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The size of the old suburb was limited because ________.
A) people wanted to live near a railroad station
B) it was originally planned by railroad companies
C) there was a law governing the size of the suburb
D) local inhabitants didn’t like to out in the country
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第1题
听力原文： We usually think of history as the story of important people and events, but some historians are also interested in the daily lives of ordinary people. We can get this kind of information from written documents like diaries and town records, of course, but strange as this may seem—we can also learn a lot from studying old family portraits. Family portraits provide clues about things like the size of the family and the hobbies and tastes of family members. The number of children in a portrait, for example, indicates the size of the family; the types of clothing family members wore for the portrait suggest the popular fashions of the time. The objects that children hold in their hands can give clues about the games they played and their hobbies. The background of a family portrait gives historians an idea of room size and furnishings and even the wealth and social position of the family. All of these details help historians understand more about the everyday lives of some of the ordinary people from the past.
(33)
A．Portraits as clues to our past.
B．Twentieth century photographers.
C．Prominent families in recent history.
D．A new generation of artists.
第2题
The size and scale of the suburb, that of neighborhood unit, was not entirely the result of its open planning, which favored low densities. Being served by a railroad line, with station stops from three to five miles apart, there was a natural limit to the spread of any particular community. House had to be sited “within easy walking distance of the railroad station,” as some old residents would point out; and only those wealthy enough to afford a horse and a carriage dared to penetrate farther into the open country.
Through its spaced station stops, the railroad suburb was at first kept from spreading or excessively increasing in numbers, for a natural greenbelt, often still under cultivation as park, gardens, remained between the suburbs and increased the available recreation area. Occasionally, in a few happy areas like Westchester, between 1915 and 1935 a parkway, like the Bronx River parkway, accompanied by continuous strip of park for pedestrian (散步的人) use, not yet overrun by a constant stream of urban traffic, added to the perfection of the whole suburban pattern. Whatever one might say of the social disadvantages this was in many ways a perfect physical environment. But it lasted less than a generation.
第26题：What was the special advantage of the old type of suburb？
A) Its nearness to the railroad.
B) The vastness of its open space.
C) Its small size in area and population.
D) The high social status of its residents.
第3题
The study concluded that family size had a major influence on the development of stomach cancer linked to the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (幽门螺杆菌), and that younger siblings (兄弟，姐妹，同胞，同属) from large families were especially prone to the most common form. of stomach cancer.
H. pylori lives in the mucous (黏液的) layer of the stomach and is associated with peptic ulcers (消化器官溃疡) and stomach cancer. It's estimated that half of the world's population carries H. pylori in the stomach. It can be transmitted orally from person to person or through contact with human feces (粪便).
The study found that men who carried certain strains of H. pylori in their stomachs and had seven or more siblings had more than twice the risk of developing stomach cancer, compared to men with the same H. pylori strains who had one to three siblings.
The findings are published in the January 16 online issue of the journal Public Library of Science Medicine.
"This is a very carefully controlled study that clearly shows that there are factors in early childhood that affect the risk of developing cancer many decades later," study leader Dr. Martin J. Blaser, professor and chairman of the Department of Medicine, and professor of microbiology at New York University Medical Center and School of Medicine, said in a prepared statement.
"That early childhood events affect the risk of cancers occurring in old age is remarkable, and this may be a model for other cancers," Blaser said. He said that younger children in large families may acquire H. pylori from older siblings at a time when the younger children's immune systems are still developing. This, in combination with the fact that the bacterium is already adapted to a genetically related person, means the younger children may have a more virulent H. pylori population in the stomach than if they'd acquired the germ from a non-relative.
Which of the following statements can best generalize the passage？
A．Family size may determine stomach-cancer risk.
B．Family size may move stomach-cancer risk.
C．The study may follow more than 7,000 Japanese-American men for 28 years.
D．People from small families have an increased risk of stomach cancer.
第4题
听力原文：W: Hey! You got a new television.
M: Yeah! It was delivered yesterday. What do you think of it？
W: It's huge. It practically takes up the entire side of the room.
M: I know. I know. You don't think it's, well, excessive, do you？
W: I didn't say that. I mean, 'if you enjoy it, why not？ What happened to your old TV, anyhow？
M: It just stopped working last Friday. It was pretty old and didn't work well. I thought I can afford it. Why not get a new one？
W: It must've been expensive.
M: Well, not as much as you might think. I got it on sale for 50% off.
W: Really？ Where？
M: At the stereo city on Route 20. You know at first I just wanted to replace what I had. A TV of about the same size and quality. But the salesman was pushing these because of the 50% off.
W: Yeah. But 50% off what？
M: $ 2,400.
W: You spent $ 1,200 on a TV？
M: It's got a lot of special features. Look at this remote control.
W: I'm sure. But that's still a lot of money for a television. I didn't think you watched TV that much.
