10月17号，18号，19号的学习任务(完成后打勾)
复习内容 第一天 第二天 第三天
1. 听力长对话每天读十遍，三天一共三十遍  
2. 听力文章每天每篇读五遍，三天一共是十五遍  
3. 作文每天背两句，六天背下一篇文章  
4. 重复背诵第二篇作文  
5. 每天看懂一篇《大学英语》中的文章  
Long Conversation One　
F: Simon, how does it feel to be retired?
　　M: Well, not so bad.
　　F: How have you been spending your time?
　　M: I have been spending more time with my family. I’ve also travelLED a bit, you know, off season when everywhere is less crowded and hotels cost less.
　　F: Great.
　　M: You know I haven’t stopped work completely.
　　F: Yes, could you tell us more about this?
　　M: I’m on a scheme that’s called phased retirement; I had a six-month break from work, after that I could apply for project work with the company I used to work for.
　　F: How does the scheme work?
　　M: Well, it’s a trial at the moment. Instead of hiring temporary stuff, the company advertises posts on its website that retired employees like myself can access.
　　F: What sort of works advertised?
　　M: Well, all sorts of things, really. Administrative work and more specialized work, the sort of thing I can do. Some of the projects can last five or six months, and others can just be a couple of days. I can decide more or less when to work. So I can manage my own time.
　　F: I can see it’s good for you. What is your company get out of this?
　　M: Well, I still have all my old contacts at work, so I know who to contact to get something done. The company gets flexibility, too. once the job’s over, that’s it. I’m not on their books any more.
　　Questions 19-21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
　　19. Why does Simon find his retired life enjoyable?
　　20. How does Simon get to know about the company’s available posts?
　　21. Why does the company adopt the phased retirement scheme?
Long Conversation Two
　　W: Oh, where are we going?
　　M: I want to show you something.
　　W: I know, but what is it?
　　M: A farm. It’s just down this road. It’s a small place, but at least it would be our own.
　　W: A farm? How can we afford to buy a farm?
　　M: It isn’t very large, only 40 acres. We wouldn’t have to pay very much right now.
　　W: Is there a house on the place?
　　M: A small one, two bedrooms, but it needs to be fixed up a little. I can do the job myself.
　　W: OK. Is there enough sPACe for a kitchen garden?
　　M: There is about half an acre around the house. That’s plenty of space.
　　W: Then we can grow our own fresh vegetables. And maybe keep a few chickens, couldn’t we?
　　M: Yes, and we can probably grow a lot of our own food.
　　W: What are you thinking about growing, if we do take this place?
　　M: Well, it really isn’t big enough for corn. I thought we might try to raise a crop of potatoes.
　　W: Potatoes? There are a lot of work.
　　M: We are used to hard work, aren’t we?
　　W: Yes, we are, but the money. Do we have enough to get started? It seems like a dream.
　　M: I think we’ve saved enough. We can pay a little on the farm and maybe put a few dollars down on the tractor, too.
　　Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
　　Q 22: What are the speakers going to do at the time of the conversation?
　　Q 23: What does the man say about the farm?
　　Q 24: Why does the man intend to grow potatoes rather than corn on the farm?
　　Q 25: What is the woman’s greatest concern about the man’s plan?
Passage One
Members of the city council and distinguished guests, it is my privilege to introduce to you today Mr. Robert Washington, chief of our city’s police force. He will address us on the subject of the Community Policing Program. Most of you know that Mr. Washington has a distinguished record as head of our police force for more than ten years. However, you may not know that he also holds a master’s degree in criminology and studied abroad for a year with the international police force which deals with crimes around the world. Mr. Washington first introduced the Community Policing Program 8 years ago. The idea behind the program is to get the police officers out of their cars and into our neighborhood when they can talk directly to merchants and residents about the real dynamics of our city. These officers do more than make arrests. They try to find ways to help solve the problems that contribute to crime in the first place. Often that means hooking people up with services offered by other city agencies, such as schools, hospitals, housing, drug treatment centers. And the program seems to be working: crime is down and our citizens report that they feel more secure. Today Mr. Washington is going to tell us more about this program. Now let’s welcome Mr. Robert Washington.

26. What is the purpose of the speaker’s remarks?

He will address us on the subject of community policing program.

27. What does the speaker say about Mr. Robert Washington?
Passage Two

There are between 3000 and 6000 public languages in the world, and we must add approximately 6 billion private languages since each one of us necessarily has one. Considering these facts, the possibilities for breakdowns in communication seem infinite in number. However, we do communicate successfully from time to time. And we do learn to speak languages. But learning to speak languages seems to be a very mysterious process. For a long time, people thought that we learned a language only by imitation and association. For example, a baby touches a hot pot and starts to cry. The mother says, “Hot, hot!” And the baby, when it stops crying, imitates the mother and says, “Hot, hot!” However, Noam Chomsky, a famous expert in language, pointed out that although children do learn some words by imitation and association, they also combine words to make meaningful sentences in ways that are unique, unlearned and creative. Because young children can make sentences they have never heard before, Chomsky suggested that human infants are born with the ability to learn language. Chomsky meant that underneath all the differences between public and private languages, there is a universal language mechanism that makes it possible for us, as infants, to learn any language in the world. This theory explains the potential that human infants have for learning language. But it does not really explain how children come to use language in particular ways.

Question 30. Why does the speaker say there are great possibilities for communication breakdowns?

There are numerous public and private languages.

Question 31. What is Chomsky’s point on the ability to learn a language?

Human infants are born with the ability to learn language and the potential to learn any language in the world.

Question 32. What does Chomsky’s theory fail to explain according to the speaker?

It does not really explain how children come to use language in particular ways.

