Where do people in San Francisco celebrate the Moon Festival?()
A.In Chinatown
B.At the biggest supermarket
C.In downtown
D.At home
A.In Chinatown
B.At the biggest supermarket
C.In downtown
D.At home
Phil: Yes,and what an experience!
Nate: What do you mean?
Phil: Well,it's nothing like visiting a swimming pool in the States.
Nate: Well,what do you do when you go to a public bath?
Phil: First,you take off your shoes before you enter.
Nate: Okay.
Phil: Then,you pay an entrance fee to the man or woman at the front counter. Next,you get undressed in the dressing room. And I was very surprised…and a little embarrassed to see that the woman who took my money was sitting on a platform. where she had a clear view of the men's side of the dressing room.
Nate: Really?
Phil: This allows the workers to keep an eye on the patrons'belongings while they are in the bath.
Nate: Wow. And do you wear a bathing suit or something?
Phil: Oh no!You don't wear anything. Then you go into the main bathing area and wash your body while sitting on a small stool about 40 centimeters high.
Nate: On a stool!?
Phil: Yeah. It was really hard getting used to bathing in that position. Sometimes,even,people wash each other's backs.
Nate: Oh really. So,what do you do after that?
Phil: Well,after you've rinsed off all the soap,they usually have two or three large baths where you can soak for a while.
Nate: Do you actually share the bath with other people?
Phil: Yeah. Traditionally,the bath played an important role in the community. It gave neighbors an opportunity to socialize while bathing.
Nate: Huh. Interesting.
Phil: When you're all done bathing,people relax in the dressing room by watching TV,drinking tea or juice, or talking to friends. It's quite an experience.
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A.Pay the entrance fee.
B.Take off your shoes.
C.Put your clothes in a locker.
D.Show your ID card.
M: Well, it's nothing like visiting a swimming pool in the States.
W: Well, what do you do when you go to a public bath?
M: First, you take off your shoes before you enter.
W: Okay.
M: Then, you pay an entrance fee to the man or woman at the front counter. Next, you get undressed in the dressing room.
W: Wow. And do you wear a bathing suit or something?
M: Oh no! You don't wear anything. Then you go into the main bathing area and wash your body while sitting on a small stool about 40 centimeters high.
W: On a stool !
M: Yeah. It was really hard getting used to bathing in that position. Sometimes, even, people wash each other's backs.
W: Oh really. So, what do you do after that?
M: Well, after you've rinsed off all the soap, they usually have two or three large baths where you can soak for a while.
W: De you actually share the bath with other people?
M: Yeah. Traditionally, the bath played an important role in the community. It gave neighbors an opportunity to socialize while bathing.
W: Huh. Interesting.
M: When you're all done bathing, people relax in the dressing room by watching TV, drinking tea or juice, or talking to friends. It's quite an experience.
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A.Pay the entrance fee.
B.Take off your shoes.
C.Put your clothes in a locker.
D.Change clothes.
The specialist understands one field; his concern is with technique and tools; he is a "trained" man; and his educational background is properly technical or professional. The generalist—and especially the administrator—deals with people; his concern is with leadership, with planning, and with direction giving. He is an "educated" man; and the humanities are his strongest foundation. Very rarely is a specialist capable of being an administrator. And very rarely is a good generalist also a good specialist in a particular field. Any organization needs both kinds of people, though different organizations need them in different proportions. It is your task to find out, during your training period, into which of the two kinds of jobs you fit, and to plan your career accordingly.
Your first job may mm out to be the right job for you—but this is pure accident. Certainly you should not change jobs constantly or people will become suspicious of your ability to hold any job. At the same time you must not look upon the first job as the final job; it is primarily a training job, an opportunity to understand yourself and your fitness for being an employee.
There is an increasing demand for ______.
A.people who are specialists and generalists as well
B.people whose job is to organize other people's work
C.generalists whose educational background is either technical or professional
D.specialists whose chief concern is to provide administrative guidance to others
Of the many values that hold civilization together—honesty, kindness, and so on, accountability may be the most important of all. Without it, there can be no respect, no trust, no law—and, ultimately, no society.
