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(犜犲狓狋1)
M:WhereisJennifer?Its11:00am.Themeetingshouldhavestartedanhourago.
W:Shecalledearlier.Allthesubwaytrainshavebeencanceled,soshehadtotakeataxi.Butitsstuckintraffic.
(犜犲狓狋2)
W:Lookatthishouse.Booksarealloverthefloor,anddirtyplatesareinthesink.Doweliveinazoo?
M:Ihaveexamssoon.Idonthavetimetodoanythingbutread.
(犜犲狓狋3)
M:Hardlyaweekgoesbywithouttherebeinganaccidentonthisroad.
W:Carsgotoofast.Itstoonarrowforthemtotravelatthatspeed.
M:Somethingshouldbedoneorsomeonewillbebadlyhurt.
(犜犲狓狋4)
M:Hi,Louise.HowislittleAmytoday?Itsalovelynameyouchoseforyourbaby.
W:Thanks.MyhusbandsaidweshouldcallherElizabeth,afterhismother,butIthoughtitsoundedoldfashioned.
(犜犲狓狋5)
W:Mylaptophasstoppedworking.CanIaccessmyclouddrivefromyourcomputertoprintoutmyreport?
M:Sure,butdidyouknowyoucanaccessitthroughyourphone?
W:Youreright.WhydidntIthinkofthat?
(犜犲狓狋6)
W:Whatcanyoutellme,doctor?
M:Molly,youreaperfectlyhealthyyoungwoman.
W:Thatsgoodtohear,butthenwhydoIhavethispain?
M:Themainproblemwithyourhandiscausedbytoomuchtyping.Youonlyneedtostopdoingthatfora
monthortwo.
(犜犲狓狋7)
W:Myfirstarticlehasbeenpublishedinafamoussciencemagazine.Theyaregoingtosendmeaspecialcopy
onFriday,butitwillbeavailableintheshopsthreedayslater.Imsogladthattheyhavechosenittobeon
thefrontcover.
M:Congratulations!Youdeservetoberecognized.IwillreaditonSaturdaywhenthechildrenareattheir
grandparents.Whatarethecontentsofthearticle?
W:Dontyouremember?Itstheoneabouttheatom.
M:Liketheatombomb?
W:No,itsabouthowtheyfunction.Ihavesuggestedanewtheorywhichscientistsallaroundtheworldare
nowaccepting.
M:Iknow,Imjustteasing.WillIunderstandit?Isitverytechnical?
W:Itis,buttherearepicturestohelpexplainit.
M:Good.IfindIabsorbinformationbetteriftherearevisualaidstohelp.
(犜犲狓狋8)
M:Hey,Mandy.Imreadytogoouttoeat.IknowyouretiredofMexicanfood.Wouldyouliketotrythat
Thairestauranttonight?
W:Idliketo,butThaifoodalwayshassomanypeanutsandImallergictothem.
M:Iwouldntmindcookingatmyhouse,plusmyfathercanhelpwithgrillingBBQonthegrill.
W:Thatsoundssonicefortonight.
M:Whatshouldwetakehomefromthesupermarket?
W:Letsgetsomepasta.Imeatingvegetarianfoodonlythisweek,soyoucanpickoutthemeat.
M:OK.AlsoImstillonmydiet,soletsleaveoutchocolate,icecreamandalldesserttonight.
W:ThecafeonMainStreethasspecialpricesonbreadthisweek,soletspickupsometakeout.
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书书书M:Allright.Canyoudriveusthere?
W:Mycarisatwork.Wecaneitherwalkortakethetrain.
M:Thetrainsaretoocrowdedatthistimeoftheevening.Itseemsthattheresonlyonechoiceleft.
W:OK,letsgo!
(犜犲狓狋9)
M:Oh,helloSusie.Hey,whatsthematter?Youlookupset.
W:Mr.Jackson,IcantfindCharlieanywhere.Ihaventseenhimsincethismorning.
M:Oh,no.Thatsterrible!
W:Thisissounlikehim.IjustcamehomefromtheparkandInoticedthatourfrontgatewasopen.
M:Well,Ididseehimplayingonyourfrontgrasslandearliertoday.Ithinkthegatewasclosedthen,though.
Haveyouspokentotheotherneighborsonthestreet?Maybetheyveseenhim.
W:Yeah,butnobodyelsehasseenhim.Ithinkthemailmanmusthaveforgottentoclosethegate.
M:Haveyouthoughtaboutcreatinga“missing”poster?
W:Yes.Butmyparentshaventgottenbackfromworkyet.Canyouhelpme?
M:Ofcourse.First,youneedapictureofhim,sopeopleknowwhathelookslike.Thenyoushouldmention
someotherimportantinformationabouthim.Howoldishe?
