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听力（20分） Unit1 B) He thinks he can learn skills from hobbies C) Stephen learns to be systematic from his hobby. D) Roy’s real interest in fishing is sitting alone and doing nothing. B) The farmer has held on to his hobby even though he met with great difficulties. D) She thinks every addiction is as bad as the other. Unit2 A) Husband and wife D) A vacation is even more exhausting D) The woman is packing for her bus tour B) The bus was too worn out and uncomfortable A)3 or so hourse Unit 3 D) He is at a job nterview A) He suggests the woman keep trying until she gets it right. B) To receive assistance from the teacher D) He wants to keep learning all his life C) The man’s idea is not feasible at all Unit 4 A) The woman is unhappy about too many advertisements on TV C) He is interested in the history of cities shown in pictures D) It is about personality evident in an individual’s gestures A) The man is a Brazilian A) He wants to make his body stronger. Unit 5 A) She didn’t go to the party yesterday C) The engine started as soon as they got on the plane C) Jason can take the test on another day. C) Cheer up and you would be able to get a job soon D) He was criticized by the woman’s mother all the way Unit 6 D) How to protect water and trees in nature C) It is a good idea for people to make voluntary contributions B) Louisiana tornado killed 50 people C) He feels it necessary to use animals in medical researches D) The two speakers have different opinions about the biggest pollution problem 听力填空 P5 Outrageous shopping bills are a familiar nightmare for many compulsive shoppers．And contrary to the popular opinion，men suffer that nightmare nearly as often as women．A new survey finds that both genders are almost equally likely to suffer compulsive buying disorder, a condition marked by uncontrollable, unnecessary and unaffordable shopping sprees. Researchers used to estimate that between 2 and 16 percent of the US population suffered compulsive buying disorder, and that 90 percent of sufferers were female. But a 2004 telephone survey of more than 2,500 American adults found that 6 percent of women and about 5.5 percent of men are compulsive shoppers; that's more than 1 in 20 adults. The sexes do not shop at the same aisles though. Experts say that women are more likely to binge buy things like clothes or gilts for other people, while men tend to buy expensive electronics. This survey is the first to find such a high number of compulsive shoppers in the general population. Study authors hope that this finding can convince doctors of how many people are hurt by the disorder, so they can make finding a cure a priority. I'm Bill Blakemore in New York. P34 Reporter: In Vail, Arizona, a new school with a new idea: no textbooks. White other students might be reading books, Empire students will read on their laptops. Jeremy Gypton, a history teacher at Empire High School in Vail, Arizona. Mr. Gypton, tell us about the assignment that you've already given, that might otherwise have involved a textbook, but in this case involves a computer. Mr. Gypton: Well, with the, with history I try to use as many primary source documents as possible. I actually just recently had my students, studying...my American History students, studying the French-Indian War and its impact. And that sort of document is just not available in a traditional textbook, 1 would have to say, "Go online or go to a library and find a copy", whereas with the laptops and with the resources they're using, they have immediate access to it. Reporter: What's the point here? Is it to get Io primary sources or is it to use a medium that youngsters today are more familiar with? How do you, how do you describe what you arc doing'? Mr. Gypton: When it comes to our, I guess, our reasoning, these are the students who've grown up with the computer, with the Internet, er, as, as kind of organic to their environment. It's not an add-on, like it, like it was to me. And this is normal for them. And so, limiting them, by like sort of a traditional, maybe thousand page textbook is, from their perspective, I think a little bit abnormal, because they are used to being able to reach out, and view one topic from 20 different angles, as opposed to just the one angle that a textbook would present. Reporter: Jeremy Gypton, thank you very much for talking with you. Mr. Gipson: Thanks so much for your time. P51 Beijing Opera is largely seen as a dying art in China. Louisa Lira wants to introduce us to an unlikely new champion for Chinese opera. He's a British man who has devoted more than a decade to bringing Chinese opera to new audiences. Ghaffar: And I saw a Beijing Opera in London in 1993. And that just shocked me. It really moved me. Louisa: Ghaffar Pourazar is British, born to Iranian