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A．It is far away from the city she lives in.
B．It is a place where many great people were born.
C．It has a certain political influences in the United States right after the battle at Gettysburg.
D．It is worth reading history about Gettysburg.
Section A (30 points, 2 points each)
Directions: This part is to test your reading ability.There are 3 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.
Telephone, television, radio, and telegraph all help people communicate with each other. Because of these devices, ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an election in another country. An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster such as an earthquake or flood can bring help from distant countries. Within hours, help is on the way. Because of modern technology like the satellites that travel around the world, information travel fast.
How has this speed of communication changed the world？ To many people, the world has become smaller. Of course this does not mean that the world is actually physically smaller. It means that the world seems smaller. Two hundred years ago, communication between the continents took a long time. All news was carried on ships that took weeks or even months to cross the oceans. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it took six weeks for news from Europe to reach Americas. This time difference influenced people's actions. For example, one battle, in the War of 1812 between England and the United States could have been avoided. A peace agreement had already been signed. Peace was made in England, but the news of peace took six weeks to reach America. During these six weeks, the large and serious Battle of New Orleans was fought. Many people lost their lives after a peace treaty had been signed. They would not have died if news had come in time. In the past, Communication took much more time than it does now.
News spreads fast because of______.
A．new technology
B．a peace agreement
C．the changes of the world
D．modern transportation
听力原文：M: Hi, Shelly! How was your vacation？
W: Great! I went to New Orleans.
M: Really？ Why did you decide to go there？
W: Well, I have a cousin who lives there. She's been trying to get me to take a vacation down there for a long time, and so finally, she talked me into it.
M: How did you get there？
W: Well, at first 1 was going to drive, but my cousin said parking is a big problem there, so I flew. Once I was there, I took buses and taxis.
M: I've seen some pictures of New Orleans--the architecture there is really interesting, isn't it？
W: Yeah, it's incredible, especially in the French Quarter and in the Garden District where my cousin lives. And I love the spicy food there, and the music, of course. My cousin took me to some great little restaurants and jazz clubs.
M: How was the weather when you were there？
W: That's the only thing I didn't enjoy. It was really hot and sticky.
M: Wasn't New Orleans originally a French city？
W: Yes, the French founded it. And then the king of France gave it to the king of Spain, and later the French took it over again. And then the French sold it to the United States along with the rest of the Louisiana Purchase.
M: I remember reading in a history book about the battle of New Orleans. That was during the War of 1812, wasn't it？
W: Right. The Americans under Andrew Jackson fought a battle with the British near there. In fact, Jackson Square in the French Quarter is named after him.
M: Well, it sure sounds like you had a great time.
W: Oh, I sure did. And I plan to go back there next spring for my birthday.
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A．A vacation the woman took.
B．French influence in New Orleans.
C．New Orleans' Mardi Gras Festival.
D．A business trip.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文： Time! I think a lot about time. And not just because it's the name of the news organization I work for. Like most working people, I find time or the lack of it a never ending frustration and an unwinnable battle. My everyday is a race against the clock that I never ever seem to win. This is hardly a lonesome complaint. According to the Families and Work Institute's national study of the changing workforce, fifty-five percent of employees say they don't have enough time for themselves, sixty-three percent don't have enough time for their spouses or partners, and sixty-seven percent don't have enough time for their children. It's also not a new complaint. I bet our ancestors returned home from hunting wild animals end gathering nuts end complained about how little time they had to pay in battle scenes on their cave wars. The difference is that the boss of animal-hunting end the head of nut-gathering probably told them to shut up or no survival for you. Today's workers are still demanding control over their time. The difference is today's bosses are listening. I've been reading a report issued today called "when Work Works" produced jointly by three organizations. They set out to find and award the employers who employ the most creative and most effective ways to give their workers flexibility. I found this report worth reading end suggest every boss should read it for ideas.
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A．The lack of time.
B．The quality of life.
C．The frustrations at work.
D．The pressure on working families.
How I hated this school, and what a life of anxiety I lived there for more than two years. I made very little progress at my lessons, and none at all at games. I counted the days and the hours to the end of every term, when I should return home from this hateful servitude and range my soldiers in line of battle on the nursery floor. The greatest pleasure I had in those days was reading. When I was nine and a half my father gave me Treasure Island, and 1 remember the delight with which I devoured it. My teachers saw me at once backward and precocious, reading books beyond my years and yet at the bottom of the Form. They were offended. They had large resources of compulsion at their disposal, but I was stubborn. Where my reason, imagination or interest were not engaged, I would not or I could not learn. In all the twelve years I was at school no one ever succeeded in making me write a Latin verse or learn any Greek except the alphabet. I do not at all excuse myself for this foolish neglect of opportunities procured at so much expense by my parents and brought so forcibly to my attention by my Preceptors. Perhaps if I had been introduced to the ancients through their history and customs, instead of through their grammar and syntax, I might have had a better record.
Which of the following statements about flogging at St. James school is NOT correct？
A．Corporal punishment was accepted in the school.
B．Flogging was part of the routine in the school.
C．Flogging was more severe in schools for juvenile delinquents.
D．The Headmaster's motive for flogging was then rather obscure.
A、the Battle of Arsuf
B、the Battle od Hattin
C、the Battle od Dorylaeum
D、the Battle of Mansura
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