W: And when do you use it? Do you have a regular time?
M: Actually like a lot of people. I use it at cheap rate times, early in the morning or late at night.
W: I see. And one more thing, do you have any tips for anyone who might be interested in using the
Internet?
M: Yeah, I guess I could say a few things. Definitely only use it at cheap rate times. That’s the first thing.
And try to limit your time. And don’t get sidetracked. W: Thanks for joining us, Dave. M: Thank you.
1. What are the two speakers doing?
a. They’re having a chat about the Internet.
b. They are talking about how to use the Internet.
c. One is interviewing the other about the use of the Internet. d. They are talking about the difference between the Internet and e-mail. 2. Mostly for what does the man use the Internet? a. Chatting online. b. Finding information. c. Joining in news groups. d. Looking through libraries.
3. How often does the man go online? a. Two or three hours a week.
b. Around four to nine hours a week. c. Less than three hours a week. d. About four hours a week.
4. What do you know about the man?
a. He knows it’s important to limit himself in using the Internet. b. He can’t use the Internet at daytime.
c. He can’t resist the temptation of the Internet. d. He is only a beginning user of the Internet.
Unit 13 Human Virtues
Part C A Passage
On a trip to Kenya with her family, 17-year-old Christina spent four days with the Samburu tribe people. Two years of drought had killed their cattle and left the tribe with nothing to eat. Christina wanted to help them.
For fun, she taught the children how to paint and the children came up with amazing drawings of animals. Christina decided to turn the paintings into cards and sell them back home. She paid the children $200 of her own money for the pictures. “That fed them for two and a half weeks,” she said.
It was then that she got the idea of paying the tribe people for their crafts, which she’d sell in local stores. Her goal was to raise enough money to buy a cow for each family and to dam the nearby springs so the tribe would never be troubled by droughts again. Obtaining a loan from her parents, she started the Samburu Project.
Now the men and women there are making beaded bracelets and other ornaments. And the children are painting giraffes and zebras.
Christina sets aside every penny of profit for the tribe. Sales during last year’s Christmas season yielded $10,000 in profit. She was able to collect enough money to buy the cows, build the dam and even pay the medical bills of a girl who had a brain tumor and a boy badly burned in a fire.
Christina’s enthusiasm is catching. When her friends learned about this, they also wanted to buy a cow. That gave her another idea: people could donate $50 to purchase a cow for the Samburu people. By now 67 people have done so.
Christina adds what she can to the kitty. “I take the money I would spend on CDs or a soda and throw it into a jar for the Samburu.”
与她的家人向肯尼亚旅行，17 岁克里斯蒂娜 · 桑布鲁部落人花了四天。两年的干旱已经杀了他们的牛和部落留下什么也不吃。克里斯蒂娜想要帮助他们。
好玩的事，她教孩子们如何油漆和孩子们出了令人惊异画动物。克里斯蒂娜决定转到卡的画，卖给他们回家。她支付孩子的她自己的钱 200 元为图片。\那喂它们两个半星期，\她说。
它当时她支付他们的工艺品，她将在本地商店出售部落人民的想法。她的目标是筹集足够的资金去买一头母牛的每个家庭和在大坝附近的泉水，所以部落将永远不会造成困扰的干旱再次。她从她的父母获取一笔贷款，开始桑布鲁项目。
现在的男人和那里的妇女正在串珠的手镯和其他饰物。孩子们画长颈鹿和斑马。
克里斯蒂娜一边设置部落的每一分钱的利润。销售在去年圣诞节期间产生了 10,000 美元的利润。她还能收集足够的钱来买奶牛、 修建水坝、 甚至付了脑肿瘤的女孩的医疗费和一个男孩严重烧伤在火中。
克里斯蒂娜的热情方兴未艾。当她的朋友们得知这个时，他们还想买一头母牛。这给了她的另一个想法： 人民能捐出 50 元，购买一头母牛的桑布鲁的人。现在 67 人这样做。
克里斯蒂娜将添加她凑到的可以。\我采取的钱，我会花在 Cd 或在苏打水和扔到一个罐子里的桑布鲁\。
1. Which of the following is true of Christina?
a. She went traveling with her family in many parts of Kenya. b. She spent four days with the Samburu tribe people in Kenya. c. She spent her last summer vacation with a tribe people in Kenya. d. She took many pictures of children in Kenya.
