1听音作答
- A. He is a staff writer.
- B. He is an adventurer.
- C. He is an author of fiction.
- D. He is a father of four kids.
答案A
解析根据对话内容，David Jackson被介绍为'a staff writer at The New Yorker'，因…
2听音作答
- A. They are interested in fairy tales.
- B. They are curious and autonomous.
- C. They are a headache to their parents.
- D. They are ignorant of politics.
答案B
解析男士提到'They are independent and they have their own curiositie…
3听音作答
- A. He offers them ample editorial guidance.
- B. He recommends model essays to them.
- C. He gives them encouragement.
- D. He teaches them proofreading.
答案C
解析男士说 I really just try to be encouraging，并强调 editorial guidan…
4听音作答
- A. Her tastes in books changed.
- B. She realized the power of reading.
- C. Her reading opened her eyes to the world.
- D. She began to perceive the world differently.
答案A
解析女士说'I know that mine certainly did when I was a teenager'，表明…
5听音作答
- A. She is a website designer.
- B. She is a university graduate.
- C. She is a main street store owner.
- D. She is a successful entrepreneur.
答案D
解析对话中提到'Molly, tell us about your business... And I did. And b…
6听音作答
- A. They were repeatedly rejected by shops.
- B. They were popular with her classmates.
- C. They showed her natural talent.
- D. They were mostly failures.
答案D
解析女士提到'most of the things I made at first were disasters'，表明她最…
7听音作答
- A. She had a strong interest in doing it.
- B. She did not like ready-made clothes.
- C. She could not find clothes of her size.
- D. She found clothes in shops unaffordable.
答案C
解析女士说'As you can see, I'm very tall, and I couldn't find cloth…
8听音作答
- A. Study fashion design at college.
- B. Improve her marketing strategy.
- C. Add designs for women.
- D. Expand her business.
答案D
解析女士提到'But I will add more clothes for children, both girls an…
9听音作答
- A. Utilizing artificial intelligence to find a powerful new antibiotic.
- B. Discovering bacteria which are resistant to all known antibiotics.
- C. Identifying bacterial strains that are most harmful to human health.
- D. Removing a deadly strain of bacteria in humans with a new antibiotic.
答案A
解析正文明确说 first time that artificial intelligence has been used …
10听音作答
- A. Ever-increasing strains of bacteria.
- B. Bacteria's resistance to antibiotics.
- C. The similarity between known drugs.
- D. The growing threat of bacteria to health.
答案B
解析文章提到抗生素抗性是一个严重威胁，因此发现新的抗生素药物非常重要，正确答案是B。选项A、C和D与原文不符。
11听音作答
- A. Dispense with experimental testing.
- B. Predict whether compounds are toxic.
- C. Foresee human reaction to antibiotics.
- D. Combat bacteria's resistance to antibiotics.
答案B
解析文章中提到人工智能能够预测化合物是否有毒，因此正确答案是B。选项A、C和D与原文不符。
12听音作答
- A. By theorization.
- B. By generalization.
- C. By observation.
- D. By conversation.
答案C
解析根据文章内容，大多数人通过观察他们认识的人来检测谎言，因此正确答案是C。选项A、B和D与原文不符。
13听音作答
- A. They are easy to detect.
- B. They are well intended.
- C. They are groundless.
- D. They are harmless.
答案D
解析文章提到我们平均每天被撒谎约200次，这些谎言大多是无害的，因此正确答案是D。选项A、B和C与原文不符。
14听音作答
- A. Mostly by chance.
- B. Basically objective.
- C. Subject to their mental alertness.
- D. Dependent on their analytical ability.
答案A
解析文章指出，普通人在严格测试中检测谎言的能力不比随机机会好，因此正确答案是A。选项B、C和D与原文不符。
15听音作答
- A. Looking the speaker in the eye.
- B. Listening carefully to the speaker.
- C. Measuring the speaker's breathing rate.
- D. Focusing on the speaker's facial expressions.
答案B
解析新研究建议停止看脸，而是仔细听对方的声音，这样能显著提高我们检测谎言的准确率，因此正确答案是B。选项A、C和D与原文不符…
16听音作答
- A. They don't treat patients with due respect.
- B. They witness a lot of doctor-patient conflicts.
- C. They have to deal with social workers' strikes.
- D. They don't care how much patients have to pay.
答案A
解析讲者直接说患者希望受到 respect and consideration，但 in my experience, to…
17听音作答
- A. Appear submissive and grateful to doctors and nurses.
- B. Express a strong desire to be consulted or informed.
- C. Refrain from saying anything that sounds negative.
- D. Note down the names of all the doctors and nurses.
答案D
解析Karen Brodny建议病人带上一个倡导者，并且记下每一个问题和答案，每一位医生和护士的名字，因此正确答案是D。选项…
18听音作答
- A. Cooperative.
- B. Appreciative.
- C. Passive.
- D. Responsive.
答案C
解析Karen Brodny提到医疗体系希望病人完全被动，因此正确答案是C。选项A、B和D与原文不符。
19听音作答
- A. Its members work together despite risks of failure.
- B. It prioritizes recruiting young energetic members.
- C. Its members stay in touch even after it breaks up.
- D. It grows more and more mature professionally.
答案C
解析演讲者提到具有活力的团队即使在团队解散后，成员之间仍然保持联系，因此正确答案是C。选项A、B和D与原文不符。
20听音作答
- A. Their differences are likely to impact productivity.
- B. Their similarity is conducive to future collaboration.
- C. Their connections strengthen with the passage of time.
- D. Their mutual understanding stems from a common goal.
答案B
解析研究人员发现团队成员之间的相似性有助于未来合作，因此正确答案是B。选项A、C和D与原文不符。
21听音作答
- A. It is characterized by diversity.
- B. Its goals are quite inconsistent.
- C. Its members have similar backgrounds.
- D. It is connected by a unique mechanism.
答案A
解析演讲者提到他目前所在的团队成员在人口统计学上几乎没有共同点，表明这个团队以多样性为特点，因此正确答案是A。选项B、C和D…
22听音作答
- A. Putting aside twenty percent of one's earnings.
- B. Spending in anticipation of becoming wealthy.
- C. Living off a small proportion of one's income.
- D. Saving as much as one can possibly manage.
答案A
解析专家建议节省收入的20%，因此正确答案是A。选项B、C和D与原文不符。
23听音作答
- A. It empowers them to cope with irrational emotions.
- B. It will guarantee the profits from their investments.
- C. It will turn them into successful financial planners.
- D. It enables them to focus on long-term investments.
答案D
解析信心使人们能够专注于长期投资，因此正确答案是D。选项A、B和C与原文不符。
24听音作答
- A. They count on others to take the responsibility.
- B. They change their investment strategy in time.
- C. They think they themselves are to blame.
- D. They persist rather than get discouraged.
答案C
解析百万富翁们在投资失败时会自己承担责任，因此正确答案是C。选项A、B和D与原文不符。
25听音作答
- A. They do not resist novel lifestyles.
- B. They do not try to keep up with others.
- C. They do not care what they have acquired.
- D. They do not pressure themselves to get rich.
答案B
解析这里socially indifferent具体指不屈服于购买最新物品、与别人攀比的压力，而专注长期财富计划，故B。不是…