W:Hes12yearsold,soheisntexactlyyounganymore.Hehaslongwhitehairandhedoesntseeverywell.
Healsohasasmallbrownspotonhisback.
(犜犲狓狋10)
W:Manythingsinoureverydayliveswouldhaveseemedlikemagictopreviousgenerations.Thinkofthat
smalldevicewealllove.Itletstwopeopleonoppositesidesoftheglobetalktoeachother.Or,thatbox
withlittlepeoplelivinginsideofit—atleastourdistantancestorswouldguessso,iftheyeversawatelevision.
Butthetechnologiesshownasimpossibleinmoviesandbooksfromjust40yearsagoarenowreal.Thatwas
whentheHollywoodspacetrendofthe1980shappened.Ipersonallyrememberwatchingthosefilmswhen
theycameout.Clearly,theymissedthemarkforwhatthefarfuturewilllooklike.Itsobviousthat
scientificprogressismovingfastertodaythanpeoplehaveeverseen.
Everygenerationinhistoryhasthoughtabouthisowntime.Apersonbornin1000ADcouldprobably
understandtheworldifhewokeupfivehundredyearslater.Thingswouldbedifferent,buttheywouldstill
makesense.But,canyouimagineapersonfrom1500ADwakinguptoday?
Theothersideofthisquestionisthis:Howmuchchangeistoomuchforustohandle?Thisisanissue
societyhasneverseriouslythoughtabout,sincewehaveneverseensuchrapidtransformationintheworld.
WhileIamattheageofsixty,IstillcannotguesswhattheworldwilllooklikeifIreachmy90s.
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21.D JHK/L。MN犛狅狀犵犽狉犪狀4HO“SongkranisacelebrationmarkingtheThaiNewYear...In2023,
itkickedoffonApril13.”PQ,-。
22.B JHK/L。MN犎狅犾犻4HO“Thisancienttraditionmarkstheendofwinterandhonorsthevictoryof
goodoverbad.”PQ,-。
23.C RKSTL。MN犘犪狊狊狅狏犲狉4HO“Passoveriscelebratedforsevenoreightdaysinreflectionofthe
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24.A (cid:134)(cid:135)(cid:136)(cid:137)L。MN(cid:138)(cid:139)(cid:134)(cid:140)“Theracewaslongdecided,anditwasrainingcatsanddogs.”PRT,Bou
SamnangCw(cid:141)(cid:142)(cid:143)(cid:144)=。
25.B JHK/L。MN)(cid:145)(cid:146)“Theathletesaidlaterthatshewas...surprisedthatthevideocausedsuch
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26.D JHK/L。MN)(cid:147)(cid:146)“...hewasproudofherforremindingeveryonethatsportsareaboutmore
thanwinningandlosing.”PQ,NorodomSihamonin(cid:148)(cid:149)l(cid:150)(cid:129)C(cid:151)(cid:135)6X(cid:152)(cid:153)(cid:154)(cid:155)C(cid:156)}。
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inaninterview.‘Evenifwereinlastplace,eveniftheweatheristerrible,evenifitfeelslikewecantdo
it,weshouldnotgiveup.’”PRT,BouSamnang3E¢£¢⁄C¥。
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28.B JHK/L。MN)"(cid:146)“WhenZhaiwashavingtroublefindingstaffforhisrestaurantinthesummer
of2021,heboughtaBellaBotfromPuduRobotics.”PQ,LiZhai3¨l(cid:201)¢˚`´¸(cid:204)˝)4˛“«
¥C。
29.C JHK/L。MN)(cid:145)(cid:146)“‘Economicsareonthesideofrobots.Thecostofhumanlaborwillcontinue
torise,buttechnologycostwillfall.’”PQ,DennisReynolds9:3ˇd—1’(cid:209)C。
30.D RKSTL。MN)(cid:147)(cid:146)“And58% ofguestssurveyedsaidRitadidntimprovetheiroverall
experience.””(cid:210)c4(cid:146)“‘Wedontgotoarestauranttobeservedbytechnology.Wegofortheexperience
ofbeingservedbyhumans,’manyofthedinerssaid.”PRT,‚„‰“«¥`´¸¢(cid:211)(cid:151)C3(cid:212)(cid:213)¥(cid:214)(cid:215)(cid:216)。
