Which of the following does Amy think to be a waste of time?
A. Watching sports on TV all day.
B. Cooking dinners at home.
C. Listening to jazz music.
D. Talking about things with her boyfriend.
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Before the nineteenth century, scientists with an interest in the sea were few and far between.
Certainly Newton considered some theoretical' aspects of it in his writings, but he was【C1】______to go to sea to【C2】______his work.
For most people the sea was【C3】______, and with the【C4】______of early international travelers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it,【C5】______alone to ask what lay beneath the surface. The flint time that the question "What is at the bottom of the oceans?" had to be answered with any commercial【C6】______was when the【C7】______of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed. The engineers had to know the depth profile of the【C8】______to estimate the length of cable that had to be【C9】______.
It was【C10】______Maury of the US Navy【C11】______the Atlantic Telegraph Company turned, in 1853,【C12】______information on this matter. The cable was laid, but not until 1866【C13】______the connection made【C14】______and reliable. At the early【C15】______, the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs【C16】______was found to be covered in living【C17】______, a fact which【C18】______contemporary scientific opinion【C19】______there was no life in the deeper parts of the sea.
Within a few years oceanography was【C20】______way.
【C1】
A. reluctant
B. irreluctant
C. reductant
D. redundant
Part B
Directions: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.
听力原文: On the area weather map, most stations in southern Michigan are still reporting sunny skies. It's seventy-three degrees at Lansing. Chicago is reporting light showers. South Bend is cloudy as the cloudiness moves in from the southwest.
The temperature at Ann Arbor airport in degrees Celsius is twenty-three point three. That's seventy four degrees on the Fahrenheit scale. Sixty-six degrees is the water temperature of the lake with winds gusting at twenty knots.
And now for the extended forecast. For tonight, we expect partly cloudy conditions and mild tempera-tures with tonight's low about sixty degrees and only a twenty percent chance of any showers this evening.
Tomorrow morning, look for mostly cloudy conditions with a seventy percent chance of showers and thundershowers continuing into the evening. It looks like it will be a mild, but rainy weekend.
What was the report given by the weather station in Chicago?
A. Sunny skies.
B. Cloudiness, but no rain.
C. Light showers.
D. Thunderstorms.
What did the hear do in the tent?
A. He ate the honey.
B. He drank the beer.
C. He chased the people away.
D. He turned things upside down.
What was the temperature at Ann Arbor airport?
A. 79 Degrees F.
B. 74 Degrees F.
C. 75 Degrees F.
D. 73 Degrees F.