2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Why do fewer and fewer people do the cooking?

A．They are living a busy life.

B．It’s difficult to cater for all tastes.

C．There’s a wide variety of takeout food.

2. What do most people prefer to have?

A．Fast food.

B．Home-made dishes.

C．Low-sugar dessert.

3. What advice does the speaker give to people?

A．Ordering food on the Internet.

B．Cooking healthy meals at home.

C．Eating at a restaurant in the neighborhood.

4. What does the speaker mainly tell us?

A．Americans’ daily diet has changed a lot.

B．People like trying different cooking styles.

C．Ordering food online is convenient and popular.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does the news say about big online spenders in the US?

A．The number of them grows slowly.

B．There are more men than women.

C．They make up half of all shoppers.

2. How much did Americans spend shopping online last year?

A．$453 billion.

B．$990 billion.

C．$1,500 billion.

3. What did George buy online last Sunday?

A．An adventure novel.

B．A software package.

C．A note by Mark Twain.

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What can we learn from the article in 2017?

A．People’s interest in smartphones.

B．People’s fears of screen time.

C．People’s doubt about science.

2. What were other researchers concerned?

A．That the method was wrong.

B．That the data was not enough.

C．That the results might be misleading.

3. Why were the results different?

A．The scientists applied different sets of data.

B．The scientists focused on different situations.

C．The scientists surveyed different groups of people.

4. What aspect should people pay more attention to according to the findings in 2019?

A．What contents on kids’ phones are.

B．Whether children should be allowed to use phones.

C．How much time kids should spend on their phones.

5 . 听下面一段独白，回答下面小题。
1. What did the study in the U.K. find out?

A．Five people got hurt while doing DIY.

B．Half of the people planned to do DIY in the future.

C．Many people failed to complete some DIY tasks.

2. How did the speaker’s friend feel about the accident?

A．She was worried.

B．She was annoyed.

C．She was shocked.

3. Why did the speaker think he was lucky?

A．He repaired his shelves.

B．He wasn’t badly hurt.

C．He finished his DIY work.

4. What is the talk mainly about?

A．Unexpected mistakes.

B．House repairs.

C．DIY troubles.