【正文】 fter climbing on board and properly securing their safety harnesses X riders are first to a height of over 66meters At the top the passenger train is released and builds up enough speed to race and plummet around the track at speeds of over 130km an hourThe rider takes the daring passengers down an incredible 66m dive and over the top of a 62m loop in cars that spin independently of the roller coaster train This unique design allows riders to spin360degree both forwards and backwards through the entire ridePassengers hurtle through this ride often moving in many different directions at the same time ad the cars somersault back and forth and the roller coaster twists loops and divesThe plicated series of maneuvers includes two raven turn one front flip one twisting front flip and two back flipsSince passengers arent always facing the right direction to see whats ing up next the element of surprise is high For X riders this adds to the thrill of the rideThe track of this newest roller coaster runs a total length of a little over1 100meters The passenger trains measure 6meters wide and 21meters long large enough to carry 28 passengers at a time At full capacity the trains can take 1600passengers for the ride of their lives each hourThe entire ride lasts for only a total about 2minutes but you can tell from the exhilarated faces of passengers returning to the boarding dock that they were two of the most thrilling minutes of heir livesUint2II Basic Listening Practice3 ScriptW Did you hear Helen got modeling jib Shes going to be sashaying down the catwalkM Wow thats great All that walking practice really paid off And foe once she wont be plaining about being so tallQ Why did Helen get modeling job4 ScriptM Julia e and see the Miss America contest on TV All those beautiful girls are walking around in bathing suits so the judges can decide who has the best figureW Bah Thats the worst kind of exploitation They are treating women like toys for people to enjoy I would never take part in this kind of contestQ What do the man and the woman think about the beautify contest3 ScriptW What shall I do Im fat I want to be slim and beauty but Im fat Ive tried all the new ideas high carb and low carb but nothing worksM Those diets are just fads popular for a while and then forgotten Just follow the usual diet with fruits vegetables fish water and get plenty of exercise Before long youll see resultsQ What has the woman tried4 ScriptW1 I think Lily is really attractive Shes half Spanish and has this really sultry look about herW2 That explains why she tans so well Ive always been jealous of her skin color in the summerQ Which of following is true of Lily5 ScriptM Trust me it was tight there on the Internet Plastic Surgery Increasing at a Faster Rate Among Men Apparently more and more men are trying to improve their appearanceW I saw it too on the news Facelifts nose jobs and box to hide wrinkle are now very popular with men Men say its for business reasons but we know its vanityQ What does the woman think the real reason is that men have plastic surgeryKeys 1B 2A 3 C 4D 5BIII Listening InTask 1 A Friendly StylistStylist Morning sir This chair please What can I do for youNick A simple haircut short on the back and sidesStylist Very good I can of course do something fashionable for only 60Nick 60 dollars Thats highway robberytwice what I ordinarily payStylist Perhaps sir But your haircuts havent been in harmony with your character Your hair is at war with your soulNick Ive never heard of such a thingStylist If I may say Im an expert at matching hairstyle to personalities Believe me youre suffering a disjunctionNick A disjunction What the devil is a disjunctionStylist Your hair does not match youNick This is utter nonsense However Id like to hear how youd solve this socalled problemStylist Your character is artistic imaginative But your hair is dull I can correct that imbalance in secondsNick Okay let me see what can you do about theuhdisjunction as you call itStylist Were going to use scissors to create peaks which well keep in place with a liberal helping of gelThis tuft in the back well braid into a pigtail Now its the new youNick I love it Its just like me imaginative and artistic Now what are you doing Whats wrong Dont you see harmony in my new hairstyleStylist Somethings preventing your hairstyle from being a true fashionable statementNick For heavens sake tell me whats missingStylist Streaks By putting in a few yellow streaks in your hair it will bee a work of art Streaking will cost you more butNick Do it Forget the cost But by the way what is the total getting to be How much am I paying to avoid disjunctionStylist Thats135 Sir Sir are you all right Oh he fainted6 When the stylist mentions 60 what does the customer say7 What does the stylist think about the customers hairstyle8 What will the stylist do with the customers hair9 What will streaking do to the mans hair according to the stylist10 What is the passage mainly aboutKeys 1CA 5AFor Reference 1 It means there is no match between you and your hair2 Thats135 Sir Sir are you all right Oh he faintedTask 2 The Voice LiftScriptAfter the facelift the forehead tightened and the S1 nose job something still might be revealing your age your S2 voiceFor patients who think their trembly hoarse words dont S3 match their newly face and figure theres a procedure that claims to make them S4 sound younger too the voice liftThere are two general kinds of voice lifts In some cases implants S5 inserted through an incision in the S6 neck bring the vocal cords closer together Doctors also use injections of S7 fat or other substances to plump up the cords so that the voice sounds younger S8 The voice lift is being more widely known among an aging population who try to make themselves sound youngerI speak in a great deal or