听力原文:W: Good morning, sir. Can I help you?
M: I want to make enquiries about leaving my car with you. You see, I'm going abroad. I don't want to take the car but I'll need it when I get back.
W: I see, sir. Well, we can offer you full parking facilities for as long as you wish.
M: Good. I'm going to Paris for about a couple of weeks.
W: Right, so how long do you want to leave the car with us?
M: Well, I'm flying to Paris on the 5th and coming back on the 19th -- that's fourteen days, isn't it?
W: That works out at fifteen days' parking, sir. Let me show you our ,scale of charges. We have a minimum fee of £ 6.50, but for fifteen days it would only cost you £ 24.75.
M: Hmm — fifteen. Ok.
W: Now, if you'll just come this way, sir, we'll complete the booking form. Could I have your name?
M: Brown. Donald Brown.
W: And the make of car, sir?
M: Just a Mini Metro. Look here, this isn't going to take much longer, is it?
W: Only a minute or so, sir. Your departure date is May 5th, I think you said.
M: Yes, yes, the 5th, that's a Friday.
W: Friday, 5th of May. Well, we like our customers to check their cars in here at least twenty minutes before check-in time. We have a minibus to take you to the airport. It's only about ten minutes drive.
M: So, I ought to be here about ten past eleven.
W: It's safer before that. We do get very busy. And you're returning on the 19th?
M: Yes, that's right...
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A. Selling his car.
B. Leaving his car in a parking service company.
C. Having his car serviced.
D. Hiring a car abroad.
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For the past decade, Bill Keaggy, 33, the features photo editor at The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, has been collecting grocery lists and since 1999 has been posting them online at www.grocerylists.org. The collection, which now numbers more than 500 lists, is strangely addictive. The lists elicit twofold curiosity — about the kind of meal the person was planning and the kind of person who would make such a meal. What was the shopper with vodka, lighters, milk and ice cream on his list planning to do with them? In what order would they be consumed? Was it a he or a she? Who had written "Tootie food, kitten chow, bird food stick, toaster scrambles, coffee drinks"? Some shoppers organize their lists by aisle; others start with dairy, go to cleaning supplies and then back to dairy before veering off to Home Depot. A few meticulous ones note the price of every item. One shopper had written in large letters on an envelope, simply, "Milk".
The thin lines of ink and pencil jutting and looping across crinkled and torn pieces of paper have a purely graphic beauty. One of life's most banal duties, viewed through the curatorial lens, can somehow seem pregnant with possibility. It can even appear poetic, as in the list that reads "meat, cigs, buns, treats".
One thing Keaggy discovered is that Dan Quayte is not alone — few people can spell bananas and bagels, let alone potato. One list calls for "suchi" and "strimp" . "Some people pass judgment on the things they buy. " Keaggy says. At the end of one list, the shopper wrote "Bud Light" and then "good beer". Another scribbled "good loaf of white bread". Some pass judgment on themselves, like the shopper who wrote "read, stay home or go somewhere, I act like my morn, go to Kentucky, underwear, lemon. "People send messages to one another, too. Buried in one list is this statement: "If you buy more rice, I'll punch you. "And plenty of shoppers, like the one with both ice cream and diet pills on the list, reveal their vices.
What would people usually do with their grocery list after shopping?
A. Buying what it is scrawled on the paper.
B. Recording the shorthand of where we shop.
C. Throwing it into the dustbin.
D. Posting it on the Internet.
A.Farming without using chemicals.B.Farming using machines.C.Farming using chemicals.D
A. Farming without using chemicals.
B. Farming using machines.
C. Farming using chemicals.
D. Keeping cows and sheep.
The Importance of Just Being There
"What's the most important thing you've done in your life?" The question was put to me during a presentation I gave to a group of young lawyers.
The answer came to mc in an instant. It's not the one I gave, because the setting wasn't right. As a lawyer in the entertainment industry, I knew the audience wanted to hear some amusing stories about my work with well-known persons. But here's the true answer, the one that leapt from the bottom of my memory.
My real experience
The most important thing I've ever done occurred on October 8, 1990. It was my mother's 65th birthday, and I was back home for a family celebration. I began the day playing tennis with a secondary-school friend I hadn't seen for a while. During the breaks, we talked about what had been happening in each other' s lives. He and his wife had just had a baby boy, who was keeping them up at night.
What happened to the baby boy of my friend's?
While we were playing, a car came screaming up the road toward the courts. It was my friend's father, who shouted to my friend that his baby had stopped breathing and was being rushed to the hospital. In a flash 'my friend was in the car and gone, disappearing in a cloud of dust. Why did I hesitate?
For a moment I just stood there, too shocked to think of anything to do. Then I tried to figure out what I should do. Follow my friend to the hospital? There was nothing I could accomplish there, I convinced myself. My friend' s son was in the care of doctors and nurses, and nothing I could do or say would affect the outcome. Be there for moral support? Well, maybe. But my friend and his wife both had large families, and I knew they'd be surrounded by relatives who would provide more than enough comfort and support, whatever happened. All I could do at the hospital, I decided, was to get in the way. Also, I had planned a full day with my family, who were waiting for me to get home. So I decided to head back to my parents' house and check in with my friend later.
What caused my final decision?
As I started my rental car, I realized that my friend had left his truck and keys at the courts. I now faced another problem. I couldn't leave the keys in the truck. But if I locked the truck and took the keys, what would I do with them? I could leave them at his house, but with no paper on me to leave a note, how would he know I had done that? Reluctantly I decided to drive by the hospital and give him the keys.
What was the unexpected effect?
When I arrived, I was directed to a room where my friend and his wife were waiting. As I had thought, the room was filled with family members silently watching my friend comfort his wife. t slipped in and stood by the door, trying to decide what to do next. Soon a doctor appeared. He approached my friend and his wife, and in a quiet voice told them that their son had died, the victim of sudden infant death syndrome (综合症).
For what seemed an eternity the two held each other and cried, unaware of the rest of us standing around in pained, astonished silence. After they had calmed themselves, the doctor suggested they might want to spend a few moments with their son.
My friend and his wife stood up and walked numbly (麻木地) past their family. When they reached the door, my friend' s wife saw me standing in the corner. She came over and hugged me and started to cry. My friend hugged mc, too, and mid, "Thanks for being here."
For the rest of that morning, I sat in the emergency room of that hospital and watched my friend and his wife hold the body of their infant son, and say good-bye.
An unintentional deed, instructive lessons
It's the most important thing I have ever done.
The experience taught me three lessons.
First: The most important thing I've ever done ha
A. Y
B. N
C. NG
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
听力原文:M: I agree with your proposal at the meeting this morning, it was a good one.
W: You should have backed me up then, when I needed it.
Q: What did the woman mean?
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A. Her back hurt during the meeting.
B. She agreed that it was a good meeting.
C. His support would have helped this morning.
D. The proposal should be sent back