Though originally a kind of dance music, _________ has been a major part of popular music, and has also become a major element of Western Classical music.

听力原文： There are over 3,000 languages that are used throughout the world today. Almost all of these languages belong to a much smaller number of language families. All of the languages within a language family are related and all of them have a similar history. Therefore, the grammar, vocabulary, and sounds of related languages ate similar. In addition, the way of thinking and the style. of talking among related languages is similar.

Even though there are over 3,000 languages that are used today, there are only 20 or 30 major language families. Each of these large families includes many individual languages.

The language that we are using now is English and English is, of course, a member of a larger language family. English is a member of the Indo-European language family. The Indo-European language family includes most of the languages that are spoken throughout Europe, languages such as English, French, and Greek. Of course, nowadays many Indo-European languages are spoken in other parts of the world. For instance, Spanish, which is an Indo-European language, is spoken throughout South and Central America, but originally it was spoken only in Europe.

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A．About 4,000.

B．Over 300.

C．Less than 2,000.

D．Over 3,000.

听力原文：M: Have you decided where to take the client to dinner tonight？

W: Well, I originally made a reservation at Apple's, which is a steakhouse and then I found out that the client is a vegetarian. I then tried to get us into a private room at Anna' s Garden, because the main dining room is too noisy, but now the rooms were all reserved. I got reservations at Muvi, though, for 7:30. I haven't tried it, but I heard it was good.

M: Oh, I've been there. The food is excellent. It's right next to that Japanese place, Tami, where we had the Joan' s birthday party last month.

W: Right. Traffic can be heavy going that way. Let's wrap up the meeting by 6:00 so we will be able to arrive there before the client.

Why did the woman first decide to change places for the dinner？

A．She couldn' t make a reservation.

B．Her guest doesn't eat meat.

C．The restaurant would be noisy.

D．Traffic might be heavy.

se lively urge for activity can find no outlet behind the bars of the cage. This is most conspicuous, even for the uninitiated, in the case of animals which, when living in a free state, are accustomed to roaming about widely. Owing to this frustrated desire, foxes and wolves housed, in many old fashioned zoos, in cages which are far too small, are among the most pitiable of all caged animals.

Though pinioned swans generally seem happy, under proper care, by hatching and rearing their young without any trouble, at migration time things become different: they repeatedly swim to the lee side of the pond, in order to have the whole extent of its surface at their disposal, trying to take off. Again and again the grand preparations end in a pathetic flutter of their half wings; a truly sorry picture!

This, however, rarely awakens the pity of the zoo visitor, least of all when such an originally highly intelligent and mentally alert animal has deteriorated, in confinement, into a crazy idiot, a very caricature of its former self. Sentimental old ladies, the fanatical sponsors of the societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, have no compunction in keeping a grey parrot in a relatively small cage or even chained to a perch. Together with the large corvines, the parrots are probably the only birds which suffer from that state of mind, common to prisoners, namely, boredom.

What is an "outlet" in the context of this passage？

A．An opportunity for expression.

B．A place to let.

C．A chance of escape into a wood.

D．An exit for a marketer.

se lively urge for activity can find no outlet behind the bars of the cage. This is most conspicuous, even for the uninitiated, in the case of animals which, when living in a free state, are accustomed to roaming about widely. Owing to this frustrated desire, foxes and wolves housed, in many old-fashioned zoos, in cages which are far too small, are among the most pitiable of all caged animals.

Though pinioned swans generally seem happy, under proper care, by hatching and rearing their young without any trouble, at migration time things become different: they repeatedly swim to the lee side of the pond, in order to have the whole extent of its surface at their disposal, trying to take off. Again and again the grand preparations end in a pathetic flutter of their half wings; a truly sorry picture!

This, however, rarely awakens the pity of the zoo visitor, least of all when such an originally highly intelligent and mentally alert animal has deteriorated, in confinement, into a crazy idiot, a very caricature of its former self. Sentimental old ladies, the fanatical sponsors of the societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, have no compunction in keeping a grey parrot in a relatively small cage or even chained to a perch. Together with the large corvines, the parrots are probably the only birds which suffer from that state of mind, common to prisoners, namely, boredom.

