听力题M: And now, Mrs. Sharp

听力题 Patricia Pania never wanted to be a national public figure. All she wanted to be was a mother and a homemaker. But her life was turned upside down when a motorist, distracted by his cell phone, ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of her car. The impact killed her two-year-old daughter. Four months later, Pania reluctantly but courageously decided to try to educate the public and to fight for laws to ban drivers from using cell phones while a car is moving. She wanted to save other children from what happened to her daughter. In her first speech, Pania got off to a shaky start. She was visibly trembling and her voice was soft and uncertain. But as she got into her speech, a dramatic transformation took place. She stopped shaking and spoke with a strong voice. For the rest of her talk, she was a forceful and compelling speaker. She wanted everyone in the audience to know what she knew without having to learn it from a personal tragedy. Many in the audience were moved to tears, and to action. In subsequent presentations, Pania gained reputation as a highly effective speaker. Her appearance on a talk show was broadcast three times, transmitting her message to over 14,000,000 people. Her campaign increased public awareness of the problem and prompted over 300 cities and several states to consider restrictions on cell phone use. Patricia Pania never wanted to be a national public figure. All she wanted to be was a mother and a homemaker. But her life was turned upside down when a motorist, distracted by his cell phone, ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of her car. The impact killed her two-year-old daughter. Four months later, Pania reluctantly but courageously decided to try to educate the public and to fight for laws to ban drivers from using cell phones while a car is moving. She wanted to save other children from what happened to her daughter. In her first speech, Pania got off to a shaky start. She was visibly trembling and her voice was soft and uncertain. But as she got into her speech, a dramatic transformation took place. She stopped shaking and spoke with a strong voice. For the rest of her talk, she was a forceful and compelling speaker. She wanted everyone in the audience to know what she knew without having to learn it from a personal tragedy. Many in the audience were moved to tears, and to action. In subsequent presentations, Pania gained reputation as a highly effective speaker. Her appearance on a talk show was broadcast three times, transmitting her message to over 14,000,000 people. Her campaign increased public awareness of the problem and prompted over 300 cities and several states to consider restrictions on cell phone use.

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."

听力题 An elderly woman yesterday made a legal claim against a department store because it had wrongly accused her of stealing a Christmas card, Ms. Doss White, 72 years old, is claiming $3000 damages from the store for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment. Ms. White visited the store while doing Christmas shopping, but did not buy anything. She was followed through the town by a store manager. He had been told that a customer saw her take a card and put it in her shopping bag. He stopped her at a bookstore as she was reading a book. Ms. White said, "This man, a total stranger, suddenly grasped my bag and asked if he could look in it". She was taken back to the store and shut in a small room in full view of shoppers for 20 minutes until the police arrived. At the police station she was body-searched and nothing was found. Her lawyer said that the department store sent an insincere apology and they insisted that she may have been stealing. The hearing continues today. An elderly woman yesterday made a legal claim against a department store because it had wrongly accused her of stealing a Christmas card, Ms. Doss White, 72 years old, is claiming $3000 damages from the store for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment. Ms. White visited the store while doing Christmas shopping, but did not buy anything. She was followed through the town by a store manager. He had been told that a customer saw her take a card and put it in her shopping bag. He stopped her at a bookstore as she was reading a book. Ms. White said, "This man, a total stranger, suddenly grasped my bag and asked if he could look in it". She was taken back to the store and shut in a small room in full view of shoppers for 20 minutes until the police arrived. At the police station she was body-searched and nothing was found. Her lawyer said that the department store sent an insincere apology and they insisted that she may have been stealing. The hearing continues today.

