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— ______ ？ Kate, you look pale. —Oh, thank you. It doesn't matter.

A．What's on

B．What's up

C．Are you ill

D．Do you feel terrible

听力原文：M: I feel very ill, Doctor.

W: What is the matter with you？

M: I have a terrible sore throat. I have a headache, too.

W: Have you been coughing and sneezing？

M: I cough a lot, but I don't sneeze.

W: Put this thermometer under your tongue. I want to see if you have a fever. Let me see. Yes. You have a fever.

M: Is my temperature very high？

W: No, not very. Here is a prescription. Stay in bed and rest. Drink hot tea. Come in and see me in my office on Monday.

What should the man drink a lot？

A．Coffee.

B．Hot tea.

C．Pure water.

第二节

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听力原文：M: I feel very ill, Doctor.

W: What is the matter with you？

M: I have a terrible sore throat. I have a headache, too.

W: Have you been coughing and sneezing？

M: I cough a lot, but I don't sneeze.

W: Put this thermometer under your tongue. I want to see if you have a fever. Let me see. Yes. You have a fever.

M: Is my temperature very high？

W: No, not very. Here is a prescription. Stay in bed and rest. Drink hot tea. Come in and see me in my office on Monday.

What should the man drink a lot？

A．Coffee.

B．Hot tea.

C．Pure water.

听力原文： Good morning. As part of your orientation to campus life, the Dean's Office has scheduled a short tour of the medical clinic and the infirmary. We, on the nursing staff, hope that none of you get sick.

But just in case you do become ill, we want you to know what procedures to follow. If you have a really bad cold, it's a good idea to have one of us check you over at the clinic. Several students last year didn't see a nurse about their bad colds, and they developed terrible coughs. It's possible to get pneumonia when you neglect the cough. If you do get something as serious as pneumonia, you'll have to come and stay in the infirmary. A doctor visits the infirmary regularly.

On the other hand, if you just have an ordinary cold, you can usually stay in your dormitory room. Many students try to keep up with their usual activities when they don't feel well. As a result, they often get much sicker. I think it's wise to rest more and skip a few classes. If you are 711, you can always get a medical excuse from one of us or from the doctor. The clinic hours are from nine to twelve every week day morning. But there is an emergency number you can call anytime, which you can find in the campus telephone book. Before we start on our tour of the infirmary, do you have any questions？

What is the speaker？

A．A nurse.

B．A doctor.

C．A professor.

D．A student.

听力原文： Good morning. As part of your orientation to campus life, the Dean's Office has scheduled a short tour of the medical clinic and the infirmary. We, on the nursing staff, hope that none of you get sick.

But just in case you do become ill, we want you to know what procedures to follow. If you have a really bad cold, it's a good idea to have one of us check you over at the clinic. Several students last year didn't see a nurse about their bad colds, and they developed terrible coughs. It's possible to get pneumonia when you neglect the cough. If you do get something as serious as pneumonia, you'll have to come and stay in the infirmary. A doctor visits the infirmary regularly.

On the other hand, if you just have an ordinary cold, you can usually stay in your dormitory room. Many students try to keep up with their usual activities when they don't feel well. As a result, they often get much sicker. I think it's wise to rest more and skip a few classes. If you are 711, you can always get a medical excuse from one of us or from the doctor. The clinic hours are from nine to twelve every week day morning. But there is an emergency number you can call anytime, which you can find in the campus telephone book. Before we start on our tour of the infirmary, do you have any questions？

What is the speaker？

A．A nurse.

B．A doctor.

C．A professor.

D．A student.

Part B

Directions: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.

听力原文：M: Something very unusual happened to me this morning.

W: Really？ What was it？

M: I was studying in the classroom when Tom came rushing in.

W: Yes？

M: He told me there was a telegram for me at the gate house! Someone was ill in my family.

W: Goodness me! I hate telegrams. They seldom bring any good news.

M: Yes, that' s just how I felt. My legs turned to water, so I asked Tom to accompany me to the school gate.

W: I can imagine how you felt.

M: On my way to the school gate I was thinking terrible things. What could have happened at home, you know, and all that.

W: Yes, of course. I understand.

M: So when I tore the telegram open, my fingers were trembling.

W: Dear me!

M: But when I read the telegram, I just couldn' t make heads or tails out of it.

W: How strange! What did it say？

M: It said: Return immediately. Uncle seriously ill.

W: Oh, I am sorry to hear that.

M: But the surprising part about it is that I have no uncle.

W: Indeed!

