听力原文: Television or TV is a modem wonder of electronics. It brings the world into our own home in sight and sound. Experiments leading to modem television took place more than a hundred years ago. By the 1920s, inventors and researcher had turned the early theories into working models. Yet it took another thirty years for TV to become an industry.
As an industry, TV provides jobs for hundreds of thousands who make TV sets and broadcasting equipment. It also provides work for actors, technicians, and others who put on programs. As an art, television brings the theatre and other cultural events into the home. Its influence on the life of average people is incalculable: it can influence their thoughts, their likes and dislikes, their speech, and even their dress. It can also add to their store of knowledge. Through advertising, television helps businesses and manufacturers sell their products to millions of persons. Television has brought political campaigns closer to the voters than in former days. Educational TV stations offer teaching in various subjects ranging from home nursing to art appreciation. Many large schools and universities have closed-circuit television equipment that will telecast lectures and demonstrations to hundreds of students in different classrooms, and the lecture can be put on video tape to be kept for later use. Some hospitals use TV to allow medical students to get close-up views of operations.
The programs that people watch are not only local and national ones. Since the launching of the first communication satellite, more and more programs are televised "live" from all over the world. Television viewers in San Francisco were able to watch the Olympic Games in Tokyo by means of a communication satellite named Syncom. And live telecasts now come from outer space: In 1969, the first astronauts landing on the moon televised their historic "moon walk" to viewers on the earth. Since then, astronauts have regularly sent telecasts to the earth.
It looks as if the uses of television in education, entertainment and communication appear to be endless. TV is certainly one of the major modem wonders of electronics in our changing world.
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A. by the 1920s
B. by the 1950s
C. by the 1910s
D. by the 1930s
听力原文:M: Please come in, Miss Edwards, and close the door behind you.
W: All right.
M: Have a seat over here. How are things going out in the office?
W: Just fine, Mr. Davis, especially with the recent personnel shifts.
M: Yes, I thought so. Well, I and the executive board feel that much of our improved performance in the main office is due to your hard work.
W: Oh, thank you, Mr. Davis. My job has certainly become easier since we computerized our recordkeeping system. The equipment is a pleasure to use.
M: That's true. But we are especially impressed with how your influence contributes to good office relations and improved staff attitude toward the work.
W: Well, thank you. We do have a lot of good people in the office, and the new machinery is wonderful.
M: Yes, but machines are only as good as the people who use them. They cannot assure harmony and efficiency in a staff.
W: That's very true.
M: To make a long story short, the board wishes to reward your efforts by making you office manager next Monday. That means a $250 raise next month.
W: I'm deeply honored, Mr. Davis. Thank you.
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A. That there was no change.
B. That it improved operations.
C. That operations became less efficient
D. That the employees complained about it.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome. I'm sure we have all heard the expression, "Think Green." Tonight we are going to talk about ways that we can "Act Green" in our everyday life.
The best place to start, of course, is in the home. Every day, people all over the world are hurting the environment without even knowing it. For example, busy families buy paper napkins and plastic food wrap at the supermarket. This helps them save time on housework, but after these things have been used, what happens to them? They go into the garbage heap. In many places, especially in North America, big cities are running out of places to throw their garbage. What can we do about it?
How can we cut down on garbage? Well, we can start using cloth napkins and cloth towels instead of paper towels. When we go grocery shopping, we can choose products that are not "overpackaged." For example, last week I bought a package of cookies. The cookies were in a bag. There was a plastic tray inside the bag, and then each cookie was in its own little package on the tray in the bag! That's overpackaging! We should also take our own bags to the grocery store to carry things home in.
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A. Food processing.
B. Environmental protection.
C. Shopping habits.
D. Overpackaging problems.
A.The rebellious soldiers.B.Those who led the southern rebellion.C.The free government
A. The rebellious soldiers.
B. Those who led the southern rebellion.
C. The free government.
D. The southern people.