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第1题
The Chinese Restaurant is sited near ______.
A.the escalator
B.the Wave Cove
C.the cable-car terminal
第2题
Louis thinks the new training will be effective because
A.it is available on-line.
B.it covers more topics.
C.it uses outside trainers.
第3题
听力原文:M: May I watch what you are doing?
W: Sure. You make a hole, put in the seed, cover it with some earth, and then water it.
What is the woman doing?
A.Looking for seed.
B.Planting something.
C.Fetching water.
D.Getting dirty.
第4题
What are applicants NOT asked to do?
A.Call Mr. Kevin Donlin
B.E-mail a resume
C.Write a cover letter
D.Send references
第5题
The police locked their suspicion on Vlado Tanesld when they found that
A. his reports covered the confidential information.
B. the three murder cases all involved elderly women.
C. all the victims had some similarities with his late mother.
D. he was responsible for the disappearance of a women.
第6题
What can be inferred from paragraph 3 about the happening of floods?
A.Only with water covering a house to the rooftop can be viewed as floods.
B.Some U. S. states are spared from the destroying power of floods.
C.Ocean waves is the only reason to cause the disaster of floods.
D.Floods happen more often than any other forms of natural disasters.
第7题
?Read the advertisement below about a reward program.
?In most of the lines 41-52 there is one extra word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the meaning of the text. Some lines, however, are correct.
?If a line is correct, write CORRECT on your Answer Sheet.
?If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet.
Marriott International, Inc. has recently made much significant enhancements to its popular Marriott Rewards program. Members can now achieve Elite level
41 status faster than ever before and receive their exclusive benefits across all Marriott
42 brands that would participate in the program.. Now all Marriott Rewards
43 members can request for hotel stay awards just 24 hours before check-in to most
44 participating hotels by calling 1-800-450-4442 or visiting marriottrewards. com.
45 In addition, they can earn those Silver Elite status and benefits after spending
46 just 10 nights per year (previously a 15-hight-stay'was required). With having
47 more than 18 million members and 2, 300 participating hotels in 65 countries,
48 Marriott Rewards is of the largest and most popular frequent guest program in
49 the world. In addition to free hotel stays, members may further redeem Marriott
50 Rewards points for more than 300 different reward options, including in theme
51 park passes to Disney; spa packages; luxury cruises; Universal Studios and
52 Discovery Cove Orlando, and retail merchandise. To enroll in Marriott Rewards, call 1-800-249-0800 or log onto www. marriottrewards. com.
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第8题
听力原文: Washington
All eyes are focusing on Las Vegas as the sporting goods industry closes in its first true industry gathering in years. The much anticipated spring market will make its debut June 11th to 13th in Las Vegas, and the industry's leading sporting goods companies will be on hand to display their latest gear. The exhibit floor will showcase the latest in, athletic footwear, fitness-related equipment, accessories for fitness, as well as spring teen sports products. "In today's trade show environment, the marketplace demands that we offer more than just the opportunity to promote new products", explained Tom Cove, president of Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, "we're committed to drive the exchange of cutting-edge knowledge and best practices to complement the action on the floor." Along with many of the industry's most influential brands, a number of groups, associations and media organizations within the sporting goods industry have decided to use the trade show as a business rendezvous.
San Francisco
Apple today introduced Safari 3, the world's fastest and easiest-to-use web browser for Windows PCs and Macs. Safari has always been the fastest browser on the Mac, and now it's the fastest browser on the Windows, loading and drawing web pages up to twice as fast as Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, and up to 1.6 times faster than Mozilla Firefox 2. Safari 3 features easy-to-manage bookmarks, effortless browsing with easy-to-organize tabs, and a built-in RSS reader to quickly scan the latest news and information. Other Safari features now available to Windows users includes snapback, one-click access to an initial search query, resizable text fields, and private browsing to ensure that information about an individual's browsing history isn't stored.
Afghanistan
Floods triggered by heavy rain killed 23 people and destroyed scores of houses in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Badakhshan, the provincial governor said on Friday. Authorities were searching for missing people after the flooding, which hit on Thursday night in an area of impoverished and mountainous province near the border with Tajikistan, China, and Pakistan. After years of harsh drought, Afghanistan received much more snow and rain this year.
Cuba
Two Cuban soldiers tried to hijack a passenger plane to escape to a foreign country with hostages on Monday, but were arrested after killing an unarmed military officer on board, the government said. The soldiers, who had escaped from an army base where they were doing military service, hijacked a bus with passengers, took it to the domestic terminal of Havana Airport, and seized an empty passenger jet before dawn. They killed one of the hostages, an army lieutenant colonel, when he tried to stop the hijacking, but were then captured by a military unit, the government said in a statement.
