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第1题

听力原文：Hello everybody, and Welcome back to the thrilling game at the Tokyo Dome with th

听力原文： Hello everybody, and Welcome back to the thrilling game at the Tokyo Dome with the U.S. team. The game with the Japanese national team is going into the second half, 51 to 26. The U.S. Dream Team is made up of NBA veterans--supposedly the best we have to offers-but they need a miracle to dig themselves out of a hole and come back at this point.

Unfortunately for the Dream Team, their leading scorer, High-Fly Wilson, was ejected one minute into the second quarter after climbing into the stands and fighting with a spectator who had continually heckled Wilson for shooting three airballs in a row. Another bizarre moment came late in the second quarter when the Japanese center, Tomohiro Suzuki, suffered a concussion and was knocked out cold as he collided with the knee of one of his own teammates. There have also been several other injuries, including the loss of starting forward, Masa Harada.

Some of the coaches on the U.S. team are attributing the team's sluggish performance to some raw fish they had last night while attending a banquet in their honor. Who knows what'll be next. OK. It looks like we're ready for the second half.

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A．They are leading in the game.

B．The score is really close.

C．The Dream Team is way behind.

D．They win the game.

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第2题

听力原文：Hello everybody, and welcome hack to the thrilling game at the Tokyo Dome with th

听力原文： Hello everybody, and welcome hack to the thrilling game at the Tokyo Dome with the U.S. team. The game with the Japanese national team is going into the second hall 51 to 26. The U.S. Dream Team is made up of NBA veterans—supposedly the best we have to offer—but they need a miracle to dig themselves out of a hole and come back at this point.

Unfortunately for the Dream Team. their leading scorer. High-Fly Wilson, was ejected one minute into the second quarter after climbing into the stands and fighting with a spectator who had continually heckled Wilson for shooting three airballs in a row. Another bizarre moment came late in the second quarter when the Japanese center, Tomohiro Suzuki. suffered a concussion and was knocked out cold as he collided with the knee of one of his own teammates. There have also been several other injuries, including the loss of starting forward. Mass Harada.

Some of the coaches on the U.S. team are attributing the team's sluggish performance to some raw fish they had last night while attending a banquet in their honor. Who knows what'll be next. OK. It looks like we're ready for the second half.

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A．They are leading in the game.

B．The score is really close.

C．The Dream Team is way behind.

D．They win the game.

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第3题

听力原文： Hello everybody, and welcome back to the thrilling game at the Tokyo Dome with t

he U.S. team. The game with the Japanese national team is going into the second half, 51 to 26. The U.S. Dream Team is made up of NBA veterans-supposedly the best we have to offer-but they need a miracle to dig themselves out of a hole and come back at this point.

Unfortunately for the Dream Team, their leading scorer, High-Fly Wilson, was ejected one minute into the second quarter after climbing into the stands and fighting with a spectator who had continually heckled Wilson for shooting three airballs in a row. Another bizarre moment came late in the second quarter when the Japanese center, Tomohiro Suzuki, suffered a concussion and was knocked out cold as he collided with the knee of one of his own teammates. There have also been several other injuries, including the loss of starting forward, Masa Harada.

Some of the coaches on the U.S. team are attributing the team's sluggish performance to some raw fish they had last night while attending a banquet in their honor. Who knows what'll be next. OK. It looks like we're ready for the second half.

(33)

A．They are leading in the game.

B．The score is really close.

C．The Dream Team is way behind.

D．They win the game.

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第4题

International irade fairs have become extremely important venues For conducting business.

yet very few domestically based sales organizations have an understanding of how to cake advantage of the opportunities that these shows present. Unlike U.S. trade shows. at which there is an open display of one&39;s goods and services and a 1ot of looking but no buying. a European trade show is relatively closed and only open to those who are there to conduct business.The U.S. company often will spend a lot of money to set up an open display with charming sales people with little seniority or authority. The exhibit is saying. in effect, everyone and anyone is welcome but do not ask too many questions or expect to conduct any serious business. A comparable German exhibit will be more like a fortress where savvy gatekeepers will quickly weed out all but the most important clients who. once allowed into the inner sanctum, will meet directly with senior managers. The message that this exhibit is sending out is that only very special people are welcome and that is its privilege to be allowed to stay.

In some societies. the first thing people care about is quality ("Is it the best？"); in other societies, the first thing on a customer&39;s mind is the cost("How cheap is it？"); and in other countries. the concern is style. "&39;How does it look？"). The color. size. and quantity of items need to be. considered in the packaging of any product. The color blue is for funerals in some countries,smaller items are preferred over large items, and number of items in a package can be critical. For example. a golf ball manufacturer unknowingly packaged their golf balls in groups of four and then set 50.000 units to their Asian distributor who promptly sent them all back, advising the manufacturer to repackage the golf balls in packages of three.In many of the countries where the golf balls were to be distributed, the number 4 was equated with death whereas the number 3 is symbolic of long life. For golfers who are known to he superstitious, the number of golf balls in each package was more important to the distributor than the quality of the product.

