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听力原文:F: What do you and your friends usually do?
M: We get together from time to time, do some sports, go out traveling and have some fun.
F: What do you think is most important in friendship?
M: Well, I believe honesty is most important. I think friends should be truthful to each other.
F: Yes, I agree with you. Then, what do you expect from friends?
M: Friendship, of course. Let me put it in another way. I think friendship means a lot to me. It means understanding and help. Sometimes understanding is more important than help.
F: And what do you do for your friends?
M: I will help my friends whenever he is in need. As the saying goes, a friend in need is a friend indeed.
F: Do you believe that we should do everything for our friends?
M: No, I am afraid I don't. It depends on what my friends need me to do. I will not do anything illegal or immoral. After all, friends are those who care for you, stand by you, help you and make you better.
What does the man often do with his friends?
A.Climb mountains.
B.Travel around.
C.Go out for a picnic.
How foolish it is______her to believe ______such a man's honesty!
A.of... in
B.for.., in
C.for.., on
D.of... on
When should oral promises only be accepted?
A.When your lawyer confirms the honesty of the salesperson.
B.When you know the salesperson personally and believe their words.
C.When money is not involved.
D.When they are accompanied by a written agreement.
A.They are afraid of leaving behind traces of their lies.
B.They believe that honesty is the best policy.
C.They tend to be relaxed when using those media.
D.They are most practised at those forms of communication.
Days after days my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrung with our once-proud American way of life. It has happened in the area of values. A key ingredient is disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability.
Accountability isn't hard to define. It means that every person is responsible for his or her actions and liable for their consequences.
Of the many values that hold civilization together—honesty, kindness, and so on— accountability may be the most important of all. Without it, there can be no respect, no trust, no law—and, ultimately, no society.
My job as a police officer is to impose accountability on people who refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external controls on people's behavior. are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.
Fortunately there are still communities—smaller towns, usually—where schools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that proclaim: "In this family certain things are not tolerated—they simply are not done!"
Yet more and more, especially in our larger suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enrage him.
The main cause of this break-down is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, it's the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didn't teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didn't provide a stable home.
I don't believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything.
We in America desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.
What the wise man said suggests that
A.it's unnecessary for good people to do anything in face of evil.
B.it's certain that evil will prevail if good men do nothing about it.
C.it's only natural for virtue to defeat evil.
D.it's desirable for good men to keep away from evil.
听力原文:M: I'm both excited and nervous about the job interview this afternoon.
W: Take it easy. Just wear tidy and clean clothes and responsed truthfully to inquiries. Remember, honesty is the best policy.
Q: What do we learn about the man?
(18)
A.He is nervous about the exam.
B.He is looking for a job.
C.He doesn't dare to tell lies.
D.He doesn't know how to answer the questions.
I can hardly believe it, it's amazing.
A.over and over
B.unconscious
C.unreliable
D.incredible
Your explanation ______reasonable, but I'm not sure I believe it.
A.hears
B.listens to
C.sounds
I can hardly believe it, it’s amazing.
A.over and over
B.unconscious
C.unreliable
D.incredible