C) He and Helen have broken up. D) He and Helen have been engaged. 8. A) Have a meeting with his client. B) Have a meeting with all his staff. C) Have a break. D) Pick up his client at the airport.
Listen to 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, some questions will be asked. Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Passage One
1. A) Because there are different languages. B) Because the English word \ C) Because of cultural differences. D) Because there is a debate.
2. A) We can't determine what isn't love. B) Hate is a general expression of negative sentiment. C) There is always a clear boundary between love and friendship. D) Theoretically speaking, love seldom refers to interpersonal relationships. 3. A) They appear before the Middle Age. B) They are written in ancient poetry. C) They have little changed. D) They come from Europe. Passage Two
1. A) Because it is a togetherness of 50 or 60 years. B) Because it proves the possibility of a lifelong loving relationship. C) Because they are loyal to marriage. D) Because they woke up and saw each other many thousands of days. 2. A) Staying truly in love with only one person is a wonder. B) A lifelong love is a choice. C) It demands a lot of effort to maintain a loving relationship. D) Grandparents stayed in love with little hard work. 3. A) Sharing his or her thoughts with their partner. B) Depending on his or her partner. C) Knowing that marriage is a must. D) Keeping some privacy.
4. A) Saying your ideas out loud. B) Keeping resentments from one's spouse. C) Listening. D) Communicating. Passage Three
1. A) The pope. B) The Roman Emperor C) A Roman who died on Feb. 14. D) The jailor's daughter. 2. A) On February 14, 269 A.D. B) In 1800's. C) On February 14, 496 A.D. D) Not Given.
3. A) She was the first American who sent Valentine's Day cards. B) She was the person who invented Valentine's Day cards. C) She was the one who introduced Valentine's Day to the U.S. D) She was living in Colorado. Listening Comprehension
Listen to a long conversation. At the end of the conversation, five questions will be asked. Choose
the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). 1. A) Johannesburg. B) Cape Town. C) Durban. D) New York. 2. A) It is the biggest city in South Africa. B) It is a dense city. C) It is the capital of South Africa. D) It is the business centre in South Africa. 3. A) Cape Town B) Johannesburg C) Durban D) New York 4. A) The black people. B) The colored people. C) Indians. D) The white people. 5. A) The black people. B) Asian people. C) Mixes of all races. D) A mixture between black and white. Listening Comprehension
Listen to a long conversation. At the end of the conversation, five questions will be asked. Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). 1. A) At the man's home. B) In a clinic. C) In a hospital. D) In a café?
2. A) Some food. B) A cup of tea. C) A tree. D) A book. 3. A) Yes, he has a headache. B) No, he only feels sick. C) Yes, he has diarrhea or vomiting. D) Yes, he's getting the chills. 4. A) During the day. B) During the night. C) Both day and night. D) She'll be on vacation.
5. A) Jay Adams. B) Jack Adams. C) Jack Adam. D) Not given.
Listen to 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, some questions will be asked. Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Passage One
1. A) Through body contact with an AIDS patient. B) Through daily contact with an HIV positive person. C) Through contact with the bodily fluids of someone who is HIV positive. D) Through body contact with someone who is HIV positive. 2. A) To produce blood. B) To help fight disease by killing viruses. C) To repair damaged cells. D) To help digest.
3. A) He may feel perfect for a long time and knows nothing about his infection at all. B) He becomes weak immediately. C) He is always ill. D) He knows that he is infected from the very beginning. Passage Two
1. A) The equivalent of the brain. B) The organism inside the head. C) An abstract term for the workings of the brain. D) Not given.
2. A) The mind-body problem is still to be resolved. B) The brain is directly connected by nerves to all other parts of the body. C) It is easy for us to consider the mind independent from the body. D) Humans are always aware of what is going on in their brains.
3. A) Body and mind are two independent and possibly interrelated entities. B) Body and mind are two dependent and interrelated entities. C) Body and mind are two absolutely independent entities. D) Body and mind are two definitely interrelated entities. 4. A) The soul remains instead of the body when someone dies. B) The spirit departs from the body when someone dies. C) The mind takes the place of the body when someone dies. D) Neither the mind nor the body will remain when someone dies. Passage Three
1. A) By telephone. B) By questionnaire. C) By email. D) By mail.
2. A) The poll had a margin of sampling error of plus three percentage points. B) 26% U.S. residents believed the administration would not be able to make real progress in reforming the health care system. C) More than 1/4 U.S. residents approve to raise taxes on families and businesses with incomes of more than $200,000 annually. D) The survey was done on Jan. 11.
