听力原文： Our culture is concerned with matters of self-este..

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听力原文： Culture shock might be called an occupational disease of people who have been su

ddenly transplanted abroad. Like most diseases, it has its own symptoms. Culture shock is caused by the anxiety that results from losing all our familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse. Those signs or cues include the thousand and one ways with which we are familiar in the situation of daily life. Such as when to shake hands and what to say when we meet people, when and how to give tips, how to go shopping, when to accept and when to refuse invitation, when to take statements seriously and when not.

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听力原文：Culture is a very broad term used to describe the arts, the beliefs, the values,

听力原文： Culture is a very broad term used to describe the arts, the beliefs, the values, the traditions, the customs, and the institutions that are considered to be characteristic of a community, a people, a region, or a nation. Culture also includes the languages and dialects that people use to express their feelings and to communicate with each other.

Although many cultures in the world have remained isolated for centuries, commerce and trade have often been source of all sorts of cultural exchanges, ranging from foods to tools. Chinese tea and other inventions reached Europe thanks to the Silk Route, for example. However, cultural exchanges have not always been fair or balanced. Throughout history, wars and political decisions have destroyed cultures and forced people to adopt the language and the customs of the dominant civilization.

It is often assumed that if a culture is technologically advanced, it must be superior or that if a culture is young it must be inferior. Every one trends to make Value judgments about other cultures. Finding fault with or making fun of other customs and beliefs is often merely a way of supporting our complacency or our pride. It is certainly much easier to learn about other cultures if one approaches them with an open mind and if one respects differences rather than criticizing them. Often something that appears strange or unusual in another culture is in fact very logical and part of a deeply rooted tradition. What might seem rude in one culture might seem perfectly normal and acceptable in another culture.

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A．Through Silk Route.

B．By ship.

C．By train.

D．Through fairs.

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听力原文：Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationshi

听力原文： Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships. For instance, in American culture the smile is typically an expression of pleasure. Yet it also has other functions. A smile may show affection, convey politeness, or disguise true feelings. It is also a source of confusion across cultures. For example, many people in Russia consider smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even suspicious behavior. Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places. Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong place; some Americans believe that Russians don't smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover emotional pain or embarrassment.

Our faces reveal emotions and attitudes, but we should not attempt to "read" people from another culture as we would "read" someone from our own culture. The degree of facial expressiveness one exhibits varies among individuals and cultures. The fact that members of one culture do not express their emotions as openly as do members of another does not mean that they do not experience emotions. Rather, there are cultural restraints on the amount of nonverbal expressiveness permitted.

If we judge people whose ways of showing emotions are different according to our own cultural norms, we may make the mistake of "reading" the other person incorrectly.

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A．The meaning of facial expressions depends on situations.

B．Facial expressions can cause misunderstanding across culture.

C．People from one culture may lack facial expressions because they experience lessemotions.

D．Facial expressions may disguise true feelings.

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听力原文：In the case of mobile phones，change is everything．Recent research indicates that

听力原文： In the case of mobile phones，change is everything．Recent research indicates that the mobile phone is changing not only our culture，but our very bodies as well.

First, let's talk about culture．The difference between the mobile phone and its parent，the fixed-line phone is，you get whoever answers it This has several implications．The most common one，however，and perhaps the thing that has changed our culture forever，is the “meeting” influence．People no longer need to made firm plans about when and where to meet．Twenty years ago，a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance．Now，however．a night out can be arranged on the run．Texting changes people as well．In theft paper "Insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS Text Messaging"，two British researchers distinguished between two types of mobile phone users：the “talkers” and the "texters"—those who prefer voice to text message and those who prefer text to voice．They found that the mobile phone's individuality and privacy gave texters the ability to express a whole Flew outer personality．Texters were likely to report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts．

Another scientist wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to body language．There are two kinds that people use while speaking on the phone．There is the "speakeasy"：the head is held high，in a self-confident way，chatting away．And them is the "spacemaker"：these people focus on themselves and keep out other people．

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A．It is affecting our health seriously.

