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听力原文：25 years ago, Ray Anderson, a single parent with a one-year-old son witnessed a t

听力原文： 25 years ago, Ray Anderson, a single parent with a one-year-old son witnessed a terrible accident which took place when the driver of a truck ran a red light and collided with the car of Sandra D. The impact of the collision killed Sandra instantly. But her three-month-old daughter was left trapped in the burning car.

While others looked on in horror, Andersen jumped out of his vehicle and crawled into the car through the shadowed rear window to try to free the infant. Seconds later, the car was enclosed in flames. But to everyone's amazement, Andersen was able to pull the baby to safety. While the baby was all right, Andersen was seriously injured. Two days later he died. But his heroic act was published widely in the media.

His son was soon adopted by relatives. The most remarkable part of the story unfolded only last week. Karen and her boyfriend Michael were looking through some old boxes when they came across some old newspaper clippings. "This is me when I was a new born baby. I was rescued from a burning car. But my mother died in the accident," explained Karen.

Although Michael knew Karen's mother had died years earlier, he never fully understood the circumstances until he skimmed over the newspaper article. To Karen's surprise, Michael was absorbed in the details of the accident. And he began to cry uncontrollably. Then he revealed that the man that pulled Karen from the flames was the father he never knew. The two embraced and shed many tears, recounting stories told to them about their parents.

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A．Michael's parents got divorced.

B．Karen was adopted by Ray Anderson.

C．Karen's mother died in a car accident.

D．A truck driver lost his life in a collision.

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听力原文：M: Just a few years ago, no one knew what an iPod was, but now they've spread lik

e wildfire.

W: Yeah, you get it. Even my six-year-old baby sister asked me for one as her birthday present.

Q: What are they talking about？

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A．Nowadays an iPod is very precious.

B．The women's baby-sister is very hard to please.

C．IPod gains great popularity in recent years.

D．What the woman will send her sister as a birthday present.

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听力原文：M: Hello. This is Greg Rice reporting live in Barrow. Alaska.W: Hello. Greg. Is e

听力原文：M: Hello. This is Greg Rice reporting live in Barrow. Alaska.

W: Hello. Greg. Is everything going smoothly？

M: Yes. I've just arrived here in Barrow. Alaska, to bring you live coverage of what appears to be the results of a huge meteorite impact, perhaps the largest in recent history, that occurred just twelve hours ago. The exact location of the impact is unknown, but estimates put it about 20 kilometers south of Barrow based on shock waves felt throughout the region.

W: Are there any witnesses？

M: Yeah. Some witnesses say they saw a bright light streaking through the sky, accompanied by a mating boom, moments before the impact. It's unknown whether there are any casualties, but it is unlikely considering this sparsely populated area.

W: It's said that such impacts were commonplace during the formation of our solar system, and many believe that a meteorite 10 kilometers in diameter which crashed into Earth 65 million years ago led to the mass extinction of many animal species including the dinosaurs.

M: You're right. But R is often difficult to calculate the number of such large impacts on Earth because erosion and vegetation make it difficult to spot them. In recant years, astronomers have focused more of their attention on the paths of many uncharted space rocks or asteroids floating out there in the hope that we might be able to determine the threat they pose on mankind...This is Greg Rice reporting from Alaska.

W: Thanks, Greg...We'll keep you up-to-date on any development there.

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A．An alien spacecraft landing.

B．The impact of a meteorite.

C．A volcanic eruption.

D．The blizzard conditions in Alaska.

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听力原文：Why did scientists suggest the Iceman might ha killed as an offering to the gods？

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A．Because he died 5000 years ago in the mountain.

B．Because scientists found an arrowhead under his shoulder.

C．Because he was killed in a fall while hunting animals.

D．Because his body was discovered in an area between two high mountains.

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听力原文：We don't know when man first began to use salt, but we do know that it has been u

听力原文： We don't know when man first began to use salt, but we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout history. Historical evidence shows, for example, that people who lived over 3000 years ago ate salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used to keep the dead from decaying.

Stealing salt was considered a major crime during some periods of history. In the 18th century, for instance, if a person was caught stealing salt, he could be put in jail. History records that about ten thousand people were put in jail that century for stealing salt. About 150 years before, in the year 1533, taking more than one's share of salt was punishable as a crime. The offender's ear was cut off!

Salt was an important item on the table of a king. It was traditionally placed in front of the king when he sat down to eat. Important guests at the king's table were seated near the salt. Less important guests were given seats far away from it.

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A．To keep fish alive.

B．To punish criminals.

C．To preserve dead bodies.

D．To help heal wounds.

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听力原文：About a hundred years ago, the people of London were amazed to see an extraordina

听力原文： About a hundred years ago, the people of London were amazed to see an extraordinary boat come sailing up the Thames River The boat had four-cornered sails made of mats, big wooden eyes on the bow, and fantastic pictures on the stern.

