听力原文:Strikes are very common in Britain. They are extremely harmful to its industries. - 赤豆云问答

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听力原文： Strikes are very common in Britain. They are extremely harmful to its industries

. In fact, there are other countries in Western Europe that lose more working days through strikes every year than Britain. The trouble with the strikes in Britain is that they occur in essential industries. There are over 495 unions in Britain. Some unions are very small. Over 20 have more than 100,000 members. Unions do not exist only to demand higher wages. They also educate their members. They provide benefits for the sick and try to improve working conditions. Trade unioners say that we must thank the unions for the great improvement in working conditions in the last hundred years. It is now against the law for union members to go on strike without the support of their union. This kind of strike is called the unofficial strike and was common until recently. Employers feel that unofficial strikes were most harmful because they would not be predicted. However, these unofficial strikes still occur from time to time and some unions have also refused to cooperate with the law. As a result, the general picture of the relations between workers and employers in Britain has gone from bad to worse.

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A．They often take place in the major industries.

B．British trade unions are more powerful.

C．There are more trade union members in Britain.

D．Britain has less working days through strikes every year.

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第2题

听力原文：London is a city sitting on a meandering river, with palaces overlooking barges s

听力原文： London is a city sitting on a meandering river, with palaces overlooking barges sailing on the clear water of the Thames. Each year the Cambridge and Oxford boat race is run on the river. Such a boat has eight oarsmen, each using an oar of 3.7 metres. A trained crew can work up great speed and shoot away like a rocket. The victor of the race is front-page news of the evening paper.

Many bridges span the Thames in London. Of these the most famous is probably the Westminster Bride. If you hap- pen to be in London one of these days, do take a look from that bridge. On your right you will see the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and the Big Ben, which strikes every quarter of the hour. In the busy traffic on the bridge, you will notice the red double-decker buses, which roll past quite smoothly in spite of their huge bodies. Two bridges, the Waterloo Bridge and the London Bridge, are visible in the distance.

Fifty years ago London suffered from smoke and fog. Londoners called it pea-soup fog, because it looked so thick. Today the smog is gone, and the air remains clean, and fish has returned to the Thames, thanks to the Clean Air Act and other measures.

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A．A narrow river.

B．The River Thames.

C．A wide river.

D．The Oxford River.

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第3题

听力原文：Thefiddler crab （招潮蟹) is a living clock. It indicates the time of day by the

听力原文： Thefiddler crab (招潮蟹) is a living clock. It indicates the time of day by the color of its skin, which is dark by day and pale by night. The crab's changing skin color follows a regular 24-hour cycle that exactly matches the daily rhythm of the sun.

Does the crab actually keep time, or does its skin simply respond to the sun's rays, changing color according to the amount of light that strikes it？ To find out, biologists kept crabs in a dark room for two months. Even without daylight, the crabs'skin color continued to change precisely on schedule.

This characteristic probably evolved in response to the rhythm of the sun, to help protect the crab from sunlight and enemies. After millions of years it has become completely regulated inside the living body of the crab.

The biologists noticed that once each day the color of the fiddler crab is especially dark, and that each day this occurs 50 minutes later than on the day before. From this they discovered that each crab follows not only the rhythm of the sun but also that of the tides. The crab's period of greatest darkening is precisely the time of low tide on the beach where it is caught.

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A．Because it changes color in a regular 24-hour rhythm.

B．Because it changes color in response to the sun's rays.

C．Because it constantly changes color.

D．Because it changes color every hour.

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听力原文：F: Hello, Jim. What's your problem？M: Hi, Doctor Lee. I don't feel well.F: What s

听力原文：F: Hello, Jim. What's your problem？

M: Hi, Doctor Lee. I don't feel well.

F: What symptoms did you get？

M: You know, cough, fever, runny nose, my head and bones ache, chills even. I was miserable for a week and it ended up mining my holiday.

F: Sounds like a typical flu to me. It often strikes when people are overtired, stressed out and not eating nutritious food. And also you increase your exposure to a virus when you're in big crowds where lots of people are coughing and sneezing.

M: I certainly spent a lot of time in department stores in the holiday buying gifts for people.

F: Yes. And so you increase your exposure to airborne viruses just when your body's resistance is already low from all the running around you do.

M: So what can I do to ward off the flu？

F: Actually it's fairly simple. Get a lot of rest, eat well. That way your immune system will be boosted. And you'll be more able to fight off illness.

