短对话文本：M: Can you tell me when the next bus leaves for Bloomington? W: The next bus leaves in three minutes. If you run, you might catch it.
What will the man probably do？
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A : Walk to take the train.
B : Hurry to catch the train. C : Hurry to catch the bus.
D : Walk to take the bus.
解析：根据音频，下一班车三分钟后出发，因此男士很可能要马上去赶车。所以选B。
Question 10008760
短对话文本：
W: Don’t you wish you were going away for the holiday?
M: No, I’m happy to stay at home. It’s pretty irritating having to fight all that holiday traffic just to get out of town for a couple of days.
What does the man mean?
音频：
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B : He has long been fed up with traveling.
C : He is going out of town for a couple of days.
D : He is annoyed by the heavy traffic downtown.
解析：女士问男士是否希望外出度假，男士回答说他很高兴待在家里。由此可知，男士假期更愿意待在家里，所以选A。prefers to与对话中am happy to对应。
Question 11057
短对话文本：
W: I'm going to Chicago on business and somebody said you were the right person to talk to about what I can do there for fun. M: You bet I am. But I hope you've got at least a month.
What does the man imply?
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A : Chicago is an expensive place to have fun.
B : He recently spent a month in Chicago. C : He can recommend many things to do.
D : He is going on the trip, too.
解析：女士听说要知道芝加哥的好玩之处得问这位男士，故慕名而来。男士回答：没错。不过希望女士至少有一个月时间。言下之意，他可以推荐很多好玩之处，时间少了会不够用，所以选B。
Question 11042
短对话文本：
M: Excuse me, but could you tell me how to get to the Grand Hotel? I thought it was on the corner, but I seem to have made a mistake. W: I'm sorry. Maybe you should try calling them. There's a phone over there by the candy store.
What does the woman suggest the man do?
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A : Take a taxi to the hotel.
B : Wait in the candy store.
C : Walk round the corner to the hotel. D : Telephone the hotel for directions.
解析：关键是要在女士的回答中把握try calling和there's a phone over there，由此得出C，即女士自己也不知道怎么走，于是建议男士去糖果店旁边打个电话咨询一下。
Question 11177
短对话文本：
M: Tell me about your trip to Philadelphia. W: Well, we walked a lot, visited some interesting monuments and finished up at a good restaurant.
What is the woman talking about?
音频：
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A : A trip she takes frequently. B : A trip she has already taken.
C : A restaurant she owns.
D : A famous statue in Philadelphia.
解析：解答本题的关键是听到音频中的关键词“trip to Philadelphia”。另外，女士的回答用过去时态说明旅行已经结束了。所以选A。
Question 11141
短对话文本：M:Could you tell me if the flight from Manhattan will be arriving on time? W:Yes, Sir. It should be arriving in ten minutes, but it will be delayed for about an hour due to the fog.
Who do you think the man is talking to?
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A : A weatherwoman.
B : An airline stewardess. C : A clerk at the airport information desk.
D : A taxi-driver.
解析：由flight可推知与A、C选项无关。男士询问flight from Manhattan，由此可知他不在飞机上，排除B，所以选D。
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Question 1000864061
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M: How did it go at the bank this morning?
W: Not well. My proposal was rejected.
M: Really? But why?
W: Bunch of reasons. For starters, they said my credit history was not good enough.
M: Did they say how you could improve that?
W: Yes. They said that after five more years of paying my mortgage, then I would become a more viable candidate for a business loan. But right now it’s too risky for them to lend me money. They fear I will default on any business loan I’m given.
M: Well, that doesn’t sound fair. Your business idea is amazing. Did you show them your business plan? What did they say?
W: They didn’t really articulate any position regarding the actual business plan. They simply looked at my credit history and determined it was not good enough. They said the bank has strict guidelines and requirements as to who they can lend money to. And I simply don’t meet their financial threshold.
M: What if you asked for a smaller amount? Maybe you could gather capital from other sources. Smaller loans from more lenders?
W: You don’t get it. It doesn’t matter the size of the loan I ask for, or the type of business I propose. That’s all inconsequential. The first thing every bank will do is study how much money I have and how much debt I have before they decide whether or not to lend me any more money. If I want to continue ahead with this dream of owning my own business, I have no other choice but to build up my own finances. I need around 20% more in personal savings and 50% less debt. That’s all there is to it.
M: I see now. Well, it’s a huge pity that they rejected your request, but don’t lose hope. I still think that your idea is great and that you would turn it into a phenomenal success.
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Question：What did the woman do this morning?
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A : She called on the man.
B : She paid her mortgage. C : She went to the bank.
D : She made a business plan.
解析：细节题。音频开头男士问女士今天早上在银行的情况怎么样。由此可知，女士今天早上去了趟银行，所以选D。
Question：Why was the woman’s proposal rejected?
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A : Her previous debt hadn’t been cleared yet.
B : She had apparently asked for too much.
C : She didn’t pay her mortgage in time. D : Her credit history was considered poor.
解析：细节题。音频中女士提到，她的提议被拒有很多原因，首先，银行工作人员认为她的信用记录不够好，所以选B。
Question：What is the woman planning to do?
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A : Check her credit history. B : Start her own business.
C : Buy a piece of property.
D : Pay a debt long overdue.
解析：细节题。音频中男士说女士的经营理念很棒，并问女士有没有把自己的商业计划给银行工作人员看。女士之后提到，如果她想继续自己的创业梦想，那么她别无选择，只能积累资本。由此可知，女士正计划创业，所以选C。
Question：What does the man suggest the woman do?
