听力题 Indian summer is a short period of extremely fair weather and mild days in autumn. It comes in late October or early November while the leaves are changing color and falling from the trees. It has no definite day of beginning or ending. The pleasant weather follows the autumn''s first period of cold, wintry days. The days become warmer but the nights remain chilly. An Indian summer moon often has a soft yellow or orange hue. Indian summer lasts from a week to ten days and sometimes for two weeks. Then winter starts. Indian summer is caused by a large mass of warm tropical air. South winds carry these masses northward. The American Indian enjoyed Indian summer and called it a gift of a favorite God, Cautantowwit, the god of the southwest. Indian summer is a short period of extremely fair weather and mild days in autumn. It comes in late October or early November while the leaves are changing color and falling from the trees. It has no definite day of beginning or ending. The pleasant weather follows the autumn''s first period of cold, wintry days. The days become warmer but the nights remain chilly. An Indian summer moon often has a soft yellow or orange hue. Indian summer lasts from a week to ten days and sometimes for two weeks. Then winter starts. Indian summer is caused by a large mass of warm tropical air. South winds carry these masses northward. The American Indian enjoyed Indian summer and called it a gift of a favorite God, Cautantowwit, the god of the southwest.

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听力题M: So you are visiting San Francisco? W: Yes

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听力题 One Saturday morning a careless motorist threw a lighted cigarette out of his car ten miles west of town. The forest at the side of the road was dry because there was no rain for many days. Within a few minutes the trees were on fire. A truck driver saw the fire when he was on his way to the town. As soon as he reached the town, he told the police about the fire. Soon firemen were hurrying westwards. When they reached the fire, they saw it was very big. It could not spread to the north because of a lake or the south because of a wide river. But a west wind was carrying the fire towards the town and the firemen could not stop it. When they realized this, one of the firemen sent a message back to the town by radio. The chief fire officer and hundreds of people hurried to a place about half a mile west of the town. There they used dynamite to blow down the trees and clear a wide path or break through the forest. When the fire reached the break, it began to die down, because there was nothing left to burn. The wind blew some sparks across the break, but the firemen soon put out the fire and saved the town. One Saturday morning a careless motorist threw a lighted cigarette out of his car ten miles west of town. The forest at the side of the road was dry because there was no rain for many days. Within a few minutes the trees were on fire. A truck driver saw the fire when he was on his way to the town. As soon as he reached the town, he told the police about the fire. Soon firemen were hurrying westwards. When they reached the fire, they saw it was very big. It could not spread to the north because of a lake or the south because of a wide river. But a west wind was carrying the fire towards the town and the firemen could not stop it. When they realized this, one of the firemen sent a message back to the town by radio. The chief fire officer and hundreds of people hurried to a place about half a mile west of the town. There they used dynamite to blow down the trees and clear a wide path or break through the forest. When the fire reached the break, it began to die down, because there was nothing left to burn. The wind blew some sparks across the break, but the firemen soon put out the fire and saved the town.

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听力题W: Just a few years ago this city established what is called the Telephone Reassurance Service. It was set up by a volunteer group of people to ring up elderly or handicapped persons who live alone, to check on whether they are all right and to help cheer them up. M: That sounds like a good idea. W: Well, they had a 97-year-old woman on television to publicize the project. She lived alone and had never been out of the state she was born in. Although she had relatives, nobody seemed to know what had happened to them. M: You say the service has been going for a few years? W: I think it''s five, but it might even be ten years, and now it has about one thousand volunteers and they keep in daily touch with more than twelve hundred people, mostly senior citizens. M: It must be frightening to be old and alone and have no one who has any interest in you. W: The service made its millionth call recently. The volunteer calls once a day and if no one answers, another call is made in about an hour. If there is still no answer, a call is placed to a neighbor or to someone who can check to see if the person is all right. The project is supported twenty percent by federal funds and the rest by donations. The volunteers now go through an instruction course before beginning the calls. W: Just a few years ago this city established what is called the Telephone Reassurance Service. It was set up by a volunteer group of people to ring up elderly or handicapped persons who live alone, to check on whether they are all right and to help cheer them up. M: That sounds like a good idea. W: Well, they had a 97-year-old woman on television to publicize the project. She lived alone and had never been out of the state she was born in. Although she had relatives, nobody seemed to know what had happened to them. M: You say the service has been going for a few years? W: I think it''s five, but it might even be ten years, and now it has about one thousand volunteers and they keep in daily touch with more than twelve hundred people, mostly senior citizens. M: It must be frightening to be old and alone and have no one who has any interest in you. W: The service made its millionth call recently. The volunteer calls once a day and if no one answers, another call is made in about an hour. If there is still no answer, a call is placed to a neighbor or to someone who can check to see if the person is all right. The project is supported twenty percent by federal funds and the rest by donations. The volunteers now go through an instruction course before beginning the calls.

