What kind of world is created in The Miguel Street?A.A world rich in characters with dis
A.A world rich in characters with distinct features
B.A slum
C.A world full of thieves and villain
D.A world that centers around the narrator’s family
A.A world rich in characters with distinct features
B.A slum
C.A world full of thieves and villain
D.A world that centers around the narrator’s family
第1题
M Why in the world would we want to? It just encourages those companies to send us more surveys.
W Well, it says that if we fill out this simple consumer products survey, they'll give us coupons for all sorts of things. A $100 worth of coupons, just for filling it out.
M Okay, go ahead and fill it out if you want, but I doubt that the coupons will be good towards anything we're interested in.
What kind of survey are the speakers discussing?
A.Radio stations
B.Economic impact
C.Consumer products
D.Customer satisfaction
第2题
听力原文:W: Hello, sir. Can I help you?
M: Yes... Er, have you mod about the World Cup in today's newspaper, Miss?
W: Yes, I have.
M: Are you interested in football?
W: Well, yes.
M: I am. Wonderful game, football.
W: Yes, it is. Now, what shoes can I show you, sir?
M: I like all sports and games.
W: Oh, yes?
M: Yes. Football, cricket, swimming. Can you swim?
W: I'm not a good swimmer, but I go swimming sometimes.
M: Tennis. That's a good game.
W: Yes.
M: I'm interested in tennis. I never miss Wimbledon, you know. I see it every year.
W: Oh?
M: And what about running? The oldest sport in the world. Wonderful. One man is trying to nm faster than other men. Do you nm?
W: No. I just play table tennis, and swim, and I walk quite a lot. Now, what kind d shoes do you want, sir?
M: You don' t play golf, then?
W: No, never.
M: I really like golf. Mind you, I like all sports, games as well.
W: You're a real sportsman, sir. Perhaps you want some tennis shoes or running shoes?
M: Er... no.
W: Football boots?
M: No. I want some carpet slippers like those.
W: Carpet slippers?
M: Yes. I want to be comfortable when I'm watching television.
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A.Two sports fans.
B.Two acquaintances.
C.Customer and shop-assistant.
D.Foreign tourist and his guide.
第3题
What does the woman imply?
A.The world is very competitive and often unfair.
B.There are over 300 jobs for you to apply for.
C.People are very kind to dogs and give them a lot to eat.
第4题
A.The conflicts between marriage and self-actualization
B.The conflicts between personal aspirations and social responsibilities
C.The conflicts between responsibility as a daughter and the inspiration of a writer
D.The conflicts between physical world and psychological world
第5题
What kind of behavior. does the author consider wrong?
A.Informing the world of what you are doing.
B.Posting about everything you do robotically.
C.Keeping your friends updated about the digital tools.
D.Channeling your personal photos into the Cloud.
第6题
听力原文:Torn: Hi, Mary. Do you like music?
Mary: Yes, very much, especially classical music.
Tom: Yes, I do. You know rock stars play exciting music and they always wear unusual clothes. I often go to their concerts.
Mary: Oh, do you? I don't understand why rock stars are so famous?
Tom: Oh, it's because of their fans that rock stars are famous and earn a lot of money. You know their fans go to their concerts, buy their records and wear the same kind of clothes.
Mary: I see. Did you watch TV last night?
Tom: No, I didn't. I went to a concert last night and got back home very late. What was on?
Mary: Zed Hawks was interviewed on TV last night.
Tom: Really, he is one of my favorite stars. He is world famous and he is also very rich. At least I suppose so. He has given concerts in twelve countries and sold over twenty million records.
Mary: Yes, you are right. He owns three magnificent houses, five cars and a private plane too.
Tom: What did he say on the TV interview?
Mary: He didn't say anything. During the TV interview Anita Lyons suggested that Zed should behave better because his fans imitate him.
Tom: Yes, go on.
