Section C

Passage One

整体预测

本短文三道题选项中的card，card reader，credit card，low-tech，high-tech和American表明，短文可能与美国人使用信用卡有关，可能涉及低科技和高科技之间的关系。

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Behind the cash register at a store in downtown San Francisco，[16]Sam Azar swiped his credit card to pay for a pack of cigarettes.The store’s card reader failed to scan the card’s magnetic strip.Azar tried again and again.No luck！

As customers began to queue，Mr.Azar reached beneath the counter for a black plastic bag.[17]He wrapped one layer of the plastic around the card and tried again.Success！The sale was completed.

“I don’t know how it works.It just does，”said Mr.Azar who learned the trick from another clerk.Verifone，the company that makes the store’s card reader，would not confirm or deny that the plastic bag trick worked.But it’s one of many low-tech fixes for high-tech failures that people without engineering degrees have discovered，often out of desperation，and shared.

[18]Today’s shaky economy is likely to produce many more such tricks.“In postwar Japan，the economy wasn’t doing so great，so you couldn’t get everyday-use items like household cleaners，”says Lisa Katayama，author of Urawaza，a book named after the Japanese term for clever lifestyle tips and tricks.“So people look for ways to do with what they had.”

Today，Americans are finding their own tips and tricks for fixing malfunctioning devices with supplies as simple as paper and glue.Some，like Mr.Azar’s plastic bag，are open to argument as to how they work，or whether they

really work at all.But many tech home remedies can be explained by a little science.

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16.What happened when Sam Azar swiped his credit card to pay for his purchase？

【解析】D）。短文开头提到，山姆·阿扎刷了信用卡来支付一包香烟。商店的读卡器无法扫描卡片的磁条。D）是短文中信息的再现，故为答案。

17.How did Sam Azar manage to complete the sale？

【解析】B）。短文中提到，阿扎先生在柜台下面取出了一个黑色塑料袋。他用塑料袋的一面包住卡片，然后又试了一次。他成功了！交易完成。B）是对短文中信息的同义转述，其中的covering对应短文中的wrapped。

18.What is today’s shaky economy likely to do？

【解析】A）。短文中提到，如今的动荡经济可能会产生更多这样的小技巧。此处说的小技巧就是指上文提到的阿扎先生用塑料袋的一面包住卡片刷卡成功付款一事。A）是对短文中信息的概括总结，故为答案。

Passage Two

整体预测

本短文三道题选项中的different departments，advising board，graduate school，examining committee，departmental office，undergraduates和credits表明，短文可能研究生的学习有关， 可能涉及不同学院的规定、学院办公室和学分。

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If you are a graduate student，you may depend on your advisor for many things，including help with improving grades，acquiring financial support，forming an examining committee and getting letters of recommendation.If you are a graduate teaching assistant，your advisor also may be your“boss”.

[19]Academic departments vary in their procedures for assigning academic advisors to graduate students.In some departments，either the chairman or the director of graduate studies serves for at least the first semester as a new student’s advisor.Then the student selects an advisor，based on shared academic interests.

In other departments，a new student is assigned a faculty advisor based on some system of distribution of the department’s“advising load”.Later，students may have the opportunity of selecting the advisor that they prefer.

In any case，[20]new graduate students can learn who their advisors or temporary advisors are by visiting or emailing the departmental office，and asking for the information.

[21]Graduation requirements specify the number of credits you must earn，the minimum grade point average you must achieve，and the distribution of credits you must have from among differing departments or fields of study. In addition，it is necessary to“apply for graduation”when you near the time that you’ll be completing your graduation requirements.Since graduation requirements vary among divisions of the university，you should consult the Bulletin of Information.You should also direct your questions to your departmental office or academic advisor.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19.What does the speaker say about the procedures for assigning academic advisors？

【解析】A）。短文中提到，学术部给研究生分配学术导师的程序会有不同。A）是短文中信息的再现，故为答案。

20.How can new graduate students learn who their advisors are？

【解析】D）。短文中提到，新生可以通过拜访或给学院办公室发邮件了解他们的导师或临时导师是谁，同时也可以索要相关信息。D）是对短文中信息的同义转述，其中的contacting对应短文中的visiting or emailing。

21.What does the speaker say about graduation requirements？

【解析】B）。短文中提到，研究生要求中明确了你需要获得的学分数……。B）是短文中信息的再现，故为答案。

Passage Three

整体预测

本短文四道题选项中的dieting，nutrition，health classes，high school teachers，beauty， culture和students表明，短文可能与节食和营养学有关，可能涉及教师授课、不同文化对美 的解释。

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[22]Jody Hubbard is a diet and nutrition expert who travels around the state to speak in middle and high schools. She primarily speaks to students in health classes，but sometimes the school will arrange for her to speak to several different groups of girls.[23]Her biggest concern is the emphasis American culture places on thinness and the negative ways that affects girls today.Jody has a Ph.D.in nutrition，but more important，she has personal experience—her mother taught her to diet when she was only 8 years old.

Jody has created several different presentations which she gives to different types of audiences，and she tries to establish an emotional connection with the students so that they will feel comfortable asking questions or talking to her privately.[24]She shows them pictures and images from popular culture of beautiful women and explains how computers are used to make the women look even more thin and“beautiful”than they are in real life.She describes how the definition of beauty has changed over the years and even from culture to culture.She then talks about health issues and the physical damage that can occur as a result of dieting.Finally，she addresses self-respect and the notion that a person’s sense of beauty must include more than how much a person weighs.

Sometimes，[25]Jody feels that she succeeds in persuading some students to stop dieting；other times，she feels that she fails.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

22.Who does Jody Hubbard primarily speak to？

【解析】C）。短文开头提到，乔迪·哈伯德是一名饮食和营养专家，她去往全国各地的中学演讲。她主要

是给上保健课的学生演讲。C）是短文中信息的再现，故为答案。

23.What is Judy Hubert’s biggest concern about American culture？

【解析】A）。短文中提到，乔迪·哈伯德最大的担忧是美国文化对瘦身的重视和对如今这些女孩子的负面影响。A）是短文中信息的再现，故为答案。

24.Why does Jody Hubbard show pictures of beautiful women to her audiences？

【解析】B）。短文中提到，乔迪·哈伯德为学生展示大众文化的美丽女性的照片和影像，并向他们解释如何运用电脑使这些女性看起来比她们现实生活中更瘦、更“美”。其言外之意就是，计算机制作出来的图片与现实中的真人不同，从而会误导人们。B）是对短文内容的推断。

25.What is Jody Hubbard’s main purpose in giving her speeches？

【解析】D）。短文中提到，乔迪·哈伯德讲述了节食带来的健康问题和身体伤害，还认为美并不仅仅包括一个人的体重，短文的最后提到，乔迪感觉自己成功说服了一些学生放弃节食。由此推断，乔迪·哈伯德演讲的主要目的就是劝导女孩子停止节食。D）是短文中信息的再现，故为答案。