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11 |
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M: The biological project is now in trouble, you know, |
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my colleague and I have completely different ideas about how to proceed. |
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W:Why don't you compromise? Try to make it a win-win situation for you both. |
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Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? |
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12 |
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M: How does Nancy like the new dress she bought in Rome? |
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W: She said she would never have bought an Italian style dress if she had known Mary had already got such a dress. |
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Q: What do we learn from the conversation? |
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13 |
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M: You are not going to do all those dishes before we leave, are you? |
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If we don' tpick up George and Martha in 25 minutes we will never get to the theater on time. |
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W: Oh, didn't I tell you, Martha called to say her daughter was ill and they couldnot go tonight. |
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Q: What is the women probably going to do first? |
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14 |
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M :You've been hanging on to the phone for quite a while, who were you talking with? |
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W:Oh, it was Sally, you know, she always has the latest news in town |
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and can't wait to talk it over with me. |
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Q: What do we learn about Sally from the conversation? |
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15 |
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W: It has always been hard to get this car into first gear, |
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and now the clutch seems to be slipping. |
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M: If you leave the car with me, I will fix it for you this afternoon. |
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Q: Who is the woman probably speaking to? |
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16 |
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M: Kate, why does the downtown area look deserted now? |
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W: We1l, there used to be some really good stores, but lots of them moved out to the mall. |
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Q: What do we lear from the conversation? |
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17 |
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W :I found the lounge such a cozy place to study in. |
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I really like the feeling in sitting on the sofa and doing the reading. |
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M: Well, for me the hardest part about studying here is staying awake. |
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Q: What does the man mean? |
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18 |
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W: These mosquitoes bite are killing me. I can't help scratching. |
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M: Next time you go camping, take some precaution, say wearing long sleeves. |
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Q: Why does the man suggest the woman wear long sleeves? |
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Conversation One |
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M: Hello, and welcome to our program, "Working Abroad". |
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0ur guest this evening is a Londoner, who lives and works in Italy. |
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Her name 's Susan Hi1l. Susan, welcome to the program. |
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You live in Florence, how long have you been living there? |
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W: Since 1982. But when I went there in 1982, I planned to stay for only 6 months. |
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M: Why did you change your mind? |
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W: Well, I'm a designer, I design leather goods, mainly shoes, and handbags. |
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Soon after I arrived in Florence, I got a job with one of Italy's top fashion houses,Ferregamo. |
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So, I decided to stay. |
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M: How lucky! Do you still work for Ferregamo? |
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W: No, I've been a freelance designer for quite a long time now. Since 1988, in fact. |
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M: So does that mean you design for several different companies now? |
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W: Yes, that's right. I've designed many fashion items for a number of Italian companies, |
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and during last four years, I've also been designing for the British company, Burberry's. |
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M: What have you been designing for them? |
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W: Mostly handbags, and small leather goods. |
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M: Has the fashion industry in Italy changed since 1982? |
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W: Oh, yes. It's become a lot more competitive. |
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Because of quality of products from other countries has improved a lot. |
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But it's high quality and design is still world-famous. |
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M: And do you ever think of returning to live in England? |
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W: No, not really. Working in Italy is more interesting. |
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I also love the Mediterranean sun and the Italian life style. |
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M: Well, thank ycu for talking to us, Susan. |
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W: It was a pleasure. |
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Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you've just heard: |
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19. Where does this talk most probably take place? |
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20. What was the woman's original plan when she went to Florence? |
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21. What has the woman been doing for a living since 1988? |
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22 What do we learn about the change in Italy's fashion industry? |
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Conversation 2 |
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M: So, Claire, you're into drama! |
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W: Yes, I have a master's degree in drama and theatre. |
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At the moment, I'm hoping to get onto a Ph.D program. |
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M: What excites you about drama? |
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W: Well, I find it's a communicative way to study people and you learn how to read people in drama. |
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So usually I can understand what people are saying even though they might be lying. |
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M: That would be useful. |
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W: Yeah, it's very useful for me as well. |
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I'm in English lecture, so use a lot of drama in my classes such as role plays. |
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And I ask my students to create mini-dramas.They really respond well. |
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At the moment, I' m hoping to get onto a Ph.D course. |
