W: Will you be able to complete the project on time?
M: Well, I’m having my carpenters work full time, but some of the important building materials are being delayed at customs.
What do we learn from the conversation?
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A : The building materials will be delivered soon. B : The construction schedule may not be met.
C : Qualified carpenters are not easy to find.
D : The project is being held up by bad weather.
解析：女士问男士能否按期完成工程，男士回答说一些重要的建筑材料在海关延迟了。由此可知，工程可能不能按期完成，所以选B。
Question 10008856
短对话文本：
W: Why didn’t Rod get a pay raise?
M: The boss just isn’t convinced that his work attitude warranted it. She said she saw him by the coffee machine more often than at his desk.
What are the speakers talking about?
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A : A coffee machine. B : A colleague.
C : Their workload.
D : Their boss.
解析：音频中女士问男士为什么没有给罗德加薪，男士说老板觉得根据罗德的工作态度，没有必要给他加薪。由此可知，对话者在谈论他们的一位同事，所以选A。
Question 11143
短对话文本：W:With a cold that bad, I think it is pretty foolish not to see a doctor. M:Don't worry. It'll pass in a few days.
What does the man mean?
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A : He'll feel better once he sees the doctor.
B : He has had worse colds in the past.
C : He'll see the doctor if he's not better soon. D : His cold will go away by itself.
解析：关键句是It'll pass...，且男士安慰女士说：不要担心。可见他认为感冒不是很严重，自己会痊愈的。
Question 10008766
短对话文本：
M: The next place I’ll show you is going for a great price. The owner’s moving to a foreign country, so they have to sell it immediately.
W: It’s beautiful. I like this small apartment attached to the back. We could rent it out to help with our mortgage payments.
What do we learn about the speakers from the conversation?
音频：
本地缓存路径：Unit6/10008766.mp3 A : The man is trying to sell the woman a house.
B : The man wants to rent a small apartment.
C : The woman has trouble getting a mortgage.
D : The woman is moving to a foreign country.
解析：男士说带女士去的另一个地方价格不错，房主将要移民国外，想要尽快将房子出售。女士说她很喜欢这间小公寓。由此可知，男士在向女士推销房屋，所以选A。
Question 10008765
短对话文本：
W: I wish I hadn’t hurt Jane’s feelings like that. You know I never meant to.
M: One thing I like about Jane is she doesn’t harbor resentment. I guess she’ll have forgotten all about it by tomorrow.
What does the man say about Jane?
音频：
本地缓存路径：Unit6/10008765.mp3 A : She does not hold on to bitter feelings.
B : She resents the way she is treated.
C : She never intends to hurt anyone.
D : She is getting very forgetful these days.
解析：女士说她希望没有伤害到珍的感情，男士说他喜欢珍的一点是珍不会心怀怨恨，他猜测珍到明天的时候已经忘了这一切，所以选D。hold on to bitter feelings是对音频中harbor resentment（心怀怨恨）的同义转述。
Question 10008758
短对话文本：
W: I’m so frustrated with this new computer program. I just can’t figure it out.
M: I know what you mean. It can be overwhelming, especially since the technology is always changing. By the time you learn one program, it’s outdated.
What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?
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A : She is unaware her operation system is outdated.
B : She is amazed at the fast change of technology.
C : She is impatient to learn computer programming. D : She is unable to use the new computer program.
解析：女士说她对这款新的电脑程序感到很沮丧，弄不明白。由此可知，女士不会使用新的电脑程序，所以选B。is unable to use为对话中can’t figure it out的同义转述。
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Question 11065
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W: David, you play the cello, don't you?
M: I did for about six years, but I haven't practiced much since I came to college. Why do you ask?
W: I'm signing up for a noncredit string ensemble course that meets once a week on Wednesday night. We have several violins, violas and two bass players, but only one cellist.
M: Who's directing the group?
W: Janis Hansen.
M: Oh, she.
W: Maybe you've heard of her. She plays the violin in the city of Orchestra. And she also directs three other small local music groups.
M: Hmm, I've had my cello here, but I think I would need to do a lot of work before my playing would sound any good at all.
W: Ms. Hansen will give us individual instruction as well as teach us as a group. There are only ten of us now. Try to join us. We are all at an intermediate level and anyway, you won't get a grade for the course.
M: I'll tell you what I'll play a little this evening and see how it goes.
W: I'm sure you'll be fine. I'll expect to see you at seven o'clock tomorrow in Room 14 of the fine-arts building. I hope you can come to our regular weekly meetings.
M: OK, I'll try to make it.
W: Good. See you then.
M: See you.
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Question：Why does the woman want David to sign up for the course?
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A : He needs to take one more course in order to finish his credit requirements.
B : She thinks he is the best musician at the college.
C : She thinks taking the course would improve his grades in general. D : He plays an instrument the group needs.
解析：女士问 David 是否演奏大提琴，David 问女士为什么问这个问题。女士回答：We have... only one cellist.可见她们大提琴手不够，让David 参加是因为她们团队需要大提琴手。所以选A。
Question：How often will the group meet?
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A : Three times a week. B : Once a week.
C : Every night.
D : Every three days.
解析：音频中明确提到：meets once a week on Wednesday night. 可见这个团队集会的频率是每周一次。并且在最后，女士表示她希望 David 来参加她们的regular weekly meetings。所以选C。
Question：What is the level of the musical proficiency of most of the group members?
