听力原文: Secretary of State Warren Christopher has wrapped up his latest trip to the Middle East, saying (27[A])the peace process is progressing. Mr. Christopher says he will leave the region Thursday assured that(27[A])the picture is much less gloomy than suggested by recent reports. During two days of talks; Mr.Christopher(28[C]) met with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Perez in Israel, and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat in the Gaza Strip. He also met with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in Damascus.
Mr. Warren Christopher ______.
A. believes there is hope for peace
B. will report to the UN on Thursday
C. will hold more talks before leaving the region
D. is not sure whether the peace process will succeed
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听力原文:Woman: So this is the Internet?
Man: Well, it's the World Wide Web, which is part of the Internet,
W: Wow ... and, uh, what do you use it for?
M: Oh, well, (4[C])I can sit here in my office and do almost anything.
W: Well, like what?
M: Well, this morning, the first thing I did when I got up was to turn on the computer. In a couple of minutes, I was reading the newspaper from Chicago.
W: Wow.
M: Yeah, you can read hundreds of newspapers from around the world.
W: That's amazing.
M: That's just the start. Then I checked my e-mail. There was a message from my dad in Chicago, one from my sister in San Francisco, and a message from my brother in Hong Kong. (5[A])My dad's message was to tell me not to forget my mom's birthday. So I sent her an electronic birthday card.
W: An electronic birthday card?
M: Uh-huh.
W: Fantastic.
M: (6[D])My sister wanted to know if I was planning to visit her in San Francisco during my vacation,
W: So., are you?
M: Well, I checked an airline reservation service. I looked at the schedule and picked a flight, booked it, and sent the information to my sister. After about an hour she sent me a reply saying she'd pick me up at the airport.
W: No way! You can see video images through your computer?
M: Absolutely, Sure. Amazing, isn't it?
What are the two speakers talking about?
A. Family relationship
B. Meeting the sister at the airport.
C. The things they can do with the Internet.
D. The busy day of the man.
(17[B])Perhaps it is so popular because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events--love, sadness, good times, and bad times. It tells real-life stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more and more complicated, it is good to hear music about ordinary people.
Country, sometimes called country-western, comes from two. kinds of music. (18[D])One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. The singers usually play guitars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars.
(19[A])At first city people said country music was low class. It was popular mostly in the South. (20[D])But during World War Ⅱ, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South. They learned to like country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.
Today country music is popular everywhere in the United States and Canada--in small towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people. About 1200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty-four hours a day. English stars sing it in British English, and people in other countries sing it in their languages. (18[D])The music that started with cowboys and poor Southerners is now popular all over the world.
Country music is about ______.
A. different countries
B. human feelings and events
C. World War Ⅱ
D. the Appalachian Mountains
There are only two animals that have larger brains than man, the whale and the elephant. Yet, in proportion to his size, man's brain is larger. (19[C])Man's usually weighs about three pounds or a little more, and this is about one-fortieth of the weight of his whole body. The whale's body, on the other hand, is a thousand times heavier than its brain, while the elephant's body is about five hundred times as heavy.
But a man who has a large brain is not necessarily more intelligent than one whose brain is smaller. We know that geniuses have existed who have had very large brains, but there have been others whose brains were rather small. Idiots have been known to have very large brains.
(20[D])We do not understand precisely why some people are more intelligent than others. Whether our brains are relatively large or small is less important than that we try to do our very best.
This article is mainly about ______.
A. the weight of a whale's brain
B. the brains of geniuses
C. the size of a person's brain and his intelligence
D. the intelligence of the elephant
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文:Man: Oh, hello, Lee Dong. Come on in, and how have you been keeping recently?
Woman: Quire all right, thanks, Dr. Francis. How is your project going?
M: Very smoothly, I should say. (1[C])I'm playing a consultancy role, really. I have only been here a month, but I'm already on very good terms with my colleagues in the Department of Computer Science. Well, I'm happy that you could come. Do sit down, please.
W: Dr. Francis, do you know I've got a chance to go to Cambridge in August? I wonder if you could tell me something about Britain.
M: Certainly .Well, I was actually brought up in Scotland. Erm, in fact, I've never been to Cambridge. But well... yes, I'm sure I can give you some useful tips. Now, what do you want to know, Lee Dong?
M: Things like weather. What's the usual temperature there?
W: Mmm, the temperature in Scotland is 22, or 23 degrees Centigrade on average, I think. (2[C])But Cambridge would be warmer, around 25, I would guess, because it's down south.
M: Oh, that's nice. Do you know it is 34 here? Last year it reached 39. By the way, where do you think I should stay?
W: Oh, that's important .You can, er ... I suppose, stay in the college-owned flats, which are often near where you have your classes, and some are even on the campus. That would certainly be convenient.
M: Yes, it would.
W: But it can also be a disadvantage because you are, in a sense, separate from ordinary society. You are a language teacher, and I think learning from society is a valuable experience.
M: Yes, yes, exactly, so what's the alternative?
W: (3[B])Maybe finding an English family. I know of a student Ali from the Middle East .He told me that he had learned a lot by staying with a British family.
M: Thank you, I think it's quite a good suggestion. By the way, Dr. Francis, do you think I could ...?
Which is NOT true of the man?
A. He is new in the Department.
B. He gets along with others well
C. He is in charge of a project.
D. He is from Scotland.