Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but - 赤豆云问答

第1题

Acting is_____a young person's profession in many ways.(definite)

Acting is_____a young person's profession in many ways.（definite)

第2题

听力原文：Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such peo

听力原文： Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there is a big difference between being a writer and writing. In most cases they are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. "You've got to want to write", I say to them, "not want to be a writer."

The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose works are never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn't even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used typewriter and felt like a good writer.

After a year I still hadn't got a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew l wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn't going to be one of those people who die wondering, what if？ I would keep putting my dream to the test, even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. Anyone with a dream must learn to live there.

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A．Warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experience.

B．Advice young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer.

C．Show young people it's unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth and fame.

D．Encourage young people to pursue a writing career.

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第3题

People tend to buy private cars today. For many people,especially young people, owning a p

People tend to buy private cars today. For many people,

especially young people, owning a private car has so many

advantages that they just cannot resist the temptation to buy

a car if they could afford it.

Each year the car industry throughout the world produces a

glittering array of different models, designing to appeal to every 【S1】______

age, to every taste, to every pocket-book. For the person who

needs reliable transportation for minimum operating cost, there 【S2】______

is a large selection of small, lightweight car that travel great 【S3】______

distance on very little petrol. For the young, who demand the

ultimate in appearance and performance, there is great variety of 【S4】______

sports and specialty models. For the "young at heart"—the

middle-aged, middle-class citizen which wants a prestige mix of 【S5】______

style, size, and comfort—there is a wide range of big, sleek

cars unavailable with all sorts of optional equipment. 【S6】______

Yet finally , for the truly wealthy, there is a select group of 【S7】______

luxury cars custom building to the most fastidious taste. 【S8】______

For the basis of just these four categories, it can be said that the 【S9】______

car industry exemplifies the buyer's slogan. "You pay your 【S10】______

money, and you take your choice."

【S1】

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第4题

听力原文：Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Widespread use

听力原文： Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Widespread use of written language would not have been possible without some cheap and practical material to write on. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed and distributed. Together with the printing press, paper provided an extremely important way to communicate knowledge.

How much paper do you use every year？ Probably you cannot answer that question quickly. In 1900 the world's use of paper was about one kilogram for each person a year. Now some countries use as much as 50 kilograms of paper for each person a year. Countries like the United States, England and Sweden use more paper than other countries.

Paper, like many other things that we use today, was first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. The Egyptians wrote on a kind of material made of a water plant. Europeans used parchment for many hundreds of years. Parch-ment was very strong; it was made from the skin of certain young animals. We have learnt of the most important facts of European history from records that were kept on parchment.

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A．More jobs could be provided than before.

B．More people could be educated than before.

C．More books could be printed and distributed.

D．More ways could be used to exchange knowledge.

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第5题

Some students at the Open University left school 20 years ago. Others are younger but

all must be at least 21 years old. This is one example of how the Open 3 University is different from all other universities. Its students must either work full-time or be at home all day. For instance, mothers of families do not have to pass any examinations before they are accepted as students. This is why the university is called “open”. The university was started in order to help a known group – people who missed having a university education when they were young.

The first name for the Open University was “the University of the Air”. The idea was to teach “on the air”, in other words on radio and television. Most of the teaching is done like this. Radio and television have brought the classroom into people’s homes. But this, on its own, is not enough for a university education. The Open University students also receives advice at one of 283 study centers in the country, 36 weeks of the year he or she has to send written work to a “tutor”, the person who guides his or her studies. The student must also spend 3 weeks every summer as a full-time student. Tutors and students meet and study together, as in other universities.

1. The purpose of the Open University is to ().

A. help the young to go to school

B. help those who want to study the university

C. help those who are younger than 21 years old

D. help those who had missed the chance to study when they were young

2. “On the air” means ().

A. on the show

B. on radio and TV

C. on the flight

D. flying everywhere

3. The students at the Open University have their education ().

A. both at home and at some study centers

B. through many kinds of examinations

C. with their written work only

D. in the local centers only

4. “Tutor” in the second paragraph means ().

A. the person who is in charge of various exams

B. the person who is to help students get through exams

C. the person who provides guidance to students in their studies

D. the person who teaches students face to face

5. Which of the following is implied but not stated？ ()

A. Everyone wants to go to such an open university

B. Every country needs such a university

C. Students must be over 21 years old in the Open University

D. The Open University really benefits a lot those who did not have the chance to have university education

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第6题

Directions:Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. As war spreads

to many corners of the globe, children sadly have been drawn into the center of conflicts. In Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups of children have been taking part in peace education __47__. The children, after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the __48__ of peacemakers. The Children\'s Movement for Peace in Colombia was even nominated （提名） for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998. groups of children __49__ as peacemakers studied human rights and poverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota known as The Schools of Peace. The classroom __50__ opportunities for children to replace angry, violent behaviors with __51__, peaceful ones. It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a step __52__toward becoming peacemakers. Fortunately, educators have access to many online resources that are __53__ useful when helping children along the path to peace. The Young Peacemakers Club, started in 1992, provides a Website with resources for teachers and __54__ on starting a Kindness Campaign. The World Centers of Compassion for Children International call attention to children\'s rights and how to help the __55__ of war. Starting a Peacemakers\' Club is a praiseworthy venture for a class and one that could spread to other classrooms and ideally affect the culture of the __56__ school.

