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听力原文： Russia and France are calling on Iran to stop all uranium enrichment. The two countries issued their statement during a visit to Moscow by French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin. Iran resumed small scale uranium enrichment Monday; an initial step in the process of producing fuel for nuclear reactors or atomic weapons. Iran had threatened to resume enrichment after the International Atomic Energy Agency referred it this month to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions. China, another permanent member of the UN Security Council, called today for continued diplomatic efforts to ease growing tensions over Iran's nuclear program. Iran denies Western charges that it is trying to build atomic weapons.

According to the news, what did Iran resume on Monday?

A．Production of fuel for nuclear reactors.

B．Small-scale uranium enrichment.

C．Completion of nuclear weapons.

D．Maintenance of atomic weapons.

听力原文： Russia and France are calling on Iran to stop all uranium enrichment. The two countries issued their statement during a visit to Moscow by French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin. Iran resumed small-scale uranium enrichment Monday; an initial step in the process of producing fuel for nuclear reactors or atomic weapons. Iran had threatened to resume enrichment after the International Atomic Energy Agency referred it this month to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions. China, another permanent member of the UN Security Council, called today for continued diplomatic efforts to ease growing tensions over Iran's nuclear program. Iran denies Western charges that it is trying to build atomic weapons.

According to the news, what did Iran resume on Monday?

A．Production of fuel for nuclear reactors.

B．Small-scale uranium enrichment.

C．Completion of nuclear weapons.

D．Maintenance of atomic weapons.

How Ford Turn Out Cars

When it comes to singling out those who have made a difference in all our lives, you cannot overlook Henry Ford. A historian a century from now might well conclude that it was Ford who most influenced all manufacturing, everywhere, even to this day, by introducing a new way to make cars—one, strange to say, that originated in slaughterhouses.

Back in the early 1900's, slaughterhouses used what could have been called a "disassembly line. " Ford reversed this process to see if it would speed up production of a part of an automobile engine called a magneto. Rather than have each worker completely assemble a magneto, one of its elements was placed on a conveyer, and each worker, as it passed, added another component to it, the same one each time. Professor David of the University of Delaware, an expert on industrial development, tells what happened:

"The previous day, workers carrying out the entire process had averaged one assembly every 20 minutes. But on that day, on the line, the assembly team averaged one every 13 minutes and 10 seconds per person. "

Within a year, the time had been reduced to five minutes. In 1913, Ford went all the way. Hooked together by ropes, partially assembled vehicles were towed past workers who completed them on piece at a time. It wasn't long before Ford was turning out several hundred thousand cars a year, a remarkable achievement then. And so efficient and economical was this new system that he cut the price of his cars in half, to $ 260, putting them within reach of all those who, up until that time, could not afford them. Soon, auto makers the world over copied him. In fact, he encouraged them to do so by writing a book about all of his innovations, entitled Today and Tomorrow. The Age of the Automobile has arrived. Today, aided by robots and other forms of automation, everything from toasters to perfumes are made on assembly lines.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Henry Ford influenced our lives.

B．Henry Ford influenced all manufacturing.

C．Henry Ford influenced the manufacture of ears.

D．Henry Ford influenced historians.

听力原文：(A) She's closing the notebook.

(B) She's filling out a form.

(C) She's checking the bookshelves.

(D) She's cleaning the table.

A．

B．

C．

D．

Ford’s Assembly Line When it comes to singling out those who have made a difference in all our lives， you cannot overlook Henry Ford. A historian a century from now might well conclude that it was Ford who most influenced all manufacturing， everywhere， even to this day， by introducing a new way to make cars-one， strange to say， that originated in slaughterhouses（屠宰场）。

Back in the early 1900‘s， slaughterhouses used what could have been called a “disassembly line”。 Ford reversed this process to see if it would speed up production of a part of an automobile engine called a magneto. Rather than have each worker completely assemble a magneto， one of its elements was placed on a conveyer， and each worker， as it passed， added another component to it， the same one each time. Professor David Hounshell of the University of Delaware， an expert on industrial development， tells what happened.

“The previous day， workers carrying out the entire process had averaged one assembly every 20 minutes. But on that day， on the line， the assemble team averaged one every 13 minutes and 10 seconds per person.”

Within a year， the time had been reduced to five minutes. In 1913， Ford went all the way. Hooked together by ropes， partially assembled vehicles were towed（拖，拉） past workers who completed them one piece at a time. It hasn‘t long before Ford was turning out several hundred thousand cars a year， a remarkable achievement then. And so efficient and economical was this new system that he cut the price of his cars in half， to $260， putting them within reach of all those who， up until that time， could not afford them. Soon， auto makers the world over copied him. In fact， he encouraged them to do so by writing a book about all of his innovations， entitled Today and Tomorrow. The Age of the Automobile has arrived. Today， aided by robots and other forms of automation（自动化）， everything from toasters to perfumes is made on assembly lines.

