听力题Were you the first or last child in your family

听力题 There are many reasons why family life in Britain changed so much in the last fifty years. The liberation of women in the early part of the twentieth century and the social economic effects of World War II had a great impact on traditional family life. Women became essential to industry and professions. During the war they had worked in factories and proved their worth, now, with the loss of million of men, their services were indispensable to the nation. More recently, great advances in scientific knowledge, and particularly in medicine, have had enormous social consequences. Children are better cared for and are healthier. Infant death rate is low. Above all, parents can now plan the size of their family if they wish through more effective means of birth control. Different attitudes to religion, authority and tradition generally have also greatly contributed to changes in family life. But these developments have affected all aspects of society. It is particularly interesting to note that the concept of "the family" as a social unit has survived all these challenges. There are many reasons why family life in Britain changed so much in the last fifty years. The liberation of women in the early part of the twentieth century and the social economic effects of World War II had a great impact on traditional family life. Women became essential to industry and professions. During the war they had worked in factories and proved their worth, now, with the loss of million of men, their services were indispensable to the nation. More recently, great advances in scientific knowledge, and particularly in medicine, have had enormous social consequences. Children are better cared for and are healthier. Infant death rate is low. Above all, parents can now plan the size of their family if they wish through more effective means of birth control. Different attitudes to religion, authority and tradition generally have also greatly contributed to changes in family life. But these developments have affected all aspects of society. It is particularly interesting to note that the concept of "the family" as a social unit has survived all these challenges.

听力题 Florida International University has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States. You don''t have to visit the university to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone. You call the telephone number of a university computer and connect your own computer to it. All of the art is stored in the school computer. It is computer art, created electronically by artist on their own computers. In only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings. Robert Shostak is director of the new computer museum. He says he started the museum because computer artists had no place to show their work and he just wants to help them to some extent. A computer artist could only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs, to others to see on their computers. He could also put his pictures on paper. But to print good pictures on paper, the computer artist needed an expensive laser printer. Florida International University has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States. You don''t have to visit the university to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone. You call the telephone number of a university computer and connect your own computer to it. All of the art is stored in the school computer. It is computer art, created electronically by artist on their own computers. In only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings. Robert Shostak is director of the new computer museum. He says he started the museum because computer artists had no place to show their work and he just wants to help them to some extent. A computer artist could only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs, to others to see on their computers. He could also put his pictures on paper. But to print good pictures on paper, the computer artist needed an expensive laser printer.

听力题 What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear. We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent. Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as "That was a very clever thing you did." or "You are such a smart child." What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear. We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent. Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as "That was a very clever thing you did." or "You are such a smart child."

听力题M: Hi, Jane...Say, are you OK

听力题W: Everyone seems to be talking about climate change these days! M: I''m not surprised. It''s all these greenhouse gases—that''s what''s causing the problem! W: What are the greenhouse gases? M: You know, carbon dioxide, which comes mainly from the burning of fossil fuels, such as oil, gas and coal. W: I''ve never understood why that''s a problem. M: Evidently these gases build up in the earth''s atmosphere, and trap the heat from the sun. W: And so this heat is warming the planet? M: Exactly! W: Well, isn''t that good news? I hate these cold winters we get! M: Yes. But what''s good for you here may not be so good for people elsewhere in the world. For the average world temperatures could rise. That can have a huge effect on local climates and ecosystems around the world. W: So you really think that these floods we''ve seen in the news could be caused by global warming? M: Sure! And also the droughts and the storms. W: So what can we do about it? M: It''s not realistic to stop using fossil fuels today. But we can start trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. W: And look for alternative sources of energy too, of course! W: Everyone seems to be talking about climate change these days! M: I''m not surprised. It''s all these greenhouse gases—that''s what''s causing the problem! W: What are the greenhouse gases? M: You know, carbon dioxide, which comes mainly from the burning of fossil fuels, such as oil, gas and coal. W: I''ve never understood why that''s a problem. M: Evidently these gases build up in the earth''s atmosphere, and trap the heat from the sun. W: And so this heat is warming the planet? M: Exactly! W: Well, isn''t that good news? I hate these cold winters we get! M: Yes. But what''s good for you here may not be so good for people elsewhere in the world. For the average world temperatures could rise. That can have a huge effect on local climates and ecosystems around the world. W: So you really think that these floods we''ve seen in the news could be caused by global warming? M: Sure! And also the droughts and the storms. W: So what can we do about it? M: It''s not realistic to stop using fossil fuels today. But we can start trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. W: And look for alternative sources of energy too, of course!

