Mary made up her mind to study abroad though she had a good job in her country. (perio
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Mary didn’t know what to send to her grandparents for Christmas. It was always hard to choose a good Christmas present for them. They didn’t need much, and it was hard for her to be creative every year.
One year, she sent them a big wooden elephant. It sat on the counter for a year, but then it disappeared, probably into a closet somewhere. Another year, she made handmade soaps with nice smells, but they probably weren’t any better than store-bought soaps. Last year, she sent lots of nice pictures of herself in frames, but grandparents’ house was small, and they couldn’t hang up very many.
This year, she decided on fruit. She lived where it was warm and there was lots of nice fruit. Her grandparents lived up north, where it colder and they couldn’t get fresh fruit all year, or at least not oranges and grapefruit. Fresh fruit was healthy for her grandparents, too.
Mary went to a fruit store and sampled the red oranges. She really liked them and bought a kilogram. Then she tried three kinds of grapefruit. The white ones were sour. The star grapefruit were interesting, but the dark red grapefruit were great. So she got a kilogram.
Mary carefully packed the fruit in a box to keep them safe and dry in case one got smashed and its juice got everywhere. Then she wrote the address on the box and mailed it from the store. She felt happy with what she bought.
A few days later, Mary got a phone call from her grandparents, thanking her for the lovely fruit. They said it was a healthy, tasty, and very thoughtful gift. Mary had never felt sogood before.
1.Mary wastroubled because she___________.
A. had no idea for a holiday gift
B. we no creative in her work
C. could notafford Christmas gifts
D. found her grandma bard to please
2.What didMary send her grandparents last year_________.
A. A wooden elephant
B. Handmade soaps
C. Her own pictures
D. A store-bought closet
3.In se1ecting the gifts, Mary was ___________.
A. excited
B. impatient
C. exhausted
D. thoughtful
4.Which ofthe following did Mary buy for her grandparents this year_________.
A. Yellow oranges
B. Dark red grapefruit
C. White grapefruit
D. Star grapefruit
5. Mary’s grandparents___________.
A. loved her gift
C. wrote her a letter
B. sent her a card
D. put her gift away
A.specimen
B.specification
C.specialty
D.speculation
Mary tried _______ to persuade her husband to give up smoking.
A.in line
B.in vain
C.at length
D.without fail
A.put through
B.put off
C.put up with
D.put out
M: I can't believe she did that.
Q: What do we learn about Mary?
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A.She lowered, the contract's original price.
B.She went ahead with the proposal.
C.She didn't accept the offer given by her client
D.She made a counter-offer to relieve the client.
听力原文:M: I knew Mary played the piano.but I didn't know she played the guitar.
W: Neither did I.It seems she just picked it up on her own,over the summer.She does have an artistic talent.
Q: What can we learn about Mary from the conversation?
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A.Mary doesn't have much talent for the piano.
B.Mary taught herself to play the guitar.
C.Mary prefers to play the guitar now.
D.Mary got the guitar unexpectedly on her way home.
A.The woman made up an astonishing story.
B.The woman had intended to leave her husband without telling him.
C.The woman had been dishonest to her husband.
D.The woman had been taken a long distance away from her home.
A.She hasn't cleaned her room, either.
B.She left her room on time this morning.
C.She can help the man clean up his room.
D.She doesn't know the mess the roan have made in her room.
听力原文: Mary did not like getting up early in the morning. If her sister did not wake her, she would be late often for her classes. One day a lecture was going to be given By a famous artist at nine o'clock. Her sister and brother-in-law were away. She set her alarm for half past seven. This should give her plenty of time to get ready and arrive early enough for a good seat. She was determined to be there in time. She would never forgive herself for missing the lecture. She had been admiring the artist's work since she was a child.
The next morning, she slept through the alarm and woke up at half past eight. She was not used to rushing and everything went wrong. At last, she was ready, and rushed out to catch a bus. She jumped on the first one. She looked at her watch, but it was not there. She must have forgotten to put it on in her rush. When she arrived at the university, she hurried to the lecture hall. She was astonished to find that the doors were locked. She looked round to find someone, and saw a clock which said half past seven, "I can't understand it!" she cried out. "Nobody's here and the clock is slow!" Then she suddenly remembered. Her alarm clock had stopped the day before and she must have forgotten to reset the hands. "This is the first time I'll hear the beginning of a lecture," she said to herself, laughing.
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A.Because the speaker was an artist.
B.Because she was always a hard-working student.
C.Because the artist's paintings appeal to her so much.
D.Because the subject was an important one.
A.The woman made up a frightening story.
B.The woman had been taken a long distance away from her home.
C.The surface of the road was destroyed by an explosion.
D.The woman had planned to leave her husband without telling him.
W: You know, Mary is doing her graduate work in political science. She would certainly know how to narrow the topic down.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
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A.Take a class together with Mary.
B.Ask Mary to help him choose a topic.
C.Change the topic of his research project.
D.Sign up for a different political science course.