Mary: He reacted very angrily, and walked out. The interview lasted less than two minutes. I was disappointed when I heard this. He really behaved badly. You know like politicians and film stars, rock stars need the public. They earn their money from the public. So why shouldn't the public criticize them? I'm not saying that famous people should always behave well. What I'm saying is that they shouldn't complain when they are criticized. If they do, they will lose their fans. I'm not a fan of Zed Hawks any more.
How do fans imitate rock stars?
A.They play music.
B.They behave badly.
C.They wear the same kind of clothes.
D.They go to their concerts.
第7题
M: I'm not sure you want to eliminate scariness. I really wonder if the tight-rope-walkers can do their job because they are not afraid of heights or whether they can do their jobs because they are afraid of heights and they've just learned how to do their task that much better because they know what it's like, or they have a pretty good idea what it's like to fall. I think fear is your "ally in here, because it is fear that gets you out of comfortable equilibrium, gets you to do difficult tasks". You know, managing in general is not an easy job, so I don't think I wanna eliminate fear. I don't eliminate fear of change, I don't wanna eliminate fear of what's wanna happen if you don't move. It's healthy, it's kind of like, you know, pain is healthy, physical pain, it warns your body that something is wrong and just extinguishing pain doesn't make the problem going away. It just makes your sense that there is a problem going away. So it makes it worse.
F: One of the biggest contributions that you've made down to making the public aware of what's inside a computer is the Intel Inside campaign, which is a very big marketing campaign designed to make the consumer, the end user, allow them to make their choice based on Intel being inside the box. When did you first think that this was important? There are obviously risks to this strategy, there are obviously rewards. How did you analyse the risk-reward in this?
M: Well, you know, it was kind of obvious in a way, if you listened to the language people used to describe their computer at the time—you're talking late 80s. Most of the time, people would refer to their computer by the number, the number of the microprocessor that they had in it. I'm gonna take my trusty old 386 and look it up, or do something on it. They didn't use the name of the manufacturer. They used the model number of the microprocessor, which actually is kind of right, because the fundamental characteristic of that computer is the microprocessor. That defines what software it's gonna run, it's gonna define how fast it runs it, and if it defines how fast it runs it, it defines what you can do with it. So the user experience, what the user can do and how well he can do it, more than anything else depends on the microprocessor, the chip. So we kind of sensed that we really had that identity but we didn't know exactly how to go about it. We wanted to market the product name, but the problem with the product name was we couldn't copyright it, I mean, couldn't trademark the numbers. We had a legal battle on it and we lost. So how do you tell our story, given that the microprocessor gives the characteristic of their computer to, not completely, but more than anything else, to the user. And we started merchandising Intel, the Computer Inside. Not on the devices but in our own commercials. And that kind of worked, we had good results, good focus group results, people understood, yeah, the Intel stuff is the computer
F: So how much now do you think of your success is marketing, and how much of it is technology?
M: Andrew Grove: You know, for a long time I've thought about this and had to answer the questions internally a lot. And the best I can say is describing Intel as a three legged stool, and the three legs are design, technology and manufacturing, and marketi
A.Hungary
B.Britain
C.Portugal
第8题
听力原文:M: What would you wish for if I let you make a wish?
W: I'd wish I had a robot.
M: Why a robot?
W: a robot is clever, efficient, and obedient. It'll work with precision. And it will work round the clock without complaint.
M: Yes, it will free us from tedious and boring housework. But what would you do if you had a robot to work for you?
W: What would I do? I'd make it work wonders. Things you may not even imagine possible.
M: But aren't you creating a world of machines, a world of cold, emotionless, mechanical creatures?
W: I don't think so. Robots can provide us with all kinds of entertainment imaginable, including both artistic and popular forms of entertainment. You may call them "cyber culture".
M: I don't like your "cyber culture". It's too general and abstract.
W: Well, for one thing, no human culture could match cyber culture in variety and creativity, you know.
