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听力原文:M: Are you feeling any better?
W: Somewhat. I still have a slight headache, though.
Q: What do we understand from this conversation?
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A. The woman is feeling much worse than she did before.
B. The woman feels nothing at all, except for a headache.
C. The woman felt bad tot a while, but is much improved.
D. The woman still has a bad headache.

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听力原文:M: We've finally made it, Susan?
W: I can't believe graduation is tonight.
M: Can you come to my graduation party?
W: Sure. After I finish the family celebration.
M: I want to be sure we get pictures of us together.
W: In our caps and gowns.
Q: When will the woman go to the man's graduation party?
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A. When her family celebration is over.
B. After the man graduates from school.
C. After they have some pictures taken together.
D. When she has bought her cap and gown.

A.hotelB.hostC.hourD.hope

A. hotel
B. host
C. hour
D. hope

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 term investment portfolio conjures up visions of the truly rich the Rockefellers, the Wal-Mart Waltons, Bill Gates. But today, everyone—from the Philadelphia firefighter, his part-time receptionist wife and their three children, to the single Los Angeles lawyer starting out on his own needs a portfolio.
A portfolio is simply a collection of financial assets. It may include real estate, rare stamps and coins, precious metals and even artworks. But those are for people with expertise. What most of us need to know about are stocks, bonds and cash (including such cash equivalents as money-market funds).
How do you decide what part of your portfolio should go to each of the big three? Begin by understanding that stocks pay higher returns but are more risky; bonds and cash pay lower returns but are less risky.
Research by Ibbotson Associates, for example, shows that large-company stocks, on average, have returned 11.2 percent annually since 1926. Over the same period, by comparison, bonds have returned an annual average of 5.3 percent and cash, 3.8 percent.
But short-term risk is another matter. In 1974, a one-year $1000 investment in the stock market would have declined to $ 735.
With bonds, there are two kinds of risk: that the borrower won't pay you back and that the money you'11 get won' t be worth very much. The U.S. government stands behind treasury bonds, so the credit risk is almost nil. But the inflation risk remains. Say you buy a $1000 bond maturing in ten years. If inflation averages about seven percent over that time, then the $1000 you receive at maturity can only buy $ 500 worth of today' s goods.
With cash, the inflation risk is lower, since over a long period you can keep rolling over your CDs every year (or more often), ff inflation rises, interest rates rise to compensate.
As a result, the single most important rule in building a portfolio is this: If you don' t need the money for a long time, then put it into stocks. If you need it soon, put it into bonds and cash.
This passage is intended to give advice on ______.

A. how to avoid inflation risks
B. what kinds of bonds to buy
C. how to get rich by investing in stock market
D. how to become richer by spreading the risk

Most Asian-American students owe their success to the influence of parents who are determined that their children take full advantage of what the American educational system has to offer. An effective measure of parental attention is homework. Asian parents spend more time with their children than American parents do, and it helps. Many researchers also believe there is something in Asian culture that breeds success, such as ideals that stress family values and emphasize education.
Both explanations for academic success worry Asian Americans because of fears that they feed a typical racial image. Many can remember when Chinese, Japanese and Filipino immigrants were the victims of social isolation. Indeed, it was not until 1952 that laws were laid down giving all Asian immigrants the right to citizenship.
While making tremendous achievements at college, Asian-American students ______. ()

A. feel they are mistreated because of limited knowledge of English
B. are afraid that their academic successes bear a strong Asian character
C. still worry about unfair treatment in society
D. generally feel it a shame to have to depend on their parents

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