Most Americans don't like to get advice from members of his family. When they need advice,

第1题

听力原文：Most Americans don't like to get advice from members of their families. When they

听力原文： Most Americans don't like to get advice from members of their families. When they need advice, they don't usually ask people they know. Instead many Americans write letters to newspapers and magazines, they can get advice on many different subjects, such as family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, and how to buy a house or a car.

Most newspapers print letters from readers with problems. There are answers written by doctors, lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special training for this kind of work. One of them is called "Dear Abby" by readers and the other is called "Dear Ann Landers". Experience is their preparation for giving advice.

What will most Americans do when they need advice？

A．Turn to their parents.

B．Write to newspapers and magazines.

C．Ask people who they don't know.

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第2题

听力原文：Cars are an important part of life in the United States. （29) Without a car most

听力原文： Cars are an important part of life in the United States. (29) Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn't feel really poor when he has a car. The car made the United States a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today. There are three reasons the car became so popular in the United States. First of all the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form. of transportation. With a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money. The second reason that cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form. of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently. (30) The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular. Americans don't like to wait for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don't like to have to follow an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have. (31) The gas shortage has caused a big problem for Americans. But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation. The real solution will have to be a new kind of car, which does not use so much gas.

(30)

A．When they don't have a car.

B．When they live in a huge country.

C．When they don't use planes.

D．when they have a car.

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第3题

Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage？A．Getting too littl

Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage？

A．Getting too little sleep is the commonest sleep trouble with most Americans who have sleep trouble.

B．At least twenty percent of Americans don' t have enough sleep every night.

C．Our brains will force us to sleep when we have piled up too large a sleep deficit

D．Seven or eight hours of sleep every night is enough for people of different ages.

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第4题

Cars are an important 36 of life in the United States.Without a car most people feel t

hat they are poor.And 37 if a person is poor he doesn’t feel really poor when he has a car.There are three main reasons the car became so 38 in the United States.First of all the country is a huge one and Americans like to move 39 in it.The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form. of transportation.40 a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money.The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never developed 41 and inexpensive form. of public transportation.Long-distance trains have never been 42 common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world.Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by planes.But it is 43 expensive to be used frequently.The third reason is the most important one, though.The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular.Americans don’t like to wait 44 a bus, or a train or even a plane.They don’t like to have to follow an exact schedule.A car gives them the freedom to schedule 45 time.And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.

36.A.role B.part C.effect D.basis

37.A.ever B.still C.evenD.quite

38.A.qualified B.increasing C.developing D.popular

39.A.around B.on C.along D.forth

40.A.Through B.Since C.WithD.As

41.A.an interested B.an affected C.an efficient D.a satisfied

42.A.quite B.very C.tooD.as

43.A.very B.so C.tooD.as

44.A.forB.on C.beside D.about

45.A.their own B.theirs own C.their D.theirs

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第5题

（完型填空)Cars are an important 36 of life in the United States.Without a car most peo

(完型填空)Cars are an important 36 of life in the United States.Without a car most people feel that they are poor.And 37 if a person is poor he doesn’t feel really poor when he has a car.There are three main reasons the car became so 38 in the United States.First of all the country is a huge one and Americans like to move 39 in it.The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form. of transportation.40 a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money.The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never developed 41 and inexpensive form. of public transportation.Long-distance trains have never been 42 common in the United States as they are in other parts of the worl

D.Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by planes.But it is 43 expensive to be used frequently.The third reason is the most important one, though.The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular.Americans don’t like to wait 44 a bus, or a train or even a plane.They don’t like to have to follow an exact schedule.A car gives them the freedom to schedule 45 time.And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.

36.A.role

B.part

C.effect

D.basis

37.A.ever

B.still

C.even

D.quite

38.A.qualified

B.increasing

C.developing

D.popular

39.A.around

B.on

C.along

D.forth

40.A.Through

B.Since

C.With

D.As

41.A.an interested

B.an affected

C.an efficient

D.a satisfied

42.A.quite

B.very

C.too

D.as

43.A.very

B.so

C.too

D.as

44.A.for

B.on

C.beside

D.about

45.A.their own

B.theirs own

C.their

D.theirs

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第6题

Taxes （税) are a big part in the United States. Most Americans pay city taxes, state taxes

Taxes (税) are a big part in the United States. Most Americans pay city taxes, state taxes, social security (安全) taxes, sales taxes … and the list seems endless.

The biggest tax for most Americans is that on the money they earn—the income tax. The personal income tax is called a "progressive tax" because it takes more from those who earn more. For example, a person who earns about 3,500 dollars a year will pay a tax of only about 3.5% of earning, but of the same person earned 85,000 dollars a year, he would pay an income tax of 35%.