音频：
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A : Build up her own finances step by step.
B : Seek advice from an expert about fundraising. C : Ask for smaller loans from different lenders.
D : Revise her business proposal carefully.
解析：细节题。音频中男士建议女士通过其他渠道收集资金，例如向多个贷款机构申请小额贷款，所以选B。
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Question 11186
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In 1946 there was a program in the Rio Grande valley to substitute the hybrid corn, which is produced by mixing several types of corn, for the native corn. The native corn was of poor nutritional quality and gave a poor quantity of grain, while the hybrid corn was of excellent quality and gave about three times as large a crop as the native variety. In the first year, half of the 84 farmers in the village planted the hybrid corn and doubled the corn production. Three years later, however, only three farmers planted the hybrid corn. The others were planting the traditional variety. At the beginning of the project, the program leader studied the pattern of the natural relations of plants, animals, and people to each other and to their surroundings of the area and showed films demonstrating the superiority of the new corn. The farmers agreed that the hybrid corn had great advantages. The size of the corn confirmed these advantages. Why did they stop planting it? They complained that it wasn't good for cooking and they didn't like the flavor.
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Question：What does the program mentioned in the passage intend to do?
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A : Replacing the hybrid corn with the native corn. B : Replacing the native corn with the hybrid corn.
C : Replacing the new type of corn with the traditional corn.
D : Replacing the traditional corn with the native corn.
解析：解答本题的关键在于理解词组substitute A for B，意为用A代替B。根据音频，是杂交谷物代替本土谷物。所以选A。
Question：What are the advantages of the hybrid corn?
音频：
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B : Excellent nutrition.
C : Good appearance.
D : Good flavor.
解析：根据音频，新谷物的优点是质量上乘，产量亦可达本土谷物的三倍之多。所以选D。
Question：Why did the farmers stop planting the hybrid corn?
音频：
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A : Because their wives didn't like it.
B : Because their wives didn't like the flavor. C : Because it wasn't good for cooking.
D : Because they didn't like the appearance.
解析：音频最后一句提到人们不再种新谷物的原因之一是它不易烧煮。所以选B。
Question 19154945
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Free-market capitalism hasn’t freed us; it has trapped us. It’s imperative for us to embrace a workplace revolution. We’re unlikely to spend our last moments regretting that we didn’t spend enough of our lives slaving away at work. We may instead find ourselves feeling guilty about the time we didn’t spend watching our children grow, or with our loved ones, or travelling, or on the cultural or leisure pursuits that bring us happiness. Unfortunately, the average full-time employee in the world works 42 hours a week—well over a third of the time we’re awake. Some of our all too precious time is being stolen: office workers do around 2 billion hours of unpaid overtime each year. So it’s extremely welcome that some government coalitions have started looking into potentially cutting the working week to four days.
The champions of free-market capitalism promised their way of life would bring us freedom. But it wasn’t freedom at all: from the lack of secure, affordable housing to growing job insecurity and rising personal debt, the individual is trapped. Nine decades ago, leading economists predicted that technological advances and rising productivity would mean that we’d be working a 15-hour week by now. That target has been somewhat missed.
Here is the most malignant threat to our personal freedom, particularly as the balance of power in the workplace has been shifted so dramatically from worker to boss. A huge portion of our lives involves the surrender of our freedom and personal autonomy. It’s time in which we are directed by the needs and desires of others, and denied the right to make our own choices. That’s bad for us. It’s hardly surprising that over half a million workers suffer from work-related mental health conditions each year, or that 15.4 million working days were lost to work-related stress last year, a jump of nearly a quarter.
Yes, there are those who, far from being overworked, actually seek more hours. But a shorter working week would enable us to redistribute hours from the overworked to the underworked. We need to look at ways of cutting the working week without slashing living standards. After all, the world’s workers have already suffered the worst deduction in wages since the early 1800s. And cutting the working week would be conducive to the individual, giving millions of workers more time to spend as they see fit.
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Question：What do people often feel guilty about according to the speaker?
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A : Not benefiting from free-market capitalism.
B : Not playing a role in a workplace revolution. C : Not spending enough time on family life and leisure.
D : Not earning enough money to provide for the family.
解析：细节题。音频中提到，在生命的最后一刻，我们不太可能因为没有花足够的时间在工作上而感到遗憾；相反，让我们感到遗憾的，可能是没有花时间看着孩子成长、与亲人共处、旅行、或者参加能让我们感到幸福的文化或休闲活动，所以选D。
Question：What did leading economists predict 90 years ago?
音频：
本地缓存路径：Unit1/19154945.mp3 A : People would be working only fifteen hours a week now.
B : Technological advances would create many new jobs.
C : The balance of power in the workplace would change.
D : Most workers could afford to have a house of their own.
解析：细节题。音频中提到，九十年前，主流经济学家预测，技术的进步和生产率的提高将意味着我们现在每周只需工作15个小时，所以选A。
Question：What is the result of denying workers’ right to make their own choices?
音频：
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A : Unequal distribution of working hours. B : Deterioration of workers’ mental health.
C : Loss of workers’ personal dignity.
D : Deprivation of workers’ creativity.
解析：细节题。音频中提到，如今，我们被其他人的需求和欲望引导，没有自己做选择的权力，这对我们是不利的；因此，每年有超过五十万员工患有与工作相关的心理健康问题也就不足为奇了，所以选C。