福建师范大学《听力口译(一)》期末考试必备题集

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9374–福建师范大学《听力口译(一)》奥鹏期末考试题库合集

单选题：
（1）Section A 1
A.Go to a place he has visited.
B.Make her own arrangements.
C.Consult a travel agent.
D.Join in a package tour.
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（2）Section A 2
A.They are on a long trip by car.
B.They are stuck in a traffic jam.
C.They are used to getting up early.
D.They are tired of eating out at night.
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（3）Section A 3
A.He is a person difficult to deal with.
B.He dislikes any formal gathering.
C.He is unwilling to speak in public.
D.He often keeps a distance from others.
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（4）Section A 4
A.Work in another department.
B.Pursue further education.
C.Recruit graduate students.
D.Take an administrative job.
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（5）Section A 5
A.He would not be available to start the job in time.
B.He is not quite qualified for the art director position.
C.He would like to leave some more time for himself.
D.He will get his application letter ready before May 1.
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（6）Section A 6
A.Cleaner
B.Mechanic
C.Porter
D.Salesman
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（7）Section A 7
A.Request one or two roommates to do the cleaning.
B.Help Laura with her term paper due this weekend.
C.Get Laura to clean the apartment herself this time.
D.Ask Laura to put off the cleaning until another week.
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（8）Section A 8
A.A problem caused by the construction.
B.An accident that occurred on the bridge.
C.The building project they are working on.
D.The public transportation conditions.
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（9）Section A 9
A.To look for a job as a salesperson.
B.To have a talk with Miss Thompson.
C.To place an order for some products.
D.To complain about a faulty appliance.
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（10）Section A 10
A.The person in charge is not in the office.
B.The supplies are out of stock for the moment.
C.They failed to reach an agreement on the price.
D.The company is re-cataloguing the items.
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（11）Section A 11
A.0743,12536 extension 15.
B.0734,21653 extension 51.
C.0734,38750 extension 15.
D.0734,62135 extension 51.
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（12）Section A 12
A.Since he found a girlfriend.
B.Since he took to heavy smoking.
C.Since he began to exercise regularly.
D.Since he started to live on his own.
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（13）Section A 13
A.He is getting too fat.
B.He smokes too much.
C.He doesn’t eat vegetables.
D.He doesn’t look well at all.
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（14）Section A 14
A.They are overweight for their age.
B.They are respectful to their parents.
C.They are still in their early twenties.
D.They dislike doing physical exercise.
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（15）Section A 15
A.To quit smoking.
B.To reduce his weight.
C.To find a girlfriend.
D.To follow her advice.
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（16）Section B Passage One 16
A.They have destroyed several small towns.
B.They will soon spread to San Francisco.
C.They have injured many residents.
D.They are burning out of control.
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（17）Section B Passage One 17
A.They have been hospitalized.
B.They have got skin problems.
C.They were choked by the thick smoke.
D.They were poisoned by the burning chemicals.
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（18）Section B Passage One 18
A.It failed because of a sudden rocket explosion.
B.It has been re-scheduled for a midday takeoff.
C.It has been canceled due to technical problems.
D.It was delayed for eleven hours and thirty minutes.
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（19）Section B Passage One 19
A.They made frequent long-distance calls to each other.
B.They illegally used government computers in New Jersey.
C.They were found to be smarter than computer specialists.
D.They were arrested for stealing government information.
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（20）Section B Passage Two 20
A.Peaceful
B.Considerate
C.Generous
D.Cooperative
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（21）Section B Passage Two 21
A.Someone dumped the clothes left in the washer and dryer.
B.Someone broke the washer and dryer by overloading them.
C.Mindy Lance’s laundry blocked the way to the laundry room.
D.Mindy Lance’s threatened to take revenge on her neighbors.
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（22）Section B Passage Two 22
A.Asking the neighborhood committee for help.
B.Limiting the amount of laundry for each wash.
C.Informing the building manager of the matter.
D.Installing a few more washers and dryers.
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（23）Section B Passage Three23
A.She is both a popular and a highly respected author.
B.She is the most loved African novelist of all times.
C.She is the most influential author since the 1930’s.
D.She is the first writer to focus on the fate of slaves.
