听力原文：Language is one of the major difficulties...

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听力原文：The need to learn a new language may excite one person and frighten another. Acco

听力原文：The need to learn a new language may excite one person and frighten another.

According to the speaker, the need to learn a new language is

A．exciting.

B．frightening.

C．necessary.

D．debatable.

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第2题

听力原文：People have long been interested in having one language that could be spoken thro

听力原文：People have long been interested in having one language that could be spoken throughout the world. Such a language would help promote understanding and better feeling among nations. A universal language also would increase cultural and economic ties among various countries. （）

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第3题

听力原文：W: I think today's students need to learn at least one foreign language, and comp

uter know-how.

M: Yes. It's very necessary. But I think above all they need to learn how to be an honest and responsible citizen.

Q: What does the man think is the most important thing for today's students？

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A．To be an honest and responsible person.

B．To learn at least one foreign language.

C．To learn computer knowledge.

D．To know what is necessary.

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第4题

听力原文：Esperanto was invented as an international language one hundred years ago by a do

听力原文： Esperanto was invented as an international language one hundred years ago by a doctor in Poland. His name was Ludovic Zamenhof. Doctor Zamenhof grew up in a part of Poland where people spoke several different languages. He believed the different languages kept people from understanding each other and living peacefully together. He wished that everyone in his part of Poland spoke the same language. In fact, he believed that if everyone spoke a common language, peace could result throughout the world. That is why he gave the world a new language. He called it "Esperanto", which means, in his language "one who hopes."

Doctor Zamenhof tried to make Esperanto so easy that anyone could learn it in one-hundred hours. It is easy to learn because it has only sixteen grammatical rules. Doctor Zamenhof's alphabet is also simple. Each letter has only one sound.

No one knows exactly how many people in the world speak Esperanto. Experts say the number could be as many as fifteen million. For most of the world's people, however, English, not Esperanto, is the second language. But Esperantists continue to spread the world about their language. They hope that Esperanto someday will become the international language for trade, science, and diplomacy.

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A．Different languages prevented people from living peacefully together.

B．Because he believed that people would prefer a new language.

C．Because he believed that people would favor an easy language.

D．Because he thought that his mother tongue was too difficult to learn.

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听力原文：This library is an English language teaching and learning library. Unfortunately,

听力原文： This library is an English language teaching and learning library. Unfortunately, our resources am limited and so not everyone can join. Teachers of English, university students and professionals who are in the medical, engineering and management fields can all join the library. Those from other professions axe welcome to apply, but your application will not necessarily be approved. You must fill in a library application form. and put it in the box on the librarian's desk. Because of the high number of applications we receive each week, you must wait one week. Please bring your student or work card to pick up your library cards. Library application forms which am not picked up within two months will be discarded and you'll have to reapply. You may borrow one video at a time. The video must be returned in one week. If you cannot return it on time, please call, otherwise your video library card will be cancelled. You may borrow three items at one time, i.e., three books or three cassettes. Items must be returned within one month. You can telephone the library to renew the items for another month.

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A．Because it takes too long to process all the applications.

B．Because its resources are limited.

C．Because it is a library for special proposes.

D．Because there is a shortage of staff.

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听力原文：Sekou Coumbassa is a diplomat who represents one of the new African nations. At p

听力原文： Sekou Coumbassa is a diplomat who represents one of the new African nations. At present he is working on special assignment to his country's embassy in Washington. Like many African diplomats, he is very young--only twenty-eight years old. Before coming to Washington, he had had a year of diplomatic experience in another African country and then one more year in Paris. Sekou speaks two African languages. In addition, he speaks French fluently because it is the language used in the secondary schools in his country. He also studied English when he was in school. When he first came to Washington, his English was stiff and formal. It sounded like English that had been learned from a book. Sekou has an aptitude for language, however, it was one of the reasons he became a diplomat. After six months in Washington, he had become fluent in English. Sekou is in charge of cultural affairs for the embassy. The ambassador that Sekou works for is quite impressed with his work and has recommended him highly to the government at home. Sekou is very happy, he hopes to be an ambassador himself some day in the future.

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A．They are very old.

B．They are very young.

C．They are quite experienced.

D．They have special assignments.

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听力原文：Learning the language of a country isn't enough. If you want to find out about th

听力原文： Learning the language of a country isn't enough. If you want to find out about the manners of your foreign friends, you will probably be surprised just how different they can be from your own.

A visitor to India must remember that it is not polite for people to use the left hand for passing food at table. The left hand is for washing yourself. Also in India, you might see a man obviously shaking his head at another to show that he is disagreeing. But in many parts of India a rotating movement of the head is to show agreement. In Bulgaria you shake your head to show "yes" and nod your head to show "no".

