Unit 4 1031485174

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Question 11063

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W: I just found out the registration of the calligraphy class is full. Now I have to wait another whole year to get in.
M: Why don't you check back after the first week? Somebody might quit.


What does the man suggest the woman do?
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A : Take the course next year.
B : Make sure the registration office doesn't make a mistake.
C : Decide whether to drop the course next week.
D : Register the class if a place will be available later.
解析：根据音频，男士建议女士第一周后再查阅一下，也许有人退出。即如果有名额，还可以报名书法课。所以选C。

Question 11062

短对话文本：

M: You really seem to enjoy your literature class.
W: I sure do. It opens new worlds for me. I'm exposed to the thoughts of some of the world's best writers. I've never read so much in my life!


Why is she so excited?
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A : Because she is going to earn more money.
B : Because she is writing a book.
C : Because she has met some interesting students.
D : Because she is enjoying reading literature books.
解析：从女士的语气我们得知她很兴奋，原因是上文学课给她打开了新天地，让她接触到世界知名作家的思想，最后她说从没读过这么多书。由此推断，她很喜欢读文学书，所以选C。

Question 11037

短对话文本：M: Our English teacher has been very busy since last month. He never stops working until 12:00 at night.
W: Had I known that, I would never have troubled him so much.

What can we learn from the conversation?
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A : The woman has never troubled the English teacher.
B : The English teacher has not been busy.
C : The man has troubled the English teacher very much.
D : The woman has troubled the English teacher very much.
解析：Had I known that是与过去事实相反的虚拟语气，另外would never have done表示不该做某事而实际上做了。由女士所说的Had I known that, I would never have troubled him so much可知她已经麻烦过老师了。

Question 11017

短对话文本：W: Do you think Professor Adam will give us a long term paper instead of giving us tests for the Medieval Lit course?
M: I don't know. I am keeping my fingers crossed that way.
What does the man mean?
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A : He hopes to write a paper.
B : He prefers the tests to the term paper.
C : He will write a short paper instead of a long one.
D : He doesn't know which.
解析：keeping my fingers crossed意为祈祷某事、希望某事发生。由此可以判断男士想写论文而不想考试。

Question 10978

短对话文本：W: Have you started researching for your paper on computer programming languages of the future?
M: To tell you the truth, I've been putting it off.
What does the man mean?
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A : He withdrew from his computer class.
B : He doesn't know what topic to research.
C : He hasn't done any work yet.
D : He's in a hurry to finish his paper.
解析：女士询问男士论文的研究进展，男士回答：I've been putting it off，短语put off是“推迟，拖延”的意思，即我已经推迟了。由此判断他还没有开始做论文。

Question 10976

短对话文本：

M: Don't you ever go home? Every time I see you, you are here in the library, poring over your books.
W: What do you mean? I thought this was home.


What can be inferred about the woman?
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A : She prefers to study at home.
B : She needs to find a new place to live in.
C : She spends a lot of time in the library.
D : She needs to return some books to the library.
解析：男士说每次见到女士她都在图书馆专心读书，所以问她：难道你不回家吗？女士回答：I thought this was home（我以为这就是我的家）。 可见她以图书馆为家，说明她在图书馆花了很多时间。

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Question 11185

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M: You must be pretty excited about your trip to Europe. When are you leaving?
W: In just three weeks. And I am excited. But there are still a few things I need to do before I go.
M: Like what?
W: Like renewing my passport, going to the travel agency to buy my plane ticket, and figuring out what to do with my apartment while I'm gone.
M: You are not going to give it up, are you?
W: No way. I'll never find another apartment around here. But I don't like the idea of paying three months' rent on an empty apartment, either.
M: Perhaps you could sublet it.
W: Yes, but who to?
M: Mmm, let me think. Oh, I just know a person. An old colleague of mine, Jim Thomas, is coming here to do some research this summer from June through August.
W: That's exactly when I'll be away. It sounds ideal as long as the landlord agrees.
M: Tell you what. I'll be calling Jim late this week, anyway. So I'll mention it to him then.
W: Now, thanks, Bill. Let me know what happens. That extra money will really come in handy.
 

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Question：What does the woman need to do at the travel agency?
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A : Arrange for her accommodations in Europe.
B : Pick up a passport application form.
C : Purchase her plane ticket.
D : Change her plane ticket.
解析：根据音频，女士谈到了动身之前要做的几件事，其中一件是需要去旅行社买机票。所以选A。

Question：Why doesn't the woman want to give up her apartment?
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A : She doesn't have time to move.
B : She doesn't want to paint another apartment.
C : She would have difficulty finding another apartment nearby.
D : She's paid her rent for the summer in advance.
解析：音频中提到，I'll never find another apartment around here说明周围不可能再找到其他的公寓了。所以选B。

Question：How does the man know Jim Thomas?
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A : He went on a summer trip with him.
B : He's spoken to him on the phone.
C : He stayed in his apartment one summer.
D : He used to work with him.
解析：音频中明确提到Jim Thomas是男士以前的同事。所以选D。

Question：How long will the woman be in Europe?
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A : Three months.
B : Three weeks.
C : One month.
D : Over a year.
解析：根据音频，需要租房的Jim先生租期是6月到8月，正好是女士去欧洲度假的时间，由此可以判断她将在欧洲待三个月。所以选C。

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Question 11066

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    Twenty years ago London could have claimed the title "Smog City, Europe". Three fourths of its smoke is gone now and the remarkable change was caused by a series of killer fogs in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

    The worst of these settled over London on December 5th, 1952. For four continuous days the city's normal daily death rate was over 50, and, in all, some 4,000 extra deaths that winter were blamed on the incident. More such fogs came in the winters that followed. Each gave people a big alarm.

