Valentine’s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia.   36  the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans called   37  the god Lupercus to help them. A festival in his   38  was held on February 15th. On the eve of the festival the   39  of the girls were written on   40  of paper and placed in jars. Each young man   41  a slip. The girl whose name was   42  was to be his sweetheart for the year.
Legend   43  it that the holiday became Valentine’s Day   44  a Roman bishop named Valentine. Emperor Claudius II   45  the Roman soldiers NOT to marry or become engaged. Claudius felt married soldiers would   46  stay home than fight. When Valentine   47  the Emperor and secretly married the young couples, he was put to death on February 14th, the   48  of Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine became a   49 . Christian bishop moved the holiday from the 15th to the 14th—Valentine’s Day. Now the holiday honors Valentine   50  of Lupercus.
Valentine’s Day has become a major   51  of love and romance in the modern world. The ancient god Cupid and his   52  into a lover’s heart may still be used to   53  falling in love or being in love. But we also use cards and gifts, such as flowers or jewelry, to do this.   54  to give flower to a wife or sweetheart on Valentine’s Day can sometimes be as   55  as forgetting a birthday or a wedding anniversary.
小題1:
A．WhileB．WhenC．ThoughD．Unless
小題2:
A．uponB．backC．offD．a(chǎn)way
小題3:
A．honorB．beliefC．handD．way
小題4:
A．problems B．secretsC．names D．intentions
小題5:
A．rolls B．pilesC．works D．slips
小題6:
A．castB．caught C．drewD．found
小題7:
A．givenB．chosenC．electedD．delivered
小題8:
A．tellsB．meansC．makesD．has
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)fterB．sinceC．a(chǎn)sD．from
小題10:
A．orderedB．a(chǎn)ppealedC．imaginedD．believed
小題11:
A．otherB．simplyC．ratherD．a(chǎn)ll
小題12:
A．dislikedB．resistedC．defeatedD．dishonored
小題13:
A．celebrationB．a(chǎn)rrangementC．feastD．eve
小題14:
A．goat B．saintC．modelD．weapon
小題15:
A．becauseB．madeC．insteadD．learnt
小題16:
A．partB．representative C．judgmentD．symbol
小題17:
A．storyB．wanderC．a(chǎn)rrowD．play
小題18:
A．describeB．requireC．demandD．a(chǎn)larm
小題19:
A．KeepingB．DisapprovingC．SupportingD．Forgetting
小題20:
A．constructive B．damaging C．strengtheningD．responding

