this case, they may decide to adopt a child. In fact, adoption is very common today. There are about 60 thousand adoptions each year in the United States alone. Some people prefer to adopt infants, others to adopt older children. Some couples adopt children from their own countries, others adopt children from foreign countries. In any case, they all adopt children for the same reason——they care about children and want to give their adopted child a happy life. (26)
Most adopted children know that they are adopted. Psychologists and child-care experts generally think this is a good idea. However, many adopted children or adoptees have very little information about their biological parents. As a matter of fact, it is often very difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents because the birth records of most adoptees are usually sealed.(27) The information is secret so no one can see it.(27) Naturally, adopted children have different feelings about their birth parents. Many adoptees want to search for them, but others do not. The decision to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make. Most adoptees have mixed feelings about finding their biological parents. (28) Even though adoptees do not know about their natural parents, they do know that their adopted parents want them, love them and will care for them. (29)
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard
26. According to the speaker, why do some couples adopt children?
27. Why is it difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents?
28. Why do many adoptees find it hard to make the decision to search for their birth parents?
29. What can we infer from the passage?
Passage Two
Catherine Gram graduated from the University of Chicago in 1938 and got a job as a news reporter in san Francisco. Catherine’s father used to be a successful investment banker. In 1933, he bought a failing newspaper, The Washington Post.(30)
Then Catherine returned to Washington and got a job, editing letters in her father’s newspaper. She married Philip Gram, who took over his father-in-law’s position shortly after and became a publisher of The Washington Post. But for many years, her husband suffered from mental illness and he killed himself in 1963. After her husband’s death, Catherine operated the newspaper. In the 1970s, the newspaper became famous around the world and Catherine was also recognized as an important leader in newspaper publishing. She was the first woman to head a major American publishing company, the Washington Post company. (31) In a few years, she successfully expanded the company to include newspaper, magazine, broadcast and cable companies.
She died of head injuries after a fall when she was 84. More than 3 thousand people attended her funeral, including many government and business leaders. Her friends said she would be remembered as a woman who had an important influence on events in the United States and the world. Catherine once wrote, “The world without newspapers would not be the same kind of world.” After her death, the employees of the Washington Post wrote, “The world without Catherine would not be the same at all.”(32)
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard
30. What do we learn from the passage about Catherine’s father?
31. What does the speaker tell us about Catherine Gram?
32. What does the comment by employees of The Washington Post suggest?
10月26号，27号，28号的学习任务(完成后打勾)
复习内容 第一天 第二天 第三天
1. 听力长对话每天读十遍，三天一共三十遍
2. 听力文章每天每篇读五遍，三天一共是十五遍
3. 作文每天背两句，六天背下一篇文章 $$本$$作$$品$$由$$$$網$$友$$整$$理$$上$$傳$$
4. 重复背诵第五篇作文
5.每天看懂一篇《大学英语》中的文章
Long Conversation 1:
-Hello, I have a reservation for tonight.
-Your name, please?
-Nelson, Charles Nelson.
-Ok, Mr. Nelson, that’s a room for 5 and …
-Excuse me? You mean a room for 5 pounds? I didn’t know the special was so good.
-No, no, no, according to our records, a room for 5 guests was booked under your name.
-No, no, hold on. You mus