Section B
Directions:
In this section, you will hear 3 short passage. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a questions , you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

 

注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.A. They care a lot about children.
B. They need looking after in their old age.
C. They want to enrich their life experience.
D. They want children to keep them company.
27. A. They are usually adopted from distant places.
B. Their birth information is usually kept secret.
C. Their birth parents often try to conceal their birth information.
D. Their adoptive parents don't want them to know their birth parents.
28. A. They generally hold bad feelings towards their birth parents.
B. They do not want to hurt the feelings of their adoptive parents.
C. They have mixed feelings about finding their natural parents.
D. They are fully aware of the expenses involved in the search.
29. A. Early adoption makes for closer parent-child relationship.
B. Most people prefer to adopt children from overseas.
C. Understanding is the key to successful adoption.
D. Adoption has much to do with love.

Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. A. He suffered from mental illness.
B. He bought the washing on post.
C. He turned a failing newspaper into a success.
D. He was once a reporter for a major newspaper.
31. A. She was the first woman to lead a big U.S. publishing company.
B. She got her first job as a teacher at the University of Chicago.
C. She committed suicide because of her mental disorder.
D. She took over her father's position when he died.
32. A. People came to see the role of women in the business world.
B. Katharine played a major part in reshaping Americans' mind.
C. American media would be quite different without Katharine.
D. Katharine had exerted an important influence on the world.

Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. A. It'll enable them to enjoy the best medical care.
B. It'll allow them to receive free medical treatment.
C. It'll protect them from possible financial crises.
D. It'll prevent the doctors from overcharging them.
34.A. They can't immediately get back the money paid for their medical cost.
B. They have to go through very complicated application procedures.
C. They can only visit doctors who speak their native languages.
D. They may not be able to receive timely medical treatment.
35.A. They don't have to pay for the medical services.
B. They needn't pay the entire medical bill at once.
C. They must send the receipts to the insurance company promptly.
D. They have to pay a much higher price to get an insurance policy.

Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

More and more of the word's population are living in towns or cities. The speed at which cities are growing in the less developed countries is(36) ____. Between 1920 and 1960 big cities in developed countries(37) _____two and a half times in size, but in other parts of the world the growth was eight times their size.
They(38) ____size of growth is bad enough, but there are now also very(39)____signs of trouble in the(40) _____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(41)_____of people living in cities was always smaller than that of the (42)_____working in factories. Now, however, the(43)_______is almost always true in the newly industrialized world:(44) ______________________________________ .
Without a base of people working in industry, these cities cannot pay for their growth;(45)________________
_______________________________________ . There has been little opportunity to build water supplies or other facilities. (46) _________________________ a growth in the number of hopeless and despairing parents and starving children.