听力原文:An old friend from abroad, whom I was expecting to stay with, telephoned from the

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听力原文：W:Why did you sell the car？M:It was giving me too much trouble. I was spending so

听力原文：W:Why did you sell the car？

M:It was giving me too much trouble. I was spending so much money on it that I was... er... spending more money than it was worth. Unfortunately, of course. When you actually sell the car, you've already ha, spent the money on it, so you lose both ways.

W:What was wrong with your old car？

M:The engine needs many repairs and the wheels were giving trouble now and then, when I set off on a journey, it gave me a sort of fear that I might not reach the other end. So I decided to change it.

W:Is the new car good？

M:Yes, It's newer, more comfortable, and it hasn't given me any trouble at all. When I set off,I'm quite sure that I'll be able to get to the other end safely.

What did the man do about his old car？

A．He sold it.

B．He repaired the engine.

C．He gave it to his friend as a present.

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第2题

听力原文：A couple of weeks ago, I ran into my boyhood friend David for the first time in t

听力原文： A couple of weeks ago, I ran into my boyhood friend David for the first time in twenty years. I had heard that David had made a fortune on the stock market, so I was surprised he wasn't driving an expensive car, or wearing expensive clothes. As a matter of fact, he looked a lot like me, wearing an inexpensive suit that looked a couple of years old, and driving an old car with a little rust around the edges. I asked him what he was doing these years, and he said he was teaching business at the local community college. "Teaching business？" I exclaimed, "I thought I heard you were in New York, making a fortune in stocks." David smiled," Yes, I did that until five years ago, but I got out. The stress was giving me a stomachache and a had heart. Besides, once I got into that business, I had to run just to keep up. I never had any time to spend with my family. We are all much happier now." I shook my head, he had achieved every man's ambition, but he gave it up. I had always dreamed of having money, but it never occurred to me that there might be disadvantages to being rich.

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A．David had made a lot of money in stocks.

B．David wore expensive clothes when driving.

C．David ran into a boyhood friend twenty years ago.

D．David taught business at a local community college.

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第3题

听力原文：My friend, Vernon Davies kept birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going a

听力原文： My friend, Vernon Davies kept birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed the birds for him and said that he would leave the key of his front door in my mailbox.

Unfortunately, I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return. What was worse, it was already dark when I arrived at his house. I soon found the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the front door or the back door. I was getting desperate. I kept thinking of what Vemon would say when he came back.

I was just going to give up when I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found a barrel and pushed it under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb up and open the window.

I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone was shining a torch up at me, I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vemon's neighbours. "What are you doing up there？" said the policeman. Feeling like a complete fool, I replied, "I was just going to feed Mr. Davies's birds."

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A．His friend gave him the wrong key.

B．He didn't know where. the back door was.

C．He couldn't find the key to his mailbox.

D．It was too dark to put the key in the lock.

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第4题

听力原文：It was years since 1 had visited my hometown and I was determined to enjoy my sta

听力原文： It was years since 1 had visited my hometown and I was determined to enjoy my stay. I went to see my old friend, Tom Clark who, among other things, was a member of the Lacal Council. At the time Tom was busy making arrangements for a distinguished writer to give a talk on modern literature at the town library. As the subject interested me a great deal, I gladly accepted Tom's invitation to go with him.

Tom was going to introduce tile guest speaker and that evening we went to the library to meet him. Since he had ant yet arrived, I left Tom and went into the Reading Room where a large audience had already gathered. I was disappointed to find that I did not know a single person there. Just before the talk was due to begin, I saw Tom waving to me from the doorway. I went to him immediately, as he looked very worried. He explained that he had just received a telephone message from the writer's secretary. Our guest speaker had missed the train and would be unable to come!

While we were talking about the problem, Tom suddenly asked me if I would mind acting as speaker. I hardly had time to think about the matter when I found I was being led into the Reading Room to address the waiting audience !

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A．She was greeted warmly by the large audience.

B．She met a lot of old friends.

C．She felt excited to find he knew everyone there.

D．She felt quite sad that he was a stranger there.

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第5题

听力原文：My friend, Vernon Davies, kept birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going

听力原文： My friend, Vernon Davies, kept birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed the birds for him and said that he would leave the key to his front door in my mailbox.

Unfortunately, I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return. What was worse, it was already dark when I arrived at his house. I soon found the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the front or the back door. I was getting desperate. I kept thinking of what Vernon would say when he came back.

I was just going to give up when I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found a barrel and pushed it under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb up and open the window.

I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone was shining a torch up at me. I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vernon's neighbors. "What are you doing up there？" said the policeman. Feeling like a complete fool, I replied, "I was just going to feed Mr. Davies's birds."

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A．His friend might have given him the wrong key.

B．He didn't know where the back door was.

C．He couldn't find the key in the mailbox.

D．It was too dark to put the key in the lock.

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第6题

听力原文：Although we are told when young that honesty is the best policy, we are often tau

听力原文： Although we are told when young that honesty is the best policy, we are often taught the opposite by experience and observation. A child quickly learns that she cannot always tell the truth. For instance, the little girl who tells her great aunt that she's fat and ugly learns that honesty can have some unfortunate results. Similarly the five-year-old who admits to pinching the baby soon has ample evidence that dishonesty might be the real virtue. In addition to her own experience, the child also observes that adults don't practice what they preach about honesty. Any alert child knows by the age of eight that adults really employ the little white lie to serve their own purposes. For instance, a child may hear a parent explain on the phone that his family have a lot of company when the child knows that no one is there but family members. Another child may hear her mother insist that she's terribly glad to see an old friend who has dropped by and then, two hours later, hear her mother complain about her day being interrupted by the visit. As a result, the child learns from watching that dishonesty is the practice even when honesty is the stated policy.

