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短文听力
第十一讲、学会预测问题与内容
Passage 1
1 A. Vending
machines sell soda and coffee.
B. Vending
machines sell snacks and candy.
C.
Vending machines sell stamps and newspapers.
D. Vending machines sell postcards and
magazines.
2 A. They save time and
money.
B. They sell better quality
merchandise.
C. They are time-saving
and convenient.
D. They are
impersonal.
3 A. In New York vending
machines are dying out.
B. Customers
cannot buy things in vending machines with paper
money.
C. Fast food restaurants have
now taken the place of automats in the U. S.
D. Some customers still get hot meals
from vending machines.
Passage 2
4 A. They liked travelling.
B. They wanted
to find a better place to live in.
C.
They were driven out of their homes.
D. The reasons are unknown.
5 A. They try to put up with Gypsies.
B. They are
envious of Gypsies.
C. They are
unfriendly to Gypsies.
D. They admire the musical
talent of the Gypsies
6 A. Special
schools have been set up for them.
B. Permanent homes have
been built for them.
C. They are now
taught in their own language.
D. They are now allowed to
attend local schools.
Passage 3
7 A. The sixth sense is an innate sense
with which people can predict future.
B. The sixth sense is a muscular sense
that helps people direct muscles nicely.
C. The sixth sense is a sensory nerve
that helps brain organize body movements.
D. The sixth sense is a sense that
makes us perform particular actions.
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A. The muscles consciously perform particular
actions.
B. The muscles
can stretch easily.
C. The muscles can
retract to their original state.
D. The
muscles perform actions with unconscious
directions.
9 A. Women have as much
muscle as men do.
B. Women have half as much muscle as
men do.
C. Women have 60 to 70 percent
as much muscle as men do.
D. Women have
80 to 90 percent as much muscle as men do.
第十二讲、学会做简明扼要的笔记
Passage 1
1 A. At the age of
six years.
B. At the age
of nine months.
C. At the age of
eighteen months.
D. At the age of nineteen
months.
2 A. French.
B.
Russian.
C.
Latin.
D. Greek.
3 A. Helen could only learn by touch
and feeling.
B. Helen’s teacher Miss
Sullivan was a blind woman.
C. Helen went to college and graduated
with honors on her own.
D. Helen
refused to communicate with others before Miss
Sullivan came.
Passage 2
4
A. A car outside the supermarket.
B.
A car at the bottom of the hill.
C.
Paul’s car.
D. The sports
car.
5 A. Inside the car.
B. At the foot of the hill.
C. In the
garage.
D. In the supermarket.
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6 A. The driver of the
sports car.
B. The two girls inside the
car.
C. The man standing nearby.
D. The salesman from
London.
7 A. Nobody.
B. The two
girls.
C.
The bus driver.
D. Paul.
Passage
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8 A. They would take the child to the
hospital.
B. They would call the
Poison Control.
C. They would call for
their family doctor.
D. They would make the child throw up.
9 A. Go to a doctor immediately if
someone swallows poison.
B. There are
always home remedies to use when someone swallows
poison.
C. Different treatment is
required for different cases.
D. Never forget
to call the Poison Control.
10 A. Rub
the juice of the aloe leaf on the burn.
B.
Use antibiotic creams to heal cuts and scrapes.
C. Get a tetanus shot.
D. Run cold water on the
burn.
第十三讲、学会抓主旨大意
Passage 1
1 A. Traffic
lights.
B. Speed limits. C.
Pedestrians right of way. D. Lines marking streets
and roads.
2 A. The king represents the
law.
B. The law is under the
authority of the king.
C. The king is
supreme.
D.
The law is supreme.
3 A. Americans’
driving habits.
B. American historical
heritage.
C. American law and order.
D. American crime.
Passage 2
4 A. The causes are obvious.
B. The causes
are very complicated.
C. The causes are
familiar.
D. The causes are not well understood.
5 A. Regular driver training.
B.
Improved highway design.
C. Stricter
traffic regulations.
D.
Better public transportation.
6 A.
Highway crime.
B. Poor traffic control.
C. Confusing road signs.
D. Drivers’
errors.
7 A. Designing
better cars.
B. Building more highways.
C. Increasing people’s awareness of
traffic problems.
D. Enhancing drivers’ sense of
responsibility
Passage 3
8 A. The Industrial Revolution.
B. The development of
television.
C. The development of
advertising.
D. The people
in the Middle Ages.
9 A. Through
television.
B. By telling passersby about their
products.
C. Through the radio.
D. Through magazines.
10 A.
The Chinese.
B. The Americans.
C.
The Romans.
D.
The Canadians.
第十四讲、
学会推理判断
Passage 1
1 A. Automobiles have become most
destructive to mankind.
B. People
usually pay little attention to law and morality.
C. Civilization brings much harm to
people.
D. The lack of
virtue is becoming more severe.
2 A. To
give an example of the various reasons for road
accidents.
B. To point out the main
reason why automobile accidents happen.
C. To show some of the inaccurate
estimations by researchers.
D. To
illustrate the hidden tensions in the course of
driving.
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3 A.
Speed limits have been raised.
B. Vehicle manufacturing
has been decreased.
C. Drivers’
behaviors have been greatly improved.
D. Legal advances have been made toward
safer driving.
4 A. To keep the
driver’s emotions under control.
B. To make significant
legal advances.
C. To raise safety
standards for vehicle.
D. To convince
people that driving is a skilled task requiring
constant care and concentration.
Passage 2
5 A. It can be
cooked in many ways.
B.
It is delicious but inexpensive.
C. It
gives higher yields than other grain crops.
D. It grows easily in various
conditions.
6 A. Fried potatoes.
B.
Tomato juice.
C. Sweet corn.
D.
Chocolate beans.
7 A. They led to the
discovery of America.
B. They made native American foods
popular.
C. They brought great wealth
to Spain.
D. They made
native American life styles well known.
Passage 3
8 A.
Early man didn’t know how to make use
of trees.
B. Trees are not
as useful as they were in the past.
C.
Trees were more useful in the past than they are
now.
D. Trees are always useful and
important to human beings.
9 A. The
land would become fertile.
B. Heavy rains would clean the tropics.
C. The
rich
，
fertile soil couldn’t
be retained.
D.
There would be no agriculture.
10 A.
Man can change the balance of nature just as they
please.
B. If the balance of nature is
lost
，
it will be attained
again.
C. Man must plant as many trees
as possible.
D. Some desert areas are
the nature’s punishment of the human beings for
their ignorance.
第十五讲、学会凭借关键词核定短文中心思想
Passage 1
1 A. The halls are
equipped with television and computer.
C. Entertainment areas are also
provided.
B. Laundry and vending
facilities are provided.
D. Usually no
study areas are offered.
2 A. They have
to spend a lot of money living on campus.
B. They have to obey many rules and
regulations for living on campus.
C.
They have to get along with people having
different lifestyles.
D. They will have
fewer opportunities to make friends.
3
A. They have to pay three months advance payment
beforehand.
B. They need to pay only
one month’s advance payment.
C. They usually have to pay as much as
two months rent altogether.
D. They
have to pay six months advance payment beforehand.
4 A. In most cases there are beds and
tables in apartments for rent.
B. A
lease is a contract between yourself and your
school.
C. Payments for off campus
housing are generally made once two months.
D. As a rule, besides the rent,
students still have to pay for telephone, electric
and gas.
Passage 2
5 A. They
are interested in other kinds of reading.
B. They are active in
voluntary services.
C. They tend to be
low in education and in income.
D.
They live in isolated areas.
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