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On what day of the week will the magazine arrive?W: Has the latest Time magazine arrived? Today’ s already Tuesday.
M: Sorry, it’ s late. Maybe it won’t arrive until the day after tomorrow. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday.
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When did Miss Wang move to her apartment?M: Good morning, Miss Wang. Can I help you?
W: Yes, I’ d like to get some insurance for the contents of my home.
M: Fine! When did you move into the house?
W: A couple of weeks ago. And it’ s an apartment actually. I was told by the landlord that it would be better to get some insurance for the furniture and other personal possessions.
M: Yes, it’ s true. It’ s better to do that to keep the apartment safe. What kind of apartment is it?
W: A two-bedroom apartment with a basement.
M: Which floor is it on?
W: Why do you need to know that?
M: Because it affects the cost of insurance.
W: Why is that?
M: For an apartment on the ground floor, there are more chances of break-ins.
W: Really? I didn’ t know that. It’ s on the third, no, ... second floor.
M: Second? How much is the rent?
W: I didn’t know that the rent is also connected. It’ s 34 dollars per week.
M: Good! Where is it located?
W: North King Avenue.
M: OK. Take this form to that girl. She’ll calculate the cost of insurance for you.
W: Thank you. Bye.
M: Bye. A week ago. A couple of days ago. A couple of weeks ago. A couple of months ago.
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What did the man give the woman?Questions 15 to 18 are based on the following dialogue happened in a bookstore.
W: May I help you, sir?
M: Er, I’m wondering how much this book is.
W: There’s a price tag on the back page of each book. Have you seen it?
M: Yes, I saw it. But I just can’t believe my eyes. Is it really $65?
W: Well, I’ll check it through the scanner. Yes, it’s $65.
M: Wow| That’s a lot of money for a book.
W: Yes. Medical texts are usually very expensive.
M: Well, I regret choosing medicine as my major now. If I knew this earlier, I might choose to learn mathematics or something else.
W: Really?
M: No, not really. I’m joking. I love medicine and hate mathematics. Although this book is quite expensive, I have to have it.
W: How would you like to pay for it, in cash or by credit card?
M: In cash.
W: That’ll be $70.36.
M: But you said it was $65.
W: Well, with tax, it comes to $70.36, sir.
M: There’s a tax even on books?
W: I’m afraid so.
M: All right, here are two fifties.
W: Here’s your change, sir. It’s $29.64.
M: Thanks.
W: Have a nice day. His address. His recommendation. His business card. A hotel’s number.
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What didn’ t the man know before he comes to buy the book?Questions 19 to 22 are based on a conversation between two friends.
M: Hey, guess what? My company wants me to stay in New York for another half year.
W: That’s good news!
M: Well, it’s good news and bad news.
W: Let me hear the bad news first.
M: My wife is involved in an important project right now in her company, so she can’t come to stay with me.
W: Ah, that is the bad news.
M: The good news is that my company wants me to move out of my hotel and get an apartment. They figure it’ll probably save money in the long run.
W: Good deal. Your place is too small and you’re always complaining about the noisy environment.
M: Yes, but now I have to start looking for a new place.
W: Hmm. If it’s just for half a year, you’d better sublet.
M: What’s that?
W: It means renting a place from people who are themselves renting from others. Usually it’s because they are going away to another city or country and don’t live in the place for a short period. One thing good is that you get a place that is already furnished. This saves your money. You don’t have to buy furniture. Medical books are expensive. Books also have taxes. He needs to pay extra money for the tax of the book. All the above.
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Why does the woman advise the man the sublet?Questions 23 to 25 are based on the following talk on Amsterdam American Hotel.
The Amsterdam American Hotel is located at the heart of Amsterdam, in the middle of the famous Leidseplein Square, full of restaurants, bars and theatres. It was built in 1900. It has 6 floors with 175 non-smoking guestrooms. Many of the rooms overlook the Leidseplein Square.
This hotel has a very good location, in the center of Amsterdam, close to shopping streets and museums such as Van Gogh Museum and the beautiful Vondel Park.
The room rate(that is the price of one room for’one day)includes tax and service charge. A booking of 9 rooms or more is considered a group reservation and can enjoy a lower price and a different cancellation policy. Breakfast is charged at $ 19 per person per day.
Check-in time is at 3 p. m. If you may arrive earlier, you’d better reserve the room for the night before. Check-out time is at 12 noon. Hotel kindly requests you to take this time into consideration. If you would like to stay longer and check out later than 12 noon, there will be a charge at $ 35 per room per hour, until 3 p. m. After 3 p. m. another day’s room rate will be charged. Because it’s convenient. Because the man doesn’t need to spend money on furniture. Because the company can save money in the long run. Because the company doesn’t have to buy furniture for the man.