听力题In the next two years

听力题 New research from Statistical Research shows that the Internet is a key part of media consumption by young investors. Holders of brokerage accounts (online or offline) spend 17 percent of their daily media time using the Internet, instead of television, radio, newspapers or magazines. People in this age group who do not trade stocks spend 11 percent of their daily media time online. Brokerage account holders spend an average of 48 minutes longer each day using media products, and 38 minutes of this is spent on online. On average, those polled between the age of 25 and 54 spent 50 percent of their daily media time watching TV. By contrast, brokerage account holders spent 45 percent of their daily media time watching TV. Statistical Research polled almost 2,500 people in this age group about their media use habits. New research from Statistical Research shows that the Internet is a key part of media consumption by young investors. Holders of brokerage accounts (online or offline) spend 17 percent of their daily media time using the Internet, instead of television, radio, newspapers or magazines. People in this age group who do not trade stocks spend 11 percent of their daily media time online. Brokerage account holders spend an average of 48 minutes longer each day using media products, and 38 minutes of this is spent on online. On average, those polled between the age of 25 and 54 spent 50 percent of their daily media time watching TV. By contrast, brokerage account holders spent 45 percent of their daily media time watching TV. Statistical Research polled almost 2,500 people in this age group about their media use habits.

听力题Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

听力题 Geography as a subject has been taught at Illinois State University since a year after it founding in 1857. The Department came into existence in 1860 with the creation of the Division of History and Geography, and in 1902 was established as a separate department. By either measure, the Geography Program at Illinois State is one two or three oldest in the country. It is also one of the first programs established on the Illinois State campus. Today, there are nine tenure line faculty members and one full-time instructor. Geology at Illinois State dates to the appearance of John Wesley Powell, but after his departure eighty-seven years elapsed until the Department hired its next academic geologist, Tom Searight in 1959. The undergraduate major in Geology was established in 1969 with three faculty members. In 1993 a Master program in hydrogeology was inaugurated, and the geology faculty grew to its current complement of seven with one full-time instructor. Although the early emphasis among the department faculty was on teaching, it is clear that many were active scholars as well, and that tradition continues today. Current faculty have active research agendas, and bring that experience into the classroom. Geography as a subject has been taught at Illinois State University since a year after it founding in 1857. The Department came into existence in 1860 with the creation of the Division of History and Geography, and in 1902 was established as a separate department. By either measure, the Geography Program at Illinois State is one two or three oldest in the country. It is also one of the first programs established on the Illinois State campus. Today, there are nine tenure line faculty members and one full-time instructor. Geology at Illinois State dates to the appearance of John Wesley Powell, but after his departure eighty-seven years elapsed until the Department hired its next academic geologist, Tom Searight in 1959. The undergraduate major in Geology was established in 1969 with three faculty members. In 1993 a Master program in hydrogeology was inaugurated, and the geology faculty grew to its current complement of seven with one full-time instructor. Although the early emphasis among the department faculty was on teaching, it is clear that many were active scholars as well, and that tradition continues today. Current faculty have active research agendas, and bring that experience into the classroom.

听力题 Robert Edwards was blinded in an automobile accident nine years ago. He was also partially deaf because of old age. Last week, he was strolling near his home when a thunderstorm approached. He took refuge under a tree and was struck by lightning. He was knocked to the ground and woke up some 20 minutes later, lying face down in water below a tree. He went into the house and lay down in bed. A short time later, he awoke; his legs were numb and he was trembling, but, when he opened his eyes, he could see the clock across the room fading in and out in front of him. When his wife entered, he saw her for the first time in nine years. Doctors confirm that has regained his sight and hearing apparently from the flash of lightning, but they are unable to explain the occurrence. The only possible explanation offered by one doctor was that, since Edwards lost his sight as a result of trauma in a terrible accident, perhaps the only way it could be restored was by another trauma. Robert Edwards was blinded in an automobile accident nine years ago. He was also partially deaf because of old age. Last week, he was strolling near his home when a thunderstorm approached. He took refuge under a tree and was struck by lightning. He was knocked to the ground and woke up some 20 minutes later, lying face down in water below a tree. He went into the house and lay down in bed. A short time later, he awoke; his legs were numb and he was trembling, but, when he opened his eyes, he could see the clock across the room fading in and out in front of him. When his wife entered, he saw her for the first time in nine years. Doctors confirm that has regained his sight and hearing apparently from the flash of lightning, but they are unable to explain the occurrence. The only possible explanation offered by one doctor was that, since Edwards lost his sight as a result of trauma in a terrible accident, perhaps the only way it could be restored was by another trauma.

