Section B
Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should choose the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D.
听力原文:W: Hey, Herb! What's up?
M: I've been busy lately.
W: Doing what?
M: I've been spending a lot of time on-line.
W: On line?
M: On the Internet, talking to people in chat rooms.
W: Is that helping you with your shyness?
M: Yeah! It's easier than talking face-to-face.
Q6. What has Herb been busy doing recently?
(10)
A. Cyber chatting.
B. Making friends.
C. Writing letters.
D. Sending e-mails.
In the author's opinion, which of the following is the best way for a US citizen to be judged?
A. the provision of cards with valid electronic numbers.
B. his color of skin or accent of his spoken English.
C. a system with abundant enforcement resources to identify everyone.
D. unchangeable features which can be incorporated into an intelligent card.
A.Patient and doctor.B.Waitress and customer.C.Wife and husband.D.Secretary and boss.
A. Patient and doctor.
B. Waitress and customer.
C. Wife and husband.
D. Secretary and boss.
Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity(好奇) led him to start experimenting at a young age with electrical and mechanical things at home.
When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train that ran between Port Huron and Detroit. He set up a laboratory in a baggage car of the train so that he could continue his experiments in his spare time. Unfortunately, his first work experience did not end well. Thomas was fired when he accidentally(意外地) set fire to the floor of the baggage car.
Thomas then worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time on the job conducting experiments. He got his first patent(专利) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity. However, the vote recorder was not a success. In 1870, he sold another invention, a stock-ticker, for $40,000. A stock-ticker is a machine that automatically prints stock prices on a tape. He was then able to build his first shop in Newark, New Jersey.
Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He called himself a "two-shift man" because he worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18, 1931, at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.
Thomas Edison worked ______ hours a day so he called himself a "two-shift man".
A. 24
B. 8
C. 12
D. 16