听力原文:M: Hello, Mary. It's Tony Stevens here. How are things?
W: Not too bad. The meeting will be here in Birmingham at 11:15 on the 14th in the Rose Hotel. We still have six days.
When did this conversation most probably take place?
A. On the 10th.
B. On the 8th.
C. On the 6th.
D. On the 11 th.
听力原文:M: The skirt is $10.00 and the shirt is $6.00.
W: Here's a twenty-dollar bill.
How much change will the woman get?
A. $20.
B. $4.
C. $10.00
D. $6.00
For many people today ,reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work ,they must read letters ,reports ,trade publications ,interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In【C1】______a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend can【C2】______mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are【C3】______readers. Most of us develop poor reading【C4】______at an early age ,and never get over them. The main deficiency【C5】______in file actual stuff of language itself -- words. Taken individually, words have【C6】______meaning until they are strung together to form. phrases, sentences and paragraphs.【C7】______, however, the untrained reader doesn't read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to【C8】______words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over【C9】______you have just read, is a common bad reading habit. Another habit which【C10】______down the speed of reading is vocalization--sounding each word either orally or mentally as【C11】______reads.
To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an【C12】______, which moves a bar(or curtain)down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate【C13】______the reader finds comfortable, in order to" stretch " him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast,【C14】______word-by-word reading, regression, and subvocalization, practically impossible. At first【C15】______is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster,【C16】______your comprehension will improve. Many people have found【C17】______reading skills drastically improved after such training.【C18】______Charles Lau, a business manager, for instance, his reading speed was a reasonably good 172 words a minute【C19】______the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that now he can【C20】______a lot more reading material during a short period of time.
【C1】
A. applying
B. doing
C. offering
D. getting
听力原文:W: Why are you giving me a speeding ticket? I was only going 40.
M: Can't you read? That was 10 M. P. H. over the limit.
What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Salesman and customer.
B. Policeman and driver.
C. Teacher and student.
D. Boss and secretary.