People today expect to be examined when they enter a doctor's office. At least they expect

第1题

听力原文：Recently the term "health" has come to have a wider meaning than it used to. It n

听力原文： Recently the term "health" has come to have a wider meaning than it used to. It no longer means just the absence of illness. Today, health means the well-being of your body, your mind and your relationships with other people. This new concept of health is closely related to another term--quality of life. Quality of life is the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life.

Why has the emphasis of health shifted from the absence of disease to a broader focus on the quality of a person's life？ One reason for this has to do with the length and conditions of life that people can now expect. Medical advances have made it possible for people today to live longer, healthier lives. Imagine for a moment that you were born in the year 1900；you could have expected on average to live until about the age of 47. In contrast, if you were born in the year 1999, you could expect to live to the age of 75 or be older.

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A．Different interpretations of the term “health.”

B．Improving the quality of life

C．The importance of health to quality living.

D．People's expectations of a long and healthy life.

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第2题

听力原文：There have been many great inventions, things that changed the way we live. The f

听力原文： There have been many great inventions, things that changed the way we live. The first great invention was one that is still very important today -- the wheel. This is used in cars, trucks, and tractors, etc., and has made it easier to carry heavy things and travel long distances.

For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that had as much effect as the wheel. Then in the early 1800's the world started to change. There was little unknown land left in the world. People did not have to explore much anymore. They began to work instead to make life better.

In the second half of the 19th century, many great inventions were made. Among them were the camera, the electric light and the radio. These all became a big pan of our life today.

The first part of the 20th century saw mom great inventions: the helicopter in 1909, movies with sound in 1926, the computer in 1928, and the jet plane in 1930. This was also a time when a new kind of material was first made. Nylon came out in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wear.

The middle part of the 20th century brought new ways to help people get over diseases, They worked very well. They made people healthier and let them live longer. By the 1960's most people could expect to live to be at least 60.

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A．The tractor.

B．The ear.

C．The wheel.

D．The steam engine.

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第3题

Prehistoric men and women enjoyed a more varied diet than people do now, since they ate

species of plant and several hundreds thousands types of living things. But only a tiny percentage of these were ever domesticated. Modern shops have hastened a trend towards specialization which began in the earliest days of agriculture. The food of the rich countries has become cheaper relative to wages. It is speedily distributed in supermarkets. But the choice annually becomes less and less great. Even individual foods themselves become more standardized. We live in the world of carrot specially blunted in order to avoid making a hole in the bag, and the tomato grown to meet a demand for a standard weight of weighting tomatoes to a kilo. Siri von Reis asks: "Only the three major cereals （谷物类食物） and perhaps ten other widely cultivated species stand between famine and survival for the world's human population and a handful of drug plants has served Western civilization for several thousand years. A rather obvious question arises: Are we missing something？" After all, there are 800 000 species of plant on earth.

1.In prehistoric times people（）.

A、ate much more than we do today

B、lived mainly on plant food

C、had a wide-ranging diet

D、were more fussy about what they ate

2.The specialization of food was started by（）.

A、the emergence of supermarkets

B、the rise of agriculture

C、the rich countries

D、the modern shops

3.According to the passage, people in the West today survive on（）.

A、carrots and tomatoes

B、several thousand types of plants and cereals

C、a very small number of cultivated foods

D、special species planted one thousand years ago

4.The conclusion seems to be that we（）.

A、could make use of more natural species

B、don't cultivate the right kind of food

C、produce more food than we need

D、cultivate too many different species

5.Most of us have come to expect（）.

A、no variation in our diet

B、a reduction in food supplies

C、a specialist diet

D、food conforming to a set standard

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第4题

听力原文：M: I didn't expect to see you here.W: Francis was sick and asked me to work today

听力原文：M: I didn't expect to see you here.

W: Francis was sick and asked me to work today instead.

Q: What can be concluded from this conversation？

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A．The woman is taking Francis'place at work.

B．Francis and the woman are working together today.

C．The woman is expecting to take today off.

D．Francis asked if the woman was sick.

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第5题

There have been many great inventions, things that changed the way we live. The first grea

t invention was one that is still very important today — the wheel. This made it easier to carry heavy things and to travel long distances. For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that had as much effect as the wheel. Then in the early 1800's the world started to change. There was little unknown land left in the world. People did not have to explore much anymore. They began to work instead to make life better. In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. Among them were the camera, the electric light and the radio. These all became a big part of our life today.

The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions. The helicopter in 1909. Movies with sound in 1926. The computer in 1928. And jet planes in 1930. This was also a time when a new material was first made. Nylon came out in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wear. The middle part of the 20th century brought new ways to help people get over disease. They worked very well. They made people healthier and let them live longer lives. By the, 1960's most people could expect to live to be at least 60. By this time most people had a very good life. Of course new inventions continued to be made. But man now had a desire to explore again. The world was known to man but the stars were not. Man began looking for ways to go into space. Russia made the first step. Then the United States took a step. Since then other countries, including China and Japan, have made their steps into space. In 1969 man took his biggest step away from earth. Americans first walked on the moon. This is certainly just a beginning though. New inventions will someday allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.

What was the first great invention？

A．The wheel.

B．The camera.

C．Movies.

D．Nylon.

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第6题

听力原文：People with disabilities comprise a large part of the population. It is estimated

听力原文： People with disabilities comprise a large part of the population. It is estimated that over 35 million Americans have physical, mental, or other disabilities. About half of these disabilities are "developmental", i.e., they occur prior to the individual's 22nd birthday, often from genetic conditions, and are severe enough to affect three or more areas of development, such as mobility, communication, employment, etc. Most of the other disabilities are considered "adventitious", i.e., accidental or caused by outside forces.

