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解析：
文章先是指出了英国人不再那么有礼貌，然后分析了具体原因，最后引用心理学家的话，告诉人们帮助他人的益处，并倡导大家多多帮助别人，可见主旨就是为了说明帮助别人能让自己更健康，所以选D。 Script
The European Parliament has banned the terms \and \in case they offend female MEPs, which is \\Language\booklet orders politicians to address female members by their full name only. Officials have ordered that \be called \\be referred to as \\
The guidance lists banned terms for describing professions, including fireman, air hostess, headmaster, policeman, salesman, manageress and male nurse. However, MEPs are still allowed to refer to \description. A midwife is a specially trained nurse to help women when they are having a baby. The booklet also admits that \proposed\restaurant or café.
It has been circulated by Harold Romer, the parliament's secretary-general, to the 785 MEPs working in Brussels and Strasbourg. Struan Stevenson, a Scottish Conservative MEP described the guidelines as \another Conservative MEP, pledged to ignore the booklet, which he described as a \of taxpayers' money\no part of it. I will continue to use my own language and expressions, which I have used all my life, and will not be instructed by this institution or anyone else in these matters.\
19.Why did the European Parliament issue the booklet?
A) Because it wants to make the language pure. B) Because it wants to make full use of tax revenue. C) Because it wants to ban man's language.
D) Because it wants to eliminate language prejudice.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：
音频开头提到，发放小册子是因为怕某些用词会冒犯女性欧盟议会成员（in case they offend female MEPs），也就是为了消除语言歧视，所以选D。
20.Which of the following failed to be included in the booklet?
A) Fireman. B) Headmaster. C) Midwife. D) Air hostess.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到，欧盟议会成员还允许使用midwife这个词（MEPs are still allowed to refer to \），所以选C。
21.How did some Conservatives respond to the booklet?
A) They find the guidance useful. B) They think it is a must-do. C) They hold it as political dignity. D) They dislike the issue of the booklet.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到，有的议员认为这本小册子是“矫枉过正”（political correctness gone mad），还有人明确表示这是在浪费纳税人的钱（he described as a \），可以看出这些保守人士并不赞同这本小册子，所以选D。 Script
With Father's Day fast approaching, many dads admit they are struggling with how to balance long days at the office and quality time with their family, according to a new survey. A fifth of the 248 Canadian fathers questioned said time away from home because of work is their biggest concern because they may miss important family events. \think it's tough for all working parents... Trying to balance is a difficult task,\said Patrick Sullivan, president of job site Workopolis.com, which conducted the poll. 15 percent were concerned about finding time for housework, while 11 percent worried about being unable to turn off work at home. 16 percent of fathers said they had difficulty letting go of work at the end of the day. Many fathers also said they felt it was difficult getting parental leave.
Despite the struggles, 40 percent of working dads still claim the family-work balance is manageable. Fathers in Quebec claimed to be the most in control, with more than half of those surveyed citing no challenges. Only three percent said time away from family was an issue.
Western dads seemed more in tune with mothers, with nearly a quarter agreeing that finding time for housework was the biggest issue. About a third of dads took their own fathers' counsel about careers and family to heart and were happy with the outcome, while another 18 percent chose not to listen.
22.What's the passage mainly about?
A) A survey about Western working dads. B) Working fathers in Quebec. C) Father-to-father wisdom. D) A poll about Father's Day.
正确答案为 A 你没有作答。 解析：
文章通篇都在描述一项基于上班族父亲的调查结果，例如他们如何平衡工作和家庭时间，如何找时间帮忙家务等，所以选A。
23.What troubles 16 percent of fathers so much according to the passage?
A) Kids couldn't see their fathers at the end of the day. B) Work stops them from enjoying family time. C) They have to go on business a lot. D) They have no time for housework.
正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到，16%的受访者在一天快结束的时候无法摆脱工作的影响（16 percent of fathers said they had difficulty letting go of work at the end of the day），可见对于他们来说，工作和家庭生活无法界限分明，所以选B。
24.How many fathers claim to be able to keep the family-career balance?
A) 11 percent of them. B) 16 percent of them. C) 40 percent of them. D) 15 percent of them.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到，40%的上班族爸爸能够找到家庭与工作之间的平衡（40 percent of working dads still claim the family-work balance is manageable），所以选C。
25.According to the passage, from whom do one third of Western dads receive suggestions on career and family?
A) Their relatives.
B) Their mothers. C) Family counselors. D) Their fathers.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到，三分之一的人会听取自己父亲的建议（About a third of dads took their own fathers' counsel about careers and family to heart），所以选D。
Section C Dictation
Directions：In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
本题得分：--/10分
Script
More than 1 in 10 UK teenagers has been left without a job or college place, despite 11 years of compulsory (义务的) education, figures show. The number of 16- to 18-year-olds (26)branded as \—not in education, employment or training—has risen amid (27)growing fears that school-leavers are bearing the burden of job (28)shortages in the recession.
Some 261,000 young people had no job or training place, according to (29)official data. The figure rose to 1,082,000 among 16- to 24-year-olds. The Conservatives (30)considered the figures \shadow skills (31)secretary , said: \is a damning blame on the Government's (32)failure
to
help
young
people
during
the
recession. (33)Despite all Gordon Brown's guarantees and pledges, the number of young people neither earning nor learning is increasing at a rate of more than 9,000 a week. Ministers must stop making empty (34)gestures that do so little to help young people.\
The Government has a target to reduce the proportion of young Neets to 7.6 percent by next year. The latest (35)annual data from the Department for Children, Schools and Families is 10.3 percent by the end of 2008. Iain Wright, the Schools Minister, said: \training so they can gain the skills they need to succeed in an increasingly competitive labour/labor market. We need to carry on helping young people through this tough economic climate.\