don’t feel happy. 7. Exercise.

8. Get enough sleep to feel rested. 9. Build close relationships.

part b

1.b d d b c d

2. Every day, millions of Americans buy lottery tickets and

dream of winning the lottery. If you win one million dollars, you

can receive from $25,000 to $40,000 a year for twenty years

after paying taxes. Winners spend the large amount of money in

different ways. Some use the money to pursue their own

interests, some on home improvement and travel, and others

save the money for their children’s college education. Most

winners quit their jobs and only a small number of them still

stay on their jobs. Some winners realize that money brings

security and gives them opportunities, but money does not mean happiness. part c

c d d d

unit 9

parta 1. bcd part b 1. cba

1. What helped Larry to carry on with life when his dream was dashed again and again?

His belief that one day he would become a movie star.

2. What job did Larry find in order to support himself?

Parking cars for one of Hollywood’s big restaurants.

3. Was Larry well-paid and how did he manage to make a living?

No, his pay was only basic. But he got generous tips from

guests driving into the restaurant.

4. What happened one day that changed Larry's life?

Larry parked the car of a famous film director and was able to

introduce himself to the man.

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5. Larry said: “A lot of big companies are after me.” What can

be the two meanings of this statement? a. Many big film companies are interested in me.

2. b. Many big companies are pressing me to pay their bills part c

b d b a

unit 10

1.

Type of disaster 1) Earthquake Time 2) Three days ago Place 3) Turkey

Number of people killed 4) 10,000 Number of people injured 5) 34,000 2.

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Type of disaster 1) Explosion Time 2) Early this morning Place Shijiazhuang

Number of people killed 3) 108 Number of people injured 4) 38 Number of people severely injured 5) 11

Cause Unknown part b Exercise 1

Listen to the passage and complete the

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following chart with the missing information.

Type of disaster Plane crash Time 1) Three months ago

Place 2) In the middle of a jungle Cause 3) A terrible storm

Number of people killed 4) All on board the plane except the narrator

Number of people injured 5) One (the narrator) Exercise 2

1. What happened to the plane before it crashed?

It rolled and shook in the wind.

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2. Did the rescue team arrive

immediately after the crash? Why or why not?

No. It arrived nine days later because it was raining heavily

and the helicopters couldn’t fly in the heavy rain. To make the

matter worse, the plane crashed in a swamp in the middle of a jungle.

3. Was the narrator seriously injured? Yes. She was in terrible pain and couldn’t move.

4. How did she manage to stay alive? By drinking dirty floodwater. part c

c d a b

unit 11

part a

1. What is the speaker’s attitude towards Napoleon?

Neutral. (The speaker mainly gives a factual account of

Napoleon’s life even though he holds that Napoleon waged

wars against many countries.)

2. What is the speaker’s attitude towards

Tom Cruise?

Positive. (“World renowned actor”, “almost everyone respects

him” and “international star” show the speaker’s attitude.)

3. What is the speaker’s attitude towards Warren Edward Buffett?

Positive, respectful. (In “regarded as one of the world’s

greatest stock market investors”, the choice of the word

“great” indicates the speaker’s attitude.) part b 1. abdca

Alan Greenspan

Father A 1) stockbroker

Mother Worked in 2) retailing Born on 3) March 6, 1926 Parents and

Childhood

Grew up in 4) New York In the mid-1940s

Studied at a 5) music school in New York, graduated with a degree in 6) economics from New York University’s School of 7) Commerce

In 1949 Got a 8) master’s degree at NYU Education

In 1977 Earned a 9) PhD from NYU After leaving Columbia University

Worked for the National 10) Industrial Conference Board In the mid-1950s

Opened an 11) economic consulting company Working

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Experience

In 1987 Began to work in the 12) Federal

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2. Government

part c

On June 28, 2008, amid cheers and tears 52-year-old Gates

said good-bye to his 1) Microsoft employees.

The following is his closing remarks during his 2) farewell event in Redmond:

“My life’s work really is about 3) software and working

with incredible people. I love working with smart people. I love

working with Steve. I love working with all the incredible

people here. Even the times that were the 4) toughest, in some

ways those are the ones that bond you the most — when IBM

decides to attack you, or when some 5) legal ruling isn’t quite

right. And you have to do a press conference afterwards.

“The work here combines two things that I think are just so

special. One is the 6) long-term impact — the impact on the

world of what we do — is incredible. We can always go out and

see things that remind us of that. See blind people who, using

our accessibility, can browse the Internet. You know, their lives

are just totally different because of that. So we can say, wow, this is so 7) impactful.