Prior to the 20th century, only a small percentage of people with disabilities survived for long. Medical treatment for these disabilities was unavailable. Advancements in medicine and social services have created a climate in which people with disabilities can expect to have such basic needs as food, shelter, and medical treatment. Unfortunately, these basics are often not available. Civil liberties such as the right to vote, the right to get an education, and the right to gain employment have historically been denied on the basis of disability.

In recent decades, the disability rights movement has been organized to fight against these infringements of civil rights. Congress responded by passing major legislation recognizing people with disabilities as a protected class under civil rights laws.

Still today, people with disabilities must fight to live their lives independently. It is estimated that more than half of qualified American disabled people are unemployed and a majority of those who do work are underemployed. About two-thirds live at or below the official poverty level.

Significant barriers, especially in transportation and public awareness, prevent disabled people from taking part in society. For example, while no longer prohibited by law from marrying, a person with no access to transportation is effectively excluded from community and social activities which might lead to the development of long-term relationships.

It will only be when public attitudes advance as far as laws have that disabled people will be fully able to take their rightful place in society.

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A．Prior to the individual's 20th birthday.

B．Prior to the individual's 2nd birthday.

C．Prior to the individual's 22nd birthday.

D．Prior to the individual's 23rd birthday.

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第7题

Impatience has been around for a long time.There is nothing new about people losing th

eir patience while stuck in traffic or waiting in line.But some experts believe that people are less patient today than in the past.

Some analysts suggest that in recent years many people are less patient because of technology.They suggest that “digital technology, from cellphones to emails to Wads, is changing our lives.The instant results we get from this technology have in turn increased our desire for instant satisfaction in other aspects of our lives.”

Psychologist Jennifer Hartstein makes some observations.She explains that “we have become an immediate satisfaction culture, and we expect things to move quickly, efficiently and in the way we want.When that doesn't happen, we tend to become increasingly frustrated and unsatisfied.”

Some believe that e-mail is losing popularity and could soon become outdated.Why？ Because many people who send messages do not have the patience to wait hours, or even minutes, for a response.Also, with e-mails, as with letter writing, introductory and concluding greetings are often expected.But many people consider such formalities(客套)to be boring and time-consuming.They prefer instant messaging.Many people do not take the time to proofread what they put in writing.As a result, letters and e-mails contain numerous grammatical and spelling errors.

The thirst for immediate results is not limited to the digital communications.People seem to be losing their ability to wait in other areas of life.For instance, do you ever find yourself talking too fast, eating too fast, driving too fast, or spending money too fast？ The few moments it takes to wait for an elevator to come, for a traffic light to change, or for a computer to start may seem like too long a time.

16.According to the first paragraph, people ______.

A.were more patient in the past

B.have been patient for a long time

C.used to be patient while stuck in traffic

D.used to be patient while waiting in line

17.Nowadays people lose their patience because（）.

A.their desire for satisfaction has increased

B.they are bored with what they have

C.they have more things to do than before

D.their life has been changed by technology

18.Some believe that e-mail could soon become outdated because ______.

A.it takes a long time to start the computer

B.people value formalities between friends

C.people can hardly wait for a response

D.cellphones are more popular nowadays

19.The pursuit of instant results causes people to ______ .

A.become more impolite

B.have more errors in their writings

C.use voice messages instead of emails

D.lose many of their abilities in life

20.The best title for the passage might be “______”.

A.What Are the Problems Caused by Impatience

B.Are We Less Patient Today

C.What Happened to Technology

D.Has Digital Technology Changed Our Lives

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第8题

听力原文：In sports the sexes are separate. Women and men do not run or swim in the same ra

听力原文： In sports the sexes are separate. Women and men do not run or swim in the same races. Women are less strong than men. That at least is what people say. Women are called "the weaker sex", or, if men want to please them, "the fair sex". But boys and girls are taught together at schools and universities. There are women who are famous Prime Ministers, scientists and writers. And women live longer than men. A European woman can expect to live until the age of seventy-four, a man only until he is sixty eight. Are women's bodies really weaker？

The fastest men can run a mile in under four minutes. The best women need four and a half minutes. Women's times are always slower than men's, but some facts are a surprise. Some of the fastest women swimmers today are teenage girls. One of them swam four hundred meters in 4 minutes and 21.2 seconds when she was only sixteen. The first "Tarzan" in films was an Olympic swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller. His fastest four hundred meters was 4 minutes and 59.1 seconds, which is 37.9 seconds slower than a girl fifty years later! This does not mean that women are catching men up. Conditions are very different now, and sport is much more serious. It is so serious that some women athletes are given hormone injections. At the Olympics a doctor has to check whether the women athletes are really women or not. It seems sad that sport has such problems. Life can be very complicated when there are two separate sexes!

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A．Because women do much work than men.

B．Because people think women weaker than men.

C．Because sport is easier for men than for women.

D．Because in sport the two sexes are always separate.

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第9题

The second to-do list that the author suggests we make is _ A. a comprehensive lis

The second to-do list that the author suggests we make is _

A. a comprehensive list of short-, medium-, and long-term projects and work

B. what you can reasonably expect to get done today, and today only

C. a specific timetable of getting coffee, reading e-mails, checking messages etc.

D. a list that includes all the things you need to do soon

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第10题

What does the speaker expect people to do？A.Attend their English classes.B.Practice their

What does the speaker expect people to do？

A.Attend their English classes.

B.Practice their English every day.

C.Watch English movies and TV shows.

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