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听力题 This library is an English language teaching and learning library. Unfortunately our resources are limited and so not everybody can join. Teachers of English, university students, and professionals who are in the medical, engineering, and management fields can all join the library. Those from other professions are welcome to apply, but your application will not necessarily be approved. You must fill in a library application form and put it in the box on the librarian''s desk. Because of the high number of applications we receive each week, you must wait one week. Please bring your student or work card to pick up your library cards. Library application forms which are not picked up within 2 months will be discarded and you will have to reapply. You may borrow one video at a time. The video must be returned in one week. If you cannot return it on time, please call, otherwise your video library card will be canceled. You may borrow 3 items at one time, i.e. 3 books or 3 cassettes. Items must be returned within one month. You can telephone the library to renew items for another month. This library is an English language teaching and learning library. Unfortunately our resources are limited and so not everybody can join. Teachers of English, university students, and professionals who are in the medical, engineering, and management fields can all join the library. Those from other professions are welcome to apply, but your application will not necessarily be approved. You must fill in a library application form and put it in the box on the librarian''s desk. Because of the high number of applications we receive each week, you must wait one week. Please bring your student or work card to pick up your library cards. Library application forms which are not picked up within 2 months will be discarded and you will have to reapply. You may borrow one video at a time. The video must be returned in one week. If you cannot return it on time, please call, otherwise your video library card will be canceled. You may borrow 3 items at one time, i.e. 3 books or 3 cassettes. Items must be returned within one month. You can telephone the library to renew items for another month.

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听力题M: Hi. This is Roger Jackson

听力题Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

听力题Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

听力题 Many people catch a cold in the springtime or fall. It makes us wonder if scientists can send a man to the moon, why can''t they find a cure for the common cold? The answer is easy. There''re actually hundreds of kinds of cold viruses out there. You never know which one you will get, so there isn''t a cure for each one. When a virus attacks your body, your body works hard to get rid of it. Blood rushes to your nose and causes a blockage in it. You feel terrible because you can''t breathe well, but your body is actually eating the virus. Your temperature rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus. You also have a running nose to stop the virus from getting to your cells. You may feel miserable, but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold. Different people have different remedies for colds. In the United States and some other countries, for example, people might eat chicken soup to feel better. Some people take hot baths and drink warm liquids. Other people take medicines to relieve various symptoms of colds. There is one interesting thing to note: Some scientists say taking medicines when you have a cold is actually bad for you. The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn''t develop a way to fight it and kill it. Many people catch a cold in the springtime or fall. It makes us wonder if scientists can send a man to the moon, why can''t they find a cure for the common cold? The answer is easy. There''re actually hundreds of kinds of cold viruses out there. You never know which one you will get, so there isn''t a cure for each one. When a virus attacks your body, your body works hard to get rid of it. Blood rushes to your nose and causes a blockage in it. You feel terrible because you can''t breathe well, but your body is actually eating the virus. Your temperature rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus. You also have a running nose to stop the virus from getting to your cells. You may feel miserable, but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold. Different people have different remedies for colds. In the United States and some other countries, for example, people might eat chicken soup to feel better. Some people take hot baths and drink warm liquids. Other people take medicines to relieve various symptoms of colds. There is one interesting thing to note: Some scientists say taking medicines when you have a cold is actually bad for you. The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn''t develop a way to fight it and kill it.

听力题As is true in all cultures

听力题 Some pessimistic experts feel that the automobile is bound to fall into disuse. They see a day in the not-too-distant future when all autos will be abandoned and allowed to rust. Other authorities, however, think the auto is here to stay. They hold that the car will remain a leading means of urban travel in the foreseeable future. The motorcar will undoubtedly change significantly over the next 30 years. It should become smaller, safer, and more economical, and should not be powered by the gasoline engine. The car of the future should be far more pollution-free than present types. Regardless of its power source, the auto in the future will still be the main problem in urban traffic jams. One proposed solution to this problem is the automated highway system. When the auto enters the highway system, a retractable arm will drop from the auto and make contact with a rail, which is similar to those powering subway trains electrically. Once attached to the rail, the car will become electrically powered from the system, and control of the vehicle will pass to a central computer. The computer will then monitor all of the car''s movements. The driver will use a telephone to dial instructions about his destination into the system. The computer will calculate the best route, and reserve space for the car all the way to the correct exit from the highway. Some pessimistic experts feel that the automobile is bound to fall into disuse. They see a day in the not-too-distant future when all autos will be abandoned and allowed to rust. Other authorities, however, think the auto is here to stay. They hold that the car will remain a leading means of urban travel in the foreseeable future. The motorcar will undoubtedly change significantly over the next 30 years. It should become smaller, safer, and more economical, and should not be powered by the gasoline engine. The car of the future should be far more pollution-free than present types. Regardless of its power source, the auto in the future will still be the main problem in urban traffic jams. One proposed solution to this problem is the automated highway system. When the auto enters the highway system, a retractable arm will drop from the auto and make contact with a rail, which is similar to those powering subway trains electrically. Once attached to the rail, the car will become electrically powered from the system, and control of the vehicle will pass to a central computer. The computer will then monitor all of the car''s movements. The driver will use a telephone to dial instructions about his destination into the system. The computer will calculate the best route, and reserve space for the car all the way to the correct exit from the highway.

