The yellow shirt is as______as the blue one.A.cheapB.cheaperC.the cheapest
The yellow shirt is as______as the blue one.
A.cheap
B.cheaper
C.the cheapest
The yellow shirt is as______as the blue one.
A.cheap
B.cheaper
C.the cheapest
M: Yes, the bright yellow display lights in the shop make things look a little different, don't they?
What color is the shirt?
A.Yellow.
B.Blue.
C.Green.
D.White.
A.Can you help me?
B.Is somebody taking care of you?
C.What are you looking for?
D.Can I help you?
Section A
Directions: This section is to test your ability to give proper answers to questions. There are 5 recorded questions in it. After each question, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文:Tom looks good in that yellow shirt, doesn't he?
(1)
A.Yes, he is.
B.No, he isn't.
C.Yes, he does.
D.No, he did not.
Firm offer of Men's shirt
Dear Sirs,
Thank you for your letter of April 5th asking for our(1)for Men's Shirt, and now we are sending you the following offer,(2)your reply reaching us here by the end of this month.
(3): Men's Shirt
(4): S/3, M/6, L/3
Color: white, blue, green yellow
Quantity: 6000dozens
Packing: each in a plastic bag and 10 dozens in a carton
(5): at buyer's option
(6): US $200 per dozen CIFC 2% Hong Kong.
Shipment: March/April, 2008
Terms of payment: By 100%(7)irrevocable L/C(8)by draft at sight to be opened 30 days before the time of shipment.
We hope our products will be(9)to you in every way and trust you will give us the(10)to serve you soon.
Yours truly,
Light and bright colors make people not only happier but also more active. It is a fact that factory workers work better when their machines are painted orange rather than black or dark gray.
Remember, then, that if you feel low, you can always brighten your day or your life with a new shirt or a few colorful things. Remember also that you will know your friends or your enemies better when you find out what colors they like and dislike. And don't forget that anyone can guess about your character when you choose a piece of handkerchief.
The author believes in the passage that ______.
A.anyone can choose his color preference in his life
B.no one can choose his color preference in his life
C.anyone is born with his color preference
D.no one is born with his color preference
Task 2
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.
What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange or red? If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader or an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer grays and blues.'? Then you are probable quiet, shy and you would rather follow than lead. If you love green, you are strong-mined and determined. At least this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of color preference, and the effect that colors have on human being's emotions. They tell us that we don't choose our favorite color as we grow up. If you happen to love brown, you did so as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.
Light and bright colors make people not only happier but also more active. It is a fact that factory workers work better when their machines are painted orange rather than black or dark gray.
Remember, then, that if you feel low, you can always brighten your day or your life with a new shirt or a few colorful things. Remember also that you will know your friends or your enemies better when you find out what colors they like and dislike. And don't forget that anyone can guess about your character when you choose a piece of handkerchief.
The author believes in the passage that ______.
A.anyone can choose his color preference in his life
B.no one can choose his color preference in his life
C.anyone is born with his color preference
D.no one is born with his color preference
That's what they believe. However, kilts are not really so old. Before 1730, Scottish men wore a long shirt and blanket around their shoulders. Theses clothes got in the way when they started to work in factories. So, in 1730 a factory owner changed the blanket into a skirt: the kilt. That's how the first kilt was made.
Then, in the late 1700s Scottish soldiers in the British Army began to wear kilts. One reason for this was national sentiment: The Scottish soldiers wanted to look different from the English soldiers. The British Army probably had a different reason. A Scottish soldier in a kilt was always easy to find! The Scottish soldiers fought very hard and became famous. The kilt was part of that fame, and in the early 1800s men all through Scotland began to wear kilts.
These kilts had colorful stripes going up and down and across. In the 1700s and early 1800s, the color of the stripes had no special meaning. Men sometimes owned kilts in several different colors. But later the colors became important to the Scottish families. By about 1850, most families had special colors for their kilts. For example, men from the Campbell family had kilts with green, yellow and blue stripes. Scottish people often believe that the colors of the kilts are part of their family history. In fact, each family just chose the colors they liked best.
This is not the story you will hear today if you are in Scotland. Most Scottish people still believe that kilts are as old as Scotland and that the colors are as old as the Scottish families. Sometimes feelings are stronger than facts!
This passage is about _______.
A.Scottish men
B.the history of Scotland
C.kilts
D.Scottish families
听力原文: Lecturer: Welcome to this presentation on Prairie Dogs. You can see a picture of these rather cute animals on this slide. As you can see, they are about the size of a rabbit and they have a brown or clay-coloured coat with black-tipped hairs and a black-tipped tail. The underside of the prairie dog is a light tan colour. They have short legs and sharp claws to help them dig their homes. Their bodies are 12-15 inches long with a 3-4 inch tail and they weigh 2-4 pounds.
I've been interested in these animals for a long time and would like to talk about a remarkable discovery. The barks of prairie dogs have distinct, individual meanings. Prairie dogs have different "words" for tall human in yellow shirt, short human in green shirt, coyote, deer, red-tailed hawk and many other creatures. They can even coin new terms for things they've never seen before, independently coming up with the same calls or words, according to research done over two decades by a professor from Arizona University, who can now not only call himself a biology professor, but also a prairie dog linguist.
Prairie dogs of the Gunnison's species, which were studied intensely, actually speak different dialects in Arizona and in Colorado, but they would probably understand one another, research indicates. So far, this is believed to be...or prairie dogs appear to be demonstrating, the most sophisticated communication system that anyone has shown in animals. Prairie dog chatter is variously described by observers as a series of yips, high-pitched barks or eeks. And most scientists think prairie dogs simply make Sounds that reflect their inner condition. That means all they're saying are things like "ouch" or "hungry" or "eek." But we now know that prairie dogs are communicating detailed information to one another about what animals are showing up in their colonies, and maybe even gossiping.
Linguists have set five criteria that must be met for something to qualify as language: It must contain words with abstract meanings; possess syntax in which the order of words is part of their meaning; have the ability to coin new words; be composed of smaller elements; and use words separated in space and time from what they represent. The American researchers focussed their efforts on these five criteria to see if prairie dogs use a language, as defined by human linguists, or not. Work was done in the field and in a laboratory. With digital recorders, they recorded the calls prairie dogs make as they see different people, dogs and other animals of different sizes and with different coat colours, such as hawks and elk. They then analysed the sounds using a computer that dissects the underlying structure and creates a sonogram, or visual representation of the sound. Computer analysis later identifies the similarities and differences.
The prairie dogs have calls for various predators but also for elk, deer, antelope and cows. It's as if they're trying to inform. one another what's out there. So far, the researchers have recorded at least twenty different "words." Some of those words or calls were created by the prairie dogs when they saw something for the first time. Four prairie dogs in the lab were shown a great-horned owl and European ferret, two animals they had almost certainly not seen before, if only because the owls are mostly nocturnal and this kind of ferret is foreign. The prairie dogs independently came up with the same new calls. In the field, black plywood cut-outs showing the silhouette of a coyote, a skunk and a circular shape were randomly run along a wire through the prairie dog colony. Now, there are no black ovals running around out there and yet they all had the same word for black circle. The researchers believe that prairie dogs are genetically programmed with some vocabulary and the ability to describe things.
The researchers then played back a recorded prairie dog a
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