3. A) New York Times/CBS News B) Washington Post/ABC News C) Washington Post/CBS News D) New York Times/ABC News Reading Comprehension Listening Comprehension
Listen to 8 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, one question will be asked. Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). 1. A) She is on business. B) She is traveling. C) She is visiting her friend. D) She is studying there. 2. A) At the theatre. B) At the railway station. C) At the restaurant. D) At the airport. 3. A) He wants to get the advertised position. B) He wants Sunday's Times. C) He wants to publish an advertisement in Sunday's Times. D) He needs help.
4. A) He wants to change the time of the appointment. B) He has a headache. C) He wants to have his annual check-up. D) He has a stomachache. 5. A) By cash. B) With Visa. C) With Master Card. D) With American Express. 6. A) At the man's home. B) At the woman's home. C) At Rex. D) At the Italian restaurant.
7. A) The woman needs to arrive earlier. B) The man has to work overtime. C) The woman dislikes air travel. D) The man has to go to the bank first. 8. A) Answer his phone. B) Call his lawyer. C) Pick up the newspaper. D) Take notes at the meeting.
Listen to 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, some questions will be asked. Choose the
best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Passage One
1. A) To build Project Hope primary schools in poor rural areas. B) To establish Project Hope scholarships. C) To carry out distance education initiatives and training rural teachers. D) All the above.
2. A) 93.9 percent. B) 63.5 percent. C) 80 percent. D) 16 percent. 3. A) All the money that Project Hope received is domestic donations. B) All Project Hope primary schools and students aided by the project are in China's middle and western regions. C) There are still some 34 million students from poor families that need aid nationwide. D) Project Hope is the largest and most influential non-government welfare project in China.
Passage Two
1. A) She is a resident in the neighborhood. B) She is an education official. C) She is a school teacher. D) She is a City Councilwoman.
2. A) Because the plan would further divide the 1.1 million-student school system into layers. B) Because they wanted neighborhood children to have priority in admission to the new school. C) Because in the original plan, the new high school is a 1,650-student school. D) Because the new high school would bring an influx of teenagers and traffic to the already crowded area.
3. A) The students living in all the Queens school districts. B) The students living in three of the Queens school districts. C) The students attending five schools that Ms. Crowley had specified. D) The students in Maspeth.
4. A) It is expected to open in 2012. B) It is to be built on the site of the former Restaurant Depot. C) It is to be built on 74th Street and 57th Avenue. D) The land on which the new school is to be built has been purchased by the city. Passage Three
1. A) University of Southern California. B) U.S.C.'s Office of International Services. C) California State Government. D) The Institution of International Education in New York.
2. A) Because the American students don't want to make friends with them. B) Because international students often want to spend their free time with friends from their own country or group. C) Because the offices do not look for ways to help them. D) Because they have language problems.
3. A) Helping international students work out their course schedule. B) Helping international students get involved in school life and make American friends. C) Helping family members who come to the United States with international students.
D) Organizing programs to help foreign students feel more at ease in their new surroundings. Listening Comprehension
Listen to 8 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, one question will be asked. Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). 1. A) He had been thinking about finding a new job. B) He had been thinking of the position in the accounts department. C) He had been thinking of getting promoted. D) He had been thinking of stepping into big business. 2. A) He should ask the girl on a date directly. B) He should sit down next to the girl and begin a conversation naturally. C) He should invite the girl to a cafeteria. D) He should ask the girl to go out with him.
3. A) Looking for a restaurant. B) Discussing on an address. C) Waiting for a male friend. D) Waiting for a female friend. 4. A) Pan seared salmon steak. B) Sweet and sour shrimp. C) Tip of sirloin with sauted mushrooms. D) A vegetarian entr閑. 5. A) Tennis. B) Karate. C) Windsurfing. D) Judo.
6. A) In the city. B) In the country. C) With her family. D) With the man. 7. A) A desk. B) A coffee table. C) A bookshelf D) A high chair. 8. A) Because the salary is not good. B) Because he prefers to stay at university. C) Because he is so busy that he does not have time to enjoy life. D) Because he does not like his current job.
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College students who want to be rich with lifelong friends need to invest time and seek out opportunities to develop their interests now, says a Purdue University communication expert. \there are many technological and media distractions,\says Glenn Sparks, a professor of communication who studied the 19-year friendships of a group of 1983 college graduates. The geographic and personal distance between people continues to grow, and there are some harmful effects for those who lack quality relationships. Friends are essential because they provide emotional stability in a person's life. \make investments, and it is never too early to start.\
Sparks was part of a research team that followed the friendships of 32 pairs of same-sex and 13 pairs of male-female best friends from 1983 to 2002. The initial quality and closeness of their friendships were measured in different ways, including how well they played a game that assessed levels of communication and understanding. Follow-up studies took place in 1987 and 2002. Sixty-four of the individuals, including at least one friend from 38 of the pairs, participated in the 2002 study.
On average, the participants in this study moved six times during 19 years, and the typical distance between friends was 895 miles. In addition to geographic distance, friendships also were affected