听力原文:M: Hello, Sue ! I'm leaving tomorrow on vacation.
W: How nice! Where are you going?
M: Italy.
W: Tell me more.
M: Well, I'm leaving at 8 tomorrow morning.
W: Are you driving to the airport, or are you taking a coach?
M: Driving. That's about an hour. Er, I'm arriving at the airport at 9 o'clock and taking off at 10 o'clock.
W: What are you going to do in Italy? Lie on the beach and get nicely sun-tanned?
M: I enjoy sunbathing on the beach. But this holiday is going to be a bit different. It's more of a cultural holiday. I hope to visit some museums, art galleries, taste a bit of the food and the drink, and experience the lifestyle. of Italy.
W: Sounds pretty interesting.
M: Yeah, I've got a whole list of museums and art galleries. And in fact, I'm hiring a car in Milan so I can drive around a bit.
W: That's a good idea. Hiring a car makes it easier to see the city. Well, actually I'm going to have a holiday which is rather different from yours.
M: Where are you going then?
W: Haven't decided yet. I may go to the beach and stay in a small hotel where I can watch the sea. I just want to take it easy, you know.
M: I understand. You've worked too hard this semester. A bit of rest will do you good.
W: That's true. Oh, Gosh! I've got to go now. Have a nice holiday!
M: Thanks. You too! Bye.
What are they talking about?
A. Italian lifestyle.
B. Holiday plans.
C. Living in Italy.
D. Living in foreign countries.
New ice core samples taken from the centre of the Greenland ice-sheet have given a detailed record of the last "interglacial (间冰期)" which rail from about 135,000 to 115,000 years ago. The cores, taken from a depth of 2,780 to 2,870 metres, show that during this peroid the climate oscillated(摆动) between three states instead of remaining in one, as in the whole of recorded human history. The middle state was like our own, but the others were either' much colder or warmer.
Worse, it seems that the climate flipped from one condition to another very rapidly. "It apparently took very little time, perhaps less than a decade or two, to shift between the states," Dr. J.C. W. White of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado wrote earlier this year in the scientific journal, Nature: "We humans have built a remarkable socio-economic system during perhaps the only time when it could be built, when the climate was stable enough to let us develop the agricultural infrastructure(基础设施) required to maintain an advanced society."
We do not know why we have been so blessed. But if the Earth had an operating manual, the chapter on climate might begin with a warning that the system has been adjusted at the factory for optimum comfort-- so don't touch the dials.
Unfortunately, we have been "twidling the knobs (旋钮)" for decades. In December 1995 the official Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change (1PCC. , which represents the work of 2,000 top meteorologists from around the world, concluded that global warming due to human activities is probably already taking place. Global warming sounds deceptively favorable to inhabitants of countries which currently experience harsh winters. In fact, with global warming, the world would struggle to cope with the effects of even a steady, gradual warming. This was spelt out to members of the British Royal Society by Sir John Houghton, chairman both of Britain' s Royal Commission of Environmental Pollution and of one of the main IPCC working groups. Houghton pat forward the IPCC picture of seas flooding much of Egypt, southern China and Bangladesh, making "many millions" of people homeless; of horde's of "environmental refugees" and of wars breaking out over dwidling (becoming gradually smaller) fresh water' supplies, as world rainfall patterns changed.
There is at least a chance that the world could adapt to steady warming if it happened slowly enough. However, many scientists, believe that even this prediction from the IPCC is too cautious.
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The climate in recorded human history has generally remained stable.
B. The climate from about 135,000 to 115,000 years ago was in a extremely cold state.
C. The human race has been lucky to have enjoyed the most favorable period of climate for them to build a socio-economic system.
D. The evidences scientists collected from the ice cores suggest that a civilization can not have arisen in the period from about 135,000 to 115,000.
听力原文: Women who need low-cost legal advice can attend day or evening clinics offered by Claret College's Advisory Services for Women. The clinics, which will be held throughout the spring, are staffed by licensed lawyers and are held at the Claret Women's Center, 345 Maple Street. There is no fee for the first consultation.
Evening clinics are scheduled from 6:00 p. m. to 8:00 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, through June. Daytime clinics are from 9:00 a. m. to noon on the second Wednesday of each month, also through June.
Appointments are required and can be made by calling the Claret Women's Center at (312)555- 1666.
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Anyone who is ill.
B. Women who need the knowledge of law.
C. Both men and women who have problems at work.
D. Female students who have problems at college.
听力原文:W: I've got time to buy a magazine, haven't I?
M :The train is about to leave.
Q: What does the man mean?
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A. The woman can read the magazine on the train.
B. The woman left the magazine in the waiting room.
C. There's no time to buy a magazine.
D. They don't have to pay for the magazine.