I’m worried about the sales of the range of fragrances we ________________ two years ago.

听力原文： W: Is this the right line to file a claim?

M: Yeah. It's the same line for everything. You just stand here and wait.

W: Oh. Is there always such a long line?

M: Every week. Sometimes longer. Is this your first time here?

W: Yes.

M: What happened? Your plant close down?

W: No. I'm a car salesperson, or, I was a car salesperson. But we just aren't selling cars. It's the interest rates. Two years ago, I averaged ten new cars a month. Do you know how many cars I sold last month? One. One car to a lady who had the cash. But the interest rates are up again. The boss let three of us go. How about you?

M: I worked at a vacuum cleaner plant with about fifty workers. We put in a good day's work. But the machinery was getting old. As a matter of fact, the whole plant was old. So the management decided to build a new plant. You know where? In Singapore. The workers here made about seven dollars an hour, a couple of people made about eight or nine an hour. You know how much they're paying the workers in Singapore? $ 2. 50 an hour. Who can live on $ 2. 50 an hour? Anyway, all fifty of us got laid off.

W: How long ago was that?

M: They closed down ten months ago.

W: Any luck finding another job?

M: Nothing. I have one, sometimes two, interviews a week. Last week I thought I had something. They liked my experience with machines. But I never heard from them again.

W: At least you know something about machines. All I can do is talk.

M: Maybe you'll talk yourself into another job. Good luck. I'll see you here next week.

W: I hope not. I hope I'll have something by then.

19.Why are the man and woman standing in line?

20.According to the woman, why aren't people buying cars as they used to?

21.What happened to the vacuum cleaner plant where the man used to work?

22.How much money did most of the people in the vacuum cleaner plant make?

(39)

A．They are waiting for their turn to file a claim for unemployment.

B．They are waiting to talk to their boss.

C．They are waiting to buy some plants.

D．They are waiting to be interviewed.

Many years ago when the summers seemed longer and life was less complicated, we had rented a cottage 【26】______ a river in the heart of the country 【27】______ the whole family was going to 【28】______ a three-week holiday. There were four of us: me, Mum and Dad, and Mum's sister, Auntie June. Oh, and I mustn't forget to 【29】______ . Spot, our little dog. I was 【30】______ to go off by myself all day, 【31】______ I promised to be careful and took Spot with me for 【32】______ .

One day I was out fishing with Spot when we heard a lot of shouting in the 【33】______ followed by a scream and splash. I was a bit 【34】______ so I called Spot and we both hid 【35】______ a bush where we could see but not be 【36】______ . After a few moments, a straw hat came drifting down the river, followed by an oar, a picnic basket and 【37】______ oar. Then came the rowing boat itself, but it was 【38】______ upside down! A few seconds later my dad and Auntie June came running 【39】______ the river bank, both wet 【40】______ . Spot started barking so I came out of hiding and said hello. My dad got really angry 【41】______ me for not trying to catch the boat as it went past. Luckily, 【42】______ , the boat and both the oars had been caught by an overhanging tree a little further downstream, but not the hat or picnic basket. So I had to let them 【43】______ my sandwiches. Dad and Auntie June both made me 【44】______ not to tell Mum what had happened 【45】______ she would be worried.

【26】

A．on

B．across

C．in

D．by

“And we will make thee beds of roses / And a thousand fragrant posies/A cap of flowers, and a kirtle/ Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.” The above lines are probably taken from______.

A.Spenser's The Faerie Queene

B.John Donne's The Sun Rising

C.Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

D.Marlow's The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

The author is more worried about the ______.

A．shortage of food in the future

B．illiteracy of the people

C．welfare of the poor people who have more children

D．the damage of the surroundings in which we live

Fifty years ago, most peoples daily levels of activity were equivalent to walking three to five miles a day. Today, the【C1】______person fails to 【C2】______ that distance in a week. Its 【C3】______the ratio of fatness has soared—with serious implications for health. What we have【C4】______ in convenience from labour-saving devices over the past half-century, we have paid for【C5】______ a sharp decline in physical activity. We use cars, buses or trains to【C6】______ work; our children are 【C7】______ to school; elevators and lifts have replaced【C8】______stairs in shopping centres, offices and apartment blocks. Washing machines, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers and electric mowers all reduce the effort required to【C9】______a clean and tidy home. Almost one third of adults 【C10】______ over ten hours sitting down every day,adding【C11】______a staggering average of 32 years and four months over a lifetime. 【C12】______ surprising, then, that researchers 【C13】______this lifestyle. for our weight gain. Of course, our diets have changed, too, 【C14】______the fact is that we consume fewer calories now than in the 1960s. So what is the 【C15】______? The secret is integrated exercise. This【C16】______going about your normal daily life—but doing it with enthusiasm. It might mean standing to【C17】______the phone and tapping your feet on the floor as you work. It means never taking the car when you could walk; it means standing on short train and bus【C18】______, or walking at a pace【C19】______you feel you might break into a run if you were to go any【C20】______.

【C1】

A．average

B．common

C．familiar

D．normal