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A. To tell people about the dangers of US Highway 31.B. To warn people of the dangers of trains.C. To inform people of an accident near US Highway 31.D. To show people how examiners and officers work. 12)
A. 1.B. 4.C. 2.D. 6. 13)
A. The relatives of a woman at the scene survived.B. The people in the truck were returning from work.C. One of the men in the truck was an officer.D. Not everyone in the accident died as a result. 14)
A. The truck's windows were broken in the accident.B. CSX is the name of the company that made the truck.C. Gary Sease knew the people involved in the accident.D. A helicopter came from the Birmingham hospital. 15)
A. Birmingham.B. Jacksonville.C. Louisville.D. Baldwin. 参考答案：
11) C 12) B 13) D 14) A 15) C 听力文本：
A freight train struck a truck at a rural Alabama crossing early Thursday, killing four men on their way to work and injuring several others, authorities said.
The truck was hit at about 6 a.m. at a crossing near US Highway 31. The tracks were marked by a sign but had no cross bars or flashing lights.
Four people were injured in the crash and there were \County Medical Examiner Randy Yeargan said. An officer at the scene said four people were dead.
One woman at the scene who said she was a relative of two men in the truck said they were headed to work at a construction site. She declined to give her name, and said she didn't know if her relatives had survived.
The injured were taken by helicopter and ambulances to a Birmingham hospital.
The white truck was knocked beside the railroad tracks, with windows broken and seats and contents from inside strewn on the ground. The CSX Transportation train cars were loaded with automobiles.
CSX Corp. spokesman Gary Sease in Jacksonville, Florida, said the train, with two locomotives and 38 cars, was headed to Louisville, Kentucky, from Baldwin, Florida.
Q 11: What is the purpose of this passage?
Q 12: How many people were killed in the train accident? Q 13: What do we know from this passage? Q 14: What can we infer from this passage? Q 15: Where was the train going?
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复合式听写10题
Directions： Listen to a short passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear. When the passage is read for the third time, check what you have written.
A 20-year-old Australian model and dancer won the Miss Universe title in a two-hour beauty 16) contest watched by television viewers around the world.
Jennifer Hawkins, a 5-foot-11 blonde with blue eyes, was chosen from 80 beauty 17) queenes (queens). Miss USA, Shandi Finnessey, was awarded second place.
Hawkins received the crown from 18) outgoing Miss Universe, Amelia Vega, and then walked the length of the stage to the 19) cheers of the crowd. Several times she reached up to touch her crown, as if to remind herself she had actually won the 20) title .
Besides modeling and dancing, Hawkins also organizes a dance team that 21) tours Australia. Her interests include surfing, camping and watching ballet.
Before the contest began, Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan, who 22) performed at the Miss Universe finals, defended beauty contests from critics who insist that such events treat women merely as playthings. She said, \beautiful woman has very great powers 23) to convince , and we have seen many misses who have done a great job.\
Despite Estevan's support, many people question the value of beauty contests. Women's liberation organizations in the United States regularly demonstrate 24) in protest outside Miss America and Miss World contests. Conservative religious groups in India forced such contests to move from Calcutta when they threatened bombings.
All the same, some Australians were hoping the two-hour show would 25) draw world attention to the beauty of their country and attract tourists. They hope Australia is going to shine for what it is, an unforgettable place.
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短对话5题
Directions： Listen to five short conversations and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
1)
A. The man taking something from her.B. The man stealing from her grandmother.C. The man stealing from his grandmother.D. The man telling his grandmother that she steals. 参考答案： 1) A
听力文本：
M: What's the matter? Don't you know you can trust me? I'm honest.
W: How can I be sure of that? From what everyone says, you'd steal from your own grandmother. If that's true, you'd steal from me. Q: What's the woman concerned about?
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2)
A. The man would like to do something to help people.B. The man would like to do something to get rich.C. The man thinks the woman should do something to make her rich.D. The man thinks the woman's new job is good. 参考答案： 2) D
听力文本：
W: I got this new job working with homeless children in the city center. I'm really excited about it.
M: I bet. It doesn't sound like the kind of thing you can get rich doing, but it's sure to be satisfying, you know, by helping people and all. Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?
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3)
A. His studies at school.B. Deaths because of war.C. Wars he has studied.D. Things he can control. 参考答案： 3) B
听力文本：
W: I think you should concern yourself less with war and terrible things in the world, and concern yourself more with things you can control, like your studies. M: What? How can I possibly study when so many people are dying in the world?
Q: What is the man concerned about?
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4)
A. A prison.B. A classroom.C. A big city.D. A small town. 参考答案： 4) B
听力文本：
W: Before I begin today's lesson on crime and the prison system, could anyone tell me why crime is more common in cities than in small towns?
M: Didn't you answer this question yesterday – that crime is common where people don't know one another?
Q: Where is this conversation taking place?
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5)
A. They have rights.B. They are well-paid.C. They work outside homes.D. They have good jobs. 参考答案： 5) D
听力文本：
W: It's unbelievable that women in this day and age still don't have equal rights with men.
M: What are you talking about? When I look around, I see women in important jobs everywhere. It seems as if you all do have equal rights. Q: Why does the man think women are equal to men?
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长对话5题
Directions： Listen to a long conversation and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
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A. A car accident.B. A case of drunk driving.C. A UFO.D. An alien killing people. 7)
A. A bright light rising over a hill.B. A bright light disappearing behind a hill.C. A light moving towards him.D. A light exploding in front of him. 8)
A. He drove towards it.B. He ran away from it.C. He immediately reported it to the police.D. He called his friend for help. 9)
A. He overturned the car to injure the man.B. He knocked the man out before putting him alongside the road.C. He knocked the man out before carrying him to a flying saucer.D. He carried the man on his shoulder to a flying saucer. 10)
A. She wants to use medicine to cure the driver.B. She wants to throw the driver into jail.C. She wants to see the UFO for herself.D. She does not believe the man's story. 参考答案：
6) C 7) B 8) A 9) D 10) D 听力文本：
Policewoman: Hello, Officer Jones speaking.
Man: Help. Yeah, uh, it was strange, very strange.
Policewoman: Calm down sir! Now, what do you want to report? Man: Well, I'd like to report a UFO sighting. Policewoman: A what?
Man: What do you mean \ Policewoman: Wait, tell me exactly what you saw.
Man: Well, I was driving home from a party about three hours ago, so it was about 2:00 am, when I saw that bright light overhead. Policewoman: OK. And then what happened?
Man: Oh, man. Well, I stopped to watch the light when it disappeared behind a hill about a kilometer ahead of me. Policewoman: All right. Then what?
Man: Well, I got back in my car and started driving toward where the UFO landed.