10月20号，21号，22号的学习任务(完成后打勾)
复习内容 第一天 第二天 第三天
1. 听力长对话每天读十遍，三天一共三十遍  
2. 听力文章每天每篇读五遍，三天一共是十五遍  
3. 作文每天背两句，六天背下一篇文章  
4. 重复背诵第三篇作文  
5.每天看懂一篇《大学英语》中的文章  

长对话
Conversation One
W: Gosh! Have you seen this, Richard?
M: Seen What?
W: In the paper, it says there’s a man going round pretending he’s from the electricity board. He’s been calling at people’s homer, saying he’s come to check that all their appliances are safe. The he gets around them to make him a cup of tea and while they are out of the room, he steals their money, handbag, whatever and makes off with it.
M: But you know Jane, it’s partly their own fault. You should never let anyone like that in unless you are expecting them.
W: It’s all very well to say that, but someone comes to the door and says electricity or gas, and you automatically think they are OK, especially if they flash a card to you.
M: Does this man have an ID then?
W: Yes, that’s just it! It seems he used to work for the electricity board at one time. According to the paper, the police are warning people, especially pensioners not to admit anyone unless they have an appointment. It’s a bit sad. One old lady told them she’d just been to the post office to draw her pension when he called. She said he must have followed her home. He stole the whole lot.
M: But what does he look like? Surely they must have a description.
W: Oh, yes, they have. Let’s see. In his thirties, tall, bushy dark hair, slight northern accent, sounds a bit like you actually.
19. What does the woman want the man to read in the newspaper?
20. How did the man mentioned in the newspaper try to win further trust from the victims?
21. What is the warning from the police?
22. What does the woman speaker tell us about the old lady?

Conversation Two
M: Miss Jones, could you tell me more about first job with hotel marketing concepts?
W: Yes, certainly. I was a marketing consultant, responsible for marketing ten UK hotels. They were all luxury hotels in the leisure sector, all of a very high standard.
M: Which markets were you responsible for?
W: For Europe and Japan.
M: I see from your resume that you speak Japanese. Have you ever been to Japan?
W: Yes, I have. I spent a month in Japan in 2006. I met all the key people in the tourist industry, the big tour operators and tourist organizations. As I speak Japanese, I had a very big advantage.
M: Yes, of course. Have you had any contact with Japan in your present job?
W: Yes, I’ve had a lot. The truth is I have become very popular with the Japanese, both for holidays and for business conferences. In fact, the market for all types of luxury holidays for the Japanese has increased a lot recently.
M: Really, I’m interested to hear more about that, but first, tell me, have you ever traveled on a luxury train? The Orient Express, for example.
W: No I haven’t, but I have traveled on a glacier express to Switzerland and I traveled China by train about 8 years ago. I love train travel. That’s why I’m very interested in this job.
23. What did the woman do in her first job?
24. What gave the woman an advantage during her business trip in Japan?
25. Why is the woman applying for the new job?
Passage One
   Time! I think a lot about time. And not just because it’s the name of the news organization I work for. Like most working people, I find time or the lack of it a never ending frustration and an unwinnable battle. My everyday is a race against the clock that I never ever seem to win. This is hardly a lonesome complaint. According to the Families and Work Institute’s national study of the changing workforce, fifty-five percent of employees say they don’t have enough time for themselves, sixty-three percent don’t have enough time for their spouses or partners, and sixty-seven percent don’t have enough time for their children. It’s also not a new complaint. I bet our ancestors returned home form hunting wild animals and gathering nuts and complained about how little time they had to pay in battle scenes on their cave wars. The difference is that the boss of animal-hunting and the head of nut-gathering probably told them to shut up or no survival for you. Today’s workers are still demanding control over their time. The difference is today’s bosses are listening. I’ve been reading a report issued today called “When Work Words” produced jointly by three organizations. They set out to find and award the employers who employ the most creative and most effective ways to give their workers flexibility. I found this report worth reading and suggest every boss should read it for ideas.
26. What is the speaker complaining about?
27. What does the speaker say about our ancestors?
28. Why does the speaker suggest all bosses all bosses read the report by the three organizations?
Passage Two
   “Loving a child is a circular business. The more you give, the more you get, the more you want to give.” Penelope Leach once said. What she said proves to be true of my blooded family. I was born in 1931. As the youngest of six children , I learned to share my parents’ love. Raising six children during the difficult times of the Great Depression took its toll its toll on my parent’s relationship and resulted in their divorce when I was 18 years old. Daddy never had very close relationships with his children and drifted even farther away form us after the divorce.
Several years later a wonderful woman came into his life, and they were married. She had two sons, one of them still at home. Under her influence, we became a “blended family” and a good relationship developed between the two families. She always treated us as if we were her own children. They shared over twenty-five year together before our father passed away. At the time of his death, the question came up of my mother-Daddy’s first wife—attending his funeral. I will never forget the unconditional love shown by my stepmother when I asked her if she would object to Mother attending Daddy’s funeral. Without giving it a second thought, she immediately replied, “Of course not, Honey. She’s the mother of my children.”
29. According to the speaker, what contributed to her parent’s divorce?
30. What brought the father closer to his own children?
31. What message does the speaker want to convey in this tale?

作文按序号分六天背诵
　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic Studying Abroad. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:
　　1)目前很多中国学生出国留学，
　　2)出国留学的好处，
　　3)我的看法。
1.Nowadays, going abroad for studies is enjoying a striking popularity among adolescents. importance should be attached to studying abroad.
2.There are a great many advantages of studying overseas. First and foremost, living and studying abroad offers students a different perspective of the world. On a university campus, international students are likely to encounter their counterparts from various countries and areas and are exposed to diverse ideas and values.
3. What is more, overseas experience is the best opportunity for the real-life use of foreign languages. There is no better opportunity to improve second-language skills than living in the country in which it is spoken.
4.Generally speaking, it is my view that although going abroad is expensive and perhaps painful, the payoff is worthwhile.
5.In the first place, in addition to knowledge, overseas students can gain precious experiences that those who stay at home will never have.
6.Furthermore, overseas experience, frustrating and painful as it may be, is conducive to the growth of adolescents.

