Anyone who had been in your position() the same.

听力原文： I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadn't the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go.

It had been snowing heavily that day and I didn't know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Milly had died. "She meant more to me than anyone even my own wife!" he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal. I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn. "I wouldn't leave her out in the cold!" he said.

Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground. "She was such a good cow! I wouldn't let anyone but a doctor touch her!" he said, and burst into tears again.

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

33. What do we know about Milly from the story？

34. What might the farmer wish the speaker to do？

35. What is probably the person who told the story？

(30)

A．She had met with an accident.

B．She had caused a scandal.

C．She was seriously ill.

D．She was hidden somewhere.

A、had anyone been

B、anyone had

C、had anyone

D、anyone had been

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No man has been more harshly judged than Machiavelli, especially in the two centuries follow-ing his death. But he has since found many able champions and the tide has turned. The prince has been termed a manual for tyrants, the effect of which has been most harmful. But were Machiavelli's doctrines really new？ Did he discover them？ He merely had the frankness and cour- age to write down what everybody was thinking and what everybody knew. He merely gives us the impressions he had received from a long and intimate intercourse with princes and the affairs of state. It was Lord Bacon who said that Machiavelli tells us what princes do, not what they ought to do. When Machiavelli takes Caesar Borgia as a model, he does not praise him as a hero at all, but merely as a prince who was capable of attaining the end in view. The life of the state was the prima- ry object. It must be maintained. And Machiavelli has laid down the principles, based upon his stud-y and wide experience, by which this may be accomplished. He wrote from the view-point of the politician-not of the moralist. What is good politics may be bad morals, and in fact, by a strange fatality, where morals and politics clash, the latter generally gets the upper hand. And will anyone contend that the principles set forth by Machiavelli in his Prince or his Discourses have entirely per- ished from the earth？ Has diplomacy been entirely stripped of fraud and duplicity？ Let anyone read the famous eighteenth chapter of The Prince:"ln what Manner Princes should Keep their Faith,"and he will be convinced that what was true nearly four hundred years ago, is quite as true today.

Of the remaining works of Machiavelli the most important is the History of Florence written be-

tween 1521 and 1525, and dedicated to Clement VII. This book is merely a rapid review of the Middle

Ages, and as part of it the history of Florence. Machiavelli's method has been criticized for adhering

at times too closely to the chroniclers of his time, and at others rejecting their testimony without ap-

parent reason, while in its details the authority of his History is often questionable.lt is the straightfor-

ward, logical narrative, which always holds the interest of the reader, that is the greatest charm of

the History.

56. It can be inferred from the beginning of the text that

[ A] many people used to think highly of Machiavelli.

[ B] Machiavelli had been very influential among the rulers.

[ C] Machiavelli was widely read among his contemporaries.

[ D] Machiavelli has been a target of criticism throughout history.

A.whom

B.what

C.which

D.who

apply for a job at the Martin Aircraft Company. When asked what he wanted to do, he said,"Everything." He explained that his goal was to learn every job in the factory. He’d like to go to a department and find out what was done there. When the supervisor determined his work was as good as anyone else’s, he’d want to go to a different department and start over. The personnel people agreed to this unusual request, and by the time H.T.Morris was 20, he’d made his way through the huge factory and was working in experimental design for a fantastic salary. Whenever he went to a new department, he looked for the guys who had been around forever. These were the people novices usually avoided, afraid that next to them they’d look like the beginners they were. My father asked them every question he could think of. They liked this inquisitive young man and showed him shortcuts they had developed that no one else had ever asked about. These sages became his mentors. Whatever your goals, plan to network with those who know more than you. Model your efforts on theirs, adjusting and improving as you go.

The author’s father applied for a job at the Martin Aircraft Company and his goal was ()

A、to be a good worker with a special knowledge about his work

B、to do everything assigned him willingly

C、to be able to do whatever job there was in the factory

D、to be a good supervisor himself in the future

y and numbered accounts.Over the years,they had successfully withstood every challenge to this system by their own government who,in turn,had been frequently urged by foreign governments to reveal information about the financial affairs of certain account holders.The result of this policy of secrecy was that a kind of mystique had grown up around Swiss banking.There was a widely-held belief that Switzerland was irresistible to wealthy foreigners, mainly because of its numbered accounts and bankers, reluctance to ask awkward questions of depositors.Contributing to the mystique was the view,carefully propagated by the banks themselves, that if this secret was ever given up, foreigners would fall over themselves in the rush to withdraw money, and the Swiss banking system would virtually collapse overnight. To many, therefore, it came like a bolt out of the blue, when, in 1977，the Swiss banks announced they had signed a pact with the Swiss National Bank (the Central Bank).The aim of the agreement was to prevent the improper use of the country’s bank secrecy laws，and its effect to curb (遏制)severely the system of secrecy. The rules which the banks had agreed to observe made the opening of numbered accounts subject to much closer scrutiny than before.The banks would be required,if necessary,to identify the origin of foreign fund going into numbered and other accounts.The idea was to stop such accounts being used for dubious (可疑的)purposes.Also，they agreed not to accept funds resulting from tax evasion or from crime. The pact represented essentially a tightening up of banking rules.Although the banks agreed to end relations with clients whose identities were unclear or who were performing improper acts, they were still not obliged to inform. on a client to anyone, including the Swiss government.To some extent,therefore,the principle of secrecy had been maintained. Swiss banks took pride in_________.A.the number of their accounts

