Although they know smoking may kill them and

versity next week.

W. Oh, yes, he used to teach at the same department as my husband. They knew each other pretty well.

M: Where was that？

W: London University. You know I was a student there, although he didn't teach me.

M: Where was that？

W: London University. You know I was a student there, although he didn't teach me.

What did the woman use to be？

A．A student at London University.

B．A teacher at London University.

C．A student at Beijing University.

e is never at a【C1】______for words？ How can she【C2】______the names of a couple they met on【C3】______years ago？ Now we know【C4】______to tell him: It's her brain.

Although there are obviously cultural【C5】______for the differences in emotions and behavior,【C6】______breakthrough research reveals that the【C7】______of many puzzling differences between men and women may【C8】______in the head. Men's and women's brains【C9】______much in common, but they are definitely not the same【C10】______size, structure or insight. Broadly speaking, a woman's brain, like her body, is ten to fifteen percent smaller than a man's,【C11】______the regions dedicated to the language may be more densely【C12】______with brain cells.

Girls generally speak earlier and read faster. The reason may be【C13】______females use both sides of the brain when they read. In【C14】______, males rely only on the left side.

At every age, women's memories【C15】______men's. They have a greater ability to【C16】______names with faces than men do, and they are【C17】______at recalling list. The events people remember best are those that an emotion is attached to.【C18】______women use more of their right brains, which【C19】______emotions, they may do this automatically.

While we don't yet know what all these findings imply, one thing is【C20】______: Male and female brains do the same things, but they do them differently.

【C1】

A．loss

B．puzzle

C．slip

D．failure

Although he was slight in stature, he was strong and respected by all who know him.

A．position

B．size

C．defects

D．manners

听力原文： How many of you drink cola？ Nearly everybody. Did you know that cola started out not as a soft drink but as a cure for headache back in the late 1800's？ John S. Pamberton, a drugist from Atlanta, had experimented for many months trying to find a cure for the common headache. He worked in his back yard, mixing and heating different combinations of oils and flavors until he found one that seems promising.

Pamberton bottled the mixture and began selling it in drugstores as a concentrated syrup that the customer had to mix with water before drinking. Cola's transformation from a concentrated syrup to a carbonated soft drink came about quite by accident. One day, a customer came into a drugstore complaining of a headache and asked for a bottle of cola syrup. He wanted to take it right away. So he asked the clerk to mix the medicine while he waited. The clerk, instead of walking to the other end of the counter to get plain water, suggested mixing the syrup with soda water. The customer agreed, and after drinking it, re marked how good it tasted. The clerk continued offering the mixture and carbonated cola grew in popularity. Today carbonated colas are sold in most countries around the world. And although they no longer contain the ingredients to kill headache, they are still 'very refreshing.

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A．A recipe for a soft drink.

B．The medicinal effects of cola.

C．The history of cola.

D．Softdrink production.

听力原文： How many of you drink cola？ Nearly everyone. Did you know that cola started out not as a soft drink but as a cure for headaches back in the late 1800's？ john S Pemberton, a druggist from Atlanta, had experimented for many months trying to find a cure for the common headache. He worked in his backyard, mixing and heating different combinations of oils and flavors until he found one that seemed promising. Pemberton bottled the mixture and began selling it in drug stores as concentrated syrup that the customer had to mix with water before drinking. Cola's transformation from medicinal syrup to a carbonated soft drink came about quite by accident. One day, a customer came into a drugstore complaining of a headache and asked for a bottle of cola syrup. He wanted to take it right away. So he asked the clerk to mix the medicine while he waited. The clerk, instead of walking to the other end of the counter to get plain water, suggested mixing the syrup with soda water. The customer agreed, and after drinking it, remarked how good it tasted. The clerk continued offering the mix and carbonated cola grew in popularity. Today carbonated colas are sold in most countries around the world. And although they no longer contain the ingredients used to cure headache, they are still very refreshing.

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A．Softdrink production.

B．A recipe for a soft drink.

C．The medicinal effects of cola.

D．The history of cola.

ties with factories or heavy automobile traffic. Today, we know that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is literally worldwide. On several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the entire eastern halt' of the United States and led to health warning even in rural areas away from any major concentration of manufacturing and automobile traffic. In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be affected by air pollution. Some scientists feel that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of coal and oil is creating a "greenhouse effect" holding in heat reflected from the earth and raising the world's average temperature. If this view is correct and the world's temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be under water.

Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particulate matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth's temperature — a result that would be equally disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to new ice age and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top fanning areas. At present we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen (though one recent government report prepared by experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very likely). Perhaps, if we are very lucky, the two tendencies will offset each other and the world's temperature will stay about the same as it is now.

According to the text, people used to think that air pollution______.

A．caused health problem in the countryside

B．influenced the entire eastern half of the United States

C．had damaging effect in the whole world

D．existed only in urban and industrial areas

e.

A．real

B．actual

C．genuine

D．true

听力原文： Nothing can buy a better night's sleep. Although it sounds silly, it was the first thing that crossed my mind when I awoke. I truly appreciated my happy rest. It was tike a gift from heaven. Interesting to think that Bill Gates, or any rich men you can mention, really couldn't have had a more satisfying and grateful night of sleep--the best that money can't buy.

That started me thinking of other pleasures that cost nothing or very little and that are often taken for granted, like a drink of cold water on a hot day when you're really thirsty, or a warm relaxing bath when you're extremely tired or mentally exhausted.

Remember your first real kiss--can you put a price tag on that？ Or the companionship of a faithful and toying pet or the clean, fresh smell of mountain air？ There's an old song, "the Best Things in Life Are Free."

Did you ever eat a meal that not only filled your stomach and satisfied all your tastes, but refreshed your soul？ Ever spend a winter's evening in the company of good friends？

What could be better than listening to your favorite music or watching a good movie？ Or sharing the beauty of a sunset with a loved one？ These are quite delightful and delicate pleasures. I hope this doesn't sound too ridiculous. in today's rough, loud world. I hope the new generation can appreciate some of these things.

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A．The writer enjoys sleeping very much.

B．The writer doesn't like money at all.

C．Bill Gates does not know how to enjoy himself.

D．Mental well-being is the most important thing.

As you know, he was slow______his students, although he was quick to criticize.

A．praising

B．to praising

C．praised

D．to praise

听力原文： The food we eat seems to have produced profound effects on our health. Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that eight percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is relined to the diet as well, especially cancer of the colon (结肠). Different cultures are more prone to contract certain illness became of the food that is characteristic in these cultures. That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, government researchers realized that nitrates (硝酸盐) and nitrites (亚硝酸盐), commonly used to preserve color in meats, and other food additives, caused cancer. Yet, these additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult to know which things on the packaging labels of processed foods are helpful or harmful. The additives that we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef and administered to animals not for medical purposes, but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animal in order to obtain a higher price on the market, Although the Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly tried to control these procedures, the practices continue.

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A．It has made many additives.

B．It has caused most cancers.

C．It makes some cultures more prone to cancer.

D．It has made many foods unfit to eat.