Canada
The Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a welcome addition to any piggy bank on Wednesday—a monster gold coin with a face value of I million Canadian dollars that it says is the world's biggest, purest and highest denomination coin. The Canadian mint introduced the mega-coin, which is the size of an extra-large pizza, and weighs in at 100 kilograms alongside the one-ounce gold bullion coins it is mass producing at its Ottawa plant. Originally designed to promote the new one-ounce coins, the colossal coins will be issued in a very limited quantity. While they have a 1 million Canadian dollar face value, the coins are worth twice that amount, given the current gold price of $ 683.30 per ounce.
Questions:
6.What is happening in Las Vegas from June 11thto13th?
7.What has Apple introduced today?
8.What happened in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Badakhshan?
9.Which of the following statements is true about the hijacking of a passenger plane in Cuba?
10.What is the current worth of the mega-coin produ
A.A trade show of the latest sporting goods is on display.
B.An event for team sports is held with the country's best athletes.
C.A spring market fair for cutting equipment and accessories is open.
D.A business rendezvous is scheduled between VIPs and the best athletes.
第9题
Purely by accident, these women learned they were making less than their male or, in Goodwin's case, white colleagues at work. Each sued for pay discrimination under federal law, lucky enough to discover what typically stays a secret. "People don't just stand around the watercooler to talk about how much they make," says McMillan.
This, as they say, is the real world, one in which people would rather discuss their sex lives than salaries. And about a third of private employers actually prohibit employees from sharing pay information. It is also a world that the U. S. Supreme Court seems unfamiliar with. The Justices recently decided 5 to 4 that workers are out of luck if they file a complaint under Title Ⅶ—the main federal antidiscrimination law—more than 180 days after their salary is set. That's six measly months to find out what your co-workers are making so that you can tell whether you're getting chiseled because of your sex, race, religion or national origin.
How many of the roughly 2,800 such complaints pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will fizzle because of this new rule is hard to say. Less of a mystery, though just as troubling, is how the court reached its decision.
Lilly Ledbetter filed the case against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. because at the end of a 19-year career, she was making far less than any of 15 men at her level She argued that Goodyear violated Title Ⅶ every time it gave her a smaller paycheck. Her complaint was timely, she said, because she filed it within 180 days of her last check. But the court majority read the statute to mean that only an actual decision to pay Ledbetter less could be illegal, and that happened well outside the 180-day period. A statute's ambiguous wording is fair game, but why read it to frustrate Title Ⅶ's purpose: to ease pay discrimination in a nation where women make only 77¢ on average for every $1 that men earn? And while employers might like this decision, they could end up choking on the torrent of lawsuits that might now come their way. "The real message is that if you have any inkling that you are being paid differently, you need to file now, before the 180 days are up," says Michael Foreman of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights.
All this sounds familiar. In June 1989, the Supreme Court issued three decisions that sharply limited the right to sue over employment discrimination. A day after the most prominent ruling, in Wards Cove v. Atonio, Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D., Ohio) declared that he would introduce a bill to overturn the decisions.
It took civil rights advocates and their congressional allies eight months to introduce legislation. President George H. W. Bush vetoed the first version, arguing that it would encourage hiring quotas. Finally, in late 1991, the Democratic Congress and the Republican President reached a compromise fashioned by Senators John Danforth (R., Mo.) and Edward Kennedy (D., Mass.). It became the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and overturned parts of eight high-court decisions.
Now, Foreman and others are working on a bill to overturn the Ledbetter case, and Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, among others, have expressed interest. A Democratic Congress may well cooperate, though with a Republican again in the White House, final legislation before next year's elections isn't guaranteed. In any event, we probably won't see the kind of groundswell that shifted the law toward workers in 1991 because civil rights advocates aren't sure these Justices are a threat to wor
A.the discrimination of sex, race, religion and national origin
B.the arguments over Goodwin' s case of pay discrimination
C.what the real world we live in is like
D.the arguments over the issue of pay discrimination against women at work
第10题
A.Baldocchi thought her workload was too heavy
B.Baldocchi felt sad that her parent was paralyzed
C.Baldocchi was unprepared to give up herjob
D.Baldocchi was not ready to take care of her parents all day long
第11题
Section B
A)Last July, Julie Baldocchi's mother had a massive stroke and was paralyzed. Baldocchi suddenly had tobecome a family caregiver, something that she wasn't prepared for. "I was flying by the seat of my pants," saysBaldocchi, an employment specialist in San Francisco. Both of her parents are 83, and she knew her fathercouldn't handle her mother's care. The hospital recommended putting her mother in a nursing home. Baldocchiwasn't willing to do that. But moving her back into her parents' home created other problems. Baldocchi,48, ismarried and lives about a mile away from her parents. She has a full-time job and has back problems thatmake it difficult for her to lift her mother. "I couldn't do it all," she says. "But I didn't even know how to findhelp."
