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A.ahead of time
B.before time
C.on the time
D.early the time
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第1题
听力原文：M: You look so unhappy. What's wrong？
W: Oh, we've got such a lot of homework again!
M: Yes. Terrible, isn't it？
W: I never have time now to do what I like.
M: And I used to watch TV a lot, but I'm too busy now with all this homework. By the way, have you finished your writing'？
W: Yes. But it took me ages to write it. I spent more than two and a half hours on it last night.
M: I have not done it yet. I did not start it until half past eight last night because I had to do the math exercises first. There wasn't time to finish it. I'll have to do it tonight.
W: Good luck!
(13)
A．She has to watch TV a lot.
B．Too much noise again.
C．She never has enough time to have a rest.
D．Such a lot of homework again.
第2题
Ironing clothes is most hated because it is not a task that can be completed quickly or thoughtlessly. Each piece of clothing must be handled individually, so ironing a basket of laundry can take hours! After ironing a piece of clothing with great caution, which requires smoothing out the fabric, and following the seams, you need to place it on a hanger as soon as possible. If you do not follow these directions carefully, it might become wrinkled and you have to start over. Perhaps that is why ironing is not a favorite thing to do. It calls for extreme attention to detail from beginning to end.
Another household job that many people dislike is washing dishes. Of course, some people claim that this work is no longer a problem because we have dishwashers now! However, no one would argue that dishes, silverware, and especially pots and pans washed in a dishwasher don't come out as clean as they do when washed by hand. For this reason, many of us continue to wash our dishes by hand, but we are not necessarily happy doing it. Cleaning dishes is a job that not only takes a lot of energy but also requires the patience to wash and dry them. In addition, unlike ironing clothes, washing dishes is a thing that usually must be done every day. I don't know how Cinderella felt about this particular task, but I believe that most people hate it as much as I do.
For Cinderella, doing household work is ______.
A．all obligation
B．a compulsion
C．an assignment
D．a burden
第3题
听力原文：M: How did you get started in jazz singing？
W: It was a zigzag route. I went from country music to singing madrigals, to singing folk, to opera, and then to jazz. People kept offering me different projects, saying ' Well, I know that you have never done this before, so maybe you might not want to？' and I would say, ' Oh, sure. I' 11 try it. ' So I went from form. to form, to form. and that is how.
M: Are you going to keep moving around or are you stuck on jazz singing now？
W: I think jazz is where I' m going to stay. I feel the most comfortable here, I have the most freedom here.
M: When were the sessions for this album originally done？
W: The session was done in Sept. of 1998 we mixed it down the second week of October, and nothing was done with it. I was busy for five and half years in a life of death battle with a portion of the government' a legal battle' that I had. So I had to drop everything to deal with it.
M: Does anyone in your family have a musical background？
W: I was brought up in a family that had an awful lot of musicians, and none of them took anything I was doing very seriously at all. I was actually the family joke. I just did this music to get it out of my system. I did not expect anyone to pay much attention to it. I just knew that I had to say it.
M: Thanks for talking with us, best wishes for your career.
W: Thank you!
What hasn't Devorah Day involved in？
A．Madrigals.
B．Folk.
C．Rock.
D．Opera.
第4题
______ still a lot of work to do, so we'll have to stay in the company.
A．There was B．There were
C．There are D．There is
第5题
[A] did
[B] were doing
[C] had done
[D] have been doing
第6题
第7题
What do we learn about Danish taxation on fat-rich foods？
A.It did not work out as well as was expected
B.It gave rise to a lot of problems on the border.
C.It could not succeed without German cooperation.
D.It met with firm opposition from the food industry.
第8题
听力原文： An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer, a contractor, of his plans to leave the house-building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career. When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house, the contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter. "This is your house," he said, "my gift to you." What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well. So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized that we would have done it differently. Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live it for only one more day, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity. The plaque on the wall says, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. What did the carpenter plan to do？
33. How did the contractor plan to deal with the house he asked the carpenter to build？
34. What can we know about the last house the carpenter built？
35. What does the story intend to tell us？
(33)
A．Enjoy family happiness.
B．Switch to another field.
C．Start his own business.
D．Build a house of his own.
第9题
(课外选材)
When computer servers operate a complex program, they can get very hot. Cooling the servers can be costly. So researchers asked what would happen if the heat created by the servers could be captured and used？
Data centers of large Internet companies such as Google and Microsoft have thousands of computer servers. As these servers process information, they create large amounts of heat, so they need huge cooling systems. These systems send the heat into the air. The Dutch company Nerdalize thinks paying for electricity to operate the servers and then paying again to cool them is a waste of energy. So it developed a device called the e-Radiator. It is a computer server that also works as a heating source. Boaz Leupe is the chief executive officer of Nerdalize. He says the e-Radiator saves money because companies don't have to pay to cool their servers.