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Britain’s symbolic red phone boxes have become out of date in the age of the mobile, but villages across the country are stepping in to save them, with creative intelligence. Whether as a place to exhibit art, poetry, or even as a tiny library, hundreds of phone boxes have been given a new life by local communities determined to preserve a typical part of British life. In Waterperry, a small village near Oxford, the 120 residents have filled the phone box next to the old house with a pot of flowers, piles of gardening and cooking magazines, and stuck poems on the walls.
They took control of the phone box when telecoms operator BT said it was going to pull it down, an announcement that caused such dissatisfaction that one local woman threatened to chain herself to the box to save it. “I’d have done it, “ insisted Kendall Turner. “It would have been heartbreaking for the village. “ Local councilor Tricia Hallam, who came up with the idea for the phone box’s change, said quite a few people would have joined her, adding, “ We couldn’t let it go because it’s a British symbol.”
Only three feet by three feet wide, and standing 2.51-meter tall, the phone boxes were designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1936 for the 25th anniversary of the reign of King George V. Painted in “Post Office red” to match the post boxes, they were once a typical image of England and the backdrop(背景) to millions of tourist photographs.
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小題1:Some red phone boxes in Britain have been used for ____.
a. selling flowers    b. cooking   c. reading  d. exhibiting art or poetry
A．a(chǎn), bB．c, dC．a(chǎn),b,cD．b,c,d
小題2:Why do the villagers want to keep the red phone boxes?
A．Because millions of people visit Britain to see the red phone boxes.
B．Because the local people could earn a lot of money from the red phone boxes.
C．Because the red phone boxes have already become a symbol of Britain.
D．Because the red phone boxes may be useful for some people in emergency.
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A．GreenB．RedC．BlackD．Yellow
小題4:What is John Lumb’s attitude towards pulling down the red phone boxes?
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While we are on the subject of crime, our listener question this week comes from Mohamad Firouzi in Iran. He wants to know about the history of Alcatraz Island and the prison that once operated there.
Alcatraz Island is in the harbor of San Francisco, California. It is best known for being a federal prison, which was also called “The Rock.” It was once the most famous prison in America.
Alcatraz was a military prison from the late eighteen fifties until the nineteen thirties. Then it became a federal prison for the country’s worst criminals. These included murderers, bank robbers and kidnappers. One of the main reasons federal officials chose Alcatraz Island to detain these prisoners was because they thought it would be impossible for prisoners to escape.
Cold, deep and dangerous waters surround the island. Also, the distance between the island and San Francisco is too far for most humans to swim. No prisoner was ever officially reported to have successfully escaped.
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Each year, more than one million people visit Alcatraz to see the prisoners’ cells and listen to stories about the jail’s history. But unlike the prisoners who once lived there, visitors can escape from the prison whenever they want and return back across the harbor to San Francisco.
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A．a(chǎn)bout the history of Alcatraz Island and the prison there.
B．a(chǎn)bout the history of Alcatraz Island.
C．a(chǎn)bout a military prison.
D．a(chǎn)bout the subject of crime.
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A．Because no prisoner successfully escaped from the prison.
B．Because Alcatraz was Alcatraz Island.
C．Because Alcatraz was a military prison.
D．Because cold, deep and dangerous waters surround the island.
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A．tell us the three prisoners escaped the prison.
B．prove prisoners couldn’t successfully escape from the prison .
C．tell us how prisoners escaped the prison.
D．tell us the three prisoners could make false heads out of paper, paint and hair.
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B．detains some prisoners.
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B．to grow four times a year
C．to make more honey
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C．Because they won’t make any honey.
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Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii, Italy. They see the sight that Pompeii is famous for—its stadium and theaters, its shops and restaurants. The tourists do not, however, see Pompeii’s people. No one has lived in Pompeii for almost 2,ooo years.
Once Pompeii was a busy city of 22,000 people. It lay at the foot of Mt Vesuvius, a grass-covered volcano. Mt Vesuvius had not erupted for centuries, so the people of Pompeii felt safe. But they were not. In August of the year 79 AD, Mt Vesuvius erupted. The entire top of the mountain exploded, and a huge black cloud rose into the air. Soon stones and hot ashes began to fall on Pompeii. When the eruption ended two days later, Pompeii was buried under 20 feet of stones and ashes. Almost all of its people were dead.
For centuries, Pompeii lay buried under stones and ashes. Then in the year 1861, an Italian scientist named Ginseppe began to uncover Pompeii. Slowly, carefully, Ginseppe and his men dug. The city almost looked the same as it had looked in 79 AD. There were streets and fountains, houses and shops. There was a stadium with 20,000 seats. Perhaps the most important of all, there were everyday objects, which tell us a great deal about the people who lived in Pompeii. Many glasses and jars had some dark blue color in the bottom, so we know that the people of Pompeii liked wine. They liked bread too; metal bread pans were in every bakery. In one bakery there were 81 round, flat loaves of bread—a type of bread that is still sold in Italy today. Tiny boxes filled with a dark, shiny powder tell us that women liked to wear eye-makeup.
Ginseppe has died, but his work continues. One-fourth has not been uncovered yet. Scientists are still digging, still making discoveries that draw the tourists to Pompeii.
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A．To visit the volcano.B．To shop and eat there.
C．To watch sports and plays.D．To see how Pompeiians lived.
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A．Because Ginseppe and his men dug it slowly and carefully.
B．Because the city was buried alive and remained untouched.
C．Because scientists successfully rebuilt the city with everyday objects.
D．Because nobody had lived in the city ever since the volcano erupted.
小題3:What do we know about the Pompeiians who lived 2,000 years ago?
A. They lived more or less the same as Italians now do.
B. They liked women wearing all kinds of makeup.
C. They enjoyed a lazy life with drinking and eating.
D. They went back to Pompeii after the eruption in 79 AD.

