Why do Western people eat fast food?
A.To save tim
B.To save time and keep their energy.
C.To save money.
D.To save money an
E.keep fit.
A.To save tim
B.To save time and keep their energy.
C.To save money.
D.To save money an
E.keep fit.
第1题
听力原文: Why do people smoke?
One reason is that people become addicted to cigarettes. The addictive substance in cigarettes is nicotine. When people smoke, the nicotine goes right into the blood stream and makes people feel relaxed. A smoker's body gets accustomed to the nicotine and if he stops smoking he feels nervous. Many smokers try to stop smoking but because of the addiction to nicotine they feel so uncomfortable that they often find it too difficult to stop.
Another reason is that people simply enjoy smoking. Having a cigarette for many people means taking a break. For some people smoking becomes part of their daily life. Many people enjoy smoking because it gives them something to do with their hands.
Many people also like the taste of tar in cigarettes. However, it is the tar that causes cancer. While governments and health experts have tried to get people to give up smoking entirely, cigarette manufacturers have tried to keep selling them by producing cigarettes with less tar. Many people in western countries have welcomed these cigarettes since they find it hard to stop smoking but they want to reduce the risk to their health.
(30)
A.Because they like the taste of tar.
B.Because smoking makes them feel relaxed.
C.Because smoking to them means fan.
D.Because smoking is the easiest thing to get addicted to.
第2题
Punctuality is also【C7】______when an invitation is accepted. If a person is invited【C8】______at a particular place at a specified time,【C9】______if there is a meal【C10】______, that person is expected to arrive on time. One of the【C11】______for this is that western type Australian food, such as a roast dinner, must be【C12】______and eaten as soon as it is cooked, and if a person arrives late the food will be【C13】______
Australians【C14】______issue informal invitations. They will give a person their name, address and telephone number and【C15】______, "why don' t you come and see me【C16】______when you are free?" This is not just a polite gesture, it is a【C17】______invitation and the Australian who has issued the invitation will be disappointed and even offended if that person does not【C18】______them. However, because Australians live in a【C19】______society, they are not always at home and it is always best to telephone them to make sure they will be at home【C20】______making a visit.
【C1】
A.express
B.show
C.imply
D.mean
第3题
听力原文:M: What do you think of Professor Potter's course, Jane?
W: Not much.
M: Why, what's wrong with it?
W: Oh, I don't know. It's just that he overloads it with details. That course he gave on town planning last year. It was just the same load of details, which you could have got from a book anyway. There was no overall...
M: No general overview you mean?
W: Yes. I suppose you could call it that. I couldn't see the town for the buildings.
M: But you've got to have details in this kind of subject. Anyway I think he's good. You take his first lecture for instance. I thought that was very interesting, and not at all over-detailed.
W: Well, he starts off all right, but then he just piles on the details.
M: Now you're exaggerating.
W: Well, the way he dealt with the western developments, that wasn't bad, I suppose.
M: You seem to have got something. Perhaps Potter is a little disorganized, but I think he's good.
W: Do you really think so?
M: He does do most of his teaching to the postgraduates. He only does the one undergraduate course each year. After all, I think he tends to forget where he is. He starts off being nice and general and then tries to cram in a bit too much specialized information.
W: The main thing I object to is this lack of direction.
(12)
A.Very good.
B.Too general.
C.Meticulous and too specialized.
D.Clear and interesting.
第4题
听力原文: Among western rich countries, people in the United States work the longest hours. They work much longer than those in Europe. This difference is quite surprising because productivity per hour worked is the same in the United States as it is in France, Spain and Germany, and it is growing at a similar speed.
In most countries and at most times in history, as people have become richer they have chosen to work less. In other words, they have decided to "spend" a part of their extra income on a fuller personal life. Over the last fifty years Europeans have continued this pattern, and hours of work have fallen sharply. But not in the United States. We do not fully know why this is. One reason may be more satisfying work, or less satisfying personal lives.
Longer hours do of course increase the GDP. So the United States has produced more per worker than, say, France. The United States also has more of its people at work, while in France many more mothers and older workers have decided to stay at home. The overall result is that American GDP per head is 40% higher than in France, even though productivity per hour worked is the same.