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（24）Section B Passage Three24
A.. The Book Critics Circle Award.
B.The Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
C.The Nobel Prize for literature.
D.The National Book Award.
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（25）Section B Passage Three25
A.She is a relative of Morrison’s.
B.She is a skilled storyteller.
C.She is a slave from Africa.
D.She is a black woman.
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（26）“This Is Your Life” is one of the most popular programmes on British and American television. Every week a famous person is invited to a television studio, without knowing that he or she will be the subject of the programme. The _______ meets the person outside the studio and says “This is your life!”
A.comrade
B.company
C.compare
D.compere
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（27）“What’s the most exciting thing that’s happened to you lately?” “Just call me _______. My wife and I had our first baby.” “Oh, that’s wonderful. ”
A.dad
B.bad
C.sad
D.that
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（28）He told me that some people could remember their past lives when they were hypnotised. And he asked if I wanted to try. I didn’t believe it at first, but _______ I agreed.
A.in the end
B.at the end
C.finally
D.at last
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（29）Well, as you can see from the weather map, there’s varied weather activity across the United States and Canada today. Let’s start with the west coast, where it’s raining from British Columbia down to _______ California.
A.eastern
B.western
C.southern
D.northern
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（30）People who drank beer one or more times a day reported the least amount of illness. Heavy drinkers, however—people who drank _______ or more pints of beer a week—reported more illness.
A.25
B.35
C.45
D.55
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（31）Herbert Wilson and his wife went to the Isle of Wight for their summer holiday. But they were by no means _______ with their hotel. As soon as they returned home, Herbert decided to write to the Manager of Happytours.
A.peace
B.pleasant
C.pleased
D.police
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（32）“That’s all very well if you live in the country where they speak the language but I _______.” “Yes, I understand the problem. Though even if you live in the country where the language is spoken, you have to reach a certain standard before you are able to have conversations with the natives. I was thinking perhaps you might arrange with another student or students to have regular conversation practice.”
A.don’t
B.won’t
C.wasn’t
D.weren’t
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（33）“We’re going on holiday to relax after the move, you see, and I wanted to take something with me to read.” “I’m sorry, but we can’t _______ issue tickets without some form of identification.”
A.probably
B.possibly
C.probable
D.possible
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（34）Sarah has a well-fed happy husband and four healthy children. When she was _______, I was learning to type. When she was knitting, I was writing articles for the school newspaper. When she was having her second child, I was in Panama, doing my first job for United Information Services.
A.watching up
B.washing up
C.wishing up
D.working up
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（35）The EEC is to give another ?31 million to Britain’s poorer areas. The _______ from the regional development fund includes ?13.5 million for Northern Ireland and ?10 million for industrial improvement and road works in the north of England.
A.aid
B.eight
C.AIDS
D.ace
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（36）It is a sad fact that in Britain the real newspapers, the ones that report the facts, sell in thousands, while the popular papers that set out to shock or amuse have a circulation of several million. One’s inescapable conclusion is that the vast majority of British readers do not really want a proper newspaper _______. They just want a few pages of entertainment.
A.at all
B.talk
C.to all
D.for all
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（37）“Dr. Jones, how exactly would you _______ eccentricity?” “Well, we all have our own particular habits which others find irritating or amusing, but an eccentric is someone who behaves in a totally different manner from those in the society in which he lives.”
A.design
B.resign
C.refine
D.define
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（38）I like to sort of educate people about their bodies, and show them, you know, how to do the exercises and movements safely. Like, it just _______ me when I see people trying to do situps with straight legs—it’s so bad for your back!
A.cures
B.amuses
C.kills
D.fills
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（39）At first it was fun, because there was so much to learn and working with figures and money was interesting. But after about two years the thrill was gone, and now it’s very routine. I keep the books, do the payroll, pay the _______, pay the insurance, pay the bills. I hate paying the bills, because there is never enough money to pay them.
A.taxis
B.tax
C.texts
D.taxes
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（40）In this week’s edition of “Up with People”, we went out into the streets and asked a number of people a question they just didn’t expect. We asked them to be self-critical…to ask themselves exactly what they thought they lacked or—the other side of the coin—what _______ they had.