My job as a police officer is to impose accountability on people who refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external controls on people's behavior. are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.
Fortunately there are still communities—smaller towns usually—where schools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that proclaim: "In this family certain things are not tolerated—they simply are not done!"
Yet more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are
loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enrage him.
The main cause of this break-down is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, it's the criminal who is considered victimized: by his under-privileged upbringing, by the school that did not teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who did not provide a stable home.
I don' t believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything. We in America desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.
What the wise man said suggests that______.
A.it's unnecessary for good people to do anything in face of evil
B.it' s certain that evil will prevail if good men do nothing about it
C.it's only natural for value to defeat evil
D.it's desirable for good men to keep away from evil
听力原文: Some people do not like anything to be out of place: they are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people's birthday; and they put everything in its place at their homes. Mr. Harper is such a person.
Mr. Harper works in a bank and lives on his own. His sister's family lives in the next town. But tie does not see his sister or her family from one year to the next. He sends them Christmas cards and he has never forgotten his nephew -- Mark's seventeen birthdays.
Last week, Mr. Harper had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time neither too slowly nor too fast. He parked his car where he always parked it, and he went inside to make his evening meal. Straightaway, there was a knock at the door.
Mr. Harper opened the door, found a policeman standing on the doorstep. "What have I done wrong?" Mr. Harper asked himself. "Have I driven on the wrong side of file mad? Has there been .some trouble at the bank7 Have I forgotten to pay an important bill? .... Hello, Uncle," said the policeman, "My name's Mark."
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A.He likes to send Christmas cards.
B.He likes to do everything right.
C.He has a good memory.
D.He likes to have everything out of place.
听力原文: In America, where labor costs are so high, "do it yourself " is a way of life. Many people repair their own cars, build their own garages, and even rebuild their own houses, Soon many of them will also be writing their own books. In Hollywood there is a company that publishes children's book with the help of computers. Although other book companies also publish that way, this company is not like the others. It allows the reader to become the leading character in the stories with the help of computers, Here is how they do it. Let us suppose the child is named Henry. He lives in New York, and has a god named Jody. The computer uses this information to make up a story with pictures.. The story' is then printed up. A child who receives such a book might say, "This book is about me." So the company calls itself the "Me-Books Publishing Company".
Children like the Me-Books because they like to see in print their own names and the names of their friends and their pets. But more important, in this way, readers are much more interested in reading the stories. Me-Books are helping a child to learn how to read.
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A.They can do better than others.
B.It is expensive to hire labor.
C.They do not like to be helped.
D.They do not trust others.
听力原文:M: What is the most interesting Thai festival?
W: I think file most interesting Thai festival is Songkran. Songkran is a Thai traditional New "Year which starts on April 13 every year and lasts for 3 days. At this time, people from the rural areas who are working in the city usually return home to celebrate the festival. Thus, when the time comes, Bangkok temporarily turns into a deserted city.
M: Please tell me about the climate in Thailand.
W: Thailand has three seasons: the hot season, the rainy season, and the cool season. But really, it's always hot.
M: Do you like Thai food?
W: I love Thai food. Thai food is fantastic. It's very good, usually spicy. Yes, Thailand has wonderful food.
M: What sports do you like?
W: My favorite Thai sport is Muay Thai, or Thai kickboxing. It's very popular in Thailand. There are two large stadiums in Bangkok, and many, many people watch Thai fighting. It's very popular. I like it a lot.
M: Do Thai people keep elephants around the household?
W: Most Thai people do not have elephants. Only special people, usually in the north and northeast part of Thailand, keep elephants.
M: Have you ever ridden an elephant?
W: Yes, I have. I rode an elephant in the north part el Thailand. Many people go to the north and they ride elephants in the mountains and in the jungle. It's very nice.
M: Where is the best place to dive in Thailand?
W: I think the best place to dive in Thailand are the Surin and Similan islands. There is a national marine park, very, very beautiful.
M: Is Japanese manga popular in Thailand?
W: Yes, Japanese manga is very popular. They translate from Japanese into Thai, and many Thai people like Japanese manga.
M: What are some traditional Thai instruments?
