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听力原文：Are electric cars the wave of the future？ Automobile manufactures are under press

听力原文： Are electric cars the wave of the future？ Automobile manufactures are under pressure to develop cars that do not pollute. One powerful motive is a California law requiring that by the year 2000, 10% of new car sales in the state be so-called "zero emission vehicles". These cars must put no pollution, whatsoever, in the atmosphere.

California is a huge market for the automobile companies. So they are working hard to meet the standards. So far, the electric car seems to be the best alternative. So the big advantage of the electric cars is that they don't pollute. However, there will be a competition with gas-powered cars and that's where the weaknesses come out. The big problem is that the batteries that power electric cars weigh a lot relative to the amount of power they deliver. For instance, in one prototype electric car, the batteries weigh 400 kilograms and they provide enough energy to go 250 kilometers before recharging, which takes 8 hours. Compare that to a moderately fuel-efficient conventional car, it can go 600 to 700 kilometers on a tank of gas and refilling takes just minutes.

If there are other drains on the electric cars' batteries besides the motor, headlights, air-conditioning or heater, its already limited range would be significantly reduced. So, automobile engineers are trying to make more powerful batteries that would increase the cars' range and make them more attractive to buyers.

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A．Automobile safety.

B．Increasing fuel efficiency.

C．California's pollution laws.

D．Electric-powered cars.

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发布时间：2020-11-03

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第1题

听力原文：I'm sure almost every one of you looked at your watch or at a clock before you ca

听力原文： I'm sure almost every one of you looked at your watch or at a clock before you came to class today. Watches and clocks seem as much a part of our life as breathing or eating. And yet did you know that watches and clocks were scarce in the United States until the 1850s. In the late 1700s, people didn't know the exact time unless they were near a clock. Those delightful clocks in the squares of European towns were built for the public. After all, most citizens simply couldn't afford a personal time piece. Well into the 1800s in Europe and the United States, the main purpose of a watch, which by the way was worn off the wrist and on a gold chain, was to show others how wealthy you were. The word "wrist watch" didn't even enter the English language until nearly 1900. By then the rapid pace of the industrialization in the United States meant that measuring time had become essential. How could the factory worker get to work on time unless he or she knew exactly what time it was？ Since the efficiency was now measured by how fast the job was done, everyone was interested in time. And since industrialization made possible the manufacture of large quantities of goods, watches became fairly inexpensive. Furthermore electric lights kept factories going around the clock. Being "on time" had entered the language and life of every citizen.

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A．The industrialization of the United States.

B．The development of individual timepieces.

C．Reasons for increased productivity.

D．How wristwatches are manufactured.

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第2题

听力原文：M: The jam I bought is missing. Sarah probably took it home.W: Look inside the ca

听力原文：M: The jam I bought is missing. Sarah probably took it home.

W: Look inside the cabinet before you leap.

Q: What does the woman imply？

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A．The jam must be in the cabinet.

B．The man shouldn't jump to conclusion so quickly.

C．Sarah must have taken it home.

D．The man can jump and get the jam.

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第3题

听力原文：Mr. Robinson won a lot of money on the football pools, but he did not know what w

听力原文： Mr. Robinson won a lot of money on the football pools, but he did not know what would be the best thing to do with it, so he went to a friend who knew a lot about money matters. This friend said to him, "Go and buy some modern paintings. Their value goes up every year. '

Mr. Robinson went to a good art shop and looked at some modern paintings. He did not understand them at all, and thought that they were terrible--and also very expensive. At last he saw a small picture which did not have a price on it. It was square and white, and had a black spot in the middle, and a narrow brass frame. Mr. Robinson liked it better than any of the others in the shop.

"How much is this one？" he said to the shopkeeper.

"That, sir," answered the shopkeeper, "is the electric light switch."

(30)

A．He won a lot of money on the lottery.

B．He won a lot of money on the football pools.

C．He won a lot of money by buying some modern paintings.

D．He won a lot of money in an art shop.

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第4题

听力原文：Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11,1847. He was not an ordinary

听力原文： Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11,1847. He was not an ordinary person. He was one of the greatest inventors in the history. (29)The phonograph, the light bulb, the movie camera, and sewing machine are just some of his many inventions that helped change the world.

Thomas did not go to school. His mom taught him at home. When he was twelve, he got his first job at the train station as a train boy selling candy and newspapers. He loved books and he spent all his money on them. One day while trying to catch a train, a trainman reached and grabbed him by the ears. While pulling Edison up, something cracked in his ears and right after that he began to go deaf.

When Thomas had made enough money years later, he wanted to buy a laboratory. He paid a group of scientists to think of inventions and see if the inventions would work. That setup worked so well that other companies did this too. (31)Now today every company and university in the whole world has a research department, and it all began with Edison's research group.

He is most famous for the invention of the electric light bulb. (30) He had burned himself with candles so many times when he read; he wanted a way to see without a candle. It took him just over a year to invent a practical light bulb. Edison founded the Electric Light Company in 1878.

In his seventies he still worked sixteen hours a day, and was one of the most famous men in America. By the time he died at West Orange, New Jersey on October 18,1931, he had created over 1,000 inventions.

(30)

A．Telephone and the light bulb.

B．Phonograph and movie camera.

C．Sewing machine and refrigerator.

D．Movie camera and telephone.

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第5题

听力原文：W: May I help you？M: Do you sell alarm clocks in this department store？W: Yes, we

听力原文：W: May I help you？

M: Do you sell alarm clocks in this department store？

W: Yes, we have a wide selection. What exactly did you have in mind？

M: I would like an alarm clock that will awaken me with soft music.