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听力题Questions 1 to 2 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Questions 1 to 2 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

听力题 The Shanghai municipal government has outlined plans to support the city''s small, competitive high-tech companies, which it called the "little giants", in an attempt to enhance the city''s technological competitiveness. By 2010, it hopes that 100 "little giants" can generate a total of US$12.5 billion in annual sales revenues. The "little giants" scheme is part of the city''s overall scientific and technological blueprint for the next 15 years. The government will help the "little giants" with concrete policies concerning finance, talents and services to reduce the cost of starting an enterprise and conducting R&D. "Little giants" refer to small enterprises that have great potential to develop themselves in the market, and can concentrate on knowledge-intensive and high value-added industries like information and biology. And the "little giants" scheme began to be formulated by the municipal government last September. It is estimated that the total funds for support would exceed US$12.5 million next year, rising from the present US$11.2 million. The increase in funds shows that the "little giants" in Shanghai have great potential. The project will improve Shanghai''s industrial structure and dramatically strengthen home-grown innovation capacity. The Shanghai municipal government has outlined plans to support the city''s small, competitive high-tech companies, which it called the "little giants", in an attempt to enhance the city''s technological competitiveness. By 2010, it hopes that 100 "little giants" can generate a total of US$12.5 billion in annual sales revenues. The "little giants" scheme is part of the city''s overall scientific and technological blueprint for the next 15 years. The government will help the "little giants" with concrete policies concerning finance, talents and services to reduce the cost of starting an enterprise and conducting R&D. "Little giants" refer to small enterprises that have great potential to develop themselves in the market, and can concentrate on knowledge-intensive and high value-added industries like information and biology. And the "little giants" scheme began to be formulated by the municipal government last September. It is estimated that the total funds for support would exceed US$12.5 million next year, rising from the present US$11.2 million. The increase in funds shows that the "little giants" in Shanghai have great potential. The project will improve Shanghai''s industrial structure and dramatically strengthen home-grown innovation capacity.

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听力题Cats are creatures of habit

听力题 You can tell the age of a tree by counting its rings, but these records of trees'' life really say a lot more. Scientists are using tree rings to learn what''s been happening on the sun''s surface for the last ten thousand years. Each ring represents a year of growth. As the tree grows, it adds a layer to its trunk taking up chemical elements from the air. By looking up the elements in the rings for a given year, scientists can tell what elements were in the air that year. Dr. Stevenson is analyzing one element—carbon-14 in rings from both living and dead trees. Some of the rings go back almost ten thousand years to the end of the Ice Age. When Stevenson followed the carbon-14 trail back in time, he found carbon-14 levels change with the intensity of solar burning. You see, the sun has cycles. Sometimes it burns fiercely and other times it''s relatively calm. During the sun''s violent periods, it throws off charged particles in fast moving strings called solar winds. The particles interfere with the formation of carbon-14 on earth. When there''s more solar wind activity, less carbon-14 is produced. Ten thousand years of tree rings show that the carbon-14 level rises and falls about every 420 years. The scientists concluded that the solar wind activity must follow the same cycle. You can tell the age of a tree by counting its rings, but these records of trees'' life really say a lot more. Scientists are using tree rings to learn what''s been happening on the sun''s surface for the last ten thousand years. Each ring represents a year of growth. As the tree grows, it adds a layer to its trunk taking up chemical elements from the air. By looking up the elements in the rings for a given year, scientists can tell what elements were in the air that year. Dr. Stevenson is analyzing one element—carbon-14 in rings from both living and dead trees. Some of the rings go back almost ten thousand years to the end of the Ice Age. When Stevenson followed the carbon-14 trail back in time, he found carbon-14 levels change with the intensity of solar burning. You see, the sun has cycles. Sometimes it burns fiercely and other times it''s relatively calm. During the sun''s violent periods, it throws off charged particles in fast moving strings called solar winds. The particles interfere with the formation of carbon-14 on earth. When there''s more solar wind activity, less carbon-14 is produced. Ten thousand years of tree rings show that the carbon-14 level rises and falls about every 420 years. The scientists concluded that the solar wind activity must follow the same cycle.

