One summer night, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldn't face my【21】apartment. Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the【22】between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the angle every time she leaned over to talk to him,【23】he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display such affection in public places? I thought the movie would be good for my English, but【24】it turned out, it was an Italian movie.【25】about an hour, I decided to give up the movie and【26】on my popcorn(爆玉米花). I've never understood why they give popcorn! It tasted pretty good,【27】. After a while I heard【28】more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the sound of the popcorn crunching (咀嚼) between my teeth. My thought started to【29】. I remembered when I was in South Korea (韩国), I【30】to watch Kojak on TV frequently. He spoke perfect Korean—I was really amazed. He seemed like a good friend to me,【31】I saw him again in New York speaking perfect English instead of perfect Korean. He didn't even have a Korean accent and I【32】like I had been betrayed. When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English.【33】we had begun to learn a few words, my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became very【34】and we all seemed to avoid each other. We sat at the dinner table in silence, preferring that to speaking in a difficult language. Mother tried to say something in English but it【35】out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it! We've been speaking Korean at home ever since.
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A. warm
B. hot
C. heated
D. cool
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Section A
Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. The dialogues and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices A , B, C, and D.
听力原文:W:Henry, what game shall we arrange for the children to play?
M:Why don't we leave, that to themselves?
Q:What does the man suggest the woman do?
(1)
A. Leave the children at home.
B. Let the children make the decision themselves.
C. Arrange some games for the children.
D. Tell the children some stories.
听力原文:W:I heard that this movie is very good. Did you enjoy it?
M:No, I think it showed too much unnecessary violence.
Q:How does the man feel about this movie?
(2)
A. He dislikes it because of too much violence.
B. He likes it very much.
C. He thinks highly of it.
D. He thinks it is boring.
Three weeks after the suicidal bombing, the police were still hunting for bombers for they
A. on the verge
B. on the sly
C. on the spot
D. on the loose
Trees are useful to man in three important ways: they provide him with wood and other products; they give him shade; and they help to prevent droughts and floods.
Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. (78)In his eagerness to make money from trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he bad. And besides, be is usually too careless to plant and look after new trees. So the forests slowly disappear.
This does not only mean that man will have fewer trees. The results are even more serious: for where there are trees, their roots break up soil—allowing the rain to sink in—and also bind the soil, thus preventing it from being washed away easily; but where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away, causing floods and carrying away the rich top-soil. When all the top-soil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.
Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It set up the empire but, without its trees, its soil became poor and it grew weak. When the empire fell to pieces, the home country found itself faced with floods and starvation.
What is the most important service of trees to man according to the passage?
A. They help him make money.
B. They give. him wood and other products.
C. They help him prevent droughts and floods.
D. They give him shade.