10月23号，24号，25号的学习任务(完成后打勾)
复习内容 第一天 第二天 第三天
1. 听力长对话每天读十遍，三天一共三十遍  
2. 听力文章每天每篇读五遍，三天一共是十五遍  
3. 作文每天背两句，六天背下一篇文章  
4. 重复背诵第四篇作文  
5.每天看懂一篇《大学英语》中的文章  

Long Conversation One
M: Mary, I hope you are packed and ready to leave.
W: Yes, I’m packed, but not quite ready. I can’t find my passport.
M: Your passport? That’s the one thing you mustn’t leave behind.
W: I know. I haven’t lost it. I’ve packed it, but I can’t remember which bag it’s in.(19)
M: Well, you have to find it at the airport. Come on, the taxi is waiting. (21)
W: Did you say taxi? I thought we were going in your car.
M: Yes, well, I had planned to, but I’ll explain later. You’ve got to be there in an hour.
W: The plane doesn’t leave for two hours. Anyway, I’m ready to go now.
M: Now you are taking just one case, is that right?
W: No, there is one in the hall（客厅、门厅）as well. (22)
M: Gosh, what a lot of stuff! You’re taking enough for a month instead of a week. (20)
W: Well, you can’t depend on the weather. It might be cold.
M: It’s never cold in Rome. Certainly not in May. Come on, we really must go.
W: Right, we are ready. We’ve got the bags. I’m sure there is no need to rush. (21)
M: There is. I asked the taxi driver to wait two minutes, not twenty. (21)
W: Look, I’m supposed to be going away to relax. You’re making me nervous.
M: Well, I want you to relax on holidays, but you can’t relax yet.
W: OK, I promise not to relax, at least not until we get to the airport and I find my passport.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What does the woman say about her passport?
20. What do we know about the woman’s trip?
21. Why does the man urge the woman to hurry?
22. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

Long Conversation Two
W: Oh, I’m fed up with my job. (23)
M: Hey, there is a perfect job for you in the paper today. You might be interested.
W: Oh, what is it? What do they want? (24)
M: Wait a minute. Er, here it is. The European Space Agency is recruiting translators. (24)
W: The European Space Agency?
M: Well, that’s what it says. They need an English translator to work for French or German. (24)
W: So they need a degree in French or German, I suppose. Well, I’ve got that. What’s more, I have plenty of experience. What else are they asking for?
M: Just that. A university degree and three or four years of experience as a translator in a professional environment, They also say the person should have a lively and enquiring mind, effective communication skills and the ability to work individually or as a part of the team.
W: Well, if I stay at my present job much longer, I won’t have any mind or skills left. By the way, what about salary? I just hope it isn’t lower than what I get now.
M: It’s said to be negotiable. It depends on the applicant’s education and experience. (25) In addition to basic salary, there is a list of extra benefits. Have a look yourself.
W: Hmm, travel and social security plus relocation expenses are paid. Hey this isn’t bad. I really want the job.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard
23. Why is the woman trying to find a new job?
24. What position is being advertised in the paper?
25. What are the key factors that determine the salary of the new position?
Passage One
When couples get married, they usually plan to have children. Sometimes, however, a couple can not have a
child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt a child. In fact, adoption is very common today. There are about 60 thousand adoptions each year in the United States alone. Some people prefer to adopt infants, others to adopt older children. Some couples adopt children from their own countries, others adopt children from foreign countries. In any case, they all adopt children for the same reason——they care about children and want to give their adopted child a happy life. (26)
Most adopted children know that they are adopted. Psychologists and child-care experts generally think this is a good idea. However, many adopted children or adoptees have very little information about their biological parents. As a matter of fact, it is often very difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents because the birth records of most adoptees are usually sealed.(27) The information is secret so no one can see it.(27) Naturally, adopted children have different feelings about their birth parents. Many adoptees want to search for them, but others do not. The decision to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make. Most adoptees have mixed feelings about finding their biological parents. (28) Even though adoptees do not know about their natural parents, they do know that their adopted parents want them, love them and will care for them. (29)

Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard
26. According to the speaker, why do some couples adopt children?
27. Why is it difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents?
28. Why do many adoptees find it hard to make the decision to search for their birth parents?
29. What can we infer from the passage?

Passage Two
Catherine Gram graduated from the University of Chicago in 1938 and got a job as a news reporter in san Francisco. Catherine’s father used to be a successful investment banker. In 1933, he bought a failing newspaper, The Washington Post.(30)
Then Catherine returned to Washington and got a job, editing letters in her father’s newspaper. She married Philip Gram, who took over his father-in-law’s position shortly after and became a publisher of The Washington Post. But for many years, her husband suffered from mental illness and he killed himself in 1963. After her husband’s death, Catherine operated the newspaper. In the 1970s, the newspaper became famous around the world and Catherine was also recognized as an important leader in newspaper publishing. She was the first woman to head a major American publishing company, the Washington Post company. (31) In a few years, she successfully expanded the company to include newspaper, magazine, broadcast and cable companies.
She died of head injuries after a fall when she was 84. More than 3 thousand people attended her funeral, including many government and business leaders. Her friends said she would be remembered as a woman who had an important influence on events in the United States and the world. Catherine once wrote, “The world without newspapers would not be the same kind of world.” After her death, the employees of the Washington Post wrote, “The world without Catherine would not be the same at all.”(32)

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard
30. What do we learn from the passage about Catherine’s father?
31. What does the speaker tell us about Catherine Gram?
32. What does the comment by employees of The Washington Post suggest?


