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　　A.Twenty-nine days.

　　B.Two and a halfmonths.

　　C.Several minutes.

　　D.Fourteen hours.

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　　A.They welcomed the publicity in the media.

　　B.They avoided appearing on television.

　　C.They released a video ofhis progress.

　　D.They declined to give details ofhis condition.

　　23、Passage Three.

　　听材料，回答下列各题：

　　A.For people to share ideas and show farm products.

　　B.For officials to educate the farming community.

　　C.For farmers to exchange their daily necessities.

　　D.For farmers to celebrate their harvests.

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　　A.They contribute to the modernization of American farms.

　　B.They help to increase the state governments' revenue.

　　C.They provide a stage for people to give performances.

　　D.They remind Americans of the importance of agriculture.

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　　A.By bringing an animal rarely seen on nearby farms.

　　B.By bringing a bag of grain in exchange for a ticket.

　　C.By offering to do volunteer work at the thir.

　　D.By performing a special skill at the entrance.

　　听力填空题

　　26、听材料，回答下列各题：

　　According to a new study, a major ingredient to taking the pain out of a stressful day at work is asupportive partner at home. It may not seem like a _____26 ____ conclusion but the study is the first to _____27 ____ the effectsthat a sympathetic ear can have at home and at work.

　　They found that highly stressed employees had a 25 percent higher level of _____28 ____ levels if they had aharmonious home life. They were also 33 percent more likely to have positive relationships with colleagues, and a20 percent higher level of job satisfaction.

　　____ 29_____ studies have linked work-related stress to _____30____ mental and physical illnesses, such asdepression and ____ 31_____. But this study shows how Stress can be a vicious circle-adversely affecting the wayemployees perform at work, which can _____32 ____even more workplace stress.

　　One expert said the mental and physical wellbeing of employees were _____33____if they came to work stillstressed from the day before. He said: "When you're still angry or upset from yesterday's stress, your workday willlikely go in only one direction-down."

　　And there were obvious benefits at home as well. Employees with strong home support were 25 percent lesslikely to suffer from after-work ____34_____. Having an awareness of a partner's daily work demands--such asdeadlines, a lack of adequate resources and bad bosses--could ensure that _____35____ always communicated, and apartner could see when their loved one was underplaying or exaggerating a problem.

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