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Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
In a wealthy neighbourhood in Seoul, anxious parents drag frightened toddlers into Dr Nam Woo's office and demand that he operate on the children's tongues. It is a simple procedure: Just a snip (剪开) on a membrane and the tongue is supposedly longer, more flexible and—some South Koreans believe—better able to pronounce such notorious tongue-teasers for Asians as the English word "rice" so it doesn't sound like "lice".
"Parents are eager to have their children speak English, and so they want to have them get the operation," said Nam, who performs about 10 procedures a month, almost all on children younger than 5.
In this competitive and education-obsessed society, fluent and unaccented English is the top goal of language study and is pursued with fervor.
It is not unusual for 6-month-old infants to be put in front of the television for as long as five hours a day to watch instruction videos, or for 7-year-olds to be sent out after dinner for English cram courses.
South Korean parents will spend the equivalent of a month's salary on monthly tuition at English-language kindergartens and up to U.S.＄50 an hour for tutors. Between the after-school courses, flashcards, books and videos, English instruction is estimated to be a U.S. ＄3-billion-a-year industry—and that doesn't include the thousands of children sent abroad to hone their skills.
In another display of linguistic zeal, the Seoul city government recently set up a hotline for citizens to call if they see English spelling or grammar mistakes on public signs. "Learning English is almost the national religion," said Jonathan Hilts, host of a popular English-language talk sow on South Korea's Educational Broadcasting System.
The most controversial aspect of the English craze is the tongue surgery, which critics say is unnecessary. No statistics exist in South Korea about the number of such operations, which usually are done in private clinics. However, doctors say the procedure's popularity has soared with the boom in English instruction. Linguists sneer at the idea that South Koreans' tongues are too short to speak English properly.
"Since Westerners are taller they might have longer tongues. But this operation lengthens the tongue by only a millimeter or two and that has nothing to with it. The real problem for South Koreans, as for Japanese, is that their own languages make no distinction between Ls and Rs, so their ears cannot detect the difference."
According to some linguists, the reason why South Koreans can't pronounce "Rice" correctly is that ______.
A．forB．asC．ofD．at
听力原文： Italy's capital Rome is a famous tourist attraction, but there are swarms of' birds that crowd in Rome' s historic public squares and churches every winter, forcing tourists and passers-by to seek refuge under umbrellas. Recently, scientists have found out a good way to solve this problem. The Italian League for the Protection of Birds will broadcast bird "distress calls" over loudspeakers in the historic centers, using a technology' it has tried in Rome's outskirts to scare the birds away. The scientists have recorded the sound that these birds make when there is danger and they will play it over megaphones at dusk when the birds are starting to nest down. They want to chase the birds out of concentrated urban centers with distress calls and spotlights. Then the birds will head to outlying parks and suburbs. This method has been proved very efficient and there is no cruelty to birds involved since they just migrate to parks and woods outside the city. Between October and February some four million birds migrate to the Italian capital from Germany, Poland and Russia, darkening the horizon and painting abstract shapes in the sky that capture the imagination of on lookers. The huge flocks also coat cars, buildings and any one who has not found cover with bird droppings. Tourists are advised to carry umbrellas or raincoats at dusk and residents have to put up with the terrible smell for months at a time.
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M: I'm not wasting the holidays as you say. The computer is a good thing. On the Internet you can go to any part of the world; I can see everything in the world. It's more real than reality.
W: But... but you can't spend your entire summer watching that screen. You'll get a big bottom.
M: I'm not just watching the screen. I'm doing a lot of things—I'm sending e-mails, I'm learning things, I'm chatting in chat rooms...
W: Right! But I'll bet you're spending most of your time playing computer games—a time-wasting, mindless activity that'll turn your brain into Chinese doufoo.
M: No, it isn't a single mindless pastime. It's many activities: role-playing games, arcade games, adventure games, strategy games...
W: I understand the computer is a wonderful thing, but you have to be careful not to get too much of a good thing. Every life needs some variety in it. It would be a lot healthier if you played a chess game outdoors, in the park.
M: It wouldn't be the same. In those games in the park I can't play against the grandmaster of Moscow, can I？ And there are creative games in the computer, where I can learn city planning and psychology.
W: Well, what about me？ Don't you think I'd like a little attention？
M: Now, Baby, that's no way to talk. After all this time together, you know I love you.
W: I'm not so sure any more. It's time you made a choice. Is it going to be me or the computer？
M: Well...
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