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Why are senior citizens gaining more social influence？
A．The number of senior citizens is increasing rapidly.
B．The problem of senior citizen becomes more serious.
C．Senior citizens are less active than before.
D．More senior citizens are involved in politics.
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B.So that employees will follow the policy directives.
C.So that external bodies will recognize the organizations commitment to security.
D.So that they can be held legally accountable.
Today we are going to ____________ (更加仔细地看看) the diet of the average American citizen.
听力原文：M: Why do you think that way？
W: While I admit there is very little discrimination here on campus towards orientation, appearance and nationality, women are not treated equally. Women are not represented in many faculties. They also hold fewer senior faculty positions, are not represented well in administration and, do you know, not once has them been a female president of the student union.
M: You are running for president of the student union on the issue of equality, but you are not going to be a winner, I suppose. Most students feel women have equality nowadays.
W: Not the students I have talked to, particularly the women. My brother is a lawyer and he says the women in his firm have to work much harder than the men if they want to become a partner in the firm.
M: So you are going to champion women's rights for the election.
W: Yes, my campaign will focus on that but I will not ignore other issues such as transportation, cafeterias and so on. I have been a student here lot 4 years and am aware of all the issues. If I can make this campus a better place for all students, then as a woman, I would be setting an excellent role model. And, I am sure I can do a better job than Jerry did this year.
M: What did Jerry accomplish this year？
W: Next to nothing. He put pressure on the cafeterias to be a little more environmentally friendly but that is all about it.
(20)
A．To prove women's diligence.
B．To seek gender equality on campus.
C．To improve transportation and accommodation.
D．To put pressure on male students.
M: Sure. I'll be there in a minute. What is the matter？
W: (22)Many of our elderly customers have never tried to use our computerized banking services. Could you tell me why？
M: (23)Hmm. it could be that they might find it strange to use those computers or machines and they didn't like to ask for help. (24)Maybe we should offer some programs to show them how easy and convenient it is to use such devices as ATM.
W: It's a good idea. It will help those senior citizens to know better about the bank computers, to understand how it will save them from waiting in line during regular banking hours.
M: We could also arrange some of our staff to help those who might do their business with a computer while waiting in line. The customers would be happy to find that they could enjoy a more efficient service.
W: (25)We could do that. How about a pamphlet or something to distribute on a Seniors' Day？ A beautiful booklet will enable them to learn how to handle the machines quickly.
M: Sounds good. Actually the elderly need more assistance and instruction in such modern matters.
W: (25)Let's go forward with it right now．I want our customers to know just how convenient the computers are and how much we care about their concerns．
M: Ok. I'll make some arrangements for that soon.
(23)
A．She wants Michael to check about the ATM service.
B．She wants to know why the elderly avoid using computerized banking services.
C．She wants Michael to have a try with their automatic banking services.
D．She wants more information about modern machines in banks.
M：Sure．I'll be there in a minute．What is the matter？
W：(22)Many of our elderly customers have never tried to use our computerized banking services．Could you tell me why？
M：(23)Hmm．it could be that they might find it strange to use those computers or machines and they didn't like to ask for help．(24)Maybe we should offer some programs to show them how easy and convenient it is to use such devices as ATM．
W：It's a good idea．It will help those senior citizens to know better about the bank computers，to understand how it will save them from waiting in line during regular banking hours．
M：We could also arrange some of our staff to help those who might do their business with a computer while waiting in line．The customers would be happy to find．that they could enjoy a more efficient service．
W：(25)We could do that．How about a pamphlet or something to distribute on a Seniors'Day？ A beautiful booklet will enable them to learn how to handle the machines quickly．
M：Sounds good．Actually the elderly need more assistance and instruction in such modern matters．
W：(25)Let's Ko forward with it right now．I want our customers to know just how convenient the computers are and how much we care about their concerns．
M：Ok，I'll make some arrangements for that soon．
What does the woman want from Michael？
(23)
A．She wants Michael to check about the ATM service.
B．She wants to know why the elderly avoid using computerized banking services.
C．She wants Michael to have a try with their automatic banking services.
D．She wants more information about modern machines in banks.
Fortunately, there is a new force at work against this epidemic — a nationwide movement of more than 400 parent groups formed to expose and battle drug use among teenagers and preteens. The groups, ranging in size from 15 members to more than 800, have different approaches and widely varying rates of success. Yet this parental crusade is the only major force in the country to have taken active, organized and effective steps aimed at stopping marijuana use.
Why the concentration on marijuana？ Because it is the illegal drug most used by kids. According to the 1982 National High School Senior Survey, 44 per cent of U.S. high school seniors had smoked pot during the year, and one out of seven of these were daily or near daily smokers.