测试题

The author may most probably agree that the U.S. trade shows are___________.

A.unsatisfactorily-conducted

B.businessman-targeted

C.delicately-decorated

D.profit-oriented

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第5题

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. “Welcome to the U.S.A.! Major Credi

t cards accepted!”

By the millions they are coming no longer the tired, the poor, the wretched mass longing for a better living. These are the wealthy. “We don’t have a budget,” says a biologist from Brazil, as she walks with two companions through New York City’s South Street. “We just use our credit cards.”

The U.S. has long been one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations, but this year has been exceptional. First there was the World Cup, which drew thousands from every corner of the globe; then came the weakening of the U.S. dollar against major currencies. Now the U.S., still the world’s superpower, can also claim to be the world’s bargain basement (廉价商品部). Nobody undersells America these days on just about everything, from consumer electronics to fashion clothes to tennis rackets. Bottom retail prices-anywhere from 30% to 70% lower than those in Europe and Asia-have attracted some 47 million visitors, who are expected to leave behind $79 billion in 1994. That’s up from $74 billion the year before.

True, not everyone comes just for brains. There remains an undeniable fascination in the rest of the world with all things American, nourished by Hollywood films and U.S. television series. But shopping the U.S.A. is proving irresistible. Every week thousands arrive with empty suitcases ready to be filled; some even rent an additional hotel room to hold their purchases. The buying binge (无节制) has become as important as watching Old Faithful Fountains erupt in Yellowstone Park or sunbathing on a beach in Florida.

The U.S. has come at last to appreciate what other countries learned long ago: the pouring in of foreign tourists may not always be convenient, but is does put money in the bank. And with a trade deficit at about $130 billion and growing for the past 12 months, the U.S. needs all the deposits it can get. Compared with American tourists abroad, visitors to the U.S. stay longer and spend more money at each stop; an average of 12.2 night and $1624 a traveller versus the American s’ four nights and $298.

第36题：From what the Brazilian biologist says, we know that tourists like her ________.

A) are reluctant to carry cash with them

B) simply don’t care how much they spend

C) are not good at planning their expenditure

D) often spend more money than they can afford

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第6题

听力原文：M:Elizabeth Vega's mock indictment appears in a new book entitled United States v

听力原文：M: Elizabeth Vega's mock indictment appears in a new book entitled United States v. George W. Bush, et al. Vega spent 20 years in the U.S. Attorney's office. She joins us here in New York. Welcome to Democracy Now!

W: Thanks for having me, John.

M: Vega was a former federal prosecutor; she has drafted an indictment of President Bush, Vice President Cheney and other top officials for tricking the nation into war and for conspiracy to defraud the United States.

W: Well, I was an Assistant U.S. Attorney up until 2004, so I was still working as an Assistant U.S. Attorney when the President and his senior aides started their marketing campaign for the war.

M: So, how did you come up with the mock indictment？ What made you decide to do this？

W: At that time, the Enron case was happening, and I was observing the similarities between what the President was doing in order to deceive the public regarding the war and the same type of techniques that the Enron people used to defraud their investors.

M: What, then？

W: Of course, in the case of the Enron fraud, the public was absolutely outraged, and rightly so. And they have been, in the main, held accountable.

M: And the President？

W: Yet, the President, who has caused this fraud that has obviously been far graver in scope and the consequences have been horrific, has not been held accountable in any way. So, I wanted to explain to people in a very non-charged atmosphere, which is the atmosphere of a hypothetical grand jury, exactly how this fits into the elements of a crime, which is conspiracy to defraud the United States.

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A．Bush, Cheney and other top officials' conspiracy to defraud the United States.

B．Bush, Cheney and other top officials tricking the nation into war.

C．Bush, Cheney and other top officials' compromise in the war.

D．Bush, Cheney and other top officials deceiving the public regarding the war.

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第7题

听力原文：M: Welcome to “Movie on the Show”, today our guest is Nancy Meyers, director of t

he newly released movie “What Women Want”. Thank you for coming.

W: Thank you.

M: Meyers, how do you describe your film？ Are you satisfied with it？

W: Well, I am happy to see it top the U.S. weekend box office. Have you seen the film？ Ha, it tells the story of Nick Marshall, a Chicago advertising executive. He acquires the power to read women's minds, not just what they say but also what he hears them think. That's amazing, isn't it？ I like the way Gibson interprets his role.

