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听力原文：Wasn' t our Personnel manager from Los Angeles？（A)I'm from Boston.（B)They are sti

听力原文：Wasn' t our Personnel manager from Los Angeles？

(A) I'm from Boston.

(B) They are still deciding.

(C) That's what I heard.

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A．

B．

C．

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第2题

听力原文：M: What did you think of the final exam？W: At the end of the first hour I was sti

听力原文：M: What did you think of the final exam？

W: At the end of the first hour I was still on the first page. I could hardly finish the paper.

How does the woman feel about the exam？

A．She feels great.

B．She feels terrible.

C．She feels proud.

D．She feels satisfied.

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第3题

听力原文：The merger of these two companies is not a conglomeration of the weaker into the

stronger, but a willing marriage of the two giants in the IT industry and fine model of pursuing a win-win strategy.

______

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第4题

听力原文：In the United States, couples usually receive gifts from their relatives and frie

听力原文： In the United States, couples usually receive gifts from their relatives and friends when they get married. Sometimes a bride will exchange a gift for something else if she doesn't find it useful. We give gifts to express our good wishes for the marriage, but gifts aren't necessary for the marriage itself. However, in some societies gifts are very important, and the marriage isn't legal without them. One type of gift is called bride service. A young husband must work for his wife's family. He may work for as long as fifteen years or until the third child is bom. Bride service may seem strange to us, but it is necessary in societies where people don't have money or material things to exchange at marriage.

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A．She will ask for another gift

B．She will exchange it for something useful

C．She will return it to the giver

D．She will just keep it

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第5题

听力原文：The institution of marriage is universal although the customs may vary from count

听力原文： The institution of marriage is universal although the customs may vary from country to country. In the United States boys and girls date freely starting in their teens. They can meet their future mates in many different ways. Sometimes they are introduced by a mutual friend; mid sometimes they meet each other in school, at a party, or at work. Today, they are sometimes matched by a computer which acts as a mechanical matchmaker, The average age of marriage for women in the United States is 20 - 21 and for men 22 - 23. When they are ready to get married, the bride's family is supposed to pay for all the cost of wedding, the reception, and the bride's trousseau. All the groom is supposed to pay for is the marriage license, the wedding ring, and the bride's bouquet.

A couple must get a civil license to marry, and then they can be married either in a civil or a religious ceremony. After the marriage ceremony, there is often a reception and then the couple leaves on their honeymoon. When they return, the newly married husband and wife move into their own home.

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A．American wedding.

B．The institution of marriage in the U.S.

C．An English wedding.

D．The marriage ceremony in the U.S.

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第6题

听力原文：A good marriage means growing as a couple but also growing as individuals. This i

听力原文： A good marriage means growing as a couple but also growing as individuals. This isn't easy; marriage has always been difficult. Why then are we seeing so many divorces at this time？ Yes, our modern social fabric is thin, and yes, the permissiveness of society has created unrealistic expectations and threw the family into disorder. But divorce is so common because people today are unwilling to exercise the self-discipline that marriage requires. They expect easy joy, like the entertainment on TV, the thrill of a good party.

Marriage takes some kind of sacrifice, not dreadful self-sacrifice of the soul, but some level of compromise. Some of one's fantasies, some of one's legitimate desires, have to be given up for the value of the marriage itself. "While all marital partners feel shacked at times, it is they who really choose to make the martial ties into confining chains or supporting bonds, says Dr. Walter. Marriage requires sexual, financial and emotional discipline. A man and a woman cannot follow every impulse, cannot allow them to stop growing or changing.

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A．Because it is difficult to maintain a marriage.

B．Because people like watching TV programs.

C．Because people prefer freedom to self-discipline.

D．Because our society is permissive towards divorces.

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第7题

听力原文："Family" is of course an elastic word. But when British people say that their soc

听力原文： "Family" is of course an elastic word. But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of "family" in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together alone in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family — hence the great importance of marriage in British life. For both the man and the woman, marriage means leaving one's parents and starting one's own life. The man's first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife's to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and theirs alone. Neither the wife's parents nor the husband's, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them—they are their own masters.