W: In that ease, you'll probably be interested in this handsome electric clock radio in a walnut cabinet.

M: Actually, I'd like a small battery-operated clock radio in a plastic case.

W: Here's a model that should suit you perfectly.

M: Yes, that's just what I had in mind. Can I use my credit card to pay for it？

W: I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept credit cards in this store. The manager doesn't believe in them.

M: Then can you direct me to a store that carries this same model radio but also accepts credit cards？

W: You could try the appliance store on Dawson Street.

M: Thank you for your help. I'll see if the store you recommended has what I want.

(20)

A．In a supermarket.

B．In a restaurant.

C．In an appliance store.

D．In a department store.

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第6题

听力原文：There is nothing quite so depressing as a house which has been shut up for a peri

听力原文： There is nothing quite so depressing as a house which has been shut up for a period of time. Even if it has been kept dusted and clean, there is still a musty smell and a feeling of airlessness about the rooms. No warmth seems to come out from the electric fire one has just switched on, no light through the window from which one has just down to the curtains. The chairs in the sitting-room look as if they has never been sat on, even if they are far from new. They are arranged in neat patterns round the coffee table. Not until you drop your coat or the newspapers on them do they begin to look as anything normal. As far as the kitchen, that is the least attractive place of all. Although it hasn't been used for months, it still seems to smell vaguely of some old food. The kitchen table is clean, the cupboards are bare. You cannot remember where the gas and the water turn on, the cups all seem to have lost their handles, the plates seem to be cracked, and it is impossible to find a teaspoon anywhere.

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A．A house which has been shut up for some period of time.

B．An empty house that is usually kept clean.

C．A comfortable house.

D．A new house with fresh and clean smell.

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第7题

听力原文：Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Eli

听力原文： Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem; (29)it seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle. Though he was tired, Howe so, Howe ran into the salve problem as before. (29)The thread kept getting caught, around the needle. The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears raised, hut suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that (30)he bad just found the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practiced sewing machine．(31)Elias Howe was not the only one who found the answer to his problem in this way. Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.

(30)

A．What kind of thread to use.

B．How to design a needle which would not break.

C．Where to put the needle.

D．How to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle.

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第8题

听力原文：W: Do you have any plans for this weekend？M: There's so much to choose from on ca

听力原文：W: Do you have any plans for this weekend？

M: There's so much to choose from on campus that I'm just not sure what I'm going to do.

W: The football game's on Saturday night, and I'm going with a group of friends. Do you want to go with us？

M: Of course I'd like to go to the football game: it's the biggest game of the season. And it sounds like fun to go with a large group of people.

W: Good. We'll be meeting at the cafeteria for dinner at six o'clock on Saturday night, and then we'll go on to the game together.

M: That takes care of my plans for Saturday night. But now I need to make a decision about Sunday af ternoon. The music department is sponsoring a concert then, and I'd really like to hear that concert. But there's also a play being presented by the drama department that I really wanted to see. It's too bad, those two events ate at tile same time.

W: You know, if you go to the game on Saturday night and a concert or play on Sunday, that doesn't leave much time for studying.

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A．Attend a football game alone.

B．Go to a sporting event.

C．Eat in the cafeteria and study.

D．See a play.

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第9题

听力原文：M: Tell me Mrs. Clark, Now did you come to be a bearded lady？W. Well, it all bega

听力原文：M: Tell me Mrs. Clark, Now did you come to be a bearded lady？

W. Well, it all began when I started growing a beard.

M: Mm ... and when was that exactly？

W: Just after my fourth birthday, I believe.

M: Really？ As early as that？ Didn't you see a doctor？

W: Oh, yes, my parents took me to dozens of specialists.

M: And what did they have to say？

W: They just told me to shave.

M: That's all the advice they could give？ So you started shaving？

W: Well, I was too young to be allowed to use a razor, and electric razors weren't even thought of in those days, so my dad used to shave me once a week before going to church on Sundays.

M: And when did you stop shaving'？.

W: Oh, that would have been when I was around fifteen. You see it was growing at an enormous rate, something like five inches a day, I mean you could almost see it growing, and it was so thick. I mean a razor or scissors were no use.

M: So you ... let it grow？

W: Well, it was taking so much time trying to keep it down and I was just wasting my time fighting a losing battle. So I thought ... I'll just let it grow ... and that's when I came to work in the circus. I was spotted by a talent scout.

M: Do you ... ever cut your beard now？

W: Oh, yes, every, week I chop off a few feet. I have to cut it or I fall over it if I don't remember to wrap it around my waist.

(20)

A．A bear.

B．A beard lady.

C．How to shave beard.

D．A beard man.

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第10题

听力原文：[31] Mr. Foster started his publishing business with only one magazine. It was ca

听力原文： [31] Mr. Foster started his publishing business with only one magazine. It was called "World News". Mostly it had summaries of important week events from around the world. But it always included one or two stories about interesting people. Mr. Foster put these in [29] because he believed all people like to read about other people. Several years ago, Mr. Foster started two magazines. One was called "Enterprise". It is for business people. And the other was called [30] "Action", for sports fans. Like World News, they always have two or three stories about interesting people. Five years ago, Mr. Foster got another idea for a magazine. He wanted this one to have even more stories about people than the others and to have more photographs. This one was named "Faces and Places". From the very beginning, it was a big success.

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A．He was good at writing about interesting people.

B．It was much easier to write stories about people.

C．He believed that people are always eager to learn about other people.

D．He thought people played an important role in world events.

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