听力原文： I grew up in a small town. My father raised chicke..

第1题

听力原文：W: You have an unusual accent, Mr. Bobbins. Where are you from originally, if you

don't mind me asking？

M: Not at all. I was born in Spain, but I came to the United States when I was a teenager. And I stayed in London for two years when in college.

Q: What can we learn about Mr. Robbins？

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A．He grew up in England.

B．He was born in Spain.

C．He spent his teen years in London.

D．He went to a college in the USA.

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第2题

听力原文：W: Since you don't want to spend the vacation here, you can take a trip elsewhere

, like...urn... Hawaii.

M: A good idea! But going to Hawaii is just like staying at home, since I grew up there. Maybe, I need to seek me advice from the professionals. Anyway, thank you. for your suggestion.

Q: What will the man probably do？

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A．Stay at home.

B．Go to travel agencies for more information.

C．Go to Hawaii for a travel.

D．Turn to other friends for a better idea.

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第3题

听力原文：W: You have an unusual accent, Mr. Robbins. Where are you from originally, if you

don't mind me asking？

M: Not at all. I was born in Spain, but I came to the United States when I was a teenager. And I stayed in London for two years when in college.

Q: What can we learn about Mr. Robbins？

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A．He was born in Spain.

B．He grew up in England.

C．He spent his teen years in London.

D．He went to a college in the USA.

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第4题

听力原文：I grew up in Scotland. And that was where I first became interested in mu- sic. I

听力原文： I grew up in Scotland. And that was where I first became interested in mu- sic. I've never been outside the country before I joined a rock group. Scot- land has no music industry as such. Everything in terms of the industry goes through London, which makes it quite difficult for Scottish artists to really attract any national attention in the United Kingdom. I think Scottish artists work just by themselves a lot of the time. Edinburgh is a very artistic city. It's sort of known as the artistic center of Scotland and also has quite any effect on the UK scene because it has an arts exhibition every summer and a film week every year. There are a lot of chances at that time for us to attract a huge following. There have always been a lot of popular music groups. The Scots are very friendly and really love to get together. Playing in the bars and cafes is a very common way of reaching the fans. They all sing a- long. There are a lot of great things coming out of Scotland now which is very exciting. It goes in waves. It's becoming quite common for the record companies to come north. And at the moment, I think Scotland is enjoying a sort of rebirth in a sense. With the huge success of Scottish artists over the last ten years, twenty years, they have to rethink. There's just a lot of new development and much more variety now than there was when I was fifteen.

What does the speaker mainly tell us about？

A．Music in Scotland.

B．Art events in the UK.

C．Music industry in London.

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第5题

听力原文：I grew up in Scotland. And that was where I first became interested in mu- sic. I

听力原文： I grew up in Scotland. And that was where I first became interested in mu- sic. I've never been outside the country before I joined a rock group. Scot- land has no music industry as such. Everything in terms of the industry goes through London, which makes it quite difficult for Scottish artists to really attract any national attention in the United Kingdom. I think Scottish artists work just by themselves a lot of the time. Edinburgh is a very artistic city. It's sort of known as the artistic center of Scotland and also has quite any effect on the UK scene because it has an arts exhibition every summer and a film week every year. There are a lot of chances at that time for us to attract a huge following. There have always been a lot of popular music groups. The Scots are very friendly and really love to get together. Playing in the bars and cafes is a very common way of reaching the fans. They all sing a- long. There are a lot of great things coming out of Scotland now which is very exciting. It goes in waves. It's becoming quite common for the record companies to come north. And at the moment, I think Scotland is enjoying a sort of rebirth in a sense. With the huge success of Scottish artists over the last ten years, twenty years, they have to rethink. There's just a lot of new development and much more variety now than there was when I was fifteen.

What does the speaker mainly tell us about？

A．Music in Scotland.

B．Art events in the UK.

C．Music industry in London.

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第6题

听力原文：M: Are you close to your parents？W: Yeah, we're close. My father and I have alway

听力原文：M: Are you close to your parents？

W: Yeah, we're close. My father and I have always been close. Sometimes my mom and I don't really see eye to eye. What about you？

M: Well, I think my parents definitely don't understand me. My mother always says I'm perfect while my father often criticizes me for doing things wrong.

W: That's interesting. Do you think that's just a generational thing？

M: Well, I don't know. My parents grew up in the 60's. But they didn't seem to know much about their times.

W: So they were kept away from all the big social activities？

M: Yeah. They grew up in a small town and neither of them knew anything about politics, even though my father's father was a local judge and lawyer.

W: My parents grew up in the 60's too, but my dad taught physics at the university and my mom ran a small bookstore in town. I guess they were the kind of people who were open to current events.

