Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
1. (A) At home. (B) In a phone box.
(C) In her office. (D) In a friend's house.
2. (A) On the west side of a square. (B) At the end of a street.
(C) To the east of the traffic light. (D) On the east side of a square.
3. (A) She has to change the time for the trip. (B) She hasn't decided where to go next month.
(C) She can't afford the time for the trip. (D) She will manage to leave this month.
4. (A) The apartment is better furnished. (B) She prefers to live in a quiet place.
(C) It's less expensive to live in an apartment. (D) She finds her roommates difficult to get along with.
5. (A) In a hospital. (B) In a library.
(C) In a travel agency. (D) In a restaurant.
6. (A) Customer and salesperson. (B) Teacher and student.
(C) Boss and secretary. (D) Guest and waitress.
7. (A) He didn't buy anything. (B) He got some medicine for his foot.
(C) He was sick and couldn't go shopping. (D) He bought everything except the football.
8. (A) Teachers like Professor Janson are rare.
(B) Professor Janson has won a million dollars.
(C) Professor Janson is lucky to be teaching at that school.
(D) There are many teachers as good as Professor Janson.
9. (A) She didn't know her daughter could sing so well. (B) She sings better than her daughter.
(C) She doesn't like her daughter. (D) She herself doesn't have a good voice.
10. (A) He finds history books difficult to understand. (B) He has to read a lot of history books.
(C) He doesn't like the history course. (D) He has lost his history book.
Section B
Passage One
Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. (A) At night. (B) At noon.
(C) In the morning. (D) In the afternoon.
12. (A) About Germans on strike. (B) About a new-type airplane.
(C) About an air crash. (D) About rescue workers in UK Motors.
13. (A) They wanted higher pay. (B) They wanted fewer working hours.
(C) They wanted better working conditions. (D) They wanted an annual three-week holiday.
14. (A) Rainy. (B) Warm.
(C) Cold. (D) Changeable.
Passage Two
Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
15. (A) He has always lived in America.
(B) He has been in America for three years.
(C) He visited America three years ago.
(D) He has come to America to do research on advertising.
16. (A) There were far more advertisements there than he had expected.
(B) The advertisements there were well designed.
(C) The advertisements there were creative and necessary.
(D) He found the advertisements there difficult to understand.
17. (A) Be more careful about what they advertise.
(B) Spend less money on advertising.
(C) Advertise more for their products.
(D) Use new advertising techniques.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. (A) He is always in a hurry. (B) He is quick in making decisions.
(C) He is always the first to arrive at the airport. (D) He usually doesn't get the reward he deserves.
19. (A) He misses his flight. (B) He can find a good seat.
(C) He leaves the airport first at the end of the trip. (D) His luggage comes out last.
20. (A) He was told to board the wrong plane. (B) He was not allowed to board the plane.
(C) He arrived at the airport without a ticket. (D) He found it difficult to explain why he arrived so early.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
There are desert plants which survive the dry season in the form of inactive seeds. There are also desert insects which survive as inactive larvae (幼虫). In addition, difficult as it is to believe, there are desert fish which can survive through years of drought (干旱) in the form of inactive eggs. These are the shrimps (小虾) that live in the Mojave Desert, an intensely dry region in the south-west of the United States where shade temperatures of over 50C are often recorded.
The eggs of the Mojave shrimps are the size and have the appearance of grains of sand. When sufficient spring rain falls to form a lake, once every two to five years, these eggs hatch (孵化). Then the water is soon filled with millions of tiny shrimps about a millimetre long which feed on tiny plant and animal organisms which also grow in the temporary desert lake. Within a week, the shrimps grow from their original 1 millimetre to a length of about 1.5 centimetres.
Throughout the time that the shrimps are rapidly maturing, the water in the lake equally rapidly evaporates. Therefore, for the shrimps it is a race against time. By the twelfth day, however, when they are about 3 centimetre long, hundreds of tiny eggs form on the underbodies of the females. Usually by this time, all that remains of the lake is a large, muddy patch of wet soil. On the thirteenth day and the next, during the final hours of their brief lives, the shrimps lay their eggs in the mud. Then, having ensured that their species will survive, the shrimps die as the last of the water evaporates.
If sufficient rain falls the next year to form another lake, the eggs hatch, and once again the shrimps pass rapidly through their cycle of growth, adulthood, egg-laying, and death. Some years there is insufficient rain to form a lake: in this case, the eggs will remain dormant for another years, or even longer if necessary. Very, very occasionally, perhaps twice in a hundred years, sufficient rain falls to form a deep lake that lasts a month or more. In this case, the species passes through two cycles of growth, egg-laying, and death. Thus, on such occasions, the species multiplies considerably, which further ensures its survival.
21. Which of the following is the MOST distinctive feature of Mojave shrimps?
(A) Their lives are brief.
(B) They feed on plant and animal organisms.
(C) Their eggs can survive years of drought.
(D) They lay their eggs in the mud.
22. By saying "for the shrimps it is a race against time " (Para. 3, line 2) the author means _____.
(A) They have to swim fast to avoid danger in the rapidly evaporating lake
(B) They have to swim fast to catch the animal organisms on which they survive.
(C) They have to multiply as many as possible within thirteen days
(D) They have to complete their life cycle within a short span of time permitted by the environment
23. The passage mainly deals with ______.
(A) the life span of the Mojave shrimps
(B) the survival of desert shrimps
(C) the importance of water to life
(D) life in the Mojave Desert
24. The word "dormant" (Para. 4, Line 3) most probably means _____.
(A) inactive (B) strong (C) alert (D) soft
25. It may be inferred from the passage that ____.
(A) appearance and size are most important for life to survive in the desert
(B) a species must be able to multiply quickly in order to survive
(C) for some species one life cycle in a year is enough to survive the desert drought
(D) some species develop a unique life pattern to survive in extremely harsh conditions
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
Opportunities for rewarding work become fewer for both men and women as they grow older. After age 40, job hunting becomes even more difficult. Many workers stay at jobs they are too old for rather than face possible rejection. Our youth-oriented, throw-away culture sees little value in older people. In writer Lilian Hellman's words, they have "the wisdom that comes with age that we can't make use of. "