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A．improve
B．dilate
C．exist
D．wane
E．thrive
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听力原文：Chris: I've heard that you used to work for the BBC, is that true？
Erwin: Yes, that's true. I worked as a news journalist for the World Service, specializing in Africa.
Chris: Then how could you turn to become a dive master in Seychelles？
Erwin: As I've told you, I worked for the World Service in Africa. That was bow I first had the opportunity to visit the Indian Ocean Islands of Seychelles, Mauritius, Comoros and Madagascar-even though I wash't a diver then.
Chris: So over time you developed an interest in diving, right？
Erwin: Yes, over a period of years I fell in love with Seychelles and by the time I came to live there I was an obsessive diver.
Chris: Did you leave the BBC after you went to live in the Seychelles？
Erwin: No. Diving became part of the reason I wanted to live there, but officially I was on loan to the Seychelles Broad casting Corporation from the BBC--helping to train the local radio and TV journalists.
Chris: What prompted you to come back to the UK then？
Erwin: To be frank, I became bored of living on a small island. It was quite a stressful experience in many ways, and the BBC wanted me back.
Why did the man go to Seychelles？
A．Because he likes diving.
B．Because he wanted to find a job as a dive master there.
C．Because he worked for the World Service.
D．Because he was assigned to Madagascar.
Chris shared the too large house with his father, an arthritic and difficult man, and a wasp-tongued aunt, whose complaints ended only when she slept.
The father and his sister, Chris's Aunt Agatha, engaged in shrill-voiced arguments over nothing. The continuous exchanges further confused their foolish wits, and yet held off an unendurable loneliness. They held a common grievance against Chris, openly holding him to blame for their miserable existence. He should long ago have lifted them from poverty, for had they not sacrificed everything to send him to England and Oxford University？
Driven by creditors or pressing desires, earlier Baildons had long ago cheaply disposed of valuable properties. Brother and sister never ceased to remind each other of the depressing fact that their ancestors had wasted their inheritance. This, in fact, was their only other point of agreement.
A few years earlier Agatha had announced that she intended doing something about repairing the family fortunes. The many empty rooms could be rented to selected guests. She would establish, not a boarding house, but a home for ladies and gentlemen, and make a tidy profit. She threw herself into the venture with a noisy fury. Old furniture was polished; rugs and carpets were beaten, floors painted, long-stored mattresses, pillows and bed linen aired and sweetened in the sun.
Agatha, with a fine air of defiance, took the copy for a modest advertisement to the press. Two guests were lured by the promise of beautiful gourmet meals, a home atmosphere in an historic mansion, the company of well-brought-up ladies and gentlemen. The two, one a bank clerk and the other a maiden lady employed in a bookshop, arrived simultaneously, whereupon Agatha condescended to show them to their room, and promptly forgot about them. There was no hot water. Dinner time found Baildon and Agatha sharing half a cold chicken and a few boiled potatoes in the dining room's gloomy vastness.
When the guests came timidly to inquire about the dining-hours, and to point out that there were no sheets on the beds, no water in the pots, no towels on their racks, Agatha reminded them that the Baidons were not inn-keepers, and then treated them to an account of the family's past glories.
Why did Chirs' father and aunt blame him？
A．Because he did not restore their prosperity.
B．Because he did not succeed at Oxford University.
C．Because he neglected the family property.
D．Because he showed no interest in the family history.
Chris Even’s husband is from ______.
A．England
B．France
C．the U.S.
D．Australia
Tennis champion Chris Evert visualized her opponent's style. for imitation.
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
Who are responsible for Evan's death, according to Chris？
A．The Germans.
B．The French army.
C．The British troops.
D．The Russian soldiers.
Barbie is going through a midlife crisis. After (1)_____ with longtime boyfriend Ken earlier this year, she has (2)_____ refuge in shopping, surfing, bubble baths and partying with a crew of trendy pals on the beach in Jamaica. At 45, she even made a (3)_____ for the White House.
Then there was the makeover: a new. (4)_____ of Paul Frank fashions, her own fragrance, a new musical and a new man-spiky-haired Australian surfer Blaine.
But, she (5)_____ is going through a crisis, one that started at the cash register. (6)_____ the Barbie brand as a whole (7)_____ $3.6 billion in global retail sales this year, according to manufacturer Mattel Inc., Barbie has (8)_____ sales slide over the past seven quarters. In the past few years, rivals (9)_____ the edgier Bratz have upstaged the iconic doll.
To re-energize its flagship brand, the world's largest toy maker set out to (10)_____ Barbie and her pals in a (11)_____ of books, magazines and animated films, hoping the story lines would (12)_____ sales of the doll and her trove of accessories.
For girls ages 6 to 9, Mattel crafted stories with preteen scenarios—dance parties, dating and shopping. Barbie's look now (13)_____ reflects current fashion trends. Mattel signed diva Hilary Duff to (14)_____ the brand.
"She's the 'It' girl for the Barbie set," said Chris Byrne, an independent toy consultant and editor of the Toy Report.
Mattel is (15)_____ the story-line concept to new and existing doll lines across Barbie's (16)_____, though only about two-thirds of the new toys will be in stores this year, with the (17)_____ arriving in 2005.
"We need to make progress in regaining the confidence of retailers, and that (18)_____ time," Robert A. Eckert, Mattel's chairman and chief executive, told Wall Street analysts last month.
Perhaps a bigger (19)_____ for Mattel is persuading parents and children that Barbie is cool. That cachet has eluded the brand in recent years, particularly among older girls, many of whom either have lost interest in dolls or (20)_____ Bratz.
A．dividing
B．bursting
C．splitting
D．cracking
A、On the wall of his company.
B、On the wall of his apartment.
C、On the door of his apartment.
D、On the wall of his son’s daycare center.
Who killed Chris’S husband.Ewan ？
A．The French army.
B．His own troops.
C．The Germans.
D．The Russian soldiers.
听力原文：W: Have Chris and Sally left for school yet？ It's a quarter to nine now.
M: Sally left at 8:15 a.m., and Chris hurried off twenty minutes later.
Q: What time did Chris leave home？
(14)
A．At 8:45.
B．At 8:15.
C．At 8:05.
D．At 8:35.
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