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Section C
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美国高等教育费用日渐昂贵。各州都有资助政策，但父母必须从孩子很小时就开始为其大学学费进行储蓄或投资。
36．costly37．estimates38．13|thirteen39．inflation
40．advisers 41．savings 42．offer 43．operate
44．However，the government could start to tax with drawls in 201 1 if Congress does not change the law．
45．5—20-9 plans include investment accounts that increase or decrease in value with the investments they contain．
46．Another kind of5-20—9 plan lets parents begin to pay for their child’s education long before their child starts college．
Section A
11. M: Could you remind me when we get to Buckingham Palace, please?
W: Sure, no problem! Now we’re at Oxford Street, and we can get there after 30 minutes.
Q: Where is the man heading for?
12. W: Jane told me that she was going to quit her job. I’ll certainly be. sorry to see her go.
M: She always says that! I wouldn’t buy her a going-away present if I were you.
Q: What does the man think about Jane?
13 M: I could hardly solve this complicated mathematics problem.
W: You could if you had not gone to so many parties!
Q: What does the woman mean?
14. M: Please tell me I haven’t missed the deadline for tuition payment.
W: I’m afraid you are about a week late.
Q: What does the woman mean?
15. M: The newly built student dormitory is much larger and more comfortable.
W: But it is much more expensive as well.
Q: What does the woman mean?
16. W: Are you sure this is the right way to the laboratory? I can’t afford to be late.
M: Don’t worry. We’ll be there in no time.
Q: What does the man mean?
17. W: Why do you think Harry Potter is so popular these days?
M: Because there are not many good children’s books available.
Q: What does the man mean?
18. M: I’m going to book a train ticket 10 days in advance because it happens to be Spring Festival.
W: Don’t worry. There will be extra trains added to the original schedule.
Q: What does the woman imply?
Now you’ll hear two long conversations.
Conversation One
M: One of the most common questions we ask about people’s behavior is why. Why does she say this? Why does he do that? Sometimes the reason is obvious. For example, someone is driving down the street, the light turns red, and he stops, why?
W: Because he has to, legally I mean.
M: Exactly! In this case the reason is obvious, so we usually don’t question it. But when the reason is not so obvious and especially when the behavior could have negative consequences, we’re more likely to feel a need to explain the causes of the behavior. Social psychologists have a term for this, for the process of explaining the causes of behavior. It’s called causal attribution. And one theory suggests there’s a pattern in the way we go about attributing causes to people’s behavior. According to this theory, there are two categories of reasons: internal factors and external factors. Again, Lisa, say you’re driving down the road and all of a sudden some guy turns into the lane right in front of you, and you have to slam on your brake to avoid an accident. How do you react?
W: I’ll probably get very angry.
M: Because...
W: Well, he’s not paying attention; he’s a bad driver.
M: So you automatically attribute the driver’s behavior to an internal factor. He himself is to blame because he is careless.
W: So if I said it was because of heavy traffic or something, I’d be attributing his behavior to an external factor, something beyond his control.
M: Good. Now how will you explain your own negative behavior?
W: I should blame external factors.
M: That’s right.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What is the main topic of the discussion?
20. According to the professor, when are people likely to try to explain someone else’s behavior?
21. According to the discussion, how do most people explain others’ negative behavior?
22. According to the discussion, what should we do to explain our own negative behavior?
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