听力原文:W: Hello! This is HR division, ABC Network Company.
M: Good morning! This is Wang Lei. Well, I'm looking for a job. Do you have any vacancies in your company?
W: What kind of jobs are you looking for?
M: Any job in your company that my previous experience could match.
W: What kind of work experience have you got?
M: I've been a word processor for more than two years. I once worked for IBM. Now I'm working in a national news agency.
W: Well, why do you want to leave your present job?
M: I think I need a change. I enjoy working in different places and meeting new people. That will widen my experience in the field of computer technology.
W: Good. What education have you had?
M: I studied Computer Science at Beijing University, and got a Master's Degree.
W: Urn, and one more thing, can you work overtime?
M: Yes, I can.
W: Fine. We have a vacancy for a computer programmer, working weekdays from 9: 00 a.m. to 5: 00 p.m. with an hour lunch break.
M: What's the salary, may I ask?
W: The salary will be 96,000 RMB per year.
M: Is there opportunity for promotion?
W: Yes, there're good prospects for promotion.
M: That sounds great. I am looking forward to joining you.
W: But you have to come for an interview with the supervisor of the division.
M: Sure. I would appreciate it. When will the interview be?
W: I will talk with the supervisor and see whether he has time next Monday.
M: Thanks. I will wait for your call.
W: Talk to you then. Bye-bye.
M: Bye.
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A. In the company.
B. Through a telephone call.
C. At the woman's office.
D. In a coffee house.
听力原文: Nothing can buy a better night's sleep. Although it sounds silly, it was the first thing that crossed my mind when I awoke. I truly appreciated my happy rest. It was tike a gift from heaven. Interesting to think that Bill Gates, or any rich men you can mention, really couldn't have had a more satisfying and grateful night of sleep--the best that money can't buy.
That started me thinking of other pleasures that cost nothing or very little and that are often taken for granted, like a drink of cold water on a hot day when you're really thirsty, or a warm relaxing bath when you're extremely tired or mentally exhausted.
Remember your first real kiss--can you put a price tag on that? Or the companionship of a faithful and toying pet or the clean, fresh smell of mountain air? There's an old song, "the Best Things in Life Are Free."
Did you ever eat a meal that not only filled your stomach and satisfied all your tastes, but refreshed your soul? Ever spend a winter's evening in the company of good friends?
What could be better than listening to your favorite music or watching a good movie? Or sharing the beauty of a sunset with a loved one? These are quite delightful and delicate pleasures. I hope this doesn't sound too ridiculous. in today's rough, loud world. I hope the new generation can appreciate some of these things.
(32)
A. The writer enjoys sleeping very much.
B. The writer doesn't like money at all.
C. Bill Gates does not know how to enjoy himself.
D. Mental well-being is the most important thing.
According to the passage, recent troubles do not harm the world economy because some statistics show that the world economy is performing well.
A. Y
B. N
C. NG
Every year more than half a million American kids have drainage(排泄) tubes surgically implanted in their ears to combat persistent infections. The procedure, known as tympanostomy, may not be as 【C1】______ as the tonsillectomy was in the 1940s, but it now 【C2】______ as the nation's leading childhood 【C3】______ and a new study suggests it's being vastly overused. In 【C4】______ more than 6,000 scheduled ear tube operations, a team of experts 【C5】______ by Harvard pediatrician Lawrence Kleinman found that fewer than half were clearly justified. "Each year", the researchers write in the current Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), "several hundred thousand children in the United States may be 【C6】______ tympanostomy tubes that offer them no demonstrated 【C7】______ ...and may place them at increased 【C8】______ ."
Tube placement isn't a 【C9】______ risky procedure, but it costs $1,000 to $1,500 and sometimes scars the eardrum, causing a partial loss of 【C10】______ Studies show that the benefits are most likely to 【C11】______ the risks if a child's middle ear has produced sticky fluid 【C12】______ more than four months despite treatment 【C13】______ antibiotics. For less virulent infections, drug treatment is usually a(n) 【C14】______ safer alternative (though drugs, too, can be overused). In the new JAMA study, Kleinman's team reviewed the medical charts of 6,429 kids, all under 16, 【C15】______ doctors had recommended the procedure. Even making "generous assumptions" about the likely 【C16】______ , the researchers found that a quarter of the proposed operations were 【C17】______ , since less invasive alternatives were available, 【C18】______ another third were as likely to harm the recipients as help them.
Parents needn't 【C19】______ about ear tubes that are already in place. Once 【C20】______ implanted, the tiny devices provide drainage for six months to a year, then come out by reducing health costs by hundreds of millions of dollars every year.
【C1】
A. rare
B. common
C. general
D. abnormal