You may meet Americans who know very little about your country。 If this（1）the case, be patient with them. Unfortunately， little is taught about the cultures or customs of other countries in America schools. The United States has always been separated from older countries by the vast oceans to the East and West of the country. As a（2） Americans have not become so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things as is often the case in older countries. If Americans try to help you（3）something that is very familiar to you,if they mistake your country for another of thousands of kilometers away,be patient with them。 The United States has developed into a modern nation in a very short time（4）with many other countries—only about 300 years. Americans have been very busy with growth of the country， with building roads and cities, establishing free education for millions of children, and making inventions， discoveries, and developments to benefit the whole world. The Nation's attention has been on the United States,not on the world, during most of this（5）period.It is only since World War Two （1939-1945） that Americans have been more interested in other parts of the World。1.A. withB. comparedC. resultD.300-yearE. is2.A. withB. comparedC. resultD.300-yearE. is3.A. withB. comparedC. resultD.300-yearE. is4.A. withB. comparedC. resultD.300-yearE. is5.A. withB. comparedC. resultD.300-yearE. is

第1题

听力原文：In America today, books with suggestions on how to do things are very popular. Th

听力原文： In America today, books with suggestions on how to do things are very popular. There are about four to five thousand books with rifles that begin with the words "How To", One book may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away.

Some "How To" books tell you how to find a job and how to succeed at it. If you fail, however, you can get a book called How to Turn Failure into Success. If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book How to Make a Million. If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called How to Live on Nothing.

One of the most popular types of books is one that helps people with their private problems. If you are unhappy with your life, you can read How to Love Every Minute of Your Life. If you are tried of books on happiness, you may prefer a book called How to Get Yourself in Trouble. There is even a hook about how to take your own life.

Why are "How To" books in great demand in the United States？

A．Because the rich do not always satisfy.

B．Because many people read books only for pleasure.

C．Because these books help Americans out of trouble.

D．Because the books meet the needs of different readers.

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第2题

听力原文： In America today, books with suggestions on how to do things are very popular. T

here are about four to five thousand books with titles that begin with the words "How To". One book may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away.

Some "How To" books tell you how to find a job and how to succeed at it. If you fail, however, you can get a book called How to Turn Failure into Success. If you would like to be come very rich, you can buy the book How to Make a Million. If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called How to Live on Nothing.

One of the Most popular types of books is one that helps people with their private problems. If you are unhappy with your life, you can read How to Love Every Minute of Your Life. If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer a book called How to Make Yourself into Trouble. There is even a book about how to take your own life.

Why are "How To" books in great demand in the United States？

A．Because the rich do not always satisfy.

B．Because many people read books only for pleasure.

C．Because these books help Americans out of trouble.

D．Because the books meet the needs of different readers.

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第3题

In an ordinary mirror your right eye stares at your right eye and your left eye at your le

ft eye--the opposite of the right-left, left-right connection we employ for assessing one another in the wild. The image in a True Mirror (which shows what you look like to others) can come as something of a shock. You tend to look the way you do in photographs, which for many people is also a shock. (This is the flip side (反面) of the start you sometimes get when looking at the reflected image of someone you are accustomed to seeing in person.) A newspaper headline held up to a True Mirror doesn't appear backward--it reads just fine. But your own face may seem oddly asymmetrical. Facial mannerisms nurtured in front of a normal mirror may in a True Mirror be revealed in a different light. "It is a wholly new view for many," the True Mirror's promotional literature concedes, "and not surprisingly, some don't like or feel uncomfortable with the new look."

Another issue: in a True Mirror you seem to have far less control over the figure in the glass than you do in a normal mirror. If you turn to the right in front of a normal mirror, the image turns with you and ends up facing in the same direction, completing the visual palindrome (回文). In a True Mirror the image faces the other way, as if you were about to begin pacing off for a duel with yourself; and when you take a step, the image steps away from you. In a normal mirror your reflected finger comes out to meet your real one until they touch, like Michelangelo's God and Adam. In a True Mirror the reflected finger comes at you from the other side of the glass, as if pointed by the other hand. Ordinarily, you have no difficulty looking at a normal mirror and guiding your hand to an object reflected in it. Try this with a True Mirror, and your grasp will prove errant. Shaving becomes a blood sport. If all the review mirrors in America's cars were suddenly replaced by True Mirrors, there could be a very special episode of ER (美国电视剧《急诊室》).

