单选题 In a family where much housework is shared by father and mother, notions of male superiority (优越) are hard to maintain. The pattern of sharing in tasks and decision-making arouses equality which in turn leads to further sharing. In such a home, the children learn to accept equality more easily than their parents. And they learn to prepare more fully for taking part in a world which has the nature of cooperation (合作) rather than the "battle of the sexes". If the process goes too far and man's role is regarded as less important, we are as badly off as before, only in the opposite way. It is time to examine the role of the man again in the American family. We are getting a little tired of "Momism" but we don't want to change it to a "neo-Popism". What we need, rather, is the recognition that bringing up children involves a partnership of equals. There are signs that psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and specialists are becoming more aware of the part men play. And they have decided that women should not receive all the praise nor the blame. We have almost given up saying that a woman's place is in the home. We are beginning, however, to analyze man's place in the home and to insist that he does have a place in it. That place is relevant (相关的) to the healthy development of the child. The family is a cooperative company for which it is difficult to set rules, because each family needs to work out its own ways for solving its own problems. The equal rights and equal duties are important not only to a healthy democracy (民主), but also to a healthy family.

单选题{{B}}Text 3{{/B}} Hong Kong's once booming movie industry--one of the world's biggest——faces extinction as video piracy(盗版)becomes more and more popular. Gone are the days when film fans swarmed to cinemas to see latest-released local movies. "the Hong Kong film industry will disappear in a few years unless something is done," said Woody, chief executive of the Motion Picture Industry Association. The industry started going downhill in the early 1990s when major investors backed off in the face of rising copyright piracy. "since the Taiwanese have stopped investing in or buying the copyright for Hong Kong movies at very high prices, there's not too much money coming in from Taiwan," a director said. "Taiwan money had funded at least half of the industry in the late 1980s and early 1990s". she said. Hong Kong made 86 movies in 2002, a fifth of the 426 produced in 1994. The industry employs just 5,000 people now, down from 30,000 in 1994. The industry's fading attraction has also dimmed the careers of its stars. Now, besides making far fewer films, they have turned to other fields, such as drama, television, radio or business. Copyright piracy is at the heart of the problem. The widespread sale of pirated video compact discs has drawn audiences away from the big screen or genuine products. Pirated editions flood Hong Kong, with shops selling VCDs of the latest local and Hollywood movies for as little as HK ＄100 (US ＄13) for six discs. By contrast, a movie ticket costs about HK ＄50 (US ＄6.4). Hollywood studios have threatened to stop bringing in their latest movies unless piracy is brought under control. Making a bad situation worse, Hong Kong's economy began to sour in late 1997 amid Asia's financial crisis. With the industry in the depression, top members of the Hong Kong film industry, such as actors Jackie Chan and Chow Yurt-fat and director John Woo, now spend more time in Hollywood. In a vicious(恶性的) cycle, the talent drain reduces the motivation for audiences to watch local movies. If the decline continues, more industry professionals will seek work overseas.

单选题{{B}}Text 3{{/B}} By far the most common snake in Britain is the adder. In Scotland, in fact, there are no other snakes at all. The adder is also the only British snake with a poisonous bite. It can be found almost anywhere, but prefers' sunny hillsides and rough open country, including high ground. In Ireland there are no snakes at all. Most people regard snake bites as fatal misfortune, but net all bites are serious, and very few are fatal. Sometimes attempts at emergency treatment turn out to be dangerous than the bite itself, with amateurs heroically, but mistakenly, trying do-it-yourself surgery and other unnecessary measures. All snakes have small teeth, so it follows that all snakes can bite, but only the bite of the adder presents any danger. British snakes are shy animals and are far more frightened of you than you could possibly be of him. The adder will attack only if it feels threatened, as can happen if you take it by surprise and step on it accidentally, or if you try to catch it or pick it up, which it dislikes intensely. If it hears you coming, it will normally get out of the way as quickly as it can, but adders cannot move very rapidly and may attack before moving if you are close. The effect of a bite varies considerably. It depends upon several things, one of which is the bodyweight of the person bitten. The bigger the person, the less harmful the bite is likely to be, which is why children suffer far more seriously from snake bites than adults. A healthy person will also have better resistance against the poison. Very few people actually die from snake bites in Britain and though these bites can make some people very ill, there are probably just as many cases of bites having little or no effect, as there are of serious illness.