A.futures
B.virtues
C.values
D.fortunes
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（41）Well, I’m _______, you know. Used to be an army officer. And I think I kept myself…yes I’ve kept myself respectable—that’s the word I’d use—respectable and dignified the whole of my life. I’ve tried to help those who depended on me. I’ve done my best.
A.retired
B.tired
C.quiet
D.fired
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（42）It’s probably true to say that women have been affected more than men by recent changes in the way we actually live. Over a hundred years ago people began to question whether men were really so much wiser, stronger, altogether more sensible and simply _______ than women as the laws of the country made out.
A.faster
B.quicker
C.better
D.fatter
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（43）For sale—One house-trained dog, one reasonably trained boy of two years, one baby girl of two weeks and one man that _______ training. Any offers considered. Apply within.
A.needs
B.is
C.meets
D.isn’t
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（44）It’s symbolic. Um I personally don’t find it particularly important. I…if you have a meeting and you call the man or the woman who _______ the meeting the chairman, it just doesn’t matter. I don’t think at all.
A.cheers
B.chooses
C.changes
D.chairs
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（45）Not so very long ago it would have been really unusual to pay ?1 million for a house. Unfortunately this is no longer so. The decline in the real value of money over the past few years has made property values rocket. The cheap house is _______.
A.a thing of the past
B.something in the past
C.things for the past
D.something to pass
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（46）I think a guy called _______ once wrote “Unto thine own self be true and thou canst not then to any man be false”. Well, that’s how I feel when I’m singing my songs. You may like them. You may hate them. But nobody can say that I’m not singing from deep down inside myself.
A.Churchill
B.Shakespeare
C.Dickins
D.Byron
答案： B
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（47）Each piece on the _______ is called a key. You have keys for letters (a, b, c, etc.) and keys for instructions to the computer. You have to be able to type if you want to use the computer properly.
A.table
B.blackboard
C.keyboard
D.cupboard
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（48）There’s no doubt that the computer has enlarged man’s working capacity as well as his intellectual capacity enormously, but it brings with it dangers to _______ the benefits. Now by this, I mean danger to physical and mental well-being of the people who work at computer terminals, not the dangers to personal privacy or national or industrial security.
A.meet
B.mean
C.make
D.match
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（49）Public school was hard compared to what I’d had before, day school on the reservation and a year at Sequoyah Government School. I almost flunked eighth grade at the public school, and it was a miracle that I passed. I just didn’t know a lot of things, mathematics and stuff. I survived it somehow. I don’t know how, _______.
A.but I do
B.but I didn’t
C.but I did
D.but I dare
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（50）he basic thing about my feeling is that my brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews can build later on in the future only through the foundation their parents and I build. Maybe Indian parents don’t always show their affection; but they have taught us that, even though we have a problem, we are still _______ to help one another. And that is what I’m trying to do.
A.supposed
B.proposed
C.purposed
D.prepared
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（51）51.“This Is Your Life” is a ____________ programme.
A.daily
B.monthly
C.weekly
D.yearly
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（52）52.Which of the following mentioned in the film is not a result of pollution? (Soylent Green)
A.The soil produces nothing.
B.New York has ninety degree weather all year long.
C.People have fuel shortages.
D.People ride bicycles instead of driving cars.
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（53）53.Which of the following word describes the relationship between the Indians and the early settlers?
A.Estranged.
B.Hostile.
C.Distant.
D.Friendly.
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（54）54.Why does the dentist ask the man to open his mouth wide? (At the Dentist)
A.To give him a general check-up.
B.To give him an injection.
C.To pull out one of his teeth.
D.To brush his teeth.
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（55）55.St. Alfred’s Hospital is considered most exclusive because _______. (A Saturday Afternoon)
A.it accepts all people with mental illness
B.it only accepts people with serious mental illness
C.it only accepts extremely rich people with mental illness
D.it does not accept people without mental illness.
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（56）Professor Ernest Watson’s advice was to ____________. (Learning a Foreign Language)
A.practice more in using the language
B.go to live in the country where the language is spoken
C.watch more T. V. programmes
D.read more grammar books
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（57）57.One needs to _____ to join this library. (In the Library)
A.write down one’s name and address
B.show some kind of identification with one’s name and address on it
C.give one’s address
D.pay a membership fee
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（58）58.What’s the possible relationship between the speakers? (I Remember…)
A.Friends.
