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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. 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: OK. W: I''m sure we''ll appreciate it very much.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. 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: OK. W: I''m sure we''ll appreciate it very much.

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听力题 Recently a group of 17-year-old schoolboys decided to beat the world basketball time record. They are to play for 90 hours and add 6 hours to the record. How could 18 boys play for almost 4 days without stopping? The boys decided that each person would play for two and a half hours and then rest for two hours. They had to be able to sleep near the basketball hall, and they needed hot food and drink, day and night. Finally they started at 6 o'' clock one evening. The first night was very hard for the players. When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited to fall asleep at once. After sleeping for a short time, they had to play a-gain. The nights were very long, when nobody was watching. The days were better, because plenty of people cheered the players'' efforts. On the second night they fell a-sleep as soon as they stopped. Some of them had trouble with their hands and feet, but the only serious problem was a mental one. Each boy was thinking: What am I doing here? How can I play any longer? After the third night the players knew they could finish the 90 hours. On the fourth night the play was very slow, but in the final hours it got better. For the last few minutes the players looked as fresh as when they started, They were tired, but very happy. Recently a group of 17-year-old schoolboys decided to beat the world basketball time record. They are to play for 90 hours and add 6 hours to the record. How could 18 boys play for almost 4 days without stopping? The boys decided that each person would play for two and a half hours and then rest for two hours. They had to be able to sleep near the basketball hall, and they needed hot food and drink, day and night. Finally they started at 6 o'' clock one evening. The first night was very hard for the players. When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited to fall asleep at once. After sleeping for a short time, they had to play a-gain. The nights were very long, when nobody was watching. The days were better, because plenty of people cheered the players'' efforts. On the second night they fell a-sleep as soon as they stopped. Some of them had trouble with their hands and feet, but the only serious problem was a mental one. Each boy was thinking: What am I doing here? How can I play any longer? After the third night the players knew they could finish the 90 hours. On the fourth night the play was very slow, but in the final hours it got better. For the last few minutes the players looked as fresh as when they started, They were tired, but very happy.

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听力题Questions16to18arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard

听力题W: I am divorcing my husband

听力题Mrs. Jones was very fond of singing

听力题The making of glass is a very old industry — at least 4,500 years old. Glass has many extraordinary (36) __________ and it is frequently being used in new ways. One of the most (37) ____________ new uses for glass is in communication. Scientists have (38) _____________ glass fibers as thin as human (39) ____________ which are designed to carry light (40) ____________. The light is first changed into (41) ____________ signals which are used to send messages by telephone. Called light-wave (42) ____________, the new system was used successfully in an (43) __________in Chicago in 1977. (44) __________________________. The light-wave cable, containing 144 glass fibers, has the capacity to carry 50,000 conversations at the same time. (45) __________________________. First, the cables are smaller and weigh less than copper. Second, cables made of glass fibers use less space and cost less than copper. (46) __________________________.

听力题Foot massage parlors are sprouting up all over China. In big cities, like Beijing, there are shops on many street (36)________, and foot massage chain stores employ thousands of workers. This (37)________industry is producing thousands of new jobs for the blind, who traditionally in Asia have been trained to do massage. The Chinese government says more than five million people work in the foot massage (38)________. Most of them come from poor rural areas, and getting jobs in the city rubbing other people''s feet offers a way out of poverty. Workers at some shops have only (39)________ training, leaving them wide open to competition from (40)________ trained blind massage therapists, who promise to deliver medicinal (41)________ at a competitive price. Cao Jun has been blind from birth and he (42)________three foot massage parlors. "We have an advantage in terms of touching and feeling, so we are very confident that we do a better job than (43)________people," he says. Massage has traditionally been considered a profession for the blind in China, Japan and other Asian nations. Now (44)________________________. (45)________________________. Mr. Cao says his 10-year-old business is strictly for medicinal massage based on ancient Chinese theories of reflexology, which say (46)________________________.

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听力题 Pat O''Burke was a poor Irishman with a large family, and one morning, waking up very early from cold and hunger, he decided to go shooting in a wood near his cottage. The wood belonged to Lord Northwood, a rich gentleman, and Pat had no right to go there, but in it there were swarms of rabbits and flocks of birds that were good to eat, and Pat determined to take the risk. Suddenly he saw the owner, with a group of friends, coming towards him in the wood. There was a look of anger on Lord Northwood''s face as he caught sight of the gun in Pat''s hands. Pat''s heart sank with fear, but he saw there was no hope of escape, so he walked boldly up to the company and said to Lord Northwood, "Good Morning, sir, and what has brought you out so early this morning?" Lord Northwood, rather surprised, said he and his friends were taking a little exercise to get an appetite for their breakfast. Then, looking at Pat with suspicion, he said, "But why are you out so early in the morning? " "Well, sir," said Pat, "I just came out to see if I could get a breakfast for my appetite. " The whole crowd burst into laughter at Pat''s ready wit, and with a smile Lord Northwood walked on, leaving Pat to try his luck with the rabbits. Pat O''Burke was a poor Irishman with a large family, and one morning, waking up very early from cold and hunger, he decided to go shooting in a wood near his cottage. The wood belonged to Lord Northwood, a rich gentleman, and Pat had no right to go there, but in it there were swarms of rabbits and flocks of birds that were good to eat, and Pat determined to take the risk. Suddenly he saw the owner, with a group of friends, coming towards him in the wood. There was a look of anger on Lord Northwood''s face as he caught sight of the gun in Pat''s hands. Pat''s heart sank with fear, but he saw there was no hope of escape, so he walked boldly up to the company and said to Lord Northwood, "Good Morning, sir, and what has brought you out so early this morning?" Lord Northwood, rather surprised, said he and his friends were taking a little exercise to get an appetite for their breakfast. Then, looking at Pat with suspicion, he said, "But why are you out so early in the morning? " "Well, sir," said Pat, "I just came out to see if I could get a breakfast for my appetite. " The whole crowd burst into laughter at Pat''s ready wit, and with a smile Lord Northwood walked on, leaving Pat to try his luck with the rabbits.

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听力题 Men and women in the United States who want to become doctors usually attend four years of college or university; next they study for four years in a medical school. After that they work in hospitals as medical residents or doctors in training. Some people study and work for as many as 13 years before they begin their lives as doctors. During their university years, people who want to become doctors study science intensively. They must study biology, chemistry and other sciences. If they do not, they may have to return to college for more education in science before trying to enter medical school. There are 125 medical schools in the United States. It is difficult to gain entrance to them. Those who do the best in their studies have a greater chance of entering medical school. Each student also must pass a national examination to enter a medical school. Those who get top score have the best chance of being accepted. Most people who want to study medicine seek to enter a number of medical schools. This increase their chances of being accepted by one. In 1998, almost 47,000 people competed for about 17,000 openings in medical schools. Men and women in the United States who want to become doctors usually attend four years of college or university; next they study for four years in a medical school. After that they work in hospitals as medical residents or doctors in training. Some people study and work for as many as 13 years before they begin their lives as doctors. During their university years, people who want to become doctors study science intensively. They must study biology, chemistry and other sciences. If they do not, they may have to return to college for more education in science before trying to enter medical school. There are 125 medical schools in the United States. It is difficult to gain entrance to them. Those who do the best in their studies have a greater chance of entering medical school. Each student also must pass a national examination to enter a medical school. Those who get top score have the best chance of being accepted. Most people who want to study medicine seek to enter a number of medical schools. This increase their chances of being accepted by one. In 1998, almost 47,000 people competed for about 17,000 openings in medical schools.

听力题M: Hello. W: Hello, Sam...this is Paula Hansen