听力题M: Did you see that TV special on Norman Rockwell last night? W: Yes, I did. It was really good, wasn''t it? M: It sure was. I thought it was really interesting how he developed the paintings in states starting with photographs. W: Yes, I did, too. It never occurred to me that he would have actually employed models. I just assumed that he invented all those wonderful characters. M: I know. But it does make sense to use photographs of real people, to solve as many of the composition problems as possible before starting to paint. W: True. Anyway, you know what I like most about his work? M: What? W: Well, when you look at one of the magazine covers, which magazine was it? M: The Saturday Evening Post. W: Yes, you can just tell what the people are thinking and feeling. The picture really tells a story. M: You''re right. I like that, too. And to think that he created several hundred of those. W: Amazing. Of course, that was over a period of almost sixty years, but still... M: I''d like to see them when that exhibit comes to Miami. W: What exhibit? M: The one they mentioned after the special. W: Oh. I must have turned it off before the announcement. I''d like to see it, too. Let''s go! M: Did you see that TV special on Norman Rockwell last night? W: Yes, I did. It was really good, wasn''t it? M: It sure was. I thought it was really interesting how he developed the paintings in states starting with photographs. W: Yes, I did, too. It never occurred to me that he would have actually employed models. I just assumed that he invented all those wonderful characters. M: I know. But it does make sense to use photographs of real people, to solve as many of the composition problems as possible before starting to paint. W: True. Anyway, you know what I like most about his work? M: What? W: Well, when you look at one of the magazine covers, which magazine was it? M: The Saturday Evening Post. W: Yes, you can just tell what the people are thinking and feeling. The picture really tells a story. M: You''re right. I like that, too. And to think that he created several hundred of those. W: Amazing. Of course, that was over a period of almost sixty years, but still... M: I''d like to see them when that exhibit comes to Miami. W: What exhibit? M: The one they mentioned after the special. W: Oh. I must have turned it off before the announcement. I''d like to see it, too. Let''s go!

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听力题 The Mediterranean is a word both easy to pronounce and easy to spell—if you only know how. It is a word of five syllables: me-di-ter-ran-ean, meaning mid-earth. The Chinese translation is a happy one, as it means exactly the same thing. Europe owes its early growth to the Mediterranean Sea. On its shores were the seats of early civilization: Egypt, Greece and Rome. The Mediterranean fed the people in these lands and provided a highway for trade and diplomacy. Together, they formed a Mediterranean civilization. In 1869 the Suez Canal was cut after 10 years of arduous work. Linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean, the Canal shortened the passage from Europe to Asia by some 10,000 kilometres. The Canal is 171 km long and 65 km wide. An ocean liner takes some 10 hours to go through. It goes slowly, but safely. The Canal is now completely Egyptian property. Foreign ships pay for their passage, making the Canal a good earner of hard currency The Mediterranean is a word both easy to pronounce and easy to spell—if you only know how. It is a word of five syllables: me-di-ter-ran-ean, meaning mid-earth. The Chinese translation is a happy one, as it means exactly the same thing. Europe owes its early growth to the Mediterranean Sea. On its shores were the seats of early civilization: Egypt, Greece and Rome. The Mediterranean fed the people in these lands and provided a highway for trade and diplomacy. Together, they formed a Mediterranean civilization. In 1869 the Suez Canal was cut after 10 years of arduous work. Linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean, the Canal shortened the passage from Europe to Asia by some 10,000 kilometres. The Canal is 171 km long and 65 km wide. An ocean liner takes some 10 hours to go through. It goes slowly, but safely. The Canal is now completely Egyptian property. Foreign ships pay for their passage, making the Canal a good earner of hard currency

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

听力题Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

听力题 Most ants are hard workers and often work from six in the morning until ten at night. The work is divided among the worker ants so that each one has a certain amount to do. We do not know how they decide what each one is to do, for they do not talk. Some people think ants follow each other by their sense of smell. Ants often live to be a year old, and some have been known to live six or seven years. One way they get their food is from plant insects which we might call their cows. The ants milk these "cows" by tapping the insects gently until a drop of honey comes out. Then they eat the honey. Ants take very good care of these plant insects and often build a covering over them so that they will be protected from the rain. Most ants are hard workers and often work from six in the morning until ten at night. The work is divided among the worker ants so that each one has a certain amount to do. We do not know how they decide what each one is to do, for they do not talk. Some people think ants follow each other by their sense of smell. Ants often live to be a year old, and some have been known to live six or seven years. One way they get their food is from plant insects which we might call their cows. The ants milk these "cows" by tapping the insects gently until a drop of honey comes out. Then they eat the honey. Ants take very good care of these plant insects and often build a covering over them so that they will be protected from the rain.