10月26号，27号，28号的学习任务(完成后打勾)
复习内容 第一天 第二天 第三天
1. 听力长对话每天读十遍，三天一共三十遍  
2. 听力文章每天每篇读五遍，三天一共是十五遍  
3. 作文每天背两句，六天背下一篇文章  
4. 重复背诵第五篇作文  
5.每天看懂一篇《大学英语》中的文章  

Long Conversation 1:
-Hello, I have a reservation for tonight.
-Your name, please?
-Nelson, Charles Nelson.
-Ok, Mr. Nelson, that’s a room for 5 and …
-Excuse me? You mean a room for 5 pounds? I didn’t know the special was so good.
-No, no, no, according to our records, a room for 5 guests was booked under your name.
-No, no, hold on. You must have two guests under the name.
-OK, let me check this again. Oh, here we are.
-Yes?
-Charles Nelson, a room for one for the nineteen…
-Wait, wait, it was for tonight, not tomorrow night.
-Ehm, hmm, I don’t think we have any rooms for tonight. There is a conference going on in town and, er, let’s see, yeah, no rooms.
-Oh, come on, you must have something, anything!
-Well, let, let me check my computer here. Ah!
-What?
-There has been a cancelation for this evening. A honeymoon suite is now available.
-Great, I’ll take it.
-But I’ll have to charge you a hundred and fifty pounds for the night.
-What? I should get a discount for the inconvenience!
-Well, the best I can give you is a 10% discount, plus a ticket for a free continental breakfast.
-Hey, isn’t the breakfast free anyway?
-Well, only on weekends.
-I want to talk to the manager.
-Wait, wait, wait, Mr. Nelson, I think I can give you an additional 15% discount!
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What is the man’s problem?
20. Why did the hotel clerk say they didn’t have any rooms for that night?
21. What did the clerk say about the breakfast in the hotel?
22. What did the man imply he would do at the end of the conversation?
Long Conversation 2:
-Sarah, you work in the admission’s office, don’t you?
-Yes, I’m, I’ve been here 10 years as an assistance director.
-Really? What does that involve?
-Well, I’m in charge of all the admissions of post graduate students in the university.
-only post graduates?
-Yes, post graduates only. I have nothing at all to do with undergraduates.
-Do you find that you get a particular...sort of different national groUPS? I mean you get larger numbers from Latin America or…
-Yes, well, of all the students enrolled last year, nearly half were from overseas. They were from the Afican countries, the far east, the middle east and Latin America.
-Ehm, but have you been doing just that for the last 10 years or have you done other things?
-Well, I’ve been doing the same job, ehm, before that I was a secretary of the medical school at Birmingham, and further back I worked in the local government.
-Oh, I see.
-So I’ve done different types of things.
-Yes, indeed. How do you imagine your job might develop in the future? Can you imagine shifting into a different kind of responsibility or doing something…?
-Oh, yeah, from October 1st I’ll be doing an entirely different job. There is going to be more committee work. I mean, more policy work, and less dealing with students unfortunately. I’ll miss my contact with students.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. What is the woman’s present position?
24. What do we learn about the post graduates enrolled last year in the woman’s university?
25. What will the woman’s new job be like?
Section A Compound Dictation
Students’ pressure sometimes comes from their parents. Most parents are well-meaning, but some of them aren’t very helpful with the problems their sons and daughters have in adjusting to college. And a few of them seem to go out of their way to add to their children’s difficulties. For one thing, parents are often not aware of the kinds of problems their children face. They don’t realize that the comPETition is keener, that the required standards of work are higher, and that their children may not be prepared for the change. Accustomed to seeing As and Bs on high school report cards, they may be upset when their children’s first semester college grades are below that level. At their kindest, they may gently enquire why John or Mary isn’t doing better, whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she should, and so on. At their worst, they may threaten to take their children out of college or cut off funds. Sometimes parents regard their children as extensions of themselves and think it only right and natural that they determine what their children do with their lives. In their involvement and identification with their children, they forget that everyone is different and that each person must develop in his or her own way. They forget that their children, who are now young adults, must be the ones responsible for what they do and what they are.

Short Passages
Passage 1
My mother was born in a small town in northern Italy. She was three when her parents immigrated to America in 1926. They lived in Chicago, where my grandfather worked making ice-cream. Mama thrived in the urban environment. At 16, she graduated first in her high school class, went on to secretarial school and finally worked as an executive secretary for a rare wood company. She was beautiful too. When a local photographer used her pictures in his monthly window display, she felt pleased. Her favorite portrait showed her sitting by Lake Michigan, her hair wind-blown, her gaze reaching towards the horizon.
My parents were married in 1944. Dad was a quiet and intelligent man. He was 17 when he left Italy. Soon after, a hit-and-run accident left him with a permanent limp. Dad worked hard selling candy to Chicago office workers on their break. He had little formal schooling. His English was self-taught. Yet he eventually built a small successful whole-sale candy business. Dad was generous and handsome. Mama was devoted to him. After she married, my mother quit her job and gave herself to her family.
In 1950, with three small children, Dad moved the family to a farm 40 miles from Chicago. He worked the land and commuted to the city to run his business. Mama said good-bye to her parents and friends and traded her busy city neighborhood for a more isolated life. But she never complained.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard:
26: What does the speaker tell us about his mother’s early childhood?
27: What do we learn about the speaker’s father?
28: What does the speaker say about his mother?
Passage 2
During a 1995 roof collapse, a fire fighter named Donald Herbert was left brain damaged. For 10 years he was unable to speak. Then one Saturday morning, he did something that shocked his family and doctors – he started speaking. “I want to talk to my wife,” Donald Herbert said out of the blue. Staff members of the nursing home where he has lived for more than 7 years rose to get Linda Herbert on the telephone. “It was the first of many conversations the 44-year-old patient had with his family and friends during the 14 hour stretch.” Herbert’s uncle Simon Manka said. “How long have I been away?” Herbert asked. “We told him almost 10 years.” The uncle said. He thought it was only three months.
Herbert was fighting a house fire Dec. 29, 1995, when the roof collapsed burying him underneath. After going without air for several minutes, Herbert was unconscious for two and a half months and has undergone therapy ever since.
News accounts in the days and years after his injury, described Herbert as blind and with little, if any, memory. A video shows him receiving physical therapy, but apparently unable to communicate and with little awareness of his surroundings. Manka declined to discuss his nephew’s current condition or whether the apparent progress was continuing. “The family was seeking privacy while doctors evaluated Herbert,” he said. As word of Herbert’s progress spread, visitors streamed into the nursing home. “He is resting comfortably,” the uncle told them.
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29: What happened to Herbert 10 years ago?
30: What surprised Donald Herbert’s family and doctors one Saturday?
31: How long did Herbert remain unconscious?
32: How did Herbert’s family react to the public attention?
作文按序号分6天背诵
考试
　　Directions: For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic My Views on Examinations. You should write at least 120 words and base your composition on the outline below:
　　1)大学都用考试来衡量学生的成绩，
　　2)考生可能带来的副作用，
　　3)我对考试的看法。
1.In most colleges and universities the examination is used as a chief means of deciding whether a student succeeds or fails in mastering a particular subject. 2.Although it does the job quite efficiently, its side effects are also enormous.
To begin with, examinations lower the standards of teaching. Since teachers are often judged by examination results, they are reduced to training their students in exam techniques.
3.No subjects can be taught successfully merely through being approached with intent to take examinations. In addition, the most undesirable effect is that examinations encourage bad study habits.
4. As the examination score is the only criterion for his academic performance, a student is driven to memorize mechanically rather than to think creatively.
5.In fact, few of us admit that examinations can contribute anything really important to the students’ academic development.
6.If that is the case, why cannot we make a change and devise something more efficient and reliable than examinations?

