Barbara: Say, Susan, why don' t we meet downtown for lunch some day next week？

A.I' d love to

B.Thank you

C.done

D.Sorry

Barbara calls Mr. Smith to make an appointment.

Barbara: Hello, Mr. Smith. This is Barbara, the sales()of Audi. We met at the car exhibition last Friday.

Mr. Smith: Oh, yes. I was just going to call you. I really like that car you recommended and I am thinking of buying it.

Barbara: Good choice. Why don't you come to our store and we can work out the()of purchase？ What time will be convenient for you？

Mr. Smith: I'll be out of town tomorrow, but almost any time after that would be fine with me.

Barbara: Well, could we make a tentative()for, say, this Saturday？

Mr. Smith: That's fine for me. Can you tell me your store's()and opening hours？

Barbara: It's near the Workers' Stadium. And we are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Mr. Smith: Then, I'll come to your store around 10 o'clock.

Barbara: OK. I will wait for you in the store. And don't forget to bring your driver's().

Mr. Smith: OK, see you then.

it.

Susan: Oh no! _________.

Mary: But don't worry. I'll buy you a new one.

A． Don't do that

B． What a shame

C． Don't say that

D． How pity it is

Mike:Professor Cupper ’s class is so boring ; I just can’t stand itany more!

Susan: ________ It’srequired

A.Well, why notjust drop out of it？

B.Why, you can say that again!

C.Well, you might as well get used to it.

D.Why, I couldn’t agree more!

cording to psychologists Susan Onco and Michael Balton, children have very clear ideas about which musical instruments they should play. They find that despite the best efforts of teachers these ideas have changed very little over the past decade. They interviewed 153 children aged between 9 and 11 from schools in northwest England. They asked them to identify 4 musical instruments and then to say which they would like to play most and which they would last like to play. They also asked the children for their views on whether boys and girls should not play any of the 4 instruments. The piano and the violin were both ranked more favorably, by girls than by boys, while boys prefer the drums and trumpets. There was broad agreement between boys and girls on which instruments each sex should play and the reasons vary. And while almost half of all boys said they avoided certain instruments because they were too difficult to play, only 15% of girls gave that as a reason. Earlier studies indicated that very young school children aged between 5 and 7 showed no bias in choosing musical instruments, but their tastes become more clear between the ages of 8 and 10.

Why did Susan and Michael interview children aged between 9 and 11？

A．To find out whether they take music lessons in their spare time.

B．To find out whether they can name four different musical instruments.

C．To find out whether they enjoy playing musical instruments in school.

D．To find out whether they differ in their preference for musical instruments.

PART C

Directions: You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.

听力原文： The piano and violin are girls' instruments. Drums and trumpets are for boys. According to Psychologists Susan O' Neil and Michael Bottome, children have very clear ideas about which musical instruments they should play. They found that despite the best efforts of teachers, these ideas have changed very little over the past decade. They interviewed 153 children, aged between 9 and 11, from schools in northwest England. They asked them to identify four musical instruments and then say which they would like to play most and which they would least like to play. They also asked the children for their views on whether boys or girls should not play any of the four instruments. The piano and violin were both ranked more favorably by girls than by boys, while boys preferred the drums and trumpets. There was a broad agreement between boys and girls on which instruments each sex should play and the reasons varied. And while almost half of all boys said they avoided certain instruments because they were too difficult to play. Only 15 percent of girls gave that as a reason. Earlier studies indicated that very young school children aged between 5 and 7, showed no bias in choosing musical instruments. But their tastes become more clear between the ages of 8 and 10. One survey of 78 teachers suggested that after that age, both boys and girls begin to restrict themselves to the so-called male or female instruments.

How many children did Susan and Michael interview？

A．150.

B．151.

C．152.

D．153.

Passage One

The phrase almost completes itself: midlife crisis. It&39;s the stage in the middle of the journey when people feel youth vanishing, their prospects narrowing and death approaching.

There’s only one problem with the cliche (套话).It isn&39;t true.

“In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small pilot studies conducted decades ago,” Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, Life Reimagined. The vast bulk of the research shows that there may be a pause, or a shifting of gears in the 40s or 50s, but this shift “can be exciting, rather than terrifying”.

Barbara Hagerty looks at some of the features of people who turn midlife into a rebirth. They break routines, because “autopilot is death”. They choose purpose over happiness一having a clear sense of purpose even reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. They give priority to relationships, as careers often recede(逐渐淡化).

Life Reimagined paints a picture of middle age that is far from gloomy. Midlife seems like the second big phase of decision-making. Your identity has been formed; you’ve built up your resources; and now you have the chance to take the big risks precisely because your foundation is already secure.

Karl Barth described midlife precisely this way. At middle age, he wrote, “the sowing is behind; now is the time to reap. The run has been taken; now is the time to leap. Preparation has been made; now is the time for the venture of the work itself.”

The middle-aged person, Barth continued, can see death in the distance, but moves with a “measured haste” to get big new things done while there is still time.

What Barth wrote decades ago is even truer today. People are healthy and energetic longer. We have presidential candidates running for their first term in office at age 68, 69 and 74.A longer lifespan is changing the narrative structure of life itself What could have been considered the beginning of a descent is now a potential turning point—the turning point you are most equipped to take full advantage of.

What does the author think of the phrase “midlife crisis”？

A.It has led to a lot of debate

B.It is widely acknowledged

C.It is no longer fashionable

D.It misrepresents real life

How does Barbara Hagerty view midlife？

A.It may be the beginning of a crisis

B.It can be a new phase of one&39;s life

C.It can be terrifying for the unprepared

D.It may see old-age diseases approaching

According to Karl Barth, midlife is the time_______.

A.to relax

B.to mature

C.to harvest

D.to reflect

How is midlife pictured in the book Life Reimagined？

A.It can be quite rose

B.It can be burdensome

C.It undergoes radical transformation

D.It makes for the best part of one&39;s life

What does the author say about midlife today？

A.It is more meaningful than other stages of life

B.It is likely to change the narrative of one&39;s life

C.It is more important to those with a longer lifespan

D.It is likely to be a critical turning point in one&39;s life

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

l(鸡尾酒)party , say , that they are “in computers,” or “in electronic funds transfer”. the implication is that they are part of the high-tech world, Just between us, they usually aren’t. The researchers who made fundamental breakthroughs in those areas are in high-tech business. The rest of us are__(71)__of their work. We use computers and other new technology components to develop our products or to organize our affairs. Because we go about this work in teams and projects and other tightly knit working groups(紧密联系在一起的工作小组),we are mostly in the human communication business. Our successes stem from good human interactions by all participants in the effort, and our failures stem from poor human interactions. The main reason we tend to focus on the __(72)__rather than the human side of the work is not because it’s more__(73)__, but because it’s easier to do .Getting the new disk drive installed is positively trivial compared to figuring out why Horace is in a blue funk(恐惧)or why Susan is dissatisfied with the company after only a few months. Human interactions are complicated and never very crisp(干脆的，干净利落的)and clean in their effects, but they matter more than any other aspect of the work. If you find yourself concentrating on the __(74)__rather than the __(75)__,you’re like the vaudeville character(杂耍人物) who loses his keys on a dark street and looks for them on the adjacent street because, as he explains, “The light is better there!”. (71)

A.creators

B.innovators

C.appliers

D.inventors

A.as

B.to

C.for

D.with