听力原文:In the old days, fresh food had to be eaten in the city no more than one or two d - 赤豆云问答

第1题

听力原文：M：In the old days，people took pride in their own work and built things by themsel

ves.

W：Nowadays you're lucky if they don't fall apart before you get them home．

Q：How do they feel about products manufactured nowadays？

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A．Satisfied with their price.

B．Displeased with their quality.

C．Pleased with modern mass-production techniques.

D．Displeased with their technological complexity.

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第2题

听力原文：M: In old days, people took pride in their work and built things to last.W: Nowad

听力原文：M: In old days, people took pride in their work and built things to last.

W: Nowadays you're lucky if they don't fall apart before you get them home.

Q: How do the man and woman feel about products manufactured nowadays？

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A．Satisfied with their price.

B．Displeased with their quality.

C．Pleased with modern mass-production techniques.

D．Dissatisfied with their technological complexity.

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第3题

听力原文：Although the practice of the old Roman religion disappeared many centuries ago, s

听力原文： Although the practice of the old Roman religion disappeared many centuries ago, some traces of the Roman gods are still present in our daily vocabulary. The names of the Roman sun god, Sol, and the moon goddess, Luna, are used frequently in our language.

The word solar describes anything pertaining to the sun, and lunar anything pertaining to the moon. For example, the sun and the planets circling it are called the solar system. The period of time in which the earth circles the sun once is a solar year. The moon takes one lunar month to circle the earth. A lunar year of twelve lunar months is eleven days shorter than a solar year.

In some cases our language shows how these heavenly bodies affect us directly. A room or place for sunbathing is often called a solarium. We get our word parasol from the Italian word meaning "a guard against the sun". For many centuries it was believed that the moon affected people who were mentally ill. For this reason people who were mentally ill were often referred to as lunatics.

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A．Planets.

B．The moon.

C．The sun.

D．Gods.

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第4题

听力原文：When you take a walk in any of the cities in the West, you often see a lot of peo

听力原文： When you take a walk in any of the cities in the West, you often see a lot of people walking dogs. It is still true that a dog is the most useful and faithful animal in the world, but the reasons why people keep a dog have changed. In the old days people used to train dogs to protect themselves against attacks by other beasts. And later they came to realize that a dog was not only useful for protection but willing to obey his master. For example, when people used dogs for hunting, the dogs would not eat what was caught without permission. But now people in the city need not protect themselves against attacks of animals. Why do they keep dogs, then？ Some people keep dogs to protect themselves from robbery. But the most important reason is for companionship. For a child, a dog is his best friend when he has no friends to play with. For young couples, a dog is their child when they have no children. For old couples, a dog is also their child when their real children have grown up. So the main reason why people keep dogs has changed from protection to friendship.

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A．For protection against other animals.

B．For protection against other dogs.

C．Just for fun.

D．For the purpose of guarding the house.

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第5题

听力原文：My parents ran a small restaurant. The restaurant was opened 24 hours a day, seve

听力原文： My parents ran a small restaurant. The restaurant was opened 24 hours a day, seven days a week. [32] And my first job when I was six years old was shining shoes for customers. My duties increased as I grew older. By age of ten I was cleaning tables and washing plates. My father made it clear that I had to meet certain standards. [33] I had to be on time, hard-working and polite to the customers. I was never paid for any work I did. [34] One day I made a mistake of telling Dad I thought he should give me 10 pounds a week. He said, "OK, then how about you paying me for the three meals a day when you eat here and for the times you bring in your friends for free drinks？" [35] He figured I owed him about 40 pounds a week. This taught me quite a lot.

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A．Washing plates.

B．Cleaning tables.

C．Shining shoes.

D．Sweeping the floor.

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第6题

听力原文：People always seem to be looking for ways to get rich quickly. So when gold was d

听力原文： People always seem to be looking for ways to get rich quickly. So when gold was discovered in California in the mid 1800's, hundreds and hundreds of people rushed in, hoping to get a part of the wealth. Today, gold in California continues to have as much of an appeal as it did over one hundred years ago. Modem prospectors in the form. of mining corporations have headed back to the same area to use new techniques for locating the gold that old time prospectors left behind. These modern prospectors, however, do not have some of the problems the old timers had. Anxious to seek a fast fortune, many of those early prospectors arrived before law and order were established. And they took full advantage of this situation by cheating and robbing each other. But not every one looking for gold in those days was greedy. Some people were generous and helpful. One such person was William Waldo. He established a relief committee that collected money and supplies to help save the lives of countless people who were caught in the mountains by early snowstorms before they even reached California.

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A．Better land.

B．Quick wealth.

C．Modem equipment.

D．Stricter laws.

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第7题

听力原文：Modern Chinese use the solar calendar as English people do. But at the same time,

听力原文： Modern Chinese use the solar calendar as English people do. But at the same time, they use their own lunar calendar. Each lunar year is given the name of one of these animals: the rat, the ox, the tiger, the hare, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the chicken, the dog and the pig. This list lasts for twelve years and then starts again.