单选题Questions 18-21 are based on the following dialogue between a doctor and his patient.

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单选题Whatisthemostprobablerelationshipbetweenthewomanandtheman?A.Saleswomanandcustomer,B.Motherandson.C.Professorandstudent.D.Managerandemployee

单选题 {{I}}Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.{{/I}}

单选题Tom will go to the Great Wall as soon as he ______ to Beijing. A. will come B. comes C. come

单选题A special lab at the University of Chicago is busy only 1 . It is a dream 2 where re-searchers are at work 3 dreamers. Their findings have concluded that 4 dreams from three to seven times each night, 5 in ordinary life a person may 6 none or only one of his dreams. While the 7 sleep, special machines 8 their brain waves and eye movements as well as the body movements that 9 the end of a dream. Surprisingly, all subjects 10 soundly. 11 say that a person usually fidgets (烦躁). before a dream. 12 the dream has started, his body relaxes and his eyes 13 more active, as if the curtain 14 on a show. When the machine 15 that the dream is over, a buzzer wakes the 16 . He sits up, records his dream, and goes back to sleep-perhaps to 17 some more. Researchers have found that if the dreamer, is 18 immediately after his dream, he can usually recall the entire dream. If he is allowed to sleep even 19 his. 20 of the dream will have faded. That"s why most people have many dreams at night, but forget most of them in the morning.

单选题Questions 18--21 are based on the following passage.

单选题Rhythm and blues, or R&B, is a (26) of music that came out of the jazz, blues and gospel music that was being (27) by African Americans (28) the l930s and l940s. Over the years, the term has commonly been used to describe (29) popular music this community was played at the time. This more upbeat, exciting type of music caught on (30) a big way, and for the first time, African Americans (31) their own style of commercial music. In the late 1930s, many big bands broke up (32) smaller units and formed "jump blues" bands (33) played loud music with a strong dance beat, quickly (34) popular in the dance halls at the time. Early R&B (35) were those of Count Basie, Louis Jordan and Lionel Hampton. Basie had a hit in 1937 with One O'clock Jump, (36) Jordan had a string of hits from the late l930s through the l940s. By the mid 1940s, R. M. Blues by Roy Milton and The Honeydripper by Joe Liggin each (37) one million copies. The new music style (38) to evolve and was gaining (39) rapidly. In Annapolis, more than 50,000 people (40) up to a concert with seating for 8,000. There was a traffic (41) for seven hours. Rhythm and blues has come a long way (42) American African musicians of the mid 20th century developed their own style of (43) music based on some more conservative styles at the time. R&B had huge success in the 1950s and l960s before making an even (44) comeback as contemporary R&B (45) the l980s on.

单选题HowlongdidittakeforalettertogettotheUSAsixyearsago?A.Usuallyfourorfivedays.B.Aweek.C.Morethanaweek.D.Itdepends.

单选题{{I}} You will hear one dialogue or monologue. Before listening, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing[A], [B], [C], or[D]. You will hear ONLY ONCE.{{/I}} {{I}} Questions 5 to 7 are based on the following conversation in a bookstore.{{/I}}

单选题Howshouldthewomanpayforthebooksasthemansuggests?A.Incash．B.Bycheck．C.Inmortgage．D.Bycreditcard．