听力题W: Are you busy this evening

听力题 The mighty quake that devastated (摧毁) remote regions in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan on Saturday Morning, has left desperate survivors without power or water. The United Nations Children''s Fund said early this week that between 20,000 and 40,000 people had died. The 7. 6-magnitude(震级) quake flattened villagers, cutting off power and water, and killing tens of thousands people. But reaching those in remote areas is difficult. Pakistan''s President Perves Musharraf had appealed for international help. Chinese had said it stands ready to provide whatever help it can for the reconstruction work in the areas. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made the promise on Sunday. The country has promised to offer Pakistan humanitarian (人道主义) assistance that includes US $ 6.2 million worth of relief materials and funds. On Sunday, the Ministry of Commerce sent US $ 1 million in cash and shipped 90 tons of relief materials including tents, blankets and quilts to Pakistan. A 49-member rescue team also set off. So far, only one Chinese has been confirmed(确认) dead in the quake. The United States, Britain, Japan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Germany also offered assistance. The mighty quake that devastated (摧毁) remote regions in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan on Saturday Morning, has left desperate survivors without power or water. The United Nations Children''s Fund said early this week that between 20,000 and 40,000 people had died. The 7. 6-magnitude(震级) quake flattened villagers, cutting off power and water, and killing tens of thousands people. But reaching those in remote areas is difficult. Pakistan''s President Perves Musharraf had appealed for international help. Chinese had said it stands ready to provide whatever help it can for the reconstruction work in the areas. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made the promise on Sunday. The country has promised to offer Pakistan humanitarian (人道主义) assistance that includes US $ 6.2 million worth of relief materials and funds. On Sunday, the Ministry of Commerce sent US $ 1 million in cash and shipped 90 tons of relief materials including tents, blankets and quilts to Pakistan. A 49-member rescue team also set off. So far, only one Chinese has been confirmed(确认) dead in the quake. The United States, Britain, Japan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Germany also offered assistance.

听力题 From this lookout we enjoy one of the most spectacular views of San Francisco. As you can see, the city rests on a series of hills varying in altitude from sea level to nine hundred and thirty-eight feet. The first permanent settlement was made at this site in 1776. For thirteen years the village had fewer than one hundred inhabitants. But in 1848, with the discovery of gold, the population grew to ten thousand. The same year the name was changed from Yerba Buea to San Francisco. By 1862 telegraph communications linked San Francisco with eastern cities, and by 1869, the first transcontinental railroad connected the Pacific coast with the Atlantic seaboard. Today San Francisco has a population of almost three million. It is the financial center of the west, and serves as the terminus for trans-Pacific steamship lines and air traffic. The port of San Francisco which is almost eighteen miles long with forty-two piers, handles between five and six million tons of cargo annually. And now, if you will look to your right, you should just be able to see the east section of the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge, which is more than one mile long, spans the harbor from San Francisco to Marin County and the Red Wood Highway. It was completed in 1937 at a cost of thirty-two million dollars and is still one of the largest suspension bridges in the world. From this lookout we enjoy one of the most spectacular views of San Francisco. As you can see, the city rests on a series of hills varying in altitude from sea level to nine hundred and thirty-eight feet. The first permanent settlement was made at this site in 1776. For thirteen years the village had fewer than one hundred inhabitants. But in 1848, with the discovery of gold, the population grew to ten thousand. The same year the name was changed from Yerba Buea to San Francisco. By 1862 telegraph communications linked San Francisco with eastern cities, and by 1869, the first transcontinental railroad connected the Pacific coast with the Atlantic seaboard. Today San Francisco has a population of almost three million. It is the financial center of the west, and serves as the terminus for trans-Pacific steamship lines and air traffic. The port of San Francisco which is almost eighteen miles long with forty-two piers, handles between five and six million tons of cargo annually. And now, if you will look to your right, you should just be able to see the east section of the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge, which is more than one mile long, spans the harbor from San Francisco to Marin County and the Red Wood Highway. It was completed in 1937 at a cost of thirty-two million dollars and is still one of the largest suspension bridges in the world.

