President Fidel Castro holds talks today with Canadian _______.
A.officials
B.Foreign Minister
C.Prime Minister
D.President
Dentists today may specialize in one or more areas. Two common ones are oral surgery and dental public health. Oral surgery focuses (148) treating diseases and problems through operations. Dental public health concentrates on improving the dental health of a community. For example, these dentists (149) to schools to teach children how to brush their teeth. Some dentists work only in their specialty areas while others do both general and specialty work.
(47)
A.will attend
B.attending
C.to attend
D.attend
听力原文: The media is a general word for radio, television, film, newspapers, magazines and books. These are all ways to communicate with a large number of people in a very short time. Since the arrival of radio, and television in particular, the world has been getting smaller.
Today by using satellites which go round the Earth, television can reach about 2.5 billion people. An international sports event like the Olympic Games is sent live into the homes of half the people in the world. News pictures of wars and disasters such as earthquakes are seen immediately by people in safe, comfortable homes on the other side of the world. This can change the way people act and think—it can even change the way governments act. For example, in the sixties the terrible news pictures from Vietnam turned the American people against the war there, and in the end the U.S. government had to bring home the troops.
(33)
A.Radio.
B.Television.
C.Newspapers.
D.Books and magazines.
Historic Downtown Hastings, Minnesota
Early businesses in Hastings were located along the rail line. By 1908 the downtown was beginning to take on an aura of permanency, with brick buildings and important businesses such as a bank, hotel and general store.
These commercial buildings have been turned into fashionable clothing stores and cafes. Today, the Emerald clothing shop and the Miramax Cafe are two of beautifully preserved storefronts that attract hundreds of visitors daily.
In addition to great shopping and delicious food, the Hastings Theater, which has just re-opened after a major renovation project, is located here. The Museum of Photography will open this fall, bringing more of the arts to historic Hastings.
Call the Hastings Theater at (717) 334-6120 for information about show schedules and prices.
What is the purpose of this brochure?
A.To give the history of the city of Hastings
B.To encourage people to visit Hastings
C.To announce the opening of several new stores
D.To compare different architecture styles
C
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B
People today expect to be examined when. they enter a doctor's office. At least they expect
their blood pressure and temperature to be measured. However, as recently as two hundred years ago, a doctor's treatment depended on talking with patients. In general, the communication be-tween doctors and their patients was the most important part of medical methods. The modern age of medicine began with the stethoscope, an instrument for listening to patients' heartbeat and breathing. Before that, a doctor did not touch a patient. In fact, there was no such thing as a med ical examination.
The stethoscope-with all other medical instruments-has a serious effect on the practice of
medicine. Doctors become better at finding the medical problems. More lives are saved. At the
same time, doctors give less importance to the communication between patients and doctors. Some doctors actually stop talking to their patients. It is easy to understand why some sick people thought themselves as broken machines.
61. A stethoscope can be used to _________
[A] check health conditions
[B] cure some illnesses
[C]measure temperature
[D] treat heart disease
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What is the goal of the organization?
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This advertisement aims at calling on people to______.
A.attend full-time universities
B.work part time to further their education
C.improve their education at home to get better jobs
D.earn their degrees in different ways that suit them
Today's trumpet (小号) is one of the world's oldest instruments. It is the result of many centuries of development. Although it looks nothing like its ancestors, there are many similarities. All trumpets are hollow tubes. They are all blown. And they all use the player's lips to produce the basic sound.
The trumpet developed as players and makers worked to improve its design, size, shape, material and method of construction. They wanted to create an instrument that would produce a beautiful and attractive tone, enable the performer to play all the notes of the scale, extend the range higher and lower, make it possible to play more difficult music, and in general, be easier to play well. The remarkable way in which the modern trumpet achieves these goals is a measure of the success of all those who struggled to perfect this glorious instrument.
The trumpet is actually the leading member of an entire family of related instruments. There are trumpets of several different sizes, and in several different keys.
The trumpet is a link to many different periods of history and to people of many cultures. From the use of trumpets in ancient religious ceremonies to the part they play in modern rock bands, the trumpet family of instruments has much to tell about civilization and its development.
It can be inferred from the passage that ______ is needed to make the trumpet work.
A.air pressure
B.daily cleaning
C.keen eyesight
D.longer fingers
What will be shown on TV on May 5th?
A.A science fiction cartoon.
B.A scientific program.
C.A movie about dreaming.
D.A drama set in Hong Kong.
Cuba's National Assembly president opened the debate at the United Nations by announcing Havana's new legal campaign against the US embargo. Ricardo Allorcon said his country will Erie a US $ 100 billion law suit against Washington. The case seeks compensation for the enormous suffering inflicted by the 37-year-old economic blockade on the Cuban people. After the debate, the UN General Assembly voted 155 to 2 to demand an end to the sanctions for the eighth straight year. Only the US and Israel opposed the resolution. Washington's key allies, Japan, Canada and the European Union supported the calls for the lifting of the blockade. Washington has ignored the non-binding UN resolutions, insisting its embargo is a bilateral trade policy towards Cuba.
In Bogota, Columbia, today, a mass of car bomb, packed with shrapnel, exploded on a busy street. Eight people are dead, forty-five others injured. Police believe that drug lords put the bomb there, angry that the government is sending suspected narcotics traffickers to the United States for trial.
Questions:
6.What is the American government referred to as in the news?
7.How much does Cuba ask for from America as compensation in this law suit?
8.Why does America ignore the UN's resolution?
9.How many people were killed and injured in the car bomb in Bogota, Columbia?
10.What is the suspected reason for the accident according to the police?
(26)
A.U.S. government.
B.Washington.
C.National Assembly.
D.General Assembly.