Conversation 2M: Come on, Jane. It’ s time to go.W: Wait a minute. I just have to close up the shop.M: Ok.W: Listen, can we give my sister a ride home tonightM: Sure. You mean Helen’s coming to the gameW: Yeah, she wants to take some pictures. She’ s really interested in photography.M: Oh Does she want to be a photographerW: Huh-huh. She’ d like to work for a newspaper.M: That sounds like an interesting job.W: I think so, too, But a lot of people want to be photographers. There’s so much competition.M: I know what you mean there s a lot of competition in sports, too. I wanted to be a professional soccer player, but now I work in a bank.W: Well, you’ ve got to eat. What does the man do for a living()
A. He is a car salesman.
B. He is a bank clerk.
C. He is a sportsman.
D. He is a newspaper reporter.
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Keith Chiwick thinks he has the answer to this problem. "I have got a machine which talks in different languages. I feel that I could go to any country in the world and converse with any foreigner," he says. Keith is an inventor. His invention is an electronic machine which produces phrases in four different languages, French, German, Italian and English. Unlike the phrase books, this machine has a voice. It looks like a cassette recorder.Imagine you want to say, "What time is the next train for Munich" in German. First, you find the right card for that question. Each card has four strips of tape on it, one for each language. The cards are small, seven by nine centimeters, and each one can store up to two hundred and forty words. You run a pickup head along the tape and—hey presto! —a voice comes out of the amplifier, asking the question. The person at the information desk may get a surprise, but you will get your answer!Keith hopes that an electronics company will buy his idea and develop it commercially to sell it to tourists. Meanwhile, he’ s working on more new ideas. "It’ s really just a hobby for me. Some people like playing golf or bingo, but I like making new things. " he said. Why do some people give up trying to learn a foreign language()
A. Because they can use Keith’ s machine now.
Because it is like hard work.
C. Because they have difficulties to go abroad.
D. Because they cannot communicate with foreigners.
Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. The rebels have done all the following EXCEPT ______ .
A. destroying two electricity towers
B. contacting a Mexico City newspaper
C. threatening to take action in the capital
D. strengthening security at the airport
" All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. " is a popular saying in the United States. Other countries have similar sayings. It is true that all of us need recreation. We cannot work all the time if we are going to maintain good health and enjoy life. Good physical and mental health in fact enables us to work more efficiently.Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular way is to participate in sports. There are team sports, such as baseball, basketball, and football. There are individual sports, also, such as golf and swimming. In addition, hi- king, fishing, skiing and mountain climbing have a great attraction for people who like to be outdoors. Chess, card-playing, and dancing are forms of indoor recreation enjoyed by many people.Not everyone who enjoys sporting events likes to participate in them. Many people prefer to be spectators, either by attending the games in person, watching them on television, or listening to them on the radio. When there is an important baseball game or boxing match, it is almost impossible to get tickets; everyone wants to attend.It doesn’ t matter whether we play a fast game of ping-pong, concentrate over the bridge table, or go walking through the woods on a brisk autumn afternoon. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time and enjoy some form of recreation. According to the passage, we cannot work all the time without()
A. taking part in sports activities
B. watching Sporting events on television
C. listening to sporting events on the radio
D. recreation
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Questions 21 to 23 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. Japan’s demand for imports ______ last month.
A. continued to increase
B. continued to decrease
C. didn’t change
D. jumped