A．acting

I．information

B．assuming

J．offers

C．comprehensive

K．projects

D．cooperative

L．respectively

E．entire

M．role

F．especially M

N．technology

G．forward

O．victims

H．images

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第7题

Questions are based on the following passage． Young people always suffer in recessions. E

Questions are based on the following passage．

Young people always suffer in recessions. Employers stop （1） them; and theyoften get rid of new recruits because they are easier to sack. But during the （2） recessionsin the 1970s，1980s， and 1990s， older workers also got fired. This time is different. Duringthe financial crisis in 2008， and since， older people have done better than other age groups.

The researchers （3 ）on movements in "non-employment" as a share of the totalpopulation in three age groups between the final quarters of 2007 and 2012. Whereas theaverage non-employment rate in the OECD （经济合作与发展组织） countries has risenby （4）% among young people and by 1.5% among 25- to 54-year-olds， it has 4 by 2%among the 55-64 age group.

Why have older employees done so well？ Maybe the job protection mechanismhas played its role， but what has really changed is that firms now （5 ）the full costs ofgetting rid of older staff.

Nowadays， older workers are healthier than they used to be and work isless（6）demanding.

They are also more（7） to employers than prior generations for they have receivedbetter education.

Old workers now also have a sharper （8） to stay in employment because ofthe impact of the crisis on wealth. Many will argue that older workers have done betterat the（9） of the young. This is wrongheaded （执迷不悟的） . First， it is a false beliefthat a job gained for one person is a job lost for another. Second， young and old people areby and large not substitute in the workplace. They do different types of work in different typesof（10）. There are plenty of things that can help the young jobless， but shunting （避开）older workers out of the workplace is not one of them.

A．attractive

B．bear

C．charge

D．energetically

E．Expense

F．Fallen

G．Focus

H．Hiring

I．Incentive

J．Occupation

K．Physically

L．Previous

M．Productive

N．profitably

O．Sector

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第8题

听力原文：Acting is such an over-crowded profession that the only advice that should be giv

听力原文： Acting is such an over-crowded profession that the only advice that should be given to a young person thinking of going on the stage is "don't!". But it is useless to try to discourage someone who feels that he must act, although the chances of his becoming famous are slim. The normal way to begin is to go to a drama school. Usually only students who show promise and talent are accepted, and the course lasts two years. Then the young actor or actress takes up work with a theatrical company, usually as an assistant stage manager. This means doing everything that there is to do in the theatre: painting scenery, publicity, taking care of the costumes, and even acting in very small parts. It is very hard work indeed, the hours are long and the salary is tiny.

Of course, some people have remarkable chances which lead to fame and success without this long and hard training. Connie Pratt, for example, was just an ordinary gift working in a bicycle factory. A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a bus stop, as he drove past in his car. He stopped and got out to speak to the girl. He asked if she would like to go to the film studio to do a test, and she thought he was joking. Then she got angry and said she would call the police. It took the producer twenty minutes to convince Connie that he was serious. The test was successful. And within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the day. But chances like this happen once in a blue moon!

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A．Sought after by too many people.

B．Too difficult for young people.

C．For ambitious people only.

D．For young people only.

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第9题

听力原文：M: Morning. Happy to meet you here. How are you and how is your whole family？W: G

听力原文：M: Morning. Happy to meet you here. How are you and how is your whole family？

W: Good morning, sir. Fine, thank you for your care.

M: Er, did you put that advertisement in yesterday, and did you see it？

W: Yes. I have seen it and also have a try.

M: (22)The junior sales manager. They want someone that could help them to manage the company.

W: Yes, it went into the Standard and the Evening News. That sounds good.

M: Jolly good. And congratulations to you!

W: Erm, what sort of a young man had you got in mind？

M: Oh, you know, a good education, er, (23)what I don't want is one of these young cocks, you know who just walk out of university with, exaggerated ideas of his own importance.

W: And how much he's going to earn, frankly. And only according to your conditions and your wants, we could find and look for more proper people, you know, so many people came here, and I don't want to waste their time. And what we want is just the right one.

M: I mean, (24)I'm not prepared to give him a very big salary to start with. I mean the increases he gets in his salary are going to be dependent on how effective he is. That's hard to say and hard to make so concrete criterion. Nowadays, you know, it's very difficult to find such a good person that can be suited this job. (24)And most of the time, they ask so many salary and, the most important one is that, they really have no ability to do it.

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A．Junior Sales Manager Wanted.

B．Personnel Manager Wanted.

C．Secretary Wanted.

D．Managing Director Wanted.

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第10题

听力原文：Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for

听力原文： Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people？ Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child or even an animal, such as a pigeon can learn to recognize faces. We also tell people apart by how they behave, when we talk about someone's personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make that individual different from others. Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone's personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. If you were asked to describe what a "nice face" looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a "nice person", you might begin to think about someone who was kind, considerate, friendly, warm, and so forth. There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. There are nearly 18, 000 English words characterizing differences in people's behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing his personality. People have always tried to describe each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the main bad character or the hero's role. In fact, the words "person" and "personality" come from the Latin persona, meaning "mask". Today most television and movie actors do not wear masks. But we can easily tell the "good guys" from the "bad guys" because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.

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A．People have different personalities.

B．People can learn to recognize faces.

C．People differ from each other in facial features.

D．People have difficulty in describing the features of fingerprints.

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