听力原文:A good modem newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable fir - 赤豆云问答

第1题

听力原文：M: Is your apartment in pretty good shape at least？W: Actually, it's not quite wh

听力原文：M: Is your apartment in pretty good shape at least？

W: Actually, it's not quite what I had in mind. I'd rather have something less modem, but I'm lucky to have found this. And the location's great.

What kind of building is the woman staying in？

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A．All old building.

B．A modem building.

C．A dilapidated building

D．A pretty building

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第2题

听力原文：An "early bird" used to be a person who was awake early and began his（or her) day

听力原文： An "early bird" used to be a person who was awake early and began his(or her) day's work before other people. The people, who said it, were thinking of an old saying: It is the early bird that catches the worm. But since 1965 the Early Bird has had a different meaning. The modem Early Bird is a communications satellite in orbit round the earth.

The use of wires to carry telephone communications and for other purposes of the same kind does not satisfy modem needs. We had to use radio. But the radio waves that we use for these purposes--microwaves--travel in straight lines. They do not follow the curve of the earth's surface. We can send them from one radio station to another—a relay station--where we amplify them and send them do a third station. If there is no relay station within about 50 kilometers to receive the microwaves, they will continue into space. At a certain height, some of them are sent back to earth. A powerful station several hundred kilometers from their starting point can receive them. But these are not good ways of sending the thousands of telephone, radio and television signals across the oceans.

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A．A person who is awake early.

B．A bird that catches the worm early in the morning.

C．A plane which flies in the morning.

D．A communications satellite in orbit round the earth.

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第3题

听力原文：M: Good morning. Can I help you.'？W: Hello. My name's Jane Bush and I'm intending

听力原文：M: Good morning. Can I help you.'？

W: Hello. My name's Jane Bush and I'm intending to go to a conference in Sydney for three weeks. After the conference I've got two weeks' holiday and I wanted to go shopping or seeing Hong Kong or India or somewhere round there.

M: Yes.

W: Where exactly can I go？

M: Well, lots of places. There's Singapore or Teheran, Kuwait, Athens, you've really got quite a lot of choices you know.

W: Well, it sounds marvelous. How much would that cost？

M: The full fare？ Well, that's really quite a lot. It's ￡ 12134.

W: Yes, a thousand two hundred and four. Well, it's once in a lifetime.

M: Mm.

W: The thing is, actually that I'm absolutely terrified of flying. I've never done it before.

M: Oh dear.

W: And I'm hoping that I can persuade my two friends, who are also going to the conference, to stop over with me on the way back.

M: Yes, that would be a good idea.

W: Mm, yes. By the way, one of them is in Cairo at the moment. Would it be possible for ne to stop over there on my way to Sydney？

M: Yes, of course. There are plenty of flights to Cairo and then plenty more onwards from Cairo to Sydney.

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A．A customer.

B．A travel agent.

C．A bank clerk.

D．A passenger.

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第4题

听力原文：The first English dictionary was published in 1604. The dictionary was a list of

听力原文： The first English dictionary was published in 1604. The dictionary was a list of about 3,000 difficult words, each followed by a one-word definition. The author, Robert Cawdrey, did not include everyday words in his dictionary. He believed that no one would look up a word in a dictionary if he already knew the meaning of the word.

During the 1600s, more dictionaries were published. Each followed Cawdrey' s lead and presented a few thousand difficult words. Around 1,700, one dictionary maker, John Kersey, did define easy words as well as difficult ones. But until the1750s, ail dictionaries were not very valuable.

A man called Dr. Samuel Johnson changed all this. In 1755 Dr. Johnson produced the first modem dictionary. He included in his dictionary all important words, both easy and hard, and he gave good meanings. He also gave good example sentences in speech and writing. By the end of the 1700s most dictionary makers had followed Johnson' s lead. Dictionaries were getting better and better.

The 1800s saw the greatest improvement in the quality of dictionaries. In England scholars planned and prepared the Oxford English Dictionary, a twenty-volume work. One of the most interesting features of the Oxford Dictionary is its word histories. It traces the history of each word from its earliest recorded use up to the time of the printing of the dictionary.

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A．In 1604.

B．In 1750.

C．In 1755.

D．Around 1700.

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第5题

听力原文：A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable fi

听力原文： A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sport to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features as well, from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and on glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next. A good modem newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality, its immediate relation to what is happening in your world end your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together out of the pages of that day's paper, his own selection and sequence, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill end self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.

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A．Uniform. style.

B．Wide coverage.

C．Speed in reporting news.

D．Popularity.

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第6题

听力原文：Many people dislike walking into the bank standing in long lines and running out

听力原文： Many people dislike walking into the bank standing in long lines and running out of checks. They're dissatisfied with the bank's limited hours too. They want to do some banking at night and on weekends. For such people, their problems may soon be over. Before long, they may be able to do their banking from the comfort of their own home any hour of the day, any day of the week. Many banks preparing online branches or internet offices, which means that people will be able to take care of much of their banking business through their home computers. This process is called interactive banking. On these online branches, customers will be able to view all their accounts, move money between their cards. Customers will also be able to pay their bills electronically and even email questions to the bank. Banks are creating online services for several reasons. One reason is that banks must compete for customers who will switch to another bank if they are dissatisfied with the service they receive. The convenience of online banking appeals to the kind of customer banks most want to keep, that is people who are young, welleducated and bare good incomes, Banks also want to take advantage of modem technology since they have moved into the 21st century.

