What was people's response to Royal Mall's scheme?
A. It was warmly welcomed.
B. People could understand the action.
C. They had some doubt about it.
D. They were indifferent to such a move.
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听力原文: The jazz and blue singer Nina Simone has died at her home in southern France. Born in North Carolina, she was originally trained as a classical pianist and became a star with her performance of I Love You Porgy from the. opera Porgy and Vest. She was best known for her interpretation of My Baby Just Cares for Me and a version of the number I Put A Spell On You. Her programs also included a large number of civil rights songs.
When Nina Simon was young, she received training in ______.
A. piano playing
B. classical music
C. jazz and blue
D. classical dance
The phrase "got stranded" in paragraph 4 probably means ______.
A. got lost
B. got stuck
C. went bankrupt
D. closed down
听力原文:W: Gosh! Kevin, are you OK? Another cup of coffee?
M: Yeah, I stayed up all night cramming for my poetry exam. I couldn't keep my eyes open in my last class. I'm having this coffee so I can stay awake this afternoon.
W: Haven't you ever heard that drinking too much coffee is harmful to your health?
M: It's a little odd. What do you mean harmful?
W: Well, for one thing it may cause heart disease.
M: Most of the research about the link between coffee and heart disease is inconclusive.
W: But coffee has caffeine that is addictive, once addicted, it's hard to kick it off.
M: Not so horrible. You can't become addicted to caffeine like other drugs.
W: Yes, you can. Don't you know that people who are deprived of caffeine suffer with draw symptoms, especially headache?
M: Oddly enough, one cure for headache is caffeine. Besides, coffee helps me work faster?
W: Studies have showed that coffee makes you work faster but not necessarily better. You may finish your exam in a shorter period but you won't have fewer errors.
M: You know, soda in your drink has caffeine too.
W: But 12 ounces of soda has haft the caffeine of a 5 ounces cup of coffee. And a cup of tea has less than that.
M: But I cannot resist the taste of coffee.
W: You could drink decal Decaffeinated coffee doesn't have as much flavor or body as regular coffee.
What is the conversation mainly about?
A. How to do well on poetry examination.
B. The effect of caffeine.
C. Some causes of heart disease.
D. Problems with the man's cafeteria.
From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When. humans first 【C1】______ they were like newborn children, unable to use this 【C2】______ tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kinds' future 【C3】______ and culture growth increased.
Many linguists believe that evolution is 【C4】______ for our ability to produce and use language. They 【C5】______ that our highly evolved brain provides us 【C6】______ innate language ability not found in lower 【C7】______ . Proponents of this innateness theory say that our 【C8】______ for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, 【C9】______ a function of the growth of the brain during childhood. Therefore there are critical 【C10】______ times for language development.
Current 【C11】______ of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities is undeniable. 【C12】______ more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in 【C13】______ grades. Young children often can learn several languages by being 【C14】______ to them, while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the 【C15】______ of their first language have been firmly fixed.
【C16】______ some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically in a vacuum. Children who have been 【C17】______ from other human beings de not possess language. This demonstrates that 【C18】______ with other human beings unnecessary for proper language developments. Some linguists believe that this is even more basic to human language 【C19】______ than any innate capacities. These theories view language as imitative, learned behavior. 【C20】______ , children learn language from their parents by imitating them. Parents gradually shape their child's language skills by positively reinforcing precise imitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones.
【C1】
A. originated
B. born
C. evolved
D. generated