Over the years the income tax has become more and more difficult for people to understand. Almost one half of all Americans now have to pay experts to prepare their tax reports in fact, preparing taxes and giving tax advice have become a big industry in America.

Most Americans pay______.

A．taxes which are too many to list

B．taxes either to the cities or the states they live in

C．so many kinds of taxes that they even don't know the names

D．several kinds of taxes

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第7题

DTaxes （税) are a big part in the United States. Most Americans pay city taxes, state taxe

DTaxes (税) are a big part in the United States. Most Americans pay city taxes, state taxes, social security (安全) taxes, sales taxes..., and the list seems endless.

The biggest tax for most Americans is that on the money they earn--the income tax. The personal income tax is called a “progressive tax” because it takes more from those who earn more. For example, a person who earns about 3,500 dollars a tear will pay a tax of only about 3.5 % of earning, but of the same person earned 85, 000 dollars a year, he would pay an income tax of 35%.

Over the years the income tax has become more and mote difficult for people to understand. Almost one half of all Americans now have to pay experts to prepare their tax reports in fact, preparing taxes and giving tax advice have become a big industry in America.

第47题：Most Americans pay ________.

[A] taxes which are too many to list.

[B] taxes either to the cities or the states they live in.

[C] so many kinds of taxes that they even don’t know the names.

[D] several kinds of taxes

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第8题

听力原文：Marriage is still a popular institution in the United States, but divorce is beco

听力原文： Marriage is still a popular institution in the United States, but divorce is becoming almost as "popular". Nevertheless, most American people get married at the present time. Fifty percent of American marriages end in divorce. However, four out of five divorced people do not stay single. They get married a see6nd time to new partners. Sociologists tell us that in the next century, most American people will marry three or four times in one lifetime. Alvin Toffler, an American sociologist, calls this new social form. "serial marriages". In his new book Fortune Shock, Toffler gives many reasons for this change in American marriage. In modern society, people's lives don't stay the same for very long. Americans frequently change their jobs, their homes, and their circle of friends. So, the person who was a good husband or wife ten years ago is sometimes not as good ten years later. After some years of marriage, a husband and wife can feel that their lives have become very different, and they don't share the same interests any more. For this reason, Toffler says, people in the twenty- first century will not plan to marry only one person for an entire lifetime. They will plan to stay married to one person for perhaps five or ten years, and then marry another. Most Americans will expect to have a "marriage career" that includes three or four marriages.

(30)

A．Marriage that continues for many years without divorce.

B．Marriage that can easily end in divorce.

C．People will marry three or four times in one life-time.

D．Divorced people don't stay single.

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第9题

听力原文：Most Americans think that ice cream is as American as baseball and apple pie. But

听力原文： Most Americans think that ice cream is as American as baseball and apple pie. But ice cream was known long before America was discovered.

The Roman emperor Nero may have made a kind of ice cream. He hired hundreds of men to bring snow and ice from the mountains. He used it to make cold drinks. Traveler Marco Polo brought back recipes for chilled and frozen milk from China.

Hundreds of years later, ice cream reached England. It is said that King Charles I enjoyed that treat very much. There is a story that he bribed his cook to keep the recipe for ice cream a royal secret. Today ice cream is known throughout the world. Americans eat more than two billion quarts a year.

(33)

A．They think that ice cream is very new.

B．They know that ice cream is brought from Europe.

C．They think that ice cream was an American idea.

D．They don't know what ice cream is.

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第10题

根据短文提供的信息，完成 117～120各题。 Taxes are a big part in the United States．Most Americ

根据短文提供的信息，完成 117～120各题。

Taxes are a big part in the United States．Most Americans pay city taxes，state taxes，social security taxes，sales taxes…，and the list seems endless．

The biggest tax for most Americans in that on the money they earn——the income tax．The personal income tax is called a“progressive tax”because it takes more from those who earn more fl or example，a person who earns about 3，500 dollars a year will pay a tax of only about 3．5％of earning. But of the same person earned 85，000 dollars a year， he would pay an In come tax of 35％．

Over the、ears the income tax has become more and more difficult for people to un Dustan D．M almost only half of all-Americans now have t0 pay experts to prepare their tax fee pores in fact，preparing taxes and giving tax advice have become a big industry in America．

第 117 题 Most Americans pay（）．

A．taxes which are too many to list．

B．taxes either t0 the cities or the states they live in．

C．so many kinds of taxes that they even don't know the names．

D．several kinds 0f taxes．

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