Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
People can be addicted to different things—e. g., alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television. People who have such ail addiction are compulsive; i.e., they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people axe compulsive spenders. They feel that they must spend money. This compulsion, like most others, is irrational—impossible to explain reasonably. For compulsive spenders who buy on credit. Charge accounts are even more exciting than money. In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending enormous mounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy.
There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, of ten buy things that they don't need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game. When they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior. a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason.
It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also businesspeople. Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business: They consider people's needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods.
Psychologists often use a method called "behavior. therapy" to help individuals solve their personality problems. In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money.
According to the psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money ______.
A. and takes great pleasure from what he or she buys
B. in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in life
C. just to meet his or her strong psychological need
D. entirely with an irrational eagerness
听力原文:M: What do you want me to get? I'm ready to go now.
W: Pick up a detective story by Agatha Christie for me, please, and some bananas and potatoes if they are nice.
Q: Where is the man probably going?
(14)
A. To the bookstore.
B. To the fresh fruit shop.
C. To the vegetable shop.
D. To the supermarket.
Using Your Tumble-Drier(滚筒烘干式洗衣机)
Controls Timer(计时器)Control
To operate the drier, close the door and turn the timer control to the required. The timer can be set to any time up to 120 minutes and can be reset at any time as required to increased or reduced the time to dry, but in doing so the timer knob (旋钮) must only be turned clockwise. Turning the timer backwards will cause damage and it must therefore be turned forwards even to reach the "off" position. The timer is electrically driven and will therefore only advance when there is power supplied to the drier and the drier door is closed. The time indicated on the timer includes approximately 10 minutes of tumble of tumble with the heat off. Note that the driver (主动轮) should never be turned off leaving the clothes in the drum without first completing the heat-off cool-down period.
Heat Control
There are two levels of heat which may be selected by setting the control to (low) or(high). Many materials may be dried using high but pay particular attention to setting the control to low heat for the materials mentioned under "Drying Times" below.
Automatic Door Switch
The drier will stop when the door is opened and will restart when the door is closed, allowing items to be added or taken from the drier without the need to reset the controls.
Before Tumbling
Never over spin easy-care fabrics in your automatic washing machine or spin-drier, and always follow the washing instructions given on the Care Label attached to the garment. Easy-care and synthetic fabrics dry quickly in a tumble-drier and many of them will not need ironing if they are dried in small loads. It is important to remove them from the tumble-drier as soon as the drier stops after the cool down period to avoid causing unnecessary creasing(皱褶).
Fabric Conditioner
Conditioner added to the final rinse(漂洗)in your washing machine will give even more softness to all fabrics and is invaluable for reducing the static electricity which causes fabrics containing synthetic fibers to cling and attract dirt.
After Tumbling
All clothes lose lint(碎线头)as they wear. When clothes are hung on a washing line the lint is blown away by wind. In a tumble-drier it is collected in the lint filter. The door incorporates a mesh (网眼) lint filter which is removed by lifting out vertically. It is essential to remove the lint from the filter every time the drier is used. Failure to do this will result in poor drying performance and may lead to mechanical or electrical breakdown.
Making up Loads
Maximum loads
Cottons and linens 3kg (6.5 lb) dry weight
Synthetic fabrics 1kg (2 lb) for minimum creasing or
Cotton and viscose(黏胶织物)with 2 kg if creasing is unimportant
Special finishes
Clothes should be sorted into loads of similar fabrics before drying. Towels and other cotton items which do not need ironing can be fully dried and these will be ready to store or wear as soon as they are taken from the drier. Cotton which needs ironing can be dried to a suitable dampness by reducing times suggested by approximately one quarter. Heavy fabrics should be dried separately from lightweight fabrics as a general role. Very bulky large items which do not tumble should not be dried in a tumble-drier.
Drying Times
These will depend on the size of the load, the type of fabric and the wetness of the load. It is not therefore possible to give exact drying times to cover all the variables, but experience will enable you to set the time for fully drying or damp drying as required.
This passage gives instructions in using the tumble-drier.
A. Y
B. N
C. NG
听力原文:M: Don't feel so bad about yourself. It happens. You don't really mean you want to quit this job, do you?
W: Well, I sure want to. But I have a big family to support, maybe I'd better give it a second thought.
Q: What is the woman going to do?
(17)
A. Find a second job as a supplement.
B. Come back again to apply for the same job.
C. Think about whether she will really resign or not.
D. Apply for an additional part-time job.