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One of the good things for men in women's liberation is that men no longer have to pay wom

en the old-fashioned courtesies.

In an article on the new manners, Ms. Holmes says that a perfectly able woman no longer has to act helplessly in public as if she were a model. For example, she doesn't need help getting in and out of cars. She also says there is no reason why a man should walk on the outside of a woman on the sidewalk.

As far as manners are concerned, I suppose I have always been a supporter of women's liberation. Over the years, out of a sense of respect, I imagine, I have refused to trouble women with outdated courtesies.

It is usually easier to follow rules of social behaviour than to depend on one's own taste. But rules may be safely broken, of course, by those of us with the gift of natural grace. For example, when a man and woman are led to their table in a restaurant and the waiter pulls out a chair, the woman is expected to sit in the chair. That is according to Ms. Ann Clark. I have always done it the other way, according to my wife.

It came up only the other night. I followed the hostess to the table, and when she pulled the chair out I sat on it, quite naturally, since it happened to be the chair I wanted to sit in.

"Well, "my wife said, when the hostess had gone, "you did it again."

"Did what？" I asked, utterly confused.

"Took the chair."

Actually, since I'd walked. through the restaurant ahead of my wife, it would have been awkward, I should think, not to have taken the chair. I had got there first, after all.

Also, it has always been my custom to get in a car first, and let the woman get in by herself. This is a courtesy I insist on as the stronger sex, out of love and respect. In times like these, there might be attackers hidden about. It would be unsuitable to put a woman in a car then shut the door on her, leaving her at the mercy of some bad fellow who might be hiding in the back seat.

It can be concluded from the passage that______.

A．men should walk on the inside of a sidewalk

B．women are becoming more capable than before

C．in women's liberation men are also liberated

D．it's safe to break rules of social behaviour

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第1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2题

In a recent article, mathematician Aczel argues convincingly that the number of planets su

it able for life is extremely large. There are about 300 billion stars in our galaxy (银河系) and possibly 100 billion galaxies in the universe. Some may quarrel with Aczel' s claim that as many as half of these stars can be presumed to have planets, and that on average one in nine of those planets is suitable for life; but few, I think, will disagree with his conclusion that there are a very large number of planets suitable for life.

The trouble starts when we come to estimate the probability that life will emerge on any of these planets. The problem is that we don' t have a good theory of the origin of life on earth. Without one, it is anybody' s guess how likely this event actually was. Out of thin air Aczel conjures (想像) the figure of 1 in a trillion for this likelihood and concludes that the probability of life existing on at least one other planet is virtually 1.

Statistics are extremely powerful and important, and Aczel is a very clear and capable exponent (倡导者) of them. But statistics cannot substitute for empirical (经验主义的) knowledge about the way the universe behaves. We now have no reasonable way of arriving at robust estimates for the probability of life arising spontaneously when the conditions are right. So, until we either discover extraterrestrial (外星球的) life or understand far more about how at least one form. of life--terrestrial life--first appeared, we can do little more than guess at the likely hood that life exists elsewhere in the universe. And as long as we' re merely guessing, we should not dress up our interesting speculations as mathematical certainties.

The term "Out of thin air" in Line 3 of Paragraph 2 can be best replaced by ______.

A．convincingly

B．confidently

C．groundlessly

D．suitably

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第3题

听力原文：F:Henry, why？ You look so worried？M: It's my weight. I have been one kilogram thi

听力原文：F: Henry, why？ You look so worried？

M: It's my weight. I have been one kilogram thinner recently. I don't know what is wrong. I keep on eating and eating to put on a little weight, but it simply doesn't work !

F: I think the most important thing is that you should keep a good mood, take everything easy and everything will be OK, including your weight.

M: Hey, Laura, don't you feel worded about your weight？ You are getting more and more plump.

F: As a matter of fact, I don't worry about it.

M: It seems that there are too many differences between you and me.

F: Yes. And I guess there are actually too many differences between thin people and fat people.

M: For example？

F: For example, thin people believe in logic. Fat people see all sides. The sides fat people see are rounded blobs, usually gray, always not clear and truly not worth worrying about.

M: But thin people persist. We always have a long list of logical things ready to tell other people.

F: But we fat people are much nicer. We smile all day. We know all about the mystery of life.

M: We thin people, however, like to make plans. Sometimes our programs seem too dull, too hard, too off the mark to many people.

F: We fat people like enjoying life. We are generous, giving, and gallant.

M: Oh, I wish I could become a nice fat guy instead of a mean thin one.

Why couldn't the man put on more weight？

A．He hasn' t eaten enough.

B．He worries too much.

C．He hasn't had a right plan.

D．Nobody knows what' s wrong.