M: I could hardly believe my own eyes. But it was written there in black and white. Then I happened to glance at the address to a "Carl", not "Carol".

W: Well, I never!

M: You can never imagine how relieved I was.

W: Yes. What a relief! But what did Tom have to say？

M: Tom was so embarrassed. He kept apologizing all the way back.

W: He has always been quite careless.

What does the telegram say？

A．Return immediately for his parents missed him badly.

B．Return immediately for his aunt is expecting him.

C．Return immediately for something unusual happened at home.

D．Return immediately for somebody was seriously ill at home.

Part B

Directions: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.

听力原文：M: Something very unusual happened to me this morning.

W: Really？ What was it？

M: I was studying in the classroom when Tom came rushing in.

W: Yes？

M: He told me there was a telegram for me at the gate house! Someone was ill in my family.

W: Goodness me! I hate telegrams. They seldom bring any good news.

M: Yes, that' s just how I felt. My legs turned to water, so I asked Tom to accompany me to the school gate.

W: I can imagine how you felt.

M: On my way to the school gate I was thinking terrible things. What could have happened at home, you know, and all that.

W: Yes, of course. I understand.

M: So when I tore the telegram open, my fingers were trembling.

W: Dear me!

M: But when I read the telegram, I just couldn' t make heads or tails out of it.

W: How strange! What did it say？

M: It said: Return immediately. Uncle seriously ill.

W: Oh, I am sorry to hear that.

M: But the surprising part about it is that I have no uncle.

W: Indeed!

M: I could hardly believe my own eyes. But it was written there in black and white. Then I happened to glance at the address to a "Carl", not "Carol".

W: Well, I never!

M: You can never imagine how relieved I was.

W: Yes. What a relief! But what did Tom have to say？

M: Tom was so embarrassed. He kept apologizing all the way back.

W: He has always been quite careless.

What does the telegram say ？

A．Return immediately for his parents missed him badly.

B．Return immediately for his aunt is expecting him.

C．Return immediately for something unusual happened at home.

D．Return immediately for somebody was seriously ill at home.

Section D

Certain birds are, more often than not, considered bad luck, or even frightening, a sign of impending death. All over the world, both crows and ravens (乌鸦) have some connection with war and death. In early times, crows and ravens were thought to accompany the gods of war, or be signs of their imminent arrival in an area. Later, this belief became more general, and these birds, crows more particularly, were thought to be harbingers (预兆) of ill fortune or, in some cases, guides to the afterlife. Woe be it to the person who saw a single crow or raven flying overhead, for this most certainly was a portent of death in the near future. Interestingly, though potentially had luck for people individually, the raven is considered to be good luck for the crown of England. So much so, in fact, that a " raven master" is even today an actual government position in the Tower of London. He takes care of the ravens there and also clips their wings, ensuring that these birds can never fly far from the seat of the British government. This way, the kingdom will never fall to ill fortune.

Another bird which is also still considered to play a part in people’s fortunes is the swallow. Depending on how and when it is seen, the swallow can be a harbinger of either good-or-ill-for-tune. Perhaps inspired by the swallow’s red-brown breast, people initially related the swallow with the death of Christ. Thus, people who saw a swallow fly through their house considered it a portent of death. Later, however, farmers began to consider swallows signs of good fortune, and believed that any barn that has swallow living in it was sure to be blessed in the following year, Farmers also have to beware of killing a swallow; that would be certain to end any good luck they might have had.

Though many people think these superstitions (迷信) are old wives’tales, there is actually some evidence to support them. For example, crows and ravens, being scavengers, frequent the aftermath of battlefields. Thus, large numbers of crows and ravens were a good indication of war in an area. As well, swallows feed on insects that can cause infection in cattle. Thus, a farmer who has many swallows in his barn may actually have healthier animals on his farm. So, the next time you feel inclined to laugh at an old wives’tale, you had better find out if there is any truth to it first! Summary;

Some people are inclined to believe certain animals can bring good or bad luck. The majority of superstition about crows and ravens suggest that these birds bring had luck. People should【41】______when they see such birds. It may be that these birds have bad reputations because they are scavengers. Because these birds often【42】______terrible events, like battles, people connected them with【43】______. There is even an old【44】______that says when a single crow flies over your head,【45】______is in the near future!

