【推荐1】听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the definition of the “wealthy” people in the survey?

A．Those with over 1 million pounds in assets to invest.

B．Those with over l million pounds in estates.

C．Those with over I million pounds in stock market.

2. How many developed countries are involved in this survey including the U.K.?

A．19.

B．20.

C．Not mentioned.

3. Why does Iain criticize those who never want to retire on the Daily Mail website?

A．They never get satisfied.

B．They are wasting social resources.

C．They should not live to work.

4. What does Professor Sarah Harper say about people’s unwillingness of retirement?

A．Work gives them status.

B．Work makes them earn more money.

C．Work makes them respectable in their family.

【推荐2】听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How did the servants deal with their earnings in Victorian times?

A．They paid for the housing.

B．They bought food and clothes.

C．They sent them to their families.

2. What was a nurse’s main duty?

A．Cooking meals.

B．Looking after children.

C．Educating children.

3. How did the Victorian upper class parents treat their children actually?

A．Cruelly.

B．Kindly.

C．Strictly.

4. What will the speaker talk about next?

A．Lower class families.

B．Upper class children’s situation.

C．Comparisons between upper and lower classes.

【推荐3】What are the speakers mainly discussing?

A．How customers could be best served.

B．What kind of stores can offer lower prices.

C．Whether online stores will replace high-street stores.