Moreover, in 1982, sociologists, Richard Clayton and Harwin Voss, reported a close related connection between pot smoking and subsequent use of cocaine and heroin by young men. Of those who had smoked pot fewer than 100 times, seven per cent had graduated to cocaine, four per cent to heroin. But of those who had smoked pot at least 1,000 times, the equivalent of once a day for those years, 73 per cent had gone on to cocaine, and one out of three had graduated to heroin. (Although heroin use among high school seniors is minimal— 0.6 per cent in the past year — multi drug use is "in.")
Parent groups have found that by stopping their kids from smoking pot, they almost automatically stop all other illegal drugs and cut down on alcohol use as well. The High School Senior Survey's statistics show that heavy pot smokers tend to be heavy drinkers, while those who do not use pot tend not to drink heavily.
Since virtually all over the country teenager "partying" has come to mean "getting smashed and getting stoned" — on anything from pot to pills, hashish, ISD, angel dust and alcohol — some parent groups home in on the partying aspect. Parents Who Care (PWC) was started in November 1979 by 15 Palo Alto, Calif. parents who were upset by stories of drugs senior proms. They held talk sessions with their children and learned, as founder Joann Lundgren observed, that most of them had never been to a party where the main activity was not getting high.
The parents' solution: workshops showing kids how to give successful drug and alcohol free parties. Says Margery Ranch, PWC director: "We've seen a change in attitude. Young people are feeling more comfortable saying no."
What does "the problem" in the first line refer to？
A．The fact that government drug abuse organizations are reluctant to inform. the public of the drug taking phenomenon among teenagers.
B．The fact that many doctors are ignorant of the drug taking phenomenon among teenagers.
C．The fact that many parents are ignorant of the drug taking phenomenon among their children.
D．The fact that many young people have yielded to the wide use of drugs.
听力原文：M: So how come you chose psychology？
W: Well, at lust I didn't have any clear idea of what I wanted to do after university, I didn't say to myself "I want to be a clinical psychologist or a researcher or anything like that". I suppose I have just always been interested in people and the way they act.
M: And what was the course like？
W: It was just great. The teachers were all really friendly and they had this special approach to teaching. The whole course was based on a problem-solving approach.
M: I see from your CV that you graduated in 1997 and after that, let me see...
W: I got a job with the department of employment. It was only a temporary thing for about six months. I used to have to design questionnaires and things like that for surveys that they carried out. And I guess the psychology course at college helped me a lot.
M: So why did you leave？
W: Well, four years is a long time to be asking people questions. You know those sorts of questions about washing powder and shampoo. After two years of doing that I felt that while I could do it well, now I want to do something else that's a little different. It just wasn't challenging for me any more and because I needed a challenge I decided to move when I heard about the position of Senior Researcher here at institute I knew that's exactly what I want.
(23)
A．Be a researcher in the area.
B．Be a clinical psychologist.
C．Know how to be a problem-solver.
D．Know more about people's behavior.
A few years ago it was common to speak of a generation gap between young people and their elders. Parents said that children did not respect and listen to them, while children said that their parents did not understand them at all. What had gone wrong？ Why had the generation gap suddenly appeared？ Actually, the generation gap has been around for a long time. Many people argue that it is built into every part of our society.
One important cause of the generation gap is .the opportunity that young people have to choose their own ways of life. In a more traditional society, when children grow up, they axe expected to live in the same place as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and like, and often to continue the family jobs. In our society, young people often travel great distances for their education, move out of the family at an early age, marry or live with people whom their parents have never met, and choose jobs different from those of their parents.
In our society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did, to find better jobs, to make more money and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often, that is another cause of the gap between them. Often, they discover that they have very little in common with each other.
Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is the third cause of the gap between the generations. In a traditional culture, senior people axe valued for their knowledge, but in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become out of date. The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds, separated by different skills and abilities. No doubt, the generation gap will continue in American life for some time.
The first paragraph tells that （）.
A.the problem of the generation gap draws much attention from people
B.it is out of date to talk about the generation gap
C.children and parents are trying to understand each other
D.it is very important for people to talk with each other often
Which of the following best summarizes the author’s main argument？
A) Senior citizens should fight hard against age discrimination.
B) The elderly are selfish and taking senior discounts for granted.
C) Priority should be given to the economic needs of senior citizens.
D) Senior citizen discounts may well be a type of age discrimination.
The author's attitude toward the efforts to control senior executives would be ______.
A．doubtful
B．optimistic
C．positive
D．approving
