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No.060615.

M:Tilhavethesteak,

Fren

ch

Frie

s,

and

let's

see,

choc

olat

e

ice-creamfordissert.

W:Oh,Oh,youknow

thesethingswillruin

yourhealth,too

muchfatandsugar,

howaboutordering

somevegetablesand

fruitinstead?

Q:Wheredoesthe

conversationmost

probablytakeplace?

No.071212.

W:Wedon'tseemto

haveareservationfor

you,sir.I'msorry.

M:Butmysecretary

saidthatshehad

reservedaroomfor

mehere.Iphoned

herformtheairport

thismorningjust

beforeIgoton

boardtheplane.

Q:Wheredoesthe

conversationmost

probablytake

place?

No.080612

W:MayIseeyour

ticketplease?Ithink

you'resittinginmy

seat.

M:Oh,you'reright!

Myseatisinthe

balcony.I'mterribly

sorry!

Q:Wheredoesthe

conversationmost

probablytakeplace?

No.20100001

W:Iheardthatyou

passedalltheexams.

Congratulations!

M:Thanks!I'msure

youalsodidagood

job.

Q:What'stheprobable

relationshipbetween

thetwospeakers?

No.20100002

W:I'msuchaterrible

typistthatImaynever

finishthisreport.

M:Wouldyoulikeme

totakeoverfora

minute?

Q:What'stheprobable

relationshipbetween

thetwospeakers?

No.20100003

W:Haveaseat.What

canIdoforyou?

M:I'mgoingtobea

scientist,butI'm

havingalittle

troubledeciding

whichfieldtogo

into.

Q:Whatistheman

likelytobe?

No.20100004

W:Excuseme,mayI

askyouaquestion?

M:Yes,ofcourse.But

I'mverysorryI

haveaclassatten.

Willyoucomein

myofficetime.

Q:Whatdoestheman

do?

No.20100005

M:Canyouloanme

$6.00?

W:Ihad$10.00butI

justspent$8.00.

Q:Howmushmoney

doesthewomanhave?

No.20100006

M:Willyouplease

lendmesomemoney?

W:Howmuchareyou

goingtoneed?

M:Tilbeneedingfifty

dollars.Tmgoing

totakeMarytothe

Zoo.Sheisan

expensivegirl.She

wantstoridea

horse.

Q:Howmuchdoesthe

manwanttoborrow?

No.091218

W:Bill,haveyou

heardthelatestnews?

Itappearswetwo

won'tbe

laidoffafterall.

M:Oh,Pmsomewhat

tiredofworking

here.I'vebeen

wonderingwhether

Ishouldresign.

Anyway,thenews

seemstobegood

foryou.

Q:Howdoestheman

feelaboutthenews?

No.061214

M:ProfessorSmith

asked

meto

goto

his

office

after

class.

So

it'simpossiblefor

metomakeittothe

baratten.

W:Thenitseemsthat

wellhavetomeetan

hourlateratthelibrary.

Q:Whatwilltheman

dofirstafterclass?

No.061211

M:Christmasisaround

thecorner.AndTm

lookingforagiftfor

my

girlfriend.Any

suggestions?

W:Wellyouhaveto

tellme

something

aboutyour

girlfriendfirst.

Also,what'syour

budget?

Q:Whatdoesthe

womanwanttheman

todo?

No.071214

M:You'vehadyour

handsfulland

havebeen

overworked

duringthe

lasttwoweeks.I

thinkyoureallyneed

togooutandget

somefreshairand

sunshine.

W:Youareright.

That'sjustwhatIam

thinkingabout.

Q:Whatisthewoman

mostprobablygoingto

do?

No.060611

M:Whatwasitlike

workingwiththose

youngstars?

W:Itwasagreatgroup,

Ialwaysgotmadwhen

peoplesaidthatwe

didn'tgetalong,just

becausewewere

girls,therewas

neverafight.We

hadagreattime.

Q:Whatdoesthe

womanmean?

No.060612

M:Areyoutellingme

youdon'thavea

house-keeper?

W:No,wedon't.If

youmakeamess,you

cleanitupyourself.

Q:Whatdowelearn

fromthis

conversation?

