Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文: Nowadays a superficial traveler in rural England might conclude that the only village tradesmen still flourishing were either selling frozen food to the inhabitants or selling antiques to visitors. Nevertheless, this would really be a false impression. Admittedly there has been a contraction of village commerce, but its vigor is still remarkable.
Our local grocer's shop, for example, is actually expanding in spite of the competition from supermarkets in the nearest town.
[26] Women sensibly prefer to go there and exchange the local news while doing their shopping, instead of queuing up at a supermarket. [27] And the shopkeeper knows well that personal service has a substantial cash value.
His prices may be a bit higher than those in the town, but he will deliver anything at any time. [28] His assistants think nothing of bicycling down the village street in their lunch hour to take a piece of cheese to an old age pensioner(领养老金者)who sent her order by word of mouth with a friend who happened to be passing. The more wealthy customers telephone their shopping lists and the goods are on their doorsteps within an hour. They have only to hint at a fancy for some commodity(商品)outside the usual stock and the grocer, a red-faced figure, instantly obtains it for them.
(1)
A. Their prices are higher.
B. People cannot telephone them.
C. Their staff may take less trouble to satisfy customers.
D. One has to queue up to pay in them.
听力原文:W: May I ask you some personal questions?
M: Yes, of course. But I refuse to answer.
Q: What does the man mean?
(9)
A. He does not like to ask personal questions.
B. He is not willing to answer the woman's questions.
C. He has promised to answer the questions.
D. He doesn't know the answers to the questions.
听力原文: Most people picture sharks as huge, powerful, frightening predators, ready at any moment to use their sharp teeth to attack unwary swimmers for no reason. [29] This idea of sharks, however, contains many misconceptions.
First, there are about 350 species of shark, and not all of them are large.
A second misconception concerns the number and type of teeth, which can vary tremendously among the different species of shark. A shark can have from one to seven sets of teeth at the same time, and some types of sharks can have several hundred teeth in each jaw. It is true that the fierce and predatory species do possess extremely sharp and brutal teeth used to rip their prey apart. [30] Many other types of sharks, however, have teeth more adapted for grabbing and holding than for cutting and slashing.
Finally, not all sharks are predatory animals ready to strike at humans without warning. In fact, [31] only 12 of the 350 species of shark have been known to attack humans, and a shark needs to be provoked in order to attack. The types of shark that have the worst record with humans are the tiger shark, the bull shark, and the great white shark. However, for most species of shark, even some of the largest types, there are no known instances of attacks on humans.
(4)
A. To categorize the different kinds of sharks.
B. To warn humans of the dangers posed by sharks.
C. To describe the characteristics of shark teeth.
D. To clear up misconceptions about sharks.
被誉为"诗圣"的诗人是()
A. 李白
B. 杜甫
C. 王维
D. 陶渊明