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第4题

听力原文：Gamblers may have different lifestyles and betting habits, but almost every one o

听力原文： Gamblers may have different lifestyles and betting habits, but almost every one of them has a favorite story of good luck or ill luck.

Once, for example, a young man and woman entered Bradley's grand casino at Palm Beach. They played for an hour and lost ＄10,000. The next morning the girl burst into Bradley's office.

"We were on our honeymoon and he lost all our life savings," she sobbed.

A soft-hearted man by nature, the casino owner Bradley responded:

"Sorry to hear that, young lady, here is your ＄10,000. But your husband is never to set foot in my casino again."

That evening Bradley was outraged when he saw the young man bent over the roulette table.

"What are you doing here？ I told your wife... "

"What wife？" the young man interrupted.

Bradley realized that he had been taken in but he managed a thin smile when he received a telegram an hour later from another city with the message.

"Thanks."

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A．＄1,000.

B．＄10,000.

C．＄15,000.

D．All their life savings.

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第5题

In Cardiff I was put to work in furniture department at one of the local stores. It was la

rge, fairly out of date, run (经营), like its parent company in London, by a group of relatives. Being only a member of the store for a short time, I was in a very fortunate position. The others, particularly the older members of the store, were naturally asked to produce good sales figures. I was more of an observer. If I made a sale, I was pleased, but if I didn't, I would not be blamed. I was really there to observe and learn, and as I had no interest in making a position in the furniture business, I wasn't too diligent (勤奋) about that either.

One salesman in late middle age once expressed his insecurity (不安全感) by scolding me of trying to steal one of his customers (雇客). Nothing could have been further from the truth, but he demanded that I go to the stockroom (货仓) with him to settle the matter. He was very small and thin, but to my surprise he started dancing about among the carpets and closets working his arms wildly and calling on me to "put them up". I couldn't put anything up--I was too busy rolling on a four-foot six-inch spring mattress (弹簧垫子), helpless with laughter. Finally he saw the joke too, and we went off to the members' store for a conciliatory(和解) cup of tea. Several days later, I finally left the store. Thank God!

The furniture department was run by ______.

A．the author's parents

B．the author's relatives

C．some member of a big family

D．the local government

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第6题

What does the author mean by "a mixed blessing" （Line 5, Para. 3)？A．All kinds of good thin

What does the author mean by "a mixed blessing" (Line 5, Para. 3)？

A．All kinds of good things

B．Something mixed with confusion

C．Something both good and bad

D．Something mixed with optimistic and pessimistic results

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第7题

DIn Cardiff I was put to work in furniture department at one of the local stores. It was l

arge, fairly out of date, run (经营), like its parent company in London, by a group of relatives. Being only a member of the store for a short time, I was in a very fortunate position. The others, particularly the older members of the store, were naturally asked to produce good sales figures. I was more of an observer. If I made a sale, I was pleased, but if I didn’t, I would not be blamed. I was really there to observe and learn, and as I had no interest in making a position in the furniture business, I wasn’t too diligent (勤奋) about that either.

One salesman in late middle age once expressed his insecurity (不安全感) by scolding me of trying to steal one of his customers (雇客). Nothing could have been further from the truth, but he demanded that I go to the stockroom (货仓) with him to settle the matter. He was very small and thin, but to my surprise he started dancing about among the carpets and closets working his arms wildly and calling on me to ‘put them up’. I couldn’t put anything up--I was too busy rolling on a four-foot six-inch spring mattress (弹簧垫子), helpless with laughter. Finally he saw the joke too, and we went off to the members’ store for a conciliatory (和解) cup of tea. Several days later, I finally left the store. Thank God!

第46题：The furniture department was run by ________.

[A] the author’s parents

[B] the author’s relatives

[C] some member of a big family

[D] the local government

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第8题

– Could you show me how to work the photocopier？ I am not sure where to put the paper.–（

A.No, we haven’t got a thing like a photocopier.

B.Sure, I would be glad to.

C.Yes, it’s a really good thin

D.

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第9题

No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying, often attributed to the late Duchess（公

No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying, often attributed to the late Duchess(公爵夫人) of Windsor, represents the odd spirit of our times. Being thin is considered as such a virtue.

The problem with such a view is that some people actually try to live by it. I myself have dreams of slipping into narrow fashionable clothes. Consequently, I have been on a diet for the good part of my life. Being rich wouldn't be bad either, but that won't happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land, leaving me millions of dollars.

When did eating butter become a sin, and a little bit of extra flesh ugly, if not disgusting？ All religions have certain days when people refrain from eating, and excessive eating is one of Christianity's seven deadly sins. However, until quite recently, most people had a problem getting enough to eat. In some religious groups, wealth was symbol of probable salvation(拯救) and high morals and fatness was a sign of wealth.

