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A．It is time consuming and doesn't provide much information.B．A lot of the information
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听力原文： The wage gap is a statistical indicator often used as an index of the status of women's earnings relative to men's. It is also used to compare the earnings of other races and ethnicities to those of white males, a group generally not subject to race --or sex--based discrimination. The wage gap is expressed as a percentage (e. g. , in 2003, women earned 76% as much as men) and is calculated by dividing the median annual earnings for women by the median annual earnings for men.
The Equal Pay Act was signed in 1963, making it illegal for employers to pay unequal wages to men and women who hold the same job and do the same work. At the time of the EPA's passage, women earned just 58 cents for every dollar earned by men. By 2003, 40 years later, that rate had only increased to 76 cents, an improvement of less than half a penny a year. Minority women fare the worst. African-American women earn just 65 cents to every dollar earned by white men, and for Hispanic women that figure drops to merely 54 cents per dollar.
If working women earned the same as men (those who work the same number of hours; have the same education, age, and union status; and live in the same region of the country), their annual family incomes would rise by $4,000 and poverty rates would be cut in half.
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听力原文：M: I fancy an Indian curry. What do you think？
W: Would you mind if we had Thai instead？ They have some really good curries on the menu and there are other dishes I'd like to try.
Q: What can we tell about the speakers' tastes in food？
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听力原文：M: I'm doing some research into the French revolution.
W: Oh, I did some on that last year.
M: Why do you think I'm here! Could you suggest some interesting and useful sources？
W: Sure. I found "Voices from the French Revolution" by Henri Le Brun to be very useful, as well as extremely interesting and well written.
M: What makes it so good？
W: Well, he took extracts from diaries kept by people involved in the revolution. They re ally give you an idea of how it felt to live in France during that time.
M: It sounds great. Why haven't I heard of it before？
W: Well, it's only just been translated from the French original and none of the professors have added it to their booklists yet. I used the French version and translated passages myself.
M: I see. I have been told that "The French Revolution" by Victoria Jones is useful.
W: I didn't find it very useful. I mean, there was nothing in it that you can't find else where. On the other hand, it's cheap, because it's available in paperback, and you can buy it at many bookshops.
M: What about using resources available on the Internet？
W: I used the Internet for my research, but I didn't find it very helpful. Many of the web sites were too small to contain much detailed information. Others provided links to other websites, but I found myself spending a lot of time following links and not finding much information.
M: Yes, I've run across that problem myself.
W: You could try the new edition of William Wright's book. It has the same title as Victoria Jones' book. It only came out a couple of months ago and I haven't seen a copy yet. A lot of it has been rewritten or consists of additional material recently found in French archives.
M: Thanks for your help. I'll go to the bookshop and see if I can find the books you've recommended.
W: when does your research have to be completed by？
M: Well, the essay is due in six weeks, so I'll try to finish the research in four, giving me two to write the essay.
W: Good luck!
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听力原文：W: Good morning. Is this the right counter for international money transfers？
M: Yes, it is, if you are sending money. If you are collecting money, you should go to the next counter.
Q: Which of the following is certainly true, according to what was said in the conversation？
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