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1、的听力原文2011年12月11. W: This crazy bus schedule has got me completely confused. I cant figure out when my bus to Cleveland leaves? M: Why dont you just go to the ticket window and ask?Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?12.W: I really enjoyed the TV Special about giraffes last night. Did you get h

2、ome in time to see it?M: Oh, yes. But I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing。Q: What does the man mean?13.W: Airport, please. Im running a little late, so justtake the fastest way even if its not the most direct。M: Sure, but theres a lot of traffic everywhere todaybecaus

3、e of the football game。Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?14.W: May I make a recommendation, sir? Our sea food with thisspecial sauce is very good。M: Thank you. But I dont eat shellfish, Im allergic to it。W: Where does this conversation most probably take place?15.W: Now one m

4、ore question if you dont mind, what position ina company appeals to you most?M: Well, Id like the position of sales manager if thatposition is still vacant。Q: What do we learn about the man?16.M: I dont think I want to live in the dormitory next year.I need more privacy。W: I know what you mean but c

5、heck out the cost of renting anapartment first, I wont be surprised if you change your mind。Q: What does the woman imply?17.M: Youre on the right track. I just think you need to narrowthe topic down。W: Yeah, youre right. I always start by choosing too broad a topic whenIm doing your research paper。Q

6、: What do we learn from the conversation?18.W: This picnic sure beats the last one we went to, doesntit?M: Oh, yeah. We had to spend the wholetime inside. Good thing the weather was cooperative this time。Q: What do we learn about the speakers from theconversation?长对话Conversation oneM: When Isay I li

7、ve in Sweden, people always want to know about the seasons。W: Theseasons?M: Yeah,you know, how cold it is in winter? What its like when the days are so short?W: So what is it like?M: Well, it is cold, very cold in winter.Sometimes, as cold as 26 degrees below centigrade. And of course, when you goou

8、t, you wrap up warm, but inside, in the houses, its always very warm, muchwarmer than at home. Swedish people always complain that when they visitEngland, the houses are cold even in a good winter。W: And what about the darkness?M: Well, yeah, around Christmas time, there isonly one hour of daylight,

9、 so you really look forward to the spring. It issometimes a bit depressing, but you see the summers are amazing. From May toJuly in the north of Sweden, the sun never sets. Its still light at midnight. You can walk in the mountains andread a newspaper。W: Oh, yeah, the land of the midnight sun。M: Tha

10、ts right, but its wonderful. You want tostay up all night. And the Swedes make the most of it. Often, they start workearlier in summer and then leave at about two or three in the afternoon so thatthey can really enjoy the long summer evenings. They like to work hard but playhard, too. I think London

11、ers work longer hours, but Im not sure this is a goodthing。19. What do we learn about the man from the conversation?20: What do Swedish people complain about when they visit England in winter?21: How does the man describe the short hour of daylight around Christmas in Sweden?22: What does the man sa

12、y about the Swedish people?Conversation TwoW: What kind of training does one need to go into this type of job?M: Thats a very good question. I dont think there is any, specifically。W: For example, in your case, what was youreducational background?M: Well, I did a degree in French, in Nottingham.Afte

13、r that, I did careers work in secondary schools, like the careers guidancepeople here in the university. Then I went into local government, because Ifound I was more interested in the administrative side, then progressed on touniversities. So there wasnt any plan, and there was no specific training.

14、There are plenty of training courses in management techniques and committeework which you can attend now。W: But in thefirst place, you did a French degree. M: In my time, there wasnt a degree you can dofor administration. I think most of the administrators Ive come across havedegrees in all sorts of

15、 things. W: Well, I know in my case, I did an Englishliterature degree. And I didnt really expect to end up doing what Im doingnow。M: Quite。W: But youre local to Nottingham actually. Isthere any reason why you went to Nottingham University?M: No, no, I come from the north of England, fromwest Yorksh

16、ire. Nottingham was one of the universities I put on my list, and Iliked the look of it. The campus is just beautiful。W: Yes, indeed, lets see. Were you from theindustrial part of Yorkshire?M: Yes, from the Woolen District,23: What was the mans major at university?24: What was the mans job in second