It turned out to be the Keyling, an eighty-foot junk from Foochow in distant China. The junk had sailed round the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa, up the western coast of Africa, and finally to England. The voyage had covered fifteen thousand miles-- more than half the distance round the world.

Although it was unexpected, the Keyling's voyage to London was no accident. She carried a cargo of silk and ivory, as well as a number of exotic gifts from the emperor of China, destined for Queen Victoria.

People had always mistakenly thought of the Chinese as landlubbers. From centuries of trading and seafaring in perilous seas, however, the Chinese had learned to build good boats and to sail them well. The Keyling proved that a Chinese junk could sail anywhere in the world.

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A．By sailing round Europe.

B．By sailing completely round the world.

C．By sailing through the Arctic Ocean.

D．By sailing round the tip of Africa.

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听力原文：Thirty years ago, anyone blaming loneliness for physical illness would have been

听力原文： Thirty years ago, anyone blaming loneliness for physical illness would have been laughed at. But as scientists studied different populations, loneliness kept emerging as a risk factor. In one study, Californian researchers followed 4,700 residents of Alameda County for 10 years, starting in 1965.

At first, the participants reported their key sources of companionship and estimated the time they devoted to each other. During the study, the people who reported the least social contact died at nearly three times the rate of those reporting the most. The source of companionship didn't matter, but time spent with others was critical.

Since then, researchers have studied men, women, soldiers and students from countries all over the world. And the same pattern keeps emerging. Women who say they feel isolated go on to die of cancer at several times the expected rate. College students who report "strained and cold" relationships with their parents suffer extraordinary rates of hypertension and heart disease decades later. Heart-attack survivors who happen to live by themselves die at twice tile rate of those who live with others.

For those of us who are still healthy, the lesson should be obvious. It's clear that reaching out to others can help our bodies thrive. It's equally clear that we're growing more isolated. In 1900, only 5 percent of U.S. households consisted of one person living alone. The proportion reached 13 percent in 1960, and it stands at 25 percent today. In a book entitled Bowling Alone, author Robert Putnam shows that oar social connections are disappearing on other levels, too In 1976, Americans attended an average of 12 club meetings a year. The current average is five. Card games, dinner parties and shared family meals have all followed the same pattern. We all have a good excuse we're too busy but we shouldn't be surprised when it catches up with us.

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A．The key source of connections.

B．The time spent with others.

C．The kind of social contact.

D．The degree of solitude.

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听力原文：[31] Mr. Foster started his publishing business with only one magazine. It was ca

听力原文： [31] Mr. Foster started his publishing business with only one magazine. It was called "World News". Mostly it had summaries of important week events from around the world. But it always included one or two stories about interesting people. Mr. Foster put these in [29] because he believed all people like to read about other people. Several years ago, Mr. Foster started two magazines. One was called "Enterprise". It is for business people. And the other was called [30] "Action", for sports fans. Like World News, they always have two or three stories about interesting people. Five years ago, Mr. Foster got another idea for a magazine. He wanted this one to have even more stories about people than the others and to have more photographs. This one was named "Faces and Places". From the very beginning, it was a big success.

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A．He was good at writing about interesting people.

B．It was much easier to write stories about people.

C．He believed that people are always eager to learn about other people.

D．He thought people played an important role in world events.

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听力原文：M: Operator, I beaked a long-distance collect call for my sister in Switzerland 2

5 minutes ago, but I haven't got a reply yet.

W: Sorry, I ring it for you right now.

Who will pay for the call？

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A．The man.

B．The operator.

C．The man's sister.

D．The man and his sister.

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听力原文：We can read of things that happened 5000 years ago in the Near East, where people

听力原文： We can read of things that happened 5000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write. But there are some parts of the word where even now people cannot write. The only way that they can preserve their history is to recount it as sagas—legends handed down from one generation to another. (29)These legends are useful because they can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago, but none could write down what they did.

(30) Anthropologists wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian people now living in the Pacific Islands came from. The sagas of these people explain that some of them came from Indonesia about 2000 years ago.

But the first people who were like ourselves lived so long ago that even their sagas, if they had any, are forgotten. So archaeologists have neither history nor legends to help them to find out where the first 'modern men' came from.

(31) Fortunately, however, ancient men made tools of stone, especially flint, because this is easier to shape than other kinds. They may also have used wood and skins, but these have rotted away. (31)Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace.

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A．They moved from one place to another.

B．They came from Indonesia.

C．They have left us information about their migrations.

D．They preserved their sagas and legends.

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听力原文：25 years ago, Ray Anderson, a single parent with a one year-old son witnessed a t