SECTION B PASSAGES
Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文: Good evening, class. Well, tonight we'll begin our discussion of the colonial period of American history. During this period, people in North America lived in colonies under the authority of the King of England. (11/12) We'll look at the three kinds of American colonies before the American revolution: royal colonies, proprietary colonies, and corporate colonies.
The first type of American colony was a royal colony. A royal colony was directly under the control of the King of England. By the time of the Revolutionary War in 1775, eight of the colonies had become royal colonies. Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia were all royal colonies, directly subject to the King of England.
The second type of American colony was a proprietary colony. (13)A proprietary colony was under the control of an individual, the proprietor. By 1775, only three of the colonies remained proprietary colonies: Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
And the last type of American colony was a corporate colony. These colonies were governed under a charter received from the King of England by a company's stockholders. Only two colonies, Connecticut and
Rhode Island, could be considered corporate colonies.
So, these were the three types of colonies: royal, proprietary, and corporate. As we discuss the colonies in detail, you'll see how the type of colony affected the governing of the colony. We'll study the 13 colonies in three groups, the Northern colonies, also known as the New England colonies, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies.
How is the information organized in the lecture?
A. By contrasting various periods in American history.
By classifying various types of colonies.
C. By describing developments leading to the American revolution.
D. By outlining steps in the development of royal colonies.
According to the conversation, how do they finally decide to place the advertisement?
A. They will only advertise internally.
B. They will only advertise externally.
C. They will advertise externally first, then internally.
D. They will advertise internally frost, then externally.
W: Yes, and I'm still not sure about it.
M: Well, I guess we'd advertise the position internally as we always do.
W: But if we advertised the job internally, [5] we'd have the same old problems--not enough applicants and lots of internal political problems. Couldn't we advertise the job outside the company for once?
M: Well, I suppose we could. But if we did, a lot of people wouldn't be very happy about it.
W: But even if we promoted one of our own people, the other internal applicants wouldn't be happy any- way. So what's the difference? Why couldn't we just advertise it in the national papers?
M: But it's company policy. You know that. We always advertise internally first.
W: Yes, I know. But why can't we try something different for a change? [5] If we took someone on from out- side the company we'd bring some new ideas into the department. It's what we need.
M: Look. [6] why don't we .just advertise it internally as we always do, right? That'll keep everyone happy and then, after a couple of weeks, we can put an advert in the paper as well. What do you say?
W: Oh, all right. But I'm not going to do the interviews.
What is the opening concerned in the conversation?
A. Interviewing an assistant.
B. Applying for the post of assistant.
C. Recruiting an assistant.
D. Training to be an assistant