Azeri parents. At the age of 32, he gave up his life as a computer animator and enrolled in a Beijing Opera school, drawn by the difficulty of mastering this art form. Ghaffar: And there is no other culture which has put that much discipline into training the perfect performer. That is what the Beijing Opera is about, the perfect performer. Louisa: On stage, the actors not only act, they sing and dance at the same time as performing heart-stopping feats of aerobatics and sword fighting. Once the show begins, it's clear that Pourazar has taken a Chinese classic and made it his own. The cast is partly non-Chinese. And there's a lot of explanation in English. The story is the much-loved legend of the Monkey King, a mischievous monkey ham from a stone, who learns supernatural skills and uses them to challenge the emperor of heaven. Pourazar is the multilingual monkey. Ghaffar: It's within the rules of the art form that you perform for that audience. What I have done is, by taking it to London, to change the spoken parts into English. And that's, that's within the rules of the opera. (Singing) Louisa: That even means adding a bit of comedy rap opera to the mix. Louisa: And this hybrid bilingual opera wins good reviews from both Western and Chinese audience members. A Man: And that's really Chinese stuff, expressing the more acceptable way. So it'll be more popular. Louisa: But the popularity of Beijing Opera is fading fast, with young Chinese audiences turning to karaoke, DVDs and the Internet. Much to Pourazar's sorrow. P67 speech Thank you very, very much. Well, I just have to start with a challenge to the President: Sir, I have seen your train goby, and I think I can beat it. I'll even give you a head start. And over the last few years we have heard a lot about something called "family values". And like many of you, I have struggled to figure out what that means. And since my accident, I've found a definition that seems to make sense. I think it means that we’re all family. And that we all have value. Now, if that's true, if America really is a family, then we have to recognize that many members of our family are hurting. And just to take one aspect of it, one in five of us has some kind of disability. You may have an aunt with Parkinson's disease, a neighbor with a spinal cord injury, or a brother with AIDS, and if we're really committed to this idea of family, we've got to do something about it. Now first of all, our nation cannot tolerate discrimination of any kind. And that's why the Americans with Disabilities Act is so important It must be honored everywhere. It is a Civil Rights Law that is tearing down barriers, both in architecture and in attitude. Its purpose its purpose is to give the disabled access not only to buildings but to every opportunity in society. Now, I strongly believe our nation must give its full support to the caregivers who are helping people with disabilities live independent lives. P82 Damage from acid rain is widespread not just in eastern North America, but throughout Europe, Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. Is the rain that's falling on your umbrella acidic? A listener's question on today's "Earth and Sky". JB: This is "Earth and Sky". with a question from Sandra Renee of Olive Hill, Kentucky. She asks, "How do you know when it rains that it's not acid rain, and what exactly acid rain'?" DB: Sandra, you need a pH meter to reliably measure the acidity of rain or snow. But in certain parts of the US--especially in the Northeast--you can probably assume that most rain will be at least somewhat acidic. Westerly winds move pollutants eastward, so the eastern US gets more acid rain. JB: Acid rain happens when airborne acids fail down to earth in rain. Electrical utility plants plaints that bum fossil fuels emit chemicals into the atmosphere that react with water and other chemicals in the air to form sulfuric acid, nitric acid--the "acid" in acid rain You don't have to live next door to a power plant to get showered by acid rain. The~ acid pollutants reach high into the atmosphere and can travel with wind currents for hundreds of kilometers. DB: The acids in acid rain are corrosive chemicals that leach nutrients from the soil slow the growth of trees, poison lakes and combine with other chemicals to form urban smog. The simplest way to curtail acid rain is to use less energy from fossil fuels. JB: Special thanks today to the Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, a private foundation dedicated to advancing research and education in the chemical sciences. We're Block Byrd for "Earth and Sky". P19 passage TourismTourism is really a big business these days. It’s amazing . It involves hotels . transportation . shops . and thousands of people . The tour companies keep telling us what a good thing it is … about how much we can learn about people and customs . but sometimes wonder if this is really true.A couple that 1 know went abroad last summer . They travelled with a tour group . It’s interesting to compare their experiences with some of the experiences of other people in the same tour group . My friends . fortunately . had some … some acquaintances . or friends . actually . along the route of their tour . In some of the cities they were going , they knew of the … they knew some local people and they could eat some of the local food and maybe see some of the local sights . Other members of the tour group . however , never got out of the group at all . They … they never went out and did a thing on their own．