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听力原文：W: What are you doing？
M: (20) I'm ordering some filing cabinet out of a catalog.
W: What do you need them for？
M: There's so much stuff piling up in my dormitory room. If I don't do something soon, I won't be able to move in there.
W: Do you usually order from a catalog？
M: Sometimes. Why？
W: (19) Oh, it's just in the history class today we were talking about how the catalog sales business first got started in the U. S. A Chicago retailer, Montgomery Ward started it in the late 1800s. (21) It was really popular among farmers. It was difficult for them to make it to the big city stores so they ordered from catalogs.
M: Was Ward the only one in the business？
W: At first, but another person named Richard Sears started his own catalog after he heard how much money Ward was making.
M: What made them so popular？
W: Farmers trusted Ward and Sears for one thing. They delivered the products the farmers paid for and even refunded the price of things the farmers weren't satisfied with. (22) The catalog became so popular in some countries that school teachers even used them as textbooks.
M: Textbooks？
W: (22) Yes. Students practice spelling the names and adding up the prices of things in the catalogs.
M: Was everybody that thrilled about it？
W: That's doubtful. Say they drove some small store owners out of business. Sears and Ward sold stuff in such large quantities. They were able to undercut the prices at some small family owned stores.
19. What are the two speakers mainly talking about？
20.What does the man need the catalog for？
21.What can we learn about the catalogue business from the conversation？
22.Why did some schools use catalogs？
(23)

A. How to place orders.
B. The woman's history class.
C. The history of American catalog business.
D. The relationship between farmers and Ward.

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A. Because a police-car followed his.
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B. He forgot about its contents.
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Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
听力原文：M：If I take a double major, it would save me from taking a second degree.
W: Hmm, that's true. But people don't realize that a major and a minor are just as good as a double major.
Q: What does the woman suggest？
(12)

A. She thinks the man should take a second degree.
B. She thinks a double major would be more valued.
C. She thinks the man should take a major and a minor instead.
D. She thinks the man should consider the matter seriously.

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A. How to place orders. B. The woman's history class. C. The history of American catalog business. D. The relationship between farmers and Ward.

A．Because a police-car followed his.B．Because he wanted the man in his car arrested.C．

What happened to the cherished list several months after the author's vacation？

What do you think the author's attitude toward the commonsense world？

A. How to place orders.
B. The woman's history class.
C. The history of American catalog business.
D. The relationship between farmers and Ward.