Old people like to live in the country, ______（而年轻人则喜欢住在城里).

A.custom

B.habit

C.routine

D.practice

Children and old people do not like having their daily ________ upset.

A) habit

B) practice

C) routine

D) custom

The size of the old suburb was limited because ________.

A) people wanted to live near a railroad station

B) it was originally planned by railroad companies

C) there was a law governing the size of the suburb

D) local inhabitants didn’t like to out in the country

What message is conveyed in books like Young vs Old"!

A．The generation gap is bound to narrow.

B．Intergenerational conflicts will intensify.

C．The younger generation will beat the old.

D．O1d people should give way to the young.

omers as a way of getting more people to pay attention to their products.

Ariely, a scientist from MIT, did an experiment on what people would do when 21 things that were free.He 22 a group of students two kinds of chocolates: the good one for 15 cents each and the poor one for l cent each.The good chocolate was worth $ 1.00, so 15 cents was very cheap,23 the poor quality chocolate was worth 5 cents, so24it for 1 cent wasn't very cheap.

Most people chose the high quality chocolate for 15 cents.That's not a 25 .But then Ariely lowered the 26 of both pieces of chocolate by 1 cent.If people were 27correctly, then they should 28choose the good quality chocolate.But that 29 what happened.Most people chose the free chocolate.This doesn't make sense in our 30 way of understanding economic behavior.

What is happening here？ Ariely 31 that people want to get a good bargain.But they also want to reduce risk.That is,they want to 32 the chance of making a 33 .If you pay 14 cents for a piece of chocolate, and then you don't 34 like it when you eat it, you have lost 14 cents.But when something is free and you don't like it, you haven't lost anything.People would 35 not to take a risk over getting a better bargain.

(1)A、facing

B、buying

C、giving

D、treating

(2)A、posted

B、produced

C、offered

D、told

(3)A、if

B、as

C、for

D、but

(4)A、getting

B、holding

C、eating

D、making

(5)A、dream

B、reason

C、reply

D、surprise

(6)A、weight

B、size

C、price

D、quality

(7)A、working

B、thinking

C、planning

D、looking

(8)A、still

B、once

C、almost

D、even

(9)A、should be

B、shouldn't be

C、is

D、isn't

(10)A、easy

B、old

C、normal

D、modem

(11)A、questioned

B、explained

C、agreed

D、added

(12)A、find

B、learn

C、lower

D、take

(13)A、decision

B、mistake

C、promise

D、warning

(14)A、usually

B、gradually

C、certainly

D、actually

(15)A、start

B、prefer

C、manage

D、afford

听力原文： In the United States, many people once lived in large two-or three-story homes. Today, many people would like to live in such houses, but usually they cannot. They don't have enough money to buy them, even to make the first payment. So many people rent from month to month. But some Americans really want to live in a house of their own. So they build their own houses, or they buy a house that is situated in the area where houses are cheaper. It is better to live in the bad part of town, they say, than not to live in a house at all. They can also buy an old house and redesign it; then they decorate it with old style. furniture. Sometimes they can make the house more beautiful than a new one. Usually it is not difficult for people to find an old home to buy. Many old people decide they don't need a big home after their children leave. So they sell their house, and move into a comfortable apartment.

But when people move into a house, they sometimes have problems. Homeowners have to do their own maintenance. For example, if the roof leaks, one cannot ask the landlord to fix it. On the other hand, people can redesign their houses in any way they want without having to be afraid of being thrown out by the landlord.

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A．Because they prefer small and comfortable houses.

B．Because they want to build their own apartments.

C．Because such houses are always in the bad part of town.

D．Because they cannot afford them.

The people whom、l like most are those of my own age.（)

听力原文： We usually think of history as the story of important people and events, but some historians are also interested in the daily lives of ordinary people. We can get this kind of information from written documents like diaries and town records, of course, but strange as this may seem—we can also learn a lot from studying old family portraits. Family portraits provide clues about things like the size of the family and the hobbies and tastes of family members. The number of children in a portrait, for example, indicates the size of the family; the types of clothing family members wore for the portrait suggest the popular fashions of the time. The objects that children hold in their hands can give clues about the games they played and their hobbies. The background of a family portrait gives historians an idea of room size and furnishings and even the wealth and social position of the family. All of these details help historians understand more about the everyday lives of some of the ordinary people from the past.

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A．Portraits as clues to our past.

B．Twentieth century photographers.

C．Prominent families in recent history.

D．A new generation of artists.

usinessman slipping on a banana skin and falling on his bottom. We are to feel sorry for him.

M: Actually, Laura, I think we laugh because we are glad it didn't happen to us. But of course there is also a kind of humorous satisfaction in seeing somebody self-important making a fool of themselves.

W: Yes, and then there are a lot of jokes about people who are too fat or physically handicapped, you know, deaf, or short-sighted, things like that. After all, it's not really funny to be like that.

M: Oh, I think that's because we're embarrassed. We don't know how to cope with the situation. Perhaps we are even a bit frightened we might get like that, so we laugh. What about the custard pie routine？

W: What do you mean "custard pie routine"？

M: You know, all those old films where someone gets so outraged with his boss, he picks up a custard pie and plasters it all over the other person's face.

W: That never makes me laugh very much, because you can guess it's going to happen. But a lot of people still find it laughable. It must be because it's the sort of the thing we'd all love to do once in a while and never quite have the courage to.

M: I had an old aunt who used to throw cups of tea at people when she was particularly irritated. She said it relieved her feelings.

W: It must have come a bit expensive.

M: Not really. She took care never to throw her best china.

Questions:

19. Why does the man say we laugh when we see some self-important people making fools of themselves？

20. Why do some people joke about those who are fat or handicapped according to the man？

21. Why do many people find it funny to see someone throwing a custard pie on their boss's face？

22. Why did the man's aunt say she would drop cups of tea at people occasionally？

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A．We simply cannot help reacting instinctively that way.

B．We wish to hide our indifference to their misfortune.

C．We derive some humorous satisfaction from their misfortune.

D．We think it serves them right for being mean to other people.

听力原文： London in the 17th century was very attractive, like many European cities of the time. There was a beautiful cathedral, St. Paul's, and a magnificent Town Hall, the Guildhall. Also, there were many attractive churches and important buildings. There was one large bridge across the River Thames, and on the south side of the river there were one or two theatres, including Shakespeare's theatre, the Globe.

However, the majority of the half a million inhabitants of the city lived in small houses in narrow, dirty streets. There were no drains, so people threw their dirty water and rubbish onto the street. Because of this, there was a strong smell and there were many rats and flies. In 1665, there was a great plague in the city of London. At least 70,000 people died and many others left London and went into the country for several months. Then slowly the plague died away and people started to return from the country.

On September 2, 1666 at about three o'clock in the morning, a fire suddenly started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane. There was a strong wind and the fire spread quickly from one street to the next. The fire lasted for three days and destroyed 13,200 homes and 88 churches, including St. Paul's Cathedral, the Guildhall and many other important buildings. This was the end of the old city of London.

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A．Near Town Hall.

B．In a narrow, dirty street.

C．Behind many attractive churches.

D．On the south side of the River Thames.