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s hit, and the damage was so bad it had to be given up. And that s when I had an idea. Why not just give up having a car at all？ The more I thought about it, the more sensible it seemed. We have a railway station behind our house, a tube station 10 minutes walk away, and a bus stop at the end of the street. If any family in Britain could live without a car, I reasoned, then surely we were that family？ But my new car-free plan wasn t shared by my family. My teenage daughters were shocked. How would they get to and from university？ (A bus, I suggested.)What would their friends think about our family being "too poor to afford a car" ？ (I wasn t that bothered what they thought, and I suggested they take the same approach.) My friends, too, were astonished at our plan. Wasn t a car essential, when you had children？ What would happen if someone got seriously ill overnight and needed to go to hospital (erm...an ambulance？). People smiled, as though this was another of my mad ideas, before saying they were sure I d soon realise that a car wasn t a luxury, it was a necessity. Eight months on, I wonder whether we 11 ever own a car again. The idea that you "have" to own a car, especially if you live in a city, is all in the mind. I live—and many other people do too—in a community that has never been better served by public transport, and yet car ownership has never been higher. Do I really need a car？ The answer, for me, turned out to be no, and Im a lot richer because I dared to ask the question.

The author decided to live a car-free life______.

A．after his car was damaged beyond repair

B．after he was hurt in a terrible car accident

C．because maintaining a car was too costly

D．because the traffic jam was too much for him

Norman Cousins was a famousAmerican magazine editor. In 1964, he returned from an overseas trip and thenbecame very ill. In the hospital, he had terrible pain and couldn't move hisbody. Doctors told him he had a serious disease called ankylosing spondylitis c强柱炎)and said he had onlyI chance in 500 0f surviving. They gave him powerful drugs, but his conditiononly got worse.

Cousins had read about atheory that negative emotions can harm your health. He believed that positiveemotions were good for one's health, and he decided to try an experiment. Hewould fill his days with good feelings and laughter and see if that mightimprove his condition.

He left the hospital andmoved into a hotel room. There, he got a large supply of funny TV pro-grams andcopies of old Marx Brothers movies and cartoons. He also hired a nurse to readfunny stories to him. His plan was to spend the whole day laughing and thinkingabout happy things. On his first night in the hotel, Cousins found thatlaughing at the movies helped his body produce chemicals that reduced pain. Forthe first time in weeks, he could sleep comfortably for a few hours. Every timethe pain came back, he watched another funny movie and laughed until he feltbetter.

Over time, Cousins was ableto measure changes in his body with blood tests. He found that the harmfulchemicals in his body decreased at least 5 percent every time he watched afunny movie. After a short time, he was able to stop taking all of hismedications. Finally his condition improvedso much that he could go back towork.

Cousins later wrote a bookabout how laughter and happiness helped him to survive a deadly illness. Manypeople didn't believe his story and said that his doctors were wrong about hisdisease. But since then, research has found that emotions do have a strongeffect on physical health, and experiments found that laughter can help toreduce pain Scientists today are working to understand the ways that our mindsaffect our bodies.

Norman Cousins became ill while he was traveling in another country

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

The Mind-Body Connections

Norman Cousins was a famousAmerican magazine editor. In 1964, he returned from an overseas trip and thenbecame very ill. In the hospital, he had terrible pain and couldn't move hisbody. Doctors told him he had a serious disease called ankylosing spondylitis c强柱炎)and said he had onlyI chance in 500 0f surviving. They gave him powerful drugs, but his conditiononly got worse.

Cousins had read about atheory that negative emotions can harm your health. He believed that positiveemotions were good for one's health, and he decided to try an experiment. Hewould fill his days with good feelings and laughter and see if that mightimprove his condition.

He left the hospital andmoved into a hotel room. There, he got a large supply of funny TV pro-grams andcopies of old Marx Brothers movies and cartoons. He also hired a nurse to readfunny stories to him. His plan was to spend the whole day laughing and thinkingabout happy things. On his first night in the hotel, Cousins found thatlaughing at the movies helped his body produce chemicals that reduced pain. Forthe first time in weeks, he could sleep comfortably for a few hours. Every timethe pain came back, he watched another funny movie and laughed until he feltbetter.

Over time, Cousins was ableto measure changes in his body with blood tests. He found that the harmfulchemicals in his body decreased at least 5 percent every time he watched afunny movie. After a short time, he was able to stop taking all of hismedications. Finally his condition improvedso much that he could go back towork.

Cousins later wrote a bookabout how laughter and happiness helped him to survive a deadly illness. Manypeople didn't believe his story and said that his doctors were wrong about hisdisease. But since then, research has found that emotions do have a strongeffect on physical health, and experiments found that laughter can help toreduce pain Scientists today are working to understand the ways that our mindsaffect our bodies.

Norman Cousins became ill while he was traveling in another country

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned