The fiercely aggressive man pursued his goals ruthlessly.

The first anybody knew about Dutchman Frank Siegmund and his family was when workmen tramping through a field found a narrow steel chimney protruding through the grass. Closer inspection revealed a chink of sky-light window among the thistles, and when amazed investigators moved down the side of the hill they came across a pine door complete with leaded diamond glass and a brass knocker set into an underground building. The Siegmunds had managed to live undetected for six years outside the border town of Breda, in Holland. They are the latest in a clutch of individualistic homemakers who have burrowed underground in search of tranquility.

2. Most, failing foul of strict building regulations, have been forced to dismantle their individualistic homes and return to more conventional lifestyles. But subterranean suburbia, Dutchstyle, is about to become respectable and chic. Seven luxury homes cosseted away inside a high earth-covered noise embankment next to the main Tilburg city road recently went on the market for $ 296,500 each. The foundations had yet to be dug, but customers queued up to buy the unusual part-submerged houses, whose back wall consists of a grassy mound and whose front is a long glass gallery.

3. The Dutch are not the only would-be moles. Growing numbers of Europeans are burrowing below ground to create houses, offices, discos and shopping malls. It is already proving a way of life in extreme climates; in winter months in Montreal, Canada, for instance, citizens can escape the cold in an underground complex complete with shops and even health clinics. In Tokyo builders are planning a massive underground city to be begun in the next decade, and underground shopping malls are already common in Japan, where 90 percent of the population is squeezed into 20 percent of the landspace.

4. Building big commercial buildings underground can be a way to avid disfiguring r threatening a beautiful or &39;environ-mentally sensitive&39; landscape. Indeed many of the buildings which consume most land--such as cinemas, supermarkets, theatres, warehouses or libraries— have no need to be on the surface since they do not need windows.

5. There are big advantages, too, when it comes to private homes. A developrrient of 194 houses which would take up 14 hectares of land above ground would occupy 2.7 hectares below it, while the number of roads would be halved. Under several metres of earth, noise is minimal and insulation is excellent. &39;We get 40 to 50 enquiries a week, &39; says Peter Carpenter, secretary of the British Earth Sheltering Association, which builds similar homes in Britain. &39; people see this as a way of building for the future. &39; An underground dweller himself, Carpenter has never paid a heating bill, thanks to solar panels and natural insulation.

6. In Europe, the obstacle has been conservative local authorities and developers who prefer to ensure quick sales with conventional mass-produced housing. But the Dutch development was greeted with undisguised relief by South Limburg planners because of Holland&39;s chronic shortage of land. It was the Tilburg architect Jo Hurkmans who hit on the idea of making use of noise embankments on main roads. His two-floored, four-bedroomed, two-bathroomed detached homes are now taking shape. &39;They are not so much below the earth as in it, &39; he says. &39;All the light will come through the glass front, which runs from the second floor ceiling to the ground. Areas which do not need much natural lighting are at the back. The living accommodation is to the front so nobody notices that the back is dark.

Paragraph 3 ______

A. An Underground Home Is DiscoveredB. Some Buildings Do Not Require Natural LightC. A Designer Describes His HousesD. Homes Sold Before CompletionE. Demands on Space and Energy Are ReducedF. Developing Underground Services Around the World

Paragraph 4 ______

A. An Underground Home Is DiscoveredB. Some Buildings Do Not Require Natural LightC. A Designer Describes His HousesD. Homes Sold Before CompletionE. Demands on Space and Energy Are ReducedF. Developing Underground Services Around the World

Paragraph 5 ______

A. An Underground Home Is DiscoveredB. Some Buildings Do Not Require Natural LightC. A Designer Describes His HousesD. Homes Sold Before CompletionE. Demands on Space and Energy Are ReducedF. Developing Underground Services Around the World

Paragraph 6 ______

A. An Underground Home Is DiscoveredB. Some Buildings Do Not Require Natural LightC. A Designer Describes His HousesD. Homes Sold Before CompletionE. Demands on Space and Energy Are ReducedF. Developing Underground Services Around the World

Dutch man Frank Siegmund and his family ______

A. they sell more quicklyB. were known for their under ground homeC. the plans for future homesD. noise embankmentE. a natural environmentF. South Limberg Planners

Many developers prefer mass-produced houses because ______

A. they sell more quicklyB. were known for their under ground homeC. the plans for future homesD. noise embankmentE. a natural environmentF. South Limberg Planners

The Dutch development was welcomed by ______

A. they sell more quicklyB. were known for their under ground homeC. the plans for future homesD. noise embankmentE. a natural environmentF. South Limberg Planners

Hurkmans&39; houses are built into______.