"The kilowatt(千瓦)hour you are using is used twice -- once to heat the home and once to compute the client's task without the cooling overhead." He says five homeowners in the Netherlands are testing the heating device in their homes. "We reimburse the electricity the server uses, and that we can do because of the computer clients on the other side, and, in that way, homeowners actually get heating for free, and computer users don't have to pay for the overhead of the data center.
Jan Visser is one of the participants in the year-long experiment. He says the amount of heat produced by the e-Radiator depends on the work being done by the computer server. He says it cannot be used as the primary source of heat. But he is ready to try it.
He says if it provides enough warmth, he will be able to use his home's heating system less, which will save him money. Nerdalize says e-Radiators create heat temperatures of up to 55℃. It says the devices could save users up to $440 in heating costs a year.
1.Why did researchers ask what would happen if the heat created by the servers could be captured and used？{A; B; C}
A. Because computers can get very hot.
B. Computer servers is a complex program.
C. Cooling computer servers costs a lot of money.
2.The computer servers in large Internet companies such as Google and Microsoft can {A; B; C}.
A. create large amounts of information
B. create large quantity of heat
C. manage the huge cooling systems
3. Nerdalize developed the e-Radiator because {A; B; C}.
A. e-Radiator cost less energy
B. e-Radiator can cool the servers for free
C. e-Radiator can create cold air for free
4.According to Jan Visser, the amount of heat produced by the e-Radiator {A; B; C}.
A. depends on the work being processed by PC
B. cannot be used as the home's heating system
C. cannot be used as the main source of heat
5.The best title for this passage is {A; B; C}
A. The New Way to Heat Homes
B. The New Way to Cool Homes
C. Hot Computers Could Be Used for Free
第10题
听力原文：M: Hello, professor Johnson.
W: Hello, Tony. So what shall we work on today？
M: Well, the problem is that this writing assignment isn't coming out right. What I thought I was writing on was to talk about what a particular sport means to me when I participate in.
W: What sport did you choose？
M: I decided to write about cross-country skiing.
W: What are you going to say about skiing？
M: That's the problem. I thought I would write about how peaceful it is to be out in the country.
W: So why is that a problem？
M: I'd like to start describing how quiet it is to be out in the woods. I keep mentioning how much effort it takes to keep going. Cross-country skiing isn't as easy as some people think. It takes a lot of energy, but that's not part of my paper, so I guess I should leave it out. But now I don't know how to explain that feeling of peacefulness without explaining how hard you have to work for it. It all fits together. It's not like just sitting down somewhere and watching the clouds roll by. That's different.
W: Then you'll have to include that in your point. The peacefulness of cross-country skiing is the kind you earn by effort. Why leave that out？ Part of your point you knew beforehand, but part you discovered as you wrote. That's common, right？
M: Yeah, I guess so.
Questions:
19. What is the topic of the man's writing assignment？
20. What problem does the man have while working on his paper？
21. What does the woman say is common in writing papers？
(20)
A．Beautiful scenery in the countryside.
B．Dangers of cross-country skiing.
C．Pain and pleasure in sports.
D．A sport he participates in.
第11题
(76)Apparently, many people believe that the more time a person spends at work, the more he or she accomplishes. When employers evaluate employees, they often consider the amount of time on the job in addition to job performance. Employees know this. Although many working people can do their job effectively during a regular 40-hour work week, they feel they have to spend more time on the job after normal working hours so that the people who can promote them see them.
A group of headhunters (猎头) were asked their opinion about a situation. They had a choice of two candidates for an executive position with an important company. The candidates had similar qualifications for the job．For example, they were both reliable. One could do the job well in a 40-hour work week. The other would do the Same job in an 80-hour work week just as well. According to a headhunting expert, the 80-hour-a-week candidate would get the job．The time this candidate spends on the job may encourage other employees to spend mote time at work, too. Employers believe that if the employees stay at work later, they may actually do more work.
However, the connection between time and productivity (生产率) is not always positive. (77) In fact, many studies indicate that after a certain point, anyone’s productivity and creativity begin to decrease. Some employees are not willing to spend so much extra, unproductive time at the office once they finish their work satisfactorily, they want to relax and enjoy themselves. For these people, the Solution is to find a company that encourages people to do both.
What is the main idea of this passage？
A．Many people work long hours but do not always do a lot of work.
B．Most people can get more work done by working longer hours.
C．Most Americans work 80 hours a week and some work even longer.
D．People can make more money by working longer hours.