B.Former classmates and friends.
C.Colleagues.
D.Family members.
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（59）59.The Air Traffic Control told the performing pilot to circle above Brisbane because ____________. (Night Flight)
A.they hadn’t prepared well
B.they wanted him to use up most of the fuel
C.the pilot needed to practice one more time
D.there was no empty runway
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（60）The most serious implication of the result of the survey was that____________.
A.children often have prejudices against certain professions
B.children may never consider certain professions that they can do well in
C.children are ignorant of the importance of the engineer’s role in society
D.children do not know the difference between mechanical, electrical and civil engineers
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（61）61.If an intelligent person finds a copy of Professor Hill’s favourite paper 50 years from now, he will still find it ____________. (British Newspapers)
A.entertaining and amusing
B.disappointing and discouraging
C.shocking and surprising
D.interesting and instructive
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（62）62.What has Mr. Miller done to his house? (Do It Yourself)
A.He painted it.
B.He renovated it.
C.He tore it down.
D.He altered it.
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（63）63.The robbers had ____________ the car they drove. (Dustbin Day Robbery)
A.damaged
B.stolen
C.bought
D.sold
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（64）64.The whole discussion is on _____. (At a Youth Centre)
A.children
B.generation gap
C.hair and dress style
D.age and health
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（65）65.What, according to one of the two speakers, is more important than punishment? (Capital Punishment)
A.Life.
B.Rehabilitation.
C.Elimination.
D.Penalty.
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（66）66.In cheese-making, _____ play an essential role.
A.biochemicals
B.salt and water
C.micro-organisms
D.prices
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（67）67.Mrs. Bruce doesn’t think whether women should vote _____. (The Suffragette Movement)
A.made a great deal of difference to her
B.made things better
C.was a matter of little importance
D.is worth talking about
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（68）68.A much more common problem with the old people’s health is ____________. (Old Age and Health)
A.the fears of becoming old
B.that they become senile
C.over-medication
D.decline of mental health
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（69）69.Greenhouse effect ____________.
A.could melt the polar ice caps, which would cause disastrous flooding
B.has reduced the奥鹏期末考核 heat of the sun in the lower atmosphere
C.is the result of decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide
D.is cooling down the earth because we’re putting pollutants in the atmosphere
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（70）70.The most serious problem with nuclear power stations _____.
A.is the accident at Chernobyl
B.is the disposal of their waste
C.lies in how much strontium-90 and plutonium-239 are available
D.is the negative public reaction against nuclear power
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（71）71.The book of instructions is called ____________.
A.instruction manual
B.instruction menu
C.instruction review
D.handbook of information
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（72）72.____________ are mentioned as other parts of a home computer.
A.A printer, a mouse, and a typewriter
B.A keyboard, a typewriter and a floppy disc
C.Two floppy discs, a disc drive and a typewriter
D.A keyboard, two floppy discs and the disc drive
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（73）73.Workers working with computers are protected against ____________.
A.the disturbance of natural light to their vision
B.watching television for long hours
C.increased stress and disturbances to vision for being exposed for long periods to the video screen
D.playing computer games during work hours
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（74）74.Since the disaster, ____________. (Last of the Airships?)
A.people have been using airships a lot
B.a lot of improvements have been made to the Hindenburg
C.airships have never been seriously considered as a means of commercial transportation
D.airships have seen tremendous progress in the prevention of explosion
答案:C
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（75）75.The people present at the meeting ____________. (Olympics)
A.may be sportsmen from different countries
B.are probably members of the Olympic Committee
C.are probably from the host country of the next Olympic Games
D.are delegates to the United Nations
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（76）76.What does Harry think of the middle class in Britain? (Class in Britain and Americ
A.Extremely humble.
B.Totally uninhibited.
C.Very extraordinary.
D.The most snobbish.
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（77）77.It took her quite some time to decide whether to go back to the reservation because ____________. (Autobiography: Seminole Girl)
A.she didn’t like her people on the reservation
B.she loved her work with the bank and meanwhile she had deep affection and a sense of responsibility for her people
C.the pay offered by the Tribal Board was too low
D.she thought it would mean a waste of her education and all the efforts she had made so far
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（78）78.____________, according to Dr. Parker, is one of the most powerful tools in hypnosis.
