听力原文:Younger people and older people do not always agree with each other. They sometim

第1题

听力原文：Some people think that the best time to begin studying a foreign language is in c

听力原文： Some people think that the best time to begin studying a foreign language is in childhood and that the younger you are, the easier it is to learn another language. There is little evidence, however, that children in language classrooms learn foreign languages any better than people over age fifteen in similar classroom situations. In fact, adults have many advantages over children: better memories, more efficient ways of organizing information, longer attention spans, better study habits, and greater ability to handle complex mental tasks. Adults see learning a foreign language as necessary for education or career. In addition, they are particularly sensitive to correctness of grammar and appropriateness of vocabulary: two factors that receive much attention in most language classrooms.

You can indeed master a foreign language—as lots of adults do. The best time to learn a foreign language is when your need is the clearest and you have sufficient time. If you feel strongly the need to study a foreign language and if you have the time to do it, the best time to begin is now.

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A．Better memories.

B．More efficient ways of organizing information.

C．Better study habits.

D．More working experience.

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第2题

听力原文：Some students at the Open University left school 20 years ago. Others are younger

听力原文： Some students at the Open University left school 20 years ago. Others are younger but all must be at least 21 years old. This is one example of how the Open University is different from all other universities. Its students must either work full-time or be at home all day, for instance, mothers of families. They do not have to pass any examinations before they are accepted as students. This is why the university is called "open". The university vas started in order to help a known group—people who missed having a university education when they were young.

The first name for the Open University was "The University of the Air". The idea was to teach "on the air", in other words, on radio and television. Most of the teaching is done like this. Radio and television have brought the classroom into people's homes. But this, on its own, is not enough for a university education. The Open University student also received advice at one of the 283 study centers in the country. In 36 weeks of the year he has to send written work to a "tutor", the person who guides his studies. He must also spend 3 weeks every summer as a full-time student. Tutors and students meet and study together, as in other universities. At the end of the Open University's first year, the results were good. Three out of every 4 students passed their examinations. If they do this every year, they will finish their studies in 4 or 5 years.

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A．Because it isn't closed.

B．Because its door is open.

C．Because the students have to pass all examinations before entering it.

D．Because there is no examination before they are accepted as students.

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第3题

听力原文：America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the

听力原文： America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways — education, medicine and business.

Quietly, the graying of America has made us a very different society — one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior. is suitable at various ages. A person's age no longer tells you anything about his / her social position, marriage or health. There's no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn't as strong as it used to be. It doesn't surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time.

Public ideas are changing. Many people say, "I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age". No one says "Act your age" anymore. We've stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. What is the percentage of people above 65 in America today？

30. What can we know from the passage？

31. What does the passage imply？

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A．4%.

B．10%.

C．14%.

D．25%.

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第4题

听力原文：Slang has always been the province of the young. Words come in and out of favor i

听力原文： Slang has always been the province of the young. Words come in and out of favor in direct proportion to the speed with which they travel through the age ranks. Once college kids know that high school kids are using a term, it becomes pass6. And seniors don't want to sound like freshman and so forth. Once a word finds its way to mainstream media or worse, is spoken by parents, no young person with any self-respect would use it.

Fifties slang wasn't particularly colorful as these things go. The Sixties, with its drug and protest culture to draw from, would be slang heaven. In the Fifties, hot-rodders and Beats provided inspiration.

About the Beat Culture. This was by no means a mainstream movement. I didn't actually know any Beats nor I suspect did most of my peers across America. But they sure seemed "cool" to us. A sharp contrast from the way real teens lived in a preppy, conservative, conformist world.

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A．they prefer more sophisticated words

B．they don't want to sound like younger people

C．slang gets boring

D．they can't be bothered keeping up with popular trends

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第5题

听力原文：Every part of the United States has special celebrations, depending on the partic

听力原文： Every part of the United States has special celebrations, depending on the particular national groups that live in the area. In Hawaii, there are origins. Immigrants from China and Japan arrived in Hawaii in great numbers during the past century.The early Polynesians came to Hawaii from South Pacific islands more than a thousand years before any other people. The Asians left rich traditions for their younger generations to follow. Today, Hawaiians honor the memory of their ancestors with special feasts and festivals.Chinese-Hawaiians hold the Moon Festival to honor the memory of their ancestors and their native land. The Moon Festival occurs in August on the night of the full moon. Unlike the Japanese festival, the Chinese celebration is a simple family occasion. Family members gather in a garden or large open-air space in the light of the moon. They drink tea and feast on delicious moon-shaped cakes filled with meat or sweets, depending on family custom. If the family is from northern China, the cakes have meat in them. If the family comes from southern China, the cakes have sweet firings.The cakes, an important food on this occasion, represent an event in Chinese history. A long time ago, the people of China used round cakes in a special way they sent secret messages to each other in them. The messages gave instructions for the people of the north and south to join together to fight against the evil who ruled them at that time. The trick worked and the people were able to overthrow their ruler. By recalling this event in the Moon Festival, the Chinese people help to keep their native traditions alive and their family ties strong.

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A．The Chinese.

B．The Japanese.

C．The Polynesians.

D．The English.