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听力题 Today I want to help you with a study reading method known as SQ3R. The letters stand for five steps in the reading (36) 1: Survey, Question, Read, Review, Recite. Each of the steps should be done carefully and in the order mentioned. In all study reading, a should be the first step. Survey means to look quickly. In study reading, you need to look quickly at , words in darker or larger print, words with (37) 2 letters, (38) 3 and charts. Don''t stop to read complete sentences. Just look at the important (39) 4 of the materials. The second step is question. Try to form questions based on your . Use the question words who, what, when, where, why and how. Now you are ready for the third step. Read. You will be reading the (40) 5 and important words that you looked at in the (41) 6, but this time you will read the examples and (42) 7 as well. Sometimes it is useful to take notes while you read. I have had students who (43) 8 to underline important points, and it seemed to be just as useful as note-taking. What you should do, whether you take notes or underline, is to read actively. (44) 9. The fourth step is review. Remember the questions that you wrote down before you read the material. You should be able to answer them now. (45) 10. Concentrate on those. Also review material that you did not consider in your questions. The last step is recite. (46) 11. SQ3R — Survey, question, read, review, and recite. Today I want to help you with a study reading method known as SQ3R. The letters stand for five steps in the reading (36) 12: Survey, Question, Read, Review, Recite. Each of the steps should be done carefully and in the order mentioned. In all study reading, a should be the first step. Survey means to look quickly. In study reading, you need to look quickly at , words in darker or larger print, words with (37) 13 letters, (38) 14 and charts. Don''t stop to read complete sentences. Just look at the important (39) 15 of the materials. The second step is question. Try to form questions based on your . Use the question words who, what, when, where, why and how. Now you are ready for the third step. Read. You will be reading the (40) 16 and important words that you looked at in the (41) 17, but this time you will read the examples and (42) 18 as well. Sometimes it is useful to take notes while you read. I have had students who (43) 19 to underline important points, and it seemed to be just as useful as note-taking. What you should do, whether you take notes or underline, is to read actively. (44) 20. The fourth step is review. Remember the questions that you wrote down before you read the material. You should be able to answer them now. (45) 21. Concentrate on those. Also review material that you did not consider in your questions. The last step is recite. (46) 22. SQ3R — Survey, question, read, review, and recite. Today I want to help you with a study reading method known as SQ3R. The letters stand for five steps in the reading (36) process: Survey, Question, Read, Review, Recite. Each of the steps should be done carefully and in the order mentioned. In all study reading, a should be the first step. Survey means to look quickly. In study reading, you need to look quickly at , words in darker or larger print, words with (37) capital letters, (38) illustrations, and charts. Don''t stop to read complete sentences. Just look at the important (39) divisions of the materials. The second step is question. Try to form questions based on your . Use the question words who, what, when, where, why and how. Now you are ready for the third step. Read. You will be reading the (40) and important words that you looked at in the (41) , but this time you will read the examples and (42) details as well. Sometimes it is useful to take notes while you read. I have had students who (43) preferred to underline important points, and it seemed to be just as useful as note-taking. What you should do, whether you take notes or underline, is to read actively. (44) Think about what you are reading as a series of ideas, not just a sequence of words. The fourth step is review. Remember the questions that you wrote down before you read the material. You should be able to answer them now. (45) You will notice that some of the questions were treated in more detail in the reading. Concentrate on those. Also review material that you did not consider in your questions. The last step is recite. (46) Try to put the reading into your own words. Summarize it either in writing or orally. SQ3R-Survey, question, read, review, and