He asserted that world 1 came into existence first, world 2 appeared at a new level,

He asserted that nuclear power was a safe and non-polluting energy source.

A．maintained

B．recommended

C．considered

D．acknowledged

He asserted that nuclear power was a safe and non - polluting energy source.

A．maintained

B．recommended

C．considered

D．acknowledged

A.maintained

B.recommended

C.considered

D.acknowledged

He spoke so quickly that I could hardly ____________.

A．put word in

B．put in a word

C．get word in

D．get in a word

His health had deteriorated while he was in prison.

A) became better B)became worse C) became stronger D) became weaker

听力原文：W: I heard that your son's working part-time at a department store.

M: Yes. He works Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 3 to 7 and all day Saturday.

W: Wow, he seems to have a busy schedule.

M: Sure he does.

Which day does the man's son not work？

A．Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

B．Saturday and Sunday.

C．Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

D．Monday, Friday and Saturday.

听力原文：M: When is Jack going to finish writing that paper？

W: I don't know. He's been working on it day in and day out.

Q: What does the woman say about Jack？

(17)

A．He's been in the program for several days.

B．He is working hard on the program.

C．He works only during the day.

D．He will probably never finish.

听力原文：W: Mr. Power's office.

M: Could I speak to Steve？

W: Steve？ Nobody by that name works here. You've dialed the wrong number.

M: I'm sorry.

W: That's all right.

Why did tile man say sorry？

A．Because be was late tot work.

B．Because he forgot something.

C．Because he said something impolite.

D．Because ire dialed the wrong number.

of a weaver, he came with his family to the United States in 1848 and settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. At age thirteen, Carnegie went to work as a bobbin boy in a cotton mill. He then moved rapidly through a succession of jobs with Western Union and the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1865, he resigned to establish his own business enterprises and eventually organized the Carnegie Steel Company, which launched the steel industry in Pittsburgh. At age sixty-five, he sold the company to J. P. Morgan for $ 480 million and devoted the rest of his life to his philanthropic activities and writing, including his autobiography.

Many persons of wealth have contributed to charity, but Carnegie was perhaps the first to state publicly that the rich have a moral obligation to give away their fortunes. In 1889 he wrote The Gospel of Wealth, in which he asserted that all personal wealth beyond that required to supply the needs of one's family should be regarded as a trust fund to be administered for the benefit of the community. During his lifetime, Carnegie gave away over $ 350 million. He died in Lenox, Massachusetts, on August 11,1919.

What is the passage mainly about？

A．Carnegie's career.

B．Carnegie's contribution.

C．Carnegie's life.

D．Carnegie's fortune.

what you like to accomplish with your careers？" an American senator asked Time Warner executives recently. "You have sold your souls, but must you corrupt our nation and threaten our children as well？" At Time Warner, however, such questions are simply the latest manifestation of the soul-searching that has involved the company ever since the company was born in 1990. It's a self-examination that has, at different times, involved issues of responsibility, creative freedom and the corporate bottom line.

At the core of this debate is chairman Gerald Levin, 56, who took over from the late Steve Ross in the early 1990s. On the financial front, Levin is under pressure to raise the stock price and reduce the company's mountainous debt, which will increase to $ 17.3 billion after two new cable deals close. He has promised to sell off some of the property and restructure the company, but investors are waiting impatiently.

The flap over rap is not making life any easier for him. Levin has consistently defended the company's rap music on the grounds of expression. In 1992, when Time Warner was under fire for releasing Ice-T's violent rap song Cop Killer, Levin described rap as a lawful expression of street culture, which deserves an outlet. " The test of any democratic society, " he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column, " lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be. We won't retreat when we face any threats. "

Levin would not comment on the debate last week, but there were signs that the chairman was backing off his hard-line stand, at least to some extent. During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month's stockholders' meeting, Levin asserted that "music is not the cause of society's ills" and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students. But he talked as well about the "balanced struggle "between creative freedom and social responsibility, and he proclaimed that the company would launch a drive to develop standards for distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable music.

The 15-member Time Warner board is generally supportive of Levin and his corporate strategy. But insiders say some of them have shown their concerns in this matter. " Some of us have known for many, many years that the freedoms under the First Amendment are not totally unlimited , " says Luce. " I think it is perhaps the case that some people associated with the company have only recently come to realize this. "

An American senator criticized Time Warner for

A．its raising of the corporate stock price.

B．its self-examination of the soul.

C．its neglect of social responsibility.

D．its emphasis on creative freedom.

[A] justified

[B] asserted

[C] located

[D] maintained