“But I think the second thing, 8) which is that the

day-to-day work is fun and enjoyable,

that’s actually what’s

made it so easy to want to work hard, to want to always improve

things, to face up to whatever it is that needs to be done better. 9)

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So it’s a special group of people who put so much into it.

“So let me just close by saying you’ve made it so much for

me. 10) There won’t be a day of my life that I’m not thinking

about Microsoft, and the great things that it’s doing, and wanting

to help. So thank you for making it the center of my life, and so much fun. Thank you.”

unit 12

1. The main idea of the passage: Establishing computer labs for

the schools in China’s poor rural areas. 2. The main idea of the passage: China is cooperating with India

in training software professionals. 3. The main idea of the massage: The computer virus, Code Red II, is about to attack again.

part b 1. bbdbca

2,Listen again and complete the following sentences with the information you’ve got from the recording. Then number the

sentences from 1 to 5 to put them in the right order.

4 An emergency call reached an ambulance crew where the student lived.

2 Nathen learned that the message came from a student far

away who had trouble breathing and moving.

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5 Nathen received the student’s thanks soon after the rescuers

came to her help. She was finally safe. 1 Nathen was surfing the Net for fun when he received an

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urgent message for help.

3 After learning about her home address, Nathen rang up the

international operator and asked the operator to put a call

2. through to the student’s country. part c cbba

unit 13

1. ( f ) 2. ( e ) 3. ( d ) part b 1. acdab

Professor Sabbatucci’s Noble Act Time: last Saturday Place: Italy

People: a 58-year-old maths professor and a 35-year-old unemployed father

What happened: While pretending to help the professor change

a tire, a thief stole a suitcase from the latter’s car, but in doing so

he dropped his lottery ticket at the scene. It was later picked up

by the professor. Next day, the professor learned from TV that

the ticket was a winner. To return or keep the prize troubled the

professor’s conscience but in the end he decided to return the

money to its owner. By advertising in newspapers and on radio,

he found the very man, though there were hundreds of people

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trying to trick him into giving them the cash. Thus 60 million lire

were handed over to the owner. This was quite beyond the thief’s

2. expectation. The Professor’s noble act moved him to tears. part c part c bdbd

unit 14

How the Hills Family Won the Copyright to the Song “Happy Birthday to You” Time Event

2

In 1893 Mildred and Patty Hill, two American kindergarten

teachers, composed the song “Good Morning to

All” to greet their students every morning.

Later The title of the song was known as “Good Morning

to You” when it was used for children to greet their teacher.

In 1924 The song appeared in a book of music edited by

Robert Coleman. And a second verse “Happy

Birthday to You” was added to it. The writer of the

lyrics to the second verse remained unknown. By

mid-1930s

The song appeared repeatedly in movies, radio

shows, and Broadway musicals without the

permission of the Hill family.

In 1934 Jessica Hill filed a suit and won the copyright to

the song “Happy birthday to You” for her elder

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sisters. She proved in court that “Happy Birthday

to You” was actually “Good Morning to All” with

different lyrics. From then on

Every time the song was sung publicly, the Hill

family gets paid. part b 1. Exercise 1

1. Why does drive-in grocery shopping appeal to customers?

Because customers don’t need to fight for a parking space,

push a grocery cart around in the market, or stand in line at the check-out.

2. Who is Dave Burnstein?

He is the vice-president for the Phone-In Drive-through Market.

3. What are the two proven successful ideas applied to grocery

shopping according to Mr. Burnstein? One is the success of drive-through convenience — which has

been proven to be successful with banks and fast food; the

other is the proven success of catalog shopping.

4. Why have they applied the two proven successful ideas to grocery shopping?

To help customers save time. 5. What are the disadvantages of drive-in grocery shopping?

Customers can’t stop and check if the goods they have ordered

are of good quality or not; and they have to pay a $1.50 service charge on each order.

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Exercise 2

Drive-in Grocery Shopping Step 1

You make up your grocery list from a 4,000-item catalog. Step 2

You phone in the item numbers of the goods you order. Step 3

The computer makes a print-out of your list. Step 4

Workers in the market find the goods on your list in a warehouse. Step 5

Three hours later, you drive up to the market, and

punch your code into a terminal. Step 6

You write a check while workers load your groceries into your car.

part c bccd

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