A.Jazz music
B.Voice
C.An assistant
D.A swinging watch
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（79）79.When writing an application, one should ____________.
A.show as much intelligence as possible
B.always use a typewriter
C.be very careful about spelling, grammar, content and layout
D.feel free to present anything he or she wants
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（80）80.Psychologically speaking, a child who possesses bodily intelligence may ____________.
A.be good at language acquisition
B.be good at sports
C.become an engineer in the future
D.turn out to be musically gifted
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（81）81.“This Is Your Life” is ___________.
A.the most popular programme on British and American television
B.one of the most popular programmes on British and American radio
C.one of the most popular programmes on British and American television
D.one of the most popular Hollywood films
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（82）Where did Trevor live 2000 years ago according to his story? (In Your Own Words)
A.In Britain.
B.In France.
C.In Italy.
D.In the United States
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（83）83.Which of the following is made out of ocean plants? (A Vision of the Future)
A.Soylent red.
B.Soylent yellow.
C.Soylent blue.
D.Soylent green.
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（84）84.Which of the following does not explain why the White Man took land from the “reservations”?
A.It had important minerals in it.
B.He wanted to make national parks there.
C.He needed more land for new immigrants.
D.He wanted the wood.
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（85）85.Why doesn’t the patient open his mouth? (At the Dentist)
A.He hates to have injections.
B.His tooth aches.
C.He hates the dentist.
D.He believes the dentist wants to kill him.
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（86）86.Gillian came to the hospital to ___________. (A Saturday Afternoon)
A.research on the problems of long-stay patients
B.solve the problems of Maurice Featherstone
C.be a doctor in the hospital
D.observe the treatment of mental illness
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（87）Professor Ernest Watson was answering questions on ___________ on the subject 87.of learning a foreign language. (Learning a Foreign Language)
A.the phone
B.internet
C.T. V.
D.the radio
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（88）88.The woman wants to borrow some books because ___________. (In the Library)
A.she wants to read them and relax
B.she wants to take them away on holiday this weekend
C.she enjoys reading and can’t live without books
D.she needs them for her research project
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（89）89.Though the two pilots collapsed, the plane was still flying because ___________. (Night Flight)
A.it was on automatic pilot
B.the radio operator could fly the plane
C.a passenger knew how to fly a plane
D.one of the hostesses took over
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（90）90.The profession that had the greatest number of positive opinions was the ___________. (Job Stereotypes)
A.lawyer
B.physicist
C.economist
D.engineer
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（91）90.According to Professor Hill, the popular papers in Britain are to do the following except ___________ people. (British Newspapers)
A.to shock
B.cause a chuckle
C.to instruct
D.to amuse
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（92）91.What prize did Mr. Miller win? (Do It Yourself)
A.“DIY Man of This Year”
B.“Best Master of the Kitchen”.
C.“Most Popular Star”.
D.“Handyman of the Year”.
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（93）92.This conversation is about ________. (Dustbin Day Robbery)
A.a terrorist attack
B.a bank robbery
C.a burglary into a civilian’s house
D.a theft on a bus
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（94）93.Most of those involved in the discussion must ___________. (At a Youth Centre)
A.be teenagers
B.be of two different generations
C.be classmates
D.be of the same generation
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（95）94.Why does one of the women think that killing a killer is not justified? (Capital Punishment)
A.Because the killer doesn’t have to be killed.
B.Because the crime is not very serious.
C.Because once you’re killing a killer, you become a killer as well.
D.Because the killer doesn’t agree to be killed.
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（96）95.Sigmund Freud developed his system of ________ while he was studying cases of ___________.
A.psychoanalysis; mental illness
B.psychoanalysis; memory illness
C.psychology; mental illness
D.psychotherapy; emotional problems
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（97）96.Cheese was ___________.