音频：
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B : Advanced.
C : Beginning.
D : Professional.
解析：男士对自己目前的演奏水平有些担忧，女士因此鼓励并安慰他：We are all at an intermediate level. 可见团队成员的水平是中等。所以选D。
Question：What will David do this evening?
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A : To look for a new instrument.
B : To try to buy a new instrument. C : To practice his instrument.
D : To start taking music lessons.
解析：在女士劝说下，男士表示：I'll tell you what I'll play a little this evening and see how it goes. 可见他同意试着演奏一下，所以选C。
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Question 11046
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The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger, a kind of round sandwich of cooked ground beef. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At fast food restaurants, people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes. At some fast food restaurants, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars.
There are many kinds of fast food restaurants in the United States. The most numerous sell hamburgers, French fries and milkshakes, which are traditionally popular foods among Americans. In addition, fast food restaurants that serve Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice cream are very numerous.
The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one. Fast food restaurants are popular because they reflect American lifestyle.
First, they are not formal restaurants. Customers wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place.
Second, they are fast. People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their own food or waiting while someone else prepares it. In fast food restaurants the food is usually ready before the customer even orders it.
Finally, most food in a fast food restaurant is not expensive. Therefore, people can afford to eat at a fast food restaurant often, while they may not be able to afford a more traditional and more expensive restaurant very often.
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Question：What is mainly talked about in the passage?
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A : Countries that provide fast food.
B : The kinds of fast food in the United States. C : The popularity of fast food in the United States.
D : Fast food restaurants in the United States.
解析：音频首句列举了多种快餐名称，接下来围绕购买快餐的地点、快餐的种类及选择快餐的原因展开介绍，可见中心话题是快餐。所以选B，即快餐在美国的普及。
Question：What is NOT mentioned as fast food served in restaurants?
音频：
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B : Chinese food.
C : Mexican food.
D : Italian food.
解析：关键在于把握列举的不同国家名称，音频没有提及日餐，所以选C。
Question：Why are fast food restaurants widely welcomed in the USA?
音频：
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A : Because people can take and eat their food in their cars or in their homes.
B : Because customers wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place. C : Because it's a reflection of American way of living.
D : Because fast food restaurants provide fast service and cheap food.
解析：关键在于听到Fast food restaurants are popular because they reflect American life style一句，答案由they reflect American life style得出，所以选C。由下文的first, second 及finally 可知，所讲的三条都只是原因的一部分。
Question 19143206
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Teachers and students alike have experienced the curious paradox that beginners, as a rule, tend to think too little about what they are doing because they think too much about what they are doing. Take, for example, people who are learning to play basketball or the piano. They have to give so much thought and attention to the low-level mechanics of handling the ball or fingering the keys or reading the music, that they are unable to give any thought to the thing that matters—the game, or the music, respectively.
With experts, it’s just the other way around. They’re open to the tactical possibilities and the musical challenges precisely because they’re freed, through skill, from the need to pay attention to the low-level details of how to play. Indeed, when the expert pays attention to the mechanics, this is liable to disrupt performance. This has led some to say that the expert operates in a zone “beyond thought”, in a state of flow. But this is misleading. Expert performance is not beyond thought. Smart basketball players or skilled musicians need to pay close attention to the demands of high performance, to the challenges to be overcome. What they don’t need to do—what would be a distraction—is to have to think about where their fingers are, or how to control the ball while running. It’s not mechanics, but the play itself, that absorbs the expert’s intelligence.
A nice video published online last month sheds light on expertise and the conscious mind. The video reports a new study using an eye-tracking device. It turns out that the less-skilled pianist spends more time looking at her fingers than does the expert who, in contrast, is more likely to be looking at the sheet music, or looking ahead at keys he’s not yet playing. In general, the expert’s gaze was calmer and more stable.
This is not a surprising finding. It supports what we might almost think of as conventional wisdom. But it’s remarkable for all that, nonetheless. The eye tracker gives expert and learning performers a glimpse into what they do without thinking about it. The topic of the nature of skill—and the differences between beginners and experts—has been one of considerable discussion in cognitive science and philosophy.
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Question：What does the speaker say about beginners and expert pianists?
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A : They choose different pieces of music to play.
B : They differ in their appreciation of music. C : They focus their attention on different things.
D : They finger the piano keys in different ways.
解析：细节题。音频中提到，以正在学弹钢琴或者打篮球的人为例，他们必须充分考虑和关注基础技巧，以至于无暇考虑真正重要的东西；而专家则不需要关注基础的细节。由此可知，初学者和钢琴演奏大师的关注点不同，所以选B。
Question：What do smart basketball players do according to the speaker?
音频：
本地缓存路径：Unit6/19143206.mp3 A : They attach great importance to high performance.
B : They use effective tactics to defeat their competitors.
C : They try hard to meet the spectators’ expectations.
D : They manage to cooperate well with their teammates.
解析：细节题。音频中提到，聪明的篮球运动员或娴熟的音乐家会密切关注高水平表现的要求，以及需要克服的挑战，所以选D。
Question：What do we learn about the new study published in an online video?
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A : It marks a breakthrough in behavioral science. B : It supports a piece of conventional wisdom.
C : It gives rise to controversy among experts.
D : It adopts a conventional approach to research.
解析：细节题。音频中提到，视频所展示的内容并不是令人惊奇的发现，它证实了我们几乎都认同的传统观点，所以选C。