______ L is regarded as a set of linguistic habits.

A.As regards

B.As regarding

C.As regard

D.As regarded

e is regarded as the latest shipment date．（）

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In social life，time plays a very important part．In the United States，guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the Darty date．（1）this is not true in all countries．In other areas of the world，it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in（2）because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten． The（3）of time differ in different parts of the world．（4），misunderstandings arise between people from cultures that treat time differently．Promptness is much（5）in American life．for example．If people are not prompt，they may be regarded as impolite or not fullv（6）．In the U．S．，when equals meet，a person who is five minutes late is（7）to nlake ashortaDology．If heis less than fiveminutes late，hewillsaya few．Wordsof explaination，though perhaps he will not（8）the sentence．To Americans，forty minutes of waiting is the beginning of the“insuh period”．No matter（9）is said in apology，there is little that can remove the destruction done by an hour’s wait．（10）in some other countries，a forty minute waiting period was not l／nusual．

1.

A.Then

B.But

C.So

D.Also

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In the United States，it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning.If you telephone him early in the day，while he is shaving or having breakfast，the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention．The same mean-ing is attached to telephone calls made after l l：00 P．m．If someone receives a call during sleeping hours，he assumes it's a matter of life ot death．The time chosen for the call communi-cares has its importance．

In social life，time plays a very important part ineveryday life．In the U．S．A．guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four davs before the party date．But it is not true in all countries．In other areas of the world，it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten．The meaning of time differs in dif-ferent Darts of the wodd．Thus，misunderstandings arise between people from cultures that treat time differentlv．Promptness is valued highly in American life．If people are not prompt，they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible．In the U．S．no one would think of keep-ing a business associate waiting for an hour，it would be too impolite．A person who is 5 mi-nutes late．he wm say a few words of explaination，though perhaps he will not complete the sentence

“The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11：00 P．m…”Here “attached”means 查看材料

A.taken

B.drawn

C.given

D.shown

y in the morning.If you telephone him early in the day，while he is shaving or having breakfast，the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention．The same mean-ing is attached to telephone calls made after l l：00 P．m．If someone receives a call during sleeping hours，he assumes it"s a matter of life ot death．The time chosen for the call communi-cares has its importance． In social life，time plays a very important part ineveryday life．In the U．S．A．guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four davs before the party date．But it is not true in all countries．In other areas of the world，it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten．The meaning of time differs in dif-ferent Darts of the wodd．Thus，misunderstandings arise between people from cultures that treat time differentlv．Promptness is valued highly in American life．If people are not prompt，they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible．In the U．S．no one would think of keep-ing a business associate waiting for an hour，it would be too impolite．A person who is 5 mi-nutes late．he wm say a few words of explaination，though perhaps he will not complete the sentence

“The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11：00 P．m…”Here “attached”means

A.taken

B.drawn

C.given

D.shown

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

听力原文： A coalition of environmental groups has urged the United Nations to do more to limit noise pollution deep in the oceans because they said it's harming whales and dolphins. The Ocean Noise Coalition says the intense sound caused by underwater explosions, oil and gas exploration and sonar navigation needs to be curbed. Martin L has more details.

"The physical pollution of the oceans has long concerned scientists, but increasingly noise pollution is being regarded as possibly an equal threat to marine life.

The pitiful sight of great sea mammals like whales and dolphins being washed ashore in large numbers for no obvious reason has got public opinion demanding an answer from the scientists.

The phenomenon could be caused by cyclical weather patterns. But researchers in several parts of the world are now frequently linking the mass strandings to underwater noise of extremely high volume caused by humans."

According to the report, the sound sources that need to be restrained do NOT include ______.

A．underwater explosions

B．oil and gas exploration

C．whistling of ships

D．sonar navigation