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Secretaries, until recently, had to do a lot of work now done by ______.
A．machines
B．other staff
C．servants
D．wives
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第1题
Thailand was once called “Land of the White Elephant” because_______.
A.white elephant is rarely seen and thus very special
B.white elephant was a national symbol until the 1920s
C.white elephant has helped kings to gain the ruling authority
D.this name was so romantic that it was popular among visitors
第2题
avid Anderson says______.
A．he encountered some discrimination and ridicule when he was working as a secretary
B．he received encouragement and acceptance from the women secretaries
C．men make better secretaries than women do
D．men can do well in a female-dominated field
第3题
A) they rely on quick notes
B) they have excellent secretaries
C) they have a computer to do it
D) they prefer making phone calls
第4题
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed incredible 50 years ago. And we can expect the rate of change to accelerate rather than slow down within our lifetime. The developments in technology are bound to have a dramatic effect on the future of work. By 2010, new technology will have revolutionized communications. People will be transmitting messages down telephone lines that previously would have been sent by post. Not only postmen but also clerks and secretaries will vanish in a paper-free society. All the routine tasks they perform. will be carried on a tiny silicon chip so that they will be as obsolete as the horse and cart after the invention of the motorcar. One change will make thousands, if not millions, redundant.
Even people in traditional professions, where expert knowledge has been the key, are unlikely to escape the effects of new technology. Instead of going to a solicitor, you might go to a computer that is programmed with all the most up-to-date legal information. Doctors, too, will find that an electronic competitor will be able to carry out a much quicker and more accurate diagnosis and recommend more efficient courses of treatment. In education, teachers will be largely replaced by teaching machines far more knowledgeable than any human being. Most learning will take place in the home via video conferencing. Children will still go to school though, until another place is created where they can make friends and develop social skills.
What can we do to avoid the threat of unemployment？ We shouldn’t hide our heads in the sand. Unions will try to stop change but they will be fighting a losing battle. People should get computer literate as this just might save them from professional extinction. After all, there will be a few jobs left in law, education and medicine for those few individuals who are capable of writing and programming the software of the future. Strangely enough, there will still be jobs like rubbish collection and cleaning as it is tough to program tasks that are largely unpredictable.
第22题：According to the author, the rate of change in technology _________.
A) will remain the same B) will slow down C) will speed up D) cannot be predicted
第5题
第6题
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. "Who is that？" the new arrival asked St. Peter. "Oh, that's God," came the reply, "but sometimes he thinks he's a doctor."
If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it'll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman's notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn't attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging (贬低性的) remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system.
If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural. Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it's the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.
Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote "If at first you don't succeed, give up" or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.
In order to make your humor work, you should ______.
A．show sympathy for your listeners
B．make fun of the disorganized people
C．address different problems to different people
D．take advantage of different audience
第7题
听力原文： A recent report has shown that here in the United States, we've experienced the revolution concerning our attitudes towards the work week and weekend. Although some calendars still mark the beginning of the week "Sunday", more and more of us are coming to regard Monday as the first day of the week with Saturday and Sunday comprising the two- day periods thought of as the weekend. In fact, the word "weekend" didn't even exist in English until about the middle of the last century. In England at that time, Saturday afternoons had just been added to Sundays and holidays as a time for workers to have off from their jobs. This innovation became common in the United States in the 1920s. But as the work weak shortened during the Great Depression of 1930s, the weekend expanded to 2 full days, Saturday and Sunday. Some people thought this trend would continue due to increasing automation and the work week might decrease to 4 days or even fewer. But so far, this hasn't happened. The work week seems to have stabilized at 40 hours made up of 5 eight-hour days. After this commercial, I'll be back to talk about the idea of adding Monday to the weekend.
(33)
A．Which days people should work.
B．How the week is divided into days.
C．Which day begins the week.
D．How many weeks there are in a month.
第8题
听力原文：M: Hello, Mrs. Kelly. I'd like to pick up my test, please.
W: Sure. Whose class are you in？
M: Dr. Purcell's math class.
W: And your name？
M: My last name is Raleigh. R - A - L - E - I - G - H.
W: That's right. Jim Raleigh. Here it is.
M: Thank you. And Terry Young's test too, please.
W: Oh, I'm sorry. I can't let you take someone else's test.
M: He's sick, and he can't come in to get it. He's my roommate.
W: I understand. But the privacy act won't permit it.
M: Really？ Maybe you could tell him.
W: Not even then. I can only give a test to the student whose name appears on it. I can't even give it to a family member.
M: That's weird.
W: I think so, too, frankly, but that's the law.
M: Okay. I'll tell Terry, thanks anyway.
W: You're welcome. Tell him I'll just keep his test here until he feels better and can come in for it himself.
M: Okay. I'll do that.
W: Have a nice day, Jim.
M: You too, Mrs. Kelly.
(20)
A．A sick friend.
B．A math class.
C．School policy.
D．The man's test.
第9题
A.Not until…have
B.Until…did
C.Not until…do
D.Until…have
第10题
______ I came to China ______ I knew what kind of country she is.
A．It is not until; when
B．It is until; that
C．It was not until; when
D．It was not until; that