Readers of novels like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice will know that in former times marriage among wealthy families was arranged by the girl's parents, that is, it was the parents duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents' home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry. It is very different today. Most girls of today get a job when they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results. A girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry.

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A．It indicates sufferings in their life.

B．It indicates a greater financial burden.

C．It indicates sadness of parents.

D．It indicates the beginning of a new and independent family.

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第8题

听力原文：In recent years, there have been an unusually large number of divorces in the Uni

听力原文： In recent years, there have been an unusually large number of divorces in the United States. In the past, when two people manned each other, they intended to stay together for life, while today many people marry believing that they can always get a divorce if the marriage does not work out.

In the past, the large majority of Americans frowned at the idea of divorce. Furthermore, many people believed that getting a divorce was a luxury that only the rich could afford. Indeed, getting a divorce was very expensive. However, since so many people have begun to take a more casual view of marriage, it is interesting to note that the costs of getting a divorce are lower. In fact, wherever you go in the United States today, it is no unusual to see newspaper ads that pro vide information on how and where to get a cheap divorce.

Hollywood has always been known as the divorce capital of the world. The divorce rate among the movie stars is so high that it is difficult to know who is married to whom. Today, many movie stars change husbands and wives as though they were changing clothes. Until marriage again becomes a serious and important part of people's lives, we will probably continue to see a high rate of divorce.

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A．They thought it quite acceptable.

B．They believed it to be a luxury.

C．They took it to be a trend.

D．They considered it avoidable.

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第9题

听力原文：Since the wedding march for gays and lesbians began in San Francisco three weeks

ago, officials in California, New Mexico and Oregon have allowed same-sex marriages, Massachusetts has signaled its approval. President Bush has called for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Lawmakers conservative, and gay-rights groups have all joined a debate that has roiled the nation.

Which of the following places have approved gay marriage？

A．San Francisco and California

B．California, New Mexico and Oregon.

C．California, New Mexico, Oregon and Massachusetts.

D．California and New Mexico.

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第10题

听力原文：A "typical" British family used to consist of mother, father and two children, bu

听力原文： A "typical" British family used to consist of mother, father and two children, but in recent years there have been many changes in family life. Some of these have been caused by new laws and others are the result of changes in society. For example, since the law made it easier to get a divorce, the number of divorces has increased. In fact one marriage in every three now ends in divorce. This means that there are a lot of one-parent families. Society is now more tolerant than it used to be of unmarried people, un married couples and single parents.

Another change has been caused by the fact that people arc living longer nowadays, and many old people live alone following the death of their partners. As a result of these changes in the pattern of people's lives, there are many families that consist of only one person or one person and children. You might think that marriage and the families are not so popular as they once were. However, the majority of divorced people marry again, and they sometimes take responsibility for a second family.

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A．High rate of divorce in Britain.

B．Generation gap in Britain.

C．Changes in family life in Britain.

D．One-parent families in Britain.

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第11题

听力原文：In order to marry in Britain, both tile man and the woman must be over sixteen.An

听力原文： In order to marry in Britain, both tile man and the woman must be over sixteen. Anyone under eighteen must obtain parental consent. People can get married either in a registry office or in a church. On three Sundays before the wedding a public announcement of the forthcoming marriage has to be made in church, and an announcement has to be put up on a board at the church or the registry office.

In a registry office ceremony there must be two witnesses. On some occasions, especially when people have married secretly, two passers-by in the street have suddenly found themselves asked to witness a marriage! Although the number of registry office marriages is increasing, most people still prefer a church wedding. The bride, in white, is attended by bridesmaids, and led by a proud father up to the church altar, where the bridegroom is waiting, nervously, attended by his best man.

And it seems sensible to wait. One quarter of all marriages between people under twenty-one end in divorce. In Britain in 1972, there were 124, 248 divorces, "Look before you leap" would be good advice to people thinking of getting married.

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A．Under 18.

B．Under 16.

C．Over 19.

D．Under 17.

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