M: It depends on what you mean by variety and creativity. I consider humans the most varied, sophisticated, creative and powerful creature on earth. Any mechanical culture is simply lifeless, and it's harmful to the human world.
W: Don't get so emotional. You know robots would willingly do the kind of work that is physically unbearable to humans. They would protect us from risking harmful hazards.
M: I see your point.
W: A robot can help with housework, too.
M: Yeah, and do physical exercise for you.
W: You're kidding. I'll do bodybuilding myself in the gym. Do you know what else I'd definitely do myself, even if I had a thousand robots?
M: What?
W: I'd do my study. If not, I'd be done. 1 fear robots might develop to such a degree that they would threaten our existence. I must study and learn enough theories and techniques to operate and control my robot, before it would begin to control me.
M: That's very sensible. Science is a sword with double blades. It benefits, and harms too, if things get out of control.
W: Right, we'll try to take advantage of its benefits and guard against any possible harm.
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A.They work with precision.
B.They do physical exercises for us.
C.They work round the clock.
D.They free us from tedious and boring work
第9题
One Sunday evening when I was eight years old my parents and I were riding in the back seat of my rich uncle's car. We had been out for a ride and now we were back in the Bronx, headed for home. Suddenly, another car sideswiped us. My mother and aunt shrieked. My uncle swore softly. My father, in whose lap I was sitting, said out the window at the speeding car, "That's all right. Nothing but a few Jews in here." In an instant I knew everything. I knew there was a world beyond our streets, and in that world my father was a hu- miliated man, without power or standing.
When I was sixteen a girl in the next building had her nose straightened; we all went together to see Selma Shapiro lying in state, wrapped in bandages from which would emerge a person fit for life beyond the block. Three buildings away a boy went downtown for a job, and on his application he wrote "Anold Brown" instead of "Anold Braunowiitz." The newsswept through the neighborhood like a wild fire. A nose job? A name change? What was happening here? It was awful; it was wonderful. It was frightening; it was delicious. Whatever it was, it wasn't standstill. Things felt lively and active. Self-confidence was on the rise, passivity on the wane. We were going to experience challenges. That's what it meant to be in the new world. For the first time we could imagine ourselves out there.
But who exactly do I mean when I say we? I mean Arnie, not Selma. I mean my brother, not me. I mean the boys, not the girls. My mother stood behind me, pushing me forward. "The girl goes to college, too," she said. And I did. But my going to college would not mean the same thing as my brother's going to college, and we all knew it. For my brother, college meant going from the Bronx to Manhattan. But for me? From the time I was fourteen I yearned to get out of the Bronx, but get out into what? I did not actually imagine myself a working person alone in Manhattan and nobody else did either. What I did imagine was that I would marry, and that the man I married would get me downtown. He would brave the perils of class and race, and somehow I'd be there alongside him.
In the passage, we can find the author was_______.
A.quite satisfied with her life
B.a poor Jewish girl
C.born in a middle-class family
D.a resident in a rich area in New York
第10题
听力原文:W: It's almost May Day holidays. Have you got a plan where to go?
M: I suppose I can go to Tibet, which is the place people throughout the world like to go to. But it will cost a lot.
W: I know you have got a part-time job. Perhaps you can earn some money for that.
M: The job doesn't pay much, but my parents promised to offer me some. What about you?
W: Well, I am on the way. Can you give me some advice? I know you are a kind of traveler.
M: I am used to traveling by myself. But this time I hope you can be my company.
W: What about money?
M: One of my classmates has a job in a hotel on weekends, making beds and cleaning bathrooms. Soon she will have to finish her degree paper. If you don't mind, you can take her place.
W: And then I can return the money to you?
M: Isn't it a good idea?
W: That's pretty good. I used to do some farm work for my parents when I was in high school. I think I can do it well enough. Maybe I can even keep the job, which will relieve my parents a lot.
When does the conversation take place?
A.Before May Day holidays.
B.After May Day holidays.
C.During May Day holidays.
D.In class.