The couple plan to get marriedA.next summer.B.during Thanksgiving Day.C.on Friday.D.in thi
The couple plan to get married
A.next summer.
B.during Thanksgiving Day.
C.on Friday.
D.in this summer.
The couple plan to get married
A.next summer.
B.during Thanksgiving Day.
C.on Friday.
D.in this summer.
第1题
Mr. Netanyahu said his plan would greatly benefit the following group EXCEPT
A.young couples.
B.students.
C.retired soldiers.
D.officers on duty.
第2题
A.The money you plan to give must be kept in an envelope.
B.The number of the money you plan to give can not be divided by two.
C.The number of the money in the envelope you plan to give can not be divided by two.
D.The money you plan to give should be a odd number and half of it must be in an envelope.
第3题
A.It is very common for the young people to live with their parents.
B.People usually get sick under great strain.
C.The husband in the movie takes sleeping pills sometimes to sleep well.
D.The couple in the movie finally has their own house.
第4题
1I'd very much like to know what your aim in life is.
A thought B idea
C plan D goal
第5题
The Business of Wedding
Every couple who goes to the altar (圣坛) believes that they will make that trip only once in their lives, They want the day to be perfect, and they are asking for much more than good weather.They want the most beautiful clothes, the freshest flowers.Moreover, the family who will foot the bill is not in any mood to economize.
A quick look at any bride magazine will reveal that plenty of attractive goods and services compete for a share of the wedding budget.Besides the obvious choices of rings, dresses, flowers, and photographs, there are the less apparent expenses: a lavish cake, a rehearsal dinner, a reception, music for both the Ceremony and the reception, tips, and even napkins and matchbooks (书夹式火柴纸板) printed with the couple's names and the wedding date.
As the arrangements are generally complicated, there are plenty of services that can be hired to help with the planning and execution of the every aspect of the wedding: planning the photographs, selecting the wedding rings, choosing the flowers, picking the honeymoon spot, and so on.One magazine lists over 350 such pamphlets published of course by businesses who have something to offer.Considering that weddings do more than 12 billion dollars worth of business annually in the US alone, such activity isn't surprising.
What is surprising is that no one company dominates the industry.It seems that when people plan for a day as special to them as a wedding, they resist standardization.They turn instead to the small local suppliers known to them or to their friends.Family members or friends often serve as photographers, caterers (酒席承办人) and musicians.This not only helps bring the wedding cost down, but makes it more personal.
What about the couple that doesn' t want to take part in this billion-dollar industry?They can go to the City Hall and get married for less than the price of a hamburger.
第 36 题 What does the expression "this billion-dollar industry" refer to?
A.The budgets of weddings.
B.The business of weddings.
C.The planning and execution of weddings.
D.The high wedding expenses.
第6题
The underlined word "assemble" in the second paragraph probably means______.
A.to bring a group of people together in one place for a particular purpose
B.to make a public or official statement, especially about a plan, decision
C.to produce many copies of a book, magazine, or newspaper
D.not to take part in an event or not to buy or use something as a protest
第7题
听力原文: When couples get married, they usually plan to have children. Sometimes, however, a couple can not have a child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt a child. In fact, adoption is very common today. There are about 60 thousand adoptions each year in the United States alone. Some people prefer to adopt infants, others to adopt older children. Some couples adopt children from their own countries, others adopt children from foreign countries. In any case, they all adopt children for the same reason -- they care about children and want to give their adopted child a happy life.
Most adopted children know that they are adopted. Psychologists and child-care experts generally think this is a good idea. However, many adopted children or adoptees have very little information about their biological parents. As a matter of fact, it is often very difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents because the birth records of most adoptees are usually .sealed. The information is secret so no one can see it.
Naturally, adopted children have different feelings about their birth parents. Many adoptees want to search for them, but others do not. The decision to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make. Most adoptees have mixed feelings about finding their biological parents. Even though adoptees do not know about their natural parents, they do know that their adoptive parents want them, love them and will care for them.
(33)
A.They care a lot about children.
B.They need looking after in their old age.
C.They want to enrich their life experience.
D.They want children to keep them company.
第8题
听力原文: Many of you may have heard of jet lag, which is a condition of space disorders, resulting from rapid travel over time zones. Such as on a jet plane. The symptom of jet lag can be quite varied, and may include loss of appetite, nausea, headache, fatigue, insomnia, or even mild depression. Here are a few tips for you to avoid jet lag, or cope if you are stricken by the condition.
First, adjust your biological rhythm several days before your departure, and develop a plan to start switching to the time zone of your destination. For instance, if you will be flying from New York to Paris, where it is 6 hours later, get up one hour earlier for a couple of days, then 2 hours earlier, then 3 hours earlier, I will try to at least get half way to your new time zone. Turn lights on during day time in your destination, and off during the night time. Second, during the time of your adjustment, especially during the flight, drink plenty of water. If you are not a big water fan, drink some other fluid that is not high in sugar, carbonation and caffeine~ avoid junk food, salty food and caffeine, and alcohol on the plane. Of course I say that, but I always have a couple of drinks during the flight. If you do that, just be sure to drink as much water between drinks as possible. Thirdly, when you arrive in your destination, try to resist the urge to nap during the day time. Get outside, during the daylight hours, even it is just to sit in a caf6 and relax. Try to get a good night sleep for the 1st couple of nights. The key is to reset your body's natural clock and to get enough rest. Finally, when you return home, use some of the same tactics above to return to your previous time zone.
(35)
A.A flight over time zones.
B.A loss of one's characters.
C.A symptom of leg problems.
D.A condition of sleep disorders.
第9题
【M1】
第10题
听力原文:M: I'm sorry. I didn't plan on being this late.
W: Where did you go?
M: North.
W: We'd like a little more to go on, Mike.
M: Ok, I went to Lake Placid (22) .
W: Lake Placid is over two hundred miles away (22) .
M: Which is the reason why I'm so late. Look, I was at college, and me and a couple of the other guys were hanging out at a coffee house discussing philosophy and junk like that (23) when somebody mentioned that they got the first seasons snow on Lake Placid. So since I didn't have an afternoon class, we decided to…
W: You have sociology on Wednesdays.
M: No. I dropped that class weeks ago.
W: You dropped sociology? Do you think that now you're in college, you can do whatever you like, come and go whenever you like, no questions asked?
M: Pretty much, yeah.
W: How do you expect to be awake for economics in 5 hours?
M: Mum, I'm not nearly as irresponsible as you think. It just so happens that I dropped that class two weeks ago too (24) . So, anyway…
W: So you dropped two classes, without even telling me?
M: It's not like I'm keeping it from you. I mean hey, college doesn't mind if I drop a class here or there. My writing professor even told me if I didn't care about his class, don't come.
W: That's it. You're grounded.
M: I'm what?
W: Grounded. Remember, grounded? No dates, no parties, no life (25) .
(26)
A.Because he went to Lake Placid two hundred miles away.
B.Because he discussed philosophy with his friends in a coffee house.
C.Because now he is a college student and he can do whatever he likes.
D.Because he had a lot of homework to do and a party to go.