B.withholding client information

C.being mysterious to the outsiders

D.attracting wealthy foreign clients

According to the passage,the widely-held belief that Switzerland was irresistible to wealthy for-eigners was__________by banks themselves.A.denied

B.criticized

C.reviewed

D.defended

In the last paragraph,the writer thinks that________.A.complete changes had been introduced into Swiss banks

B.Swiss banks could no long keep client information

C.changes in the bank policies had been somewhat superficial

D.more changes need to be considered and made

Swiss banks are tightening its banking rules by________.A.examining the origin of foreign funds before going into accounts

B.preventing doubtful accounts from going into the bank

C.refusal of funds from crimes or tax evasions

D.all of the above

The purpose of the pact signed with the Swiss National Bank was__________.A.to attract more wealthy foreigners to the bank

B.to stop improper use of the banking secrecy laws of the country

C.to increase the numbered accounts of the Swiss Banks

D.to add mystery to Swiss Banks

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ig cities. Just after the Second World War these big, twenty-to-thirty storey buildings, hundreds of feet in height, were thought to be the ideal solution to the housing problem. For on the one hand, there was severe housing shortage, but on the other hand, there was lack of space to build houses in urban areas. Blocks of "high-rise" flats seemed at first to be able to solve the problem, since they can offer more families to live in on less land. The beautiful, modem apartments in the high-rises were much sought after by people who lived downtown.

Hundreds of the vast blocks had been built before anyone began to doubt about whether they were good solutions or not. Are they suitable places for people, children especially, to live in？ A well-known British architect, who personally designed many of these buildings, now believes that the high-rises may well make those people who have been housed in them suffer a great deal.

Evidence has been collected by social workers, which suggests that people do suffer. They complain about severe loneliness and deep depression living within these great towers. People also talk about lack of communication with others, no easy access to a playground for children, no chances for adults to get familiarized with each other. Many people say that they have lived next door to each other for years in the same building, but they never know who their neighbors are. Some experts say that a large number of people living in the high-rises suffer from mental disorder and even developed criminal tendencies. As a result of these new discoveries, plans for new high-rise blocks are being reconsidered. We Chinese are now building up many high-rises in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Perhaps we should also reconsider the idea too.

There was a big housing problem after the Second World War ______.

A．in London

B．in the rural areas

C．in many big cities

D．in many countries

le of 56 works by Damien Hirst, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, at Sotheby's in London on September 15th 2008. All but two pieces sold, fetching more than ￡70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last victory. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy.

The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics , a research firm—double the figure five years earlier. Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries.

In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst's sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector, they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008. Within weeks the world's two biggest auction houses, Sotheby's and Christie's, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.

The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989. This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their peak on average, though some have been far more fluctuant. But Edward Dolman, Christie's chief executive, says: " I'm pretty confident we're at the bottom. "

What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market. Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds—death, debt and divorce—still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away, waiting for confidence to return.

In the first paragraph, Damien Hirst's sale was referred to as "a last victory" because_________.

A．the art market had witnessed a succession of victories

B．the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bids

C．Beautiful Inside My Head Forever won over all masterpieces

D．it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis

Anyone who thinks it’s easy being a star should meet one of the hardest-working celebrities on the planet.Liu Dehua,appearing in 108 films in 20 years,is the “No.1

Box office Actor 1985——2005” of Hong Kong.But he’s more than just a pretty face,with a separate career as a singer and musician.Heˊs one of the Four Heavenly Kings of

Canto-pop,along with Jacky Cheung,Aaron Kwok,and Leon Lai.In fact,he is in the Guinness World Records for “Most Awards Won by a Canto-Pop Male Artist”.By April 2000,

Liu Dehua had won 292 awards for his singing career,with more than 179 concert appearances since 1992.If this doesnˊt impress you,thereˊs one more fact you should know:

he has accomplished this body of work while struggling with Hepatitis B(乙型肝炎) .In 2006,Liu Dehua revealed that he has been a carrier of this 1ife-threatening condition

for 20 years.Currently 3%一6% of the world’s population is infected with the Virus,but up to a third or more may have been exposed.Mr.Liu’s decision to publicly

acknowledge the condition demonstrates that he is as courageous as he is hard—working and handsome.Perhaps his honesty will help others to come forth and acknowledge their

illness,or seek treatment.