M: Well, I don't. Do you think I ought to return it？ If I do it within a week of purchase, I can get my money back.
W: Honestly, yes. And you know that. I think you ought to read up on TV's first and choose the make and model you want before you go to the store. That way you will get what you want.
M: I think you are right.
(26)
A．A popular television program.
B．A breakthrough in technology.
C．A recent purchase.
D．A new electronic store.
第5题
M：The first point to make is that they are different from large cities in Europe and America.
W：Surly all large cities are essentially similar．
M：It's true that all large cities experience similar problems provisioning housing and services，but the difference lies in the time factor．
W：Surly some of the cities we are considering are just as old and, in some cases，much older, than cities in the United States，for instance.
M：Very true, but the large cities of Europe and the United States grew relatively slowly． London had a population of more than a million at the beginning of the nineteenth century and this number of more than eight million. And this growth was parallel to industrial growth throughout the country．The same is true of New York, for example．
W：But this is not true of Mexico city or Buenos Aires？
M：No，it is not． Throughout Latin America and in parts of Asia, cities have grown much faster than industry，or agriculture for that matter．Some of these cities have quadrupled in size in less than two decades，while industrial growth over the same period may have only reached thirty to forty percent．
W：What does this mean？
M: Essentially the population growth is not equal to the number of employment opportunities. Much of the increase is due to immigration from the countryside, a movement of people in search of better conditions.
(20)
A．The tourist and the guide.
B．The student and the teacher.
C．The reporter and the urban expert.
D．The worker and the manager.
第6题
听力原文：W: Hey! (19)You got a new television.
M: Yeah! It was delivered yesterday. What do you think of it？
W: It's huge. It practically takes up the entire side of the room.
M: I know. You don't think it's well, do you？
W: I didn't say that. I mean, if you enjoy it, why not？ What happened to your old TV, anyhow？
M: It just stopped working last Friday. It was pretty old and didn't work well. I thought I can afford it. Why not get a new one？
W: It must have been expensive？
M: Well, not as much as you might think. I got it on sale for 50% off.
W: Really？ Where？
M: At the stereo city on Route 20. You know at first I just wanted to replace what I had. A TV of about the same size and quality. But the salesman there was pushing these because of the 50% off.
W: Yeah. But 50% off what？
M: 2,400 dollars.
W: You spent $1,200 on a TV？
M: It's got a lot of special features. Look at this remote control.
W: I'm sure. But that's still a lot of money for a television. I don't think you watch TV that much.
M: WelI,I don't. (21) De you think I ought to return it？ If I do it within a week of purchase, I can get my money back.
W: (21) Honestly, yes. (20) I think you ought to read up on TV's first and choose the model you want before you go to the store. That way you will get what you want.
M: (21) I think you are right.
(20)
A．A popular television program.
B．A breakthrough in technology.
C．A recent purchase.
D．A new electronics store.
第7题
听力原文：W：(19) You are an expert on urban problem. Mr. Cross. I wonder how you would describe the characteristics of these enormous cities．
M：The first point to make is that they are different from large cities in Europe and America.
W：Surly all large cities are essentially similar．
M：It's true that all large cities experience similar problems provisioning housing and services，but the difference lies in the time factor．
W：Surly some of the cities we are considering are just as old and, in some cases，much older, than cities in the United States，for instance.
M：Very true, but the large cities of Europe and the United States grew relatively slowly．(21) London had a population of more than a million at the beginning of the nineteenth century and this number of more than eight million. And this growth was parallel to industrial growth throughout the country．The same is true of New York, for example．
W：But this is not true of Mexico city or Buenos Aires？
M：No，it is not．(20) Throughout Latin America and in parts of Asia, cities have grown much faster than industry，or agriculture for that matter．Some of these cities have quadrupled in size in less than two decades，while industrial growth over the same period may have only reached thirty to forty percent．
W：What does this mean？
M: Essentially the population growth is not equal to the number of employment opportunities. Much of the increase is due to immigration from the countryside, a movement of people in search of better conditions.
(20)
A．The tourist and the guide.
B．The student and the teacher.
C．The reporter and the urban expert.
D．The worker and the manager.
第8题
A well-dressed man entered a famous jewelry shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl for his wife’ s birthday. The price didn’ t matter. Since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a nice black one that cost $5000, he paid for the pearl in cash, shook hands with the jeweler, and left.
A few days later the man returned and said that his wife liked the pear so much that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality, as she wanted a pair of earrings made, “Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl？” said the man. The jeweler regretfully replied, “I would say it’s exactly impossible to find one exactly like that pearl.”
The rich man insisted that the jeweler advertise in the newspapers, offering $ 25,000 for the matching pearl. Many people answered the advertisement but nobody had a pearl that was just right.
