听力原文:W: I read in the newspaper that the novel you are reading is excellent.
M: I've also read some negative reviews.
Q: What can be learned from the conversation?
(17)
A. Opinions about the book are varied.
B. The man thinks the book is excellent.
C. You shouldn't believe everything you read.
D. The woman wonders which newspaper the man is reading.
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某建筑场地在稍密砂层中进行浅层平板载荷试验,方形压板底面积为0.5m2,压力与累积沉降量关系如下表。
变形模量E0最接近于下列()(土的泊松比μ=0.33,形状系数为0.89)。
A. 9.8MPa
B. 13.3MPa
C. 15.8MPa
D. 17.7MPa
【C17】
A. production
B. procedure
C. project
D. joint venture
听力原文:W: Hi, Tony, you look worried. Anything wrong with you?
M: Well, nothing much. It is just about the interview I am going to have.
W: Oh, that's a piece of cake for you. You have been through a lot of them, and with success.
M: Yes, but this one is different. It's going to be a phone interview.
W: I see. Let me give you some suggestions. I attended a lecture about phone interviews just last week.
M: Great. So, what should I do?
W: Who will start the call and when?
M: The employer, but the time is not set. This is painful.
W: Then, some preparations are necessary. Paste a copy of your resume on the wall near the phone and something about the employer and the company.
M: Oh, what for?
W: It can be helpful when you are answering the phone. Plus, it can make you more focused and consistent. This will increase your value to the interviewer.
M: OK. What else?
W: Keep a mirror nearby.
M: What for? The employer can't see me any way.
W: No, he can't. But you can see yourself in the mirror and smile to it. This can help you improve your telephone presence. People will feel you much friendlier, more interested.
M: That's new. I am going to try it.
W: Stand up while you are answering the phone.
M: Oh, I think sitting down can make me more relaxed.
W: Maybe, but in an interview, you don't want to be too relaxed, do you? And it is said when you stand up, you can improve your posture and your response time. This can make the interviewer believe you are very enthusiastic.
M: It makes a lot of sense to me now. Thank you.
W: Don't mention it.
(20)
A. They are talking about a job interview.
B. They are talking about a phone interview.
C. They are talking about a TV interview.
D. They are talking about an Internet interview.
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
The struggle for food has long been a drama for millions of impoverished (穷困的) Brazilians. But these days the nation is transfixed by another sort of starvation: anorexia (厌食) among the successful and well off (富裕的,处境好的).
The deaths of four young women in recent weeks from anorexia, a disorder characterized by an abnormal fear of becoming obese, an aversion (厌恶) to food and severe weight loss have been splashed across the front pages of newspapers nationwide.
The subject has become a morbid (病态的,恐怖的) fascination for Brazilians, and is even the theme of a popular TV soap opera. It has also touched off a debate within Brazil's fashion industry that has long presented the rail-thin model as the paragon (模范) of female beauty.
The most recent victim was Beatriz Cristina Ferraz Lopes Bastos, a 23-year-old teacher whose death Sunday at a hospital in Jau, 200 miles northeast of Sao Paulo, was reported by national television news programs. Local media reports said she was 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighed just 77 pounds.
"Another victim of anorexia," the newspaper Globo said on its website Tuesday, alongside a glamorous photo of the blonde Bastos, who was also a skilled pianist, amateur historian and author of a literature column for a hometown Web site.
The newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported she described herself as "thin" on an Internet discussion group and friends said they had to "fight with her to eat." A former boyfriend, Leandro Murgo, told reporters Bastos was a chubby (丰满的,圆胖的) teenager and became fixated on losing weight.
Anorexia became big news in Brazil last month with the death of 21-year-old Ana Carolina Reston, a successful model who died of generalized infection caused by anorexia nervosa. She reportedly carried just 88 pounds on her 5-foot-8 frame.
"Take care for your children because their loss is irreparable (不能挽回的)," Reston's mother, Miriam, told Globo after her death. "Nothing can make the pain go away. No money in the world is worth the life of your child."
Two days later, on Nov. 16, college student Carla Sobrado Casalle, 21, died in the southeastern city of Araraquara (阿勒山[土耳其东部]), also with symptoms linked to anorexia. She was just under 5-foot-9 and weighed 99 pounds. A third anorexia victim died later in the month.
Among the successful and well off, ______ amazed the nation recent days.
A. anorexia
B. terror
C. sporting
D. hard work