A.made originally in Europe between 60 BC and 300 AD
B.introduced from South-West Asia 8,000 years ago
C.introduced from France in the 19th century
D.discovered in Africa in the prehistoric times
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（98）97.There are a lot of improvements in the care of old people and the old people’s health _________. (Old Age and Health)
A.becomes better
B.is no better than it used to be
C.is worse and worse
D.remains the biggest problem
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（99）98.The restaurant is attractive because ___________. (At a Small Restaurant)
A.everyone contributes new ideas, which has improved the dishes greatly
B.they serve ginger marmalade there
C.customers are used to those old dishes
D.if there is any disagreement, the boss has the final word.
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（100）99.Now human beings are faced with __________.
A.a shortage of oil, water, forests, etc.
B.a shortage of labour power
C.a colder climate
D.a decreasing greenhouse effect
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（101）100.Housing prices rise rapidly in the London area because __________. (Estate Agent)
A.more and more people become very rich
B.buying houses is a fashion
C.there are very few houses available now
D.the real value of money declines
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（102）100.The monitor __________.
A.is a television set
B.is used to store information
C.shows on the screen the information that has just been typed in
D.looks just like a typewriter
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（103）101.Statistics show that __________.
A.using computer may cause severe abnormity during women’s pregnancy
B.36 women using computer had to terminate their pregnancy
C.16 women in Denmark didn’t get pregnant because they used computer
D.800 pregnant women refused to use computers at work
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（104）102.By 1937, it had been __________. (Last of the Airships?)
A.quite safe to travel by the Hindenburg
B.very dangerous to cross the Atlantic by the Hindenburg
C.rare for the Hindenburg to carry passengers
D.an eccentric thing to travel by airship
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（105）103.The Graduate is __________. (Talking About Television)
A.a novel
B.a sports film
C.about Dustin Hoffman
D.a love story
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（106）104.The meeting is held to __________. (Olympics)
A.see whether the size of the Olympics could be reduced in any way
B.decide the time of the Olympics
C.decide whether the next Olympic Games should be held
D.discuss the location of the next Olympic Games
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（107）105.What can be used to tell people’s social status in England? (Class in Britain and Americ
A.Their clothes.
B.Their accent.
C.Their jobs.
D.Their cars.
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（108）106.The Indian girl is afraid she would __________ when she comes back to live on the reservation again. (Autobiography: Seminole Girl)
A.be resented by her own people
B.feel lonely and miss the outside world
C.lose contact with her friends
D.be treated with hostility
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（109）107.Hypnosis __________.
A.is a medicine for people who can’t sleep
B.is a magic way of fortune-telling
C.deals with people who always feel drowsy
D.is a medical treatment dealing with the patient’s mind
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（110）108.Many applicants fail to get a job because __________.
A.they present themselves too well
B.the competition is too fierce
C.these employers are too fussy
D.of their own inability with application forms and c. v.
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判断题：
（1）1.Most of the settlers in Australia came from Britain until 1850.
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（2）2.Many of the immigrants to Australia from 1851 to 1861 were from China, because China is near to Australia.
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（3）3.The first Italians went to Australia in the Gold Rushes.
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（4）4.The Italians dominate the sugar industry of Australia.
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（5）5.On the day when the earthquake took place, Mr. Skinner got up at about a quarter to five because he wanted to milk the cows early that day.
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（6）6.When the earthquake came, Mrs. Skinner was in the kitchen preparing breakfast.
答案：T
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（7）7.Mrs. Skinner tried to run out of the kitchen and went into the rose-garden, because it was safer there.
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（8）8.Everything on the Skinners’ farm moved five metres to the south during the quake.
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（9）9.Government buildings often have special paths for those handicapped.
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（10）10.Paul could reach all the switches because they were originally installed at the right height for him.
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（11）11.Mr. Miller enjoys doing things with his own hands.
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（12）12.The front door to his home does not open automatically.
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（13）13.The staff members of the restaurant don’t share in decision-making.
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（14）14.The owner, Carl, always has the final say when disagreement comes up.
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（15）15.Alan has been with Carl for 15 years.
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（16）16.Carl once lectured on cooking with practical demonstrations in Australia and New Zealand.
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（17）17.The woman watched TV all night yesterday.
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（18）18.Both the man and the woman like football games very much.
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（19）19.The woman regretted that she hadn’t switched the TV on earlier.
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（20）20.The programme on foxes was great, according to the woman.
