree . (34) These experts believe that more structured techniques, such as meditation, lead to a condition of deep relaxation. The debate goes on, but one thing appears to be clear: the relaxation response can be reached by a number of methods, and the methods themselves are not as important as getting there. One day, one method may work best; on another day, an alternative method may be more appropriate. (35) Once you are aware of all the methods, you can find the one that works best for you. Some of the relaxation techniques are meditation, self-analysis and progressive muscle relaxation. Although these techniques may not, in the end, produce more of a relaxation response than just sitting quietly in a chair, (35) they have the added benefit of structure and discipline, and for these reasons appear to be more effective for most individuals.
32. What will happen when a person is in a state of deep "relaxation"？
33.What did Dr. David Holmes say about "relaxation" in American Psychologist？
34.What do the opponents of Dr. David Holmes believe？
35.What does the speaker think of "relaxation techniques" such as meditation？
(7)
A．The body will take in more oxygen.
B．The heart will beat more frequently.
C．Muscles will become tense and the body will sweat easily.
D．The consciousness will become more or less calmed.
Say goodbye to the Mountain Gorilla. Say farewell to the Short Tailed Chinchilla.
That's the conclusion of the United Nations Environment Program's(UNEP) Third Global Environmental Outlook Report. The report was compiled(编写) for the UN from the work of 1,100 scientists. It predicts the state of the planet in the year 2032 based on the policies and practices of the last 30 years. If these continue, UNEP says, we're going to be living on a very lonely planet. By 2032, one quarter of the world's mammal species(哺乳动物种群) will disappear. They will be joined by 12% of the world's bird species. And according to UNEP, 5,611 species of plants will also be wiped out-but since only 4% of the world's plant species have been examined in detail, that figure will probably be much higher.
UNEP blames a variety of causes, from poverty and overpopulation to pollution, global warming and profit-driven economic and trade policies. But there is some good news. There has been an 85% reduction in the use of chemicals, for instance. And around 10% of the earth's surface is in protected areas like national parks, five times as much as 30 years ago.
"We can never know for certain what lies before us," said a UNEP official. "The future is another country. But we can see how our actions or lack of actions might shape the environment and the inhabitants(居民) of this extraordinary blue planet by 2032."
At the beginning of the passage, "Mountain Gorilla" and "Short Tailed Chinchilla" seem to be some ______.
A．mountains
B．rivers
C．animals
D．sceneries
Harry Potter has bewitched detainees (未判决囚犯) at the U.S.
prison at Guantanamo Bay, there tales of the young wizard and 【M1】______
mysteries by Agatha Christie top the list of most popular books,
according to a prison librarian.
"Harry Potter is the popular tine among some of the detainee 【M2】______
population," said the librarian, a civilian contractor identified only as
"Lorie" who works at the prison camp for foreign terrorism suspects
at the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
Lorie said the popular of the best-selling Harry Potter books, 【M3】______
which recount the adventures of a boy wizard as he triumphs the 【M4】______
powers of evil, was matched only by the prisoners' passion for
Agatha Christie.
The Guantanamo Bay prison-which has come under fierce
attack by human rights groups for its treatment and indefinite
detention of prisoners-holds about 510 suspects from 40 countries.
But even this remote prison has not escaped the world-wide
frenzy over the escapades of Harry Potter and his friends at the
Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft. The sixth book in the
series by author J.K. Rowling, who went on sale last month, is the 【M5】______
fastest-selling book of all time.
"We have Harry Potter as four languages, English, French, 【M6】______
Farsi and Russian. We have it on order in Arabic. We do not have
books Five and Six in the series this time. We have had several 【M7】______
detainees read the series," Lorie told reporters.
"One prisoner has requested the movies," she said.
When asked that other books were among the prisoners' favourites, 【M8】______
Lofie said, "We have 12 different Agatha Christie rifles in Arabic that are
very popular. Also 1001 Arabian Nights."
The United States opened the Guantanamo prison in January
2002. A total of 242 detainees have been transferred out of the prison
to other countries either to be freed or for continuous detention, 【M9】______
while approximately 510 remain at Guantanamo, according to the
Pentagon. Many have been held for more than three years and the 【M10】______
only four have been charged.
【M1】
In the course of my travels in the American I have been impressed by a kind of fundamental malaise which seems to me extremely common and which poses difficult problems for the social reformer. Most social reformers have held the opinion that, if poverty were abolished and there were no more economic insecurity, the millennium would have arrived. But when I look at the face of people in opulent cars, whether in your country or in mine, I do not see that look of radiant happiness which the aforesaid social reformers had led me to expect. In nine cases out of ten, I see instead a look of boredom and discontent and an almost frantic longing for something that might tickle the jaded palate.
