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听力原文： At first Muhammad Ali-Cassius Clay had no intention of boxing. After his bike was stolen, in the month of October 1954, when he was twelve, his whole life destiny changed in an instant. Ali exclaimed a "state-wide bike hunt". A police officer who heard this offered Ali lessons in how to box in order to beat up the thief. This was the starting point in Muhammad Ali's boxing career.
In the late fifties, Cassius Clay ruled Golden Gloves and the AAU national champion. A quick fight at the Rome Olympics in 1960, Cassius Clay beat a Polish fighter to a "bloody pulp" and took home the gold. In 1962 Muhammad Ali knocked out Archie More in the fourth round as he predicted. In 1964, Muhammad Ali became world heavy weight champion by beating Sonny Listen.
However, he did not fight for three and a half years when he was standing up forhis rights during the Vietnam War. He said, "I have no Quarrel with Vier Cong." He did not want to fight because the more troops we sent in, the more we lost. His reason for not going in was religious beliefs. They stripped him of his world title, fined him ten thousand dollars, and sentenced him to 5 years in prison.
In 1970, he returned to the ring, when he was granted a boxing license. And he began to win lots of championships in the following decade. But his career ended with a ten-round victory over Trevor Berbick in 1981．Later that year Ali began suffering symptoms of Parkinson's disease．
Muhammad Ali started to learn boxing because______.
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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： Lawmakers from more than forty-one countries, or rather from forty countries, meet in Russia Wednesday for an inter-parliamentary conference on fighting terrorism. The St. Petersburg meeting focuses on anti-terrorist laws and preventing terrorists from raising money. The conference follows a two-day meeting in St. Petersburg of security agencies from thirty-nine countries. Officials at those talks agreed to create a permanent working group to coordinate efforts in the fight against international terrorism.
What does the inter-parliamentary conference focus on？
According to the author, which statement is NOT true？
听力原文： Are you looking for the next big idea to strengthen your firm's marketing program？ Consider implementing a few basic marketing techniques on a consistent basis to reap more favorable results. Here are two secrets for you to keep in mind. First, know your clients: Analyze your client base by industry, geographic area, sales, fees collected, and realization. This will identify your "bread and butter" clients and potential niche markets, enabling you to describe the type of new business prospects to pursue. Purchase a prospect list using the demographic data of your best clients and go after them. Knowing your clients will focus your marketing activities by helping you identify the publications your clients and prospects read, the organizations they join, their challenges and industry trends, and how your firm's services can solve their problems. Second, know your internal strengths/skills: What are the strengths and weaknesses of your firm？ In which areas might you have a competitive advantage？ What are the marketing and sales skills of your partners and staff？ Create a matrix and evaluate your people on a variety of skills including networking, generating leads, cross-selling, closing the sale, public speaking, writing, and one-on-one meetings.
What does this passage mainly talk about？
M: I'd say they were pretty hard lines for a young fellow. Three dollars a week! How could he live on it？ You can bet he didn't have any frills.
W: Yeah, but he was soon earning more than three dollars a week. When he was only seventeen, he was earning excellent wages at setting type. But he was ambitious. He worked in the daytime, and studied at a night school. He had his eyes fixed on the future. He wanted a career, not a livelihood, and he was content to make immediate sacrifices for his ultimate again. But he had learned how to be economical, and out of that three dollars he went on saving money.
M: Why, I pay five dollars a week for board now. He must have lived like a dog. The food he ate...
W: He cooked for himself on a little kerosene stove.
M: There's one thing I'll bet you he fed himself like that for years and years, on a boy's stomach, and I bet his stomach's none too good now for it. I'1l bet he's got dyspepsia right now!
W: Yes, he has, but...
Which of the following can Mr. Butler NOT be normally regarded as？
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