recite. Today I want to help you with a study reading method known as SQ3R. The letters stand for five steps in the reading (36) 23: Survey, Question, Read, Review, Recite. Each of the steps should be done carefully and in the order mentioned. In all study reading, a should be the first step. Survey means to look quickly. In study reading, you need to look quickly at , words in darker or larger print, words with (37) 24 letters, (38) 25 and charts. Don''t stop to read complete sentences. Just look at the important (39) 26 of the materials. The second step is question. Try to form questions based on your . Use the question words who, what, when, where, why and how. Now you are ready for the third step. Read. You will be reading the (40) 27 and important words that you looked at in the (41) 28, but this time you will read the examples and (42) 29 as well. Sometimes it is useful to take notes while you read. I have had students who (43) 30 to underline important points, and it seemed to be just as useful as note-taking. What you should do, whether you take notes or underline, is to read actively. (44) 31. The fourth step is review. Remember the questions that you wrote down before you read the material. You should be able to answer them now. (45) 32. Concentrate on those. Also review material that you did not consider in your questions. The last step is recite. (46) 33. SQ3R — Survey, question, read, review, and recite. Today I want to help you with a study reading method known as SQ3R. The letters stand for five steps in the reading (36) 34: Survey, Question, Read, Review, Recite. Each of the steps should be done carefully and in the order mentioned. In all study reading, a should be the first step. Survey means to look quickly. In study reading, you need to look quickly at , words in darker or larger print, words with (37) 35 letters, (38) 36 and charts. Don''t stop to read complete sentences. Just look at the important (39) 37 of the materials. The second step is question. Try to form questions based on your . Use the question words who, what, when, where, why and how. Now you are ready for the third step. Read. You will be reading the (40) 38 and important words that you looked at in the (41) 39, but this time you will read the examples and (42) 40 as well. Sometimes it is useful to take notes while you read. I have had students who (43) 41 to underline important points, and it seemed to be just as useful as note-taking. What you should do, whether you take notes or underline, is to read actively. (44) 42. The fourth step is review. Remember the questions that you wrote down before you read the material. You should be able to answer them now. (45) 43. Concentrate on those. Also review material that you did not consider in your questions. The last step is recite. (46) 44. SQ3R — Survey, question, read, review, and recite. Today I want to help you with a study reading method known as SQ3R. The letters stand for five steps in the reading (36) process: Survey, Question, Read, Review, Recite. Each of the steps should be done carefully and in the order mentioned. In all study reading, a should be the first step. Survey means to look quickly. In study reading, you need to look quickly at , words in darker or larger print, words with (37) capital letters, (38) illustrations, and charts. Don''t stop to read complete sentences. Just look at the important (39) divisions of the materials. The second step is question. Try to form questions based on your . Use the question words who, what, when, where, why and how. Now you are ready for the third step. Read. You will be reading the (40) and important words that you looked at in the (41) , but this time you will read the examples and (42) details as well. Sometimes it is useful to take notes while you read. I have had students who (43) preferred to underline important points, and it seemed to be just as useful as note-taking. What you should do, whether you take notes or underline, is to read actively. (44) Think about what you are reading as a series of ideas, not just a sequence of words. The fourth step is review. Remember the questions that you wrote down before you read the material. You should be able to answer them now. (45) You will notice that some of the questions were treated in more detail in the reading. Concentrate on those. Also review material that you did not consider in your questions. The last step is recite. (46) Try to put the reading into your own words. Summarize it either in writing or orally. SQ3R-Survey, question, read, review, and recite.