Today, we have shifted to thinness as our new mark of virtue. The result is that being fat—or even only somewhat overweight—is bad because it implies a lack of moral strength.

Our passion with thinness is also the result of health concerns. It is true that in this country we have more overweight people than ever, and that in many cases, being overweight is connected with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease. These diseases, however, may have as much to do with our way of life and our high-fat diets as with excess weight. And the related risk of cancer may be of a diet problem rather than just a weight problem.

The real concern, then, is not that we weigh too much, but that we neither exercise enough nor eat well. Exercise is necessary for strong bones and both heart and lung health. A balanced diet without a lot of fat can also help the body avoid many diseases. We should surely stop paying so much attention to weight. Simply being thin is not enough. It is actually risky if those who get thin think they are automatically healthy and thus free from paying attention to their overall life-style

In the eyes of the author, a strange phenomenon nowadays is that______.

A．the Duchess of Windsor is regarded as a woman of virtue

B．looking slim is a symbol of having a large fortune

C．being thin is viewed as a much desired quality

D．religious people are not morally pure

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第10题

If you are what you eat, then you are also what you buy to eat. And mostly what people buy

is scrawled onto a grocery list, those ethereal scraps of paper that record the shorthand of where we shop and how we feed ourselves. Most grocery lists end up in the garbage. But if you live in St. Louis, they might have a half-life you never imagined, as a cultural document, posted on the Internet.

For the past decade, Bill Keaggy, 33, the features photo editor at The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, has been collecting grocery lists and since 1999 has been posting them online at www.grocerylists.org. The collection, which now numbers more than 500 lists, is strangely addictive. The lists elicit twofold curiosity — about the kind of meal the person was planning and the kind of person who would make such a meal. What was the shopper with vodka, lighters, milk and ice cream on his list planning to do with them？ In what order would they be consumed？ Was it a he or a she？ Who had written "Tootie food, kitten chow, bird food stick, toaster scrambles, coffee drinks"？ Some shoppers organize their lists by aisle; others start with dairy, go to cleaning supplies and then back to dairy before veering off to Home Depot. A few meticulous ones note the price of every item. One shopper had written in large letters on an envelope, simply, "Milk".

The thin lines of ink and pencil jutting and looping across crinkled and torn pieces of paper have a purely graphic beauty. One of life's most banal duties, viewed through the curatorial lens, can somehow seem pregnant with possibility. It can even appear poetic, as in the list that reads "meat, cigs, buns, treats".

One thing Keaggy discovered is that Dan Quayte is not alone — few people can spell bananas and bagels, let alone potato. One list calls for "suchi" and "strimp" . "Some people pass judgment on the things they buy. " Keaggy says. At the end of one list, the shopper wrote "Bud Light" and then "good beer". Another scribbled "good loaf of white bread". Some pass judgment on themselves, like the shopper who wrote "read, stay home or go somewhere, I act like my morn, go to Kentucky, underwear, lemon. "People send messages to one another, too. Buried in one list is this statement: "If you buy more rice, I'll punch you. "And plenty of shoppers, like the one with both ice cream and diet pills on the list, reveal their vices.

What would people usually do with their grocery list after shopping？

A．Buying what it is scrawled on the paper.

B．Recording the shorthand of where we shop.

C．Throwing it into the dustbin.

D．Posting it on the Internet.

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第11题

There are thousands of products of all colors and shapes in a supermarket, making you beli

eve that they are worth a try. How？ Packaging(包装) is the silent but persuading salesman.

There on the shelves, each bottle, can, box, and jar has been carefully designed and measured to speak to the inner self of the consumer(消费者), so that is buying not only a product but also his belief in life. Scientists have studied consumer behavior. recently and found that the look of the package has a great effect on the "quality" of the product and on how well it sells, because" Consumers generally cannot tell between a product and its package. Many products are packages and many packages are products, "as Louis Cheskin, the first social scientist studying consumers" feeling for packaging, noticed.

Colors are one of the best tools in packaging. Studies of eye movement have shown that colors draw human attention quickly. Take V8 for example. For many years, the bright red color of tomatoes and carrots on the thin bottle makes you feel that it is very good for your body. And the word "green" today can keep food prices going up.

Shapes are another attraction. Circles often suggest happiness and peacefulness, because these shapes are pleasing to both the eye and the heart. That's why the round yellow M signs of McDonald's are inviting to both young and old.

This new consumer response (反应)to the colors and shapes of packages reminds producers and sellers that people buy to satisfy both body and soul.

According to the passage, ______ seems to be able to persuade a consumer to buy the product.

A．the pleasing color of the package

B．the special taste of the product

C．the strange shape of the package

D．the belief in the product

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