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Q：Howdｉｄｔhetｗoｓpeakerｓfinｄthemovie?Ｂ）１7.M:I’ｍreaｌｌyｓｕｒpｒiseｄyｏugotanAontｈｅｔest.Ｙouｄiｄn’tsｅe(cuò)mtohａｖｅdｏnｅaloｔofrｅａding.?W:ＮowyouknowｗhyＩneｖermｉssaｌecｔurｅ．?Q:Whａt(yī)cｏntribｕtesｔoｔｈｅwoｍan’shigｈscｏre?A）18.W:Haｖeｙouｈearｄａbouｔｔhenewdｉgｉtａltｅleviｓｉonsysｔem?Itｌetｓpeｏpleｇetaｂoｕtfiｖｅｈｕｎdredcｈａnnelｓ.?M:Ｙｅａh,ｂutIdoubｔthatwｉlｌhavｅanythingｄiｆfeｒentｆromwｈａｔwewatcｈnoｗ.?Q：Whａt(yī)ｄｏｅstｈｅmａnmean?D）CｏｎveｒsaｔionOｎeW:Gosh,ｈａveyｏuseenthiｓ,Ｒichard??M:Seewhaｔ??W：Inthepaｐｅr，（１9）sａystherｅ’samａｎｇｏiｎgrｏundpｒetenｄingheiｓfrｏｍtheｅlｅｃｔricityboard.Ｈeiｓbeencaｌlｉngaｔpeople’shomｅs，ｓayｉnghe’ｓｃoｍｅｔｏcheckthａt(yī)ａlｌtheirappliａnceｓａresafe．Thｅnｈegeｔsａｒoundｔhemtomakehimａｃｕpoｆｔｅa,anｄｗｈilｅthｅyareoutoｆtｈｅrooｍ,（1９)hestealstheｉrｍoｎey,handｂag，whatevｅr,aｎdmaｋeｓofｆwithit．?M:ButyoｕｋnoｗJean,it’spartlytheirownfaｕlt.Theｙshouldｎeverletａnｙoｎelikethatｉｎunlessyｏuareexｐectｉngthem．?W：It’saｌlｖerywelltosaythat,ｂutsomｅｏｎｅcomestotheｄoorandsayｓeｌeｃtrｉciｔyorｇａs.Ａｎdyouautomaｔicａｌlyｔhinｋｔｈｅｙarｅok.Espｅcｉａlｌyiftheyflashedacardtｏyou.?M:DoesthｉsmanhaｖeａnＩDｔｈeｎ？?W：（２0)Yes,that’ｓｊustiｔ.Itsｅe(cuò)msheusedtoｗoｒkｆorthｅe(cuò)lｅcｔricityboaｒdatｏneｔiｍe．Accordiｎgtothｅpaper,（21）thepoliｃearewarningpeopleespeciａllｙpｅｎsｉonerｓnotｔoａdmiｔaｎyoｎeunｌessｔhｅyhavｅａnappｏintmenｔ．It’saｂiｔsad.Ｏnｅoｌdlaｄｙtoldtheｍ,（22)she’sjuｓtbeｅntothepoｓｔofficetodrawherpension,whｅnheｃalleｄ,shｅsaｉdｈｅmuｓｔｆｏｌｌｏｗherhome．（22）Ｈesｔolethewholelｏt．?M：but，ｗｈａｔdｏeshelooｋlike．Suｒelｙｔheｙmuｓthaveaｄescriｐtion．?W:Ｏｈ,yeｓ.Thｅｙhaｖｅ．Lｅt’ssee,iｎhis3０s,talｌ，bushyｄarkhair,ｓｌightnorｔheｒnaccent.Soｕndsａbｉtlｉkeyouaｃｔuａlｌｙ.19.Ｗhaｔdｏesthewoｍanｗanttheｍanｔｏreａdintheneｗsｐａper？C)２0.Hｏｗdiｄtｈｅmaｎｍentionedinｔheｎewspａｐertrytowiｎfｕｒｔhertrｕstｆｒomthevicｔims?.D)２１．Ｗhaｔisｔhｅwarｎｉngfromthepｏlicｅ？C）22.Wｈatdoeｓtｈewｏｍaｎｓpeakertellｕsaｂｏuｔtheoldlady?C)ConvｅrsationTｗｏM:MｉｓsJoneｓ,ｃｏｕlｄｙｏutellmｅｍoｒeａｂoutｙourfirstjobwithｈotelｍaｒｋｅｔｉngｃoｎcepｔs.?Ｗ：Yｅｓ,ceｒtａinｌy．(23）IｗaｓａｍａｒketinｇconsuｌtaｎｔrｅsｐonsｉbｌｅｆormａrketingtenUKhotｅls.Tｈeｙｗereａlｌluxｕryhｏｔｅlｓiｎtｈeleｉsｕresector,alｌofｖｅryhighstaｎｄａｒd．?M:Whicｈｍarketswereｙouresponｓiblｅfｏr??Ｗ:ForＥuｒopeandJapan.Ｍ：IseｅｆromyoｕrresumethatyoｕｓｐｅakJａpanｅse.Ｈavｅyoｕeｖｅrbｅe(cuò)ntｏJapaｎ？?Ｗ：Yes,Ｉhａｖe.IsｐｅntamoｎthiｎＪaｐａｎiｎ2023．Ｉmetａｌlthekeｙpeopleinｔheｔourisｔinｄustry,tｈebｉｇtｏuropｅｒａt(yī)ors,andthetouｒistorganiｚａｔions.(24）ＡsIｓpeakＪapaneｓe,Ihadaverybigａdｖａnｔage.?Ｍ：Yes,oｆcｏursｅ.ＨａveｙｏuｈａdaｎｙcｏｎtａcｔwithJａｐａn,inyｏｕrpreｓｅntjob??W:Ｙｅｓ，I’ｖehadalot.CrｕｉsesｈavｅbｅcomeveryｐoｐｕlaｒwitｈtｈeJａpanｅｓebothfoｒholidａysaｎdｆorbｕsinesｓcｏnferｅncｅｓ．Ｉnfａcｔ，theｍａrkｅtforalltypesoｆｌuxuｒyｈolidaysforｔheＪapａneｓehasinｃｒｅaｓedalotrｅcently.

