In entering the room,he found he had forgotten his book.

would have to leave the hotel after just one night. The couple had booked a room for eight nights.

(32) The couple wanted a sterile environment. And Theodore thought they should have rented a room in a hospital, maybe an operating room.

Theodore said that, on the very first day, the couple brought all the sheets and pillowcases down to the main lobby and dropped them next to the front desk. They stood there next to this pile of bedding while other guests looked, pointed, and murmured. (33) The hotel got three cancellations within the hour from people who witnessed this strange event.

When Theodore asked the couple what the problem was, they said that their bedding was filthy and they wanted it replaced, though they could not identify any specific "filth" on the bedding. Theodore called room service, and the bedding was replaced immediately.

Early the next evening, however, (34) the couple demanded seven cans of spray disinfectant. They said that they would need a can for each night and they had to spray the phone, the TV, all the door handles, the toilet handle, the tap, the sink, and any hotel staff entering their room.

Worried about what their demands might be in the following days, (35) Theodore politely suggested that a hotel more suitable for them was just around the comer. He then called ahead to reserve a" very clean" room, arid gave them free transportation in the hotel limousine.

The couple seemed surprised that the manager suggested a different hotel, but when the manager said he wouldn't charge them for the second day, they agreed and moved satisfactorily.

(33)

A．A room in a hospital.

B．An operating room.

C．An ordinary room.

D．A sterile room.

听力原文：W: Hi, Mike. I wonder if you have time to go with me to the cinema this Sunday.

M: Oh, I planned to finish my term paper that day, but Yamada invited me to a tea ceremony at his home.

W: Really？ You’re lucky! The tea ceremony is a special form. of entertainment for distinguished guests.

M: Yes, the tradition of tea ceremony has existed for about six hundred years. But, to be frank, I know little about those special and strict rules of the ceremony.

W: It’s not as hard as you imagine. I happened to have been invited to one tea ceremony once. I think I can give you some suggestions.

M: Oh, that’s good.

W: Remember, no matter what kind of tea ceremony you attend, they have one thing in common, that is, guests are invited to enjoy a moment of peace and calm.

M: Do you mean that the atmosphere is more important than the cakes and the tea itself？

W: Yes. And don’t forget to wash your hands in a rock water basin before entering the tea-room.

M: It sounds interesting. Is there a special room for a tea ceremony？

W: Of course. The room is very simple but very beautiful. The host and the guests will all sit on a kind of bamboo mats named ‘tatami’.

M: I know. I’m practicing to sit on my knees on the floor these days. My knees ached a lot.

W: But I’m sure the tea ceremony will release your pain and make you feel happy and peaceful.

(23)

A．He wants to finish his term paper that day.

B．He has seen the film before.

C．He has another appointment.

D．He wants to go to the cinema with Yamada.

mindedness—forgetting where you left something or wondering why you just entered a room—are caused by a simple lack of attention, says Schacter. “You’re supposed to remember something, but you haven’t encoded it deeply.”

Encoding, Schacter explains, is a special way of paying attention to an event that has a major impact on recalling it later. Failure to encode properly can create annoying situations. If you put your mobile phone in a pocket, for example, and don’t pay attention to what you did because you’re involved in a conversation, you’ll probably forget that the phone is in the jacket now hanging in you wardrobe (衣柜). “Your memory itself isn’t failing you,” says Schacter. “Rather, you didn’t give your memory system the information it needed.”

Lack of interest can also lead to absent-mindedness. “A man who can recite sports statistics from 30 years ago,” says Zelinski, “may not remember to drop a letter in the mailbox.” Women have slightly better memories than men, possibly because they pay more attention to their environment, and memory relies on just that.

Visual cues can help prevent absent-mindedness, says Schacter. “But be sure the cue is clear and available,” he cautions. If you want to remember to take a medication (药物) with lunch, put the pill bottle on the kitchen table—don’t leave it in the medicine chest and write yourself a note that you keep in a pocket.

Another common episode of absent-mindedness: walking into a room and wondering why you’re there. Most likely, you were thinking about something else. “Everyone does this from time to time,” says Zelinski. The best thing to do is to return to where you were before entering the room, and you’ll likely remember.

第26题：Why does the author think that encoding properly is very important？

A) It helps us understand our memory system better.

B) It enables us to recall something form. our memory.

C) It expands our memory capacity considerably.

D) It slows down the process of losing our memory.

听力原文： The cost is going up for just about everything, and college tuition is no exception. According to a nationwide survey published by the College Board's Scholarship Service, tuition at most American universities will be on average of 9 percent higher this year over last.

The biggest increase will occur at private colleges. Public colleges, heavily subsidized by tax funds, will also increase their tuition, but the increase will be a few percentages points lower than their privately-sponsored neighbors.

As a follow up, the United Press International did their own study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At M.I.T., advisors recommended that students have $8,900 available for one year's expenses, including $5,300 for tuition, $2,685 for room and board, $630 for personal expenses, and $285 for books and supplies. Ten years ago the tuition was only $2,150. To put that another way, the cost has climbed 150 percent in the last decade.

An additional burden is placed on out-of-state students who must pay extra charges ranging from $200 to $2, 000, and foreign students who are not eligible for scholarships at state-funded universities.

On the brighter side, the survey revealed that college graduates are entering the best job market since the middle 1960s. Job offers are up 16 percent from last year, and salaries are good, at least for graduates in technical fields. For example, a recent graduate in petroleum engineering can expect to make as much as $20,000 per year. A student with a liberal arts degree might expect to make about half that salary.

(30)

A．Average tuition costs increased by 9 percent.

