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Your mobile phone rings and instead of the usual electronic signals it’s playing your favourite music．A friend sends your favourite song to cheer you up．One day，a record company might forward new records and music videos to your phone．
The mobile business is getting into the music business．For the moment，the interest is in pleasant ring tones，but some companies are hoping to take full advantage of the next generation of mobile phones—all purpose gadgets that blend phone，personal stereo，video player and Internet browser into one．
Finally，record companies might send new records and videos to fans who register their cell phone numbers．
The fans could pass music or songs along to friends—a kind of musical trading card．Unlike Internet tracks，mobile downloads would be easy for record companies to control，said former record industry official Ralph，Simon，who is now chairman of Yourmobile，based in Santa Monic，California．
“If you pass a song along to other phones through a network，each phone can be charged，” said Simon．“It’s like going through toll gate (收费站)．There’s more possibility for copyright control than there is on the Internet．”
Massachusetts-based Converse is offering service in Portugal and the Netherlands that lets people record tunes on their voice mail or send music as presents to friends．Finally，people might be able to sing karaoke and pass them along．The company is sure that people will want to use music to reach out and touch someone．
“A mobile phone is not a listening machine，and you’ll be disappointed if you think you can change it into a radio，” said Ouzel，a creative manager for Converse in Israel．“But if someone sends you a song while you’re on vacation，you appreciate the feeling．”
72．The underlined word “blend” in the second paragraph most probably means _____．
A．send                B．come               C．mix                 D．compare
73．“Massachusetts-based Converse”in the sixth paragraph probably refers to ______．
A．a person                                      B．a city in Israel
C．a state of the USA                    D．a company
74．Record companies ______ the idea of passing songs and music along mobile phones．
A．are worried about                         B．are interested in
C．try hard to stop                             D．take no notice of
75．According to Ralph Simon it would be easier to _______ through mobile phone network than through the Internet．
A．protect copyright of music works   B．send personal messages
C．pass along songs and music            D．send voice mail

答案

72．C 73．D 74．B 75．A

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Are you suffering a lot from test anxiety? Follow these tips to help you overcome it.
71     Prepare for the test by developing good study notes．Pick out the main points of the information or follow a study sheet from the teacher．Know the who, what, when, where, why and how of any main ideas．
Pick out the key words in the main points．Write a very short description of each point next to the key words．You will now have two sets of study notes．    72     Use the second to review right before the test.
Teach yourself little memory tricks．Some people use mnemonic（助记符号）devices to remember facts．If there is a list of information, take the first letter of each word and make an interesting saying．
73     Some people read all the questions first and then begin working．Others start with the first question and don’t look at the rest．They skip any hard questions and come back to them later.
Do some relaxation exercises like deep breathing．Some anxiety is normal going into a test．
74
Review the material one last time right before bed．We often remember things that we read or think about right before going to sleep.
75     Make sure you go to bed early enough the night before the test．It is very difficult to remember anything when you are overtired.

A．Work out a plan ahead.

B．Get a good night"s sleep.

C．Pay attention to the proper order of answering the questions.

D．Use the first detailed set to study the material．

E．Learn to develop a strategy for taking the test.
F．Always get as much sleep as possible.
G．Breathing deeply helps you calm yourself and concentrate on the test.

