From the aspect of words, it emphasized words____.A、close to lifeB、unnaturalC、classical
A.close to life
B.unnatural
C.classical
A.close to life
B.unnatural
C.classical
W: Well, we had a lecture on sustainable development in forests. Dr. Millard pointed out some of the advantages and disadvantages of clear-cut logging.
M: I noticed the next chapter in our textbook is called "Sustainable Development". Chapter 6, isn't it?
W: Yes, we covered the first part of Chapter 6. He told us to read from pages 156 to 170. Also, during the last half of class we divided into groups of three for a project. The groups had to cane up with their own topic on some aspect of sustainable development. The group I'm in, with Harry and Susan, didn't focus too well, and we didn't even come up with a topic. A couple of other groups seemed quite focused. The project is due a week from Friday.
M: Was I put in a group?
W: I don't think so. There were about 4 or 5 students missing yesterday. Perhaps, if you showed up for class early on Wednesday and spoke with Dr. Millard, he could assign you a group.
M: Did you take lecture notes?
W: Yes, I did. I was just going to transcribe them and put them on my computer. Would you like me to e-mail them to you?
M: Oh, yes. Thanks very much.
What does the man want from the woman?
A.To tell him about the final exam.
B.To tell him about a missed class.
C.To tell him about her friends.
D.To tell him about how to preserve forests.
Talks and Conversations
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE, when you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
听力原文:M: How did you like yesterday's astronomy class?
W: It was interesting, but the point she was trying to make seemed a little farfetched.
M: Oh, that new theory that ocean water came from comets.
W: Yeah. Do you remember what it's based on?
M: Some recent satellite photos, I think. Apparently, space satellites recently detected thousands of small comets colliding with earth's outer atmosphere, almost 40,000 per day.
W: Ok, so they collide with the atmosphere. So that's what created the water?
M: It's not that the collision created water. Comets contain water. They are made up mostly of cosmic dust and water. When they collide with the atmosphere, they break up and the water they contain rains down to earth. Ocean water came from that rain.
W: Oh, well, this morning, I asked my geology professor about that. He said most geologists don't accept it.
M: Why not?
W: Well, their researches indicate that most of the water molecules from the comets will have burn up as they fell through the' atmosphere. Enough rain couldn't have reached the earth to fill up the ocean.
M: Well, do the geologists have an alternative theory to explain where ocean water came from?
W: Yeah, he said the most traditional view is that ocean water came from volcanoes.
M: From volcanoes?
W: Right! As the volcanic fumes are mostly steam. And they claim that it was volcanical steam that create the oceans, not rain from comets.
Q. 11. What are the speakers mainly discussing?
Q. 12.What did recent photographs from a space satellite indicate?
Q. 13.According to the new theory, where did ocean water come from?
Q. 14.What aspect of volcanoes do the geologists mention?
(31)
A.The effect of the atmosphere on rainfall.
B.How conditions on Earth support life.
C.How water originated on Earth.
D.A new estimate of the age of Earth.
听力原文:M: Hello. (22) Today on Business Focus I am talking about Knowledge Management with Ms. Twomey, who is the Human Resource Manager for a big company. Ms. Twomey, has Knowledge Management changed the way your company works?
W: Oh yes, since adopting Knowledge Management strategies, we have had to make many changes to the way we work, from changing the technology we use and the way we use it, to changing people's ideas about the best way to work.
M: And what has been the biggest challenge?
W: (23) Without a doubt it has been trying to get our staff to accept knowledge management practices. This was a tough challenge because our company had a culture which was not particularly open to the idea of knowledge management. So, I would say definitely the people side required the biggest change.
M: How were you able to overcome these problems?
W: Well, first we had to make sure that our people understood the competitive advantage the company stood to gain if we changed our way of working. We organized staff meetings in each of our offices to introduce the aims of the KM strategies we were going to adopt. As well as the personnel aspect of KM, (24) we also invested in new technology which made having online conferences easier to organize.
M: It sounds like it was a lot of work.
W: Indeed it was and in the beginning there were some problems, but we are really seeing (25) the benefits of implementing Knowledge Management now, as there is greater communication between the offices and people are realizing that if we all work together, we can achieve much better results.
M: Well, thank you, Ms. Twomey.
22.What are the speakers talking about?
23.What has been the biggest challenge for the woman?
24.What did the woman's company do to push KM besides personnel aspect?
25.What is one benefit of implementing KM in the woman's company?
(23)
A.The best ways to work.
B.Human resources.
C.Knowledge management.
D.Changing the technology.
A.an academic aspect
B.a military aspect
C.a business aspect
D.an international aspect
A.intelligent
B.brilliant
C.knowing
D.intellectual
A.Literature
B.Painting
C.Science
D.All above
听力原文:W: Mmm. This is yummy coffee, Bob. How's yours?
M: It's excellent. You know, Teresa, I just read an article about coffee last night. It was in that journal that Professor Clark recommended to us.
W: Which one was that? Oh, I think I know. Food Economics Review. Isn't that it?
M: That's the one. Anyway, in the article there were all kinds of interesting things about coffee that I'd never known before.
W: Yeah? Like what?
M: Well, did you know that over 30 million people earn their living from some aspect of coffee farming?
W: That's a lot of people. Coffee obviously has a lot of importance economically.
M: Absolutely. In fact, it's the second most valuable commodity in the world after oil.
W: Wow! Well, if it's that big, it's probably produced and controlled by a few large companies, just like with oil.
M: Well, this article said otherwise. It said that most coffee's grown by farmers with only 4 or 5 hectares of land. And coffee's usually all they produce.
W: So who produces the most coffee? I mean which country?
M: It depends on what type of coffee bean you're talking about.
W: Oh, of course. The coffee-growing countries turn out coffee beans with different flavors. My favorite's Jamaican.
M: Jamaica roughly accounts for 2% of the world's overall produce.
What are the two students talking about?
A.The development of the coffee industry.
B.The coffee-growing tradition in Jamaica.
C.Some interesting facts about coffee.
D.The economic importance of coffee.
M: Well, you didn't expect it to be warm, did you?
W: Of course not, but I just heard the National Weather Service's prediction for the next 90 days. They said it's sup- posed to be much colder weather than usual.
M: Yeah, maybe. Personally, I think those long-range forecasts are useless.
W: Not as useless as you think.
M: Oh, come on, when you're talking about what's going to happen three months later, you might as well just pick a forecast out of our hat. W: Well, you are half-right. They aren't very good for the amount of rain. But they are a lot better for temperatures especially for this time of the year.
M: Really, so I should take them seriously about the cold but not count too much on a lot of extra snow?
W: Un-huh.
M: But what did you say about this time of the year? Do some seasons really give them more problems in making forecasts?
W: Autumn is the worst, apparently weather patterns change so much then, just think how variable our weather has been the last three months.
M: Come to think of it. That's true. It probably would have been hard to predict all those changes back in the summer. You know, you're beginning to convince me there is more to forecast than I thought. How come you know so much about it?
W: I get my information from an expert. My sister's a meteorologist.
On what aspect of weather forecasting is the conversation about?
(20)
A.How much its accuracy has improved recently.
B.How reliable long-range forecasts are.
C.How difficult it takes to make a good forecast.
D.How the current forecast causes troubles.
One important aspect the old should learn from the young is that ______.
A.they should fully enjoy life and reject worries
B.they should expect a better future and cherish the hard past time
C.they should try to integrate leisure in work
D.they should learn to indulge in material life
A、rational
B、unnatural
C、classical
D、None of the above
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