Of course the tour company leaves it pretty much up to the people to do whatever they want . I understand why people wouldn’t go out on their own because of the language problems and being a little bit afraid . It seems to me that the more tourists can mix with local people . the better off everyone is . If tour companies emphasized that . everyone really would learn about other people and other customs. P33 passage Like most students at Fort Hays State University . Nola Ochs plans to spend Some time reading and studying during this week ‘s fa11 break . But she’ll take time out on Wednesday to celebrate her 95th birthday . Ochs is living on campus while pursuing her degree in theology at the university . She has about 15 hours of classes to take next semester to get her bachelor’s degree . If she does it . Ochs will be The Guinness Book of World Records’ oldest college graduate . But it will also be the culmination of a lifetime of learning . She started at Fort Hays in 1930 . when it was known as Kansas State Teachers College , In the 1970’s . she took classes part-time at a community college and completed a few virtual classes on the Internet before deciding to attend classes this semester . On Friday . her family and fellow classmates will throw her a birthday party . Her son, Alan Ochs ．flew in from Jetmore for the occasion . Her granddaughter, Alexandra Ochs didn’t have to travel as far －she’s in the same class as her grandmother ．After the party . Alan Ochs will take his mother home for Thanksgiving break. “We ‘ re happy to get her back home for a while,” he said. “We missed having her out there . especially through the fall harvest . " Though Nola 15 amused by her potential status as the world’s oldest graduate . she said she’s more excited about getting to walk at the graduation ceremony with her granddaughter . P66 passage An Act of Caring By Mike Tetley I was being interviewed by a senior manager for a major insurance company . I honestly said that the principal reason for my interview with them was my need to keep my family in Boston. My wife of 26 years had recently died. A job in Boston would help me reduce the extreme pain of the loss for my 16-year-old daughter, since it is important to keep her in her present school .  I could still barely talk about the loss of my wife . Bruce , the interviewer, was politely empathetic , but he didn't probe any further . He acknowledged my loss and , with great respect , moved on to another subject .  After the next interview , Bruce took me to lunch and asked me to take a walk with him . He told me that he, too, had lost his wife of 20 years . In his sharing ,I realized that he had experienced the same pain as mine---a pain almost impossible to explain to someone who had not lost a loved One . He offered his business Card and home phone number and suggested that , should I need someone to talk to ,I should feel free to call him .  Whether I got the job or not , he wanted me to know that he was there if I ever needed help .  From that one act of kindness . when he had no idea if we would ever see each other again, he helped our family deal with one of life's greatest losses . He turned the normally cold business interview process into an act of caring and support for another person in a time of extreme need . P76 passage In Junior high school . 1 grew much taller than most of my peers Being so tall made me uncomfortable. In order to keep the focus off my unusual height . 1 would play practical jokes on other kids at school . Being one of the class clowns gave me a way to think that the Jokes were directed at others . and not at me . Once before a gym class . 1 put ICY HOT In the gym shorts of one of the kids on the basketball team Not only was he terribly embarrassed . but he also had to 90 to the school infirmary. 1 thought It was funny . but it ended up that no one thought it was --least of all my father My parents always reminded me about The Golden Rule : to treat others as 1 would like to be treated Many times . 1 was disciplined for the hurtful way 1 was treating others My friends were looking up to me becaus