M:Reallｙ？I’ｍinｔeresteｄｔoheａrmorｅａbouｔｔｈat．Bｕtfirstteｌlme，hａｖｅe(cuò)vertｒａｖelｅdonaluｘuryｔraiｎ,ｔhｅOrｉenｔiｎｇExpreｓsfoｒexample.

Ｗ:Ｎo,Ｉhavｅn’t．ButＩ’vetrａｖeledoｎtheＧlacierExpresｓtoＳwiｔzerlaｎd,anｄＩtｒaveledacrosｓCｈinabytrainaｂout８yeａrｓago.（25)Iｌovetraiｎtrａveｌ.Tｈａt(yī)’ｓwhyIaｍｖｅryinteｒesｔｅｄｉｎｔhisjｏb.23.Whatｄidｔｈeｗomaｎdoinherfirｓtｊｏb?A)24.WhatｇavetheｗｏｍananadvaｎtagedurｉngherbusiｎesstｒipiｎＪapａn?D)２5.Ｗhｙisthewoｍanapplyiｎｇfoｒthenewjoｂ?A）ＳｅｃtionBPaｓsａgｅＯｎeIｔhｉnkaｌotaｂoｕtｔimeandnotｊustｂecauseiｔ’ｓthenａｍeofｔhenewsoｒgaｎizaｔioｎI(lǐng)workfor.Likｅｍostwoｒｋｉngpeｏple,Iｆindtｉmeorthelackｏfit，arenｅｖｅｒendingfruｓｔratｉｏnandanunwinablebａt(yī)tle.Myeverydａyis(２6)arａceaｇaｉnsttｈeclｏckthatInevｅreｖｅrseemtowin．Thiｓisｈardｌｙaｌoｎeｓomecoｍplaiｎｔ,ａｃcoｒdinｇtｏthefamilｉeｓａnｄworｋiｎstｉtｕtｅs,naｔionalstuｄｙofｔhechangiｎｇworｋｆorｃe,（２6)５5%oftheempｌoｙeessaｙｔheydon’thａｖeｅnouｇhtｉmｅｆorthｅｍsｅlves,６3%don’tｈaveenｏuｇhtimｅforｔheirspｏusesoｒｐaｒｔneｒs,and67%don’thaveenoughｔiｍefortｈeirchiｌdren.（27)Ｉｔ’salsonotanｅwcｏｍplaint.Ibｅtｏurancｅstorsreｔurneｄhomeｆromhｕntiｎgwiｌdanimalsandgatherｉngｎuts,（2７)andcomｐｌａinedaｂouthoｗlittleｔimethｅyｈadtopａintbattlescｅｎeｓontheｉrcａvｅwａllｓ．Tｈedｉffereｎceisｔｈatthebｏssoftｈeanimａlｈunｔｉnｇandtheｈeadｏfnutgatheｒingｐｒobablytｏldｔｈemto“Sｈｕｔuｐ!”ｏｒ“Noｓuｒvivalｆoryｏu！”Todａｙ’ｓworkeｒsａｒｅstilldemanｄingcｏntｒoｌovertheirｔime，thｅｄiffｅrｅｎceｉs：tｏｄａｙ’sbｏssesａｒelistｅning．I’veｂeｅnreaｄiｎgａrepｏrｔissuedｔｏdaycalledＷhｅｎWorｋWorks,ｐroｄuｃedjｏｉntlybｙ3oｒgaｎiｚａｔions.（2８）Theyｓetouｔｔofindanｄａwarｄtｈeemｐloyerswhoemploytheｍostcreatｉveａndmosｔeffｅｃｔivｅｗaystoｇivetheｉrwｏrkeｒsｆｌｅxibiｌitｙ.Ifouｎdｔｈｉsreporｔwoｒthreａｄinganｄsuggｅsteｖｅrybossshouldrｅaditforideas.26．Whａt(yī)isthespeakeｒcｏｍplａｉningａbout?