2. What did Christina do to help the Samburu tribe people? a. She gave them 200 dollars out of her own savings.
b. She taught them to paint pictures and paid them a lot of money.
c. She taught the children how to paint pictures and turn them into cards. d. She bought the children’s paintings and sold them back home. 3. What did she do with the profit money from sales during the last Christmas season? a. She used it to train the tribe people to make beaded bracelets and other ornaments. b. She used it to build a dam, buy cows, and pay medical bills for two children. c. She used it to buy cows for poor families. d. She used it to build a children’s hospital. 4. What can we learn from the story?
a. Without Christina’s Samburu Project, the tribe people would not be able to survive. b. The Samburu people are born artists and craftspeople. c. Christina is a good artist. d. Christina is a caring girl.
Unit 14 Culture
Part C A Passage
In America there is a na?ve notion that children grow up and leave home when they’re 18, but the truth is far from that. Today 59% of men and 47% of women between 18 and 24 depend on their parents for housing. Most college students now live at home. Also, 14% of men and 8% of women aged 25 to 34 are dependent on their parents for housing. “This is part of a major shift in the middle class,” declares a sociologist at Northwestern University.
在美国有一个天真的概念，儿童成长和离家当他们 18，但事实远非如此。今日 59%的男子和 18 至 24 岁之间的妇女 47%依赖父母的房屋。大多数大学生现在住在家里。此外，14%的男性和 8%的 25 到 34 岁的妇女都依赖父母的房屋。\这是一个重大的转变，中产阶级的一部分\声明在西北大学的一位社会学家。
Analysts cite a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. First, the marriage age is rising. Second, a high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally battered survivors back to parental shelters. What’s more, for some, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so high that many students now attend local schools. Even after graduation, young people tend to stay home because of rising housing costs.
分析师们列举各种原因这回巢。第一，结婚年龄正在上升。第二，高离婚率和再婚率下降发送经济上按下和情感虐待的幸存者回父母的庇护。更重要的是，对一些人来说的飞从回家大学教育费用已成为如此之高很多学生现在参加当地的学校。即使毕业后，年轻人们倾向于呆在家里因为房屋成本上升。
Sallie, 26, moved back to her parents’ home to save enough money to buy a car. Her job as a teacher provided only enough money to cover car payments and an additional loan she had taken out. Once the loan was paid off, she decided to start a modeling career. Living at home, says Sally, continues to give her security and moral support.
莎莉，26，搬回她父母的家要储蓄足够的钱买一辆车。她作为一名教师的工作提供了只盖车支付和额外的贷款金额，她拿出了足够的钱。一旦贷款已还清了，她决定要启动的模特生涯。住在家里，说莎莉，继续给她的安全和道义上的支持。
Lucille returned home with her two daughters after a divorce. That was 12 years ago. She is 37 now, and she and her daughters still live with Lucille’s mother, who has welcomed having three generations in the same house.离婚后，露西尔回家与她的两个女儿。那是 12 年前。现在，她已经是 37 和她和她的女儿还露
西尔的母亲，欢迎在同一个房子里有三代同住。
Just how long should adult children live with their parents before moving on? Most psychologists feel lengthy homecomings are a mistake. Offspring, struggling to establish separate identities, can feel a sense of defeat and failure. And aging parents, who should be enjoying some financial and personal freedom, find themselves burdened with responsibilities.
只是住多长时间应该长大成人的子女与父母在一起移动上, 前？心理学家最觉得冗长迟暮是一个错误。后代，苦苦挣扎，建立独立的身份，可以感觉到一种挫折和失败。年迈的父母、 应该享受一定的财务和个人自由，发现自己背负的责任。
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
a. Why young people above 18 in the U.S. prefer to attend local colleges.
b. The reasons why more and more young people in America move back to their parents’ homes rather than live on their own. c. Young people in America should leave home when they reach 18.
d. How young people in the U.S. try to cope with the rising costs of housing. 2. What do you know about Sallie?
a. She moved back to her parents’ home mainly because she didn’t have money to buy a new car. b. She felt miserable when she was away from home. c. She was not satisfied with her job as a teacher. d. She doesn’t want to pay much money for rent. 3. What can you learn from the passage?
a. Most parents in America welcome their children’s return to the nest.
b. An away-from-home college education is no longer affordable to middle class people in America. c. Failure in marriage is an important reason for the return to the nest. d. Young people in America have trouble establishing their own identities.
4. What is one of the reasons why most psychologists disapprove of lengthy homecomings? a. Because they are resented by the aging parents. b. Because they are against the American tradition. c. Because they are harmful to the housing industry.
d. Because they are damaging to the growth of the young people.