M: Yeah, Marshall regards himself as a gift to women. I saw the movie. Then why do you choose Mel Gibson？ We know, audiences usually see him playing a man with a strong typical man side, such as in his previous action movies like “Brave Heart”, while “What Women Want” is what you termed as an old-fashioned romantic comedy.

W: You are right．That's precisely why I choose him. Gibson has been known as a joker on the set and a fan of silly comedy, but has not done many romantic comedies. I just want him to display his“feminine”potential in“What Women Want”. And I am grateful to see that he has done a good job.

M: What do you want audiences to learn from this film？

W: About Women. We should learn about women. They are individuals. What they appreciate is when you make the effort, even if you are not quite getting something they say.

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A．Movie on Display.

B．Movie on the Show.

C．Best-selling Movie.

D．Shining Movie Stars.

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第8题

Freed by Sudan, "Geographic" Reporter Arrives Home in U.S.After 34 days in a Sudanese jail

Freed by Sudan, "Geographic" Reporter Arrives Home in U.S.

After 34 days in a Sudanese jail, National Geographic journalist Paul Salopek, who had been charged with spying, landed in his home state of New Mexico on Sunday morning.

At the time of his arrest, Salopek, 44, had been freelance reporting for National Geographic magazine on the Sahel region, which stretches east-west across Africa along the southern edge of the Sahara.

Don Belt, Salopek’s editor for the Sahel assignment, embraced the reporter upon his arrival and later said he might have lost a little weight, but he looks like he's none the worse for wear.

"We're over the moon about Salopek's return", Belt added.

Salopek, who is on a scheduled leave of absence from the Chicago Tribune, arrived in Albuquerque with his wife, his Tribune editor, and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.

Salopek said it feels "fantastic" to be home.

"It's great to see my wife, who's been through a lot—in some ways more than myself-in the last 35 days," he said.

After he's spent some time with his family, Salopek says, he plans to "make rounds in Chicago and Washington" to thank his friends at the Tribune and the National Geographic Society.

"I can never really repay them," he said. But, he joked at a press conference Sunday at the Albuquerque international airport, what he can do is "rack up an enormous beer bill."

On behalf of National Geographic, Belt thanked Richardson, the Tribune, Sudan's ambassador to the United States, and Jimmy Carter. The former U.S. President had written to Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir on Salopek's behalf-a gesture that had been kept secret until Sunday.

(Both National Geographic News and National Geographic magazine are parts of the National Geographic Society.)

Once Salopek is back on the job, he intends to return to Africa, first to Chad to check up on his two assistants, who were arrested and freed alongside him. Then he will complete his National Geographic assignment in Chad, Mall, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal.

Detained in Noah Darfur

The Pulitzer Prize winner and his Chadian assistants-driver Idriss Abdulraham Anu and interpreter Suleiman Abakar Moussa were arrested on August 6 after traveling from Chad to Sudan's troubled Dar fur Province without a visa.

The border crossing had been a last minute decision, Salopek said at the Sunday press conference.

Normally, the three would have been deported. Instead, on August 26 they were charged with espionage, passing in- formation illegally, and disseminating "false news", in addition to the charge of entering the country unlawfully.

The three men were confined to a single cell in E1 Fasher, capital of Noah Dar fur Province.

From the cell, Salopek says, they could see protestors daily inveighing(痛骂) against the United States and the Unit- ed Nations, which are leading an effort to deploy a UN peacekeeping force to neighboring Dar fur Province.

Salopek and his cellmates, though, weren't without welcome company.

U.S. soldiers-in the region advising an African Union peacekeeping force-discovered that an American was being held in El Fasher and took up his cause.

"They visited us virtually every day," Salopek said. "They were like our guardian angels.

The effort to free the reporter and his colleagues, though wasn't exactly heavenly. It was like a "carnival ride," Salopek said, "up and down, day to day."

The Release

Governor Richardson flew to Sudan on Thursday to negotiate the three men's release on humanitarian grounds. Thanks in part to prior dealings with the Sudanese ambassador to the U.S. and with Sudanese President Omar A1-Bashir, Richardson succeeded a

A．Y

B．N

C．NG

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第9题

Freed by Sudan, "Geographic" Reporter Arrives Home in U. S.After 34 days in a Sudanese jai

Freed by Sudan, "Geographic" Reporter Arrives Home in U. S.

After 34 days in a Sudanese jail, National Geographic journalist Paul Salopek, who had been charged with spying, landed in his home state of New Mexico on Sunday morning.