A. they sell more quicklyB. were known for their under ground homeC. the plans for future homesD. noise embankmentE. a natural environmentF. South Limberg Planners

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Vitamins are organic compounds necessary in small amounts in the diet for the normal growth and maintenance of life of animals, including man.

They do not provide energy,【31】do they construct or build any part of the body. They are needed for【32】foods into energy and body maintenance. There are thirteen or more of them, and if【33】is missing a deficiency disease becomes【34】

Vitamins are similar because they are made of the same elements—usually carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and【35】nitrogen. They are different【36】their elements are arranged differently, and each vitamin【37】one or more specific functions in the body.

【38】enough vitamins is essential to life, although the body has no nutritional use for【39】vitamins. Many people,【40】, believe in being on the "safe side" and thus take extra vitamins. However, a well-balanced diet will usually meet all the body's vitamin needs.

(31)

A．either

B．so

C．nor

D．never

听力原文：Man: So Jane, the changes are certainly quite wide-ranging, aren't they?

Woman: Yes, Oliver, the skills audit, targets, suggestion scheme, training arrangements... the list seems endless...

Man: I suppose different people will react differently - they won't all see the benefits of the changes...

Woman: Sure - and for some people, they'll feel their areas of responsibility are being taken over, become resentful, and the company must tread very carefully here.., because it's the tide of high turnover that the company is trying to stem with these measures. These days, it's often service that's the key to maintaining an edge... so what the company needs to avoid happening in the future is sales decreasing if clients stop feeling they're getting that treatment from happy, motivated staff here...

Man: Mm... I guess it was Human Resources that pushed for the changes, then?

Woman: Well, they were consulted. Actually, they're the kinds of ideas that you might have expected the team system might have generated - because they're quite wide-ranging, not just focused on one aspect. So, I guess it's quite surprising, in a way, that it was the leadership group which authored them.., what's good, I think, is the way they've spent quite an amount of time consulting with management at all levels, so they have a kind of hands-on feel.

Man: So what will affect us first?

Woman: Well, the skills audit, though its real effects won't be apparent for some time. I don't know, I think that was a wasted opportunity, really... It was so thorough, too thorough in fact... I mean, they asked absolutely everyone about absolutely everything because they were so obsessed with wanting to be accurate, but the result is they're just swamped with information.., they didn't need to be that in-depth...

Man: Uh-huh... So is it really these divisional targets that will have the first impact?

Woman: Er, yeah, I suppose.., but then again, there's some poor design involved there... Oh sure, they've carefully calculated how sales move throughout the year, but the point is that it's not only shifting actual products that counts - the targets should really be looking at data on customer satisfaction too, which is certainly a major concern in my section, where we're always looking for ways to keep that high enough to retain customers.

Man: So, are you unconvinced about the suggestions scheme too?

Woman: Er... I just think they should have gone further with it. After all the publicity it's been given, you'd think they'd want to involve everyone.., what you don't want is just the same ideas from the same people all the time... we've got all these short-term workers, they're in and out of organisations all the time.., we should be trying to capture their insights and observations, especially since they won't personally stand to benefit from making suggestions.

Man: And do you think the performance reviews are similarly flawed in their approach?

Woman: Oh, I don't want to seem too negative! The only unfortunate thing there is not incorporating what competitors are doing. We don't want to be saying one of our reps is underperforming at the moment, only to find out that so is everyone in the business at the moment. That could be very unfair, especially on the reps abroad, who are at the mercy of the supply situation too.

Man: And do you think that people have been missed out of the training programmes as well?