In an ordinary mirror your right eye stares at your right eye and your left eye at your left eye--the opposite of the right-left, left-right connection we employ for assessing one another in the wild. The image in a True Mirror (which shows what you look like to others) can come as something of a shock. You tend to look the way you do in photographs, which for many people is also a shock. (This is the flip side (反面) of the start you sometimes get when looking at the reflected image of someone you are accustomed to seeing in person.) A newspaper headline held up to a True Mirror doesn't appear backward--it reads just fine. But your own face may seem oddly asymmetrical. Facial mannerisms nurtured in front of a normal mirror may in a True Mirror be revealed in a different light. "It is a wholly new view for many," the True Mirror's promotional literature concedes, "and not surprisingly, some don't like or feel uncomfortable with the new look."

Another issue: in a True Mirror you seem to have far less control over the figure in the glass than you do in a normal mirror. If you turn to the right in front of a normal mirror, the image turns with you and ends up facing in the same direction, completing the visual palindrome (回文). In a True Mirror the image faces the other way, as if you were about to begin pacing off for a duel with yourself; and when you take a step, the image steps away from you. In a normal mirror your reflected finger comes out to meet your real one until they touch, like Michelangelo's God and Adam. In a True Mirror the reflected finger comes at you from the other side of the glass, as if pointed by the other hand. Ordinarily, you have no difficulty looking at a normal mirror and guiding your hand to an object reflected in it. Try this with a True Mirror, and your grasp will prove errant. Shaving becomes a blood sport. If all the review mirrors in America's cars were suddenly replaced by True Mirrors,

A．as reflected in water

B．what we look like to others

C．in photographs

D．in a True Mirror

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第4题

The National Park ServiceAmerica's national parks are like old friends. You may not see th

The National Park Service

America's national parks are like old friends. You may not see them for years at a time, but just knowing they're out there makes you feel better. Hearing the names of these famous old friends--Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon--revives memories of visits past and promotes dreams of those still to come.

From Acadia to Zion, 369 national parks are part of a continually evolving system. Ancient fossil beds, Revolutionary War battlefields, magnificent mountain ranges, and monuments to heroic men and women who molded this country are all a part of our National Park System (NPS). The cafe and preservation for future generations of these special places is entrusted to the National Park Service. Uniformed Rangers, the most visible representatives of the Service, not only offer park visitors a friendly wave, a helpful answer, or a thought-provoking history lesson, but also are skilled rescuers, firefighters, and dedicated resource protection professionals. The National Park Service ranks also include architects, historians, archaeologists, biologists, and a host of other experts who preserve and protect everything from George Washington's teeth to Thomas Edison's wax recordings.

Modern society has brought the National Park Service both massive challenges and enormous opportunities. Satellite and computer technologies are expanding the educational possibilities of a national park beyond its physical boundaries. Cities struggling to revive their urban cores are turning to the Park Service for expert assistance to preserve their cultural heritage, create pocket parks and green spaces, and re-energize local economies: Growing communities thirsty for recreational outlets are also working with the NPS to turn abandoned railroad tracks into bike and hiking trails, as well as giving unused federal property new life as recreation centers.

To help meet these challenges and take advantage of these opportunities, the National Park Service has formed partnerships--some dating back 100 years, some only months old--with other agencies, state and local governments, corporations, American Indian tribes and Alaska Natives, Park Friends groups, cooperating associations, private organizations, community groups and individuals who share the National Park ethic.

National Park Week 1996 is a celebration of these partnerships.

Why are America's national parks like old friends？

A．Because they are always out there.

B．Because they are very old.

C．Because they make people feel better.

D．Because they are very famous.

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第5题

听力原文：Thinh: Hello.Jane: Oh, hi there!Thinh: Please allow me to introduce myself. My na

听力原文：Thinh: Hello.

Jane: Oh, hi there!

Thinh: Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Thinh Nguyen and I am new to this neighborhood.

Jane: Pleased to meet you. My name is Jane Peters. Did you just move in next door？

Thinh: Yes, I did. Have you lived here long？

Jane: Me？ I guess so. I've lived here for about six years now. Have you lived in America very long？

Thinh: No. Not really. When I left Vietnam and came to America I lived with a cousin in Dallas for two years. Where do you work, Jane？

Jane: I teach mathematics at Willow Springs community college. What do you do？

Thinh: I am a mechanic at Allied Diesel. I repair truck engines. And my wife works at Whitfield County hospital.

Jane: Well, Thinh, it was good to meet you. I have to go now. I'm teaching a class this evening and I need to get to the college.

Thinh: It was good to meet you, too, Jane.

Jane: Yes, it was good to meet you.

Jane：See you around!

Thinh and Lan：Good-bye，Jane!

(20)

A．Jane's colleage.

B．Jane's landlord.