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A．Practice requires him to be honest.

B．Dishonesty is not a virtue.

C．Honesty may make him suffer.

D．Honesty is the best policy.

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第7题

听力原文：When you take a walk in any of the cities in the West, you often see a lot of peo

听力原文： When you take a walk in any of the cities in the West, you often see a lot of people walking dogs. It is still true that a dog is the most useful and faithful animal in the world, but the reasons why people keep a dog have changed. In the old days people used to train dogs to protect themselves against attacks by other beasts. And later they came to realize that a dog was not only useful for protection but was also willing to obey his master. For example, when people used dogs for hunting, the dogs would not eat what was caught without permission. But in modern times people in the city need not protect themselves against attacks of animals. Why do they keep dogs, then？ Some people keep dogs to protect themselves from robbery. But the most important reason is for companionship. For a child, a dog is his best friend when he has no friends to play with. For young couples, a dog is their child when they have no children. For old couples, a dog is also their child when their real children have grown up. So the main reason why people keep dogs has changed from protection to friendship.

According to the passage, what were dogs trained for in the past？

A．For protection against other animals.

B．For protection against other dogs.

C．Just for fun.

D．For the purpose of guarding the house.

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第8题

听力原文： An old friend of mine from abroad telephoned from the airport to tell me that he

had arrived. I was still at the office at the time. After explaining where my new flat was, I told him that I had left the key under the doormat. Since I might arrive at home rather late, I advised him to go into the kitchen and help himself to food and drink.

Two hours later my friend telephoned me from the flat in which he stayed. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having just had a truly wonderful meal. He had fried two eggs and helped himself to some cold chicken from the refrigerator.

Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of orange juice. When I asked him if he had reached the flat without difficulty, he answered that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat, but fortunately the living room window just by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in. I listened to all this in astonishment. There is no apple tree in front of my living room, but there is one in front of my neighbor's!

Where did the writer receive his friend's telephone？

A．In his office.

B．At home.

C．On his way home.

D．At the airport.

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第9题

听力原文：It was years since I had visited my hometown and I was determined to enjoy my sta

听力原文： It was years since I had visited my hometown and I was determined to enjoy my stay. I went to see my old friend, Tom Clark who, among other things, was a member of the Local Council. At the time Tom was busy making arrangements for a distinguished writer to give a talk on modern literature at the town library. As the subject interested me a great deal, I gladly accepted Tom's invitation to go with him.

Tom was going to introduce the guest speaker and that evening we went to the library to meet him. Since he had not yet arrived, I left Tom and went into the Reading Room where a large audience had already gathered. I was disappointed to find that I did not know a single person there. Just before the talk was due to begin, I saw Tom waving to me from the doorway. I went to him immediately, as he looked very worried. He explained that he had just received a telephone message from the writer's secretary. Our guest speaker had missed the train and would be unable to come!

While we were talking about the problem, Tom suddenly asked me if I would mind acting us speaker. I hardly had time Io think about the mutter when I found I was being led into the Reading Room to address the waiting audience!

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A．She was greeted warmly by the large audience.

B．She met a lot of old friends.

C．She felt excited to find she knew everyone there.

D．She felt quite sad that she was a stranger there.

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第10题

听力原文：George had stolen some money, but the police had caught him and he had been put i

n prison. Now his trial was about to begin, and he felt sure that he would be found guilty and sent to prison for a long time.

Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial. Of course, he did not tell anybody, but he managed to see his friend secretly one day. He said to him, "Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I cannot hope to be found not guilty of taking it—that would be too much to expect. But I should be grateful to you for the rest of my life if you could persuade the other members of the jury to add a strong recommendation for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty."

"Well, George," answered Jim, "I shall certainly try to do what I can for you as an old friend, but of course I cannot promise anything. The other 11 people on the jury look terribly strong-minded to me."

George said that he would quite understand if Jim was not able to do anything for him, and thanked him warmly for agreeing to help.

The trial went on, and at last the time came for the jury to decide whether George was guilty or not. It took them five hours, but in the end they found George guilty, with a strong recommendation for mercy.

Of course, George was very pleased, but he did not have a chance to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, however, Jim visited him in prison, and George thanked him warmly and asked him how he had managed to persuade the other members of the jury to recommend mercy.

"Well, George," Jim answered, "as I thought, those 11 men were very difficult to persuade, but I managed in the end by tiring them out. Do you know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!"

Question : What did George manage to do when his trial was about to begin？

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A．Decided that he would plead guilty.

B．Told another prisoner about his old friend.

C．Succeeded in seeing his friend secretly one day.

D．Told his family about his old friends.

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第11题

听力原文：A: Let me introduce my friend Jane to you.B: Nice to meet you, Jane. Who was intr

听力原文：A: Let me introduce my friend Jane to you.

B: Nice to meet you, Jane.

Who was introduced？

A．You.

B．I

C．Jane.

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听力原文：An old friend from abroad, whom I was expecting to stay with, telephoned from the