听力原文:W: Good morning. Can I help you?
M: Yes, please. I want to know the fees for your summer courses.
W: Well, each costs £150 plus a £5 registration fee.
M: And do I have to pay a deposit?
W: Yes, for each course we need a deposit of £20.
M: Oh, thank you.
How much does one have to pay for a course?
A. £155.
B. £150.
C. £170.
D. £175.
听力原文:M: Didn't I tell you? I retired on Friday.
W: Really! I didn't think you'd be retiring for another five years or so.
M: Well. I'll be seventy then, you know.
W: Well. I never! I thought you were still in your fifties.
How old is the man now?
A. In his fifties.
B. In his sixties.
C. Seventy.
D. Seventy-five.
How docs the executive board consider the woman's performance?
As usually good.
B. As quite ordinary.
C. As not very good.
D. As unsatisfactory.
One afternoon in January 1989, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son, David, were walking hard【C1】______an icy parking lot,【C2】______Susan's cane slid on the ice. She【C3】______face first into the mud. David【C4】______to his mother's side.
"Are you all right, Mom?"
【C5】______, Susan pulled herself up. "I'm okay, honey, "she said.
It had been nearly two years since Susan had trouble walking. She was falling more【C6】______now. Every inch of ice was a【C7】______danger for her. "I wish I could do【C8】______," the boy thought. '
David, too, was having【C9】______of his own. The boy had a speech defect. At school he【C10】______asked questions or read aloud.
One day David's teacher announced a【C11】______assignment. "Each of you is going to come up with an invention," she said. This was for" INVENT AMERICA!", a national competition to encourage creativity in【C12】______
An idea hit David one evening.【C13】______only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice, he thought. "That's it ! "David realized.
"What if I fixed your cane so a nail stretched out of the bottom?" he asked his mother.
"【C14】______the sharp end would scratch floors," Susan said.
"No, Mom. I could make it like a hall-point pen. You take your hand【C15】______the button and the nail returns back up. "Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father, Jeff,【C16】______as Susan used it to walk 50 feet across the【C17】______"It works!" she said.
In July 1989, David was declared national winner at the annual "INVENT AMERICA!" ceremony in Washington D. C.
As David began to make【C18】______appearances, he was forced to communicate more closely. Today, David is nearly【C19】______of his speech defect, and his cane is waiting to be widely used.【C20】______the boy who once people had trouble talking now hopes to start making canes for people who have trouble walking.
【C1】
A. at
B. in
C. over
D. across