听力原文:W: Can I have breakfast in my room?
M: Certainly, madam. Breakfast is served in your room from 7 o'clock until 9. Here's the menu.
W: I'd like to have Chinese food.
M: Yes, madam. And at what time would you like it?
W: About eight o'clock, I think.
M: Very good, madam. And what kind of fruit juice would you like?
W: I'd like orange, please.
M: Orange juice. And would you prefer tea or milk?
W: Tea, please.
M: Thank you very much. Good night.
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A. In a restaurant.
B. In a snack-bar.
C. In a tea shop.
D. In a hotel.
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第一节
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
听力原文:W: I'm afraid I have to call a taxi to go to the airport, for it's rather difficult for a bus to move during the rush hour.
M: But I don't think that would do any good. I will drive you there by motor.
How will the woman go to the airport?
A. By bus.
By taxi.
C. By motor.
What can we learn from what the speaker said?
A. We can remember everything that happens to us.
B. The power of one's brain gets weaker as one grows older.
C. We should use our brain less so that it can work better.
IQ-gene
In the angry debate over how much of IQ comes from the genes that children inherit from parents and how much comes from experiences, one little fact gets overlooked: no one has identified any genes (other than those that cause retardation) that affect intelligence. So researchers led by Robert Plomin of London's Institute of Psychiatry decided to look for some. They figured that if you want to find a "smart gene", you should look in smart kids. They therefore examined the DNA of students like those who are so bright that they take college entrance exams four years early--and still score at Princeton--caliber levels. The scientists found what they sought. "We have," says Plomin, "the first specific gene ever associated with general intelligence."
Plomin's colleagues drew blood from two groups of 51 children each, all 6 to 15 years old and living in six counties around Cleveland. In one group, the average IQ is 103. All the children are white. Isolating the blood cells, the researchers then examined each child's chromosome 6 of the 37 landmarks on chromosome 6 that the researchers looked for, one jumped out: a form. of gene called IGF2R occurred in twice as many children in the high-IQ group as in the average group--32 percent versus 16 percent. The study, in the May issue of the journal Psychological Science, concludes that it is this form. of the IGF2R gene that contributes to intelligence. Some geneticists see major problems with the IQ-gene study. One is the possibility that Plomin's group fell for "chopsticks fallacy". Geneticists might think they've found a gene for chopsticks flexibility, but all they've really found is a gene more common in Asians than, say, Africans. Similarly, Plomin's IQ gene might simply be one that is more common in groups mat emphasize academic achievement. "What is the gene that they've found reflects ethnicity?" asks geneticist Andrew Feinberg of Johns Hopkins University. "That alone might explain the link to intelligence, since IQ tests are known for being culturally sensitive and affected by a child's environment. "And Neil Risch of Standford University points out that if you look for 37 genes on a chromosome, as the researchers did, and find that one is more common in smarter kids, that might reflect pure chance rather than a causal link between the gene and intelligence. Warns Feinberg, "I would take these findings with a whole box of salt."
In the beginning of paragraph one we are told that scientists can not agree______.
A. how much of IQ comes from intelligence
B. how many children inherit genes from parents
C. how much of IQ comes from genes
D. how many children learn by experience
Section B
Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should choose the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D.
听力原文:M: Who do you work for?
W: ABC Company.
M: They're in the dress business, aren't they?
W: That's right. I'm the secretary to the General Manager. What about you?
M: I work for IBM.
W: So you're in computers.
M: Yes, I'm a product manager.
W: What are you working on at the moment?
M: I can't give you all the details, because it's a secret, But we are developing a new product for the Chinese market.
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A. IBM.
B. A supermarket.
C. ABC Company.
D. A bookstore.