10月9号，10号，11号的学习任务（完成后打勾）
复习内容 第一天 第二天 第三天
1.听力短对话每天读十遍，三天一共三十遍  
2.翻译题每天每句读五遍，三天一共十五遍  
3.完形填空每篇文章读五遍，三天一共是十五遍  
4. 作文每天背两句，三天背下半篇作文  
5.每天看懂一篇《大学英语》中的文章  

短对话
1. W: You've sold your car. you don't need one?
M: Not really. I've never liked drive anyway. Now we'd moved to a place near the 
subway . We can get about quite conveniently
Q: What do we learn from the converstaion?
2. M: I'm going to drop my information science class. It needs too early in the
morning.
W:Is that really the good reason to drop the class, tiny?
Q:What does the woman mean?
3. W:If you are to doing anything paticular,shall we see the new play at the grand theater tonight?
M:Sounds great. But I've got to go over my notes for tomorrow's midterm.
Q: What does the woman imply?
4. M: what do you think of the prospects for online education? Is it going to replace the traditional school?
W:I doubt it. Schools are hate to stay. Because they are much more than just book learning. Even known more and more kids are going online, I believe fewer of them will quit school altogether.
Q: what does the woman think of the conventional schools ?
5: M:How do most students find a job after they graduate?
W: THey usually look for a job by searching the want at newspapers.
Q:what does the woman mean?
6. M: Elien is in the basment trying to repair the washing machine.
W: She isn't going to working his term paper?
Q" What does woman think Elen should do ?
7. W: Prof e, a few of us at the back didn't get your copy of reading as assignment.
M: well, there r only 38 names on my class list. And I didn't bring any spare copies.
Q: what do we learn from the conversation?
8 : M:Congradualations , Liming, you are the talk of the town at the pride of our class now.
W:If you are fine to my winning of the english speech contest,I don't think it's such a big deal. You know I've spent 2 summer vacations learning english in Canada.
Q: what do we learn about liming from the conversation?
9. M:Would u pass me the sports section plz?
W:Sure, If you give me the classfied ads and local-news section.
Q:what are the speakers doing?
10. W: If the weather is this hot tomorrow, we may as well give up the idea of playing tennis in the afternoon.
M: Oh. I don't think it'll last long. The weather forcast says it will cloud-over by midafternoon
Q:What does the man mean?



完形填空9
A language is a signaling system which operates with symbolic vocal sounds (语声), and which is used by a group of people for the purpose of communication.
Let’s look at this function in more detail because it is language, more than anything else, that distinguishes man from the rest of the animal world.
Other animals, it is true, communicate with one another by means of cries: for example, many birds utter warning calls at the approach of danger; monkeys utter different cries, such as expressions of anger, fear and pleasure. But these various means of communication differ in important ways from human language. For instance, animals’ cries do not express thoughts and feelings clearly. This means, basically, that they lack structure. They lack the kind of structure that enables us to divide a human utterance into words
.We can change an utterance by replacing one word in it with another: a good illustration of this is a soldier who can say, e.g., “tanks approaching from the north“, and who can change one word and say aircraft approaching from the north” or “tanks approaching from the west”; but a bird has a single alarm cry, whichmeans “danger!”
This is why the number of signals that an animal can make is very limited: the great tit (山雀) is a case in point; it has about twenty different calls, whereas in human language the number of possible utterances is limitless. It also explains why animal cries are very general in meaning.
翻译
82 But for mobile phones, our communication would not have been so efficient and convenient.
83. In handling an embarrassing situation, nothing is more helpful than humor/ a sense of humor
84. The Foreign Minister said he was resigning, but (he) refused to make further explanation/ to further explain why
85. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning, while animal behavior depends mainly upon (或on) their instinct(s)、
86. The witness was told that under no circumstances should he lie to the court / is he allowed to lie to the court
作文分六天背诵（按序号分六天背诵）
Salary or Interest
1. Upon graduation，virtually all college students will confront the problem of the career choice. It is truly a tough choice. Students’ opinions differ greatly on this issue.
2. Some hold that priority should be given to their interest in jobs，but others take the attitude that salary is the most critical factor influencing their career choices.
3. As to myself，I prefer the latter view. A wellpaid job exerts a tremendous fascination on a great number of people，with no exception to me.
4. Although it might be impossible to measure the value of one’s job in terms of money，salary counts most when I choose my future career. In myview，our career choices largely depend on how and where we have
been brought up.
5. I come from a poor urban family and my parents were both laidoff workers. In order to finance my tuition，they have been working hard over the past four years.
6. As the only son in my family，I have to shoulder the burden of supporting my family.In short，salary is the first and only consideration in my choice of career.