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听力题Passage Two Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

听力题Today I will be presenting a report on our findings on the condition of the world''s (36)__________. It may be a surprise to you that half the people in the world live on less than two dollars a day, and one billion people live on less than one dollar a day. I am going to look at (37) __________ and its relationship to population issues. We must work fast if we hope to reduce poverty by half, by the year 2015. Our survey shows that the first step should be to (38) __________ health-care systems. In the world''s poorest countries, people are (39) __________to live just 49 years. One in ten children doesn''t reach his or her first birthday. According to our study, poor health and poverty are (40) __________. Women are affected most by poor health-care systems, especially (41) __________ women. The second job we have to do, as many of you can guess, is to (42) __________birth rates. We have found mat when given a choice, poor people in (43) ___________countries have fewer children than their parents did. A possible reason for this (44) ___________________________________.Since the 1970s, developing countries with lower birth rates have had faster economic growth. They have had higher productivity, more savings and more investment. (45) ___________________________________. Now, here is the third measure we must take: promote education in developing countries. Investing in education, especially for women, can reduce poverty. (46) ___________________________________. Moreover, they tend to send their children to good schools so that they can climb the social ladder.

听力题 The rain also poured down in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South China, where 14 people have died since Monday and 112,000 people have been evacuated, civil affairs officials said. The Ministry of Civil Affairs said it would send a team to the region on Saturday to help with rescue work. Wuhou, a hilly city in the region, has taken the worst battering, with 13 of the deaths and 24 injuries; 16,000 locals were evacuated. "Try to imagine that one-fifth of a year''s average rainfall has been poured on the city in just eight hours," said an official with the autonomous region''s civil affairs department who gave only his surname, Pan. Local weather statistics showed that Wuzhou receives an average of 1,500 millimeters of rain per year, but in eight hours on Thursday, the city received 306 millimeters. But amid the tragedy and difficulty caused by the rain, Leizhou Peninsula in the southwestern part of South China''s Guangdong Province has been suffering from severe drought since the beginning of the year. "The drought has greatly affected water use for farms and led to insufficient drinking water supplies," said Wang Jinshan, director of the Leizhou Meteorological Bureau. Friday''s high temperature was 34°C, Wang said, adding: "It''s the worst drought in the area in 60 years." The rain also poured down in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South China, where 14 people have died since Monday and 112,000 people have been evacuated, civil affairs officials said. The Ministry of Civil Affairs said it would send a team to the region on Saturday to help with rescue work. Wuhou, a hilly city in the region, has taken the worst battering, with 13 of the deaths and 24 injuries; 16,000 locals were evacuated. "Try to imagine that one-fifth of a year''s average rainfall has been poured on the city in just eight hours," said an official with the autonomous region''s civil affairs department who gave only his surname, Pan. Local weather statistics showed that Wuzhou receives an average of 1,500 millimeters of rain per year, but in eight hours on Thursday, the city received 306 millimeters. But amid the tragedy and difficulty caused by the rain, Leizhou Peninsula in the southwestern part of South China''s Guangdong Province has been suffering from severe drought since the beginning of the year. "The drought has greatly affected water use for farms and led to insufficient drinking water supplies," said Wang Jinshan, director of the Leizhou Meteorological Bureau. Friday''s high temperature was 34°C, Wang said, adding: "It''s the worst drought in the area in 60 years."

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听力题W: I sure feel cheated! M: Why

听力题W: Hello, Gary. How''re you

听力题 Sometimes we say that someone we know is "a square peg in a round hole". This simply means that the person we are talking about is not suited for the job he is doing. He may be a bookkeeper who really wants to be an actor or a mechanic who likes cooking. Unfortunately, many people in the world are "square pegs", they are not doing the kind of work they should be doing, for one reason or another. As a result they probably are not doing a very good job and certainly they are not happy. Choosing the right career is very important. Most of us spend a great part of our lives at our jobs. For that reason we should try to find out what our talents are and how we can use them. We can do this through aptitude tests, interviews with specialists, and study of books in our field of interest. There are many careers open to each of us. Perhaps we like science, then we might prepare ourselves to be chemists, physicists, or biologists. Maybe our interests take us into the business world and such work as accounting, personnel management or public relations. Many persons find their place in government service. Teaching, newspaper work, medicine, engineering—these and many other fields offer fascinating careers to persons with talent and training. Sometimes we say that someone we know is "a square peg in a round hole". This simply means that the person we are talking about is not suited for the job he is doing. He may be a bookkeeper who really wants to be an actor or a mechanic who likes cooking. Unfortunately, many people in the world are "square pegs", they are not doing the kind of work they should be doing, for one reason or another. As a result they probably are not doing a very good job and certainly they are not happy. Choosing the right career is very important. Most of us spend a great part of our lives at our jobs. For that reason we should try to find out what our talents are and how we can use them. We can do this through aptitude tests, interviews with specialists, and study of books in our field of interest. There are many careers open to each of us. Perhaps we like science, then we might prepare ourselves to be chemists, physicists, or biologists. Maybe our interests take us into the business world and such work as accounting, personnel management or public relations. Many persons find their place in government service. Teaching, newspaper work, medicine, engineering—these and many other fields offer fascinating careers to persons with talent and training.