C．Jane's student.

D．Jane's neighbor.

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第6题

根据短文回答 41～45 题。 The National Park service America's national parks are like o

根据短文回答 41～45 题。

The National Park service

America's national parks are like old friends。You may not so e them for years at a time。but just knowing they're out there makes you feel better.Hearing the names of these famous old friends-Yosemite,Yellowstone,Grand Canyon-revives memories of visits past and promotes dreams of those still to come.

From Acadia to Zion。369 national parks are part of a continually evolving system. Ancient fossil(化石的)beds,Revolutionary War battlefields,magnificent mountain ranges,and monuments to heroic men and women who molded this country are all a part of our National Park System(NPS).The care and preservation for future generations of these special places is entrusted(托管)to the National Park Service.Uniformed Rangers,the most visible representatives of the Service,not only offer park visitors a friendly wave,a helpful answer or a thought-provoking history lesson,but also are skilled rescuers,firefighters,and dedicated resource protection professionals(专业人员).The National Park Service ranks also include architects,historians,archaeologists,biologists,and a host of other expels who preserve and protect everything from George Washington's teeth to Thomas Edison's wax recordings.

Modern society has brought the National Park Service both massive challenges and enormous opportunities.Satellite and computer technologies are expanding the

educational possibilities of a national park beyond its physical boundaries.Cities struggling to revive their urban cores are turning to the Park Service for expert assistance to preserve their cultural heritage, create pocket parks and green spaces, and re-energize local economies. Growing communities thirsty for recreationally outets are also working with the NPS to turn abandoned railroad tracks into bike and hiking trails, as well as giving unused federal property new life as recreation centers.

To help meet these challenges and take advantage of these opportunities the National Park Service has formed partnerships-some dating back 100 years, some only months old-with other agencies, state and local governments, corporations, American Indian tribes and Alaska Natives, Park Fiends groups, cooperating associations, private organizations and commonly groups.

第 41 题 Why are America's national parks like old friends？（）

A．Because knowing they are there makes you happier

B．Because they are very old

C．Because they are tourist attractions

D．Because they are very famous

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第7题

The first 30 seconds are the most critical because______.A．you have to make your complete

The first 30 seconds are the most critical because______.

A．you have to make your complete sales presentation in that time

B．the prospect may not have enough time to talk to you

C．if you don’t have a good beginning your chances of failure are higher

D．you may be nervous when you meet the prospect

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第8题

听力原文：Thinh: Hello.Jane:Oh, hi there!Thinh: Please allow me to introduce myself. My nam

听力原文：Thinh: Hello.

Jane: Oh, hi there!

Thinh: Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Thinh Nguyen and I am new to this neighborhood.

Jane: Pleased to meet you. My name is Jane Peters. Did you just move in next door？

Thinh: Yes, I did. Have you lived here long？

Jane: Me？ I guess so. I've lived here for about six years now. Have you lived in America very long？

Thinh: No. Not really. When I left Vietnam and came to America I lived with a cousin in Dallas for two years. Where do you work, Jane？

Jane: I teach mathematics at Willow Springs community college. What do you do？

Thinh: I am a mechanic at Allied Diesel. I repair truck engines. And my wife works at Whitfield County hospital.

Jane: Well, Thinh, it was good to meet you. I have to go now. I'm teaching a class this evening and I need to get to the college.

Thinh: It was good to meet you, too, Jane.

Jane: Yes, it was good to meet you.

Jane：See you around!

Thinh and Lan：Good-bye，Jane!

(20)

A．Jane's colleage.

B．Jane's landlord.

C．Jane's student.

D．Jane's neighbor.

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第9题

What can you infer from the interview about the presidential election in America？A．Most vo

What can you infer from the interview about the presidential election in America？

A．Most voters don"t like Israel.

B．Mr. Obama may lose the election if he attacks Iran.

C．Voters want a president that seems adamant on the Iranian nuclear issue.

D．Benjamin Netanyahu is a warmonger.

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第10题

听力原文：I'm sorry, I'm late. But I was waiting for you at the information desk upstairs.

It's lucky I thought you may be here on the platform.

Where did the speaker think they were supposed to meet？

A．On the platform.

B．On the train.

C．Near the stairs.

D．At the information desk.

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第11题

听力原文：W: You leave your house at 7:15 and then you'll be there at 7: 30.M: But that may

听力原文：W: You leave your house at 7:15 and then you'll be there at 7: 30.

M: But that may be a bit late if we want to be sure of get ting good seats. It's better to leave at 7: 00.

When will they meet？

A．At 7:00.

B．At 7:30.

C．At 7:15.

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