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I'd like to concentrate on Asian drama and try to bring Asian theatre to the world's attention. |
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I don' t know how successful I would be, but, here's hoping. |
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M: Oh, I' msure you' l1 be successful. Now, Claire, what do you do for stage fright? |
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W: Ah, stage fright! Well, many actors have that problem. |
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I get stage fright everytime I'm going to teach a new class. |
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The night before, I usually can't sleep. |
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M: What? For teaching? |
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W: Yes. I get really bad stage fright. |
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But the minute I step into the classroom or get onto the stage, it just all falls into place. |
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Then I just feel like: Yeah, this is what I mean to do. And I'm fine. |
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M: Wow, that's cool! |
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Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you've just heard: |
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23. Why does the woman find study in drama and theatre useful? |
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24. How did the woman's students respond to her way of teaching English? |
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25. What does the Woman say about her stage fright? |
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Section B |
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Passage |
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In January 1989, |
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the Community of European Railways presented their proposal for a high speed pan-European train network extending from Sweden to Sicily, |
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and from Portugal to Poland by the year 2020. |
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If their proposal becomes a reality, it will revolutionize train travel in Europe. |
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Journeys between major cities will take half the time they take today. |
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Brussels will be only one and a half hours from Paris. |
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The quickest way to get from Paris to Frankfurt, from Barcelona to Madrid will be by train, not plane. |
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When the network is complete, it will integrate three types of railway line: |
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totally new high speed lines with trains operating at speeds of 300 kilometers per hour, |
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upgraded lines which allow fcr speeds up to 200 to 225 kilometers per hour, |
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and existing lines for local connections and distribution of freight. |
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If businesspeople can choose between a three-hour train journey fromcity-center to city-center and a one-hour flight, |
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they 'll choose the train, says an executive travel consultant. |
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They won' t go by plane any more. |
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If you calculate flight time, check-in and travel to-and-from the airport, you'll find almost no difference. |
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And if your plane arrives late due to bad weather or air traffic jams or strikes, |
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then the train passengers will arrive at their destination first. |
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Since France introduced the first 260-kilometer-per-hour high speed train service between Paris and Lyons in 1981, |
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the trains have achieved higher and higher speeds. |
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On many routes, airlines have lost up to 90% of their passengers to high speed trains. |
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If people accept the Community of European Railways'plan, the 21 century will be the new age of the train. |
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Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you've just heard: |
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26. What is the proposal presented by the Community of European Railways? |
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27. What will happen when the proposal becomes a reality? |
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28. Why will business people prefer a three-hour train journey to a one-hour flight? |
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29. When did France introduce the first high speed train service? |
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Passage 2 |
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Western doctors are beginning to understand what traditional healers have always known |
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that the body and the mind are inseparable. |
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Until recently, modern urban physicians heal the body, psychiatrist the mind, and priests the soul. |
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However, the medical world is now paying more attention to holistic medicine |
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which is an approachbased on the belief that people state of mind can make them sick or speed their recovery from sickness. |
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Several study show that the effectiveness of a certain drugof ten depends on the patient's expectations of it. |
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For example, in one recent study, |
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psychiatrist and a major hospital tried to see how patients could be made calm. |
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They divided them into two groups. |
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One group was given a drug while the other group received a harmless substance instead of medicine without their knowledge. |
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Surprisingly, more patients in the second group showed the desired effect than those in the first group. |
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In study after study, there's a positive reaction in almost one-third of the patients taking harmless substances. |
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How was this possible? How can such a substance have an effect on the body? |
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Evidence from a 1997 study at the University of California shows that |
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several patients who received such substances were able to produce their own natural drug, |
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that is, as they took the substancetheir brains released natural chemicals that act like a drug. |
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Scientists theorizedthat the amount of these chemicals released by a person's brain quite possibly |
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indicates how much faith the person has in his or her doctor. |
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Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you've just heard: |
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30. According to the speaker, what are western doctors beginning to understand? |
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31. What does the recent study at a major hospital seem to prove? |
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32. What evidence does the 1997 study at the University of California produce? |
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Passage 3 |
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So we've already talked a bit about the growth of extreme sports like rock-climbing. |
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As psychologists, we need to ask ourselves: Why is this person doing this? |
