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听力原文：W: Hi, Zach.

M: Hey, Lisa. What are you doing here？

W: I work here on weekends. How come you decided to come to the travel agency？ Planning a trip？

M: Yeah, well, you know our breaks are coming, and I need a quick getaway trip somewhere.

W: Well, someone's got the money to burn. But we hardworking students need a break too.

M: I'm going to tell you upfront Lisa. It's not what you think. I'm on a tight budget like everyone else here but I have to get out of this town for a while.

W: Where to？

M: Florida. I'll go see a Miami Dolphin football game.

W: And you need a flight for next week？ Well, you are the one who leaves things to the last minute but hmm.., let me take a look at the screen... United's got one to Miami, but a bit expensive, so let me see if there is anything else available.

M: Preferably below $400 for return, can you swing it？

W: One by Phoenix Air for $350. It's a small plane though. Are you sure you don't want me to check again for other flights？ It would only take a second.

M: No, that sounds within my range.

W: All tight. Just let me phone in and confirm the times.

(9)

A．She works in the travel agency on weekends.

B．She goes to see the man working in the travel agency.

C．She wants to buy a plane ticket.

D．She used to work in the travel agency.

回答题:

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A.see

B.know

C.ask

D.answer

听力原文：W: Could you help me out with this presentation？

M: Sure. You're using your laptop, right？

W: Yes. Take a quick look and let me know what you think.

M: There's a lot of information on these slides. If there's too much, the audience will stop listening to you and become focused on reading them.

W: But there's so much that I need to say.

M: I'd suggest cutting down the number of words on each slide or increasing the number of slides. Or both!

W: Last time I gave a presentation to this group of people, a few said there wasn't enough information. I guess I'll have to increase the number of slides.

M: Don't have too many or you'll have to race through them to get the presentation finished in time. Use buzzwords instead of whole sentences.

W: Buzzwords？

M: You know. Don't say "It makes your company more efficient". Instead just say "In creases efficiency".

W: What do you think of the background？

M: Not bad, but a little dark for my taste. In my experience, younger, more junior people prefer brighter colours whereas higher-ups prefer... Well, dark blue, for example.

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A．They give too much information.

B．They distract from the speaker.

C．People get tired of them.

D．They don't give enough information.

at you want a part-time job.

M: That's right.

W: We hire part4imers occasionally. How many hours a week do you want to work？

M: About 15 or 20.

W: You are a junior at university. I see. Also, you were a lifeguard for the past 2 summers.

M: Yes. But this year I have an apartment. So I need a job during the school year, too.

W: Do you think you can handle both a job and school？

M: Well, I have a B average. Yes, I think I can do it.

W: Your references are very good. They say you're a hard worker and are very reliable.

M: I seldom miss work, and I am always on time.

W: Well, we have one opening now.

M: That's wonderful.

W: We need a clerk in the mailroom.

M: That's fine.

W: The job pays the minimum wage.

M: That's okay.

W: However, it's on the night lift.

M: That's all right.

W: The hours are 2 to 6 a.m. , Monday through Friday.

M: That's not so good.

W: I know. What do you think？ Are you interested？

M: Well 1 often take a nap in the afternoon, and then I stay up late. I guess the hours are okay. When do I start？

W: On Monday.

M: All right. Thank you.

What do you know about the man from the dialogue？

A．He is a university student, looking for a part-time job.

B．He is a lifeguard but intends to find a better job.

C．He is a junior school student working part time as a lifeguard.

D．He is a clerk, working in the mailroom of a university.

ut unlike humans, plants can have their temperature taken from 3, 000 feet away-straight up. A decade ago, adapting the infrared scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes plants that don't have pest problems.

Even better, Paley's Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3, 000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were transformed into a color-coded map showing where plants were running" fevers". Farmers could then spot-spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would.

The bad news is that Paley's company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the new technology and long-term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. "This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States, "says George Oerther of Texas A&M. Ray Jack son ,who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only if Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.

Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are ______.

A．sprayed with pesticides

B．facing an infrared scanner

C．in poor physical condition

D．exposed to excessive sun rays

A.insure

B.assure

C.ensure

D.reassure

A．A quick divorce

B．Cultural shock

C．A big gap between parents and children

D．Much suffering in children's minds

It takes a long time to go there by train. It's ______ by road.

A．quick

B．the quickest

C．much quick

D．quicker

A．Go to the lab for a quick look.

B．Check on what's for dinner.

C．Have a run before they eat.

D．Go and see if they have dropped anything in the lab.

A.easy and quick

B.light and profitable

C.useful or beneficial

D.hard or slow

A.quick

B.quiet

C.quite