No.060613

W:Ihearthatthe

Edwardsarethinking

ofbuyinganother

house.

M:Shouldtheybe

doingthatwithallthe

otherexpensesthey

have

topay?Anyhow,

theyareover70now,

theirpresenthouseis

nottoobad.

Q:Whatdoestheman

imply?

No.060618

M:Mam,Ihearyou

haveanapartmentfor

rent,canItakealook

at

it?

W:Sure,you're

welcomeanytime

byappointment,

butIhavetotell

youthebuildingis

closetoarailway.

Ifyoucouldn'tput

upwiththenoise.

Youmightaswell

savethetrip.

Q:Whatdowelearn

fromtheconversation?

Newcet1118

11.

W:Simon,couldyou

returnthetoolsI

lentyoufor

buildingthe

bookshelflast

month?

M:Uh,well,Ihateto

tellyouthis...but

Ican'tseemtofind

them.

Q:Whatdowelearn

fromthe

conversation?

12.

W:I'mgoingto

Martha1shouse.I

haveapaperto

complete,andI

needtouseher

computer.

M:Whydon!tyoubuy

oneyourself?

Thinkhowmuch

timeyoucould

save.

Q:Whatdoestheman

suggestthewoman

do?

13.

W:Bobsaidthat

Seattleisagreat

placefor

conferences.

M:He'scertainlyina

positiontomake

thatcomment.He's

beenthereso

often.

Q:Whatdoestheman

sayaboutBob?

14.

W:Mr.Watson,I

wonderwhether

it'spossibleforme

totakeavacation

earlynextmonth.

M:Didyoufillouta

requestform?

Q:Whatisthe

probable

relationship

betweenthetwo

speakers?

15.

M:Doyouwanttogo

tothelecturethis

weekend?Ihear

theguywho's

goingtodeliver

thelecturespenta

yearlivinginthe

rainforest.

W:Great!I'mdoinga

reportontherain

forest.MaybeI

cangetsomenew

informationtoadd

toit.

Q:Whatdoesthe

womanmean?

16.

W:Wow!Idolikethis

campus:allthebig

trees,thegreen

lawns,andtheold

buildingswithtall

columns.It'sreally

beautiful.

M:Itsureis.The

architectureof

thesebuildingsis

intheGreekstyle.

Itwaspopularin

theeighteenth

centuryhere.

Q:Whatarethe

speakerstalking

about?

17.

M:Thisarticleis

nothingbut

advertisingfor

housing

developers.Idon!t

thinkthehouses

forsalearehalf

thatgood.

W:Comeon,David.

Whysonegative?

We!rethinkingof

buyingahome,

aren'twe?Justa

triptolookatthe

placewonftcostus

much.

Q:Whatcanbe

inferredfromthe

conversation?

18.

M:Wouldyoupass

methesports

section,please?

W:Sure,ifyougive

metheclassified

adsandlocalnews

section.

Q:Whatarethe

speakersdoing?

No.09121922

Questions19to22are

basedonthe

conversationyouhave

justheard.

W:Hello,Parkson

college.MayIhelp

you?

M:Yes.I'mlooking

forinformation

oncoursesin

computer

programming.I

wouldneeditfor

thefallsemester.

W:Doyouwantaday

oreveningcourse?

M:Well,itwouldhave

tobeanevening

coursesinceI

workduringthe

day.

W:Aha.Haveyou

takenanycoursesin

dataprocessing?

M:No.

W:Oh.Well,data

processingisa

courseyouhaveto

takebeforeyou

cantakecomputer

programming.

M:Oh,Isee.Well,

whenisitgiven?I

hopeit'snoton

Thursdays.

W:Well,there'sa

classthatmeetson

Mondayeveningsat

seven.

M:Justonceaweek?

W:Yes.Butthat'sall

mostthreehours

fromseventonine

forty-five.

M:Oh.Well,that?sall

right.Icould

managethat.How

manyweeksdoes

thecourselast?

W:Mmmm,letmesee.

Twelveweeks.You

startthefirstweek

inSeptember,and

finish,oh,Just

beforeChristmas.

December21st.

M:Andhowmuchis

thecourse?

W:That'sthree

hundreddollars

includingthe

necessarycomputer

time.