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Why do people take these risks and put themselves in danger when they don't have to? |
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One common trait among risk-takers is that they enjoy strong feelings or sensations. |
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We call this trait sensation-seeking. |
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A sensation-seeker is someone who's always looking for new sensations. |
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What else do we know about sensation- |
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Well, as I said, sensation-seekers like strong emotions. |
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You can see this trait in many partsof a person's life, not just in extreme sports. |
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For example, many sensation-seekers enjoy hard rock music. |
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They like the loud sound and strong emotion of the songs. |
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Similarly, sensation-seekers enjoy frightening horror movies. |
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They like the feeling of being scared and horrified while watching the movie. |
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This feeling is even stronger for extreme sports where the person faces real danger. |
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Sensation-seekersfeel the danger is very exciting. |
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In addition, sensation-seekers like new experiences that force them to push their personal limits. |
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For them, repeating the same things everyday is boring. |
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Many sensation-seekers choose jobs that involve risk, |
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such as starting a new business or being an emergency room doctor. |
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These jobs are different everyday, so they never know what will happen. |
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That's why many sensation-seekers also like extreme sports. |
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When you do rock-climbing, you never know what will happen. |
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The activity is always new and different. |
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Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you 've just heard: |
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33. According to the speaker, what is a common trait among risk-takers? |
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34. What do sensation-seekers find boring? |
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35. What is the speaker's profession? |
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If you are like most people, you 've indulged in fake listening many times. |
| [24:47.25] |
You go to history class, sit in the 3rd row, and look squarely at the instructor as she speaks. |
| [24:54.40] |
But your mind is far away, floating in the clouds of pleasant daydreams. |
| [25:00.23] |
Occasionally you come back to earth. |
| [25:03.11] |
The instructor writes an important term on the chalkboard, and you dutifully copy it in your notebook. |
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Every once in a while the instructor makes a witty remark, causing others in the class to laugh. |
| [25:17.35] |
You smile politely, pretending that you've heard the remark and found it mildly humorous. |
| [25:23.45] |
You have a vague sense of guilt that you aren't paying close attention. |
| [25:28.77] |
But you tell yourself that any material you miss can be picked up from a friend's notes. |
| [25:34.59] |
Besides, the instructor's talking about road construction in acient Rome,and nothing could be more boring. |
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So back you go into your private little world, only later do you realize you've missed important information for a test. |
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Fake listening may be easily exposed, |
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since many speakers are sensitive to facial cues and can tell if you' re merely pretending to listen. |
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Your blank expression, and the faraway look in your eyes are the cues that betray you inattentiveness. |
| [26:10.77] |
Even if you are not exposed there's another reason to avoid fakery. |
| [26:16.93] |
It's easy for this behavior to become a habit. |
| [26:20.88] |
For some people, the habit is so deeply rooted that they automatically start daydreaming |
| [26:27.66] |
when a speaker begins talking on some thing complex or uninteresting. |
| [26:32.66] |
As a result, they miss lots of valuable information. |
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(read again) |
| [26:42.89] |
If you are like most people, you've indulged in fake listening many times. |
| [26:48.97] |
You go to history class, sit in the 3rd row, and look squarely at the instructor as she speaks. |
| [26:56.60] |
But your mind is far away, floating in the clouds of pleasant daydreams. |
| [27:02.06] |
Occasionally you come back to earth. |
| [27:04.61] |
The instructor writes an important term on the chalkboard, and you dutifully copy it in your notebook. |
| [27:10.96] |
Every once in a while the instructor makes a witty remark, causing others in the class to laugh. |
| [27:17.82] |
You smile politely, pretending that you've heard the remark and found it mildly humorous. |
| [27:23.90] |
You have a vague sense of guilt that you aren't paying close attention. |
| [27:28.85] |
But you tell yourself that any material you miss can be picked up from a friend's notes. |
| [27:35.04] |
Besides, the instructor's talking about road construction in acient Rome,and nothing could be more boring. |
| [28:49.78] |
So back you go into your private little world, only later do you realize you' ve missed important information for a test. |
| [28:59.29] |
Fake listening may be easily exposed, |
| [29:03.25] |
since many speakers are sensitive to facial cues and can tell if you' re merely pretending to listen. |
| [29:10.38] |
Your blank expression, and the faraway look in your eyes are the cues that betray you inattentiveness. |
| [30:25.16] |
Even if you are not exposed there's another reason to avoid fakery. |
| [30:29.90] |
It's easy for this behavior to become a habit. |
| [30:33.66] |
For some people, the habit is so deeply rooted that they automatically start daydreaming |
| [30:40.52] |
when a speaker begins talking on some thing complex or uninteresting. |
| [31:58.64] |
As a result, they miss lots of valuable information. |
| [32:04.30] |
(read third time) |
| [32:09.17] |
If you are like most people, you've indulged in fake listening many times. |
| [32:14.47] |
You go to history class, sit in the 3rd row, and look squarely at the instructor as she speaks. |
| [32:21.88] |
But your mind is far away, floating in the clouds of pleasant daydreams. |
| [32:27.68] |
Occasionally you come back to earth. |
| [32:30.91] |
The instructor writes an important term on the chalkboard, and you dutifully copy it in your notebook. |
| [32:37.35] |
Every once in a while the instructor makes a witty remark, causing others in the class to laugh. |
| [32:44.43] |
You smile politely, pretending that you've heard the remark and found it mildly humorous. |
| [32:50.75] |
You have a vague sense of guilt that you aren't paying close attention. |
| [32:56.06] |
But you tell yourself that any material you miss can be picked up from a friend's notes. |
| [33:01.54] |
Besides, the instructor's talking about road construction in acient Rome,and nothing could be more boring. |
| [33:10.60] |
So back you go into your private little world, only later do you realize you've missed important information for a test. |
| [33:19.95] |
Fake listening may be easily exposed, |
| [33:23.76] |
since many speakers are sensitive to facial cues and can tell if you're merely pretending to listen. |
| [33:29.99] |
Your blank expression, and the faraway look in your eyes are the cues that betray you inattentiveness. |
| [33:37.87] |
Even if you are not exposed there's another reason to avoid fakery. |
| [33:44.11] |
It's easy for this behavior to become a habit. |
| [33:47.88] |
For some people, the habit is so deeply rooted that they automatically start daydreaming |
| [33:55.26] |
when a speaker begins talking on some thing complex or uninteresting. |
| [34:00.28] |
As a result, they miss lots of valuable information. |
