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W: Julia.
M: Stephen Harvey here. I've got the Maxy test-marketing results.
W: Oh, have you! So how do the results look?
M: Quite promising.
W: Oh, yeah? What was the retail sales total?
M: Just over 90 million dollars.
W: Ninety million? How many people are there in Greece?
M: A little under 10 million.
W: Oh, not as many as I thought. How do your sales figures break down, regionally? How many sales regions are there?
M: There are five. Central Greece, with the capital, Athens.
W: Just tell me which region got the highest sales total.
M: Central Greece, easily. It's got nearly half the population. Sales were 36 million.
W: And how about the other four regions?
M: Well, Macedonia was about 20 million, Peloponnese 16 million, Thessaly 12 million, and the Islands 9 million.
W: Are those the results you'd expect, taking the population of each region into account? Which regions got the best results per head?
M: The Peloponnese did very well indeed. Thessaly did well. The other three were pretty similar.
W: Uh-huh. That's interesting, Stephen. I look forward to seeing the detailed figures very shortly. I have to hang up now. I've got Paris on the other line. Bye.
12.What does the woman think about the marketing results of the test?
A) As satisfying as expected. B) As unsatisfying as expected.
C) Not mentioned.
D) More satisfying than expected.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：
回答此问题需要从整体上注意对话的各个细节。整个对话中只有男士对这次营销试验结果的评价——很有前景（Quite promising），而女士没有对这个结果做出评价，由此可以得出，对话中没有提到女士对这次结果的看法，所以选C。
13.What is said about Central Greece?
A) It has a large area. B) It has a high sales total. C) It has a small population. D) It has great sales potential.
正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析：
对话中，女士对男士说告诉我哪个地区的销售总额最高（Just tell me which region got the highest sales total），男士说希腊中部地区（Central Greece），由此可以得出，希腊中部地区的销售总额最高，所以选B。
14.Which region of Greece got the lowest sales total?
A) Macedonia. B) Peloponnese. C) Thessaly. D) The Islands.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：
对话中，女士说其他四个地区的结果如何（And how about the other four regions），男士说马其顿地区是两千万、摩里亚半岛是一千六百万、塞萨利是一千两百万、岛屿地区是九百万（Well, Macedonia was about 20 million, Peloponnese 16 million, Thessaly 12 million, and the Islands 9 million），由此可以得出，岛屿地区的销售总额最低，所以选D。 15.What will the man most probably do?
A) He will do more research on the market. B) He will present detailed figures. C) He will go to Athens on business. D) He will call the man back soon.
正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析：
对话中，女士说自己很快要看看详细的数据（I look forward to seeing the detailed figures very shortly），由此可以推断出，男士将会给女士提供详细的数据，所以选B。
Section B Understanding Passages
Directions：In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).
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What makes people happier: money or having happy friends and neighbors? Researcher Nicholas Christakis from Harvard University has found an answer. He based the study on the emotional health of almost 5,000 people.
The study found that friends of happy people had a greater chance of being happy themselves. And the smaller the physical distance between friends, the larger the effect they had on each other's happiness. Having a happy neighbor who lived next door increased an individual's chance of being happy by 34 percent. The effects of friends' happiness lasted for up to a year. The researchers found that happiness really can affect others—it is infectious.
Sadness also spread among friends, but not as much as happiness. People removed by as much as three degrees of separation still had an effect on a person's happiness.
Three degrees of separation means the friend of a friend of a friend. The study showed that having an extra 5,000 dollars increased a person's chances of becoming happier by about two percent. But the researchers found that the influence of a friend of a friend of a friend can be greater than that. Another finding is that people who are married or work together do not have as much of an effect on happiness as friends do.
The study is described as the first to demonstrate the indirect spread of happiness. In other words, that your emotions can be affected by someone you do not directly know.
16.According to Nicholas's study, which of the following can most easily bring happiness?
A) Money. B) Spouse. C) Friend. D) Colleague.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到研究发现，朋友之间的物理距离越小，他们对彼此的幸福的影响程度就越大（And the smaller the physical distance between friends, the larger the effect they had on each other's happiness），由此可以得出，音频中提到朋友是最容易带来幸福感的，所以选C。 17.What does the saying \
A) Happiness removes sadness from people's life. B) Happiness can be dangerous to human beings. C) Happiness is essential in our daily life. D) Happiness can spread from person to person.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到研究人员发现幸福感的确可以影响其他人——它具有传染性（The researchers found that happiness really can affect others—it is infectious），由此可以得出，幸福感可以在人与人之间传播，所以选D。
18.What unique finding does the study have?
A) Married people are much happier than others. B) Seperation from close friends makes one unhappy. C) Owning an extra 5,000 dollars does not make one happier.
D) The happiness of a friend of a friend can also bring one happiness.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：
音频结尾处提到这项研究第一次证明了幸福感的间接性传播。换句话说，你的情感会受到某个你不直接认识的人的影响（The study is described as the first to demonstrate the indirect spread of happiness. In other words, that your emotions can be affected by someone you do not directly know），由此可以推断出，你的朋友的朋友的幸福感也会带给你同样的感觉，所以选D。 Script
In the United States 84 colleges now accept just women. Most of them were established in the 19th century; they were to offer women the education they could not receive anywhere else. At that time major universities and colleges accepted only men. In the past 20 years many young women have chosen to study at colleges that accept both men and women. As a result some women's colleges decided to accept male students too. Others, however, refused to change. Now these schools are popular again. The president of Trinity College in Washington, D.C. said that by the end of the 1980s women began to recognize that studying at the same school with men did not mean women were having an equal chance to learn. He says a women's college permits women to choose classes and activities freely. Educational experts say male students in the United States usually speak in class more than female students do. In a women's college, women feel freer to say what they think. Women's schools also bring out leadership capabilities in many women. Recent studies reportedly show that
this leadership continues after college. The studies show American women who went to women's colleges are more likely to hold successful jobs later in life.
19.According to the passage, what is the purpose of establishing women's colleges?
A) To give women the same right of education that men enjoy. B) To make changes to traditional educational system. C) To defy men's privilege in the society. D) To train women in particular fields.
正确答案为 A 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到许多招收女性的大学是为了给她们提供在别的地方不能受到的教育（...they were to offer women the education they could not receive anywhere else），由此可以得出，建立女子大学是为了使女性享受与男性同等的受教育权利，所以选A。
20.According to the passage, what is the special feature of women's schools?
A) Women are much freer than if they study at the same school with men. B) Women could do anything they want. C) They teach things peculiar to women. D) Men are hated widely.
正确答案为 A 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到女子大学允许女性自由地选择课程和活动（...a women's college permits women to choose classes and activities freely），由此可以得出，女子大学的特点是女性可以更自由地进行学习，所以选A。
21.Which of the following is expected to be the best title of this passage?
A) Women Education in the United States. B) Women's Schools in the United States.
C) Women Should be Given the Same Education as Men. D) Education in America.
正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析：
音频一开始提到如今，美国的84所大学接收女性。它们中的大部分建立于十九世纪，这些大学为了给女性提供在别的地方不能受到的教育（In the United States 84 colleges now accept just women. Most of them were established in the 19th century; they were to offer women the education they could not receive anywhere else），音频余下的内容主要讲述了这些女子大学的特点和发展情况以及它们对女性产生的影响，由此可以综合分析出，音频主要是介绍美国的女子大学，因此选项B是此音频的最佳标题，所以选B。 Script