M:Aha.Okay.Ah,

wheredoIgoto

register?

W:Registrationison

thesecondandthird

ofSeptember,

between6and9in

FrostHall.

M:Isthattheround

buildingbehindthe

parkinglot?

W:Yes.That'sthe

one.

M:Oh,Iknowhowto

getthere.Isthere

anythingthatI

shouldbringwith

me?

W:No,justyour

checkbook.

M:Well,thankyou

verymuch.

W:Youarevery

welcome.Bye!

M:Bye!

19.Whydoestheman

choosetotakean

eveningcourse?

20.Whatdoestheman

havetodobefore

takingthecourse

ofcomputer

programming?

21.Whatdowelearn

aboutthescheduleof

theeveningcourse?

22.Whatdoestheman

wanttoknowat

theendofthe

conversation?

No.09062325

Questions23to25are

basedonthe

conversationyouhave

justheard.

W:Hello,Mr.

Summerfield.Howare

youtoday?

M:Verywell.Thank

you,Ms.Green.

W:WhatcanIdofor

you?

M:Well,unfortunately,

thereisaproblemwith

theorderwereceived

fromyouyesterday.It

seemswe'venot

receivedtheright

quantityofmanualsto

supportthetelephone

system.

W:Oh,dear,that'sbad

news.I'mvery

sorrytohearthat,

andyoudon't

knowhowmany

packsarewithout

manuals?

M:No,becausewe

haven'topened

everypack.Butin

severalofthosethat

havebeenopened

therearenone.No

manuals.

W:I'mverysorry

aboutthis

inconvenience,Mr.

Summerfield.Well

sendoutthe

manualsthis

afternoonby

expressmail

entirelyatourcost,

andthemanuals

shouldarrive

tomorrowortheday

afteratthelatest.

M:Allofthem,right?

W:Yes.Itmaybethat

somehavethem

already,butwe

cannotbesure.So

thebestthingisto

sendoutthemanual

foreverypack.

M:Yes.Yes,Isee.

Thatwouldbe

great.

W:Pleaseacceptour

apologiesforthis

mix-up.Iassureyou

wewilldo

everythingpossible

tofindoutwhythe

mistakehappened.

M:Right.Thanksfor

yourswiftaction.

W:Notatall.Thank

youandgoodbye

fornow.Docallif

thereisanything

else.

M:Allright.Thank

you,Goodbye,Ms.

Green.

W:Goodbye.

23.Whatproblemare

thespeakers

discussing?

24.Whatdoesthe

womanpromiseto

do?

25.Whatdoesthe

mailthinkofthe

solution?

Newcet1922

W:Hello,Gary.

How'reyou?

M:Fine!Andyourself?

W:Can'tcomplain.

Didyouhavetimeto

lookatmyproposal?

M:No,notreally.Can

wegooveritnow?

W:Sure.Fvebeen

tryingtocomeupwith

somenewproduction

andadvertising

strategies.Firstof

all,ifwewantto

staycompetitive,we

needtomodernize

ourfactory.New

equipmentshouldVe

beeninstalledlong

ago.

M:Howmuchwill

thatcost?

W:Wehaveseveral

optionsrangingfrom

onehundredthousand

dollarsalltheway

uptohalfamillion.

M:OK.Wellhaveto

discussthesecosts

withfinance.

W:Weshouldalso

considerhuman

resources.Fvebeen

talkingto

personnelaswell

asourstaffatthe

factory.

M:Andwhat'sthe

picture?

W:Wellprobably

havetohireacouple

ofengineerstohelpus

modernizethe

factory.

M:Whatabout

advertising?

W:Marketinghas

someinterestingideas

fortelevision

commercials.

M:TV?Isn'tthatabit

tooexpensiveforus?

What'swrongwith

advertisinginthe

papers,asusual?

W:Quitefrankly,it's

justnotenough

anymore.Weneedto

bemore

aggressiveinorder

tokeepaheadofour

competitors.

M:Willwebeableto

affordallthis?

W:Illlookintoit,but

Ithinkhighercosts

willbejustified.These

investmentswill

resultinhigherprofits

forourcompany.

