【C6】A．a couple ofB．a number ofC．a large quantity ofD．a set of

A．A couple of days.

B．Four days.

C．Six months.

D．Two weeks.

A．A couple that has stressful discussion takes the longest time to heal the wound.

B．A couple that has hostile argument takes the longest time to heal the wound.

C．Supportive discussion slows the wound healing process.

D．Higher levels of stress speed up the wound healing process.

27. There he bought____chocolate for his daughter,and then he had____bee rs in the bar not far from the school.

A.a bar of...a couple of B.a piece of...a bottle of

C.a dozen of...a couple of D.a cubic of...a tin of 

According to the passage, which of the following is sound rather than noise？

A．A couple's whisper behind you in the cinema.

B．The snore of your roommate.

C．The loud motor- horn in the street.

D．The sound of airplanes taking off and landing when you are waiting to board a plane.

later.

B．About one month with the word processor first, and a two-month, part-time period with the computer use.

C．About two months with computer first, and a one-month, part-time period with the word processor later.

D．About a two-month, part-time period with the word processor and computer.

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： A study recently concluded that the public in industrialized nations are becoming more interested than before in helping the less fortunate people of developing nations. This newfound selflessness has not resulted in personal giving of money, but rather in individual efforts to give aid through service— which is far more important than money. Most volunteers have been professionals. Doctors and nurses have volunteered for medical duty, engineers for building roads and bridges, and teachers and others have made themselves available for a variety of international assignments.

It is not clear why this phenomenon is taking place. There has been consideration that international developments in recent years have weakened nationalism and have emphasized importance of all humanity working together for a better world.

(36)

A．A couple's experience as volunteers.

B．The need for volunteers in the Third World.

C．A new public emphasis on volunteering.

D．the rewards of volunteering.

C2】______ they grew to know, understand, and respect each other. They 【C3】______ confronted the weaknesses and 【C4】______ of each other's characters. From their 【C5】______ and cultural differences they learned 【C6】______ about tolerance, compromise and honesty.

The woman's parents' bitter, 【C7】______ divorce after 35 years of marriage emphasized the fact that many couples marry 【C8】______ the wrong reasons: they are incompatible, they hardly take time to know each other, they 【C9】______ serious personality 【C10】______ and expect marriage is an automatic way to make everything work out right.

When the daughter mentioned wedding 【C11】______ to her family, her mother counseled her to be 【C12】______ sure she was doing the right thing. 【C13】______ her father learned of the boyfriend's problems with the Citizenship department, he immediately suspected this black man wanted to marry his daughter 【C14】______ to remain in the United States.

Wanting to persuade the daughter to put the marriage 【C15】______ until later, the father quoted statistics showing mixed couples had 【C16】______ divorce rates 【C17】______ the same race couples. He used examples from counseling mixed couples 【C18】______ marital difficulties, he told his daughter 【C19】______ realistic because people can be very cruel toward children from 【C20】______ marriages.

【C1】

A．After

B．Before

C．Behind

D．During

【C4】

A．great number of

B．a great deal of

C．plenty of

D．numerous

boy rather than a girl. One longstanding reason why boys have been【C1】______as a greater blessing has been that they are【C2】______to become better economic providers【C3】______their parents'old age. Yet it is time for parents to【C4】______again. Girls may now be a better investment.

Girls get better【C5】______at school than boys, and in most developed countries more women than men go to【C6】______. Women will thus be better【C7】______for the new jobs of the 21st century, in which brains【C8】______a lot more than physical strength. In Britain far more women than men are now【C9】______to become doctors. And women are more【C10】______to provide sound advice on investing their parents'nest egg. Surveys show that women consistently【C11】______higher financial returns than men do.

【C12】______, the increase in female employment in the rich world has been the main【C13】______force of growth in the past couple of decades. Those women have【C14】______more to global GDP growth than have either new technology or the new giants, China and India. Add the【C15】______of housework and child-rearing, and women probably account【C16】______just over half of the world output. It is【C17】______that women still get paid less and few【C18】______it to the top of companies, but,【C19】______prejudice fades over coming years, women will have great scope to【C20】______their productivity and in comes.

【C1】

A．seen

B．observed

C．watched

D．noticed