听力题 We all know that it is possible for ordinary people to make their homes on the equator, although often they may feel uncomfortably hot there. Millions do it. But as for the North Pole, we know that it is not only a dangerously cold place, but that people like you and me would find it quite impossible to live there. At the present time only the scientists and explorers can do so, and they use special equipment. Men have been travelling across and around the equator on wheels, on their feet or in ships for thousands of years; but only a few men, with great difficulty and in very recent time, have ever crossed the ice to the North Pole. So it may surprise you to learn that, when travelling by air, it is really safer to fly over the North Pole than over the equator. Of course, this is not true about landings in the polar region (which passenger airplane do not make), but the weather, if we are flying at a height of 5,000 meters above the Pole, is a delight. At 4,000 meters and more above the earth you can always be sure that you will not see a cloud in the sky as far as the eye can reach. In the tropics, on the other hand, you are not certain to keep clear of bad weather even at such heights as 18,000 or 20,000 metres. Aeroplane can''t climb as high or as quickly in cold air as in warm. Nor can clouds. In practice, this is an advantage to the aeroplane, which is already at a good height when it reaches the polar region and so does not need to climb, while at the same time cold air keeps the clouds down low. We all know that it is possible for ordinary people to make their homes on the equator, although often they may feel uncomfortably hot there. Millions do it. But as for the North Pole, we know that it is not only a dangerously cold place, but that people like you and me would find it quite impossible to live there. At the present time only the scientists and explorers can do so, and they use special equipment. Men have been travelling across and around the equator on wheels, on their feet or in ships for thousands of years; but only a few men, with great difficulty and in very recent time, have ever crossed the ice to the North Pole. So it may surprise you to learn that, when travelling by air, it is really safer to fly over the North Pole than over the equator. Of course, this is not true about landings in the polar region (which passenger airplane do not make), but the weather, if we are flying at a height of 5,000 meters above the Pole, is a delight. At 4,000 meters and more above the earth you can always be sure that you will not see a cloud in the sky as far as the eye can reach. In the tropics, on the other hand, you are not certain to keep clear of bad weather even at such heights as 18,000 or 20,000 metres. Aeroplane can''t climb as high or as quickly in cold air as in warm. Nor can clouds. In practice, this is an advantage to the aeroplane, which is already at a good height when it reaches the polar region and so does not need to climb, while at the same time cold air keeps the clouds down low.

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听力题 The biggest safety threat facing airlines today may not be a terrorist with a gun, but the man with the portable computer in business class. In the last 15 years, pilots have reported well over 100 incidents that could have been caused by electromagnetic interference. The source of this interference remains unconfirmed, but increasingly, experts are pointing the blame at portable electronic devices such as portable computers, radio and cassette players and mobile telephones. Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics, or RTCA, an organization which advises the aviation industry, has recommended that all airlines ban such devices from being used during "critical" stages of a flight, particularly takeoff and landing. Some experts have gone further, calling for a total ban during all flights. Currently, rules on using these devices are left up to individual airlines. And although some airlines prohibit passengers from using such equipment during takeoff and landing, most are reluctant to enforce a total ban, given that many passengers want to work during flights. The difficulty is predicting how electromagnetic fields might affect an aircraft''s computers. Experts know that portable devices emit radiation which affects those wavelengths which aircraft use for navigation and communication. But, because they have not been able to reproduce these effects in a laboratory, they have no way of knowing whether the interference might be dangerous or not. The biggest safety threat facing airlines today may not be a terrorist with a gun, but the man with the portable computer in business class. In the last 15 years, pilots have reported well over 100 incidents that could have been caused by electromagnetic interference. The source of this interference remains unconfirmed, but increasingly, experts are pointing the blame at portable electronic devices such as portable computers, radio and cassette players and mobile telephones. Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics, or RTCA, an organization which advises the aviation industry, has recommended that all airlines ban such devices from being used during "critical" stages of a flight, particularly takeoff and landing. Some experts have gone further, calling for a total ban during all flights. Currently, rules on using these devices are left up to individual airlines. And although some airlines prohibit passengers from using such equipment during takeoff and landing, most are reluctant to enforce a total ban, given that many passengers want to work during flights. The difficulty is predicting how electromagnetic fields might affect an aircraft''s computers. Experts know that portable devices emit radiation which affects those wavelengths which aircraft use for navigation and communication. But, because they have not been able to reproduce these effects in a laboratory, they have no way of knowing whether the interference might be dangerous or not.