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Shewasreadytocome．butthenchangedhermind．
Whyisn’tSusanpresent?
14．W：
Whyareyoujuststandingoutsideinsteadofgoingin?
Ihavetriedallmykeysinthelock，butitwon’topen．
Whydidn’tthemangoin?
15．M：
Youdon’tlookadayoverthirty．
Really?
Infact．I’mthirty-five．
Howdoesthewomanfeelabouttheman’sremark?
16．M：
Didyoursisterlikehernewcar?
Shethoughtitwastoonoisy．andsomethinggotwrongwiththetyres；
butmyfatherbelieveditwasquiteagoodCar．
Whatdidthewoman’sfatherthinkofthenewcar?
17．W：
Fastenyourbelts．andwewilltakeoffsoon．
Butwouldyouliketotellmehowtofastenit?
Wheredidtheconversationtakeplace?
18.M:
Areyougoingtotheconcerttonight?
W:
No,Ipromisedtobaby-sitformyneighborswhiletheyhaveameeting.
Q:
Whatwillthewomandotonight?
Nowyou’llheartwolongconversations.
ConversationOne
Excuseme,I’vebeenusingthisoldbookforaresearchprojectandInoticethatalotofpagesareturningbrownandbecomingbrittle.
M:
Yes.Unfortunately,that’sacommonproblemwithbooksmadefromwoodpulp.
Isupposethattomakepaperfromwoodyouhavetoaddalotofchemicalsandacidstomakeitturnwhite.
Exactly,andit’stheacidthateventuallyeatsawaythepaper.
Oh,thatactuallymakessense,butthisbook’snoteven75yearsoldandI’veseenbooksinmuseumthatarehundredsofyearsoldandthey’reinfreecondition.
Well,yousee,bookshavebeenmadefromWoodpulponlysincethe1850s,beforethattheyweremadefrommaterialsmostlyanimals’skins,andnochemicalswereadded.
It’sashamethoseolderwoodpulpbooksaregoingtofallapartsomeday.Isthereanythingthatcanbedonetopreservethem?
En,currentlytheonlywaytostopthebooksfromdecayingistoremovethebindingandtreateachpageindividuallytoremovetheacid.
Thatdoesn’tsoundveryeconomical.
No,itisn’t.It’snotpracticaltotreatalargenumberofbookswiththisprocess,soweonlytrytorescuethemostvaluableeditionbooksinourcollection.
Well,thanksfortheexplanation.I’dbettergetbacktomyproject.
GoodluckandIhopetheoldbookwillholdlongenoughforyoutofinishit.
Questions19to22arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.
19.Whatarethespeakersmainlydiscussing?
20.Accordingtotheman,whydomodembooksdecay?
21.Whatdoesthemansayaboutbookspublishedbefore1850?
22.Whatwillthewomanprobablydonext?
ConversationTwo
DoyouwanttogotothecinemawithusonSaturday?
Thanks,butIhavetostudyformyresearchproject.I’mtakingthatsameanthropologycourseyoutookwithProfessorGray.
Theoneonethnographicinterviewing?
Oh,good!
I’msureyou’llgetalotoutofit.
Ihavetoadmittheword"
ethnography"
scaredmealittleatfirst.Itseemssotechnical.Butthenwhensheexplainedthatit’swhatanthropologistsdo,youknow,howtheyinvestigateandrecordaspectsofaculture,itdidn’tseemsointimidating!
Yeah,it’sapartofthefieldworkanthropologistsconductandit’sgoodtostartdoingthatnowbeforeyoubecomeagraduatestudentandhavetoconductlargeprojectsyourself.Whoareyougoingtointerview?
YouknowthepublishingofficewhereIusedtowork?
Vivian,thewomanIworkedfor,hasbeenamanagerthereforover30yearsandseenalotofchangesintheindustry.IthoughtI’dstartoutbyinterviewingherabouthowthepeopleintheofficeinteractwitheachotherandwithoutsideclients.