31.A (cid:217)LSTL。(cid:157)(cid:158)w2,(cid:218)e3MN)¡(cid:146)“Butarerobotwaitersgoingtobeacceptedintheworld?”P
Q,129:3(cid:219)—1、67(cid:220)¯”„¥(cid:221)(cid:222)(cid:223)(cid:224)Æ(cid:226)“«¥`´¸C67(cid:140)¯C。
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32.A RKSTL。¨l“‘Wealthyfamiliescanrarelycontinuetoberichforthreegenerations.’”“...family
wealthcouldnotpassthreegenerations.””“‘gofromshirtsleevestoshirtsleeves’”Cœß(cid:142)3“(cid:252)”,¨(cid:253)
shirtsleeves(cid:244)Pı3“(cid:252)”C(cid:254)(cid:255)。
33.C JHK/L。MN)"(cid:146)“Whilemanyoftheirgrandparentsandparentsnevercompleteduniversity,
mostofthemhaveattendedthebestknownuniversitiesabroad,ofteninAmerica.”PQ,U!Œ…"#(cid:142)$
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34.D JHK/L。MN)*(cid:146)“Instead,aftertheytakechargeofthebusinesses,theyusuallytrytoestablish
rulesandregulationsintheirfamilybusinesses...”PQ,U!+,4(cid:236)C(cid:230)K(cid:127)&-F./(cid:230)K01C
23。
35.B JHK/L。MN(cid:210)c4(cid:146)“Topreservetheirfamilybusinesses,theyhavetolearnathingortwofrom
theirelders.”PQ,(cid:240)(cid:127)(cid:149)lU!+,C(cid:230)K(cid:127)6X4f5C678(,9:;<=()C¢>。
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36.D MNF(cid:140)“...travelinggivesyoutheopportunitytostepawayfromyourbusyscheduletoclearyour
mindandcenteryourself.”PQ,DG“9k3@AˆCC’E,¢(cid:230)aH”IJ。
37.C MNX(cid:146)K(cid:217)L犐犿狆狉狅狏犲狊犿犲狀狋犪犾犺犲犪犾狋犺”Fc“Italsokeepsyourbrainactiveasyoulearnandexplore
newplaces,...”PQ,CG“L‡MflNOP(cid:211)>\”IJ。
38.F MNX(cid:146)K(cid:217)L犔犲狋狊狔狅狌犱犻狊犮狅狀狀犲犮狋犳狉狅犿狔狅狌狉犱犪犻犾狔犾犻犳犲PFc“Travelingoffersagreatrelieffrom...”
PQ,FG“(cid:131)(cid:243)Q(cid:141)RS:TUPVW”IJ。
39.G MNF(cid:140)“Newexperiencescanoftenbringforthnewchallenges.”PQ,XF.@AƒzDXYCZ[
P\](cid:131)^,yGG“@Aƒ_‘、ƒab(cid:127)ƒn…4#fiPı(cid:246)c¥de”IJ。
40.A (cid:157)(cid:158)w(cid:146)PQ,(cid:253)(cid:146)_‘C3@AƒB(cid:224)、ƒzD(cid:246)fˆ¥5Cghi,yAG“j!ghi”IJ。
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12345]^2。289:_‘=(cid:216)k}(cid:130)CDaveHughes>(cid:132)l(cid:243)m(cid:156)nopqCyz。
41.A MNF(cid:140)“Itwasrelativelyoutoftheway,””k2PQ,rst¢;(cid:151)(mind)(cid:216)u(cid:127)>v&kbw。
xy,fz¢Pı>|{||}~。
42.D MNk4(cid:146)HughesC_(cid:127)PQ,f\˚(cid:128)(cid:129)(cid:130)(cid:131)(lonely)。
43.B MNFc“Ireallywantedtomakea(n) withananimalofanykind”PQ,Hughes(cid:132)(cid:133)C34
E(cid:134)D(pet)。
44.C ¨lf(cid:135)(cid:136)(cid:137)(cid:138).UE(cid:139)(cid:140)23(cid:141)(cid:190)(cid:142)(cid:143)(connection)。
45.A 4(cid:144),(cid:145){(cid:146)C=(showedup)4(cid:147)(cid:148)…P(cid:149)C(cid:150)l。
46.D d3,Hugheszl(cid:151)(cid:152)=E(cid:153)(nest)。
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(companionship)。
48.A f\˚(cid:130)(cid:130)(cid:157)(cid:157)C4E¥(cid:158)>(cid:159)Pe=(scary)。
49.C U(cid:147)(cid:150)lPf4(cid:160)¡(lived)˚=2022+3¢9I。(cid:253)cz¢£=。
50.B d3Hughes⁄(cid:144)(cid:142)(cid:146)¥ƒ(searched)。
51.C >§ƒCºxO,f#fi-(cid:151)˚efCl¤。U!(cid:129)DcHughesCR'ˆ“=«(cid:192)(change)。