M:Wellhavetolook

atthefiguresmore

closely.Havefinance

drawupabudget

fortheseinvestments.

W:Allright.Illseeto

it.

Questions19to22are

basedonthe

conversationyouhave

justheard.

19.Whatarethetwo

speakerstalkingabout?

20.Whatdoesthe

womansayaboutthe

equipmentoftheir

factory?

21.Whatdoesthe

womansuggestabout

humanresources?

22.Whydoesthe

womansuggest

advertisingonTV?

Newcet2325

W:Sir,you'vebeen

usingtheonline

catalogueforquitea

while.Is

thereanythingI

candotohelpyou?

M:Well,I'vegotto

writeapaperabout

Hollywoodinthe30s

and

40s,andI'mreally

struggling.There

arehundredsof

books,andIjust

don'tknowwhereto

begin.

W:Yourtopicsounds

prettybig.Whydon't

younarrowitdownto

somethinglike...

uh...thehistoryof

thestudiosduring

thattime?

M:Youknow,Iwas

thinkingabout

doingthat,but

morethan30

bookscameup

whenItypedin

“moviestudios.”

W:Youcouldcutthat

downevenfurther

bylistingthe

specificyearsyou

want.Tryadding

“1930s”or

“1940s"ormaybe

“GoldenAge.”

M:"GoldenAge”isa

goodidea.Letme

typethatin....

Hey,look,just6

booksthistime.

Thatfsalotbetter.

W:Oh...another

thingyoumight

consider...have

youtriedlooking

foranymagazine

ornewspaper

articles?

M:No,I'veonlybeen

searchingfor

books.

W:Well,youcanlook

upmagazine

articlesinthe

Reader'sGuideto

Periodical

Literature.And

wedohavethe

LosAngelesTimes

availableover

there.Youmight

gothroughtheir

indexestoseeif

there'sanything

youwant.

M:Okay.IthinkIll

getstartedwith

thesebooksand

thenIllgoover

themagazines.

W:Ifyouneedany

help,Illbeoverat

theReference

Desk.

M:Great,thanksalot.

Questions23to25are

basedonthe

conversationyou

havejustheard.

23.Whatistheman

doing?

24.Whatdoesthe

librarianthinkof

thetopictheman

isworkingon?

25.Wherecantheman

findtherelevant

magazinearticles?

短文理解类

No.07122629

Whencouplesget

married,theyusually

plantohavechildren.

Sometimes,however,

acouplecannothave

achildoftheirown.In

thiscase,theymay

decidetoadoptachild.

Infact,adoptionis

verycommontoday.

Thereareabout

60,000adoptionseach

yearintheUnited

Statesalone.Some

peopleprefertoadopt

infants.Othersadopt

olderchildren.Some

couplesadoptchildren

fromtheirown

countries.Others

adoptchildrenfrom

foreigncountries.In

anycase,theyall

adoptchildrenforthe

samereason!They

careaboutchildren

andwanttogivetheir

adoptedchildahappy

life.

Mostadopted

childrenknowthat

theyareadopted.

Psychologistsand

child-careexperts

generallythinkthisis

agoodidea.However,

manyadopted

childrenoradopters

haveverylittle

informationabout

theirbiologicalparents.

Asamatteroffact,it

isoftenverydifficult

foradopteestofind

outabouttheirbirth

parents,becausethe

birthrecordsofmost

adoptersareusually

sealed.The

informationissecret,

sonoonecanseeit.

Naturally,adopted

childrenhavedifferent

feelingsaboutheir

birthparents.Many

adopteeswantto

searchforthem,but

othersdonot.The

decisiontosearchfor

birthparentsisa

difficultonetomake.

Mostadopteeshave

mixedfeelingsabout

findingtheir

biologicalparents.

Everthough

adopteesdonotknow

abouttheirnatural

parents,theydoknow

thattheiradoptive

parentswantthem,

lovethemandwill

careforthem.

26.Accordingtothe

speaker,whydosome

coupleadoptchildren?

27.Whyisitdifficult

foradopteesto

findoutabout

theirbirth

parents?

28.Whydomany

adopteesfindit

hardtomakethe

decisiontosearch

forbirthparents?

29.Whatcanweinfer

formthepassage?