At the time of his arrest, Salopek, 44, had been freelance reporting for National Geographic magazine on the Sahel region, which stretches east -west across Africa along the southern edge of the Sahara.

Don Belt, Salopek's editor for the Sahel assignment, embraced the reporter upon his arrival and later said he might have lost a little weight, but he looks like he's none the worse for wear.

"We're over the moon about Salopek's return", Belt added.

Salopek, who is on a scheduled leave of absence from the Chicago Tribune, arrived in Albuquerque with his wife, his Tribune editor, and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.

Salopek said it feels "fantastic" to be home.

"It' s great to see my wife, who's been through a lot - in some ways more than myself - in the last 35 days," he said.

After he's spent some time with his family, Salopek says, he plans to "make rounds in Chicago and Was hington" to thank his friends at the Tribune and the National Geographic Society.

"I can never really repay them," he said. But, he joked at a press conference Sunday at the Albuquerque international airport, what he can do is "rack up an enormous beer bill."

On behalf of National Geographic, Belt thanked Richardson, the Tribune, Sudan's ambassador to the United States, and Jimmy Carter. The former U.S. President had written to Sudanese President Omar A1 - Bashir on Salopek's behalf- a gesture that had been kept secret until Sunday.

(Both National Geographic News and National Geographic magazine are parts of the National Geographic Society.)

Once Salopek is back on the job, he intends to return to Africa, first to Chad to check up on his two assistants, who were arrested and freed alongside him. Then he will complete his National Geographic assignment in Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal.

Detained in North Darfur

The Pulitzer Prize winner and his Chadian assistants -driver Idriss Abdulraham Anu and interpreter Suleiman Abakar Moussa- were arrested on August 6 after traveling from Chad to Sudan's troubled Darfur Province without a visa.

The border crossing had been a last minute decision, Salopek said at the Sunday press conference.

Normally, the three would have been deported. Instead, on August 26 they were charged with espionage, passing information illegally, and disseminating "false news", in addition to the charge of entering the country unlawfully.

The three men were confined to a single cell in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur Province.

From the cell, Salopek says, they could see protestors daily inveighing(痛骂) against the United States and the United Nations, which are leading an effort to deploy a UN peacekeeping force to neighboring Darfur Province.

Salopek and his cellmates, though, weren't without welcome company.

U.S. soldiers - in the region advising an African Union peacekeeping force - discovered that an American was being held in El Fasher and took up his cause.

"They visited us virtually every day," Salopek said. "They were like our guardian angels."

The effort to free the reporter and his colleagues, though, wasn't exactly heavenly.

It was like a "carnival ride," Salopek said, "up and down, day to day."

The Release

Governor Richardson flew to Sudan on Thursday to negotiate the three men's release on humanitarian grounds, Thanks in part to prior dealings with the Sudanese ambassador to the U.S. and with Sudanese President Omar A1 - Bashir, Richardson succee

A．Y

B．N

C．NG

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第10题

Throughout history people have been put to death for various forms of wrongdoing. The deat

h penalty is the most controversial penal practice in the modem world. Other harsh, physical forms of criminal punishment—referred to as corporal punishment (体罚) —have generally been eliminated in modem times. In the majority of countries, contemporary methods of punishment—such as imprisonment or fines—have abandoned infliction (施加) of physical pain. Although imprisonment and fines are universally recognized as necessary to the control of crime, the nations of the world are split on the issue of capital punishment. About 90 nations have abolished the death penalty and an almost equal number of nations retain it.

The trend in most industrialized nations has been to first stop executing prisoners and then to substitute long terms of imprisonment for death as the most severe of all criminal penalties. The United States is an important exception. The federal government and a majority of U.S. states provide for the death penalty, and on average 75 executions occur each year throughout the United States.

Since ancient times most governments have punished crimes by death as a routine part of the administration of criminal law. However, in the nfid-18th century, social critics began to criticize government practices they considered unjust, including capital punishment. The debate over whether governments should utilize the death penalty continues today.

Critics of capital punishment argue that it is cruel and insulting; while supporters assert that it is a uniquely effective punishment that prevents crime. However, advocates and opponents of the death penalty dispute the proper interpretation of statistical analyses of its preventing effect. Opponents of capital punishment see the death penalty as a human fights issue involving the limits of governmental power. In contrast, the advocates tend to regard capital punishment as an issue of criminal justice policy. Because of these alternative viewpoints, there will be further debate not only about what is the right answer on capital punishment, but about what type of question is being asked when the death penalty becomes a public issue.

According to the first paragraph, corporal punishment ______.

A．is a controversial penal practice now

B．is mere welcome than death penalty in most countries

C．is more effective than imprisonment and fines

D．is all history in most countries

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