52.D 9(cid:140),f(cid:219)‹(cid:151)›˚(realize)(cid:139)(cid:140)fifl(cid:131)(cid:160)C(cid:176)<–>。f(cid:149)l,U3|(cid:147)(cid:150)l†fC‡·(gift)。
53.A £fiL/0。
54.C >§ƒ|(cid:147)(cid:150)lC(cid:181)¶,Hughes(cid:149)›=¢•C‚“(cid:129)D(wildlife)。
55.A „f(cid:226)”UEƒ(new)»’(cid:243),z(cid:246)…(cid:156)o‰(cid:190)(cid:190)。
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56.the ’ˆ˜(cid:134)。MNFcC¯˘(cid:134)PQ,U{S:˙¨˜(cid:134)the。
57.tofight ’ˆ(cid:128)(cid:201)˚(cid:129)(cid:134)。(cid:136)0X¸—(cid:136)PQ,(cid:253)E7(cid:130)†(cid:129)(cid:134)C¢¨=(cid:240)(cid:204)C˝˚。
58.lower ’ˆ˛ˇ(cid:134)CYZ—。MNF(cid:140)C(cid:217)](cid:134)even”¸(cid:151)PQ,(cid:253)E67lowCYZ—lower。
59.requires ’ˆ(cid:129)(cid:134)C(cid:243)'P9(cid:201)4(cid:209)。U{^‘C3„(cid:132)z(cid:158),y74(cid:210)C>(cid:243);(cid:211)¨l9˚3(cid:129)(cid:212)(cid:134)(cid:213)
˚,y7(cid:130)†(cid:129)(cid:134)C)"¥(cid:214)(cid:215)˘˛=requires。
60.where/how ’ˆ(cid:212)(cid:134)(cid:216)(cid:219)¸。(cid:136)0X¸—(cid:136)PQ,XF(cid:217)(cid:218)C34E(cid:219)˚(cid:219)¸,(cid:220)(cid:219)¸O(cid:212)•˝˚;MN
¸(cid:151),XFP7(cid:221)$(cid:222)(cid:134)wherebhow。
61.various/varied ’ˆ(cid:134)˛(cid:223)(cid:224)。(cid:136)0X¸—(cid:136)PQ,(cid:130)˙(cid:134)>(cid:253)E(cid:240)waysC¨˚,y7(cid:130)†(cid:212)(cid:134)C˛ˇ(cid:134)
˛=variousbvaried。
62.In ’ˆ;(cid:134)。inaddition(cid:151)l“ÆØ”,l(cid:226)¨(cid:213)˚。
63.providing ’ˆ(cid:128)(cid:201)˚(cid:129)(cid:134)。(cid:136)0X¸ª(cid:228)PQ,(cid:130)˙(cid:134).e(cid:229)(cid:230)9˚Improvedecosystems–>(cid:229)(cid:230)fi
C9(cid:201)^(cid:143),y7(cid:130)†(cid:129)(cid:134)CC>(cid:136)(cid:134)˛=(cid:231)Ł9(cid:129),(cid:240)˝˚。
64.response(s) ’ˆ(cid:134)˛(cid:223)(cid:224)。MNF(cid:140)C¨˜(cid:134)thePQ,(cid:130)˙(cid:134)(cid:240);(cid:134)ofC(cid:219)˚,y7(cid:130)†(cid:129)(cid:134)C(cid:212)(cid:134)
˛=response(s)。
65.becarried ’ˆ(cid:129)(cid:134)C˚'。¨lcarryout.solutions–>(cid:229)(cid:230)fiC(cid:129)(cid:219)^(cid:143),y7(cid:247)(cid:129)˚'。(cid:220)F(cid:140)
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DearPeter,
IhavereceivedyouremailandtriedtoenteryouinthetraditionalChinesepaintingclubatschool.
Unfortunately,theclubisalreadyfull.
Thegoodnewsisthatintheneighborhoodthereisaclubthatprovidesmorechoices,includingtraditional
Chinesepainting,writingandotherrelatedactivities.Bestofall,mostofthecoursesarefreeandyoucanstudy
withlocalexpertsandresidents.IthinkitisareallygoodopportunitytolearnChineseculture.
Pleaseletmeknowifyouwouldlikemetoassistyouinsigningupforanyofthesecourses.
Bestwishes!
Yours,
LiHua
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wasonthephone.Withoutwaitingforher“Hello”,Isaid,“Itsme.IjustwanttotellyouIreallymissyou.
Iknowwearentascloseassomesisters,butthatdoesntmeanImnotmissingyouaton.”
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soundedasthoughitcamefromnearby.“Ivebeensittinghere,allalone,thinkingaboutyouguysbackhome,
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missyou,too.ImcountingdownthedaysbeforeIcangohome.”
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