It is not clear which of the two situations is better. As we have seen, work has to be compared with other values like family life, which often get lost in interest. It is too early to explain the different trends in happiness over time in different countries. But it is a disappointing idea that in the United States happiness has made no progress since 1975, while it has risen in Europe. Could this have anything to do with trends in the work-life balance?
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. What do we know about the speaker from the passage?
33. Which country has more of its people at work?
34. What message can we get from the passage?
35. Which would be the best title for the passage?
(33)
A.He thinks neither of the work patterns is good.
B.He believes that longer working hours is better.
C.He prefers shorter working hours to longer ones.
D.He says nothing certain about which pattern is better.
第5题
The result of research carried out by social scientists show that ________.
A) people do not realize the importance of looking one’s best
B) women in pursuit of managerial jobs are not likely to be paid well
C) good looking women aspire to managerial positions
D) attractive people generally have an advantage over those who are not
第6题
Why Americans travel overseas less than their western counterparts?
A.Their vacations tend to be shorter.
B.They can't afford international tours.
C.They are more interested in making money.
D.They prefer staying where Americans are in the majority.
第7题
What do we learn about Japan from the passage?
A.It now belongs to the western hemisphere.
B.Its economic situation perhaps goes even worse than the US.
C.Its financial systems collapsed as other western countries did.
D.Its economy will recover sooner than other Asian countries.
第8题
Perhaps the most startling theory to come out of kinesics, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Birdwhistell.He believes that physical appearance is often culturally programmed.In other words, we learn our books, but we are not born with them.A baby has generally unformed facial features.A baby, according to Birdwhistell, learns where to set the eyebrows by looking at those around family and friends.This helps explain why the people of some regions of the United States look so much alike.New Englanders or Southerners have certain common facial characteristics that cannot be explained by genetics.The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth;it is learned after.In fact, the final mouth shape is not formed until well after permanent teeth are set.For many, this can be well in adolescence.A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look somewhat alike.We learn our looks from those around us.This is perhaps why in a single country there are areas where people smile more than those in other areas.In the United States, for example, the South is the part of the country where the people smile more frequently.In New England they smile less, and in the western part of New York state still less.Many Southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly, partly because people on Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia.People in densely populated urban areas also tend to smile and greet each other in public less than do people in rural areas and small towns.()
A.Ray Birdwhistell can tell what region of the United States a person is form. by how much he or she smiles
B.Ray Birdwhistell is a leader in the field of kinesics
C.Ray Birdwhistell says that our physical appearance is influenced by the appearance of people around us
D.People who live in the country are more friendly than people who live in densely populated areas
第9题
A.Many people will still regard sex education as embarrassing.
B.Proper sex education is mentally helpful for teenagers" growth.
C.Teenagers" chances to see psychological doctors have increased.
D.Without the proper guidance of the teachers, no teenagers will grow healthily.
第11题
听力原文:W: Johnny, what's your impression on English people?
M: Well, they are the most reserved, the most suspicious, the most unreceptive, the most unfriendly, the coldest-hearted, and the most domineering of all western peoples.
W: Why? It seems that you have great prejudice against the English people.
M: Not necessarily. This is the judgment by all other European people. Ask a Frenchman, an Italian, a German like me, or even an American, what he thinks about Englishmen, and every one will tell you the very same thing.
W: Don't you have any compliment for the English people?
M: Oh, yes. You would find that nearly all nations would speak highly of certain other English qualities—energy, courage, honor and justice. Although no man is so difficult to make friends with, the friendship of an Englishman once gained is more strong and true than any other. What do you think of them anyway?
W: I don't know much about English people. But last semester, we had a teacher, Mr. McCourt, teaching us writing, he is from Liverpool, he is rather silent, reserved, and not amiable. Some of us were really afraid of him. But he was a great teacher, and he taught us many writing techniques. I have made much progress.
M: Then he is a typical English man.
W: That's right. He often told us that kindness is an emotional impulse, and we should on our guard against every kind of emotional impulse.
M: But with all this, the character is a grand one, and its success has been the best proof of its value.
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A.Receptive.
B.Friendly.
C.Impulsive.
D.Brave.