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Kevin and I went to kindergarten together.We are()friends.
A.lifespan
B.lifelong
C.lifestyle
A.lifespan
B.lifelong
C.lifestyle
Theirs is a modern love drama. They met on the Internet and fell deeply in love with each other. They shared secrets, memories, feelings—even though they had never laid eyes on each other. And now, the very technology that had brought them together was tearing them apart. "Kevin" is a pleasing fellow—quick with a smile, trustworthy. A security guard for a hospital in northern Idaho, he keeps emergency room patients company and walks nurses to their cars at night. He remembers the first day he went to the Internet. It was August 1995, and the computer was in the hospital library. It wasn't long before he was spending most of his free time in front of the screen. It was purely by accident, Kevin says, that he discovered online pornography (色情内容). First he looked out of curiosity. "Each time I thought I had seen it all," he says, "some new sex practice popped up. Eventually, the online sex world came to take the place of any real-world contact with women. "I can be a little bit shy," he says, "and this was an alternative that kept me from feeling lonely." Then came a message from "Marie," a young mother of three looking for company on an Internet singles site. Kevin fired off an immediate response, and the two began a dialogue that would last two months before he made the 50-mile drive to meet her. A few months later, they were married. What Marie loved about Kevin was his kindness, his interest in her kids. What she didn't know was that every time she was reading one of Kevin's love emails, he was at the other end of the connection looking secretly at pornography sites. "I knew he was always online," Marie says. "But I thought that it was just because he was interested in meeting new people." Whenever Kevin was home, he was online, with the door closed. A few times, he called her in to look at an especially "wild" site. She was a little bothered by it but didn't worry until he turned away from her in bed. "Have you been looking again?" she would cry. By January, Kevin knew he had a serious problem. He promised that he would never use the computer at home. But there was still the machine at the hospital. Every night, he would use his master key to get into the closed library and favor his curiosity as never before. Sometimes, for his entire eight-hour work time, he would sit in front of the screen. When his bosses asked him to look in on the library, where some "unusual" computer activity had been noticed, he stopped using the computer for a month, and then headed straight back to the same place. This time, though, he walked into a trick. Earlier this summer, the hospital started using cameras and computer programs that recorded Kevin's every mouse(鼠标) click. On June 27, his bosses confronted him and took him to the police station nearby. He was kept in the station for three days. Now Kevin lives under the continual watch of his wife and his boss. 2. The phrase "popped up" in the middle of Paragraph 3 means ________.
A、appeared suddenly
B、left quickly
C、returned quickly
D、moved quickly
Mr. Hines is one of 26 people who have survived suicide attempts at the bridge, but 1,223 are known to have succeeded (i.e., were seen jumping or found floating). People are throwing themselves off the bridge at the rate of two a month, which makes it the most popular place in the world for suicides. One book on the subject says that the Golden Gate is "to suicide what Niagara Falls is to honeymooners".
Many San Franciscans think that the solution is to emulate the Empire State Building, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Eiffel Tower, St. Peter's basilica and other such places and put up a simple barrier. This, however, is a decision for the 19 board members of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, an entity that oversees the bridge itself and the buses and ferries that operate in the area. Most of its revenues' come from tolls and fares, and the district loses money. A barrier would cost between $15 million and $25 million.
So the Psychiatric Foundation of Northern California, which has adopted the barrier as its cause, considers it a success that the board has merely allowed a feasibility study, for which various private and public donors have raised $2 million. Mel Blaustein, a director at the foundation, has heard several arguments against a barrier over the years—too ugly, too expensive, and so forth—but the most persistent has been that people would simply kill themselves somewhere else, so why bother? This is nonsense, he says, "Most suicides are impulsive and preventable". A bridge without a barrier, adds Pat Hines, Kevin's father, is "like leaving a loaded gun in the psychiatric ward".
Kevin Hines choose to commit suicide at such an early age in that ______.
A.he suffered a disease which caused him gloomy and crazy.
B.he found an easiest way to end up his life.
C.he was in his periodical decline and out of his senses.
D.he found the Golden Gate Bridge a suitable place to do so.
Kevin: I am afraid I ’ve spilt ink over the tableclote. Tommy: ________
A.Oh, never mind about that.
B.No, not at all.
C.Oh, I never heard of it.
D.No, certainly not.