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单选题Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we "fit" in society. As we go about our everyday lives, we mentally attempt to place people in terms of their statuses. For example, we must judge whether the person in the library is a reader or a librarian, and whether the unfamiliar person on our property is a thief or a meter reader. The statuses we assume often (26) with the people we encounter, and change throughout life. Most of us can, at very high speed, (27) the statuses that various situations require. Much of social (28) consists of identifying and selecting among (29) statuses and (30) other people to assume their statuses (31) relation to us. This means that we (32) our actions to those of other people based on a constant mental process of (33) and interpretation. Although some of us find the task more (34) than others, most of us perform (35) rather effortlessly. A status has been (36) to ready-made clothes. Within certain limits, the buyer can choose style and (37) . But an American is not (38) to choose the costume of a Chinese peasant or (39) of a Hindu prince. We must choose from among the clothing (40) by our society. Furthermore, our choice is limited to a size that will fit, (41) by our pocketbook. Having made a choice within these limits we can have certain (42) made, but apart from minor (43) , we tend to be limited to what the stores have on their (44) . Statuses too come ready made, and the (45) of choice among them is limited.

单选题Play is the principal business of childhood, and more and more in recent years research has shown the great importance of play in the development of a human being. From earliest infancy, every child needs opportunity and the right material for play, and the main tools of play are toys. Their main function is to suggest, encourage and assist play. To succeed in this they must be good toys, which children will play often, and will come back to again and again. Therefore it is important to choose suitable toys for different stages of a child' s development. In recent years' research on infant development has shown the standard a child is likely to reach, within the range of his inherited abilities, is largely determined in the first three years of his life. So a baby's ability to profit from the right play materials should not be underestimated. A baby who is encouraged and stimulated, talked to and shown things and played with, has the best chance of growing up successfully. The next stage, from three to five years old, curiosity knows no bounds. Every type of suitable toys should be made available to the child, for trying out, experimenting and learning, for discovering his own particular ability. Bricks and jigsaws and construction toys; painting, scribbling and making things; sand and water play; toys for imaginative and pretending play; the first social games for leaning to play and get on with others. By the third stage of play development—from five to seven or eight years—the child is at school. But for a few more years play is still the best way of learning, at home or at school. It is easier to see which type of toys the child most enjoys. Until the age of seven or eight, play and work mean much the same thing to a child. But once reading has been mastered, then books and school become the main source of learning. Toys are still interesting and valuable, they lead on to new hobbies, but their significance has changed—to a child of nine or ten years, toys and games mean, as to adults, relaxation and fun.

单选题{{B}}Text 2{{/B}} Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors (流星) but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts as our protective blanket on earth. Light gets through, and this is essential for plants to make the food which we eat. Heat, too, makes our environment endurable. Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space, but enormous quantities of radiation (辐射) from the sun are screened off. As soon as men leave the atmosphere they are exposed to this radiation but their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a lot of radiation damage. Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in space. The unit of radiation is called "rem". Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more radiation than 0.1 rem without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed on. The trouble is that it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage—a person may feel perfectly well, but the cells of his or her sex organs may be damaged, and this will not be discovered until the birth of deformed (畸形的) children or even grandchildren. Missions of the Apollo flights have had to cross belts of high radiation and, during the outward and return journeys, the Apollo missions have been quite short. We simply do not know yet how men are going to get on when they spend weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere, working in space laboratory. Rugs might help to decrease the damage done by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so far.

单选题Animals have been kept as pets by people in all parts of the world for thousands of years. The most (26) pets are dogs, cats, birds and fish. But many people (27) unusual pets, (28) snakes, crocodiles and monkeys. Many Japanese children (29) mice and teach (30) to dance (31) music. The people of India (32) pets of snakes. Pets can make interesting, playful (33) . People enjoy teaching them to do (34) and to (35) commands. Pets owners often (36) their pet to be a member of the family. Many children spend more time with their pets than they do with adults. (37) .caring for pets, children learn responsibility. They must (38) that their pets have food, ex excise, and a proper place to live in. Most children like (39) to and even telling secrets to their pets. Pets also can (40) to a person's general well-being. Research shows that (41) with animals can improve a person's morale, and that the presence of pets can lower (42) blood pressure. Many people look and feel more relaxed (43) with their pets. Many people living (44) in nursing homes or in hospitals enjoy community programs that bring pets to visit. Today, many such institutions keep cats, birds, fish and other pets for their (45) .