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第6题

听力原文：After retiring from 30 years of teaching, Suzanne could easily have decided to si

听力原文： After retiring from 30 years of teaching, Suzanne could easily have decided to sit back and relax and enjoy a peaceful retirement. But that kind of life is not for Suzanne. "I just wanted to do something different. If you are going to participate in life, do it. Don't just sit down and look out of the window," she says. At 68, she decided to become one of the pioneer participants in a program at the University of California. The program offers campus housing and classes to people over sixty. She enrolled in a class called Human Relationships in a Diverse Society. "I taught minority students in my English and drama classes in high school for g0 years. But in this course, I found out a lot about other cultures and I didn't know then. One of the most important lessons that I'm learning is to perceive, not to judge." Older adults can add to the educational resources of the university by bringing with them a lot of valuable experience. Their presence on campus helps break some wrong beliefs about aging. Young students may have fears of growing older but that kind of fear can be reduced as they see that older people can be active, healthy, and continue to contribute to society. The younger students can begin to see aging as a natural part of living.

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A．She sat back and relaxed.

B．She decided to retire.

C．She entered university.

D．She worked out a new English program.

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第7题

听力原文：Thailand has some special customs and habits.Men end women generally do not touch

听力原文： Thailand has some special customs and habits.

Men end women generally do not touch or show affection in public. However, good friends of the same sex sometimes hold hands. Among the younger generation, it is becoming more common for members of the opposite sex to hold hands.

In social visits, how one sits, walks, or interacts with others depends on the status of each person present. It is customary to remove one's shoes when entering a Buddhist temple or private home. Visitors should avoid stepping on the doorstep because Thais believe that a soul resides in the doorstep of a temple. It is not necessary to take gifts when visiting, but it is not uncommon for guests on extended stays to present their hosts with a gift of appreciation.

In the home, people commonly sit on the floor, but do not stretch their feet out in front of them. Women generally put their legs to the side and behind them, and men sit cross-legged. Men might also put their legs to the side to show special respect to the hosts. Guests may offer compliments on the home or children, but should avoid excessive admiration of any specific object to make the host embarrassed.

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A．Friends of the same sex cannot hold hands in public.

B．Friends of the opposite sex always hold hands in public.

C．Men and women have different attitudes towards holding bands.

D．Young people hold a more open attitude towards holding hands.

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第8题

听力原文：Most people think that the older you get, the harder it is to learn, a new langua

听力原文： Most people think that the older you get, the harder it is to learn, a new language. That is, they believe that children can learn more easily and efficiently than adults. Thus, at some point in our lives, maybe around age 12 or 13, we lose the ability to learn languages well. Is this idea a fact or myth？

Is it true that children can learn a foreign language more efficiently than adults？ On the contrary, research studies suggest that the opposite may be true. One report, on 2,000 Danish children studying Swedish, concluded that the teenagers learned more in less time than the younger children. Another report on Americans learning Russian showed a direct improvement of ability over the age range tested; that is, the ability to learn increased as the age increased, from childhood to adulthood.

There are several possible explanations for these findings. First, adults know more about the world and therefore are able to understand meanings more easily than children. Moreover, adults can use logical thinking to help themselves see patterns in the language. Finally, adults have more self-control than children.

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A．Teenagers are more efficient in learning.

B．Children learn languages more easily than adults.

C．Adults are more logical than children.

D．The ability to learn languages increases with age.

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第9题

听力原文：After retiring from 30 years of teaching, Ethbell Pepper could easily have decide

听力原文： After retiring from 30 years of teaching, Ethbell Pepper could easily have decided to sit back and relax and enjoy a peaceful retirement. But that kind life is not for Ethbell Pepper. “I just wanted to do something different. If you are going to participate in life, do it. Don’t just sit down and look out the window.” She says. At 68, she decided to become one of the pioneer participants in a program at the University of California. The program offers campus housing and classes to people over sixty. She enrolled in a class called Human Relationships in a Diverse Society. “I taught minority students in my English and Drama classes in high school for 20 years. But in this course, I found out a lot about other cultures that I didn’t know then. One of the most important lessons that I’m learning is to perceive, not to judge.” Older adults can add to the educational resources of the university by bringing with them a lot of valuable experience. Their presence on campus helps break some working believes about aging. Young students may have fears of growing older. But that kind of fear can be reduced as they see that older people can be active, healthy, and continue to contribute to society. The younger students can begin to see aging as a natural part of living.

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A．She sat back and relaxed.

B．She decided to retire.

C．She entered university.

D．She worked out a new English program.

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第10题

听力原文： People over the age of 65 in the USA are called senior citizens. Life for these

people is different from that for younger Americans. Most senior citizens retire, or no longer work full time. Also it is unusual for people of this age to live with their children and grandchildren.

For many senior citizens, the year after 65 is not enjoyable. They feel unproductive when they no longer work. They lives losing meaning. In addition, they may feel lonely being away from their families and the contacts they had in their work. Moreover, they become more concerned with their health as they grow older, If they live in big cities, they often worry about their safety. Other senior citizens enjoy their lives. They feel free to do things they were not able to do when they were working and raising families.

The number of senior citizens in the U. S. is increasing rapidly because people are living longer than before. Because of their large numbers and more active life Styles, senior citizens are gaining social influence in the country, both politically and economically. Their concerns are receiving a wider audience than ever before. The time may come when all Americans will look forward to becoming senior citizens.

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A．People of 65 years old.

B．People over 65 years old.

C．People between 60 and 65 years old.

D．Retired people.

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听力原文：Younger people and older people do not always agree with each other. They sometim