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Thepictureswetookatthebotanicalgardenshouldbereadytomorrow.

Ican’twaittoseethem,I’mwonderingiftheshotsItookareasgoodasIthought.

Whatisthewomaneagertoknow?

13

Thehandleofthesuitcaseisbroken.CanyouhaveitfixedbynextTuesday?

Letmesee,Ineedtofindahandlethatmatchesbutthatshouldn’ttaketoolong.

Whatdoesthemanmean?

14

ThistrucklookslikewhatIneedbutI’mworriedaboutmaintenance.Forusit’llhavetooperateforlongperiodsoftimeinverycoldtemperatures.

Wehaveseveralmodelsthatareespeciallyadaptiveforextremeconditions.Wouldyouliketoseethem?

Whatdowelearnaboutthemanfromtheconversation?

15

Ithinkyourbosswouldbeveryupsetwhenhegetsyourletterofresignation.

Thatmaybeso.Butintheletter,IjusttoldhimfranklyIcouldnolongerlivewithhispoormanagementandstupiddecisions.

Whatdowelearnaboutthewoman?

16

WI’dliketoexchangetheshirt.I’velearnedthatthepersonboughtitforallergictowool.

MMaybewecanfindsomethingincottonorsilk.Pleasecomethisway.

Q；

Whatdoesthewomenwanttodo？

17

Excuseme,Miss？

Didanyonehappentoturninanewhandbag?

Youknow,it’sabirthdaygiftformywife.

Letmesee.Oh,we’vegotquitealotofwomen’sbagshere.Canyougivememoredetailedinformation,suchasthecolor,thesizeandthetrademark?

Wheredoesthisconversationmostprobablytakeplace?

18

MWhatareyougoingtodowiththeoldhouseyouareinheritagefromyourgrandfather?

WIonceintendedtosellit,butnow,I’mthinkingofturningitintoaguesthouse,becauseit'

sstillasolidstructure.

Whatdoesthemanplantodowithhisoldhouse?

长对话（19~25）

Whenyouwriteanovel,doyouknowwhereyou’regoing,Dr.James?

Yes,youmust,really,ifyou’rewritingtheclassicaldetectivestory,becauseitmustbesocarefullyplottedandsocarefullyclued.Ihaveschemes.Ihavecharts.Ihavediagrams.Itdoesn’tmeantosaythatIalwaysgetitright,butIdoplanbeforeIbeginwriting.Butwhatissofascinatingishowabookchangesduringtheprocessofwriting.Itseemstomethatcreativewritingisaprocessofrevelation,really,ratherthanofcreativityintheordinarysense.

Whenyou’replanningthebasicstructure,doyouliketogoawaytobesurethatyou’rebyyourself?

Ineedtobebymyselfcertainly,absolutely.Ican’tevenbareanybodyelseinthehouse.Idon’tmindmuchwhereIamaslongasI’vegotenoughspacetowrite,butIneedtobecompletelyalone.

Isthatveryimportanttoyou?

Oh,yes.I’veneverbeenlonelyinallmylife.

Howextraordinary!

Never?

No,never.

You’reverylucky.Someoneoncesaidthatthere’sabitoficeattheheartofeverywriter.

Yes.Ithinkthisistrue.Thewritercanstandasidefromexperienceandlookatit,watchithappening.Thereisthis‘detachment’andIrealizethatthereareobviouslyexperienceswhichwouldoverwhelmeveryone.Butveryoften,awritercanappeartostandaside,andthisdetachmentmakespeoplefeelthere’sabitoficeintheheart.

Questions19to21arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

19.Whatisthekeytowriteagoodclassicaldetectivestoryaccordingtotheman?

20.Whatdoesthemanmainlyneedwhenworkingonabook?

21.Whatdoesthemansayaboutwriters?

Thereisanelementthereaboutcompetitionthen,isn’tthere?

BecauseBritishrailwaysareanationalizedindustry.There’sonlyonerailwaysysteminthecountry.Ifyoudon’tlikeaparticularkindofbigbeans,youcangoandbuyanother.Butifyoudon'

tlikeaparticularrailway,youcan’tgoanduseanother.

Somepeoplewhowritetomesaythis.Theysaythatifyoudidn’thavemonopoly,youwouldn’tbeabletodothethingsyoudo.Well,Idon’tthinkwedoanythingdeliberatelytoupsetourcustomers.Wehaveparticularproblems.Since1946,whentheTransportActcamein,wewerenationalized.

Doyouthinkthat’sagoodthing?

Hasitbeenagoodthingfortherailways,doyouthink,tobenationalized?

OhIthinkso,yes.Becauseingeneral,modesoftransportareallaround.Let’sfacethefact.Thecararrived.Thecarisheretostay.Thereisnoquestionaboutthat.

Sowhatareyousayingthen?

Isitiftherailwayshappenbeingnationalized,theywouldsimplyhavedisappeared?

Oh,Ithinktheywouldhave.They’redisappearingfastinAmerica.Er,theFrenchrailwayslose1billionpondsayear.TheGermanrailways,2billionpondsayear.Butyousee,thosegovernmentsarepreparingtopourmoneyintothetransportsystemtokeepitgoing.