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请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
We will meet a lot of crossings on the way of our lives．How to choose? The son of a brewer (酿造商), Jim Koch, presents it new 36 ．
When Jim was a teenager, his father did everything he could to persuade him 37 becoming a brewer, for he 38 brewing was so labour-costing a job．So 39 studied hard and went to Harvard to study law and business．In his second year, he 40 for he felt strongly that one 41
not wait till 65 to do what he wants in life．He became an instructor of the wilderness-education program．
After over three years, he went 42 , finished Harvard and got a 43 paid job at the Boston Consulting Group, 44 he stayed for five years．Still he was disturbed by 45 , “Is this what I want to be doing when I am 50?”
He 46 that Americans pay good money for beer．He thought why not to make good beer for Americans．Finally, he 47 his job and became a successful beer brewer．
As we all know, success is 48 to talent plus effort．However, in this story, success is applied with new meanings．To try to find what you are 49 and stick to it is what I learned from Jim．
Everyone should introspect (反思) himself from time to time like Jim, especially after he was 50
in one position．One might not be 51 for a job in his whole life．Since one will become 52 in his job, there are two ways which people usually 53 :one is to try to improve himself to 54 up with others still in this job; the other is to leave this job, and then find another one he is interested in．Both of them are 55 only if the job is what one is interested in．
36． A．spirits            B．chances                        C．thoughts                      D．jobs
37． A．into              B．from                             C．of                                    D．in
38． A．mistook                      B．ignored                         C．forgot                            D．thought
39． A．Jim                             B．His father           C．They                             D．One
40． A．put out                 B．left out                          C．dropped out               D．moved out
41． A．must                    B．dare                             C．need                             D．can
42． A．forward                      B．back                               C．on                                   D．away
43． A．lower            B．poorly           C．highly                     D．properly
44． A．where           B．which                            C．when                       D．then
45． A．trouble                       B．doubt                            C．belief                    D．imagination
46． A．supposed                   B．noticed                         C．considered                   D．treated
47． A．lost                     B．got                                 C．continued           D．left
48． A．key                             B．answer                        C．equal                    D．suitable
49． A．into                    B．good at                         C．fit                                   D．able
50． A．put                             B．seated                          C．fixed               D．defeated
51． A．anxious                       B．ready                   C．fit                                   D．important
52． A．successful                  B．interested          C．impossible          D．unable
53． A．build                            B．choose                          C．move                             D．complete
54． A．catch                           B．look             C．hold                                 D．stay
55． A．important                  B．available             C．successful           D．meaningful

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In insurance theory, moral hazard is the name given to the increased risk of immoral behavior, and thus a negative outcome (“hazard”), because the person who caused the problem doesn’t suffer the full (or any) consequences, or may actually benefit．Such a concern typically arises in the context of a contract (for example, an insurance policy)．
The most well known examples of moral hazard come from insurance．For example:
Fire insurance increases the motivation to commit arson (纵火), especially if someone is operating a failing business and decides that they’d rather have the cash from the insurance proceeds on the buildings than the buildings themselves．(The value of a business often is based on profitability; after arson, the owner can claim the business was profitable．) In a worst case, the building is over-insured or valuable contents are removed but claims are filed that they were destroyed in the fire．
In finance, low level of effort by the agent (employee) is called the “moral hazard problem” according to agency theory．The more autonomy (自主) the agent enjoys and the greater the information the agent possesses, and the greater the specialized knowledge required to perform the task, the greater the chances for the occurrence of moral hazard．
The problem of moral hazards for insurance can’t be eliminated, but can be minimized．For example:
Getting detailed information to evaluate the value of what is being insured, rather than simply taking the word of the person buying the insurance．
Requiring that there be a deductible(扣除额) (an initial up-front sum which the insured must pay out of his or her own pocket in case of a loss), and/or only paying out a percentage of the loss (say, 80 or 90 percent) via a coinsurance clause．
72．What might be the headache for the insurance company after a fire?
A．Not knowing who set the fire．
B．The owner might over-claim the loss．
C．Where to get the insurance fee paid．
D．How to punish those who cheated the company．
73．What might be the best way not to suffer over-loss in paying back insurance according to the above passage?
A．Investigate carefully after a fire．
B．Try to get as much detail information about the insurance．
C．Try to catch hold of the person who committed arson．
D．Request the buyer of insurance to pay more．
74．The two examples in the above passage are applied to ______．
A．help people to have reasonable insurance
B．present the difficulties the insurance companies have
C．bring up a problem and a solution in insurance business
D．invite people to buy more profitable insurance
75．The above passage is mainly about ______．
A．a new theory in insurance B．a moral challenge in business
C．a common business phenomenon D．moral hazard in insurance

