According to the speaker, what are the most important reasons for students'absence in American city schools?
A. Illness and poor academic performance.
B. Illness and truancy.
C. Physical punishment and truancy.
D. Physical punishment and poor academic performance.
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听力原文: American researchers say cutting down trees in snow regions might help counter the effects of global warming. The findings highlight the complexity of the planet as it'd previously been understood that mass deforestation contributed to global warming. It's been a woe cry for environmentalists in recent years "Mass deforestation contributes to global warming." But that argument may now have to be revised. Scientists in the United States have run a simulation of the effects of large-scale clearing. And they find that if trees were to be cut down in the icy northern regions, it would actually cool down the Earth. The reason: snow reflects sunlight and the great pine forests of Russia, Europe and Canada shade tens of thousands of hectares of reflective snow.
What might help control global warming according to American researchers?
A. Planting more trees.
B. Cutting down trees in snow regions.
C. Melting snow.
D. Growing flowers of a certain species.
A million motorists leave their cars filled up with petrol and with the keys in the ignition every day. The vehicles are sitting in petrol stations while drivers pay for their fuel. The Automobile Association (AA) has discovered that cars are left unattended for an average three minutes—and sometimes considerably longer—as drivers buy drinks, sweets, cigarettes and other consumer items—and then pay at the cash till. With payment by credit card more and more common, it is not unusual for a driver to be out of his car for as long as six minutes, providing the car thief with a golden opportunity.
In an exclusive AA survey, carried out at a busy garage on a main road out of London, 300 motorists were questioned over three days of the holiday period. Twenty four percent admitted that they "always" or "sometimes" leave the keys in their cars. This means that nationwide, a million cars daily become easy targets for the opportunist thief.
For more than ten years there has been a bigger rise in car crime than in most other types of crime. An average of more than two cars a minute are broken into, vandalized or stolen in the UK. Car crime accounts for almost a third of all reported offences with no signs that the trend is slowing down.
Although there are highly professional criminals involved in car theft, almost 90 percent of car crime is committed by the opportunist. Amateur thieves are aided by our own carelessness. When AA engineers surveyed on town center car park last year, ten percent of the cars checked were unlocked, a figure backed by a Home Office national survey that found 12 percent of drivers sometimes left their cars unlocked. The AA recommends locking up whenever you leave the car—and for however short a period. A partially open sun-roof or window is a further come-on to thieves.
There are many other traps to avoid. The Home Office has found little awareness among drivers about safe parking. Most motorists questioned made no efforts to avoid parking in quiet spots away from street lights—just the places thieves love. The AA advises drivers to park in places with people around—thieves don't like audiences. Leaving valuables in view is an invitation to the criminals. A Manchester probationary service research project, which interviewed almost 100 car thieves last year, found many would investigate a coat thrown on a seat. Never leave any documents showing your home address in the car. If you have a garage, use it and lock it—a garaged car is at substantially less risk.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. The use of credit cards may increase the risk of car theft.
B. It is advised that the drivers take car keys with them.
C. Most cars are stolen by professional thieves.
D. The AA advises that motorists leave their cars locked.
【C2】
A. walk out
B. open
C. go through
D. close
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文:W: Dad !
M: Uh, what?
W: The movie is over. You slept through the best part.
M: Ah, I must have dozed off during the last few minutes.
W: Right. You were gone for so long you should have brought your pillow and blanket. So, what did you think about it?
M: Well, overall, I'm a little disappointed with the movie. I mean, the story was a little bizarre, you have to admit. I mean, really. How believable is a plot about a captain who navigates his spaceship to the far reaches of the galaxy and encounters a race of frog people. I mean, come on.
W: Ah, I thought it was fantastic. I mean, you have to admit that the special effects were awesome, and the acting wasn't had either.
M: Ah, come on. What about the ship's communications officer? I mean, what did you think about him? Well... Wasn't he a little weird to you? He was always talking to himself, and he had that funny hairdo?
W: Well, he was a little unusual, but the ship's doctor was amazing. It was so cool when he brought the captain back to life during one of the battles.
M: That was pretty realistic, but then the rest of the movie just went from bad to worse. And the photography was so fake!
W: How do you know? You were snoring so loud the neighbors probably had to close their windows. It was that bad. M: Ah, well, let's go to bed.
What is one word to describe the father's opinion about the movie's storyline?
A. interesting
B. fantastic
C. absurd
D. exciting