听力题Researchers in Troy, New York, have made the world''s smallest brushes, with bristles a thousand times thinner than a human hair. They''re (36)________to sweep clean the tiny world of nanotechnology. Brushes, brooms and hairy fly swats are probably among the first tools (37)________ by humans. (38)________, an ancient paintbrush used by a prehistoric cave artist (39)________ from 30,000 years ago. So it''s (40)________ that miniature versions of these should adorn the burgeoning field of nanotechnology. The bristles of these new nanobrushes are made of tiny (41)________ filaments thirty billionths of a meter across and a few (42)________long. The brush handles they''re attached to are comparatively large — (43)________ than a human hair! The researchers have taken microscope pictures (44)________________________—particles that would escape any normal brush. The researchers also used their brushes to paint microstructures; and (45) ________________________. If the tiny tools prove robust enough, (46)________________________ or sweeping away unwanted crud.

听力题It''s difficult to imagine the sea ever running out of fish. It''s so vast, so deep, and so (36)______. Unfortunately, it''s not bottomless. Over-fishing, (37)______with destructive fishing practices, is killing off the fish and (28 )______their environment. Destroy the fish, and you destroy the fishermen''s means of living. At least 60 percent of the (39)______ commercially important fish (40)______are already over-fished or fished to the limit. As a result, governments have to close down some areas of sea to commercial fishing. Big, high-tech fleets (41)______that everything in their path is pulled out of water. Anything too small, or the wrong thing is thrown back, either (42)______or dying. That''s an (43)______ of more than 20 million metric tons every year. (44)____________. In some part of the world, for every kilograms of prawns caught, up to fifteen kilograms of unsuspecting fish and other marine wildlife die, simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. True, (45)____________ before every ocean becomes a dead sea. (46)____________ then catch them in the way that doesn''t kill other innocent sea life.

听力题 Good health is the most precious thing in the world. When you''ve got it, you never think about it. When you haven''t got it, certainly you think about it all the time. Our biggest enemies are certainly not serious diseases and so on. We are our own biggest enemies because we sometimes destroy our own good health. Some of us eat too much, drink too much and smoke too much. And though our reason tells us we should control ourselves, we find it difficult. The fact is that most human beings need stimulation. Who doesn''t enjoy a drink after a tiring day? Only a smoker knows the exciting pleasure of a cigarette with a cup of coffee or tea. The funny thing is that when we don''t control ourselves, obviously, simple pleasure is no longer simple pleasure. All right, I know what you are thinking. You are probably saying, "It''s all very well for him to talk, but I can''t help myself. I need that extra drink, that extra cigarette. Life has so many pressures that I can''t manage without them. In order to keep a good health you must help yourself. Because if you don''t help yourself, no one else can, therefore, be your own best friend." If we can control ourselves then the danger is small. If we can''t then it''s best to get rid of the danger altogether. It''s best to stop drinking and smoking once and for all. This is painful, I know, but not nearly as painful as the illness that can result from alcohol or tobacco. The time to act is not tomorrow or someday, but now. Good health is the most precious thing in the world. When you''ve got it, you never think about it. When you haven''t got it, certainly you think about it all the time. Our biggest enemies are certainly not serious diseases and so on. We are our own biggest enemies because we sometimes destroy our own good health. Some of us eat too much, drink too much and smoke too much. And though our reason tells us we should control ourselves, we find it difficult. The fact is that most human beings need stimulation. Who doesn''t enjoy a drink after a tiring day? Only a smoker knows the exciting pleasure of a cigarette with a cup of coffee or tea. The funny thing is that when we don''t control ourselves, obviously, simple pleasure is no longer simple pleasure. All right, I know what you are thinking. You are probably saying, "It''s all very well for him to talk, but I can''t help myself. I need that extra drink, that extra cigarette. Life has so many pressures that I can''t manage without them. In order to keep a good health you must help yourself. Because if you don''t help yourself, no one else can, therefore, be your own best friend." If we can control ourselves then the danger is small. If we can''t then it''s best to get rid of the danger altogether. It''s best to stop drinking and smoking once and for all. This is painful, I know, but not nearly as painful as the illness that can result from alcohol or tobacco. The time to act is not tomorrow or someday, but now.