B)
With help from the Family Caregiver Alliance, she eventually hired a live-in caregiver. "But even if you planintellectually and legally, you're never ready for the emotional impact," Baldocchi says. In the first two monthsafter her mother's stroke, she lost about 30 pounds as stress mounted. More than 42 million Americans providefamily caregiving for an adult who needs help with daily activities, according to a 2009 survey by the AARP.An
additional 61.6 million provided at least some care during the year. And many are unprepared.
C)
While many parents lack an advance care directive, it's the most basic and important step they can take. Thedirective includes several parts, including: a durable power of attorney, which gives someone legal authority tomake financial decisions on another's behalf; a health care proxy, which is similar to the power of attorney,except it allows someone to make decisions regarding medical treatment; and a living will that outlinesinstructions for end-of-life care. (For example, parents can say if they want to be kept alive by artificialmeasures.) "It's invaluable for the kids, because it's hard to make those decisions for a parent," says JenniferCona, an elder-law attorney at Genser Dubow Genser & Cona in Melville, N.Y. An advance care directive isthe first line of defense if a situation arises, says Kathleen Kelly, executive director of the Family CaregiverAlliance, which supports and educates caregivers. Without an advance directive, the family will have topetition the court to be appointed the parent's legal guardian, says AgingCare.com.
D)
It's important for families to talk about long-term care so the adult children know their parents' preferences,wishes and goals, says Lynn Feinberg, a caregiving expert at AARP. But ifs not an easy conversation. Elderlyparents are sometimes suspicious of their children's financial motives, says Susan John, a financial planner atFinancial Focus in Wolfeboro, N.H. One client asked John to hold a family meeting because they needed anintermediary to talk about financial issues, she says. And when there are many siblings, the family decisionscan become a three-ring circus with much acrimony, says Ann-Margaret Carrozza,
an elder-law attomey inGlen Cove, N.Y. Families who need information and help sorting out disagreements can call on elder-lawattorneys, financial planners, geriatric care managers and caregiver support groups. In February, AARP said itwill offer its members a new caregiving support service through financial services firm Oenworth.
E)
Many families are unprepared for quick decisions, especially when they find out that Medicare doesn't pay forlong-term care, Feinberg says. The median cost of a year in a private room at a nursing home in 2011 was$77,745, according to Genworth. And only those who have spent most of their assets can qualify for Medicaidto pay for the nursing home.
F)
Assisted living is another option. Residents can have their own apartment to maintain some independence. Butthe facilities generally provide personal care services, such as meals, housekeeping and assistance withactivities. Still, it's not cheap: The national median cost in 2011 was $39,135, according to Genworth. Assistedliving isn't covered by Medicaid.
G)
If they have a choice, at least 90% of elderly parents prefer to stay at home as long as they can, according toAARP research. But if the parents can no longer safely live at home, it can be hard for children to move theminto an adult care facility. There may be another option. Sometimes the home can be modified so a parent canstay there. For example, Baldoechi put in a chair lift for her mother. She also arranged for a home caregiver.
H) Family caregivers take over many responsibilities. One might manage a parent's finances, while anothersibling will take the parent to doctors' appointments and shopping. Those who move in with a parent take on asignificant and sustained burden of care. Jan Walker moved into her mother's home in Leesburg, Fla. After hermother, who is 83, had fallen, she wasn't able to get around as well. Walker,55, has three brothers. But she isthe only daughter, is divorced and has no children. "I always knew that this was the role that I would have, andI guess my mind was prepared for it," says Walker, who now is a full-time caregiver and works from home asa tutorial instructor for a digital scrapbooking website. "When you get into the trenches, it's literally baptismby fire," she says. "New things come up. It's not just about advance planning for finances or medical care. It'severything," she says.
I) Carcgivers need to also watch their own health. "There is such a thing as caregiver burnout," Cona says.Among female caregivers 50 and older,20% reported symptoms of depression, according to a 2010 study onworking caregivers by MetLife. "It's a hard job," Walker says. "But most worthwhile things are hard. She wasalways there for me when I needed a helping hand. It's only natural that I be here for her now."
根据以上内容,回答46-56题。
46、When elderly parents cannot live at home safely, their children can change their home instead of sending them to an adult care facility.
47、To talk about long-term care is not easy because sometimes aged parents are suspicious of their children's financial motives.
48、Besides advance planning for finances or medical care, family caregivers take over many other responsibilities.
49、The difference between a durable power of attorney and a health care proxy is that the latter allows someone tomake decisions regarding medical treatment.
50、Baldocehi did not want to send her mother to a nursing home, but she had difficulty taking care of her.
51、Over 42 million caregivers helped an adult with everyday activities in the USA in 2009.
52、If a family needs information or help to sort out disagreements, there are many people they can call on.
53、Caregivers should pay attention to their own health, or they may bum out or.become depressed.
54、One will have to petition the court to be the parent's legal guardian, if there is no advance directive.
55、The national median cost of assisted living in 2011 was $39,135 and it is not covered by Medicaid.