Just when the jeweler had given up hope, a little old lady came into his store. To his great surprise, she pulled the perfect pearl from her purse. “I don’t like to part with it,” she said sadly, “I inherited it from my mother, and my mother inherited it from hers. But I really need the money.”
The jeweler was quick to pay her before she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell him the good news. The man, however, was nowhere to be found.
The man said he wanted to buy a pearl for ________________.
A.his wife
B.his mother-in-law
C.his own mother
D.no one
He paid $ 5,000 for the black pearl without bargaining because ________________.
A.he was very rich
B.he wanted to make the jeweler believe him
C.he was anxious to get it
D.his business had been successful
He told the jeweler to get him another pearl that must be ________________.
A.exactly the same size as the black on
B.exactly the same quality as the black one
C.worth no more than $ 25,000
D.exactly as big and nice as the black one
Many people answered the advertisement because they wanted _________________.
A.to see the perfect pearl
B.to buy some beautiful pearls too
C.to get in touch with the rich man
D.to sell their own pearl at a high price
The jeweler couldn’ t find the man anywhere because ________________.
A.he died suddenly.
B.he happened to be out
C.he got $ 20,00 by cheating and had run away with the money.
D.he wouldn’t show up until the jeweler called him a second time.
第9题
听力原文：W: Tell me, Peter, what makes Harold's so famous？
M: Well, it's the biggest department store in the UK, and its food hall and Egyptian hall are very famous. People come to Harold's just to see them.
W: What is special about the food hall？
M: It sells many different kinds of food. For example, it has 250 kinds of cheese from all over the world, and more than 180 kinds of bread. Customers also love all the different kinds of chocolate. They buy 100 tons every year.
W: That's amazing, and why is the Egyptian hall so famous？
M: Well, when people see it they feel they're in another world. It looks like an Egyptian building from 4,000 years ago, and it sells beautiful objects. They are not 4,000 years old, of course.
W: Is it true that Harold's produces its own electricity？
M: Yes, it does. 70% ,enough for a small town. To light the outside of the building we use 11,500 light bulbs.
W: Really, tell me, how many customers do you have on an average day？ And how much do they spend？
M: About 30,000 people come on an average day. But during the sales, the number increases to 300,000 customers a day. How much do they spend？ Well, on average, customers spend about 1.5 million pounds a day. The record for one day is 9 million pounds.
W: 9 million pounds in one day？
M: Yes, on the first day of the January sales.
W: Harold's says it sells everything to everybody everywhere, is that really true？
M: Oh, yes, of course. Absolutely everything.
(23)
A．Enormous size of its stores.
B．Numerous varieties of food.
C．Its appealing surroundings.
D．Its rich and colorful history.
第10题
W: Yes, well, um, we've done a survey on local entertainment. Basically, we tried to find out how students feel about the entertainment in the town and how much they use it. So we've called our project "Out and About"...
M: Yes, that's a good title!
W: We wanted to find out how well students use the entertainment facilities in town... whether they get to see the latest plays, films... that kind of thing. Actually there were a lot of areas to choose from but in the end we limited ourselves to looking at two general categories: cinema and theatre.
M: Right.
W: OK. Well, first of all the cinema. In the town, there are three main places where you can see films. There's the new multi-screen cinema complex, the old park cinema, and a late-night odeon. In terms of audience size, the multi-screen complex accounts for 75% of all cinema seats, the park cinema accounts for 20% of seats and the late-night odeon has just 5% of seats.
M: Yes, as is shown in your chart.
W: As you probably know, the complex and the park show all the latest films, while the late-night cinema tends to show cult films. So, when we interviewed the students, we thought the complex would be the most popular choice of cinema... but surprisingly it was the late-night odeon. Most students said that if they wanted to see a film, they waited for it to show at the park because the complex is more expensive and further out of town so you have to pay more to get there as well.
M: Yes, and that adds to the cost, of course, and distracts from the popularity, evidently.
W: Well, next, we looked at theatres. There's the Stage Theatre in town, which is very old and architecturally quite beautiful. And there's also the large, modem theatre, the Ashtop, that has recently been built. But the thing about the theatres is that there's a whole variety of seat prices. Also, the types of performance vary... so students tend to buy seats at both and like using both for different reasons and if they want cheap seats at the Ashtop, they can just sit further from the front.
M: And anything else？
W: Yes. What we did find that was very interesting is that there are periods during the year when students seem to go to the theatre and periods when they go to the cinema and we really think that's to do with the budget. There's a peak around November and December when they go to the theatre more and then a period in April and May when neither is particularly popular and then theatre viewing seems to tail off virtually while the cinema becomes quite popular in June and July.
M: Mmm. I think you're probably right about your conclusions...
(23)
A．The entertainment on campus.
B．The entertainment facilities students use in town.
C．The kinds of films and plays students enjoy.
D．The cinemas and theatres students like to go to.