10月29号，30号，31号的学习任务（完成后打勾）
复习内容 第一天 第二天 第三天
1. 听力长对话每天读十遍，三天一共三十遍  
2. 听力文章每天每篇读五遍，三天一共是十五遍  
3. 作文每天背两句，六天背下一篇文章  
4. 重复背诵第六篇作文  
5.每天看懂一篇《大学英语》中的文章  

　　Long Conversation One
　　W: Hey, Bob, guess what? I’m going to visit Quebec next summer. I’m invited to go to a friend’s wedding, but while I’m there, I’d also like to do some sightseeing.
　　M: That’s nice, Sherry. But do you mean the province of Quebec or Quebec City?
　　W: I mean the province. My friend’s wedding is in Montreal, so I’m going there first. I’ll stay for 5 days. Is Montreal the capital city of the province?
　　M: Well, many people think so because it’s the biggest city, but it’s not the capital. Quebec City is, but Montreal is great. The Santa Lawrence River runs right through the middle of the city. It’s beautiful in summer.
　　W: Wow, and do you think I can get by in English? My French is okay, but not that good. I know most people there speak French, but can I also use English?
　　M: Well, people speak both French and English there, but you’ll hear French most of the time and all the street signs are in French. In fact, Montreal is the third largest French-speaking city in the world. So you’d better practice your French before you go.
　　W: Good advice, what about Quebec City? I’ll visit a friend from college who lives there now. What’s it like?
　　M: It’s a beautiful city, very old. Many old buildings have been nicely restored. Some of them were built in the 17th and 18th centuries. You’ll love it there.
　　W: Fantastic, I can’t wait to go.
　　19. What’s the woman’s main purpose of visiting Quebec? A. to attend a wedding in Montreal.
　　20. What does the man advise the woman to do before the trip? D. Brush up on her French.
　　21. What does the man say about Quebec City? C. It has many historical buildings.
Long Conversation Two
　　M: Hi, Ms. Rowling. How old were you when you started to write, and what was your first book?
　　W: I wrote my first finished story when I was about 6. It was about a small animal, a rabbit I mean, and I've been writing ever since.
　　M: Why did you choose to be an author?
　　W: If someone asked me how to achieve happiness, step one would be finding out what you love doing most and step two would be finding someone to pay you to do it. I consider myself very lucky indeed to be able to support myself by writing.
　　M: Do you have any plans to write books for adults?
　　W: My first two novels were for adults. I suppose I might write another one, but I never really imagine a target audience when I'm writing. The ideas come first, so it really depends on the idea that grabs me next!
　　M: Where did the ideas for the Harry Potter books come from?
　　W: I've no idea where ideas come from and I hope I never find out, it would spoil my excitement if it turned out I just have a funny little wrinkle on the surface of my brain which makes me think about invisible train platforms.
　　M: How do you come up with the names of your characters?
　　W: I invented some of the names in the Harry books, but I also collect strange names. I've gotten them from medieval saints, maps, dictionaries, plants, war memorials, and people I've met!
　　M: Oh, you are really resourceful.
　　22. What do we learn from the conversation about Ms. Rowling’s first book?
　　23. Why does Ms. Rowling consider herself very luck?
　　24. What dictates Ms. Rowling’s writing?
　　25. According to Ms. Rowling, where did she get the ideas for the Harry Potter books?
　　22. A. It was about a little animal.
　　23. B. She can make a living by doing what she likes.
　　24. A. Her ideas.
　　25. D. She doesn’t really know where they originated.
　
　　Passage one
　　Reducing the amount of sleep students get at night has a direct impact on their performance at school during the day. According to classroom teachers, elementary and middle school students who stay up late exhibit more learning and attention problems. This has been shown by Brown Medical School and Bradly Hospital research. In the study, teachers were not told the amount of sleep students received when completing weekly performance reports. Yet they rated the students who have received eight hours or less as having the most trouble recalling old material, learning new lessons, and completing high quality work. Teachers also reported that these students had more difficulty paying attention. The experiment is the first to ask teachers to report on the effects of sleep deficiency in children. ‘Just staying up late can cause increased academic difficulty and attention problems for otherwise healthy while functioning kids’, said G. F., the study’s lead author. So the results provide professionals and parents with a clear message: when a child is having learning and attention problems, the issue of sleep has to be taken into consideration. ‘If we don’t ask about sleep and try to improve sleep patterns in kids’ struggling academically, then we aren’t doing our job’, F said. For parents, he said, the message is simple. Getting kids to bed on time is as important as getting them to school on time.
　　26. What were teachers told to do in the experiment?
　　27. According to the experiment, what problem can insufficient sleep cause in students?
　　28. What message did the researcher intend to convey to parents?
　　26. D. Record students’ weekly performance.
　　27. B. Lack of attention.
　　28. D. They should see to it that their children have adequate sleep.
　　Passage two
　　P. P never wanted to be a national public figure. All she wanted to be was a mother and a homemaker. But her life was turned upside down when a motorist distracted by his cell phone, ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of her car. The impact killed her two-year-old daughter. Four months later, P. reluctantly but courageously decided to try to educate the public and to fight for laws to ban drivers from using cell phones while a car is moving. She wanted to save other children from what happened to her daughter. In her first speech, P. got off to a shaky start. She was visibly trembling and her voice was soft and uncertain. But as she got into her speech, a dramatic transformation took place. She stopped shaking and spoke with a strong voice. For the rest of her talk, she was a forceful and compelling speaker. She wanted everyone in the audience to know what she knew without having to learn it from a personal tragedy. Many in the audience were moved to tears, and to action. In subsequent presentations, P. gained reputation as a highly effective speaker. Her appearance on a talk show was broadcast three times transmitting her message to over 14,000,000 people. Her campaign increased public awareness of the problem and prompted over 300 cities and several states to consider restrictions on cell phone use.
　　29. What was the significant change in P. P.’s life?
　　30. What had led to P.’s personal tragedy?
　　31. How did P. feel when she began her first speech?
　　32. What could be expected as a result of P.’s efforts?
　　30. C. She became a public figure.
　　31. C. A motorist’s failure to concentrate.
　　32. B. Nervous and unsure of herself.
　　33. D. Restrictions on cell phone use while driving.
　　

