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The Academy Awards is just what we call now the Oscars Awards.
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Shaped like a man, an Oscar, the Academy Awards, is made of pure gold.
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听力原文: Watching movies is a good way to improve your listening: I would stress the usefulness of repetition. So watch a DVD of an English-language film with Chinese subtitles.Then,a week or so later,watch the film again with the subtitles covered up.This time,you will know broadly what the characters are trying to say, which will help your brain link the English words with their meanings.Of course,you can pause and rewind the film if there are certain bits that really puzzle you.
The next step would be to find a way to listen to the soundtrack of the film without watching it.You should know the scenes and the story well by now,so by removing the pictures your brain will really focus on the language spoken.
Before you do any of this,think carefully about what film you want to use to practice your listening.If you want to learn American English,be sure to watch a film set in the USA.If you choose a really well-regarded film,one that has won lots of Academy Awards,for example,you will probably be able to buy the screenplay of the film,which will be very useful to you.
Lastly, choose a film that you are not going to get tired of if you watch it three times!
This is a very satisfying way to practice your listening.You will really feel that you are improving.
What message does the speaker try to convey in this passage?
A.One can improve listening by watching movies.
B.Everybody wants to improve listening nowadays.
C.There is a good way to memorize vocabularies.
D.One needs to work hard to improve English.
第4题
W: I’m considering having my office redecorated, the furniture is oldand the paint is chipping.
M: I’ll give you my sister-in-law’s number. She just graduated from aninterior designing academy, and will give a free estimate.
Q: What is the woman considering?
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W: Yeah! How are your preparations for the Academy? When is your(20)exhausting physical exam?
M: Well,I'm taking the physical this week. I know it will be rough but I have been training for two months now and I feel pretty strong. (20)After that, I must take a psychological test to see I am a good candidate for the stress of police work.
W: Is that all? It sounds pretty tough.
M: No,that's not all. Just listen. (20)Next, I have to take the lie detector test. Finally, if I pass all of these, I must submit to a background check. At this final stage, the Academy will call my family, friends and former employer to check for any criminal records or credit problems.
W: Wow! That's so intense!(19)Are you sere that you really want to be a policeman?
M: (19)Yes! I really want to be able to help and protect people.
W: Aren't you afraid? Something could happen to you.
M: Relax! I plan to eventually work on crime scene investigation. With any luck, I'll only have to spend one year pa- trolling on the street. How are your plans coming along for New York University? Are you all ready to move?
W: Are you kidding? It's a good thing that I have two months to get ready. (21)I will start my summer job the day after tomorrow, so that should keep me busy.
M: Where are you working? At the Starbucks on Market Street?
W: Yes. I'd better go. I promise my mom that I would help her pack for her two-week trip to Europe.
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A.Training for a coming game.
B.Attending a police academy.
C.Becoming a physical teacher.
D.Being a psychologist.
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Americans Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller won the Nobel Prize for economics on Monday for developing methods to study trends in stock, bond and housing markets. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said that through their research, the three had laid the _1_ of the current understanding of asset prices and changed the way people invest. While it’s _2_ whether stock or bond prices will go up or down in the short term, it’s possible to foresee _3_ over periods of three years or longer, the academy said. “These findings, which might seem surprising and contradictory, were _4_ made and analyzed by this year’s prize winners,” the academy said. Fama, 74, and Hansen, 60, are _5_ with the University of Chicago. Shiller, 67, is a professor at Yale University. Starting in the 1960s, Fama and others showed how difficult it is to predict individual stock prices in the short run. His findings _6_ the practice of investing, leading to the emergence of index funds. Two decades later, Shiller showed that there is more predictability in the long run in stock and bond markets, while Hansen developed a _7_ method to test theories of asset pricing. “These are three _8_ different kinds of people and the thing that unites them all is asset pricing," says David Warsh, who tracks academic economists on his Economic Principals blog. The economics award is not a Nobel Prize in the same sense as the medicine, chemistry, physics, literature and peace prizes, which were _9_ by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel in 1895. Sweden’s central bank added the economics prize in 1968 as a _10_ to Nobel.
A) unpredictable
B) foundation
C) supplementary
D) utterly
E) fellowship
F) movements
G) illuminates
H) memorial
I) inaugurated
J) separately
K) created
L) statistical
M) associated
N) cooperatively
O) revolutionized
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听力原文:W: What did you think of the movie? Did you like it?
M: Not really, it was a little too artsy for me. It seemed like the director was trying so hard to impress us with storage close-ups and avant-garde dialogues that he forgot to include a story. I thought it was really boring.
W: I thought the movie was really thought-provoking. I love it when a movie makes you think. It's a nice change from the superficial dialogue and two-dimensional characters you usually see in films these days.
M: I don't really care for alternative films. They are so dark and depressing. The characters are always so intense. Why does a movie have to be sad to be deep?
W: Yeah, I know what you mean, but mainstream cinema is nothing but gun fights and exploding cars. I get so sick of movies like that. I prefer movies with substance.
M: But sometimes you don't want to think; sometimes you just want a light movie. Like that comedy movie with Billy Crystal--that was so hilarious. I laughed so hard that I cried.
W: Movies have to be more than entertaining to me.
M: Did you see that new mystery movie that came out last month? That was so suspenseful. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.
W: I loved that movie. The plot was great, and the acting was incredible. I wouldn't be surprised if it were nominated for an Academy Award.
M: Well, at least we agree on something. I guess we'll have to stick to mysteries in the future.
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A.The close-ups are perfect.
B.The dialogues are easy to understand.
C.It's not boring at all.
D.It doesn't tell any story.
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听力原文:W: What did you think of the movie? Did you like it?
M: Net molly, it was a little too artsy for me. It seemed like the director was trying so hard to impress us with strange close-ups and avant-garde dialogues that he forgot to include a story. I thought it was really boring.
W: I thought the movie was really thought-provoking, I love it when a movie makes you think. It's a nice change from the superficial dialogue and two-dimensional characters you usually see in films these days.
M: I don't really care for alternative films. They are so dark and depressing. The characters are always so intense. Why does a movie have to be sad to be deep?
W: Yeah, I know what you mean, but mainstream cinema is nothing but gun fights and exploding cars. I get so sick of movies like that. I prefer movies with substance.
M: But sometimes you don't want to think; sometimes you just want a light movie. Like that comedy movie with Billy Crystal—that was so hilarious. I laughed so hard that I cried.
W: Movies have to be more than entertaining to me.
M: Did you see that new mystery movie that came out last month? That was so suspenseful. 1 was on the edge of my seat the whole time.
W: I loved that movie. The plot was great, and the acting was incredible. I wouldn't be surprised if it were nominated for an Academy Award.
M: Well. at least we agree on something. I guess we'll have to stick to mysteries in the future.
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A.The close-ups are perfect.
B.The dialogues are easy to understand.
C.It's not boring at all.
D.It doesn't tell any story.
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At 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph. D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers, awards—was viewed through the lens of gender(性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus(相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture(培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my month came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations: I don't talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn't want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don't study sociology or political theory.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women's college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don't dismiss those concerns. Still, I don't tell them "war" stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that's a sight worth talking about.
Why doesn't the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
A.She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.
B.She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination.
C.She is not good at telling stories of the kind.
D.She finds space research more important.
第10题
How many awards did Rivera receive for his work?
A.Two.
B.Three.
C.Four.
D.Five.