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Why do some farmers refuse to move to emergency shelters？
A．They are lining up for trucks to take them to safety.
B．They want to watch the unusual volcano eruption.
C．They hope the government can provide some money.
D．They think volcanic ash is good to their crops.
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第1题
In his new position, he has many reports to read-reports from farmers who are applying for loans; status reports from farmers who have received loans; and reports from his employer, the federal government, on new loan programs.
After reading so many reports, Peter wonders,“Why are reports so different？"Some are long, some are short. Some are simple, some are complex. Some are easy to read, some are difficult to read. Some are coherent， some are. not. Some make recommendations, some do not. Why are reports so different？
1.The San Joaquin Valley in California is one of the most().
A.famous industrial areas
B.popular tourist attractions
C.productive agricultural areas
2. What does Peter do in his new position？ ()
A.He reads many reports from several aspects
B.He writes many reports for farmers and banks
C.He is in charge of investment and marketing
3. Why the farmers write reports to Peter？()
A.To make conclusions
B.To apply for loans
C.To do business with him
4. From reading reports, Peter finds that().
A.most of the reports are well written
B.farmers are good at writing reports
C.the reports show great difference
5.What do you think the author will talk later？()
A.The difficulty of the farmers
B.The position of Peter' s supervisor
C.The reasons causing difference of reports
第2题
听力原文：M: What are you doing？
W: I'm ordering some filing cabinets out of a catalog.
M: What do you need them for？
W: There's so much stuff piling up in my dormitory room. If I don't do something soon, I won't be able to move in there.
M: Do you usually order from a catalog？
W: Sometimes. Why？
M: Oh, it's just in the history class today we were talking about how the catalog sales business first got started in the US.
A Chicago retailer, Montgomery Ward started it in the late 1800s. It was really popular among farmers. It was difficult for them to make it to the big city stores so they ordered from catalogs.
W: Was Ward the only one in the business？
M: At first, but another person named Richard Sears started his own catalog after he heard how much money Ward was making.
W: What made them so popular？
M: Farmers trusted Ward and Sears for one thing. They delivered the products the farmers paid for and even refunded the price of things the farmers weren't satisfied with. The catalog became so popular that some country school teachers even used them as textbooks.
W: Textbooks？
M: Yeah, students practice spelling the names and adding up the prices of things in the catalogs.
W: Was everybody happy about it？
M: That's doubtful. It was said they drove some small store owners out of business. Sears and Ward sold stuff in such large quantities that they were able to undercut the prices at some small family owned stores.
(27)
A．The necessity to keep everything in place.
B．Catalogs used as textbooks by country school teachers.
C．Sears and Ward and catalog sale business.
D．The competition between small stores and catalog sale.
第3题
听力原文：M: So, what exactly are you doing to protect the elephants here？
W: Well, we have managed to raise a lot of money for this project. A lot of it is being used to compensate farmers for the damage that elephants do to their crops.
M: How does that protect the elephants？
W: Since the elephants cause damage to the crops, farmers are often tempted to go out and kill the elephants.
M: I see. So, the farmers don't have a real problem with the elephants until the elephants start eating the crops. But why do the elephants do that？
W: Well, there aren't enough trees to provide them with food on the land that has been reserved for them.
M: Mm. But if you successfully protect the elephants, their numbers will grow and they will need more food. That means that they'll need more land.
W: That's true, but we've solved that problem too. What we do is move some elephants to reservations where there are relatively few.
M: So that's where you spend another large proportion of the money you raise.
W: Actually, it isn't very expensive because we share the cost with the people who run the other reservations.
M: I see. How do you decide which elephants to move？
W: We use two criteria. The first is that we maintain the genetic diversity of the elephant herd. The second is that we transport the more aggressive members of the herd, which results in us spending less money compensating farmers.
M: Are there any plans to expand the reservation？
W: We have allocated some money to land purchases, but such purchases could have a damaging effect on the local human population, so we rarely do it.
M: What kinds of research are you doing on the elephants here？
W: We're mainly studying the way that elephants interact with each other within a herd.
M: I see. Well, thanks very much for your time.
W: My pleasure.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. Which of the following is the main source of conflict between the elephants and the local people？
24. Why is expanding the reservation not a realistic option？
25. Who are the speakers most likely to be？
(20)
A．Water.
B．Crops.
C．Money.
D．Trees.
第4题
听力原文：W: What are you doing？
M: I’m ordering some filing cabinets out of a catalog.
W: What do you need them for？
M: There’s so much stuff piling up in my dormitory room. If I don’t do something soon, I won’t be able to move in there.
W: Do you usually order from a catalog？
M: Sometimes. Why？
W: Oh, it’s just in the history class today we were talking about how the catalog sales business first got started in the US. A Chicago retailer, Montgomery Ward started it in the late 1800s. It was really popular among farmers. It was difficult for them to make it to the big city stores so they ordered from catalogs.
M: Was Ward the only one in the business？
W: At first, but another person named Richard Sears started his own catalog after he heard how much money Ward was making.
M: What made them so popular？
W: Farmers trusted Ward and Sears for one thing. They delivered the products the farmers paid for and even refunded the price of things the farmers weren’t satisfied with. The catalog became so popular that in some counties school teachers even used them as textbooks.
M: Textbooks？
W: Yeah, students practice spelling the names and adding up the prices of things in the catalogs.
