What will trouble us in the morning？

听力原文：W: Now, Mr. Rose went to the trouble of making this dinner for us tonight.

M: Yes—we should try to do justice to it. We don't want to disrespect him.

Q: What can we learn from the conversation？

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A．It's unfair for Mr. Rose to make the dinner.

B．It's disrespectful to have Mr. Rose prepare the dinner.

C．Mr. Rose took the trouble to prepare the dinner.

D．Mr. Rose took no trouble to make the dinner at all.

visit us at Christmas.

M: No trouble at all. I'm looking forward to it.

Q: What are the man and woman doing？

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A．They are planning to meet at Christmas.

B．They are making financial arrangements.

C．They are saying good-bye.

D．They are making friends.

well-known scholar on that subject.

W: His lecture is fascinating. But I am having a hard time with the books that he asked us to read. I feel like I can never finish them.

Q: What problem does the woman have with the course？

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A．She is not interested in the course.

B．She has trouble following the professor's lecture.

C．She finds it difficult to finish the reading list.

D．She doesn't like the way the professor lectures.

with which I hope you might be able to help me.

M: Sure, Mary. What's up？

W: Well, you know Susan and I move into an off-campus apartment in the fall on the west side of town. Anyway, we've been happy with it until the past couple of months.

M: Yeah. What happened？

W: Well, the dishwasher broke down. So we reported it to Ms. Black, the owner, and she said she'd take care of it. But a month went by and nothing happened.

M: Did you get back in touch with her？

W: I got a repairman to give me an estimate. Then I sent it to Ms. Black. When I didn't hear from her for another month, I had the repair done. The next month I deducted the cost from the rent check.

M: So what's the problem？

W: When the landlady called us, she was mad as a hornet. She said she could have gotten the repair done for much less money. Now she's threatening to evict us for not paying the full rent.

M: Hold on, Mary. It does sound pretty serious. But I'm sure you can ail sit down and work this out.

W: Well, you are over at the law school. So I wondered if you would mind coming to join us in talking to Ms. Black. Susan and I are supposed to meet with her tomorrow night at eight.

M: Sure. I haven't studied a lot about contracts but I'd be glad to help you straighten things out. Why don't I stop by at 7:30 p.m.？

W: Thanks, Tom. You're a lifesaver.

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A．The apartment is too far from the campus.

B．The dishwasher broke down.

C．She's having trouble with the owner of the apartment.

D．Her roommate won't share expenses.

听力原文： Reading is thought to be a kind of conversation between the reader and the text. The reader puts questions, as it were, to the text and gets answers, in the light of these he puts further questions, and so on.

For most of the time this conversation goes on below the level of consciousness. At times, however, we become aware of it. This is usually when we are running into difficulties, when mismatch is occurring between expectations and meaning. When successful matching is being experienced, our questioning of the text continues at the unconscious level.

Different people converse with the text differently. Some stay very close to the words on the page; others take off imaginatively from the words, interpreting, criticizing, analyzing and examining. The former represents a kind of comprehension which is written in the text. The latter represents higher levels of comprehension. The balance between these is important, especially for advanced readers.

There is another conversation which from our point of view is equally important, and that is to do not with what is read but with how it is read. We call this a process conversation as opposed to a content conversation. It is concerned not with meaning but with the strategies we employ in reading. If we are an advanced reader our ability to hold a content conversation with a text is usually pretty well developed. It is precisely the process conversation that is of importance when we are seeking to develop our reading to meet the new demands being placed upon us by studying at a higher level.

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A．The reader has trouble understanding what the author says.

B．The reader's expectations agree with what is said in the text.

C．The reader asked questions and got answers.

D．The reader understands a text very well.

听力原文： Our culture is concerned with matters of self-esteem. Self-respect, on the other hand, may hold the key to achieving the peace of mind we seek. The two concepts seem very similar but the differences between them are crucial.

To esteem anything is to evaluate it positively and hold it high regard, but evaluation gets us into trouble because while we sometimes win, we also sometimes lose. To respect something, on the other hand, is to accept it.

The word acceptance suggests to some readers that our culture does indeed deal with this idea of self-respect; after all, don't we have the concept that it is important to accept our limitations？ Aren't many of us encouraged to change the things we can change, accept the things we cannot change and know the difference between the two？

The person with self-respect simply likes herself or himself. This self-respect is not dependent on success because there are always failures to contend with. Neither is it a result of comparing ourselves with others because there is always someone better. There are techniques usually employed to increase self-esteem. Self-respect, however, is a given. We simply like ourselves because of who we are and not because of what we can or cannot do.

My recent research, with Judith White and Johnny Walsh at Harvard University, points to the advantage of self-respect. Compared to those with high self-esteem who are still caught in an evaluative framework, those with self-respect are less prone to blame, guilt, regret, lies, have secrets and stress.

Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. What do we learn about self-esteem？

30. What do we learn about people with self-respect？

31. What does the speaker mean by saying "Self-respect is a given"？

32. What's the purpose of the passage？

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A．It is the same as self-respect.