听力题 One of the most famous tourist attractions in the State of California is the giant redwood. This redwood might be described as "the tree with the moving foot" because it is not even a native Californian, believe it or not. These trees, which are among the largest and oldest of all living things, moved to California from the Arctic. Long, long ago they grew in the Arctic, just as enormous and tall as they are today. But the warmer climate drew them southward and it took some seventy-five million years to complete the move. Carried by birds, winds, and some strong-teethed animals, the seeds of the redwood traveled thousands of miles from what is now the northernmost tip of Alaska to California, their last stand. Only the hardest of seeds survived—a few that visited Europe soon died out. But those that made it to California put down roots, grew into luxuriant forests, and became camera subjects for the hundreds of thousands of tourists who visit California''s giant redwood each year. One of the most famous tourist attractions in the State of California is the giant redwood. This redwood might be described as "the tree with the moving foot" because it is not even a native Californian, believe it or not. These trees, which are among the largest and oldest of all living things, moved to California from the Arctic. Long, long ago they grew in the Arctic, just as enormous and tall as they are today. But the warmer climate drew them southward and it took some seventy-five million years to complete the move. Carried by birds, winds, and some strong-teethed animals, the seeds of the redwood traveled thousands of miles from what is now the northernmost tip of Alaska to California, their last stand. Only the hardest of seeds survived—a few that visited Europe soon died out. But those that made it to California put down roots, grew into luxuriant forests, and became camera subjects for the hundreds of thousands of tourists who visit California''s giant redwood each year.

听力题 The word "holiday" originally was used to honor a sacred person or event, hence " Holy Days". In time great leaders, special occasions that marked historical events, were included. Every country has special or unique days that are celebrated only in certain areas or in a specific country. There are a few days that are pretty certain areas or in a specific country. There are a few days that are pretty well observed worldwide, such as New Year''s Day. Some religious holidays such as Easter and Christmas are celebrated by Christians worldwide. Many countries establish national holidays as China''s May I, Labor Day. This type usually will be an occasion for many to have a special day off from school and work. In the United States there are no national holidays even though the whole country does observe certain holidays. This is because every state and territory decide for themselves which days they will observe. Even Thanksgiving is set by each state. Sunday is the only common law holiday. Legal holidays that fall on Sunday are observed on Monday. In the 1980''s Congress passed a bill called the "Monday Holiday Bill". This gives most people a three-day holiday. The only exceptions are Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Fourth of July which are still celebrated by calendar date. The word "holiday" originally was used to honor a sacred person or event, hence " Holy Days". In time great leaders, special occasions that marked historical events, were included. Every country has special or unique days that are celebrated only in certain areas or in a specific country. There are a few days that are pretty certain areas or in a specific country. There are a few days that are pretty well observed worldwide, such as New Year''s Day. Some religious holidays such as Easter and Christmas are celebrated by Christians worldwide. Many countries establish national holidays as China''s May I, Labor Day. This type usually will be an occasion for many to have a special day off from school and work. In the United States there are no national holidays even though the whole country does observe certain holidays. This is because every state and territory decide for themselves which days they will observe. Even Thanksgiving is set by each state. Sunday is the only common law holiday. Legal holidays that fall on Sunday are observed on Monday. In the 1980''s Congress passed a bill called the "Monday Holiday Bill". This gives most people a three-day holiday. The only exceptions are Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Fourth of July which are still celebrated by calendar date.

听力题M: Good morning, can I help you? W: Yes

听力题M: And now here’s our guest, Jane Thomas

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