B．It hinders our reading and writing.

C．It is changing our bodies as well as our culture.

D．It surprises people with unexpected messages.

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听力原文：One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people ha

听力原文： One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people have to choose their own lifestyles. In more traditional societies, when children grow up,. they are expected to live in the same area as their parent, to marry people that their parents know and approve of, and often to continue the family occupation. In our society, young people often travel great distances for their education, move out of the family home at an early age, marry--or live with people whom their parents have never met, and choose occupations different from those of their parents.

In our upwardly mobile society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did: to find better jobs, to make more money, and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often, however, the ambitions that parents have for their children are another cause of the diversion between them. Often, they discover that they have very little in common with each other.

Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is another cause of the gap between the generations. In a traditional culture, elderly people are valued for their wisdom, but in our society, the knowledge of a lifetime may become dated overnight. The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds, separated by different skills and abilities.

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A．one.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

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听力原文： Here we bring you to The Moment of Isaac Newton. （26[D])Science and the Making o

听力原文： Here we bring you to The Moment of Isaac Newton. (26[D])Science and the Making of Modem Culture displays hundreds of documents and other items among the unforgettable marble pillars and arches of the Gottesman exhibition hall, on Fifth Avenue at 42nd St. Some manuscripts, borrowed from the University of Cambridge Library, have never been shown before in the U.S. The exhibition presents not just Newton's writings, but also their context and their consequences, aiming to reveal how this abstract body of knowledge actually transformed our entire culture, says curator Mordechai Feingold, (27[D])a professor of history at the California Institute of Technology.

What does The Moment of Isaac Newton refer to in the news？

A．A discussion about Newton's theory.

B．A conference held in the honor of Newton.

C．A display of Newton's works in the library.

D．An exhibition of documents and other items about Newton.

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听力原文：In the case of mobile phones, change is everything. [32] Recent research indicate

听力原文： In the case of mobile phones, change is everything. [32] Recent research indicates that the mobile phone is changing not only our culture, but our very bodies as well.

First. let's talk about culture. The difference between the mobile phone and its parent, the fixed-line phone is, you get whoever answers it. This has several implications. The most common one, however, and perhaps the thing that has changed our culture forever, is the "meeting" influence. [33] People no longer need to make firm plans about when and where to meet. Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance. [33] Now, however, a night out can be arranged on the run. Texting changes people as well. In their paper "In sights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS Text Messaging", two British researchers distinguished between two types of mobile phone users: the "talkers" and the "texters"—those who prefer voice to text message and those who prefer text to voice. [34] They found that the mobile phone's individuality and privacy gave texters the ability to express a whole new outer personality. Texters were likely to report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts.

Another scientist wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to body language. There are two kinds that people use while speaking on the phone. There is the "speakeasy": the head is held high, in a selfconfident way. chatting away 133]And there is the "spacemaker": these people focus on themselves and keep out other people.

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A．It is affecting our health seriously.

B．It hinders our reading and writing.

C．It is changing our bodies as well as our culture.

D．It surprises people with unexpected messages.

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听力原文： Here we bring you to The Moment of Isaac Newton. Science and the Making of Moder

n Culture displays hundreds of documents and other items among the unforgettable marble pillars and arches of the Gottesman exhibition hail, on Fifth Avenue at 42nd St. Some manuscripts, borrowed from the University of Cambridge Library, have never been shown before in the U. S. The exhibition presents not just Newton's writings, but also their context and their consequences, aiming to reveal how this abstract body of knowledge actually transformed our entire culture, says curator Mordechai Feingold, a professor of history at the California Institute of Technology.

What does The Moment of Isaac Newton refer to in the news？

A．A discussion about Newton's theory.

B．A conference held in the honor of Newton.

C．A display of Newton's works in the library.

D．An exhibition of documents and other items about Newton.

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听力原文：The history of American newspapers has paralleled the history of our culture. As

听力原文： The history of American newspapers has paralleled the history of our culture. As our society has changed, so have its newspapers.