M: All these things make sense. But one more question. Aren't I bound to get sick anyway if there's an outbreak in the dorm？

F: Oh, you didn't mention you lived in the dormitory. In that case I'd also suggest you get immunized. The vaccine available prevents the three main types of influenza. Why don't you go to the university health center？ The shots are free them.

M: I'll do it right away. It will be nice to feel well during the holidays.

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A．He was ill for more than a month.

B．He was ill but had a happy holiday.

C．His holiday was mined because of his illness.

D．He was in bed for a week.

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听力原文：W: Hi, Tom, I haven't seen you in a while. What seems to be the problem？ M: Actua

听力原文：W: Hi, Tom, I haven't seen you in a while. What seems to be the problem？

M: Actually I'm a little embarrassed about coming here, doctor. I feel fine fight now. But you know how much stuff is going around. Anyway every year around the holidays, like clockwork I come down with something.

W: So you're interested in prevention. What symptoms do you usually get？

M: You know, cough, fever, runny nose, my head and bones ache. Chills even. I'm usually miserable for a week and it ends up ruining my holidays.

W: Sounds like a typical flu to me. As you said, lots of people have it. Influenza often strikes when people are overtired, stressed out and not eating nutritious food. And also you increase your exposure to a virus when you're in big crowds where lots of people are coughing and sneezing.

M: I certainly spend a lot of time in department stores around the holidays buying gifts for people.

W: Yes. And so you increase your exposure to airborne viruses just when your body's resistance is already low from all of the running around you do. M: So what can I do to ward off the flu？

W: Actually it's fairly simple. Get a lot of rest, eat well. That way your immune system will be boosted. And you'll be more able to fight off illness.

M: All these things make sense. But one more question. Aren't I bound to get sick anyway if there's an outbreak in the dorm？

W: Oh, you didn't mention you lived in the dormitory. In that case, I'd also suggest you get immunized. The vaccine available prevents the three main types of influenza. Why don't you go to the university health center？ The shots are free there.

M: I'll do it right away. It will be nice to feel well during the holidays for once.

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A．To find out if he has the flu.

B．To find out how to maintain a nutritious diet.

C．To find out how to prevent illness.

D．To find out the results of a blood test.

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听力原文：M: Mrs. Dawson, thanks very much for coming down to the station. I just like to g

o over some of the thingsthat you told police officer Parmer at the bank.

W: All right.

M: Well, could you describe the man who robbed the bank for this report that we're filling out here？ Now, anything at all that you can remember would be extremely helpful to us.

W: Well, just, I can only remember basically what I said before.

M: That's all right.

W: The man was tall, em... six feet, and he had dark hair, and he had moustache.

M: Very good. All right, did he have any other distinguishing marks？

W: Um, no, none that I can remember.

M: Do you remember how old he was by any chance？

W: Em. . . well, I guess around 30, maybe younger, give or take a few years.

M: Ur, hum, all right. Do you remember anything about what he was wearing？

W: Yes, yes, he had on a dark sweater, a solid color.

M: OK. Urn... anything else that strikes you at the moment？

W: I remember he was wearing a light shirt under the sweater. Yes, yes.

M: All right. Mrs. Dawson, I really appreciate what you've been through today.I'm just going to ask you to look at some photographs before you leave if you don't mind. It won't take very long. Can you do that for me？

W: Oh, of course.

M: Would you like to step this way with me, please？

W: OK, sure.

M: Thank you.

Questions:

19. What do we learn about the woman？

20. What did the suspect look like？

21. What did the man finally asked the woman to do？

22. How did the woman get to know about the job vacancy？

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A．She was a bank manager.

B．She was a victim of the robbery.

C．She was a defence lawyer.

D．She was a witness to the crime.

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第7题

听力原文：My sister works in a bank. A．B．C．

听力原文：My sister works in a bank.

A．

B．

C．

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第8题

听力原文：What kind of class went on the field trip？（21)A．Biology.B．Photography.C．Swimming.

听力原文：What kind of class went on the field trip？

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A．Biology.

B．Photography.

C．Swimming.

D．Painting.

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第9题

听力原文：What was the topic of the lecture？（21)A．The Arctic land.B．Active volcano.C．Iceber

听力原文：What was the topic of the lecture？

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A．The Arctic land.

B．Active volcano.

C．Iceberg.

D．Ice age.

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听力原文：Strikes are very common in Britain. They are extremely harmful to its industries.