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The lawyer is a person with a very special knowledge of the law—both the civil and criminal. Because of this knowledge the lawyer can help people plan their affairs in accordance with law. In other words,【B1】______He prepared agreements and contracts by which one person makes sure that another person will carry out his promises. He gives advice to people on domestic and family relationships and business problems.
【B2】______, although the cases the public usually hears or reads about are those that come to court. The lawyer presents or defends in court claimed violations of rights, or disputes arising out of differences as to what has happened or what is legal and just. The lawyer is not only an advocate of the rights of his client but also a legal practioner sworn to uphold the Constitution and the law.
Most lawyers today are generally college-trained men who have completed a course in a law school. Each state has its own rules about training and admission. In law school, students learn how to analyze and present problems for decision. They study the constitution, treaties, court decision , as well as prior ruling and precedents. 【B3】______
In some states, instead of going to a law school, a person may experience a long period of training in a law office【B4】______This method was more popular many years ago when education facilities were few and the body of law was small.
After a person has completed formal law-school training, he must take an examination, which is known as the bar examination, to enable the state to check whether he has learn the fundamentals of the law. Besides, the applicant must show he is of good character.【B5】______The applicant is interviewed, and after his character is approved, he is then licensed to practice law.
[A]Most of a lawyer’ s work is carried out outside the courtroom.
[B]The reliance on precedents permits us to plan our affairs with certainty because we can be reasonably sure of the results of our acts.
[C]he helps people keep out of troubles as well as helping those who are already in trouble.
[D]The lawyers should work hard to pass the bar examination.
[E]where he learns the various techniques and the basic knowledge that others get in a law school.
[F]A committee appointed by the court checks home training, college training and past behavior.
[G]They take tests to prove their qualifications and willingness to become a lawyer.
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It’ s the first question parents ask when their child is diagnosed with autism(自闭症). Will his future brothers or sisters have a higher risk of【C1】______it, too?
According to the largest study of siblings(兄弟姐妹)in families with autism, the answer is yes. Among 664 children who had at least one older sibling with the developmental disorder, the 【C2】______risk of autism was nearly 19% ,【C3】______higher than previous sibling recurrence estimates that were anywhere from 3% to 10%. Kids with more than one older autistic sibling had an even higher risk of the disorder: 32% .
The【C4】______suggest that genes play a key role in autism risk. But they also hint that other environmental factors【C5】______by siblings, like influences in the womb(子宫), many be important as well.
On the【C6】______of the findings, the researchers recommend that doctors closely【C7】______younger siblings of autistic children to pick up any early signs of the disorder,【C8】______an unusually large head or delayed language development and communication skills. Evidence suggests that early【C9】______and diagnosis of autism can help children take advantage of therapies that can treat some of its【C10】______
[A]average[B]basis
[C]common[D]consequently
[E]detection[F]developing
[G]distributed[H]dramatically
[I]including[J]monitor
[K]reason[L]results
[M]shared[N]symbols
[O]symptoms
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Play is the principal business of childhood, and more and more in recent years research has shown the great importance of play in the development of a human being. From earliest infancy, every child needs opportunity and the right material for play, and the main tools of play are toys. Their main function is to suggest, encourage and assist play. To succeed in this they must be good toys, which children will play often, and will come back to again and again. Therefore it is important to choose suitable toys for different stages of a child’ s development.
In recent years’ research on infant development has shown the standard a child is likely to reach, within the range of his inherited abilities, is largely determined in the first three years of his life. So a baby’ s ability to profit from the right play materials should not be underestimated. A baby who is encouraged and stimulated, talked to and shown things and played with, has the best chance of growing up successfully.
The next stage, from three to five years old, curiosity knows no bounds. Every type of suitable toys should be made available to the child, for trying out, experimenting and learning, for discovering his own particular ability. Bricks and jigsaws and construction toys; painting, scribbling and making things; sand and water play; toys for imaginative and pretending play;the first social games for learning to play and get on with others.
By the third stage of play development—from five to seven or eight years—the child is at school. But for a few more years play is still the best way of learning, at home or at school. It is easier to see which type of toys the child most enjoys.
Until the age of seven or eight, play and work mean much the same thing to a child. But once reading has been mastered, then books and school become the main source of learning. Toys are still interesting and valuable, they lead on to new hobbies, but their significance has changed—to a child of nine or ten years, toys and games mean, as to adults, relaxation and fun.
