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单选题"...People who die wondering, what if?" ( Line 3, Para. 3 ) refers to" those ______ ".
单选题You ______ better finish your homework before dinner. [A] 've [B] 'd [C] /
单选题Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage.
单选题WhatisTRUEabouttheMusicBox?A.It'salittlejazzbar.B.It'swheremusiciansplaymusicatnight.C.It'sthewoman'sfavoriteplace.D.It'swhereyoumeetinterestingpeople.
单选题The reason why the treasure from the sunken vessel disappeared was ______.
单选题Questions 15 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
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Questions 19 ~ 22 are based on the following
conversation.
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Blinks can take several forms. Besides
the blinks that wash the eye, there are those associated with unexpected
circumstances (such as loud noises), as well as the voluntary flaps of the
eyelids that may express anger or incredulity. Another type, the spontaneous eye
blink, is neither voluntary nor reflexive. Most blinks are
spontaneous. Mere eye-rinsing requires a blink no more than once
a minute; yet most people blink around 15 times a minute. Why do we blink so
frequently? Apparently there is a direct relationship between spontaneous
blinking and the mind. Scientists can now discern how the frequency and duration
of blinks vary according to whether a person is alert, bored, anxious or
concentrating. Studies show first of all that we blink less when
we are most alert. A person reading a novel blinks about six times a minute;
someone engaged in conversation blinks more than twice as often. Automobile
drivers blink less when negotiating distracting city streets than when cruising
down highways. Researchers have learned that the rate and
duration of our blinks vary according to the tasks we perform. People engaged in
visual activities like drawing blink less frequently; fatigued individual blink
more often than when they are rested. We blink more if upset.
Anxiety also increases the number of blinks. Notice helicopter pilots
blink more often than instructors, and witnesses under cross-examination blink
more frequently than those facing friendly lawyers. This
connection between blinking and apprehension explains why television newscasters
are instructed to blink normally, in order to appear calm and controlled and,
thus, unflappable before the cameras. This also applies to politicians. Newsweek
reports that when neuro-psychologist Joe Tecce monitored Michael Dukakis and
Geoge Bush during their debate last October, he concluded that the Massachusetts
governor was more nervous. Dukakis averaged 75 blinks per minute (92 when asked
if he'd raise taxes), Bush 67.
单选题WhydidMarycallhome?
单选题As the conversation begins, what are the man and woman doing?
单选题 Questions 18~21 are bused on the following
conversation between father and daughter.
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单选题Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed incredible 50 years ago. And we can expect the rate of change to accelerate rather than slow down within our lifetime. The developments in technology are bound to have a dramatic effect on the future of work. By 2010, new technology will have revolutionized communications. People will be transmitting messages down telephone lines that previously would have been sent by post. Not only postmen but also clerks and secretaries will vanish in a paperfree society. All the routine tasks they perform will be carried on a tiny silicon chip so that they will be as obsolete as the horse and cart after the invention of the motor car. One change will make thousands, if not millions, redundant. Even people in traditional professions, where expert knowledge has been the key, are unlikely to escape the effects of new technology. Instead of going to a solicitor, you might go to a computer which is programmed with all the most up-to-date legal information. Doctors, too, will find that an electronic competitor will be able to carry out a much quicker and more accurate diagnosis and recommend more efficient courses of treatment. In education, teachers will be largely replaced by teaching machines far more knowledgeable than any human being. Most learning will take place in the home via video conferencing. Children will still go to school though, until another place is created where they can make friends anti develop social skills. What can we do to avoid the threat of unemployment? We shouldn't hide our heads in the sand. Unions will try to stop change but they will be fighting a losing battle. People should get computer literate as this just might save them from professional extinction. After all, there will be a few jobs left in law, education and medicine for those few individuals who are capable of writing and programming the software of the future. Strangely enough, there will still be jobs like rubbish collection and cleaning as it is tough to programme tasks which are largely unpredictable.
单选题Questions 8-10 are based on the following monologue.
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单选题Steveland Morris is a household name in America. Ask Steveland Morris and he'll tell you that blindness is not necessarily disabling. Steveland was born prematurely(过早地,不到期地) and totally without sight in 1950s. He became Stevie Wonder—composer, singer, and pianist. The winner of ten Grammy awards, Stevie is widely acclaimed(喝采) for his outstanding contributions to the music world. As a child, Stevie learned not to think about the things he could not do, but to concentrate on the things that he could do. His parents encouraged him to join his sighted brothers in as many activities as possible. They also helped him to sharpen his sense of hearing, the sense upon which the usually disabled are so dependent. Because sound was so important to him, Stevie began at an early age to experiment with different kinds of sound. He would bang things together and then imitate the sound with his voice. Often relying on sound for entertainment, he sang, beat on toy drums, played a toy harmonica(口琴), and listened to the radio. Stevie soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments. He first learned to play the drams. He then mastered the harmonica and the piano. He became a member of the junior church choir(唱诗班) and a lead singer. In the evening and on weekends, Stevie would play different instruments and sing popular rhythm and blues tunes on the front porches (走廊)of neighbors' homes. One of Stevie's sessions was overheard by Ronnie White, a member of a popular singing group called The Miracles. Ronnie immediately recognized Stevie's talent and took him to audition(试听) for Berry Gordy, the president of Hitsville USA, a large recording company now known as Motown. Stevie recorded his first smash hit "Fingertips" in 1962 at age twelve, and the rest of Stevie's story is music history.
单选题In Joseph Mangano's opinion______.
