Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes)
Section A
1. (A) She wants to return the skirt her husband bought.
(B) She wants to buy another skirt.
(C) She wants to change the blue skirt for a yellow one.
(D) She wants to change the yellow skirt for a blue one.
2. (A) It's too expensive. (B) It isn't needed.
(C) It should be built. (D) A college would be better.
3. (A) Jack's car was stolen. (B) Jack sold his car.
(C) Jack bought a new car. (D) Jack had a car accident.
4. (A) Some people pretend to know what they really don't. (B) What the woman said is true.
(C) What the woman said is wrong. (D) He knows more than the woman does.
5. (A) The woman's job is a librarian. (B) Women's rights in society.
(C) An important election. (D) Career planning.
6. (A) She thinks it is easier said than done. (B) She totally agrees with him.
(C) She feels that what he says is simply nonsense. (D) She thinks that he is rather impolite person.
7. (A) To clean the yard. (B) To weed the garden.
(C) To hire a gardener. (D) To work in the flower beds.
8. (A) On the 6th of June. (B) On the 8th of June.
(C) On the 9th of June. (D) On the 19th of June.
9. (A) The man thinks the woman is wasting her time.
(B) The man thinks the woman should make full use of her time.
(C) The man is eager to know the woman's answer.
(D) The man can wait and there is no need for her to hurry.
10. (A) To run into each other. (B) To get bargains.
(C) To avoid the crowds. (D) To join the crowds.
Section B
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. (A) Because of their love for hobbies and pastimes. (B) Because of their enthusiasm for sports.
(C) Because of their fear of heart attacks. (D) Because of their strong desire for good health.
12. (A) It was decreasing. (B) It was increasing.
(C) It remained almost unchanged. (D) It was going up slowly.
13. (A) Those who have heart attacks. (B) Those who have the desire to be physically fit.
(C)Those who have spare time. (D) Those who have inactive jobs.
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. (A) In the white pages. (B) In the blue pages.
(C) In the yellow pages. (D) In a special section.
15. (A) On the first page of the telephone book. (B) At the end of the telephone book.
(C) In the front of the white pages. (D) Right after the white pages.
16. (A) Check your number and call again. (B) Tell the operator what has happened.
(C) Ask the operator to put you through. (D) Ask the operator what has happened.
Passage Three
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. (A) Its specialization in transporting small packages. (B) The low cost of its service.
(C) Being the first airline to send urgent letters. (D) Its modern sorting facilities.
18. (A) 10,000. (B) 35.
(C) 130. (D) 30.
19. (A) Because of its good airport facilities. (B) Because of its location in the country.
(C) Because of its size. (D) Because of its round-the-clock service.
20. (A) Its full-time staff. (B) The postmen who work in Memphis.
(C) Students who work in their spare time. (D) The staff members of the International Airport.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems and that they have no sense of humour, at least in parent-child relationships.
I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.
Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.
Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog: you can't win but at least you can keep your honour. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents' control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.
If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially parents, into doing things the ways you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.
21. The author is primarily addressing ______.
(A) parents of teenagers
(B) newspaper readers
(C) those who give advice to teenagers
(D) teenagers
22. The first paragraph is mainly about _____.
(A) the teenagers' criticism of their parents
(B) misunderstandings between teenagers and their parents
(C) the dominance of the parents over their children
(D) the teenagers' ability to deal with crises
23. Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles because they _____.
(A) want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own
(B) have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste
(C) have no other way to enjoy themselves better
(D) want to irritate their parents
24. Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they _____.
(A) have already been accepted into the adult world
(B) feel that they are superior in a small way to the adults
(C) are not likely to win over the adults
(D) have a desire to be independent
25. To improve parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be _____.
(A) obedient
(B) responsible
(C) co-operative
(D) independent
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
The long years of food shortage in this country have suddenly given way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked with food. Rationing ( 定量供应) is virtually suspended, and overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness and confusion. Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about? Is the abundance only temporary, or has it come to stay? Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home? No one knows what to expect.
The recent growth of export surpluses on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests. North America is now being followed by a third. Most of Britain's overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this year and home production has also risen. |
