听力原文:A: John must have been joking when he said that he was going to live in Boston.
B: Don't be so sure. He told me that he was looking for an agent to sell his house.
The woman believes that John______.
A. was playing a joke.
B. was leaving Boston.
C. was moving to Boston.
D. was selling his house himself.
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听力原文:Betty would rather that her husband didn't send away the cleaning lady, but he will anyway.
Betty wishes to______.
A. send away the cleaning lady.
B. replace the cleaning lady.
C. keep the cleaning lady.
D. do the house cleaning.
听力原文:A: Mary is fluent in English and she's just started to learn Japanese.
B: I hear she also knows a few words in Chinese and French.
Which language does Mary speak well?
A. Chinese.
B. French.
C. Japanese.
D. English.
In the search 【B6】______ the pickings of the forest, the ape-men had 【B7】______ efficient stereoscopic vision and a sense of colour that the animals of the 'grasslands did not possess. The ability to see clearly at close range permitted the ape-men to study practical problems in a way that lay far 【B8】______ the reach of the original inhabitants of the grassland. Good long- distance sight was 【B9】______ another matter. Lack of long-distance vision had not been a problem for forest-dwelling apes and monkeys because the higher the viewpoint, the greater the range of sight so 【B10】______ they had had to do was climb a tree. Out in the open, however, this simple solution was not 【B11】______ . Climbing a hill would have helped, but in many places the ground was flat. The ape-men 【B12】______ the only possible solution. They reared up as high as possible on their hind limbs and began to walk upright.
This vital change of physical position brought about considerable disadvantages. It was extremely unstable and it meant that the already slow ape-men became slower still.【B13】______ , they persevered and their bone structure gradually became【B14】______ to the new, unstable position that【B15】______them the name Homo erectus, upright man.
【B1】
A. match
B. compare
C. rival
D. equal
听力原文:A: After the way it is being used, the photocopier is not going to make it through the rest of the year.
B: The year! It's supposed to be good for four!
The tone of the man is that of______.
A. surprise.
B. sarcasm.
C. disappointment.
D. humour.