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Nowadays, a standard for measuring power has changed. These changes foretell a new standard for measuring power. No longer will a nation’ s political influence be based solely on the strength of its military forces. Of course, military effectiveness will remain a primary measure of power. But political influence is also closely tied to industrial competitiveness. It’ s often said that without its military the Soviet Union would really be a third-world nation. The new standard of power and influence that is evolving now places more emphasis on the ability of a country to compete effectively in the economic markets of the world.
America must recognize this new course of events. Our success in shaping world events over the past 40 years has been the direct result of our ability to adapt technology and to take advantage of the capabilities of our people for the purpose of maintaining peace. Our industrial prowess(威力)over most of this period was unchallenged. It is ironic(有讽刺性的)that it is just this prowess that has enabled other countries to prosper and in turn to threaten our industrial leadership.
The competitiveness of America’ s industrial base is an issue bigger than the department of defense and is going to require the efforts of the major institutional forces in our society, government, industry, and education. That is not to say that the defense department will not be a strong force in the process. But we simply cannot be, nor should we be, looked upon by others as the savior(救星)of American industry.
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Paula:
The future is determined by the actions of the present day. The responsibility we have for the future begins when we recognize that we ourselves create the future—that the future is not something imposed upon us by fate or other forces beyond our control. We ourselves build the future both through what we do and what we do not do.
Mrs. John:
The future will see more unbelievable things. In the future, people will be able to predict their performance from the strength of the brain’ s electrical activity. Doctor Kramer has found that the strength of the brain’ s electrical activity can be measured through the scalp(头皮). Bosses could measure brain activity through the scalp and tell whether a worker is performing well, working hard, or too tired to do the job properly.
Mary:
In the new century, things around us will be more fascinating. The chemical element in the heart is said to increase your desire for fat, when is stimulated. This means that disturbances of this chemical gelatin can lead to overeating. Doctor Sarah Leibowits presented an academic paper suggesting that the appetite for fat rich food can be controlled through drugs that block the effects of gelatin.
Judy:
In the future our life will change dramatically. It is quite certain that computers will play an important part in our life. You will visit your doctor, and find that he uses a computer screen and visual information about your condition, instead of his text books. Computers in your home will enable you to answer interactive questions about your health and show the alternative results which will affect you if you act in a certain way.
Carrie:
In the future, computers will change the way the doctors diagnose and treat their patients. Also doctors will change their traditional notion of medicine. Although pills for tension, heart conditions, being overweight and other life threatening conditions are prescribed by western doctors, most doctors now require patients to focus on healthy way of living by changing diets and doing more exercise as a means to keep fit.
Statements
[A]You build your own future.
[B]Healthy lifestyle will be a more popular way to keep fit.
[C]Computer will be an effective tool for doctors.
[D]Doctors may not need pills for heart troubles or overweight
[E]Your brain waves may be used to check out your work performance.
[F]People will be able to visit doctors more frequently.
[G]Our appetite will be well controlled by drugs.
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Suppose you are invited to a party at Nancy’s home but you can’t attend it because you will have an exam on the same day. Write a letter of apology to Nancy. Your letter should include:
1)your apology and the reason
2)your suggestion for another get-together
You should write approximately 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter. Use “Wang Lin“ instead. You do not need to write the address.
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Read the text below. Write an essay in about 120 words, in which you should summarize the key points of the text and make comments on them. Try to use you own words.
A 23-year-old Chinese woman has died after her mobile phone exploded while it was being charged.
Miss Zhao was found dead in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of northeast China’ s Hebei province. She was talking to her boyfriend on her mobile phone, but suddenly went silent.
After the boyfriend failed to get a response in a prolonged period of time, he rushed to Zhao’ s home. It was already too late, as the phone had clearly exploded in her hands, and her entire chest had been burned.
This piece of news draws public attention to the using safety of electronic devices, especially the most commonly used mobile phone, and provides information that will be of great value in assessing the safety of cell phone use.
Liang Guangchuan, a researcher from Hebei University of Technology, says the tragedy could be caused by a faulty charger and electric leakage of the lithium battery. He suggests that to be on the safe side, one should avoid using his or her mobile phone while it is being charged.
This accident caused great response in the population of cell phone users. A cell phone user replied in an interview, “ I swear, after I post this comment, I will never play with my mobile phone again when the battery is still being charged. “ A sample of comments on Weibo: “ Should the cell phone producer be responsible for this accident and make effort to broadcast the knowledge of cell phone using safety?“
