听力原文: Every country tends to accept its own way of life as being the normal one and to praise or criticize others as they are similar to or different from it. And unfortunately, our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted one.
Here is a great argument in favor of foreign travel and learning foreign languages. It is only by traveling in, or living in. a country and getting to know its citizens and their language, that one can find out what a country and its people are really like. And the knowledge one gains this way frequently turns out to be different from the second-hand information gathered from other sources. How often we find that the foreigners whom we thought to be such different people from ourselves are not very different after all! Differences between peoples do, of course exist and, one hopes, will always continue to do so. The world will be a dull place indeed when all the different nationalities behave exactly alike, and some people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs. With the much greater rapidity and ease of travel, there might seem to be some truth in this at least as far as Europe is concerned, However this may be, at least, the greater ease of travel today has revealed to more people than ever before that the Englishman or Frenchman or German is not some different kind of animal from themselves.
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A. They will find out what its people like.
B. They will argue in favor of this country and the language.
C. They will know the country and its people better.
D. They will like its inhabitants and their language.
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A.He will be singing traditional English songs.B.He will be talking to his professor.C
A. He will be singing traditional English songs.
B. He will be talking to his professor.
C. He will be on his way to an English club.
D. He will be practising his listening skills.
听力原文: Do you know that vegetables can be grown in climate they are not accustomed to? Cool climate vegetables are now able to be grown in places as hot as Hawaii.
In Hawaii, engineers have been able to actually make those vegetables live in cooler climates. That way they grow faster and taste better. What these engineers have been using is cold seawater. The temperature of seawater is much lower than the air temperature.
How do they use it? They placed pipes in the soil and the cold water flowing through them cools the earth. This stimulates plant growth and enables gardeners in tropical climates to grow crops from cooler climates.
Also, some of these pipes are exposed to the air and they make the moisture form. little water drops and thus irrigate the gardens. What is especially appealing about this process is that nothing damaging to the natural environment is being used.
Another innovative use for cold ocean water is to coal buildings. Engineers believe that, for example, the entire west coast of the United States could be air-conditioned using seawater.
We all know there are certain types of chemicals used in air conditioners, which not only pollute the air but also bring damage to the ozone. If we could cool the city by using seawater, the environment of the whole city will be improved and the ozone will be protected, which will be beneficial to ourselves in return.
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A. Plants in Hawaii.
B. Uses for cold seawater.
C. Techniques for protecting environment.
D. The importance of saving energy.
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: After shopping for most of the day, a couple return to find their car has been stolen. They are shocked and very upset because they just bought it a month ago. They go to the police station to make a full report. Then, a police officer drives them back to the parking lot to see if any evidence can be found at the scene of the crime. To their surprise, the ear has been returned.
There is an envelope stuck on the car with a note of apology and two tickets to a concert. The note reads," I apologize for taking your car, but my wife was having a baby and I had to use your car to rush her to the hospital. Please forgive the inconvenience. Here are two tickets for tonight's concert."
The couple feel relieved. After all, most human beings are kind, they think. They even feel glad that their car was used in such a way. It might perhaps have saved two lives, the mother's and the baby's. They go to the concert, enjoy the music to their hearts' content, and return home late. To their astonishment, they find their house has been robbed. Valuable goods have been taken. The downstairs living room is in a mess. Even the kitchen is not spared. And, there is a note on the door reading, "Well, you still have your car. I have to put my newly-born kid through college somehow, don't I?"
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A. Because they want to find the car there.
Because they want to find evidence.
C. Because they want to catch the thief there.
D. Because they want to know ff any other ears are stolen.
A.Differences between people might gradually disappear.B.Differences between people wi
A. Differences between people might gradually disappear.
B. Differences between people will not exist as one hopes.
C. Differences between people do exist even though different nationalities behave exactly alike.
Differences between people will always continue to exist and the world will be a dull place.