Early colonial newspapers were designed for the elite—those who were interested in political and business information. With the advent of new technology, compulsory education and the major cultural changes brought on by industrialization and urbanization, newspapers moved into the popular culture with the advent of the penny press.

The significant changes in our society as the United States was transformed into a truly industrial nation between the end of the Civil War and the turn of the 20th century brought about many changes in American journalism, including the era of sensationalism, or yellow journalism.

Twentieth-century newspapers, for the most part, have attempted to blend objectivity and social responsibility. This era also has seen the development of electronic news media, interpretative reporting, investigative reporting, advocacy journalism, "new journalism" and specialized newspapers.

Wire services play an important role in gathering news and information for the mass media. The two largest American wire services are the Associated Press and United Press International. The other dominant worldwide news sources are AFP, Reuters and Tass, headquartered in Paris, London and Moscow, respectively.

Individual biases and other problems play a role in making mass communication a complex activity. Although the various functions of the media—to inform, entertain, influence, advertise and transmit culture—are criticized, the most severely criticized is the function to inform. Reasons for this are that people (1) tend to blame the messenger for unpleasant information, (2) fail to understand the watchdog function of the media, (3) believe the myth that the mass media dwell only on bad news and (4) bring their own biases into the information-sharing process.

26. What kind of people were early colonial newspapers designed for？

A．Business people.

B．Elite.

C．Immigrants.

D．People in the cities.

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听力原文：As a professional futurist, Glen Thomson has been listening to the future intentl

听力原文： As a professional futurist, Glen Thomson has been listening to the future intently for nearly two decades. We want to welcome him to our program today. Glen is the founder and CEO of Futurist.com. He has been compared to Alvin Toffler for the scope of his vision and to James Burke for his style. of presentation. One of the most respected futurists in the United States, Glen works for enterprises in fields as diverse as transportation, aerospace, energy, telecommunications, financial services, and health care. Prior to going into business, Glen was an award-winning educator, selected Most Influential Professor at Whitworth College. Now Glen is a visiting scholar at the University of Washington. Glen is the co-author of a handbook, Strategic Leadership: Achieving Your Preferred Future, available at Amazon, com. Today Glen is going to stretch his imagination of the future as he discusses fields ranging from science and technology to culture -and society as well as business and economics. Let's welcome Glen Thomson to our program.

What is Glen about to do？

A．Give his usual lecture to his class.

B．Offer his consulting services to a company.

C．Promote his publication.

D．Give a speech.

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听力原文：Our culture is concerned with matters of self-esteem. Self-respect, on the other

听力原文： Our culture is concerned with matters of self-esteem. Self-respect, on the other hand, may hold the key to achieving the peace of mind we seek. The two concepts seem very similar but the differences between them are crucial.

To esteem anything is to evaluate it positively and hold it high regard, but evaluation gets us into trouble because while we sometimes win, we also sometimes lose. To respect something, on the other hand, is to accept it.

The word acceptance suggests to some readers that our culture does indeed deal with this idea of self-respect; after all, don't we have the concept that it is important to accept our limitations？ Aren't many of us encouraged to change the things we can change, accept the things we cannot change and know the difference between the two？

The person with self-respect simply likes herself or himself. This self-respect is not dependent on success because there are always failures to contend with. Neither is it a result of comparing ourselves with others because there is always someone better. There are techniques usually employed to increase self-esteem. Self-respect, however, is a given. We simply like ourselves because of who we are and not because of what we can or cannot do.

My recent research, with Judith White and Johnny Walsh at Harvard University, points to the advantage of self-respect. Compared to those with high self-esteem who are still caught in an evaluative framework, those with self-respect are less prone to blame, guilt, regret, lies, have secrets and stress.

Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. What do we learn about self-esteem？

30. What do we learn about people with self-respect？

31. What does the speaker mean by saying "Self-respect is a given"？

32. What's the purpose of the passage？

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A．It is the same as self-respect.

B．It is totally different from self-respect.

C．It is to evaluate positively and hold high regard.

D．It is to think only the positive even when we lose.

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