单选题The Internet is changing the way musicians sell their work and broadening the range of music that consumers get to hear. Says AI Teller, former chief executive of MCA Music Group who now heads Atomic Pop, a new company that will sell downloadable music on the Web. "What the Web offers is an opportunity for the artist to go directly to the consumer." Musicians and entrepreneurs are exploring new ways of putting the technology to use. DJ Spooky recently featured his music on a deejay website that encouraged users to remix his work and e-mail the new creations to others; he's now putting the finishing touches on his own site. The California-based company Liquid Audio offers free downloads of songs by groups like Hole that self-destruct (自毁) after a few days, teasing listeners to buy the whole CD. In the physical world, because of promotion and production costs, musicians release songs in bunches (成组), and fans often have to wait years between CDs. Online, a number of acts, including rockers Todd Rundgren, hip-hop stars Beastie Boys and the hard-rock bank Greed, have been making new material available on their web sites one song at a time. Greed's offering of a downloadable acoustic (原声的) version of song My Own Prison is free; the band's compensation comes in the form of publicity and increased fan loyalty (忠诚). John Perry Barlow, a former lyricist (抒情诗人) for the Grateful Dead and cofounder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, says the music industry is entering a new era. He sees the 20th century as a time when music was stuffed into containers-LPs, eight-track tapes, CDs. Now that musicians can reach fans directly, there's no need for "container markers," i. e., record labels. "Record companies are in a death struggle with the Web," says Barlow. "They're using techniques that have been used in the war on drugs—zero tolerance, ramping up education and enforcement and trying to use the law to preserve something that is no longer supported by public practice." Barlow argues that the copying and sharing of songs on the Web will be a boon (恩惠，福利) to musicians. He cites the fact that the Grateful Dead used to allow fans to tape its live shows and became one of the most popular acts in rock. But Brook has this worry: "There's danger to making things so accessible that you devalue your own work." The challenge for musicians will be to stay both Web friendly and in control of their music.

单选题Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

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单选题It can be inferred from this passage that the new system ___________.

单选题Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

单选题Executive paychecks might grab the most headlines, but it"s top-tier medical professionals who are bringing in the biggest salaries, according to the most recent Occupational Employment Statistics survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Leading the list once again is anesthesiologist (麻醉师), with an average annual salary of $235070. General and specialized physicians dominate the 10 best-paying jobs in the country. Further down the list, internists, family and general practitioners, and psychiatrists continue the trend. According to the BLS, healthcare industry expansion means that employment for physicians and surgeons is expected to grow nearly 20% between 2012 and 2022—faster than the average for all occupations. The lone representative of the corporate org. chart that makes the list is chief executive, coming in at number 10 with an average annual salary of $178400. While the relative absence of the C-suite in the top 10 best-paying jobs might raise a few eyebrows, the occupations at the other end of the spectrum pack fewer surprises. The worst-paying job in America is fast food cook, a job that pays an average of $9.07 hourly, or $18870 for those employed full-time, year-round. In fact, restaurant and food-service industry jobs occupy the majority of rungs at the lowest end of the wage ladder, with various positions in food preparation, dish washing, and counter and cafeteria service all paying at or below about $20000 annually. Shampooers also bring in some of the lowest wages, at an average $9.09 per hour, or $18910 annually, as do theater ushers, amusement park attendants, and farm workers. Perhaps more significant than the difference between wages at the top and bottom of the compensation spectrum is how many more people hold low-wage jobs than high-wage jobs. According to the BLS, "Most of the largest occupations were relatively low paying. Of the 10 largest occupations, only registered nurses, with an annual mean wage of $68910, had an average wage above the US all-occupations mean of $22.33 per hour or $46440 annually. Annual mean wages for the rest of the 10 largest occupations ranged from $18880 for combined food preparation and serving workers to $34000 for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive."

单选题Which of the following statements is TRUE about silent reading according to the passage?

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单选题Man's research on earthquake forecast at present is to ______.

单选题Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

单选题 Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are bused on the passage you have just heard.

单选题How to Visualize Your Success Have you ever heard of visualization (可视的)? Of course you have. Everybody's heard it just gets in the way and slows them down. What about you?

单选题Passage Three Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

单选题Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. The average person learns most of the 30000-40000 words whose meaning he or she recognizes by learning or reading them in context or simply absorbing them without conscious effort. The best way to a good vocabulary, {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}, is to read a great deal and to participate {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}a lot of good talk. There are {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}few words that we learn permanently by purposefully {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}to dictionaries or keeping word lists. However, even those extra few are {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}value, and no one will make a mistake by working on {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}a large 'vocabulary. Here are some suggestions of how to do it. Read plenty of good books. When you come {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}a new word or a new meaning of an old word, stop and see if you can understand it from its {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}. If you do not, and if you can manage it without {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}the thought of the book too much, look it up in a dictionary or ask somebody and then repeat its meaning to yourself a couple of times. If you are really conscientious, {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}the word and its meaning in a personal vocabulary list—{{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}using it in a sentence. {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}over the list from time to time. {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}, try to use a new word in writing {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}conversation a few times over the next several days. Listen to good talks and be {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}to new words you hear or to new meanings of words you already know. Then treat them {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}you do new words you read. Learn and be alert to parts of words: prefixes, suffixes, and {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Knowing them {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}you to make intelligent guesses about the meanings of words. If you are studying a foreign language, be alert for words in that language which {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}to words in English. English has inherited or borrowed much of its vocabulary of 500000-600000 words {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, and German.

单选题WhatdoesMr.Smithtellhissecretarytosay?A.He'llphonethecalleratfouro'clock.B.He'soutofhisoffice.C.he'llbeonthephoneatonce.