What does the woman say about Linda's brother?
A.He's hospitable. B.He's quiet. C.He's unfriendly.
What does the woman suggest the man do?
A.Have a good rest. B.Hold a special celebration. C.Ask Rick to go with him.
What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A.A friend. B.A notice. C.Their manager.
阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。
Scientists have announced that they have cloned the first human embryo. This has caused much debate round the world. On the one hand, some scientists point out that if you clone an embryo, you can produce valuable human tissues—such as bone or lung tissue—that could be used to save human lives. On the other hand, many people, including some scientists, disagree and are afraid that, if mankind toys with nature in this way, we may be on our way to producing a real-life Frankenstein’s monster.
Cloning is producing an exact copy of a plant or an animal using its cells. The first mammal to be cloned successfully from an adult cell was Dolly the sheep. She was born in 1996 and died in early 2003, at a much younger age than normal. When she was born, many people were worried that cloning would lead to more diseases in the animal world. However, in general the scientists were praised for their wonderful scientific advance.
Ian Wilmut, the Scottish scientist who created Dolly, is shocked that some scientists are now considering cloning human beings. Although he researches cloning, his intention has never been to create copies of humans. Instead, he thinks research efforts should concentrate on creating new tissues and organs that can be used to cure diseases like cancer. However, some people believe that cloning human embryos with the intention of destroying them shows no respect for human life.
Even though human cloning is causing a lot of anxiety, it is good news for Faye Wilson, a 41-year-old saleswoman who cannot have a baby. “I am anxious to have a child of my own,” she says. “I don’t want to adopt someone else’s child—if I had the chance, I would have a cloned baby right now.”
While cloning human embryos is not legal in many countries, some scientists are already pushing ahead with research in order to produce a cloned human baby. Severino Antinori, an Italian physician, has declared that he wants to be the first to clone a human being.
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假设你是李华，你非常喜欢看英文电影，认为这是一个学英语的好办法，但是你的家长并不支持，于是你写信给外教Joyce，征求她的意见。
内容包括：
1. 说明你的想法；
2. 家长反对的理由；
3. 征求老师的意见。注意：
1. 词数 80 左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（一个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
For many of us, cold drinks 1. (consider) to be one of the necessities for summer. Who can resist the 2. (please) of drinking an ice-cold Coke after playing a basketball game on a hot day?
However, a recent study 3. (conduct) by the professors from the University of Ottawa, found hot drinks such as teas and coffees might actually be more 4. (effect) to cool you down in dry conditions. According to Smithsonian Magazine, when you drink some hot drinks, you 5. (start) to sweat more. It will remove excess heat by converting (转化) 6. water from a liquid to a vapor. As long as you are able to sweat, you can cool down quickly.
But that also means 7. you’re in a hot, humid room, or you are wearing long sleeves and trousers, hot drinks are 8. (probable) not going to work. 9. that case, Jay suggests the opposite course of action: “Hot drinks still add a small amount of heat to the body, so if 10. (sweat) more is going to be a problem, go for a cold drink.”