17、ary schools?25: What attracted the man to NottinghamUniversity?短文题Passage 1While Gale Obcamp, an American artist, was givinga speech on the art of Japanese brush painting to an audience that includedvisitors from Japan, she was confused to see that many of her Japanese listenershad their eyes closed

18、. Were they turned off because an American had the nerveto instruct Japanese in their own art form or they deliberately trying tosignal their rejection of her? Obcamp later found out that her listeners werenot being disrespectful. Japanese listeners sometimes close their eyes toenhance concentration

19、. Her listeners were showing their respect for her bychewing on her words. Someday, you may be either a speaker or a listener in asituation involving people from other countries or members of a minority groupin North America. Learning how different cultures signal respect can help youavoid misunders

20、tandings. Here are some examples. In the Deaf Culture of NorthAmerican, many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but bywaving them in the air. In some cultures, both overseas and in some minoritygroups in North America, listeners are considered disrespectful if they lookdirectly at t

21、he speaker. Respect is shown by looking in the general directionbut avoiding direct eye contact. In some countries, whistling by listeners is asign of approval while in other countries it is a form of insult。26.What did Obcamps speech focus on?27. Why do Japanese listeners sometimes close their eyes

22、 while listening to aspeech?28. What does the speaker try to explain?Passage2Chris is in charge of purchasing and maintainingequipment in his division at Taxlong company. Hes soon going to have anevaluation interview with his supervisor and personnel director to discuss thework he has done in the pa

23、st year. Salary, promotion and plans for the comingyear will also be discussed at the meeting。Chris has made several changes for his division inhis past year. Firstly, he bought new equipment for one of the departments.Hes been particularly happy about new equipment because many of the employeeshave

24、 told him how much it has helped them. Along with improving the equipment,Chris began a program to train employees to use equipment better and to dosimple maintenance themselves. The training saved time for the employees andmoney for the Company。Unfortunately, one serious problem developedduring the

25、 year. Two employees that Chris hired were stealing, and he had tofire them. Chris knows that a new job for a purchasing and maintenance managerfor the whole company will be open in a few months and he would like to bepromoted to the job. Chris knows, however, that someone else wants the new job,too

26、. Kim is in charge of purchasing and maintenance in another division of thecompany. She has also made several changes over the year. Chris knows that hisboss likes Kims work, and expects that his work will be compared with hers。29. What is Chris main responsibility at Taxlongcompany?30. What problem

27、 did Chris encounter in his division?31. What does Chris hope for in the near future?32. What do we learn about Kim from the passage?Passage 3Proverbs, sometimes called sayings, areexamples of folk wisdom. They are little lessons whicholder people of the culture pass down to the younger people to te

28、ach them aboutlife. Manyproverbs remind the people of values that are important in the culture. Valuesteach people how to act, what is right and what is wrong, because the values of eachculture are different. Understanding the values of anotherculture, helps to explain how people think and act. Unde

29、rstanding your ownculture values is important, too. If you can accept that people from other cultures actaccording to their values not yours, getting along with them will be much easier.Many proverbs are very old. So some of the values they teach may not be asimportant in the culture as they once we

30、re. For example, Americans today do not paymuch attention to the proverbs “haste makes waste”， because patience is notimportant to them. But if you know about past values, it helps you tounderstand the present. And many of the old values are still strong today.Benjamin Franklin, a famous American di

31、plomat, writer, and scientist died in1790. But his proverb “Time is money” is taken more seriously by Americans oftoday than ever before. A study of proverbs from around theworld shows that some values are shared by many cultures. In many cases though, the sameidea is expressed differently。33. Why a

32、re proverbs so important?34. According to the speakers, what happens to some proverbs withthe passage of time?35. What do we learn from the study of proverbs from aroundthe world?复合式听写Our lives are woven together. As much as I enjoymy own company, I no longer imagine I can get through a single day, much lessall my life, completely on my own. Even if I am on v