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A．Their business hours are limited.

B．Their safety measures are inadequate.

C．Their banking procedures am complicated.

D．They don't have enough service windows.

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第7题

听力原文：M: Good morning. Robert Creighton speaking.W: Good morning. My name's Julian Harr

听力原文：M: Good morning. Robert Creighton speaking.

W: Good morning. My name's Julian Harris and I have a friend in Spain who's interested in applying for a place at one of the colleges. There are one or two questions which she'd like me to ask you.

M: Go ahead!

W: Thanks. The first one is: what language is used for normal lessons？

M: Well, the main language of instruction in all the colleges is English. But at Pacific College in Canada some subjects are taught in French, and at the College of the Adriatic some may be taught in Italian.

W: Right. Her next question is about fees. Is it expensive to go to one of the colleges？

M: Students' parents don't have to be rich, if that's what you mean, there are scholarships for all colleges, but we do ask parents to help by paying what they can afford.

W: Good, she'll be glad to hear that. Now she wants to know something about getting into a college. Does she have to get high marks in her examinations？

M: Ah, yes, well she will have to do well. but academic ability is not the only thing that's important. We also look at personal qualities.

W: What sort of things do you mean？

M: Maturity, the ability to get on well with people from different countries, that sort of thing.

W: Of course. I understand what you mean. Her last question is about her other interests. Can she do painting and modem dancing, for example？

M: Yes, probably. It depends on the staff at the college she enters. Each college has its own special activities, such as theatre studies or environmental work, in which students can take part.

W: Good. I think that's all. Thank you very much for your help.

M: You're welcome. I hope you friend sends in an application.

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A．Chinese.

B．English.

C．French.

D．Italian.

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第8题

听力原文：Today, I'll be talking about the invention of the camera and photography. The cam

听力原文： Today, I'll be talking about the invention of the camera and photography. The camera is often thought to be a modem invention. But as early as 1727, a German physicist discovered that light darkens silver salt, a chemical compound. Using as a camera, a big box with small hole to let the light in, he made temporary images on the salt. Silver salt is still the base of film today.

Then a French scientist made the first permanent picture by using a special piece of metal sensitized with silver salt. A photograph he made in 1826 still exists. The painter, Daguerre improved on the process by placing common salt on the metal, This was in 1839, the official date of the beginning of photography, but the problem was the printing of the photographs, and it wasn't until other scientists developed the kind of paper we now use, that good printing was possible and photograph became truly modern.

In 1860's, Matthew Bradey was able to take his famous pictures of the American Civil War. In the 20th century, George Eastman of the Untied States simplified film developing, and Dr. Edwin Land invented the so-called "instant" camera with self-developing film. If we say that photography came into existence in 1839 it follows that it has taken more than one hundred years for the camera to reach its present condition of technical refinement.

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A．Light darkens silver salt.

B．Light darkens natural salt.

C．Light darkens silver.

D．Light darkens self-developing film.

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第9题

听力原文：M: What do you think of the campus Network？W: I think it still needs further impr

听力原文：M: What do you think of the campus Network？

W: I think it still needs further improvements; it was only set up a few months ago.

M: I think it's a fantastic idea to have every department's computers connected. But it's a pity you can only access the China Education and Research Network within the campus Network. You can't visit some domestic websites, not to mention the international ones.

W: You are right. But with your own desktop and a modem, you won't have this problem.

M: Then you will have another problem. The connection speed sometimes slows to a trickle and it really puts users in a pickle.

W: Come on, you have to face it, the number of netizens, I mean, the Internet surfers, is growing so fast in China. There is good news, though. Some telecom departments have started increasing the bandwidth of Internet connection, so the transmission is expected to speed up at the end of this year.

M: Wow, I think it's not only good news for the average Internet surfer, but also wonderful for online education in China.

W: Yeah, with online education, the long-distance education in China will expand a lot. Students, used to studying radio or television programs, now can have another alternative.

M: For many people who can not study on a fixed schedule, online education should suit them best.

W: Oh, sure. Online education gives students enough flexibility, and what's more important, their studies are entirely interactive. You turn in your homework and then get the teacher's comments in no time.

M: I hope China can set up more net colleges; anyone who can not study in a traditional college can thus have access to higher education.

W: It's not a hope but already reality now. That's why some people say the Internet is an equalizer. It allows people access information more readily, thus narrowing the gap between the haves and the have nots.

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A．Workers.

B．Students.

C．Engineers.

D．Businessmen.

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第10题

听力原文：M: I heard that the pre-turn-out for the opening of the new sculpture exhibit was

kind of disappointing.

W: I guess a lot of other people feel the way I do about modem art.

What does the woman mean？

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A．She likes modem art.

B．A lot of other people like modern art, too.

C．A lot of people came to the opening.

D．Modern art is not attractive to the woman.

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听力原文：A good modem newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable fir