【正文】 died New York : : Inventor and son of a farm worker, he was admitted to the University of London at the age of : : He graduated at seventeen with a first class degree in Physics and right? M: Yes, all : He made his first notable achievement at the age of was a method of refrigeration which arose from his work in low temperature became professor of Mathematics at the University of Manchester at twentyfour, where he remained for twelve that time he married one of his students, Natasha : : Later, working together in London, they laid the foundation of modern Physics by showing that normal laws of cause and effect do not apply at the level of subatomic this he and his wife received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1910, and did so again in 1912 for their work on very high frequency radio his lifetime Hawtin patented 244 you want any more? M: did he go to America? W: Let me 1920 he went to teach in New York, and died there suddenly after only three , he was a good : suppose , 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just do we learn about Denys Hawtin when he was 15? did Denys Hawtin do at the age of 24? what were Denys Hawtin and his wife awarded the Nobel Prize a second time? did Denys Hawtin go to New York? Conversation TwoW: This is Lisa Meyer in the WBZ newsroom, talking with Mike Bassichis, who is the director of the Gifford School, about the cleanup from last week’s fire and what the possible cause of that blaze may have : We’re getting ready for our entire staff to return early from vacation tomorrow whereupon we are going to move into temporary the other buildings that did not burn are being to the cause of the fire, all we know is that we were having trouble with the pilot lights since we bought the stove in July and it had been serviced three , as a matter of fact, we think it was a malfunctioning stove that may have caused the definite yet has been : Have you heard from other schools or other institutional users of this stove that have had the same problem? M: wouldn’t know anything more about the stove I know is that this fire went up so quickly that there’s been a suspicion about why it went up so it may be that there was a gas , again, this has not been determined officially by : I got do kids e back to school? M: Next Monday, and we will be ready for January ’re just extremely thrilled that no one was hurt and that’s because of the fire fighters that were here, nine of ’re : And I’m sure you send your thanks out to them, uh? M: Well, we’re sending out thanks to them in a letter or in any other way we heard a story today where one of our kids actually baked some cookies and is taking it to the fire department, to give it to 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just were the speakers talking about? were the school staff doing at the time of the accident? was supposed to be the cause of the accident? did one of the kids do to show gratitude? Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two the end of each passage, you will hear some the passage and the questions will be spoken only you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the OneIn today’s personality stakes, nothing is more highly valued than a sense of seek it out in others and are proud to claim it in ourselves, perhaps even more than good looks or someone has a great sense of humor, we reason, it means that they are happy, socially confident and have a healthy perspective on attitude would have surprised the ancient Greeks, who believed humor to be essentially in fact, our admiration for the ically gifted is relatively new, and not very wellfounded, says Rod Martin, a psychologist at the University of Western funny isn’t necessarily an indicator of good social skills and wellbeing, his research has may just as likely be a sign of personality has found that humor is a doubleedged can forge better relationships and help you cope with life, or it can be corrosive, eating away at selfesteem and irritating others.“It’s a form of munication, like speech, and we all use it differently,” says use bonding humor to enhance our social connections, but we also may employ it as a way of excluding or rejecting an humor is essentially social, how you use it says a lot about your sense of who use selfdefeating humor, making fun of themselves for the enjoyment of others, tend to maintain that hostility toward themselves even when , those who are able to view the world with amused tolerance are often equally forgiving of their own 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just do people today view humor according to the speaker? did the ancient Greeks think of humor? has psychologist Rod Martin found about humor? Passage Two(female voice)And now, if you’ll walk this way, ladies and gentlemen, the next room we’re going to see is the room in which the family used to hold their formal dinner parties and even occasionally entertain heads of state and , they managed to keep this room friendly and intimate and I think you’ll agree it has a very informal atmosphere, quite unlike some grand houses you curtains were never drawn, even at night, so guests got a view of the lake and fountains outside, which were lit up at very attractive you can see, ladies and gentlemen, the guests were seated very informally around this oval table, which would add to the relaxed table dates from the eighteenth century and is made of Spanish ’s rather remarkable for the fact that although it is extremely big, it’s supported by just six rather slim , it seems to have survived like that for two hundred years, so it’s probably going to last a bit chairs which go with the table are not a plete set—there were originally six of