W: I can't remember the Thai name, but my favorite...there's a xylophone and it's very beautiful, very popular in Thailand.
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A.Because many people return home to celebrate the festival.
B.Because people do not like to spend their New Year in a big city.
C.Because Songkran is a Thai traditional New Year which starts on April 13.
D.Because Songkran is a Thai word which means "move" or "change place".
听力原文: One reason is that people become addicted to cigarettes. To be addicted means that your body comes to need them. The addictive substance in cigarettes is nicotine. When people smoke, the nicotine goes right into the blood stream and makes people feel relaxed. A smoker's body gets accustomed to the nicotine and if he stops smoking he feels nervous. Many smokers try to stop smoking but because of the addiction to nicotine they feel so uncomfortable that they often find it too difficult to stop.
Another reason is that people simply enjoy smoking. For many people, having a cigarette means taking a break. For some people smoking becomes part of certain social rituals, for example, the cigarette after dinner. Many people enjoy smoking because it gives them something to do with their hands. Reaching for a cigarette and lighting it are especially comforting in situations where a person feels tense.
Many people also like the taste of tar in cigarettes. However, it is the tar that causes cancer. While governments and health experts have tried to get people to give up smoking entirely, cigarette manufacturers have tried to keep selling them by producing cigarettes with less tar. Many people in western countries have welcomed these cigarettes since they find it hard to stop smoking but want to reduce the risk to their health.
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A.Because their bodies get accustomed to the nicotine.
B.Because they have nothing to do in their spare time.
C.Because they want to do something different form. others.
D.None of the above.
M: Well, I can't exactly go to hang with my friends at some of the places we used to go to, and just basically raise hell and have a whole bunch of fun. I can't do that any more because it's not good for the public to see that. It's not good for me.
W: Your father said you have the ability to be one of the biggest influences in history, not just golf, humanity. What do you think of that?
M: I think that is more important than just my golf. I think my golf is merely a vehicle to influence people
W: How?
M: How? Oh, so many kids look up to role models, so I can help out kids in a positive way, I can influence their lives in a positive way, and I think that's what it's about.
W: I mean you are only 21, what's the goal? Where do you go?
M: Keep winning.
W: But you know, at a certain point, doesn't lose its thing... ?
M: Winning never gets old and having fun never gets old either. And you always have fun.
W: And playing these tournaments is with all the apprehension and everything, still fun?
M: Always. The day it's not fun is the day I quit And it's been fan since I was in the high chair. And it's fun today.
Why can't the man go to some places and have fun with his friends?
A.Because it will help the public.
B.Because it will do harm to his reputation.
C.Because he is always fully occupied as a role model.
D.Because he always raises hell with others.
听力原文:M: Hi, honey. Do you need any help with your luggage?
W: No, thanks, dad. I just brought one carry-on in my backpack.
M: Great. I wish your mother would take some packing lessons from you. OK, let's go home.
W: Hm...It's cold here.
M: Yes, the weatherman says that it might snow tonight. What temperature was it when you took off from California this morning?
W: Sixty degrees and sunny.
M: Don't you people miss the seasons?
W: Not really. It's nice to go outside everyday. And always have nice sun- ny weather.
Where are the speakers?
A.At the airport.
B.At home.
C.In school.
听力原文: Have you eaten too much over the holidays? You should try fidgeting, or moving your hands or feet for a while. Those around you might not like it, but scratching and twitching is an important way of burning up calories.
American researchers have found that some people's squirming and wiggling equals several miles of jogging each day.
The scientists, based at the National Institute of Health's laboratory in Phoenix, Arizona, are studying why some people get fat and others stay slim.
In one study, 177 people each spent 24 hours in the institute's respiratory chamber—a room where the amount of energy people expend is measured by their oxygen and carbon dioxide levels. By the end of the day, some people had burned up 800 calories in toe-tapping, finger-drumming and other nervous habits. However, others had expended only 100 calories.
The researchers found that slim women fidget more than fat women, but there was net significant difference in men. Heavy people expend more energy when they fidget than do thin people.
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A.Keeping moving hands and feet.
B.Jogging several miles.
C.Walking a long distance.
D.Taking deep breathes.