1.Which of me following is NOT the reason for Liu Dehuaˊs success？

A) Being handsome.

B) Being hardest-working

C) Being honest.

D) Being generous.

2.Which of the following statements about Liu Dehua is NOT true according passage？

A) His honesty will threaten his career.

B) He is the No.1 Box 0fficeActor 1985—2005.

C) He is one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Canto-pop.

D) He has been infected with a dangerous disease.

3.What proportion of the world’s population has been exposed to be infected with the Hepatitis B virus？

A) 3%—6%.

B) About 1%—2%

C) Above 1%—2%

D) Above 33%.

4.What is the significance of Mr.Liu’s decision to publicly acknowledge his health condition？

A) People win like his films and songs better.

B) People will know that he is hard-working and courageous.

C) His honesty will help others to make open their illness and try to get treatment.

D) He may find the best treatment by publicly acknowledging his illness.

5.What is the author‘s attitude towards Liu Dehua？

A) Objective

B) Postive

C) Critical

D)Sympathetic

MARRY: Hi, Tim. How do you like your new job？

TIM: I like it. {A.So what do you do there exactly？; B. I just want to be a good team worker and not step on anyone’s toes.; C. But how did you know about my new job？; D. you happen to have that work experience.; E. Can you fill me in on what has been happening？}

MARRY: I just heard through the grapevine that you landed a job in a big car company. {A.So what do you do there exactly？; B. I just want to be a good team worker and not step on anyone’s toes.; C. But how did you know about my new job？; D. you happen to have that work experience.; E. Can you fill me in on what has been happening？}

TIM: Ok, two weeks ago I got a tip that this company wanted to take on some experienced workers who have experience with wireless, electrical car-charging technology.

MARRY: Oh, {A.So what do you do there exactly？; B. I just want to be a good team worker and not step on anyone’s toes.; C. But how did you know about my new job？; D. you happen to have that work experience.; E. Can you fill me in on what has been happening？}

TIM: Well, anyway, I made a beeline over to their office, had an interview with the department manager, and was told to start work the next day.

MARRY: That’s really great. {A.So what do you do there exactly？; B. I just want to be a good team worker and not step on anyone’s toes.; C. But how did you know about my new job？; D. you happen to have that work experience.; E. Can you fill me in on what has been happening？}

TIM: Right now I’m basically just an office worker, but if I’m given the chance, I want to become the Marketing Director there.

MARRY: Don’t tell me you’re already looking for a promotion.

TIM: No, of course not. I’ve got a lot to learn yet. In the meantime, {A.So what do you do there exactly？; B. I just want to be a good team worker and not step on anyone’s toes.; C. But how did you know about my new job？; D. you happen to have that work experience.; E. Can you fill me in on what has been happening？}

MARRY: Well, I wish you luck.

TIM: Thank you.

people who have researched the subject—and studied the brain—say that riley are. Three quarters of the bright but speech-delayed children in the group I studied had a close relative who was an-engineer, mathematician or scientist and four fifths had a close relative who played a musical instrument. The children themselves usually took readily to math and other analytical subjects and to music.

Black, white and Asian children in this group show the same patterns. However, it is clear that blacks have been greatly overrepresented in the development of American popular music and greatly underrepresented in such fields as mathematics, science and engineering.

If the abilities required in analytical fields and in music are so closely related, how can there be this great discrepancy？ One reason is that the development of mathematical and other such abilities requires years of formal schooling, while certain musical talents can be developed with little or no formal training, as has happened with a number of well-known black musicians.

It is precisely in those kinds of music where one can acquire great skill without formal training that blacks have excelled popular music rather than classical music, piano rather than violin, blues rather than opera. This is readily understandable, given that most blacks, for most of American history, have not had either the money or the leisure for long years of formal study in music.

Blacks have not merely held their own in American popular music. They have played a disproportionately large role in the development of jazz, both traditional and modern. A long string of names comes to mind—Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker... and so on.

None of this presupposes any special innate (先天的) ability of blacks in music. On the contrary, it is perfectly consisted with blacks having no more such inborn ability than anyone else, but being limited to being able to express such ability in narrower channels than others who have had the money, the time and the formal education to spread out over a wider ranger of music, as well as into mathematics, science and engineering.

What is the main idea of the first paragraph？

A．Mathematical ability and musical ability are connected.

B．Mathematical ability has more to do with the brain than musical ability.

C．More people are good at music than math.

D．More research should be done into the relationship between mathematical ability and musical ability.