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（21）21.After the “fine cut” is made the film editor can enjoy watching the film. (Film Editing)
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（22）22.Cigarette manufacturers insist that the legislation would be useless, and this had already been proved in parts of the country. (The 5 O’clock News)
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（23）23.Gillian tried to persuade Maurice to leave the hospital, but Maurice was unwilling to do so. (A Saturday Afternoon)
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（24）24.Gentleman Jim wants his wife to play the tape over and over again because he sincerely hopes his wife can enjoy all the beautiful things of the past. (A Very Beautiful Story)
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（25）25.According to Professor Watson, Mr. Humphries could improve his listening in Spanish by speaking to Spanish speakers in London. (Learning a Foreign Language)
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（26）26.The library can never issue tickets without some sort of identification. (In the Library)
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（27）27.They got arrested when they took part in a peace demonstration. But they were not frightened because five hundred other students got arrested with them. (I Remember…)
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（28）28.The two pilots and the radio operator also got poisoned and fainted. That made the case extremely dangerous. (Night Flight)
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（29）29.People have wrong images or stereotypes about all professions or jobs. (Job Stereotypes)
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（30）30.Professor Hill does not think that many British newspapers are real newspapers because they don’t contain news at all. (British Newspapers)
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（31）31.A hermit is a person who cuts himself off from the world. (Eccentricity)
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（32）32.Do-it-yourself has become one of Mr. Miller’s hobbies. (Do It Yourself)
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（33）33.If one of the robbers goes back and pretends to wake up with everyone else in the bank, people will think he is the thief. (Dustbin Day Robbery)
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（34）35.Actually the teenager generation has rejected the values of its parents for a mixture of violence and lethargy. (At a Youth Centre)
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（35）34.Sometimes she has to wrap her beard around her waist in case she should fall over it. (Bearded Lady)
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（36）36.When criminals come out of prison, they never go back to a life of crime. (Capital Punishment)
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（37）37.Living a natural life in the country makes Daniel and Michelle Burns happy. (A New Way of Life)
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（38）38.Early cheese was rather delicious and tasty like fresh cheese.
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（39）omen are in a dilemma of two roles: being a wife and mother and having a full-time job. (Men and Women
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（40）40.Carbon dioxide and other chemicals which derive from the use of fossil fuels won’t increase the quantity of acid rain.
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（41）41.Strontium-90 needs storing for 5,000 years, being kept in any temperature.
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（42）42.There are two kinds of blues, the happy blues and the sad blues.
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（43）43.The disc drive is quite complicated because it is the part of the system that operates the floppy disc. (Setting Up a Home Computer)
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（44）44.On the Hindenburg, there were very strict safety regulations. (Last of the Airships?)
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（45）45.The meeting adjourns after the discussion on the Olympics. (Olympics)
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（46）46.The middle-class people in Britain are not aware of the whole system. (Class in Britain and Americ
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（47）47.The Indian girl was always confident that she understood what the professor was saying in class. (Autobiography: Seminole Girl)
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（48）48.The standard procedure of hypnosis is to take the patient to the present slowly.
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（49）49.Applying for a job, one never needs a good reference or a letter of commendation by a former boss. (Getting a Jo##
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（50）50. Science fiction is the only important for the children to read.
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（51）51.According to the film editor, many people think that film editing is simply sticking pieces of film together.
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（52）52.In the movie only rich people can have real food. (A Vision of the Future)
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（53）53.The legislation would also prevent tobacco manufacturers to sponsor any kind of public events. (The 5 O’clock News)
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（54）54.The interviewer asks Mrs. Bradley questions for a survey on smokers’ habits.