What is an "outlet" in the context of this passage？

A．An opportunity for expression.

B．A place to let.

C．A chance of escape into a wood.

D．An exit for a marketer.

听力原文： An almost 100-year-old English textbook might be the earliest such book published in China, its owner, Mr. Wang, told reporters last week in Beijing.

The 440-page textbook, entitled "English with Chinese Phonetics", was possibly published in 1904 or before, predating another early textbook, "English Words at Entrance Level", which was thought to be the earliest English textbook in China.

Though almost a century old, with pages yellow with age, the various letter types listed in the book are still clearly recognizable, displaying the high standard of print quality at that time. As the title of the book suggests, the textbook uses Chinese characters to provide phonetic equivalent for English words, thus constituting a major drawback of this early school tutorial work, since there was no such a thing as standardized Mandarin at that time, the phonetics were arranged in line with the so-called "orthodox" Cantonese, resulting in misleading and what today seems a quite funny effect. Nevertheless, the book has been hailed as a "revolutionary guidebook inventing creative study methods for those ambitious people doing foreign businesses".

The book was acquired by its present owner, Mr. Wang, quite by chance. In 1992, when he was living in Papua New Guinea, an old local Chinese, originally from Guangdong Province presented him the book as a gift.

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A．In 1904.

B．In 1905.

C．In 1914.

D．In 1915.

philosophy about education. Much of the formal educationing【M1】______ system in the United States are rooted in the European or Western belief sys-【M2】______ tern. Though an indigenous population of Native Americans lived in the【M3】______ North American continent, their influence on the development of formal educational practice in America was maximal. Many tribes had not yet devel-【M4】______ oped writing or a system of formal educational practice. The English were the predominant settlers in the New World and as a result of education in colonial America was patterned on the English model. It【M5】______ originally developed like a two-track system with people from the lower clas-【M6】______ ses receiving minimal instruction and only learning to read and write, calculate and receive religious instruction. The upper classes were allowed pursue【M7】______ an education beyond the basics and often attended Latin grammar or secondary schools where they learned Greek and Latin and studied the classics in preparation for a college education. Religion played the important role in developing an educational system in【M8】______ the United States. The Puritans, a strict fundamentalist Protestant which im-【M9】______ migrated to the New World for religious freedom beginning in 1609, believed that education was necessary in order to read the Bible to receive salvation. This was in line with the beliefs of the Protestant Reformers. Their schools made no distinction between religious and secular life and were also used to inspiring children to endure the hardships of a life in the New World through【M10】______ religious devotion.

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Since April, a new flu named A-Hl Nl (originally called swine flu)has affected over 100, 000 people in more than 40 countries. Symptoms of swine flu are similar to those of regular seasonal influenza. People with swine flu often get a fever, headache, cough, sore throat, body aches, vomiting , chills and fatigue. Study has showed, that swine flu is a virus that usually affects pigs but appears to have acquired the ability to pass from person to person, though it's unclear how easily it can be transmitted this way.

Usually, the best way to protect yourself contracting it or other infectious diseases is with a dose of common sense: Wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water, cover your coughs and sneezes and stay home from work or school if you feel ill. These guidelines may seem basic, but they' re effective in preventing the spread of infections. Richard Besser, acting director of the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), said, "Control of an outbreak of infectious disease is a shared responsibility. It's important that individuals realize they have a key role to play in reducing their own likelihood of getting infected. "

If you become sick, stay home for the period of infection, which is typically seven days, although children may be contagious for longer. Once on the mend, don' t return to work or school until at least a day after symptoms have disappeared, Besser said. "Wearing a face mask when out in public isn't warranted(必要)in most cases, "he said. "I know some people feel more comfortable having a mask, and there are certain circumstances where that may be of value, but I would rather people really focus on hand-washing, as well as covering coughs and sneezes. "

To prevent swine flu from spreading, which of the following behaviour is not proper according to the text？

A．Returning to work or school as soon as the symptoms have disappeared.

B．Covering your coughs and sneezes.

C．Washing your hands frequently with soap and warn water

D．Staying home from work or school at. least seven days if you become ill