Private automobile is the most important mode of transportation in recent decades.A.YB.NC.
Private automobile is the most important mode of transportation in recent decades.
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Private automobile is the most important mode of transportation in recent decades.
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B.N
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听力原文: Today we'll examine the role that private transportation-namely,the automobile-plays in city planning.
A number of sociologists blame the automobile for the decline of the downtown areas of major cities. In the 1950's and 1960's,the automobile made it possible to work in the city and yet live in the suburbs many miles away. Shopping patterns changed;instead of going to downtown stores,people in the suburbs went to large shopping malls outside the city and closer to the home. Merchants in the city failed,and their stores closed.
Downtown shopping areas became deserted. In recent years there's been a rebirth of the downtown area,as many suburbanites have moved back to the city. They've done this,of course,to avoid highways blocked with commuters from the suburbs. I've chosen this particular city planning problem-our dependence on private transportation-to discuss in groups. I'm hoping you will all come up with some novel solutions. Oh,and don't approach the problem from a purely sociological perspective;try to take into account environmental and economic issues as well.
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A.It eliminated many factory jobs.
B.It allowed workers to live far from their jobs.
C.It gave workers opportunity for better training.
D.It allowed workers to spend more time at home.
A.pleasant
B.unfair
C.frightening
D.boring
A.aural
B.automobile
C.audio
D.austere
听力原文:M: I don't share your enthusiasm for automobile racing.
W: If you had been with us, Stanly, you would have understood our excitement.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
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A.The woman had been to the race and she was very excited.
B.The man had been to the race and he was very excited.
C.Both of them had been to the race and were very excited.
D.Both of them had been to the race but the woman was not excited.
The man who buys a television set departs from the world of living men and enters another word of shadows. I do not blame my friend. The real world, I suppose, is just too much for him as it is for millions of others.
My friend does not realize, of course, that he is in full retreat from actuality. He supposes, on the contrary, that he is boldly advancing into the fierce current of these times by bringing the world, with all its events and human figures, into his living room. That is the great current illusion. The shadows are mistaken for things.
Now, television is a wonderful invention. I have no word to say against it, so long as it is confined to other people's houses where, in my weaker moments, I may see it occasionally free. But it brings no one closer to life. It merely inter- poses a gaudy curtain between lift and the spectator. It is only the latest gadget contrived by thoughtful men to make sure that nobody does any real thinking for himself.
My friend will answer that he will now receive the best thoughts of the ablest minds in the world and see their faces as they deliver them. He will see events as they unfold at first hand, with a time lag of half a second or less.
Of course, he will. But he won't understand anything better. He will understand less than ever. For the grim, inescap- able fact of human understanding is that it must be private, must come from within and cannot be plastered on like stucco from the outside. A man may secure knowledge from others. He will never secure understanding. Though it is presented in a million different versions, the paramount problem of modern man is to find a satisfactory participation in modern life. And it is there that he is most obviously failing.
He can turn a screw on the assembly line, but as the finished automobile comes off at the end, he has no satisfaction in its creation. Or if he works in a white collar he can add up all the figures of business on an adding machine without once touching the realities a life as the country storekeeper touches them. He swarms in his multitudes to watch hockey game but he does not play hockey.
In other words, for the essential purposes of life, modern man is becoming a spectator, not a participant, a customer not a creator, a consumer in the main and only incidentally a producer. Thus by a law as old as Eden he becomes sick under a hectic outward flush. His physical diet is better than ever but he sickens by a secret malnutrition of the soul.
According to the author, his friend has bought a television in order to_____.
A.know the current events
B.entertain himself at leisure time
C.escape from the reality
D.kill time
A、Only statement I is correct
B、Only statement II is correct
C、Both statements are correct
D、Neither statement is correct
M: Well, er...I wouldn't say a lot of factories. I would say a few large factories mainly in the automobile industry...where the work is of a very boring condition, and I think most workers who go on strike look upon it as a...a change from the daily routine.
Q: What does the man suggest as a reason for strikes in the automobile industry?
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A.The workers want to change their jobs.
B.The work there is dull.
C.The work there is much too demanding.
D.The workers there are strike-prone.
听力原文: Hello, my name is Tom Kim and I am a manager of Sales at the brand-new automobile dealership in Jackson. We are the first dealership in this area and our customer service is unsurpassed by any other luxury brand. To celebrate the opening of the initial automobile dealership, we are offering discounts on all models as well as competitive financing opportunities for one month. Also, every new model comes with a class-leading warranty of 80,000 kilometers over 4 years with 3 years of paid scheduled-maintenance. So please visit us and see the new model line up and experience the thrill of our brand-new premium models.
What is being advertised?
A.A car dealership
B.A repair shop
C.A rental car agency
D.A financial service
W: That's OK. Thank you for informing us in advance.
Q: Which of the following is true according to the man?
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A.They won't be able to set up an automobile company.
B.They won't be able to come to the opening ceremony.
C.They shouldn't have accepted the invitation.
D.They shouldn't inform. them in advance.
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