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（55）55.Maurice did not set fires in the hospital, because he had never been given a chance. (A Saturday Afternoon)
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（56）56.Jim sounds a very romantic person, but in fact he doesn’t feel about things like that. (A Very Beautiful Story)
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（57）57.When Mr. Humphries went to Spain this summer, he got disheartened because he still couldn’t understand the Spanish people. (Learning a Foreign Language)
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（58）58.The woman wants to join the library now because she has just moved to the district. (In the Library)
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（59）59.When they were driving home for a spring break once, they got arrested for stealing gas. (I Remember…)
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（60）60.The twins, Laura and Sarah, have different life styles because of the genes. (Twins)
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（61）61.Though the hostess did not announce the danger to the passengers, they still came to realize that something was wrong. (Night Flight)
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（62）62.The survey was about what kind of jobs children want to do. (Job Stereotypes)
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（63）63.Professor Hill thinks that his favourite newspaper is much better than the popular papers and that others should read this paper, too. (British Newspapers)
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（64）64.Only an eccentric has particular habits which others find irritating or amusing. (Eccentricity)
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（65）65.f two of the robbers wear motor-cycle helmets, the bank clerks would be suspicious. (Dustbin Day Robbery)
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（66）66.One of the speakers doubts if the person sentenced to death is really guilty. (Capital Punishment)
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（67）67.Daniel and Michelle Burns gave up their jobs just because they felt underpaid. (A New Way of Life)
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（68）68.Romans spread the techniques for producing cheese to the countries they invaded.
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（69）69.A hundred years ago people never questioned whether men were really wiser, stronger, more sensible and better than women. (Men and Women)
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（70）70.Hopefully the world will suffer less from the loss of its forests because very few people use wood fuel now.
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（71）71.Carbon dioxide will cause a number of species to become extinct.
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（72）72.Nuclear plants are a constant menace to life on this planet.
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（73）73.The interviewee, She is the First Lady of Jazz, the greatest blues singer the world has ever known, often tries to change the fashions and she has made it. (Jazz Singer)
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（74）74.The monitor can print on paper the information on the screen. (Setting Up a Home Computer)
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（75）75.The Hindenburg had to hover in the sky for three more hours because of heavy fog. (Last of the Airships?)
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（76）76.The cost of the Olympic Games is increasing.
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（77）77.People’s accent is not enough to tell their social position in the U.S.A. (Class in Britain and Americ
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（78）78.Being educated and having worked off the Indian reservation, she has become different from what her tribal people expected of her.
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（79）79.Those who have been to universities don’t make grammatical or careless spelling mistakes. (Getting a Jo##
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（80）80.Magazines and newspapers should be excluded from a child’s reading list.
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问答题：
（1）At the end of the story A Saturday Afternoon, Maurice was walking up the drive towards the house, whistling cheerfully. Behind him, above the trees, several thick black columns of smoke were beginning to rise slowly into the clear blue sky. What do you think he had done and why he did that? (A Saturday Afternoon)
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（2）List the safety precautions that had been taken on the Hinderburg, the world’s largest airship. (Last of the Airships?)
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The cigarette lighters (were chained to the tables).
Both passengers and crew (were searched for matches before entering the ship).
The airship (was made of special materials, which had been chosen to minimize the possibility of accidental sparks, which might cause an explosion).

（3）Briefly tell about the education the Indian girl received. (The Autobiography: Seminole Girl)
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almost failed public high school
went to business college
her English was bad
worked very hard
graduated and got a job in a bank

（4）What are the most important aspects of applications? (Getting a Jo##
答案：spelling, correct grammar, content and layout
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easy to read

（5）Why does Judith Davidson stress that the application for a job should be handwritten? (Getting a Jo##
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Many believe this gives some indication of the character of the person who wrote it. Some people forget vital things like putting their own address or the date. Others fail to do what’s required of them by a job advertisement.

（6）In Night Flight, what happened in the plane flying to Brisbane? When the two pilots collapsed, who flew the plane to the destination? Did he succeed? (Night Flight)
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（7）Give an example of eccentricity. Describe an eccentric person in your life or in the text Eccentricity. (Eccentricity)
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2) Victorian surgeon by the name of Buckland–great animal lover, shared his house with snakes, bears, rats, monkeys and eagles, sampled these animals as food.
3) American billionaire, Howard Hughes.

（8）In Do It Yourself, how has Mr. Miller adapted his house to suit the need of his disabled son Paul? Name three of the changes he made to the house. (Do It Yourself)
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2)Raised the power-points
3)Expand the house
4)Installed smoke alarms
5)Put in a burglar system
6)Put a device on Paul’s wheelchair so that he can remote control the door

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expands a child’s vocabulary
improves a child’s language
enriches a child’s experience
helps children to become independent in life