But it is not only the very rich who suffer in this way. Professional men very frequently feel hopeless thwarted. There is something that they long to do or some public object that they long to work for. But if they were to indulge their wishes in these respects, they fear that they would lose their livelihood. Their wives are equally unsatisfied, for their neighbor, Mrs. So-and-so, has gone ahead more quickly, has a better car, a larger apartment and grander friends.
Life for almost everybody is a long competitive struggle where very few can win the race, and those who do not win are unhappy. On social occasions when it is de rigueur to seem cheerful, the necessary demeanor is stimulated by alcohol. But the gaiety does not ring tree and anybody who has just one drink too many is apt to lapse into lachrymose melancholy.
One finds this sort of thing only among English-speaking people. A Frenchman while he is abusing the Government is as gay as a lark. So is an Italian while he is telling you how his neighbor has swindled him. Mexicans, when they are not actually starving or actually being murdered, sing ad dance and enjoy sunshine and food and drink with a gusto which is very rare north of the Mexican frontier. When Andrew Jackson conquered Pensacola from the Spaniards, it was Sunday. She pointed out the scandal to her husband, who decreed that cheerfulness must cease forthwith. And it did.
When I try to understand what it is that prevents so many American from being as happy as one might expect, it seems to me that there are two causes, of which one goes much deeper than the other. The one that goes least deep is the necessity for subservience in some large organization. If you are an energetic man with strong views as to the right way of doing the job with which you are concerned, you find yourself invariable under the orders of some big man at the top who is elderly, weary and cynical. Whenever you have a bright idea, the boss puts a stopper on it. The more energetic you are and the more vision you have, the more you will suffer from the impossibility of doing any of the things that you feel ought to be done. When you go home and moan to your wife, she tells you ',hat you are a silly fellow and that if you became the proper sort of yes-- man your income would soon be doubled, lfyou try divorce and remarriage it is very unlikely that there will be any change in this respect. And so you are condemned to gastric ulcers and premature old age.
It was not always so. When Dr. Johnson complied his dictionary, he compiled it as he thought fit. When he felt like saying that oats is food for men in Scotland and horses in England he said so. When he defined a fishing-rod as a stick with a fish at one end and a fool at the other, th
A．make people indulge in pleasures
B．lead to despondency
C．pose touchy problems for social reformers
D．throw a heavy burden on the country’s welfare program
A、This is to inform. you that your book has been rejected by our publishing company as it was not up to the required standard. In case you would like us to reconsider it, we would suggest that you go over it and make some necessary changes.
B、You know that book I wrote？ Well, the publishing company rejected it. They thought it was awful. But hey, I did the best I could, and I think it was great. I？m not gonna redo it the way they said I should.
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 good marriage means growing as a couple but also growing as individuals. This isn't easy; marriage has always been difficult. Why then are we seeing so many divorces at this time？ Yes, our modem social fabric is thin, and yes, the permissiveness of society has created unrealistic expectations and threw the family into disorder. (11[C]) But divorce is so common because people today are unwilling to exercise the self-discipline that marriage requires. They expect easy joy, like the entertainment on TV, the thrill of a good party.
(l2 [B]) Marriage takes some kind of sacrifice, not dreadful self-sacrifice of the soul, but some level of compromise. Some of one's fantasies, some of one's legitimate desires, have to be given up for the value of the marriage itself. "While all martial partners feel shacked at times, it is they who really choose to make the martial ties into confining chains or supporting bonds," says Dr. Walter. Marriage requires sexual, financial and emotional disciple. A man and a woman cannot follow every impulse, cannot allow them to stop growing or changing.
Why are divorces so common at present？
A．Because it is difficult to maintain a marriage.
B．Because people like watching TV programs.
C．Because people prefer joy to self-discipline.
D．Because our society is permissive towards divorces.
A
One hundred new bookstalls that will sell newspapers as well as books have been making their debut on city streets since Saturday morning.
The newsstands are part of the city's efforts to improve the appearance of streets and neighborhoods. The newsstands' design, featuring large glass window, will help the customers to see what is on sale at a glance.
An electrical screen on the newsstands will announce immediately the arrival of. the latest papers. There will be 1,000 newsstands by the end of the year. The newly formed company will manage the stalls. According to sources from the company, over 80 percent of the people hired to operate the stands will be recruited from laid-off workers. This means the project will help ease the city's unemployment pressure, sources said.
All recruited will undergo a training programme and be dressed in green uniform. Municipal Vice Party Secretary Gong Xueping said the installation of the 100 stands was just the first step towards the objective of setting up 1,000 stands in the city by the end of the year.
He said the creation of the stalls would be of particular significance to the enhancement of the city's spiritual civilization. He also made some suggestions regarding the location, design and construction of the new stands and the renovation of the existing newsstands.
One hundred new bookstalls are set up to______.
[A] classify the bookstores
[B] beautify the streets and neighborhoods
[C] enrich people's minds with knowledge
[D] increase people' s purchasing power
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
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