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听力原文：M: How do you suppose we managed to beat such a good team？

W: I think we won because our fans cheered louder than theirs did.

Q: Why does the woman think that they would win？

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A．Their team is better.

B．The team's fans are more excited.

C．They will shout louder,

D．They will beat the fans of the other team.

听力原文：W: Don't you have any good news？

M: No. Yesterday I had to stay after school because I was talking during my science teacher's class.

W: You'd better keep quiet during class.

M: Sometimes I do. The day before yesterday, I was very quiet during my history teacher's class and I still had to stay after school.

W: Why？

M: Because I fell asleep in his class, but it was not my fault. His class was too boring.

W: I advise you to take school more seriously. If you don't pass your exam, you'll have to go out and work as a result.

M: But I think working is more interesting than having boring classes every day.

What did the boy often do at school？

A．He was often late for school.

B．He often fell asleep in class.

C．He often stayed after school.

The Joy of Living Alone

More and more Americans are living alone．Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner．________（1）According to a recent U．S．census（人口普查），25 percent of all households in the U．S．are made up of just one person．This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago．

The typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely．________ （2）The majority of these people have chosen to live alone．They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family．

It’s now socially acceptable，even fashionable，to live alone．As people get better jobs and become financially independent，it becomes possible for them to maintain a one．Person household．________ （3）However，people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often．

The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it．“Living alone is a luxury，”says Nina Hagiwara，“Once you do it，you can’t ever go back to living with others．"David C’Debaca，agrees．________ （4）

Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please．________ （5）．

The chance to discover whether that freedon is as wonderful as it Sounds is a chance more and more Americans are taking．

A．There’s more pressure to get married nowadays

B．The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone．

C．However，ever more people are living alone because they have chosen to．

D．It seems that many grown—ups today are realizing that childhood dream

E．In fact，a quarter of the 23 million single people in the u．s．are under the age of 35

F．He says，“I like being by myself．”

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The Joy of Living Alone

More and more Americans are living alone．Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner．____（1）According to a recent u．S．census（人口普查），25 percent of all households in the U．S． are made up of just one person．This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago．

The typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely．_____（2）The majority of these people have chosen to live alone．They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family．It’s now socially acceptable，even fashionable，to live alone． As people get better jobs and become financially independent ,it becomes possible for them to maintain a one．Person household．____（3）However，people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often．

The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it． “Living alone is a luxury，”says Nina Hagiwara “Once you do it, you can’t ever go back to living with others．”David C’ Debaca，agrees．______（4）.

Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please．_____（5）． The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a chance more and more Americans are taking．

A．There’s more pressure to get married nowadays

B．The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone．

C．However，even more people aye living alone because they have chosen to．

D．It seems that many grown—ups today are realizing that childhood dream

E．In fact，a quarter 0f the 23 million single people in the U．S． are under the age of 35

F．He says，“I like being by myself．”

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听力原文：W: If I were you, I would have accepted the job.

M: I turned down the offer because it would mean frequent business trips away from my family.

Why didn't the man accept the job？

A．He doesn't enjoy business trips as much as he used to.

B．He doesn't think he is capable of doing the job.

C．He thinks the pay is too low to support his family.

D．He wants to spend more time with his family.

If women are mercilessly exploited (剥削) year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion. When you come to think of it, only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe (衣柜) packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear.

Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time altering the dresses they have. Shirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.

No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and durability (耐用). They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasn't at some time in this life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or delicately picking her way through deep snow in high-heeled shoes.

When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashions of women's clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability？ Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability？ That is for you to decide.

If women are mercilessly exploited (剥削) year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion. When you come to think of it, only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe (衣柜) packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear.

Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time altering the dresses they have. Shirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.

No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and durability (耐用). They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasn't at some time in this life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or delicately picking her way through deep snow in high-heeled shoes.

When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashions of women's clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability？ Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability？ That is for you to decide.

A.How do you think of Thailand

B.What do you think of Thailand

C.What do you think of Hawaii

A.Whom do you think

B.Who do you think

C.Do you think who

D.Who you think