In Europe it is quite usual to cross your legs while sitting and talking to someone, even at an important meeting. But doing this will cause anger in Thailand. Also touching the head of an elderly person in Thailand is very impolite.

Knowing about manners is useful when you are traveling, but you also need to know the language used to express the manners.

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A．It is important to master a foreign language.

B．Crossing one's leg is impolite manner.

C．It is important to master the language of a country as well as the manners there.

D．Touching the head of an elderly person in Thailand is very polite.

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听力原文：Voice One: A bottlenose dolphin named Maui plays a computer game, helping scienti

听力原文： Voice One: A bottlenose dolphin named Maui plays a computer game, helping scientists create a unique language [that] they hope humans and dolphins will understand.

It's not based on human words, but on a specific dolphin sound. Guess which one. Not its bark, or its clicks, made famous by Flipper. Words in this new language are whistled.

Dolphins typically whistle to each other under water, through a special structure just beneath their blowhole. Researchers say their whistles have meaning. For example, each dolphin learns from its mom its own signature whistle. So in human terms when they greet each other, it's not just, "Hi" It's, "Hi, my name is ..."--in this case, Maui.

Ken Marten and his team at Earthtrust in Sea Life Park Research Lab in Hawaii want to better understand how dolphins communicate. So for the next ten years, they will literally whistle while they work, creating this special language.

Voice Two: The rest of my career is dedicated to talking to these guys, so I guess you could call me Doctor Dolittle now.

Voice One: After studying dolphin whistles, Marten invented distinct whistles for various objects with which dolphins are familiar.

Which sound can be thought as dolphin's words？

A．Its bark.

B．Its clicks.

C．Its whistle.

D．Its crying.

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听力原文：Conversations are really kind of interesting. I guess it's a kind of hobby of min

听力原文： Conversations are really kind of interesting. I guess it's a kind of hobby of mine to listen to conversations that I can hear in public. It is amazing how different the style, or the tone or the content of different conversations can be and to listen to the differences in the language that people use when they speak to different people.

If you're ever in a bookstore or department store, it's interesting to hear how the same salesperson talks to different people. There're other interesting places to listen to conversations too. I think, and one place that I've found is on bus trips. People often talk to each other as if no one else were there. I guess they think people can't hear their conversations.

Recently I was on a bus, and I was listening to a conversation of two people behind me. I can't really say I was listening. I guess it would have been hard not to hear it. it was amusing to listen to the two people, though, because they were playing a kind of language, uh, word game about states and state capitals. One person would say the name of the state, and the other person would say the name of the capital.

It sounds like a kind of simple game that doesn't involve much language, and you wouldn't think that it would involve very much conversation, but actually this wasn't the case because they were playing this game. They continued to compliment one another and talk about how much they knew about history and how many of the other things that they could or couldn't remember about those places from their trips or from their reading. It was really kind of fun to listen to them.

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A．Criticizing others on bus.

B．Amusing people in pubic.

C．Enjoying talking to people.

D．Listening to people's in public.

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听力原文：Making marks on a hook is absolutely necessary for efficient reading. By writing

听力原文： Making marks on a hook is absolutely necessary for efficient reading. By writing with hand, marking can keep the reader awake and concentrating on his reading, improving his active thinking and help him remember the thoughts of himself and those expressed by the author. It is true that sometimes people read novels or short stories mainly for pleasure and relaxation. But a great book full of rich ideas and beautiful language usually raises and tries to answer some serious basic questions. And such books demand the most careful reading. Putting notes on books not only draws the readers' attention but also gives him a good memory of language and thoughts.

Someone might think that writing and marking in the course of reading will take much more time and slow down reading, it probably will, but reading speed is not a measure of intelligence. Some books should be read quickly and with little effort, while some should be read slowly and with a great effort. The sign of intelligence, in reading is the ability to read different books differently ac- cording to their value. The important point is not to see how much one can finish, but rather how much one has learned and made to be the readers' own knowledge.

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A．Spoiling a book.

B．Measuring reading speed.

C．Decoration a book with lines, signs, etc.

D．Taking notes on a book while reading.

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听力原文：Most Americans don't like to get advice from members of their families. When they

听力原文： Most Americans don't like to get advice from members of their families. When they need advice, they don't usually ask people they know. Instead many Americans write letters to newspapers and magazines, they can get advice on many different subjects, such as family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, and how to buy a house or a car.

Most newspapers print letters from readers with problems. There are answers written by doctors, lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special training for this kind of work. One of them is called "Dear Abby" by readers and the other is called "Dear Ann Landers". Experience is their preparation for giving advice.

What will most Americans do when they need advice？

A．Turn to their parents.

B．Write to newspapers and magazines.

C．Ask people who they don't know.

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听力原文：Language is one of the major difficulties when you' re making your home in a new