13)

A. Losing healthcare benefits.B. Less ability to care for a family member with a long illness.C. A heavy pressure on family relationships.D. All of the above. 14)

A. Their health improved but their emotional functioning was poor.B. Their health worsened but their emotional functioning improved.C. Their health and emotional functioning were both poor.D. Both their health and emotional functioning improved. 15)

A. How to find new jobs.B. How to overcome depression after job loss.C. Long-lasting depression from job loss.D. Depression from undesirable reemployment. 参考答案：

11) B 12) A 13) D 14) C 15) C 听力文本：

While it may not be surprising that job loss and the resulting financial pressure can lead to depression, new study findings by Dr. Howard Price of the University of Ohio show that this and other negative consequences of unemployment can last for up to two years, even after a person gets another job.

It is not simply the loss of employment that keeps individuals in a prolonged state of depression or otherwise poor health, but rather the series of negative events that follows that loss. It is the crises that follow job loss that are more damaging than the loss itself.

Dr. Price and his colleagues investigated the link between job loss and depression, damaged functioning and poor health in a study of 756 job-seekers who were involuntarily unemployed for roughly three months or less and had no hopes of being recalled to their former positions. The study participants were 33 years old on average, and most had completed high school.

Overall, the financial pressure that resulted from the participants' unemployment led to a series of negative life events. For example, if some people lose their jobs, they may have difficulty making a car payment, which can cause them to lose their cars, and then lose their abilities to search for jobs. In addition, losing healthcare benefits due to unemployment will affect a person's ability to care for a family member with a life-long illness, all of which can create a huge pressure on family relationships.

Such negative events seem to have caused the study participants to have more symptoms of depression and a greater perception that they had lost personal control, including lowered self-esteem, study findings indicate.

Further, this depression and perceived loss of personal control remained evident in follow-ups conducted six months and two years later, when 60% and 71% of the study participants had been re-employed and were working at least 20 hours a week. What's more, the study participants' perceived loss of personal control led to reports of poor health and poor emotional functioning in daily tasks.

Q 11: Which of the following is true, according to the speaker? Q 12: What are the subjects in the study like?

Q 13: Which of the following does the speaker mention as a result of unemployment?

Q 14: Which of the following is true of the study participants who found new jobs?

Q 15: Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

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复合式听写10题

Directions： Listen to a short passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear. When the passage is read for the third time, check what you have written.

In recent years the weekend has begun to decline in importance. While most people work a 16) five day (five-day) workweek, when the hardware costs outweigh human costs, the 17) competiveness (competitiveness) of the modern economy means that leaving a factory idle for two days or an office 18) unmanned is too great an expense. Thus, many workers 19) regularly work on weekends. Since this is seen as a greater burden, most employers pay 20) extra for weekend work, either by agreement or by law. The rapid increase in the number of two-income 21) households has also changed the character of the weekend. 22) Previously the stay-at-home spouse would do the shopping during the week. With both working, most of the shopping must be done on weekends, leaving 23) less time for recreation. To serve these new shoppers it is also necessary for more stores to remain open and thus more people to work on weekends. The functions of the workweek and weekend vary a great deal in some areas. Stores that rely on office workers will see far less business on a weekend, while those in the suburbs or in residential areas

will see far more. Weekends are days when people can safely sleep in and also not have to worry as much about the 24) ill effects of a hangover, so Friday and Saturday nights are the busiest for bars, restaurants, clubs, and movie theaters. There is substantially less activity on many websites on weekends. One area in which the weekend has 25) remained unaffected is education, where schools are shut on Saturdays and Sundays.

Unit8

短对话5题

Directions： Listen to five short conversations and choose the best answer to each question you hear.

1)

A. When the woman's birthday is.B. What the book is about.C. Why the book is popular.D. What is out of stock. 参考答案： 1) C

听力文本：

W: Do you have Harry Potter? I want a copy for my sister's birthday．

M: This book has been out of stock. I just can't understand why it is so popular. Q: What does the man want to know?

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2)

A. They should go to the movie.B. They should read the book.C. They should go to the movie and then read the book.D. They should read the book and then go to the movie. 参考答案： 2) D

听力文本：

W: Let's go and watch The Godfather.

M: I have just got the book. Wouldn't it be better if we read it before watching? Q: What does the man suggest?

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3)

A. The man thinks the movie has won a lot of awards.B. The man thinks movies are better to young people.C. The man doesn't like to compare movies.D. The man doesn't like the movie as much as the woman does. 参考答案： 3) D

听力文本：

W: What did you think of the film? Wasn't it all that I said it would be? I'm sure it'll win a lot of awards!

M: Could be, could be, but it doesn't compare to movies back in my day. I tell you, when I was younger, movies were much better. Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?

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4)

A. He dislikes it.B. He loves it.C. He doesn't want to read it.D. He loves the beginning part of the book. 参考答案： 4) B

听力文本：

W: What do you think of the book?

M: Oh, it's awesome. I just couldn't get my hands off it. Q: How does the man like the book?

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5)

A. Mother and son.B. Father and daughter.C. Teacher and student.D. Husband and wife. 参考答案： 5) B

听力文本：

W: Will you finish the fairy tale tonight? We only have a few pages till the end. And I wanna know how things turn out.

M: Sorry, sweetie. I've got to go to bed. How about I go upstairs and ask your mom to read it to you?

Q: What is the relationship between the two speakers?

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