A.Because it was the first true dictionary in the US.B.Because it was issued by Noah W
A. Because it was the first true dictionary in the US.
Because it was issued by Noah Webster, the famous lexicographer.
C. Because it was used in schools at that time.
D. Because it was of American origin and simplified.
听力原文: Once a source of high-pitched business activity, Japan's Karaoke industry has slowed down. Japanese have less to think about their sustained economic problems. Karaoke phones are now striving to develop new ideas to attract cost-conscious karaoke singers. These include a new high-tech machine that allows people to sing like famous singers and sing-rooms and some of the ancient cartoon figures targeted at the younger crowds. The new Karaoke machine bas been developed by a professor from the U. S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The machine uses a technology called see sound that automatically adjusts the speed and tone of any sound being played to match the tempo and speed the singer is using. The tempo can be adjusted manually on conventional karaoke machines, but the new product is the first machine to do it automatically.
What is NOT a feature of the new karaoke machine?
A. It is featured by high technology.
B. It allows you to imitate famous singers.
C. It can automatically alter the tempo and tone of a song.
D. It can be placed in specially designed theme rooms.
A.Find out about a course.B.Examine some art works.C.Talk about some landscape painter
A. Find out about a course.
B. Examine some art works.
C. Talk about some landscape painters.
D. Go to a scheduled meeting.
SECTION B INTERVIEW
Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.
Now listen to the interview.
听力原文:Interviewer: Today with Professor MeKay on our morning talk show. Good morning, Professor McKay.
Professor McKay: Good morning.
Interviewer: I've heard that you and your team have just completed a report on old age.
Professor McKay: That's right.
Interviewer: Could you tell me what your report is about?
Professor McKay' Well, the report basically looks into the very beliefs that people hold about old age and try to verify them. Interviewer: And what do you think your report can achieve?
Professor McKay: We hope that it would somehow help people to change their feelings about old age, the problem is that far too many of us believe that most old people are poor, lonely and unhappy. As a result we tend to rind old people as a group unattractive, and this is very dangerous for our society.
Interviewer: But surely we cannot escape the fact that many old people are lonely and many are sick.
Professor McKay: No, we can't. But we must also remember that the proportion of such people is no greater among the 60 to 70 age group than among the 50 to 60 age group.
Interviewer: In other words, there's no more mental illness, for example, among the 60s to 70s than among the 50s to 60s.
Professor McKay: Right, and why should there be? Why should we expect people to suddenly change when they reach their 60th or 65th birthday any more than they did when they reached their 21st?
Interviewer: But one would expect there'd be more physical illness among old people, surely.
Professor McKay: Why should one expect this? After all, those people who reach the age of 65 or 70 are the strongest among us. The weakest are mainly in childhood, then in their forties or riffles. Furthermore, by the time people reach 60 or 65, they have learned how to look after themselves. They keep warm, sleep regular hours and eat sensibly. Of course, some old people do suffer from physical illnesses, but these do not suddenly develop on their 656 birthday. People who are healthy in middle age tend to be healthy in old age, just as one would expect.
Interviewer: Do you find that young people these days are not as concerned about their parents as their parents were about theirs?
Professor McKay: We have found nothing that suggests that family feeling is either dying or dead. There does not appear to be large numbers of young people who are trying, for example, to have their dear old mother locked up in a mental hospital.
Interviewer: But don't many parents live apart from their married children than used to be the case?
Professor McKay: True, but this is because many more young families cannot afford to own their own homes these days than ever before. In other words, parents find their married children usually live in separate household because they prefer it that way, not because their children refuse to have their mum and dad living with them.
Interviewer: Is this a good thing, do you think?
Professor McKay: I think it's an excellent arrangement. We all like to keep our lives private, even from those we love dearly. I certainly don't think that it's fine to increase loneliness in old age.
Interviewer: Are people's mental abilities affected by old age?
Professor McKay: Certain changes do take place as we grow older, but this happens throughout life. These changes are very gradual, and happen at different time with different people. But in general, if you know a person well in his little age, and have seen how he deals with events and problems, you would easily recognize him in old age.
Interviewer: So that someone who enjoys new experiences--travel, education, and so on in
A. To look into the mental health of old people.
B. To explain why people have negative views on old age.
C. To help correct some false beliefs about old age.
D. To identify the various problems of old age.