听力原文:W: Tom, where were you yesterday evening? I expected to see you at the concert.
M: Oh, I waited for you at the corner of your street. Then I looked for you at your flat, but the housekeeper said you were out.
Q: Why didn't they meet that evening?
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A. They were both busy doing their work.
B. They waited for each other at different places.
C. They went to the street corner at different times.
D. The man went to the concert, but the woman didn't.
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In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later' black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.
In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.
When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.
If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret later in the day.
Why do people in England often talk about the weather?
A. Because they may have four seasons in one day.
Because they often have very good weather.
C. Because the weather is warm just like in spring.
D. Because the sky is sunny all day.
听力原文: Lifestyle. is the way a person lives; it includes work, leisure time, hobbies, other interests, and personal philosophy. (29)One person's lifestyle. may be dominated by work, including few social activities. Another's may involve hobbies, recreational activities, or personal philosophy.
There is little doubt that lifestyle. are changing and that these changes will have an influence on the way business operates in t he years ahead. Several factors are causing lifestyle. changes in US society.
First, there is more leisure time than ever before. (30)The workweek is now less than forty hours, as compared to seventy hours a century ago. Some experts believe it will be twenty-five hours or less before the year 2000. Several firms have adopted four-day workweeks with more hours per day. Others have cut the number of hours worked each week. Reduced work schedules mean increased leisure time.
Second, families have fewer children than before and young couples are postponing childbirth instead of having their children early in the marriages. (31)This trend has forced many businesses to modify their competitive strategies. Gerber Products Company used to advertise "babies are our business-our only business." Now Gerber products include infant clothing, stuffed animals, and accessories such as bottles, baby's carriages, and baby powder.
Third, people are better educated and more prosperous now than they were earlier. These advantages bring with them the freedom to question current lifestyles and examine new ones. Inquiries of this nature have sometimes led to personal lifestyle. changes.
(30)
A. The changes of life styles have no influence on business.
B. Different people may have completely different life styles.
C. It's doubtful what life styles are changing.
D. Life styles of different people are the same.
A.noB.someC.anyD.such
A. no
B. some
C. any
D. such
Which is the master of five kinds of senses for human being?
A. The cerebral cortex.
B. The brain.
C. The nerves.
D. The muscles.