Each Chinese month starts on the day of the new moon, and the full moon cames on the fifteenth day of the month. The New Year always starts between January the twenty first and February the twentieth.

On the last day of the lunar year, there is a big family dinner. All members of the family (except married daughters) try to be present at this meal, even if they have to travel many miles to reach the home of their parents. Old quarrels are forgotten, and everybody is happy. After the dinner, the children keep awake to welcome the New Year.

The New Year celebrations last for 15 days, from the new moon to the full moon. On the first day, children and unmarried people go to visit their elders.

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A．It was the year of the ox.

B．It was the year of the snake.

C．It was the year of the tiger.

D．It was the year of the hare.

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第8题

听力原文：25 years ago, Ray Anderson, a single parent with a one-year-old son witnessed a t

听力原文： 25 years ago, Ray Anderson, a single parent with a one-year-old son witnessed a terrible accident which took place when the driver of a truck ran a red light and collided with the car of Sandra D. The impact of the collision killed Sandra instantly. But her three-month-old daughter was left trapped in the burning car.

While others looked on in horror, Andersen jumped out of his vehicle and crawled into the car through the shadowed rear window to try to free the infant. Seconds later, the car was enclosed in flames. But to everyone's amazement, Andersen was able to pull the baby to safety. While the baby was all right, Andersen was seriously injured. Two days later he died. But his heroic act was published widely in the media.

His son was soon adopted by relatives. The most remarkable part of the story unfolded only last week. Karen and her boyfriend Michael were looking through some old boxes when they came across some old newspaper clippings. "This is me when I was a new born baby. I was rescued from a burning car. But my mother died in the accident," explained Karen.

Although Michael knew Karen's mother had died years earlier, he never fully understood the circumstances until he skimmed over the newspaper article. To Karen's surprise, Michael was absorbed in the details of the accident. And he began to cry uncontrollably. Then he revealed that the man that pulled Karen from the flames was the father he never knew. The two embraced and shed many tears, recounting stories told to them about their parents.

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A．Michael's parents got divorced.

B．Karen was adopted by Ray Anderson.

C．Karen's mother died in a car accident.

D．A truck driver lost his life in a collision.

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第9题

听力原文：London in the 17th century was very attractive, like many European cities of the

听力原文： London in the 17th century was very attractive, like many European cities of the time. There was a beautiful cathedral, St. Paul's, and a magnificent Town Hall, the Guildhall. Also, there were many attractive churches and important buildings. There was one large bridge across the River Thames, and on the south side of the river there were one or two theatres, including Shakespeare's theatre, the Globe.

However, the majority of the half a million inhabitants of the city lived in small houses in narrow, dirty streets. There were no drains, so people threw their dirty water and rubbish onto the street. Because of this, there was a strong smell and there were many rats and flies. In 1665, there was a great plague in the city of London. At least 70,000 people died and many others left London and went into the country for several months. Then slowly the plague died away and people started to return from the country.

On September 2, 1666 at about three o'clock in the morning, a fire suddenly started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane. There was a strong wind and the fire spread quickly from one street to the next. The fire lasted for three days and destroyed 13,200 homes and 88 churches, including St. Paul's Cathedral, the Guildhall and many other important buildings. This was the end of the old city of London.

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A．Near Town Hall.

B．In a narrow, dirty street.

C．Behind many attractive churches.

D．On the south side of the River Thames.

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第10题

听力原文： Most single-parent families result when a marriage ends in divorce. （29)In most

听力原文： Most single-parent families result when a marriage ends in divorce. (29)In most cases the divorced parents decide who will have the children. (30)About 85 percent of the children live with their mother after divorce. However. more divorced men want their children to live with them. Sometimes a divorce causes a dispute about who will care for the children. In these cases a judge decides. In an increasing number of disputes, a judge orders that both parents share the children. Usually the children will live with one parent, and both the mother and father will take part in decisions affecting them. In other cases the children will live with the mother part of the time, and with the father part of the time. Frank and his divorced wife, for example, share responsibility for caring for their 6-year old daughter. The little girl lives with Frank for 10 days, then she lives with her mother for 10 days.

In other eases men care for their children alone. Tony, for example, was 18 when his girlfriend had a baby. His girlfriend disappeared and left the baby behind. Tony decided he wanted to care for his son by himself. Yet he was not sure he knew bow to do it. So he joined a group in Boston called Fathers Incorporated. The group offers advice and skills to help. (31)Tony take care of his son. Tony believes he can be a good parent. He says women have been doing the job for a long time. "So," he says, "why not men？"

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A．Father's incorporated.

B．Divorce Rate.

C．Single-parent families.

D．Children's care in single-parent families.

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听力原文：In the old days, fresh food had to be eaten in the city no more than one or two d