No.07123032

KatharineGraham

graduatedfromthe

UniversityofChicago

in1938andgotajob

asanewsreporterin

SanFrancisco.

Katharine'sfatherused

tobeasuccessful

investmentbanker.In

1933heboughta

failingnewspaper-

TheWashingtonPost.

ThenKatharine

returnedtoWashington

andgotajob-editing

lettersinherfather's

newspaper,shemarried

PhilipGranhamwho

tookoverhis

father-in-law'sposition

shortlyafterand

becamepublisherof

TheWashingtonPost.

Butformany

yearsherhusband

sufferedfrommental

illnessandhekilled

himselfin1963.After

herhusband'sdeath,

Katharineoperatedthe

newspaper.Inthe

1970s,thenewspaper

becamefamousaround

theworld.And

Katharinewasalso

recognizedasan

importantleaderin

newspaperpublishing.

Shewasthefirst

womantoheada

majorAmerican

publishingcompany

-TheWashingtonPost

Company.Inafew

years,shesuccessfully

expandedthecompany

toincludenewspaper,

magazine,broadcast

andcablecompanies.

Shediedofhead

injuriesafterafall

whenshewas84.

Morethan3000people

attendedherfuneral

includingmany

governmentand

businessleaders.Her

friendssaidshewould

berememberedasa

womanwhohadan

importantinfluenceon

eventsintheUnited

Statedandtheworld.

KatharineGraham

oncewrote:"The

worldwithout

newspaperswouldnot

bethesamekingof

world.nAfterherdeath,

theemployeesofThe

WashingtonPostwrote:

"Theworldwithout

Katharinewillnotbe

thesameatall.n

30.Whatdowelearn

fromthepassageabout

Katherine1sfather?

31.Whatdoesthe

speakertellusabout

KatherineGraham?

32.Whatdoesthe

commentby

employeesofThe

WashingtonPost

suggest?

No.07123335

Obtaininggood

healthinsuranceisa

realnecessitywhile

youarestudying

overseas.Itprotects

youfromminorand

majormedical

expensesthatcanwipe

outnotonlyyour

savings,butyou

dreamsofaneducation

abroad.

Thereareoften

twodifferenttypesof

healthinsuranceyou

canconsiderbuying;

internationaltravel

insuranceandstudent

insuranceinthe

countrywhereyouwill

begoing.An

internationaltravel

insurancepolicyis

usuallypurchasedin

yourhomecountry

beforeyougoabroad.

Itgenerallycoversa

widevarietyof

medicalservices,and

youareoftengivena

listofdoctorsinthe

areawhereyouwill

travelwhomayeven

speakyournative

language.The

drawbackmightbethat

youmaynotgetyour

moneyback

immediately.Inother

words,youmayhave

topayallyourmedical

expensesandthenlater

submityoureceiptsto

theinsurance

company.

Ontheotherhand,

gettingstudenthealth

insuranceinthe

countrywhereyouwill

studymightallowyou

toonlypayacertain

percentageofthe

medicalcostatthe

timeofserviceand

thus,youdon'thaveto

havesufficientcashto

paytheentirebillat

once.

Whateveryou

decide,obtainingsome

formofhealth

insuranceissomething

youshouldconsider

beforeyougooverseas.

Youshouldn'twait

untilyouaresickwith

majormedicalbillsto

payoff.

33.Whydoesthe

speakeradvise

overseasstudentsto

buyhealthinsurance?

34.Whatdoesthe

drawbackofstudents'

buyinginternational

travelinsurance?

35.Whatdoesthe

speakersayabout

students1getting

healthinsurancein

thecountrywhere

theywillstudy?

课堂练习：

No.07062628

Mymotherwas

borninasmalltownin

northernItaly.Shewas

threewhenherparents

immigratedtoAmerica

in1926.Theylivedin

Chicago,wheremy

grandfatherworked

makingice-cream.

Mamathrivedinthe

urbanenvironment.At

16,shegraduatedfirst

inherhighschoolclass,

wentontosecretarial

schoolandfinally

workedasanexecutive

secretaryforarare

woodcompany.She

wasbeautifultoo.

