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Group 1 Passage one 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, are never ending frustration and unwinable battle. My every day is a race against the clock that 1 never ever seem to win. This is hardly a lonesome (寂寞的,孤独的)complaint, according to the families and work institutes, national study of the changing work force, 55% of the employees say they don’t have enough time for themselves, 63% don't have enough time for their spouses or partners, and 67% don't have enough time for their children. It's also not a new complaint. I bet our ancestors returned home from hunting wild animals and gathering nuts, and complained about how little time they had to paint battle scenes(战争场面) on their cave walls. The difference is that the boss of the animal bunting 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 Works produced jointly(共同的) by 3 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. 1. What is the speaker complaining about? 2. What does the speaker say about our ancestor? 3. Why does the speaker suggest all bosses read the report by the 3 organizations'? 在快节奏的现代生活中，每个人愈来愈觉得时间不够用，然而这个问题亘古至今一直存在。人们要如何来解决呢? Passage two American Indians grew and smoked tobacco before Columbus came to America. The tobacco industry has been large and important for America's economy ever since colonial [kə'ləunjəl] farmers grew tobacco for exporting 300 years ago. Even today tobacco is grown in large quantities along America’s eastern coast. Since the 1800s, the most common form of smoking tobacco is in cigarettes. Men and women of all ages smoke cigarettes and there are dozens of brands sold in the U. S. Nearly all cigarettes now sold have filters. Pipe(烟斗) smoking has some popularity and cigars(雪茄) are usually only smoked by older men. Over the past fifteen years, many people have stopped smoking. This movement began when lung cancer and other ailments ['eilmənt] (小病；不安)were linked to smoking. In the 1970s physical fitness has become a major aim of millions of Americans. These three factors have been the major causes for many people to stop smoking. Today in the U. S.，cigarette smoking is restricted in many ways. When smoker are in restaurants, on trains and in public buildings, they may smoke only in designated areas (指定区域). When they are on public buses, in theaters and in classrooms, they may not smoke at all. Cigarettes are not advertised on television or radio. A notice is on every package of cigarettes sold in America warning that smoking is dangerous to health. These regulations have reduced cigarette smoking very much since they were instituted(设置) Smoking is on the decline. 4. Who were the first to grow and smoke tobacco in the United States? 5. Where is now tobacco grown in large quantities in America? 6. What can we infer about the author’s attitude toward smoking? 烟草在美洲的历史悠久，早在哥伦布到达美洲之前，美洲印第安人就开始种植和吸食烟草。近来，愈来愈多的人加入到戒烟的行列中来，因为据发现，除了肺癌，还有其他许多的疾病与吸烟有关。美国政府也采取了一系列政策，如在香烟包装盒上标明:吸烟有害身体健康。吸烟人群大幅度下滑。 表明作者态度的词 Positive wonder support useful interesting enthusiastic admiring Negative disgust critical tolerant disappointed Neutral indifferent impassive冷漠的 apathetic uninterested 不感兴趣的 disinterested 无私的，公正的 ambivalent [,æmbi'veilənt] adj. 矛盾的 ambiguous [æm'bɪɡjuəs]模糊不清的；模棱两可的

Passage three 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 60,000 adoptions each year in the United States alone. Some people prefer to adopt infants, others 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 the children and want to give their adopted child a happy life. Most adopted children know that they are adopted. Psychologists and childcare （儿童保育）experts generally think this is a good idea. However, many adopted children or adoptees（被收养者） have very little information about their biological parents（亲生父母）. 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. The information is secret, so no one can see it. 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. Even though adoptees don’t know about their natural parents, they do know that their adopted parents want them, love and will care for them. 7. According to speaker. Why do some couples adopt children? 8. Why is it difficult for adoptees to find about their birth parents? 9.Why do many adoptees find it hard to make the decision to search for their birth parents? l0. What can we infer from the passage? Group 2 Passage One 听力原文