Thebestpartofthatcourseisthatitshowsyouthatethnographicresearchcanalsobedoneonafamiliarground.
Yeah.IgottheideaformyprojectfromreadingRobertMarshal’sstudyofofficelifeandIrealizedIalreadyhadsomebackgroundinthat.Sofar,I’mreallyenjoyingthiscourse.
Questions23to25arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.
23.Whatistheconversationmainlyabout?
24.Whatdoesthewomansayaboutthesubjectofethnography?
25.Whoisthefirstpersonthewomanwillinterview?
PassageThree
Ifyou’vebeenoncampusforverylong,I’mcertainthatyou’vealreadyheardaboutthiscourse.Youmayknowthatlastsemesterabout50percentofthestudentsenrolledinmycoursefailedit.Letmeexplainhowthiscameaboutbeforeyoujumptoanyconclusions.Inthefirstplace,sincethisisacompositionclass,Iexpectmystudentstofollowcertainrolesofformality.Unfortunately,manystudentstodaydislikehavingtofollowrolesofanykind,especiallythosethattheymayfeeltobeunnecessary.Forexample,Iaskthateachofyourpapersbetypedandcenteredonthepapercorrectly.Icountoffpointsforvariouskindsofmistakes.Amisspelledwordwillcostyou5points.You’velost25pointsifyou’vemisspelledfivewords.Ifyouwriteincompletesentences,you’velost10points.Ifyougivemetwocompletesentencesasonewithoutadequatepunctuation,you’velost15points.Idonotacceptlatepapers.Youwillreceiveazeroforanythemewhichyoufailtosubmitontime.Iexpectyoutoreadeachassignment.Iwillgiveyouashortunannouncedquizfromtimetotime.ThisclassmeetsonMondays,Wednesdays,andFridays.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsatanytime,youcanseemeonTuesdays.Myofficeisonthesecondfloorofthisbuilding.YourassignmentforWednesdayistoreadHemingway’sshortstoryonpage55.Fridaywillbethelastclassdayofthisweek,soyoucanexpecttowriteashortin-classthemeformethen.That’sallfortoday,I’llseeyouonWednesday.
Questions33to35arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
33.Howmanypointswillastudentloseifhemisspellsawordonacomposition?
34.WhatwillthestudentsdoinclassonFriday?
35.WhatmustthestudentsreadforWednesday?
SectionC
Scientistshavedevelopedanewcancerdrug.Sofar,theyhavetesteditonlyon（36）laboratoryanimals.Thedragisdesignedto（37）invadeandkillcancercellsbutnothealthycells.
First,thedrugentersthecanceranddestroysthesupplyofblood.Thenitreleases（38）poisontodestroythecancercells.
ResearchersattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyinCambridgecarriedoutthestudy.The（39）resultsappearedinNature（40）magazine.Aschoolnewsreleasecalledthedrugan"
anti-cancersmartbomb"
.
RamSasisekharanisaprofessoratM.I.T.Hesayshisteamhadto（41）solvethreeproblems.Theyhadtofindawaytodestroythebloodvessels,thento（42）preventthegrowthofnewones.Buttheyalsoneededthebloodvesselstosupplychemicalstodestroythecancer.
Sotheresearchersdesignedatwo-pan"
nanocell"
.Thecellis（43）measuredmnanometers,oronethousandmillionthofameter.（44）Theparticleusedwastwohundrednanometers-much,muchsmallerthanahumanhair.
Thescientistssayitwassmallenoughtopassthroughthebloodvesselsofthecancer,butitwastoobigtoenternormalbloodvessels.Thesurfaceofthenanocellsalsohelpedthemtoavoidnaturaldefenses.
（45）Thescientistsdesignedthecellasaballooninsideaballoon.Theyloadedtheouterpartwithadrugthatcausedthebloodvesselstofallinonthemselves.Thatcutoffthebloodsupplyandtrappedthenanocellinsidethecancer.Then,thenanocellslowlyreleasedchemotherapydrugstokillthecancercells.