Soinasense,youcopebetweentwoextremes.Ontheonehand,you’retryingnottolosetoomuchmoney.Andontheotherhand,you’vegottoprovidethebestservice.

Yes,youareright.

Questions22to25arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

22.WhatdoesthewomansayaboutBritishrailways?

23.Whatdosomepeoplewhowritetothemancomplainabout?

24.Whatdoesthemansaythreatenstheexistenceofrailways?

25.Whatdoesthemansayaboutrailwaysinothercountries?

SectionB

PassageOne

Amongglobalwarming’smostfrighteningthreatsisthepredictionisthatthepolarice-capswillmelt,raisingsealevelsomuchthatcoastalcitiesfromNewYorktoLosAnglestoShanghaiwillbeflooded.ScientistsagreethatkeyplayerinthisscenarioistheWestAntarcticicesheet,aBrazil-sizemassoffrozenwaterthatismuchas7000feetthick.Unlikefloatingiceshelveswhichhavelittleimpactonsealevelwhentheybreakup,theicesheetisanchoredtobedrockwillblowtheseasurface.Surroundedbyopenocean,itisalsovulnerable,butAntarcticexpertsdisagreestronglyonjusthowunstableitis.Now,newevidencerevealsthatallormostoftheAntarcticicesheetcollapsedatleastonceduringthepast1.3millionyears,aperiodwhenglobaltemperaturesprobablywerenotsignificantlyhigherthantheyaretoday.Andtheicesheetwasassumedtohavebeenstable.Ingeologicaltime,amillionyearsisrecenthistory.Theproof,whichwaspublishedlastweekinScience,comesfromateamofscientistsfromUppsalaUniversityinSwedenandCaliforniaInstituteofTechnologywhodrewdeepholesneartheedgeoficesheet.Withinsamplescollectedfromthesolidsubstanceslyingbeneaththeice.Theyfoundfossilsofmicroscopicmarineplantswhichsuggestthattheregionwasonceopenoceannotsolidice.AsHermanEngleheart,aco-authorfromtheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnologysays,‘theWestAntarcticicesheetdisappearonceandcandisappearagain.’

26.Whatisoneofthemostfrighteningthreatsofglobalwarmingaccordingtothepassage?

27.Whatdidscientistsdisagreeon?

28.WhatisthelatestinformationrevealedabouttheWestAntarcticicesheet?

29.Whatthescientists’latestfindingssuggest?

PassageTwo

It'

salwaysfuntowriteaboutresearchthatyoucanactuallytryoutforyourself.

Trythis:

TakeaphotoanduploadittoFacebook,thenafteradayorso,notewhattheURLlinktothepictureisandthendeleteit.Comebackamonthlaterandseeifthelinkworks.Chancesare:

Itwill.

Facebookisn'

talonehere.ResearchersatCambridgeUniversityhavefoundthatnearlyhalfofthesocialnetworkingsitesdon'

timmediatelydeletepictureswhenauserrequeststheyberemoved.Ingeneral,photo-centricwebsiteslikeFlickrwerefoundtobebetteratquicklyremovingdeletedphotosuponrequest.

Whydo"

deleted"

photosstickaroundsolong?

Theproblemrelatestothewaydataisstoredonlargewebsites:

Whileyourpersonalcomputeronlykeepsonecopyofafile,large-scaleserviceslikeFacebookrelyonwhatarecalledcontentdeliverynetworkstomanagedataanddistribution.It'

sacomplexsystemwhereindataiscopiedtomultipleintermediatedevices,usuallytospeedupaccesstofileswhenmillionsofpeoplearetryingtoaccesstheserviceatthesametime.Butbecausechangesaren'

treflectedacrossthecontentdeliverynetworksimmediately,ghostcopiesoffilestendtolingerfordaysorweeks.

InthecaseofFacebook,thecompanysaysdatamayhangarounduntiltheURLinquestionisreused,whichisusually"

afterashortperiodoftime"

thoughobviouslythattimecanvaryconsiderably.

30.Whatdoesthespeakeraskustotryout?

31.Whataccountsforthefailureofsomewebsitestoremovephotosimmediately?

32.WhenwilltheunwanteddataeventuallydisappearfromFacebookaccordingtothecompany?

PassageThree

Enjoyinganicedcoffee?

Betterskipdinnerorhitthegymafterwards,withacancercharitywarningthatsomeicedcoffeescontainasmanycaloriesasahotdinner.

TheWorldCancerResearchFund（WCRF）conductedasurveyoficedcoffeessoldbysomepopularchainsinBritainincludingStarbucks,CaffeNeroandCostaCoffeetogaugethecaloriesasstudiesincreasinglylinkobesitywithcancer.

Theworstoffender-acoffeefromStarbucks--had561calories.Othericedcoffeescontainedmorethan450caloriesandthemajorityhadanexcessof200.

Healthexpertsadvisethattheaveragewomanshouldconsumeabout2,000caloriesadayandamanabout2,500caloriestomaintainahealthyweight.Dietersaimfor1,000to1,500caloriesaday.

"

Thefactthatthereisanicedcoffeeonthemarketwithoveraquarterofawoman'

sdailycaloriesallowanceisalarming,"

DrRachelTho