It is commonly supposed that when a man seeks literary power he goes to his room and prepares an article for the press. But this is to begin literary culture【C1】______ the wrong end. We speak a hundred times for every【C2】______ we write. The busiest writer produces 【C3】______ more than a volume a year, not so much as his talk would【C4】______ in a week.【C5】______ through speech it is usually decided whether a man is to have【C6】______ of his language or not. If he is slovenly in his ninety-nine cases of talking, he can【C7】______ pull himself【C8】______ to strength and exactitude (精确) in the hundredth ease of writing. A person is made in one piece, and the same being runs through a 【C9】______ of performances. Whether words are uttered on paper or to the air, the effect【C10】______ the utterer is the same. Vigor or feebleness is【C11】______ accordingly as energy or slackness has been in command. I know that certain【C12】______ to a new field are often necessary. A good speaker may find awkwardness in himself, when he【C13】______ write; a good writer, when he speaks. And certainly eases occur【C14】______ a man exhibits【C15】______ strength in one of the two, speaking or writing, and not in the other. But such eases are rare.【C16】______ , language once【C17】______ our control can be employed for oral or for written【C18】______ And【C19】______ the opportunities for oral practice enormously outbalance those for written, it is the oral which are chiefly significant in the【C20】______ of literary power.
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A. uttered
B. happened
C. taken place
D. resulted
听力原文: In Britain, just after the main television news programmes, audience figures rise. It's weather forecast time. The BBC broadcasts forty-four live forecasts a day, 433 hours of weather a year, using forecasters from the Meteorological Office. The Met. Office makes predictions about the weather seven days in advance. These are based on observations from the ground, from satellites and from radar. The observations are stored in computers that can do up to 4,000 million calculations a second.
In Britain the weather is news. A television weather forecast often begins with an interesting fact-the town with the top temperature of the day or the place with the most rain. "The pubic like that kind of information," says senior forecaster Bill Giles. The BBC forecasters are professional meteorologists, but they do not have an easy job. They are the only presenters on television who do not use a script, and they cannot see the map that they are describing. Viewers are often critical, especially of female presenters. One woman left her job after rude letters and press reports about her clothes.
The British talk about the weather more than almost any other subject, so it is a surprise to discover that seventy per cent of television viewers cannot remember what they saw on the weather forecast. "What happens is that people like watching and hearing the forecasts, but they probably only take real notice when they need to," says one forecaster. "Or, of course, when we make mistakes!"
BBC's weather forecast is a ______ programme.
A. seldom-watched
B. little-known
C. new
D. popular
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文: The first day of Israel's historic pullout from Gaza and parts of the West Bank sparked some violence on Monday, but no injuries or damage were reported, the Israeli military said. Soldiers were issuing eviction notices to settlers informing them they have until Wednesday to leave, or be removed by force. The withdrawal of Israeli forces and settlers marks the first such move since the 1967 Six-Day War, when Israel occupied the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank. The move aims to revitalize Israeli peace efforts with the Palestinian Authority.
What was the result of the Six-Day War in 1967?
A. Israel occupied Gaza.
B. Israel occupied the West Bank.
C. Israel occupied Gaza and the West Bank.
D. Israel occupied Gaza and parts of the West Bank.
听力原文:M: Hi, Janet. Where were you at lunch time? I was saving a seat for you in the cafeteria.
W: Oh! Sorry to miss you. But my thirst for knowledge was greater than my pangs of hunger !
M: I've never had that problem. So where were you?
W: My political science class ran overtime.
M: That's been happening quite a bit lately, hasn't it?
W: I guess so. Actually what happens is that a bunch of us hang around for a while after class to talk with our professor and ask him questions.
M: Who is this twenty-first-century Socrates?
W: Professor Hall. Have you heard of him?
M: Hm, he does have a good reputation in the Political Science Department.
W: And a well-deserved one! The same students who fall asleep in discussion groups and seminars fight for front row seats in his lectures.
M: Oh, no! I hope this isn't catching!
W: You can joke. But it's great to have a professor who's not only interesting, but prepared to give up time for students.
M: I know. They're a rare breed. Maybe I should sit in on his class sometime. Do you think he'd care?
W: Not at all. Lots of students bring their friends, and he says he feels flattered.
M: Well, just to be safe, I think I'll bring my lunch along as well.
W: I'll make a good student of you yet.
What was the woman doing at lunchtime?
A. Giving a lecture.
B. Discussing political science.
C. Working on a science problem.
D. Reading books in a library.