M: I'm jealous. Sometimes I feel a lot more educated than my parents, which is fine, but also uncomfortable at times.

W: I can imagine.

M: They just don't understand some things. They haven't experienced life in the same way I have.

W: You mean the traveling you've done？

M: Yeah. My dad thinks I ran away from home because I hated him or something ridiculous like that. I just wanted to see the world.

W: I told my dad once that I'd find a way to study in America and then live there forever.

M: My dad always tells me that I'd be really homesick if I studied at a European university.

W: And then you have to remind him that Europe is only 10 hours away by plane.

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A．Different family backgrounds.

B．The generation gap.

C．Traveling and studying overseas.

D．Different interests and hobbies.

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第7题

听力原文：M: Where did Suzanne come from？W: She was born in Switzerland and grew up in Swed

听力原文：M: Where did Suzanne come from？

W: She was born in Switzerland and grew up in Sweden, but now she's a citizen of England.

What country does Suzanne presently call her home？

A．America.

B．England.

C．Switzerland.

D．Sweden.

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第8题

听力原文：I grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on and with one wall in my be

听力原文： I grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on and with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves; most of my childhood was spent on books I could get hold of. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing and books unbelievably powerful in shaping perspectives by creating worlds we could step into, take part in and live in.

With this unshakable belief, I, at fourteen, decided to become a writer. Here too, reading became useful. Every writer starts off knowing that he has something to say, but being unable to find the right ways to say it. He has to find his own voice by reading widely and discovering which parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with, or agrees with so strongly that it reshapes his own world. He cannot write without loving to read, because only through reading other people's writing can one discover what works, what doesn't and, in the end, together with lots of practice, what voice he has.

Now I am in college, and have come to realize how important it is to read fiction. As a law student, my reading is in fact limited to subject matter — the volume of what I have to read for classes every week means there is little time to read anything else. Such reading made it all the clearer to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called life. Reading fiction reminds me that there is life beyond my own. It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the comfort of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting experiences that I wouldn't necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

33. What can we learn about the speaker as a child？

34. What effect does reading fiction have on the speaker？

35. Which can be the best title for this passage？

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A．He never watched TV.

B．He read what he had to.

C．He found reading unbelievable.

D．He considered reading part of his life.

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第9题

听力原文：I grew up in a small town. My father raised chickens and ran a construction compa

听力原文： I grew up in a small town. My father raised chickens and ran a construction company. I was barely 10 years old when my dad gave me the responsibility of feeding the chickens and cleaning up the table. He believed it was important for me to have those jobs to learn responsibility. Then, when I was 22, I found a job in Nashville at a country music club called' "The Nashville Palace". I washed dishes and cooked from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 pm. and then went on stage and sang until 2:00 in the morning. It wasn't long before I became known as The Singing Cook. I had been rejected so many times by record companies that it was hard not to be discouraged. One night, a woman executive from a company named Warner Brothers Records came to hear me sing. When the show was over, we sat down and talked, and after she left, I said to myself it was just one more rejection. A few weeks later, my manager received a phone call—Warner Brothers wanted to sign me to a record deal. Soon after, I released my first record in June, 1986. It sold over 2 million copies. My best efforts had gone into every job I ever held. It was the sense of responsibility that made me feel like a man. Knowing that I had done my best filled me with pride. I still feel that way today, even though I have become a well-known singer.

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A．Because he was a cook at a country-music club.

B．Because he performed for guests while he worked as a cook.

C．Because he often sang while cooking.

D．Because he liked singing better than cooking.

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第10题

听力原文：I was married for almost six years. Jody and I were classmates at high school and

听力原文： I was married for almost six years. Jody and I were classmates at high school and were attracted to each other from the time we first met at the age of 12 or 13. We always hung out together and started dating seriously when we were only 15.

Everyone predicted that we'd break up one day. We were determined to prove them wrong and were engaged when we were 19. The evening I proposed was like something from a romantic novel. I chose my moment and asked the magic question: "Jody, darling, will you marry me？" Her answer was a few tears of happiness.

A year later, we had a typical, big wedding ceremony and Jody really did look the perfect bride in her white gown. We had a great time at Lake Taho for our honeymoon and came back and settled down to married life. Jessica, our daughter, was born, according to plan, two years after we were married and that was when our problems began.

We were both delighted to be parents, but somehow we just grew further and further apart from each other. Eventually, after four years, we separated and then, divorced. I still see Jessica regularly. I'm really sad about our divorce, but I guess everyone was right: we were too young when we started going out together and, the truth is, we were never really compatible.

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A．10 or 11.

B．14 or 15.

C．12 or 13.

D．19.

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