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A couple had two little boys aged 8 and 10 who were very naughty．They were always getting into trouble and their parents knew that if any trouble occurred in their town their sons were probably involved.
The boys" mother heard that a clergyman（牧师） in the town had been successful in educating children so she asked if he would speak with her boys．The clergyman agreed but asked to see them individually．So the mother sent her 8-year-old first in the morning with the elder boy to see the clergyman in the afternoon.
The clergyman, a huge man with a booming （嗡嗡） voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him strictly, "Where is God?"
The boy"s mouth dropped open but he made no answer, sitting there with his mouth hanging open, wide-eyed．So the clergyman repeated the question in an even stricter tone "Where is God?" Again the boy made no attempt to answer．So the clergyman raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy"s face and shouted" Where is God?"
The boy screamed and escaped from the room, ran directly home and dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him．When his elder brother found him in the closet, he asked "What happened?"
The younger brother replied out of breath, "We are in big trouble this time．God is missing--and they think we did it．"
小题1:What were the two boys like?

A．They always made trouble．	B．They were brave.
C．They were easygoing.	D．They were honest.

小题2:What did their parents plan to do?

A．They gave up their children.

B．They liked their children very much.

C．They wanted the clergyman to persuade their children．

D．They helped their children to make trouble.

小题3:What do you suppose the boy felt when he was asked by the clergyman?

A．Happy．

B．Sad.

C．Afraid．

D．Surprised.

小题4:What do you think the underlined word "slamming" in Paragraph 5 means?

A．Open．

B．Shut．

C．Knock．

D．Pull.

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Babies born in summer are more likely to become short-sighted in late life, a study has shown.

As many as a quarter of all cases of short-sightedness are caused by too great an exposure to sunlight in the first weeks of life, say eye experts.
They are advising all parents to put sunglasses on their babies during the first weeks.
Scientists had already established that over-exposure to sunlight caused short-sightedness in animals.
Researchers who compared the months in which babies were born with whether they needed glasses later on say the principle also applies to humans.
A study of almost 300,000 young adults─the largest of its kind─showed that those born in June and July had a 25 per cent greater chance of becoming severely short-sighted than those born in December or January. Research leader Professor Michael Belkin, of Tel Aviv University, said it was because prolonged illumination(光照) causes the eyeball to lengthen, causing short-sightedness.
Hence the more light a newborn is exposed to, the more the eyeball lengthens and the worse the short-sightedness will be.
The mechanism which lengthens the eyeball is associated with levels of melatonin(褪黑激素), a pigment (色素) which protects the skin against harmful rays of the sun.
In young babies not enough melatonin is released as protection, meaning they are more vulnerable to sunburn and changes to eyeball shape.
Sight expert Professor Daniel O’Leary, of Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, said “At the moment we don’t know the precise cause of why light exposure affects sight, but the evidence seems to prove that it is one of the reasons for people becoming short-sighted.”
55.Babies born in summer are more likely to be short-sighted ____________.
A. because the summer sun is too strong for babies
B. because babies born in summer have lengthened eyeballs
C. if they are exposed to much sunlight in the first weeks after they are born
D. if parents don’t know a proper way to protect their babies’ eyes
56.Melatonin is a kind of material to ___________.
A. prevent the eyes from becoming near-sighted
B. protect the skin from harmful sun rays
C. make our body strong
D. protect babies’ eyes from summer sun
57.   From what Professor Daniel O’Leary says we can conclude that ___________.
A. there is no evidence that short-sightedness is related to exposure to sunlight
B. whether light exposure affects sight still needs to be further proved
C. he believes that light exposure can cause short-sightedness
D. he tries to give the cause of why light exposure affects sight
58.   The underlined word “vulnerable” in the passage probably means __________.
A. easy to be harmed                          B. resistant
C. protective                                     D. changeable

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