    In 1956 Parliament passed the Clean Air Act, declaring that factories and homes in critical areas of the city must switch from soft high sulphur coal to less smoky fuels: hard coal, gas, electricity, or oil. Inevitably there were economic problems and complaints, both to householders and to industries. But, with each passing year, London's air grew cleaner.

    London has proved that the veil of smog can be cast off, but its success story stands almost alone. In sunny Spain, Madrid has joined the ranks of fog cities. In Italy, acid from smog cuts into centuries old sculpture. And each rain here in Washington washes more acid onto our marble buildings and monuments.

    The massive struggle to clean our air began so recently that victory seems far off. But we have taken an important step and we realize we must do something. In the frequently quoted words of Pogo, "We have met the enemy, and he is us."


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Question：Which city's buildings are not suffering from smog according to the passage?
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A : Madrid.
B : Washington.
C : Rome.
D : London.
解析：根据文章内容London has proved that...almost alone，即伦敦摆脱了烟雾困扰，但它是唯一成功的。后文以不同说法表明 Madrid,Italy,Washington的烟雾污染都很严重，是对上述表达的支持。所以选B。

Question：Where was the article probably published?
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A : In Italy.
B : In Spain.
C : In the United States.
D : In Britain.
解析：文中提到：And...here in Washington...表明了说话人所在地是Washington，所以本文发表地最有可能是在美国。所以选C。

Question：Which of the following can best describe the main idea of the article?
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A : Illustrate the bad effects of smog to buildings.
B : Praise London for cleaning off smog.
C : Appeal to American people to act against smog.
D : Introduce the Clean Air Act.
解析：文章主题句一般会出现在首段或尾段。此问题出现在最后可以推断，尾段是我们解答此题的关键。最后一段提到：struggle to clean our air, victory seems far off, we have taken...step, we realize we must do something等等，这些信息点说明，作者借本文号召大家采取行动，战胜烟雾。由上题可知，作者身处美国，故呼吁的对象是美国人。所以选D。

Question 19154958

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In last week’s lecture, we discussed the characteristics of the newly born offspring of several mammals. You probably remember that human infants are less developed physically than other mammals of the same age. But in today’s lecture, we’ll look at three very interesting studies that hint at the surprising abilities of human babies.

 

In the first study, three-year-olds watched two videos shown side by side, each featuring a different researcher, one of whom they’d met once two years earlier. The children spent longer watching the video showing the researcher they hadn’t met. This is consistent with young children’s usual tendency to look longer at things that aren’t familiar. And really, this is amazing. It suggests the children remember the researcher they’ve met just one time when they were only one-year-olds. Of course, as most of us forget memories from our first few years as we grow older, these early long-term memories will likely be lost in subsequent years.

 

Our second study is about music. For this study, researchers played music to babies through speakers located on either side of a human face. They waited until the babies got bored and averted their gaze from the face. And then they changed the mood of the music, either from sad to happy or the other way around. This mood switch made no difference to the three-month-olds; but for the nine-month-olds, it was enough to renew their interest and they started looking again in the direction of the face. This suggests that babies of that age can tell the difference between a happy melody and a sad tune.

 

Our final study is from 1980, but it’s still relevant today. In fact, it’s one of the most famous pieces of research about infant emotion ever published. The study involved ordinary adults watching video clips of babies (nine months or younger). In the video clips, the babies made various facial expressions in response to real-life events, including playful interactions and painful ones. The adult observers were able to reliably discern an assortment of emotions on the babies’ faces. These emotions included interest, joy, surprise, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt and fear.

 

Next week, we’ll be looking at this last study more closely. In fact, we will be viewing some of the video clips from that study, and together, see how well we do in discerning the babies’ emotions.

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Question：What are the three interesting studies about?
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A : Cognitive features of different newly born mammals.
B : Adults’ influence on children.
C : Similarities between human babies and baby animals.
D : Abilities of human babies.
解析：细节题。音频开头提到，今天的讲座将提到三个有趣的研究，这些研究暗示了人类婴儿的惊人能力，所以选D。

Question：What does the second study find about nine-month-old babies?
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A : They can distinguish a happy tune from a sad one.
B : They are already sensitive to beats and rhythms.
C : They fall asleep easily while listening to music.
D : They love happy melodies more than sad ones.
解析：细节题。音频中提到，音乐的基调发生变化对三个月大的婴儿没有什么影响；但是能够重新激发九个月大的婴儿的兴趣，他们会重新往人脸的方向看。这意味着九个月大的婴儿能够分辨快乐和悲伤的曲调，所以选A。

Question：What is the 1980 study about?
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A : Babies’ emotions.
B : Infants’ behaviors.
C : Infants’ facial expressions.
D : Babies’ interaction with adults.
解析：细节题。音频中提到，1980年的研究是迄今为止发表的关于婴儿情绪最著名的研究之一，所以选B。