11月1号，2号，3号的学习任务（完成后打勾）
复习内容 第一天 第二天 第三天
1. 听力长对话每天读十遍，三天一共三十遍  
2. 听力文章每天每篇读五遍，三天一共是十五遍  
3. 作文每天背两句，六天背下一篇文章  
4. 重复背诵第七篇作文  
5.每天看懂一篇《大学英语》中的文章  
Conversation 1
W: Please have a seat, Mr. Saunders. I received your job resume last week, and it was very impressed.
M: Thank you!
W: We are a small financial company trading mostly stocks and bonds may I ask why you are so interested in working for us?
M: Your company has an impressive reputation and I’ve always wanted to work for a smaller company.
W: That’s good to hear. Would you mind telling me a little bit about your present job?
M: I’m currently working in a large international company in charge of a team of 8 brokers. We buy and sell stocks for major clients worldwide.
W: Why do you think you are the right candidate for this position?
M: As a head broker, I have a lot of experiences in the stock market, I deal with the clients on the daily bases, and I enjoy working with people.
W: Well, you might just be the person we’ve been looking for. Do you have any questions?
M: Aha, if I were hired, how many accounts would I be handling?
W: you will be working with two other head brokers, in another words, you will be handling about a third of our clients.
M: And who would I report to?
W: Directly to me.
M: I see. What kind of benefits package do you offer?
W: Two weeks of paid vacation in your first year employment, you are also been entitled to medical and dental insurance, but this is something you should discuss with our Personnel Department. Do you have any other questions?
M: No not at the moment.
W: Well, I have to discuss you application with my colleagues and we’ll get back to you early next week.
M: OK, thanks, it’s been nice meeting you!
W: Nice meeting you too! And thanks for coming in today.
19. What’s the purpose of Mr. Saunders’ visit?
20. What is Mr. Saunders’ current job?
21. What can we conclude from the conversation?
Conversation 2
M: Hey, Karen, you are not really reading it, are you?
W: Pardon?
M: The book! You haven’t turned the page in the last ten minutes.
W: No, Jim, I suppose I haven’t. I need to get through it, though, but I keep drifting away.
M: So it doesn’t really hold your interest?
W: No, not really. I wouldn’t bother with it, to be honest, but I have to read it for a seminar. I’m at a university.
M: It’s a labor of labor then rather than a labor of love.
W: I should say, I don’t like Dickens at all really, the author, indeed, I am starting to like the whole course less and less.
M: It’s not just the book,, it’s the curse as well?
W: Yeah, in a way, although the curse itself isn’t really that bad, a lot of it is pretty good, in fact, and the lecturer is fine, as to me, I suppose, you see, I want to do philosophy rather than English, but my parents took me out of it.
M: So the courses are OK as such, it’s just that had if been left to you, you would choose a different one.
W: Oh, they had my best interest and heart of course, my parents, they always do, don’t they? They believe that my job prospect would be pretty limited with the degree of philosophy. Plus, they give me a really generous allowance, but I am beginning to feel that I’m wasting my time and their money. They would be so disappointed though if I told them I was quitting.
22. Why can’t Karen concentrate on the book?
23. Why is Karen starting to like the course less and less?
24. Who thinks Philosophy graduates have limited job opportunities?
25. What is Karen thinking of doing?
Section B
Passage One
In Greece, only rich people will rest in peace for ever when they die. Most of the population, however, will be undisturbed for only three years, then they will be dug up, washed, compressed into a small tin box, and placed in a bone room. If the body has only partially decayed, it is reburied in a smaller cheaper grave, but not for long, the body will be dug up again some time later when it has fully decayed. Buying a piece of land for a grave is the only way to avoid this process. The cost of the grave is so great that most p0eople choose to rent the grave for three years and even after it has been dug up, lasting peace is still not guaranteed. If no one pays for renting space in the bone room, the skeleton is removed and stored in a building in a poor part of the town. Lack of space in Athens is the main reason why the dead are dug up after the three years. The city is so overcrowded that sometimes dead bodies are kept in the hospitals for over a week until a grave is found. Athens’ city council wants to introduce cremation, that is burning dead bodies as a means of dealing with the problems. But the Greek church resists this practice, they believe the only place where people burn is hell, so burning dead bodies is against the Greek concept of life after death. To save space, the church suggested burying the bodies standing up instead of lying down. Some people proposed building multi-storey underground grave yards.
26. What must Greeks do to keep the dead resting in ever-lasting peace?
27. Why are most dead bodies in Athens dug up after three years?
28. What suggestions does the church give about the burying of dead bodies?
29. What practice does the Greek church object to?
Passage Two
If you visit a big city anywhere in the world, you will probably find a restaurant would serve the food of your own native country. Most large cities in the
United Sates offer international sample of foods. Many people enjoy eating the food of other nations. This is probably one reason why there are so many different kinds of restaurants in the United States A second reason is that many Americans come from other part of the world. They enjoy tasting the foods of their native lands. In the city of Detroit, for example, there are many people from western Europe, Greece, Latin America, and the Far East. There are many restaurants in Detroit which serve the foods of these areas. There are many other international restaurants too. Americans enjoy the foods in these restaurants as well as the opportunity to better understand the people and their way of life. One of the most common international restaurants to be found in the
United States is the Italian restaurant. The restaurant may be a small business run by a single family. The mother of the family cooks all of the dishes, and the father and children serve the people who come to eat there. Or it may be a large restaurant owned by several different people who worked together in the business. Many Italian dishes that Americans enjoy are made with meats, tomatoes and cheese, they are very delicious and tasty.
30. Why are there so many international restaurants in the UnitedStates?
31. Why do Americans like to go to international restaurants apart from enjoying the foods there?
32. How is a typical Italian family restaurant run in the United States?
作文按序号分六天背诵
Can Computers Replace Teachers in English Teaching?
1.Nowadays computer-aided instruction is getting more and more popular on the campus throughout the world, especially in teaching English. More and more students tend to learn English independently with the help of multimedia learning software.
2. They claim that they have more freedom of learning whatever they like at their own pace, with both ease and care. What’s more, computer-aided instruction is an original way of learning, which can arouse students’ interest.
3.However some people believe that teachers can better help students learn knowledge and acquire skills. They argue that, for one thing, students cannot talk to machines. It goes without saying that to learn English better, students should talk to teachers and get in touch with them.
4.For another, computers cannot supervise students, thus some students spend the precious time not on English, but on net chatting or browsing porn websites.
5．As far as I am concerned, computers cannot replace teachers in English teaching because students need to contact human beings, notmachines.
6.At the same time, they should try their best to gain more from computer-assisted programs. By combining the two methods, students can learn English better