第6题：Which of the following statements about Henry Ford is NOT true?

A．He introduced a new way of production.

B．He influenced all manufacturing.

C．He inspired other auto makers.

D．He changed a historian’s mind.

The author of the passage compares the smuggling of CFC’s to the illicit drug trade most likely for which of the following reasons?

A．To qualify a previous claim

B．To emphasize the extent of a problem

C．To provide an explanation for an earlier assertion

D．To suggest that the illicit CFC trade, likely the illicit drug trade, will continue to increase

E．To suggest that the consequences of a relatively little-knows problem are as serious as those of a well-known one

The trouble with television is that it discourages concentration. Television's variety becomes a narcotic, not a stimulus. Its serial, kaleidoscopic exposures force us to follow its lead．The viewer is on a perpetual guided tour: 30 minutes at the museum, 30 at the cathedral, 30 for a drink, then back on the bus to the next attraction—except on the television, typically, the spans allotted are on the order of minutes or seconds, and the chosen delights are more often car crashes and people killing one another. In short, a lot of television usurps one of the most precious gifts, the ability to focus your attention yourself, rather than just passively surrender it.

Capturing your attention—and holding it—is the prime motive of most television programming and enhances its role as a profitable advertising vehicle. Programmers live in constant fear of losing anyone's attention. The surest way to avoid doing so is to keep everything brief, not to strain the attention of anyone but instead to provide constant stimulation through variety, novelty, action and movement. Quite simply, television operates on the appeal to the short attention span.

In the case of news, this practice, in my view, results in inefficient communication. I question how much of television's nightly news effort is really absorbable and understandable. Much of it is what has been aptly described as "machine-gunning with scraps." I think the technique fights coherence. I think it tends to make things ultimately boring and dismissible (unless they are accompanied by horrifying pictures) because almost anything is boring and dismissible if you know almost nothing about it.

I believe that TV's appeal to the short attention span is not only inefficient communication but decivilizing as well. Consider the casual assumptions that television tends to cultivate: that complexity must be avoided, that visual stimulation is a substitute for thought, that verbal precision is an anachronism. It may be old-fashioned, but I was taught that thought is words, arranged in grammatically precise ways.

There is a crisis of literacy in this country. One study estimates that some 30 million adult Americans are "functionally illiterate" and cannot read or write well enough to answer the want ad or understand the instructions on a medicine bottle. And while I would not be so simplistic as to suggest that television is the cause, I believe it contributes and is an influence.

In what way does TV discourage concentration, according to the text?

A．TV easily diverts our attention while we are reading.

B．TV misleads our attention to violence and other sensational news.

C．TV commercials frequently interrupt our viewing of a program.

D．TV programs are short and keep changing constantly.

根据短文回答 36～40 题。

Ford's Assembly Line

When it comes to singling out those who have made a difference in all our lives you cannot overlook Henry Ford. A historian a century from now might well conclude that it was Ford who most influenced all manufacturing, everywhere, even to this day, by introducing a new way to make cars--one, strange to say, that originated in slaughterhouses (屠宰场).

Back in the early 1900's, slaughterhouses used what could have been called a "disassembly line,. Ford reversed this process to see if it would speed up production of a part of an automobile engine called a magneto. Rather than have each worker completely assemble a magneto, one of its elements was placed on e conveyer, and each worker, as it passed, added another component to it, the same one each time.

Professor David Household of the University of Delaware, an expert on industrial development, tells what happened:

"The previous day, workers carrying out the entire process had averaged one assembly every 20 minutes. But on that day, on the line, the assembly team averaged one every 13 minutes and 10 seconds per person."

Within a year, the time had been reduced to five minutes. In 1913, Ford went all the way. Hooked together by ropes, partially assembled vehicles were towed (拖,拉) past workers who completed them one piece at a time. It wasn't long before Ford was turning out several hundred thousand cars a year, a remarkable achievement then And so efficient and economical was this new system that me cut the price of his cars in half, to $260, putting them within reach of all those who, up until that time, could not afford them. Soon, auto makers the world over copied him. In fact, he encouraged them to do so by writing a book about all of his innovations, entitle today and tomorrow. The Age of the Automobile has arrived. Today, aided by robots and other forms of automation (自动化), everything from toasters to perfumes is made on assembly lines.

第 36 题 Which of the following statements about Henry Ford is NOT true?（ ）

A．He introduced a new way of production.

B．He influenced all manufacturing.

C．He inspired other auto makers.

D．He changed the minds of historians.