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第1题

13：Apart from enormous productivity, another important impetus to high consumption is ____

__.

A.the conversion of the sale of goods into rituals

B.the people's desire for a rise in their living standards

C.the imbalance that has existed between production and consumption

D.the concept that one's success is measured by how much they consume

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第2题

It is sometimes a source of surprise to the writer ______.A．to find herself driving throug

It is sometimes a source of surprise to the writer ______.

A．to find herself driving through back streets

B．that she has been in the city for so long

C．to realize how much she has got used to living in London

D．that she lives in the city when she prefers the country

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第3题

Apart from enormous productivity, another important impetus to high consumption is ______.

A．the conversion of the sale of goods into rituals

B．the people's desire for a rise in their living standards

C．the imbalance that has existed between production and consumption

D．the concept that one's success is measured by how much they consume

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第4题

Carla: ______ Angie: Well, I lived in a small town in the country once and it was quite bo

ring. Nothing ever seemed to happen. There's much more going on in the city. It's more exciting. Carla: ______ Angie: Although the city is more exciting, it's also much noisier, dirtier and more crowded than the countryside. Sometimes I miss the peace and quiet there.

A．Why are you living in the city？; How would you compare life in the city to that in the country？

B．Why don't you live in the city now？; How would you compare life in the city to that in the country？

C．Would you like to live in the country？; Why is the city better than the country？

D．Why do you like living in the city？; What are the disadvantages of the country？

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第5题

Passage OneHow much living space does a person need？ What happens when his space requireme

Passage One

How much living space does a person need？ What happens when his space requirements are not adequately met？ Sociologists and psychologists are conducting experiments on rats to try to determine the effect of overcrowded conditions on man. Recent studies have shown that the behavior. of rats is greatly affected by space. If rats have adequate living space, they eat well, sleep well, and reproduce well. However, if their living conditions become too crowded, their behavior. patterns and even their health perceptibly change. They cannot sleep or eat well, and signs of fear and tension become obvious. The more crowded they are, the more they tend to bite each other and even kill each other. Thus for rats, population and violence are directly related. Is this a natural law for human society as well？ Is adequate space not only desirable, but also essential for human survival？

This passage is mainly about ______.

A.living space and behavior

B.population and living conditions

C.interesting experiments on rats

D.a natural law for human society

What is the purpose of the experiments described in the passage？A.To determine how much living space a rat needs.

B.To see what happens when rats live in a limited space.

C.To know the likely effects of inadequate living space on human beings.

D.To find out the relationship between population and living conditions.

The passage suggests that overcrowded conditions ______.A.are directly related with population

B.may cause an increase in violence

C.may lead to high birth rate

D.may bring about pollution problems

How would rats behave when their living conditions become too crowded？A.They eat a lot and become friendly to others.

B.They sleep little and act quite peacefully.

C.They eat little but sleep soundly.

D.They become nervous and tend to be war-like.

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第6题

听力原文：Man: We only grow vegetables here. It's a small place, and we don't really have r

oom to expand into other crops like fruit trees or flowers. But it's a nice little business.

Woman: Yes, it seems like you've got a good thing going here. How long have you been running this place？

Man: For 13 years. Farming's not an easy life, but it sure beats getting in the car and driving to an office every day like I used to do.

Woman: You don't have to tell me! I'm starting to get sick of that life, too. Living out here in the country is starting to look like a much healthier lifestyle. to me.

What is the man's business？

A．A farm.

B．A restaurant.

C．A flower shop.

D．A grocery store.

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第7题

Its never a question of whether you enjoy your job and your life, but only how much you ca

n endure.With economic growth has come centralization; fully 76 percent of Japans 119 million citizens live in cities where community and the extended family have been abandoned in favor of isolated,two generation households.Urban Japanese have long endured lengthy commutes (travels to and from work) and crowded living conditions, but as the old group and family values weaken, the discomfort is beginning to tell.In the past decade, the Japanese divorce rate, while still well below that of the United States, has increased by more than 50 percent, and suicides have increased by nearly one-quarter.

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第8题

Text 3Samuel H. Preston, a sociologist at the Universjty of Pennsylvania, studied how the

Text 3

Samuel H. Preston, a sociologist at the Universjty of Pennsylvania, studied how the American family is changing. He reported that by the time the average American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. This finding shows the change in lifestyles (生活方式) and duties of aging Americans. The average middle-aged couple can look forward to caring for eld- erly parents some time after their own children have grown up.

Because Americans are living longer than ever, more researchers and social workers have be- gun to study care giving to improve care of the elderly. When people care for an elderly relative, they often do not use community (社区) services, such as adult (成人) daycare centres. If the care givers are adult children, they are more'likely to use such services, especially because they of- ten have jobs and other business. However, the wife of an elderly person is much less likely to use support services or to put the dependent person in a nursing home. Social workers discovered that the reason for this difference was fear of becoming poor. An ill elderly person may live for years, and medical care and nursing homes are very expensive. An elderly couple's savings can disappear very quickly. The other half, usually the wife, can be left in poor living conditions. As a result, she often tries to take care of her husband herself for as long as she can.

64. An example of changes in American lifestyles is that

[A] they prefer to have more children

[B] the elderly like living with their children

[C] the middle-aged couples have different caregiving duties

[D] the average age for American couples to have children is 40

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第9题

听力原文：W: Is there anything else we ought to discuss？M: We haven't discussed heating yet

听力原文：W: Is there anything else we ought to discuss？

M: We haven't discussed heating yet. Do you like central heating？

W: Yes, but isn't it rather expensive？ First costs, I mean--the furnace, and the boiler, all the pipes and radiators？

M: That depends on the system. An automatically controlled oil-burning system is rather expensive.

W: Electric fires are no cheaper. We have them in the bedrooms, and the electricity bills are always high at the end of the winter.

M: What about open fires？

W: I like to see a fire. But coal fires do make a lot of work and a lot of dust, too.

M: You may have a furnace in the kitchen, and a storage tank upstairs. A furnace that bums coke is much cheaper than one that bums oil. A good one would give you all the hot water you need for the kitchen and for baths, and enough for two radiators in the living room.

W: Oh, I know what you mean. They have to be filled twice a day, don't they？

M: Yes, and you have to clear out the ashes once a day.

W: How much does coke cost？

M: They bum three or four tons a year. I'm not sure how much coke costs now--about ￡ 20 a ton, perhaps.

W: That's t ￡11.25 or more a week--for all the hot water, and for heating the living room in winter. That's cheaper than any other system I know.

M: And very little work, too.

W: Great, let's do it.

(20)

A．Electricity bills.

B．The cost of living.

C．The heating system.

D．Types of energy.

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第10题

听力原文：M: Hello, my name's David Parker. I'm calling about the apartment advertised in t

he paper. Can you tell me something about it？

W: Yes, it's a one-bedroom apartment, with a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and a balcony.

M: Where is it located？

W: It's on Montreal Road.

M: Is it furnished？

W: Yes, it is furnished with sofas, a dining table, chairs and some appliances.

M: How much is the rent？

W: It's five hundred dollars per month, including utilities.

M: You mean gas, electricity and heat？

W: Yes, that's right.

M: Is there anything like management fee or parking fee？

W: The management fee is included in the rent. But parking is fifty dollars a month.

M: Can I come and have a look at it today7

W: Yes, how about one o'clock this afternoon？

M: One o'clock sounds fine. See you then.

W: See you.

How does the man get information about the apartment？

A．From TV advertisements.

B．From advertisements in the newspapers.

C．From radio advertisements.

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