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1.The passage is written for the purpose of ______.

A.informing the reader of Direct Courses

B.introducing how to apply for Direct Courses

C.arguing for Direct Courses

2.Which of the following is NOT true about the Direct? ()

A.It offers a great variety of courses.

B.It’s an e-learning experience.

C.It requires you to be skilled in computer.

3.Bases on the passage, we can infer that if we learn with Direct, we can______.

A.meet the tutors on line

B.have no contact with other students

C. join the discussion forums and seminar groups anytime

D. study English well

4.We can infer from the passage that if we want to learn with Direct, ____.

A.we must buy a laptop

B.we needn’t have our own computers

C.we need several computers at home

5.According to the passage, if we want to register for Direct, we’d better _____.

A.make an appointment beforehand

B.go simply to the Direct centre every morning

C.go simply to the Direct centre during their opening hours

30．In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read the passage?

A． Shopping．

B．Teaching．

C．Family．

D．Health．

How would you describe the author's attitude towards current learning strategies?

A．Distanced.

B．Admiring.

C．Objective.

D．Ironical.

听力原文： We will live in a society when cash no longer exists. Instead, "cash" would be electronic, as in bank-card systems. Notes and coins would be abandoned. Its benefits would be profound and fundamental. Theft of cash would become impossible. Bank robberies and cash-register robberies would cease to occur. Urban streets would become safe. Retail shops in once dangerous areas could operate in safety. Neighborhoods would improve.

National electronic-money system would operate as a debit-card system. Each individual's money would be held in his money-system account. A transaction would affect an instant transfer of money from his account to that of another account holder. Only cash would be supplanted by electronic money. Credit card and automatic-teller-machine system would not necessarily change, although you could no longer obtain cash at ATMs.

27. In future, what kind of form. will the money be?

28.According to the passage, why would the neighborhoods improve?

29.What make(s) it possible to divorce money from evil?

30.According to the passage, which of the following statements is false?

(27)

A．cash

B．notes and coins

C．recorded electronic funds-transfer system

D．paper gold

If you are sailing from the East Coast of the United States to the Caribbean Sea，which publication would contain information on weather，currents，and storms?

A.Sailing Charts of the Caribbean Sea

B.Pilot Charts of the North Atlantic

C.Light Lists，Atlantic and Gulf Coast

D.Tidal Current Tables

Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? （ ）

A．Women Are Socially Trained to Talk

B．Talking Maintains Relationships

C．Women Love to Talk

D．Men Talk Differently from Women