B．Average tuition costs increased by 15 percent.

C．Average tuition costs increased by 90 percent.

D．Average tuition costs increased by 150 percent.

o college. Her mother, Tally, a financial-aid officer at an Ohio university, knows all too well the daunting calculus of paying for a college education. Last year the average yearly tuition at a private, four-year school climbed 5.5 percent to more than $17,000. The Harts have started saving, and figure they can afford a public university without a problem. But what if Katie applies to Princeton (she's threatening), where one year's tuition, room and board — almost $34,000 in 2002 — will cost more than some luxury cars？ Even a number cruncher like Tally admits it's a little scary, especially since she'll retire and Katie will go to college at around the same time.

Paying for college has always been a humbling endeavor. The good news: last year students collected $74 billion in financial aid, the most ever. Most families pay less than full freight. Sixty percent of public-university students and three quarters of those at private colleges receive some form. of financial aid — mostly, these days, in the form. of loans. But those numbers are not as encouraging as they appear for lower-income families, because schools are changing their formulas for distributing aid. Eager to boost their magazine rankings, which are based in part on the test scores of entering freshmen, they're throwing more aid at smarter kids— whether they need it or not.

The best way to prepare is to start saving early. A new law passed last year makes that easier for some families. So-called 529 plans allow parents to sock away funds in federal-tax-free-investment accounts, as long as the money is used for "qualified education expenses" like tuition, room and board. The plans aren't for everyone. For tax reasons, some lower-and middle-income families may be better off choosing other investments. But saving is vital.

Aid packages usually come in some combination of grants, loans and jobs. These days 60 percent of a ll aid comes in the form. of low-interest loans. All students ate eligible for "unsubsidized" federal Stafford loans, which let them defer interest payments until after graduation. Students who can demonstrate need can also qualify for federal Perkins loam or "subsidized" Staffords, where the government pays the interest during school.

Traditional scholarships, academic or athletic, are still a part of many families' planning. Mack Reiter, a 17-year-old national wrestling champion, gets so many recruiting letters he throws most away. He'll almost certainly get a free ride. Without it, "we would really be in a bind," says his mother, Janet. For everyone else, it's worth the effort to pick through local and national scholarship offerings, which can be found on Web sites like collegeboard. com.

What does the author intend to illustrate with the example of the Harts？

A．The difficulty of paying the tuition.

B．The increasing tuition in the university.

C．The far-sight of the parents.

D．The promising future of Katie.

How to Make a Good Impression

Research shows that we start to make up our minds about people within seven seconds of meeting them. Much of the communication is unspoken. Consciously or unconsciously, we show our true feelings with our eyes, faces, bodies and attitudes. At the same time, we cause in each other a chain of emotional reactions, ranging from comfort to fear.

Think about some of your most memorable meetings: an introduction to your future spouse, a job interview, or an encounter with a stranger. Focus on the first seven seconds. What did you feel and think？ How did you "read" the other person, and how do you think he read you？

You are the message. For 25 years I' ve worked with thousands of business and political leaders, show business personalities, and other men and women who want to be successful. I' ve helped them make persuasive presentations, answer unfriendly questions, communicate more effectively. The secret of that training has always been that you(the whole you)are the message.

If you use your good qualities, other people will want to be with you and cooperate with you. The personal qualities include: physical appearance, energy, rate of speech, pitch and tone of voice, gestures, expressiveness of eyes, and the ability to hold the interest of others. Another person will form. an impression about you based on all of these.

Now recall three times in your life when you know you made a good impression. What made you successful ？ I' m sure of this: you were committed to what you were talking about, and you were so absorbed in the moment that you lost all self-consciousness.

Be yourself. Many how-to books advise you to stride into a room and show your personality to im press. They instruct you to greet others with "power handshakes". They tell you to fix your eyes on the other person. If you follow all this advice, you' 11 drive everyone crazy--including yourself.

The trick is to be consistently yon, at your best. The most effective people never change character from one situation to another. They' re the same whether they' re having an intimate conversation, ad dressing their garden club or being interviewed for a job. They communicate with their whole being. The tones of their voices and their gestures completely go with their words.

Public speakers, however, often send confusing signals to their audience. My favorite is the kind who say, "Ladies and gentlemen, I' m very happy to be here" while looking at their shoes. They don't look happy. They look angry, frightening or depressed.

The audience will always go with what they see over what they hear. They think, "He' s telling me he' s happy, but he' s not. He' s not being honest."

Use your eyes. Whether you' re talking to one person or one hundred, always remember to look at them. Some people start to say something while looking right at you, but, three words into the sentence, they break eye contact and look out the window.

As you enter a room, move your eyes comfortably, then look directly at those in the room and smile. This demonstrates that you are at ease. Some people think entering a room full of people is like going into a lion' s cage. I disagree. If I did agree, however, I sure wouldn' t look at my feet, and I wouldn' t look at the ceiling. I'd keep eye on the lion!

Smiling is important. The best type of smile and eye contact is gentle and comfortable, not forced.

Listen before you leap. My father taught me the idea of "absorbing" other people before showing myself. He said, "Boy, you can't learn anything when you're talking."

When you attend a meeting, a party or an interview, don' t immediately start throwing out your opinions. Stop for a second. Absorb what' s going on. What' s the mood of the others--are they down, up, happy, exp

A．Y

B．N

C．NG

The glaciers have been entering oceans at a higher rate than before.

A．Y

B．N

C．NG

On entering another country,_______________(游客必须通过海关).

ation.

Jack was so______ in his reading that he didn't notice me entering his study.

A．concentrated

B．engaged

C．absorbed

D．tempted