Three Americans Win Nobel Economics PrizeThe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in economics to three Americans,Eugene Fama,Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller on Oct.14,2013.Eugene Fama and Lars Peter Hansen are both professors at the University of Chicago.Robert Shiller is a professor at Yale University.They will share the prize worth about 1.2 million dollars."This year's prize in economic sciences is about predictions." All three of this year's prize winners are mainly known for their research and explanations of pricing forces in financial markets.They have had a big influence on the way people look at and talk about financial markets.Eugene Fama's research on financial markets in the 1960s led market watchers to change their ideas about investing.His ideas are linked to the theory that markets are efficient,which means market actors taking all available information to create the correct price for things at any given time.This also means that over short periods of time,it is not possible to predict prices.Robert Shiller found,however,that over long periods,the opposite is true.It is possible to predict the movement of prices and that price changes are linked to human behavior.The findings of both economists have led to the growth of index funds,investing many different securities as a way to reduce risk.Mr Shiller also helped to create the Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller home prices index.That index follows home prices across the United States.Lars Peter Hansen developed a method for studying historical pricing information.His method supports Mr Shiller's findings and has influenced efforts to predict prices in the financial industry.The Nobel Prize in economics was not created by Alfred Nobel,but was established in his memory by Sweden's central bank in 1968.1.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in electronics to three Americans on Oct.14,2013.2.Eugene Fama,Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller won the prize for their research and explanations of pricing forces in financial markets.3.Eugene Fama's research on financial markets in the 1960s resulted in some change in how market watchers look at investing.4.The findings of both economists have led to the growth of price prediction,investing many different securities as a way to reduce risk.5.The Nobel Prize in economics was established in memory of Alfred Nobel by Sweden's central bank in 1968.

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听力原文： Movies are the most popular form. of entertainment for millions of Americans. Th

ey go to the movies to escape their normal everyday existence and to experience a life more exciting than their own. They will choose to see a particular film because they like the actor or because they hear that the film has a good story. But the main reason why people go to the movies is to escape. Sitting in the dark theatre, watching the images on the screen, they enter another world that is very real to them. They become involved in the lives of the characters in the movie and for two hours they forget all about their own problems. They are in a dream world where things often appear to be more romantic and beautiful than in real life. The biggest three factories are in Hollywood, the capital of the film industry. Each year, Hollywood studios make hundreds of movies that are shown all of the world. American movies are popular because they tell interesting stories and they are well made. They provide the public with heroes who do things the average person would like to but often can't. People have to cope with many problems and frustration in their life, so they feel encouraged when they see the good guys win in the movies.

What's the main reason for the Americans to go to the movies？

A．To enjoy a good story.

B．To see the actors and actresses.

C．To experience an exciting life.

D．To escape their everyday life.

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When did the Americans win the independence？A．In 1789.B．In 1776.C．In 1773.D．In 1781.

When did the Americans win the independence？

A．In 1789.

B．In 1776.

C．In 1773.

D．In 1781.

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According to the last paragraph， what is the author’s advice to Americans？A.They treat the

According to the last paragraph， what is the author’s advice to Americans？

A.They treat the dollar with a little respect.

B.They try to win in the weak－dollar gamble.

C.They treasure their marriages all the more.

D. They vacation at home rather than abroad.

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找出元音部分读音不同的一项（）

A.win

B.ree

C.three

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英译汉：Estimates of the number of homeless Americans range from 350,000 to three million

Translate the sentence into Chinese.

Estimates of the number of homeless Americans range from 350,000 to three million.

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Wilma became the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals in track, ______mad

e her mother very proud.

A．it

B．that

C．which

D．this

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In the 21st century, most Americans will marry three or four times ______.

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Impersonal conversation at a distance of two or three feet is normally appropriate for bot

h South Americans and North Americans.

A．Y

B．N

C．NG

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Unforgettable Olympic MomentsSince French baron Pierre de Coubertin gave fresh life to the

Unforgettable Olympic Moments

Since French baron Pierre de Coubertin gave fresh life to the Olympic movement in 1896, the Games have been witness to some of the most unforgettable moments in sports. Some of those moments have been dazzling athletic achievements. Others have been moments that organizers would have preferred never happened. But good or had, these events have helped create the memories that shape our perceptions of the Olympic Games to the present day. So here, in no particular order, are seven unforgettable moments from the Summer Olympic Games.

Jesse Owens--Berlin 1936

In 1936, Nazi Germany played host to the Summer Olympics, and Germany's Adolf Hitler was determined to prove the superiority of the Aryan race. African-American track star Jesse Owens, a son of a sharecropper and the grandson of slaves, had other plans. In a display that dealt a tremendous blow to the Nazi's racist ideology, Owens won the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash and the long jump. He was also a key member of the 400-meter relay team that won the gold medal.

He set records in three of those events. He was the first American to ever win four medals in an Olympic Games.

But as Owens himself later noted, his single-handed destruction of Hitler's myth of Aryan superiority did little at the time to advance the cause of African-Americans in the US.

"When I came hack to my native country, after all the stories about Hitler, I couldn't ride in the front of the bus," Owens said. "I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where 1 wanted. I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, but I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the president, either. ' The Soviet Union-USA Gold Medal Basketball

Final-Munich 1972

It was as had a call by officials as has ever been made in a sporting contest. The 1972 gold medal basketball game between the United States and the Soviet Union was a real squeaker, but it looked as if the Americans had pulled it out. But that was not to be, as long-time Monitor sports writer and now sports blogger (博客) Ross Atkins recalled recently:

After the US appeared to have kept its perfect Olympic record intact and escaped a huge upset by the Soviets in the men's final, the referees twice decided to put three seconds back on the clock. The Soviets managed to score the winning basket on the second replay and win the gold medal. Distraught by what they considered an injustice, the members of US team voted unanimously to refuse their silver medals. They've never reneged, and to this day the medals sit in a Swiss vault.

How seriously do the American players who played on that team take this boycott？ Team captain Kenny Davis actually placed in his will a request that his wife and children can never, ever receive the silver medal from that game.

Ethiopian Abebe Bikila Wins a Gold Medal While Running Barefoot--Rome 1960

Abebe Bikila was a young member of the Imperial Bodyguard of Ethiopia when he ran the marathon in the 1960 Games in Rome. Up until that time, no black African had ever won a gold medal in the Olympic Games, let alone a prestigious track and field event like the marathon. But Bikila, running without his shoes in the chilly dawn of a Roman summer day, broke that dry spell, and set a new world record at the same time.

It was fitting that his win came in Italy, the nation that had invaded his homeland three decades earlier. His feat captured the imagination of the entire world. Four years later in Tokyo, he repeated it, becoming the first man to ever win gold 'in two Olympic. marathons (a feat only duplicated once) .

He also established a trend that has to this day dominated long-distance events around the globe: the superiority of runners from eastern Africa.

Mark Spitz' Seven Gold Medals-Munich 1972

A．Y

B．N

C．NG

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Wilma became the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals in track, ______ ma

de her mother very proud.

A．it

B．that

C．which

D．this

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What will happen in future decades？A．The population of interracial Americans will be three

What will happen in future decades？

A．The population of interracial Americans will be three times in 2050 as much as now.

B．There will be no dominant races in America.

C．The divisiveness of the nation is an inevitable problem to confront.

D．At least 50 percent of the third-generation African Americans will marry other ethnic groups.

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