B．It is totally different from self-respect.

C．It is to evaluate positively and hold high regard.

D．It is to think only the positive even when we lose.

hand, may hold the key to achieving the peach of mind we seek. (32)The two concepts seem very similar but the differences between them are crucial.

(29)To esteem anything is to evaluate it positively and hold it high regard, but evaluation gets us into trouble because while we sometimes win, we also sometimes lose. To respect something, on the other hand, is to accept it.

The word acceptance suggests to some readers that our culture does indeed deal with this idea of self-respect; after all, don't we have the concept that it is important to accept our limitations？ Aren't many of us encouraged "to change the things we can change, accept the things we cannot change and know the difference between the two？"

(30)The person with self-respect simply likes herself or himself. This self-respect is not dependent on success because there are always failures to contend with, Neither is it a result of comparing ourselves with others because there is always someone better. There are techniques usually employed to increase self-esteem. (31)Self-respect, however, is a given. We simply like ourselves because of who we are and not because of what we can or cannot do.

My recent research, with Judith White and Johnny Walsh at Harvard University, points to the advantage of selfrespect. (32)Compared to those with high self-esteem who are still caught in an evaluative framework, those with self-respect are less prone to blame, guilt, regret, lies, have secrets and stress.

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A．It is the same as self-respect.

B．It is totally different from self-respect.

C．It is to think only the positive even when we lose.

D．It is to evaluate positively and hold high regard.

The author thinks that ______.

A．emotions are rational

B．emotions interfere with rational thought

C．emotions help us

D．emotions get us into trouble

’s mental well-being, a study has suggested. UK researchers found moving to a green space had a sustained positive effect. Co-author Mathew White, from the University of Exeter, UK, explained that the study showed people living in greener urban areas were displaying fewer signs of depression or anxiety. “There could be a number of reasons,” he said, “for example, people do many things to make themselves happier; they strive for promotion or pay rises, or they get married. But the trouble is that within six months to a year, people are back to their original baseline levels of well-being. So, these things are not sustainable; they don’t make us happy in the long term. ” Dr. White said his team wanted to see whether living in greener urban areas has a lasting positive effect on people’s sense of well-being or whether the effect also disappeared after a period of time. To do this, the team used data from the British Household Panel Survey compiled by University of Essex. “What you see is that even after three years, mental health is still better, which is unlike many other things that we think will make us happy.” He observed that people living in green spaces were less stressed, and more sensible and communicated better. With a growing body of evidence establishing a link between urban green spaces and a positive impact on human well-being, Dr. White said “There’s growing interest among public policy officials, but the trouble is who funds it.”

1.According to a study, what do green spaces do to people()

A、Improve their work efficiency.

B、Add to their sustained happiness

C、Help them build a positive attitude towards life.

D、Lesson their concerns about material well-being.

2.What do people usually do to make themselves happier()

A、Earn more money.

B、Settle in an urban area.

C、Gain fame and popularity.

D、Live in a green environment.

3.What does Dr. White try to find out about living in a greener urban area()

A、How it affects different people.

B、How strong its positive effect is.

C、How long its positive effect.

D、How it benefits people.

4.What did the research reveal about people living in a green environment()

A、Their stress was more apparent than real.

B、Their decisions required less deliberation.

C、Their memories were greatly strengthened.

D、Their communication with others improved.

5.What should the government do to build more green spaces in cities()

A、Find financial support.

B、Improve urban planning.

C、Involve local residents in the effort.

D、Raise public awareness of the issue.

听力原文： Many of us believe that a person's mind becomes less active as he grows older. But this is not true, according to Dr. Lissy F. Javik, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Jarvik has studied the mental functioning of aging persons for several years. For example, one of her studies concerns 136 pairs of identical twins, who were first examined when they were already 60 years old. As Dr. Jarvik's continued the study of the twins into their 70s and 8Os, their minds did not generally decline as was expected.

However, there was some decline in their psychomotor speed. This means that it took them longer to accomplish mental tasks than it used to. But when speed was not a factor, they last very little intellectual ability over the years. In general, Dr. Jarvik's studies have shown that there is no decline in knowledge or reasoning ability. This is true not only into the 30s and 40s but also into 60s and 70s as well.

As for learning new things, and ability to remember, studies by Dr. Jarvik and others show that the old are equal to the young. It is true that older people themselves often complain that their memory is not as good as it once was. However, much of what we call "loss of memory" is not that at all. There usually was incomplete learning in the first place. For example, the older person perhaps had trouble hearing or poor vision, or inattention, or was trying to learn the new thing at a speed that was too fast.

In the cases where the older person's mind really seems to decay, it is not necessarily a sign of a decay due to old age or "senility". Often it is simply a sign of a depressed emotional state. The depression usually can be counteracted by counseling, therapy with a psychologist, or medications which fight depression.

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A．It remains as active as ever.

B．It tends to be less active.

C．It loses the ability to reason.

D．It functions well in learning new things.