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

听力题 Once Mark Twain and two friends were sitting in a restaurant. One friend had just returned from a trip to Vermont. The friend said that the air in the mountains of Vermont was very clear. In many places the echo of a voice came back five times stronger than the original voice. The second friend said that was nothing. In Colorado, where he lived, in many places the echo of a voice spoken in the morning came back in the afternoon. Mark Twain laughed. Then he said: "Listen! The echoes which you have told about are very unusual. But in a small church in Missouri, where I was born , there is an echo more unusual even than those," "What is so strange about the echo there?" asked one of the men. "Well, I''ll tell you ", said Mark Twain. The echo in that church is so unusual that if one asks in a loud voice: Good morning! How are you? The echo repeats very clearly after a moment: "Very well, thank you. And how are you? Once Mark Twain and two friends were sitting in a restaurant. One friend had just returned from a trip to Vermont. The friend said that the air in the mountains of Vermont was very clear. In many places the echo of a voice came back five times stronger than the original voice. The second friend said that was nothing. In Colorado, where he lived, in many places the echo of a voice spoken in the morning came back in the afternoon. Mark Twain laughed. Then he said: "Listen! The echoes which you have told about are very unusual. But in a small church in Missouri, where I was born , there is an echo more unusual even than those," "What is so strange about the echo there?" asked one of the men. "Well, I''ll tell you ", said Mark Twain. The echo in that church is so unusual that if one asks in a loud voice: Good morning! How are you? The echo repeats very clearly after a moment: "Very well, thank you. And how are you?

听力题 It was not yet eleven o''clock when a boat crossed the river with a single passenger, who had promised to pay an extra fare. While the youth stood on the landing place searching in his pockets for money, the boatman got close to him and, with the help of the moonlight, took a careful look at the stranger —a young man of just 18 years, obviously country bred, and now, as it seemed, on his first visit to town. He was wearing a rough gray coat, which was in good shape. The clothes under his coat were well made of leather, and fitted tightly to a pair of fat legs; his blue cotton stockings must have been the work of his mother or sister, and on his head was a 3-cornered hat. In his left hand was a walking stick, which hung on his strong shoulders, with 2 leather bags on both ends of the stick. The youth, whose name was Robin, paid the boatman, and then walked forward into the town with light steps, as if he had not already traveled more than 30 miles that day. As he walked along, he looked about his surroundings as eagerly as if he were entering London or Madrid, instead of the little town. It was not yet eleven o''clock when a boat crossed the river with a single passenger, who had promised to pay an extra fare. While the youth stood on the landing place searching in his pockets for money, the boatman got close to him and, with the help of the moonlight, took a careful look at the stranger —a young man of just 18 years, obviously country bred, and now, as it seemed, on his first visit to town. He was wearing a rough gray coat, which was in good shape. The clothes under his coat were well made of leather, and fitted tightly to a pair of fat legs; his blue cotton stockings must have been the work of his mother or sister, and on his head was a 3-cornered hat. In his left hand was a walking stick, which hung on his strong shoulders, with 2 leather bags on both ends of the stick. The youth, whose name was Robin, paid the boatman, and then walked forward into the town with light steps, as if he had not already traveled more than 30 miles that day. As he walked along, he looked about his surroundings as eagerly as if he were entering London or Madrid, instead of the little town.

