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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: [26] There is no doubt that adults, and even highly educated adults, vary greatly in the speed and efficiency of their reading: Some proceed very slowly throughout; others dash along too quickly and then have to go back again. Poor readers in particular may lack the ability to vary their manner of reading according to the type of reading matter and their intentions in reading it. A good reader can move at a great speed through the text of a novel or similar light reading matter. In reading more difficult material, with the intention of taking in the whole of it, he will proceed more slowly, but even then he will vary his pace, concentrating on the key words and passages, re-reading them several times or passing more quickly over the remainder. [27] A less efficient reader tends to maintain the same speed whatever the material he reads. Therefore, even light reading matter gives him little pleasure because he reads so slowly. But this pace may be too fast for really difficult material which re- quires special concentration at difficult points.
A type of reading which needs careful attention to detail is proofreading. [28] In order to detect misprints in a sample print, the reader needn't notice so much the meaning of what he reads as the exact shape and order of words in the text. This is extremely difficult for most people, since they are used to ignoring such details. In fact, considerable practice is required to practise this task efficiently and it can be done only by reading very slowly, and by paying comparatively little attention to the general meaning of the text.
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A. There is a great difference between reading and listening.
B. There are effective ways to practice the proofreading skill.
C. Highly educated and poorly educated people have different reading habits.
D. The speed and efficiency of reading depend on contents and purposes.

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Which of the following best describes the uncertain situation now?

A. There are less people straightly graduating from the business school.
B. There are less people looking down upon others in party.
C. There are less people liking sparing their time with others.
D. There are more people putting on airs when contacting with others.

The evidence collected shows us ______.

A. concentrated wealth leads to people's longer and happier life
B. lower-positioned people may enjoy higher health and relaxation
C. people in place no longer dominating will not feel stressed
D. identity exposed, lower-status people will perform. worse than normal

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.
When Andrew Chadwick-Jones, a management consultant with Oliver Wyman in London, went to a private-equity(私募股权) firm late last year, he expected the usual: about 20 minutes and an unfriendly attitude. He was surprised to find the private-equity people instead explaining their strategy, offering introductions to senior staff and being more open and friendly. "Now that money and deals are lack, they've got to be nicer to all the people they interact with, and they might help bring business in future," he says.
Rudeness is out, and politeness is the new rule in an uncertain world. The former kings of rude behavior. -- Masters of the Universe bankers, private-equity chiefs -- have been humbled. On Wall Street, says a hanker, "it's now all about charm and openness and taking time with people." Proud young things straight out of the best business schools have stopped letting interview appointments pass, and there is much less looking over people's shoulders at drinks parties, reports one veteran (经验丰富的人). Many people, fearful for their jobs, are trying to smooth their contacts at other firms.
The change in tone also reflects changes in the balance of power between companies. Before the crisis, says Michel Péreité, head of investment banking at Soeeit6 G6n6rale in Paris, he would go and see a senior chief executive with a mergers-and-acquisitions (并购)idea, get in for a short while and, on the way out, walk past a line of all his competitors. Now, he says, "You're lead in, you get an hour with the CEO and he walks you to your car. "As the representative of a bank with money to lend, Mr. P6reti6 is now the chief executive's potential savior. "During this crisis, when there is so much uncertainty about who will end up having power, the best strategy is to be polite to everyone," says Adam Galinsky of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
People have more time to be friendly when business is slow. Some reckon the new sincerity reflects a feeling that everyone is in the same boat: when some firms have to fire good performers as well as bad, no one is safe. But if people at different firms are being nicer to each other, things may not be getting any nicer inside companies. At many, stress and in-fighting are on the rise because of the threat of job cuts. And as soon as things turn up again, all agree, the extra niceness will disappear.
What can we learn about private-equity firm's attitude from the first paragraph?

A. They used to be indifferent and unfriendly to people.
B. Their staff will explain its strategy impatiently now.
C. Their attitude worsens because of the terrible situation now.
D. They never keep people waiting for more than 20 minutes.

M: I'd love to if I can get this term paper out of my way.
Q: What does the man mean?
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A. He enjoyed the paintings too.
B. He can't finish his term paper that day.
C. He has to finish his term paper first.
D. He has learned something about the artists.

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