M: Was everybody that thrilled about it？
W: That’s doubtful. Say they drove some small store owners out of business. Sears and Ward sold stuff in such large quantities. They were able to undercut the prices at some small family owned stores.
(23)
A．The relationship between farmers, Ward and Sears.
B．The development of the catalog sales business.
C．The relationship between the catalog and textbooks.
D．The story of Chicago retailer.
第5题
听力原文：W: What are you doing？
M: (20) I'm ordering some filing cabinet out of a catalog.
W: What do you need them for？
M: There's so much stuff piling up in my dormitory room. If I don't do something soon, I won't be able to move in there.
W: Do you usually order from a catalog？
M: Sometimes. Why？
W: (19) Oh, it's just in the history class today we were talking about how the catalog sales business first got started in the U. S. A Chicago retailer, Montgomery Ward started it in the late 1800s. (21) It was really popular among farmers. It was difficult for them to make it to the big city stores so they ordered from catalogs.
M: Was Ward the only one in the business？
W: At first, but another person named Richard Sears started his own catalog after he heard how much money Ward was making.
M: What made them so popular？
W: Farmers trusted Ward and Sears for one thing. They delivered the products the farmers paid for and even refunded the price of things the farmers weren't satisfied with. (22) The catalog became so popular in some countries that school teachers even used them as textbooks.
M: Textbooks？
W: (22) Yes. Students practice spelling the names and adding up the prices of things in the catalogs.
M: Was everybody that thrilled about it？
W: That's doubtful. Say they drove some small store owners out of business. Sears and Ward sold stuff in such large quantities. They were able to undercut the prices at some small family owned stores.
19. What are the two speakers mainly talking about？
20.What does the man need the catalog for？
21.What can we learn about the catalogue business from the conversation？
22.Why did some schools use catalogs？
(23)
A．How to place orders.
B．The woman's history class.
C．The history of American catalog business.
D．The relationship between farmers and Ward.
第6题
Why do farmers have animals？
A．For meat and food.
B．For selling.
C．For fun.
第7题
The mountainous area of Switzerland, which accounts for nearly two-thirds of the total area of the country and only 12% of the total population, has always been the problem area. According to the last census in 1970, 750,000 people lived in the Swiss mountains. Compared with the rest of the country, incomes are lower, services are fewer, employment opportunities are more limited and populations are decreasing. In fact, in only one respect do mountain districts come out ahead. They have more farmers, which many people do not consider to be an advantage. 17% of the Swiss mountain population works in primary occupations, in contrast to only 8% of the total population of the country.
The mountain farmers are a special breed of men. They work at least twelve hours a day in topographical and weather conditions which kill most crops and which only a few animals will tolerate. About half of them work at some other jobs as well, leaving 'their wives and children to do the bulk of the farm work. In the Rhone Valley in the canton of Valais in south-western Swizerland nearly four-fifths of the farmers commute daily from their mountain farms to the large factories in the valley. In other parts of Switzerland this pattern of life is not as common, but almost everywhere n. on-farm wintertime employment is the rule.
With all the difficulties inherent in working in the Swiss mountains, why should anyone resist any extension of the mountain economy？ The answer, as Andress Werthemann, editor of the Swiss mountain agriculture magazine Alpwirtschafiliche Monatsblatter states, is that "when tourism becomes too massive, farming disappears". And basically there are three reasons why Switzerland needs its mountain farmers: they contribute to the food supply, they preserve the landscape, and they represent the Switzerland of nostalgia and holiday dreams.
But in the real world, and especially in highly industrialized Switzerland where mountain farmers are aware of the "benefits" of city living, is it possible to maintain mountain agriculture and still solve the problems of mountain communities？ The Swiss government has come to the conclusion that other kinds of employment in addition to farming must be emphasized. Yet whether it is possible to create other jobs that will not completely destroy agriculture is unknown.
The building crane represents ______.
A．the construction of hotels, ski-lifts, etc.
B．parts of planned, developing regions
C．the districts of the Swiss Alps
D．the machine with a long arm used for lifting and moving heavy weights
第8题
听力原文： If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise, and as a result, we are growing old unnecessarily soon. Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why quite healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a rather early age, and bow the speed of getting old could be slowed down.
With a team of researchers at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different jobs.
Computer technology helped the researchers to get most measurements of the volume of the front and side parts of the brains, which have something to do with intellect and feelings, and decide the human character. As we all know, the back part of the brain, which controls tasks like eating and breathing, does not contract with age.
Contraction of the front and side parts—as cells die off—was seen in some people in their thirties, but it was still not found in some sixty and seventy-year olds.
Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple way to prevent the contraction—using the head.
The findings show that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those with least possibility, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing the same work day after day in government offices are, however, as possible to have contracting brains as the farm worker, bus drivers and shop assistant.
(30)
A．An examination of farmers in northern Japan.
B．Tests given on a thousand old people.
C．Examining the brain volumes of different people.
D．Using computer technology.
第9题
Why did the resistance of insects to man-made insecticides develop so rapidly？
A．Insects can develop ways of dealing with man-made insecticides as they do with natural poisonous chemicals.
B．Insects can be smarter than they used to be.
C．Insects can attract their mates to the same plant.
D．Insects will be attracted to farmers' crops in a time during a year.
第10题
A．He hoped to promote local foods in the whole city.
B．He wanted to change children's unhealthy lifestyle.
C．He was persuaded by his food policy director to do so.
D．He had to fulfill his "healthy eating" promise made years ago.