Ａ)2７.Whatdoeｓthｅspeakersａyaｂoutourａncestorｓ?A）28.Ｗhydoｅｓtｈespeａkersuggeｓtａllbosｓesreａｄｔhereportbythｅ3ｏrganizａｔioｎs?D）ＰasｓageTｗoLｏｖｉngａｃｈilｄｉsａcｉrculａrbuｓinｅsｓ.Themoｒeyouｇive,tｈemoｒeyouget.Thｅmｏｒeｙouwantｔogiｖe,PenaｌapｙLeａchoncｅsaiｄ.Whaｔｓｈeｓaiｄprovestｏbeｔrｕeoｆmyｂlｅndeｄfａmilｙ．Iwａsbornin１931.Asthｅyounｇｅstｏfsixchiｌdren,Iｌeａrｎtoｓharｅmｙparentｓ’love.Ｒａising6childrendurｉｎｇthediffｉｃulttｉmｅsｏfthe(２9）Grｅａt(yī)Deｐressｉontookｉtstｏｌｌonmypａrｅnts’rｅｌａｔｉonshipanｄrｅsultedintheirｄｉvｏｒcewｈeｎＩwas18yｅａrｓｏｌｄ.Daｄdyｎｅverhadvｅrｙｃｌoｓereｌａt(yī)ionsｈipswithhischｉldrｅｎanddrifｔedeveｎfaｒｔheraｗayｆrｏmuｓaftertｈeｄivoｒce.Severａlyeaｒslater,ａwonderｆulｗomancａmeintoｈisliｆe,andｔheywｅｒemaｒried.Shｅhadtwosｏnｓ.Onｅoｆthemiｓｓtｉllathome.Underhｅrｉnfluｅｎcｅwｅbecameａｂｌenｄedｆaｍilyandａgoodｒｅlationsｈｉｐdevｅlopedbetweeｎthetwofamilieｓ．（3０)Ｓhealｗaystreatｅｄusasifwewereherownｃhｉldｒｅn.Itwasbｅcauseｏfｏuroｔｈｅrｍothｅr,ｄadｄy’ssｅｃｏnｄwｉfｅ，tｈａｔｈebecamｅｃｌoｓeｒtohisｏwｎcｈilｄren．Theｙｓｈareｄoveｒ25yearｓtogetherbeforeoｕｒfａt(yī)herpassedawaｙ.Atthetimｅｏfhisdeath，thequestｉoncameｕpofmymotｈer,daddy’sfirｓtwife,atteｎｄinghisｆunerａｌ.Ｉwilｌnevｅｒforgetｔhｅｕncｏｎditｉｏnaｌｌoveshowｎbymyｓtepmｏtｈeｒ,whｅnＩaｓkedherifｓｈewouldobｊecttomotｈｅraｔtendiｎgdaｄdy’ｓfuneｒａl．Ｗｉthoutgivingitasecoｎdthought,ｓheimmediatelyrepｌieｄ,“Ｏｆｃｏurｓenｏt,ｈonｅｙ,sheisｔｈemothｅrｏfmｙchｉldｒｅn.”29.Aｃcordingｔothespeakeｒ,whａt(yī)ｃontrｉbutｅdｔoｈerparents’ｄiｖoｒｃe?

Ｂ）3０.Whatbｒoughtthefａt(yī)heｒｃloserｔoｈiｓｃhｉldｒeｎ?

Ｄ)31.Wｈaｔmeｓsageｄｏesthespｅakｅrwanttoconvｅｙｉｎthistalｋ?B)PassaｇｅThreeInＦeｂruarylastyeａr,ｍywifelｏstherjob．(32）Jｕsｔassuｄdenly,theowｎeｒofｔhegrｅe(cuò)ｎｈouｓewｈerｅＩworkｅｄaｓmａnaｇerｄｉedofahｅartattack.Hｉsfamilyannoｕncedthaｔｔhｅｙwｅregoiｎgt