听力原文:Why is Kevin always late?
(A) I always knew these machines were slow.
(B) I have no idea. Someone should speak to him.
(C) He said he'd finish it soon.
(21)
A.
B.
C.
A.I've had enough, thank you.
B.I'm sorry, but I've got nothing to let.
C.Oh, I'm sorry. I was positive we'd met before.
D.I think otherwise.
A.I've had enough, thank you.
B.I'm sorry, but I've got nothing to let.
C.Oh, I'm sorry. I was positive we'd met before.
D.I think otherwise.
What is the problem that the male student has met while writing his final paper?
A.No real agreement on the action that needs to be taken.
B.No complaints about American police serials.
C.No complaints about Chinese kung fu violence films.
D.No need to care about the consequences of violence on TV.
What is the problem that the male student has met while writing his final paper?
A.No real agreement on the action that needs to be taken.
B.No complaints about American police serials.
C.No complaints about Chinese kung fu violence films.
D.No need to care about the consequences of violence on TV.
SECTION B INTERVIEW
Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.
Now listen to the interview.
听力原文:C: Now let's meet Kevin, one of Britain's top industrialists, and hear about his experiences and ideas on improving company performance. Welcome, Kevin.
K: Thanks, Cathy. Good to be here.
C: Kevin, you're famous for your unique approach when called in to advise companies.
K: Well, I'm certainly very generous with my advice! I always acknowledge genuine effort wherever possible—it is important to do so; but my job isn't to manage the company, it's to hunt down underlying weaknesses in the systems; that's what I'm trained to do.
C: Your visit to Manson's received a very mixed response, didn't it?
K: Well, yes. Following my first visit, they'd researched the market more deeply and had improved product quality considerably, but, on my return, I blamed their failures on the ancient assembly line which they'd still done nothing about, despite my report, and which by now had led to a ten-year waiting list for their customers. The company was so upset by the comments I made during my second visit that they didn't invite me back!
C: Another of your consultations took you to Criterion Glass, a family-run business.
K: Yes. Their troubles started with an over-concentration on the actual making of the product, on the craftsmanship involved, without asking themselves whether there was still enough of a market for that type of product. Prices needed to be more competitive too, something they hadn't considered sufficiently.
C: As you said, you're famous for your advice to industry, but for a long time you were not at all successful in business yourself, were you?
K: True! The first two organizations I headed went into liquidation! They were both relatively new companies, though, without a long history and were trying to establish their brand name. People had tried to warn me, of course. The resources were there— that wasn't the problem—but I just couldn't get things to work—basically because financial services just isn't my field.
C: You enjoy a strong public image, with your unusual choice of clothes, etc... Why did you start to cultivate this original style?
K: Well, many people think I've developed this style. just to get myself noticed, but it's really because I think my ability is what matters in business—more than my image. I like to do my own thing, so why shouldn't I please myself how I look? I know many other business people prefer to follow convention and dress more seriously—that's up to them.
C: Did this help you to get one of the top jobs in the country—the chairmanship of LBI?
K: That's not really for me to say.., the company was in serious trouble when I joined... I think they recognized the risk-taker in me and they needed someone who wasn't afraid of change. The management had preferred to play safe until then—and this, together with their rather poor reputation, was the cause of their problems.
C: Your record in the second half of your career speaks for itself, of course. Now, when you look at managers today, how effective do you think they are?
K: Well—there's great emphasis now on making money, which I know is what business is about, but too many managers today are interested in making money for themselves. There are a lot of strong personalities around, too, in leadership positions. But people forget that the sort of success which lasts requires close attention to every single aspect of the company, however unimportant it may appear.
C: Well, you're full of energy yourself, and working harder than ever at the age of seventy... as you reflect on your long career, have you any advice for those just starting?
K: Well, I've taken risks
A.improve staff productivity
B.identify problem areas
C.retrain weak management
D.manage the company
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
听力原文:W: I saw Kevin walk to school this morning. It was quite unusual, don't you think so?
M: Oh, you still don't know. After Kevin's latest misadventure behind the wheel, his parents had taken away his ear.
Q: Why did Kevin walk to school this morning?
(12)
A.His parents detained his car.
B.There is something wrong with his ear's wheel.
C.He was unable to drive a car because of his misadventure.
D.His car was damaged by a car accident.
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