（46）Theteamsaysthetreatmentshrankthecancerandavoidedhealthycellsbetterthanothertreatments.
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11．C综合推断题。
对话中的Hereisthemenu．Wouldyouliketoordernow?
是餐厅服务员接待客人的常用语，因此对话应该发生在餐厅里，所以C正确。
12．A信息明示题。
男士建议大家一起去城里看电影，女士认为看电影物非所值，让他不要把自己算在内，所以A正确。
*考点
●count有“计算；
认为”等含义，相关短语有：
countout不把……算入；
countin把……算入；
counton依靠，依赖，如：
Youcancountonmyhelp．你可以依靠我的帮助。
13．B综合推断题。
女士说简已经为她的研究项目写了一些文章，男士说看来她已经写完了。
言外之意，男士原以为筒并没写完，所以B正确。
14．A综合推断题。
男士不知道琳达能否解决这类问题，女士回答说如果琳达解决不了，就没人能解决了。
言
外之意，琳达能力很强，要她才能解决的问题应该比较复杂，只有A最符合题意。
15．B综合推断题。
女士准备请门卫打扫大厅，男士说能否让他也清洗一下楼梯，由此可知，他们对大楼的卫生状况不满，即在谈论大楼的卫生状况，故选B。
●aswell相当于too或also（也，又），一般置于句末，起副词的作用，如：
IlikeclassicalmusicandIlikepopmusicaswell．我喜欢古典音乐，也喜欢流行音乐。
●aswellas意为“既……又……；
另外；
不仅……而且……；
和……一样好”，如：
Hischildrenaswellashiswifewereinvitedtotheparty．他的孩子们连同他的妻子都被邀请去参加聚会。
16．D信息明示题。
女士说两块面料一块是纯羊毛的，另一块是合成纤维的；
男士对此表示惊讶，说自己无法区分它们，所以D正确。
●tellapart意为“分辨，辨认，识别”，如：
Ican’ttellthetwingirlsapart．我分不清这两个双胞胎女孩儿。
类似的说法还有tell…from…，tellthedifferencebetween…and…等。
●形容词词组identicalto意为“和……一样”，如：
ThisbagisidenticaltotheoneIhavelost．这个包和我弄丢的那个一模一样。
17．C信息明示题。
男士问最新一期的《上海日报》到了吗，今天都已经星期二了；
女士道歉说报纸晚了，估计后天能到，即报纸星期四到，故选C。
18．B综合推断题。
男士让女士在摄像机前表现得自然一些，女士说面对上千万观众自己怎么能自然呢，由此推断，B（电视摄像机）正确。
19．C主旨题。
由对话中的ahurricane-trackingchart及hereontheFloridacoast可知，对话是针对可能影响佛罗里达的天气情况展开的，所以C正确。
20．B信息明示题。
女士说Latesummerishurricaneseason，由此可知B正确。
21．A信息明示题。
男士问女士几种热带天气现象的区别是什么，女士回答说是windvelocity（风速），所以A正确。
22．A信息明示题。
女士说气象预报员用人名给风暴命名以便于区分，所以A正确。
23．B综合推断题。
女士说还没有完成创意写作课所留的故事写作作业，接着进一步说自己写不下去了，由此推断，女士在写作中遇到了问题，故选B。
24．B信息明示题。
女士说，教授建议她写下所想到的所有东西，无论那是否有意义，就像做热身练习一样，故选B。
25．B综合推断题。
女士说去珠宝店是为了自己的故事，她所描写的侦探破获了一桩珠宝抢劫案，她要去了解一下与此相关的事物，由此推断，她去珠宝店是为自己的故事做调查，故选B。
●freezeup意为“冻住”，此处指的是头脑停止转动，与freeze相关的短语还有：
freezeone’Sblood使充满害怕、恐怖
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