ABC News anchor (节目主持人) Peter Jennings died on Aug.7, 2005 at home in New York after a brief battle with lung cancer. ABC News anchors said they hope if anything good can be taken from Jennings’ death, it is a great awareness of the dangers of smoking.

　 “I want to give a message,” Barbara Walters said. “If you have kids who are smoking, tell them that we lost Peter.”

　 Lung cancer is the worst killer in America, taking more lives each year than any other cancer, according to the America Cancer Society. About 160,440 Americans die each year of cancer, making up 28 percent of all cancer deaths. More than 87 percent of lung cancers are smoking related.

　 Dr. Derek Raghavan, director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Taussing Cancer Center, said that once a person stops smoking, he starts getting better. Three to five years after quitting, the possibility of getting lung cancer is reduced by half.

　 Warning signs of lung cancer can also be mixed with symptoms connected with long-term smoking. The three main warning signs are an increase of coughing that doesn’t clear up, coughing up blood and sharp chest pains.

　 People with those symptoms should see a doctor. Raghavan said there have been promising developments in the treatment of lung cancer, including uses of radiation and surgery and drugs. “But the fact is that stopping smoking is the most important thing we can do,” Raghavan said. “There is no treatment that even comes close.”

1. Anchor Peter Jennings died of lung cancer which was possibly caused by _____.

　 A. his bad eating habit　　　　 B. overmuch work C. long-term smoking　 D. the old age

2. The first paragraph mentioned Peter Jennings’ death in order to _____.

　 A. make him the main character of the passage.

　 B. warn the smokers of the danger of smoking

　 C. introduce the topic to be talked about

　 D. make him better-known than before

3. The underlined word “quitting” in the fourth paragraph probably refers to _____.

　 A. doing more exercise　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. giving up smoking

　 C. getting over lung cancer　　 D. staying in hospital

4. To fight against lung cancer, what matters much to smokers is _____.

　 A. to receive the treatment of lung cancerB. to do exercise regularly

　 C. to see a doctor in time　　 D. to stop smoking

 

听力理解

　　第一节　听下面5段对话, 每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C、三个选项中选出最佳选项．听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题．每段对话仅读一遍．

1．What’s Steven’s problem?

[　　]

A．He can't drive himself.

B．He can’t decide how to go.

C．He likes traveling by train.

2．When will the stranger catch the next bus?

[　　]

A．2: 00.

B．2: 30.

C．2: 40.

3．What did Jack do last Thursday?

[　　]

A．Listened to his teachers in class.

B．He talked with his classmates.

C．He did some fishing.

4．Where are the two speakers having the talk?

[　　]

A．In a new house.

B．Near a new house.

C．On the phone.

5．What is Barbara going to do?

[　　]

A．Call her mother.

B．Go to the post office.

C．Call the police.

　　第二节　听下面5段对话或独白．每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置．听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间．每段对话或独白读两遍．

听第6段材料，回答第6～8题．

6．Why does Susan think Peter might be interested in the theatre group?

[　　]

A．Because he has a lot of free time.

B．Because she knows he likes acting.

C．Because he is looking for an acting job.

7．How often does the group practise?

[　　]

A．Three times a week.

B．Twice a week.

C．Once a week.

8．What worries Peter most in joining the theatre group?

[　　]

A．His schoolwork takes much of his time.

B．He has not been in a play for a long time.

C．He might not like the way the group works.

听第7段材料，回答第9～11题．

9．When does the conversation take place?

[　　]

A．In the morning.

B．In the afternoon.

C．In the evening.

10．What does the man suggest?

[　　]

A．Going to a concert.

B．Going dancing.

C．Going to a restaurant.

11．Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．The woman agrees to go with the man.

B．The woman disagrees with the man.

C．The woman says she has a cold so she can't go.

听第8段材料，回答第12～14题．

12．Why are both the man and the woman worried?

[　　]

A．Because the woman’s brother has been writing a book.

B．Because her brother has decided to stop smoking.

C．Because her brother seems to be in poor health.

13．What should her brother have done this morning?

[　　]

A．He should have shaved.

B．He should have had breakfast.

C．He should have attended the meeting.

14．What would be the best idea according to the woman?

[　　]

A．She will have a chat with her brother.

B．She will have a chat with the dean about her brother.

C．She will have another chat with the man about her brother.

听第9段材料，回答第15～17题．

15．Who do you think are the two speakers?

[　　]

A．They are an old American woman and an old Chinese man.

B．They are an older American woman and a younger Chinese man.

C．They are a younger American woman and an older Chinese man.

16．What is the American woman's attitude towards the position of women?

[　　]

A．Women should stay at home, looking after children and keeping the house.

B．Women should work outside the home.

C．Women should work outside and share housework with men in the home.

17．Have they reached an agreement in the end?

[　　]

A．Yes, they have.

B．No, they haven’t.

C．They will talk again some time later.

听第10段材料，回答第18～20题．

18．Why did the man go to the bank?

[　　]

A．He had to pay the fine there.

B．He wanted to get small change.

C．He intended to call the traffic police.

19．How did the man feel about the police officer's final decision?

[　　]

A．Happy.

B．Sad.

C．Angry.

20．What was the police officer's attitude to the letter from the man?

[　　]

A．She believed the man came across many misfortunes.

B．She took pity on the unlucky man who had a bad day.

C．She felt it funny that the man made up such a story.

　　第三节　听下面一段独白，每段独白读三遍；第一遍听短文大意，第二遍边听边写下所缺的词或者短语，第三遍检查．

　　John was a little boy from the town who went to spend his holiday on a farm. He hadn't been to a farm before, and this was the (1) ________ time in his life that he had seen (2) ________ .

　　He wanted to see everything. The first morning he got up almost before (3) ________ to watch the farmer milk the cows. Then (4) ________. The farmer gave him a lamb and told John he must take great care of it, as its mother had died. Soon the lamb would follow John all over the farm. (5) ________ and collect the eggs. He liked the pigs too, and spent many hours (6) ________ them.

　　At last the day came when John had to go back to his home in London. That was a very unhappy day for him. He went with the farmer to see all the animals. and said good-bye to every one of them. (7) ________, though they could say nothing to him.

Finally, (8) ________. This made him (9) ________, but the farmer offered to look after the little (10) ________ himself until John could come back on another visit.