听力题You are going to hear a conversation between a student and her tutor. W: I''m sorry to disturb you, Dr. Carter, but I need to speak to you about my course. M: Come in, Amy. I haven''t got long because I have to give a lecture in half an hour. What''s the problem? Sit down. W: Well, I''m having problems with one of my subjects — economics. I''m not doing very well and I''m a bit anxious about it. M: You haven''t been doing too well, that''s true. I think you failed your last assignment, didn''t you? W: I''ve failed the last one and the one before that, and I only just scraped through the first one. The problem is that I''m not very interested in economics. I think that''s why I don''t really try and then... M: So what are you saying, Amy? W: I really feel that I should drop economics and pick up Spanish again. I did first year Spanish last year and I got really good marks. M: I don''t understand why you took up economics this year then. W: Well, everyone told me that economics was more important than a language and I thought I could keep up my Spanish on my own with a private teacher. The problem is that I just don''t seem to have time to do everything. M: Surely Spanish isn''t too time consuming. W: No, it wouldn''t be except that I um, I''ve got a part-time job in a restaurant three nights a week. . . I can''t give that up because I really need the money. I just um, can''t fit it all in. M: We could offer you extra help with the economics if you are willing to stick at it. W: No, really Dr Carter, I don''t think it would be any good. I want to change. M: Yes, I can see that your mind''s made up. Well, I have no objection, especially as you have a background in Spanish, but you''ll have to go and see Dr Brown in the Spanish Department and see whether he''ll accept you or not. W: Would you be able to have a word with him about it as well, Dr Carter? M: You can tell him to phone me for a reference if he wants to. I must get to my lecture now. Let me know how you get on. W: Thanks, Dr Carter. I will. You are going to hear a conversation between a student and her tutor. W: I''m sorry to disturb you, Dr. Carter, but I need to speak to you about my course. M: Come in, Amy. I haven''t got long because I have to give a lecture in half an hour. What''s the problem? Sit down. W: Well, I''m having problems with one of my subjects — economics. I''m not doing very well and I''m a bit anxious about it. M: You haven''t been doing too well, that''s true. I think you failed your last assignment, didn''t you? W: I''ve failed the last one and the one before that, and I only just scraped through the first one. The problem is that I''m not very interested in economics. I think that''s why I don''t really try and then... M: So what are you saying, Amy? W: I really feel that I should drop economics and pick up Spanish again. I did first year Spanish last year and I got really good marks. M: I don''t understand why you took up economics this year then. W: Well, everyone told me that economics was more important than a language and I thought I could keep up my Spanish on my own with a private teacher. The problem is that I just don''t seem to have time to do everything. M: Surely Spanish isn''t too time consuming. W: No, it wouldn''t be except that I um, I''ve got a part-time job in a restaurant three nights a week. . . I can''t give that up because I really need the money. I just um, can''t fit it all in. M: We could offer you extra help with the economics if you are willing to stick at it. W: No, really Dr Carter, I don''t think it would be any good. I want to change. M: Yes, I can see that your mind''s made up. Well, I have no objection, especially as you have a background in Spanish, but you''ll have to go and see Dr Brown in the Spanish Department and see whether he''ll accept you or not. W: Would you be able to have a word with him about it as well, Dr Carter? M: You can tell him to phone me for a reference if he wants to. I must get to my lecture now. Let me know how you get on. W: Thanks, Dr Carter. I will.

听力题When I was at school

听力题Richard Henry, An American physicist, is (36) ______a new calendar in which important days could fall on the same day of the week year after year. Instead of the familiar Gregorian (罗马教皇的) 365-day year with one (37) ______day added every four years. The new (38)______offers a 364-day year with a (39)______week every five or six years. Richard Henry has taught physics and (40) ______courses in Johns Hopkins University for nearly thirty years. Although the (41) ______remains essentially the same, the homework is due on different dates each year and the exam dates changed, too. So, each year, he has to make up a different (42) ______for his students. He said to himself, ''I don''t mind doing that because I have to do it.'' But then one year I said, ''Wait, I''m a (43) ______astronomer. Let me see whether this is necessary or not.'' And quickly I discovered that it is not necessary at all. That is because, (44)____________. An astronomical year set by the motion of the earth''s rotation going a-round the sun is 365.2422 days long. And of course, 365 is not divisible by seven (45)____________. Each month in this revised year would have either 30 or 31 days, which means that eight months would be longer or shorter than they are now. (46)____________.

听力题Once open only to the rich, who could (36) __________the fees of expensive country club, tennis is becoming more and more (37) ___________. Tennis courts are (38) ___________ up everywhere. There are indoor and outdoor courts, and even courts on the (39) __________of skyscrapers. Sporting goods (40) __________are doing a booing business in tennis (41)________. Tennis clothing has become an important item in the (42) __________world. Early in its (43) __________tennis was the sport of king and, (44) ____________________________. The French King Charles V loved to play tennis, but he was very fat and must have been a comical sight on the tennis court. (45) ____________________________. In England, Henry IV outlawed tennis because the church leaders of his time were angry that women wore less clothing when they played. (46) ____________________________.