Woman: No, there I'm quite positive! They're going to be a real winner, I'm sure. A long time's been spent on trying to get our training right, and I think the final results are great. We've been far too focused on IT training, and' it's much better now that it's broadening out to include more aspects for staff to select from, according to their needs.

Man: So would you see all the changes having a lasting impact?

Woman: Well, they must have some kind of future . . . after all, they're the kind of thing our competitors h

A．a decrease in sales.

B．the threat of a takeover.

C．the level of staff turnover.

听力原文： A homeless man who broke into his ex-mother-in-law's house to clean himself up will be sentenced for stealing tea and toothpaste worth one penny.

Martin Boothby, 41, was living on the streets when he decided to sneak into the home of his ex-wife' s mother Sandra Bayley in Macclesfield, Cheshire.

Ms Bayley had left the house empty while she was away on holiday. Boothby crept into the property and brushed his teeth before helping himself to a hot bath and cup of tea. But he was spotted by a keen-eyed neighbor who contacted the authorities.

Who was Sandra Bayley ?

A．The man' s neighbor.

B．The man' s own mother.

C．The man's ex-wife.

D．The man's ex-mother-in-law.

Among the company was a lawyer，a young man of about twenty-five. On being asked his opinion，he said，“Capital punishment and life imprisonment are equally immoral. If I were to make a choice between them，I would rather choose the latter. Anyway，it's better to live than not to live at all. ”

A lively discussion followed. A banker，who was then younger and more nervous than the lawyer，suddenly lost his temper and cried out，“It's a lie. I bet you two millions. You wouldn't stick in a cell even for five years. ”

“If you mean it，”replied the young lawyer，“I bet I'll stay there longer；make it fifteen instead of five. ”

“Fifteen!Done!”cried the banker. “Gentleman. I bet you two millions. ”

“Agreed. Two millions for my freedom，”said the lawyer.

So this wild，ridiculous bet came to pass. The banker could not hide his excitement. During supper he said to the lawyer jokingly，“Come to your senses，young man，before it's too late. Two millions are nothing to me，but you stand to lose three or four of the best years of your life. I say three or four because you'll never stick it out any longer. Don't forget that voluntary imprisonment is much harder to put up with than an enforced one. The idea that you have the right to free yourself any moment will poison your life in the cell. I pity you. ”

And now the banker，pacing from comer to comer，recalled all this and asked himself，“Why did I make this bet?What's the good?The lawyer lost fifteen years of his life and I threw away two millions. Will it convince people that capital punishment is worse or better than imprisonment for life?No，no!Rubbish!On my part，it was the caprice(心血来潮)of a well-fed millionaire；on the lawyer's part，it's the pure greed of gold. ”

The lawyer would choose life imprisonment because______.

A．he was younger than the banker

B．capital punishment was immoral

C．it was better than capital punishment

D．the banker would give him $200,000

Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal. But one insidious form. continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.

It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in life over Zoe Zysman. English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K.

Thus the American president and vice-president have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bush's predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, Chretien and Koizumi). The world's three top central bankers (Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami) are all close to the top of the alphabet, even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. As are the world's five richest men (Gates, Buffet, Allen, Ellison and Albrecht).

Can this merely be coincidence? One theory, dreamt up in all the spare time enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged, is that the rot sets in early. At the start of the first year in infant school, teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front, to make it easier to remember their names. So short-sighted Zysman junior gets stuck in the back vow, and is rarely asked the improving questions posed by those insensitive teachers. At the time the alphabetically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape. Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less individual attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly.

The humiliation continues. At university graduation ceremonies, the ABCs proudly get their awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ. Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.

What does the author intend to illustrate with AAA A cars and Zodiac cars?

A．A kind of overlooked inequality.

B．A type of conspicuous bias.

C．A type of personal prejudice.

D．A kind of brand discrimination.

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A.A rich person is not necessarily happy．

B.Things people often overlook may be the very source of happiness．

C.Happiness can be promoted on a scientific basis．

D.We should mainly rely on ourselves for happiness．

E.Happiness lies in giving instead of taking．

F.The environment is a source of happiness．

G.Happiness can be achieved if we stick to the best of our values．