11月4号，5号，6号的学习任务(完成后打勾)
复习内容 第一天 第二天 第三天
1. 听力文章每天每篇读五遍，三天一共是十五遍  
2. 作文每天背两句，六天背下一篇文章  
3. 重复背诵第八篇作文  
4.每天看懂一篇《大学英语》中的文章  

Passage one
　　A new study reports the common drug aspirin greatly reduces life threatening problems after an operation to replace blocked blood vessels to the heart. More than 800,000 people around the world have this heart surgery each year. The doctors who carried out the study say giving aspirin to patients soon after the operation could save thousands of lives. People usually take aspirin to control pain and reduce high body temperature. Doctors also advise some people to take aspirin to help prevent heart attacks. about 10-15 percent of these heart operations end in death or damage to the heart or other organs. The new study shows that even a small amount of aspirin reduced such threats. The doctors said the chance of death for patients who took aspirin would fall by 67%. They claimed this was true if the aspirin was given within 48 hours of the operation. The doctors believe aspirin helps heart surgery patients because it can prevent blood from thickening and blood vessels from being blocked. However, the doctors warned that people who have stomach bleeding or other bad reactions from aspirin should not take it after heart surgery.
　　Q11. What is the finding of the new study of aspirin?
　　Q12. In what way can aspirin help heart surgery patients according to the doctors?
　　Q13. What warning did the doctors give about the use of aspirin?
　　Passage Two
　　Were you the first or the last child in you family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think it matters where you were born in you family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children are smart and strong-willed. They are very likely to be successful. The reason for this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child, they give him or her a lot of attention. So this child is very likely to do well. An only child will succeed for the same reason. What happens to the other children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child, though, often gets special treatment. He or she is the baby. Often this child grows up to be funny and charming. Do you believe these ideas of birth order too? A recent study saw things quite differently. The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in their lives. They usually followed orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They went out and followed their own ideas. They took chances and they often did better in life.
　　Q14. According to common belief, in what way are the first child and the only child alike?
　　Q15. What do people usually say about middle children?
　　Q16. what do we learn about later children in a family from a recent study of birth order?
　　

11月7号，8号，9号的学习任务（完成后打勾）
复习内容 第一天 第二天 第三天
1. 听力长对话每天读十遍，三天一共三十遍  
2. 听力文章每天每篇读五遍，三天一共是十五遍  
3. 作文每天背两句，六天背下一篇文章  
4. 重复背诵第九篇作文  
5.每天看懂一篇《大学英语》中的文章  

Passage 1
　　In the next few decades, people are going to travel very differently from the way they do today. Everyone is going to drive electrically-powered cars, so in the few years, people won’t worry about running out of gas. Some of the large automobile companies are really moving ahead with this new technology. F&C Motors, a major auto company, for example, is holding a press conference next week. After the press conference, the company will present its new electronically-operated models. Transportation in the future won’t be limited to the ground, many people predict that traffic will quickly move to the sky. In the coming years, instead of radio reports about road conditions and highway traffic, news reports will talk about traffic jams in the sky. But the sky isn’t the limit. In the future, you will probably even be able to take a trip to the moon. Instead of listening to regular airplane announcements, you will hear someone say: the spacecraft to the moon leaves in 10 minutes. Please check your equipment. And remember no more than 10 ounces of carry-on baggage are allowed.
　　11.What will be used to power cars in the next few decades?
　　12.What will future news reports focus on when talking about transportation?
　　13.What will passengers be asked to do when they travel to the moon?
　　Passage 2
　　County fairs are a tradition in New England towns. They offer great entertainment. One popular event is the pie-eating contest. If you want to take part in the contest, it is a good idea to remember these guidelines: first, make sure your stomach is nearly empty of food. Eating a whole pie can be hard if you have just finish a meal. Next, it is helpful to like the pie you are going to eat. The cream types are a good choice. They slide down the throat more easily. Placing your hands in the right position adds to the chances of winning. There is a temptation to reach out and help the eating process. This will result in becoming disqualified. Don’t just sit on your hands, if your hands are tied behind your back, you will not be tempted to make use of them.
　　Now you are ready to show your talent at eating pies. The object of course, is to get the bottom of the pie plate before the other people. It is usually better to start at the outside and work toward the middle. This method gives you a goal to focus on. Try not to notice what the other people near your
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