1、11 月 22 号，23 号，24 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. 复合式听写每天读十遍2. 作文每天背两句，三天背下半篇作文3. 听力文章每天念五遍，三天一共十五遍4. 每天看懂一篇大学英语中的文章5. 重复背诵第十二篇作文Passage 3 Almost all states in America have a state fair. They last for one, two or three weeks. The Indiana state fair is one of the largest and oldest state fairs in the
2、 United States. It is held every summer. It started in 1852. Its goals were to educate, share ideas and present Indianas best products. The cost of a single ticket to enter the fair was 20 cents. During the early 1930s, officials of the fair ruled that people could attend by paying something other t
3、han money. For example, farmers brought a bag of grain in exchange for a ticket. With the passage of time, the fair has grown and changed a lot. But it is still one of the Indianas celebrated events. People from all over Indiana and from many other states attend the fair. They can do many things at
4、the fair. They can watch the judging of the priced cows, pigs and other animals. They can see sheep getting their wool cut and they can learn how that wool is made into clothing. They can watch cows giving birth. In fact, people can learn about animals they would never see except other fair. The fai
5、r provides the chance for the farming community to show its skills and fun products. For example, visitors might see the worlds largest apple or the tallest sun flower plant. Today, children and adults at the fair can play new computer games or attempt more traditional games of skill. They can watch
6、 performances put on by famous entertainers. Experts say such fairs are important because people need to remember that they are connected to the earth and its products and they depend on animals for many things. Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard: 33: What were the main
7、goals of the Indiana state fair when it started? 34: How did some farmers give entrance to the fair in the early 1930s? 35: Why are state fairs important events in the America? 复合式听写More and more of the worlds population are living in towns or cities. The speed at which cities are growing in the les
8、s developed countries is alarming. Between 1920 and 1960 big cities in developed countries increased two and a half times in size, but in other parts of the world the growth was eight times their size. The sheer size of growth is bad enough, but there are now also very disturbing signs of trouble in
9、 the comparison of percentages of people living in towns and percentages of people working in industry, During the nineteenth century, cities grew as a result of the growth of industry. In Europe the proportion of people living in ci8ties was always smaller than that of the workforce working in fact
10、ories. Now, however, the reverse is almost always true in the newly industrialized world: The percentage of people living in cities is much higher than the percentage working in industryWithout a base of people working in industry, these cities cannot pay for their growth; There is not enough money
11、to build adequate houses for the people that live there, let alone the new arrivals.There has been little opportunity to build water supplies or other facilities. So the figures for the growth of towns and cities represent proportional growth of unemployment and underemployment, a growth in the number of hopeless and despairing parents and starving children.