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According to the United States government, people are classified as homeless if they have no place to stay and no expectation of finding a place for the next thirty days．Although technically accurate, that is an impersonal assessment of an enormous and very human problem．
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The abuse of alcohol and drugs is also a common factor．One third of the adult homeless population abuses alcohol．While one quarter of the same group uses drugs．
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小題1:The writer thinks that the U．S．government’s definition for the homeless reveals ________．
A．a(chǎn)n insincere attitude toward the homeless
B．a(chǎn)n unbearable attitude toward the homeless
C．a(chǎn)n uncivilized attitude toward the homeless
D．a(chǎn)n unsympathetic attitude toward the homeless
小題2:The U．S．government helps the homeless by ___________．
A．giving them homeless allowance
B．giving them food stamps
C．finding jobs for them
D．finding residence for them
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A．the lack of adequate education
B．the abuse of alcohol and drugs
C．the closure of institutions for the mentally ill
D．the poor performance of economy
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A．lose his or her job in today’s economy
B．be unable to look after the kids
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Spanish men will have to learn to change diapers and do dishwashing under the terms of a new law designed to strike a blow.
The law, due to be passed this month, is likely to cause a revolution in family affairs in a country where 40% of men reportedly don’t do housework at all. It will oblige men to “share domestic responsibilities and the care and attention” of children and elderly family members, according to the draft approved by the Spanish parliament’s justice commission.
“This will be a good way of reminding people what their duties are. It is something feminists (女權(quán)主義者) have been wanting for a long time,” said Margarita Uria, of the Basque Nationalist Party, who was behind what is an amendment to a new divorce law.
Failure to meet the obligations will be taken into consideration by judges when determining the terms of divorces. Men who refuse to do their part may be given less frequent contact with their children.
Spanish women spend five times longer on housework than husbands. Even when both have jobs outside the home, Spanish women still do three times as much work in the house.
“It is not just about housework, though,” said Ms. Uria.
A study five years ago by Spain’s Center for Sociological Investigation concluded that fathers spent an average of 13 minutes each day looking after their children.
Only 19 % of Spanish men thought it was right for mothers of school-age children to have a full-time job. More than a third thought mothers should not work outside the home at all.
The Change to the Spanish legal code will see domestic obligations added to a list of marital(婚姻的) duties that currently includes fidelity, living together and helping one another.
That should guarantee that, when the law—which will also make divorce proceedings faster and easier—is voted on in parliament in the next few weeks, the obligation to share domestic chores will be added to the statute books.
小題1: What is the percentage of Spanish men who don’t do any housework?
A．19%B．40%C．60%D．80%
小題2:About the new law, which of the following is NOT true?
A．Men are obliged to do housework.
B．Men will have to take care of children.
C．Women have to have full-time jobs.
D．Men will have to take care of the elderly.
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A．If a man fails to fulfill the obligation, he will get a divorce.
B．If a man fails to fulfill the obligation, he will be thrown to the jail.
C．If a man fails to fulfill the obligation, he will be in an unfavorable condition in a divorce.
D．If a man fails to fulfill the obligation, he will not be allowed to see the child any more.
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A．Spain will pass a new law to oblige men to share domestic responsibilities.
B．Men have to share more domestic responsibilities.
C．There will be a revolution by provoked (被激怒的) feminists.
D．Marital laws in Spain are not enough yet.

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If you still know little about the “IMF”, it’s time you started to read about it, for it has been a hot issue of the whole world．
The International Monetary Fund （IMF） is one of the international financial（金融的） institutions, which works for global growth and economic stability．It provides policy advice and financing to members in economic difficulties and also works with developing nations to help them achieve economic stability and reduce poverty．The“ IMF” currently has a near-global membership of 185 countries．
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The following diagram gives more information about major international financial institutions．

小題1:The main cause of the IMF’s decision to make changes in its quota system is ______．
A．the shortage of resourcesB．global growth and economic stability
C．the changing economic situationsD．the need to accept new members
小題2:The main purpose of the IMF is to ______．
A．prevent the member countries from getting into wars
B．collect money from rich countries to help poor ones
C．provide assistance to its member countries when necessary
D．make sure the world economy develops in a healthy way
小題3:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．The quota an IMF member country gets depends on the size of the country．
B．India together with China is proposing an increase in emergency funds．
C．The more money a member contributes to the IMF, the more say it has in it．
D．The International Development Association is meant to support developed countries．
小題4:From the diagram we can see the present IMF is most probably under the control of _______．
A．the USB．RussiaC．JapanD．a(chǎn)ny EU member state

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