A．Americans are happier than Europeans.B．The GDP of Europe is higher than that of Amer

A．Spain.

B．France.

C．America.

D．Germany.

听力原文： Among western rich countries, people in the United States work the longest hours. They work much longer than those in Europe. This difference is quite surprising because productivity per hour worked is the same in the United States as it is in France, Spain and Germany, and it is growing at a similar speed.

In most countries and at most times in history，as people have become richer they have chosen to work less. In other words, they have decided to "spend" a part of their extra income on a fuller personal life. Over the last fifty years Europeans have continued this pattern, and hours of work have fallen sharply. But not in the United States. We do not fully know why this is. One reason may be more satisfying work, or less satisfying personal lives.

Longer hours do of course increase the GDP. So the United States has produced more per worker than, say, France. The United States also has more of its people at work, while in France many more mothers and older workers have decided to stay at home. The overall result is that American GDP per head is 40% higher than in France, even though productivity per hour worked is the same.

It is not clear which of the two situations is better. As we have seen, work has to be compared with other values like family life, which often get lost in interest. It is too early to explain the different trends in happiness over time in different countries. But it is a disappointing idea that in the United States happiness has made no progress since 1975, while it has risen in Europe．Could this have anything to do with trends in the work-life balance?

32. What do we know about the speaker from the passage?

33.Which country has more of its people at work?

34.What message can we get from the passage?

35.Which would be the best title for the passage?

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A．He thinks neither of the work patterns is good.

B．He believes that longer working hours is better.

C．He prefers shorter working hours to longer ones.

D．He says nothing certain about which pattern is better.

A．They invite new ideas with great enthusiasm.

B．They choose good ideas through a strict process.

C．They give quick reactions to proposals and ideas.

D．They have no standard regulations on assessing suggestions.

A．He often attended television programs to propose ideas.

B．He invited over 40 people to show their ideas in a period.

C．He would evaluate the ideas along with his top assistants.

D．He devoted a day to listening to ideas every three months.

听力原文： Of all the methods of discovering new ideas, Disney during the Eisner years had one of the most unconventional. Modeled after a 1970s television program, Disney's "Gong Show" was a big hit with managers and ordinary employees alike.

Three times a year, Eisner and two of his top assistants would devote a day to listening to anybody and everybody - secretaries, set designers, theme park employees - who wanted to propose an idea. As many as 40 people were allowed to perform, present or otherwise sell their idea until a loud gong would signal that time was up. Then, after all the ideas were expressed, Eisner and his managers would discuss each one and make a decision.

According to Peter Schneider, president of Disney features at the time, most of Disney's cartoon movies originated from these sessions, as did the idea for Disney's retail stores. Most organizations don't invite ideas with such insight, nor do they give instant feedback or make quick "yes or no" decisions.

"In most companies there is no obvious strategy for selecting or even evaluating ideas," concludes the American Management Association's survey of 1,356 global managers. Nearly half of respondents reported that their firms "don't have a standard policy for evaluating ideas". And only 17% said they use an independent review process to evaluate ideas.

An effective, transparent selection process is essential to systematic innovation. Without one, ideas have no path toward gaining funding and resources and implementation. This power resides in the top of the organization, and associates are reluctant to assert themselves. An established review process invites participation by those whose job is not specifically innovation. It connects your "idea funnel" to your "idea pipeline" and accelerates the flow of ideas.

33．What's the purpose of Disney having the "Gong Show"?

34.What do we learn about Eisner?

35.Compared with Disney，what do most organizations do?

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A．To show its new movies.

B．To have more innovations.

C．To invite more people to its parks.

D．To give incentives and bonus to all its employees.

A．They are willing to donate their faces.

B．They are concerned about moral problems.

C．They would accept the idea of face transplant.

D．They have no clue what face transplant means.

A．The shortage of willing donors.

B．The obtaining of moral approval.

C．The complex technical procedure.

D．The rejection from the immune system.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

听力原文： Full face transplant are no longer science fiction fantasy, a leading surgeon has said, adding that they are technically feasible but morally complex. Peter Butler from London's Royal Free Hospital called for a debate on the morality of such an operation made possible by new drugs which stop the body's immune system rejecting a transplanted face. "It is not 'can we do it?' but 'should we do it?'," he told the BBC. "The technical part is not complex, but I don't think that's going to be the very great difficulty… The moral debate is obviously going to have to take place before the first facial transplantation."

The British Association of Plastic Surgeons will discuss the microsurgical procedure, which could give new skin, bone, nose, chill, lips and ears from diseased donors to patients disfigured by accidents, burns or cancer. But surgeons could have trouble finding enough willing donors. Butler said his survey of doctors, nurses and members of the public showed most would accept a face transplant but few were willing to donate their own after dying.

Despite a number of moral concerns, Christine Piff, who founded the charity Let's Face It after suffering a rare facial cancer 25 years ago, welcomed the possibility of face transplants. She rejected the idea that the procedure would mean people would end up living with a dead person's face. "There are so many people without faces, I have half a face.., but we are all so much more than just a face.., you don't take on their personality. You are still you," she told reporters. "If we can donate other organs of the body, then why not the face? I can't see anything wrong with it."

26．What makes the operation of face transplant possible?

27.What is the biggest obstacle that stays in the way of facial transplantation?

28.What are most people's opinion of face transplant?

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A．New drugs.

B．Settled debate.

C．Skillful surgeons.

D．Advanced equipment.

A．Someone who always talks about himself.

B．The most violent type of co-workers.

C．Someone who stabs your back.

D．The most common annoying type of people.

A．A man careful with money.

B．A book-lover.

C．A noisy reader.

D．A trouble-maker.