A.$683.30.B.$900, 000.C.C$1 million.D.C$2 million.
A. $683.30.
B. $900, 000.
C$1 million.
D. C$2 million.
Which of the following reflects the cultural shift?
A. More people are diagnosed to be suffering from mental disorders.
B. People are not responsible for the problems they have.
C. More people are seeking mental treatment.
D. People begin to question the accuracy of doctors' diagnoses.
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:W: I've invited the whole family to our house for Thanksgiving dinner.
M: What kind of a holiday is Thanksgiving, Mom?
W: Don't you know, Jack?
M: We've only been here in New York for less than three months! How am I supposed to know?
W: The first settlers in the United States celebrated their being alive after a very hard year in their new country.
M: So, I guess, we have to celebrate, too. We live here.
W: Thanksgiving comes right after the harvest season, the last Thursday in November.
M: Oh, it's kind of harvest festival, giving thanks for all the many good things to eat.
W: We'll have to go shopping for the turkey and fixings.
M: Why turkey? And what are fixings?
W: The early settlers found wild turkeys in the woods. It was the closest thing to chicken or duck or goose.
M: Yes, like we eat Beijing Duck on special occasions.
W: So they have roasted stuffed turkey every year.
M: But what are the fixings?
W: What the turkey is served with are the fixings. . , sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, turnips, and for dessert, people help themselves to pumpkin pie.
M: Let's go to the supermarket and get the bird and fixings!
What can we learn about Jack from the dialogue?
A. He's a native in America.
B. He's a new comer to America.
C. He knows very well about the holiday.
D. He dislikes this kind of holiday.