Whenalocal

photographerusedher

picturesinhismonthly

windowdisplay,she

feltpleased.Her

favoriteportrait

showedhersittingby

LakeMichigan,her

hairwind-blown,her

gazereachingtowards

thehorizon.

Myparentswere

marriedin1944.Dad

wasaquietand

intelligentman.He

was17whenheleft

Italy.Soonafter,a

hit-and-runaccident

lefthimwitha

permanentlimp.Dad

workedhardselling

candytoChicago

officeworkersontheir

break.Hehadlittle

formalschooling.His

Englishwasself-taught.

Yetheeventuallybuilt

asmallsuccessful

whole-salecandy

business.Dadwas

generousand

handsome.Mamawas

devotedtohim.After

shemarried,my

motherquitherjob

andgaveherselftoher

family.

In1950,with

threesmallchildren,

Dadmovedthefamily

toafarm40miles

fromChicago.He

workedthelandand

commutedtothecity

torunhisbusiness.

Mamasaidgood-bye

toherparentsand

friendsandtradedher

busycity

neighborhoodfora

moreisolatedlife.But

shenevercomplained.

Questions26to28are

basedonthepassage

youhavejustheard:

26:Whatdoesthe

speakertellusabout

hismother'searly

childhood?

27:Whatdowelearn

aboutthespeaker's

father?

28:Whatdoesthe

speakersayabouthis

mother?

No.07062932

Duringa1995

roofcollapse,afire

fighternamedDonald

Herbertwasleftbrain

damaged.For10years

hewasunableto

speak.

Thenone

Saturdaymorning,he

didsomethingthat

shockedhisfamily

anddoctors-he

startedspeaking."I

wanttotalktomy

wife,“Donald

Herbertsaidoutofthe

blue.

Staffmembersof

thenursinghome

wherehehaslivedfor

morethan7yearsrose

togetLindaHerbert

onthetelephone."It

wasthefirstofmany

conversationsthe

44-year-oldpatient

hadwithhisfamily

andfriendsduringthe

14hourstretch.”

Herbert'suncleSimon

Mankasaid."How

longhaveIbeen

away?"Herbertasked.

“Wetoldhimalmost

10years.Theuncle

said.Hethoughtitwas

onlythreemonths.

Herbertwasfightinga

housefireDec.29,

1995,whentheroof

collapsedburyinghim

underneath.After

goingwithoutairfor

severalminutes,

Herbertwas

unconsciousfortwo

andahalfmonths

andhasundergone

therapyeversince.

Newsaccountsin

thedaysandyears

afterhisinjury,

describedHerbertas

blindandwithlittle,if

any,memory.Avideo

showshimreceiving

physicaltherapy,but

apparentlyunableto

communicateandwith

littleawarenessofhis

surroundings.Manka

declinedtodiscusshis

nephew'scurrent

conditionorwhether

theapparentprogress

wascontinuing."The

familywasseeking

privacywhiledoctors

evaluatedHerbert」he

said.Aswordof

Herbert'sprogress

spread,visitors

streamedintothe

nursinghome."Heis

restingcomfortably

theuncletoldthem.

Questions29to32are

basedonthepassage

youhavejustheard.

29:Whathappenedto

Herbert10yearsago?

30:Whatsurprised

DonaldHerbert's

familyanddoctorsone

Saturday?

31:Howlongdid

Herbertremain

unconscious?

32:HowdidHerbert's

familyreacttothe

publicattention?

No.07063335

Almostallstates

inAmericahaveastate

fair.Theylastforone,

twoorthreeweeks.

TheIndianastatefair

isoneofthelargest

andoldeststatefairsin

theUnitedStates.Itis

heldeverysummer.

Itstartedin1852.

Itsgoalswereto

educate,shareideas

andpresentIndiana\

bestproducts.Thecost

ofasingleticketto

enterthefairwas20

cents.Duringtheearly

193O's,officialsofthe

fairruledthatpeople

couldattendbypaying

somethingotherthan

money.Forexample,

farmersbroughtabag

ofgraininexchange

foraticket.

Withthepassage

oftime,thefairhas

grownandchangeda

lot.Butitisstilloneof

theIndiana's

celebratedevents.

Peoplefromallover

Indianaandfrommany

otherstatesattendthe

fair.

Theycandomany

thingsatthefair.They

canwatchthejudging

ofthepricedcows,

pigsandotheranimals.

Theycanseesheep

gettingtheirwoolcut

andtheycanlearnhow

thatwoolismadeinto

clothing.Theycan

watchcowsgiving

birth.Infact,people

canlearnabout

animalstheywould

neverseeexceptother

fair.Thefairprovides

thechanceforthe

farmingcommunityto

showitsskillsand

farmproducts.For

example,visitorsmight

seetheworld'slargest

appleorthetallestsun

flowerplant.

Today,children

andadultsatthefair

canplaynewcomputer

gamesorattendmore

traditionalgamesof

skill.Theycanwatch

performancesputon

byfamousentertainers.

Expertssaysuchfairs

areimportantbecause

peopleneedto

rememberthattheyare

connectedtotheearth

anditsproductsand

theydependon

animalsformany

things.

Questions33to35are

basedonthepassage

youhavejustheard:

33:Whatwerethe

maingoalsofthe

Indianastatefairwhen

itstarted?

34:Howdidsome

farmersgiveentrance

tothefairintheearly

193O's?

35:Whyarestatefairs

importanteventsinthe

America?

No.06122628

Reducingthe

amountofsleep

studentsgetatnight

hasadirectimpacton

theirperformanceat

schoolduringtheday.

Accordingto

classroomteachers,

elementaryandmiddle

schoolstudentswho

stayuplateexhibit

morelearningand

attentionproblems.

Thishasbeenshown

byBrownMedical

SchoolandBradley

Hospitalresearch.

Inthestudy,

teacherswerenottold

theamountofsleep

studentsreceived

whencompleting

weeklyperformance

reports,yettheyrated

thestudentswhohad

receivedeighthoursor

lessashavingthemost

troublerecallingall

thematerial,learning

newlessonsand

completing

high-qualitywork.

Teachersalso

reportedthatthese

studentshadmore

difficultypaying

attention.The

experimentisthefirst

toaskteachersto

reportontheeffectsof

sleepdeficiencyin

children.Juststaying

uplatecancause

increasedacademic

difficultyandattention

problemsfor

otherwisehealthy,

well-functioningkids,

saidGarharnForlone,

thestudy'sleadauthor.

Sotheresultsprovide

professionalsand

parentswithaclear

message:whenachild

ishavinglearningand

attentionproblems,the

issueofsleephastobe

takeninto

consideration."Ifwe

don'taskaboutsleep,

andtrytoimprove

sleeppatternsinkids'

struggling

academically,thenwe

aren'tdoingourjob”,

Forlonesaid.For

parents,hesaid,the

messageissimple,

"gettingkidstobedon

timeisasimportantas

gettingthemtoschool

ontime”.

26:Whatwere

teacherstoldtodoin

theexperiment?

27:Accordingtothe

experiment,what

problemcan

insufficientsleep

causeinstudents?

28:Whatmessagedid

theresearcherintend

toconveytoparents?

No.06122932

PatriciaPania

neverwantedtobea

publicfigure.Allshe

wantedtobewasa

motherand

home-maker.Buther

lifewasturnedupside

downwhenamotorist,

distractedbyhiscell

phone,ranastopsign

andcrashedintothe

sideofhercar.The

impactkilledher

2-year-olddaughter.

Fourmonthslater,

Paniareluctantlybut

courageouslydecided

totrytoeducatethe

publicandtofightfor

lawstobandrivers

fromusingcellphones

whileacarismoving.

Shewantedtosave

otherchildrenfrom

whathappenedtoher

daughter.Inherfirst

speech,Paniagotoff

toashakystart.She

wasvisiblytrembling

andhervoicewassoft

anduncertain.Butas

shegotintoherspeech,

adramatic

transformationtook

place.Shestopped

shakingandspoke

withastrongvoice.

Fortherestofher

talk,shewasa

forcefuland

compellingspeaker.

Shewantedeveryone

intheaudienceto

knowwhatsheknew

withouthavingto

learnitfroma

personaltragedy.

Manyintheaudience

weremovedtotears

andtoaction.In

subsequent

pr