Section A
1. M: Excuse me,but I didn't hear clearly what you said.
Did you say that we did not have to hand in our exam papers?
W: No, I said that my teaching assistant would collect the papers while I'll grade them myself.
Q: What did the woman say about the exam?
2. W: There is an advertisement in the newspaper.
It says there are all kinds of cheap apartment houses on sale.
M:It sounds a good one, but our savings are nowhere near enough to buy a house.
Q: What does the man mean?
3. M: I'm terribly sorry I've carelessly broken Tom's treasured violin.
Tom's going to kill me.
W: Oh, God--I can see why you're upset.
It can really be annoying when you damage someone's favourite thing.
Q: What's the woman's attitude toward the man's carelessness?
4. M: I'm sure I'll get a high score in the exam.
W: Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Q: What does the woman mean?
5. W: What a wonderful opera it was.
I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
M: Frankly speaking, I dozed off after the first twenty minutes.
Q: How did the man in the conversation feel about the opera?
6. M: Hi, Mary, I have a message for you from Jack.
He invites you to see an art exhibition.
W: Thank you, Tom.
You know,"Two's company,three's none."
Q: What does the woman mean?
7. W: You play very well.
Did you have formal training on the accordion?
M: I did want to become a player when I was a child
but I just took lessons while never practise.
I taught myself by copying other player.
Q: What did the man do as a child?
8. M: Good morning,I'm here to see Prof.Smith.
W: Prof.Smith went to San Francisco last Wednesday for a conference
and will be back on Monday night.
If you like,you may come again on Tuesday morning.
Q: When will Prof. Smith return?
9. W: It's a pleasure to see you again.
What are you doing these days?
You are still teaching,aren't you?
M: Yes, I am, and I'm counting the days until retirement.
Q: What can we learn about the man?
10. M:The latest word is that this school will soon be shut down.
W: I'm not surprised.
It just can't compete with more upto-date ones has less and less students.
Q: Why is the school being closed down?
Section B
Passage One
The potato is native to South America.
It was probably first brought to England by Sir John Hawkins
but attracted little interest.
It was reintroduced by Drake in 1586.
Sir Walter Raleigh first grew potatoes in Ireland.
The potato was praised by Bacon and was served
at the Royal table by 1619.
Ever since then it has been an important item of Ritish died
especially in Ireland
during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it was the main food of the Irish
and there was starvation and famine when the crop failed
as it did in the 1840
Also in Ireland
and illegal and very strong liquor called poteen is brewed from the potato.
11. Who should be regarded as the first person to plant potatoes in Ireland?
12. Which of the following is not true?
13. According to the passage,what is considered an illegal act?
Passage Two
There is increasing scientific evidence that large cars cause more highway accidents than small car
In the news recently was the story of a woman who died of a heart attack while driving her station wagon.
The car was moving so fast that it went through the highway-dividing fench
resulting in a collision in which five people died.
Those unnecessary deaths are attributable in part to the woman's choice of a large automobile.
A lighter and smaller car probably wouldn't have gone through the fence
because the heavier the car
the greater the force it will have in a collision.
Furthermore,even if the lighter car had broken through the fence
its remaining energy would have been much less
and this would have reduced the chances of serious injury or death.
Because of its small size
it might have missed the other car completely.
The present design of the oversized automobile is largely responsible not only for the increasing death
toll on the highway but also for the rapid depletion of our resources of petroleum
for the pollution of our environment
for urban sprawl,and for the congestion and inconenience of our cities.
14. What did the author want to tell us?
15. In the author's opinion, what's the best way to reduce the chances of serious injury or death in highway accidents?
16. According to the passage,which of the following is not the disadvantage of the oversized automobile?
Passage Three
For all its benefits,television's influence has been extremely harmful to the young.
Children do not have enough experience to realize that TV shows present an unreal world
that commercials lie in order to sell products that are sometimes bad or useless.
They believe and want to imitate what they see.
They do believe that they will make more friends if they use a certain soap
or some other product.
By the time they are out of high school
most young people have watched about 15,000 hours of television
and have seen about 18,000 killings or other acts of violence.
How could they be choked to see the same in real life.
All educators and psychologists agree that they "television generations"
are more violent than their parents and grandparent
It is certain that television has deeply transformed our lives and our society.
It is certain that, along with its benefit
it has brought enormous problem
To those problems we must soon find a solution
because--whether we like it or not--television is here to stay.
17. What does the paragraph before this passage most probably discuss?
18. What do we learn from the passage?
19. How many days of television have most young people watched when they graduate from high school?
20. What can be inferred from the passage?
1. M: Excuse me,but I didn't hear clearly what you said.
Did you say that we did not have to hand in our exam papers?
W: No, I said that my teaching assistant would collect the papers while I'll grade them myself.
Q: What did the woman say about the exam?
2. W: There is an advertisement in the newspaper.
It says there are all kinds of cheap apartment houses on sale.
M:It sounds a good one, but our savings are nowhere near enough to buy a house.
Q: What does the man mean?
3. M: I'm terribly sorry I've carelessly broken Tom's treasured violin.
Tom's going to kill me.
W: Oh, God--I can see why you're upset.
It can really be annoying when you damage someone's favourite thing.
Q: What's the woman's attitude toward the man's carelessness?
4. M: I'm sure I'll get a high score in the exam.
W: Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Q: What does the woman mean?
5. W: What a wonderful opera it was.
I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
M: Frankly speaking, I dozed off after the first twenty minutes.
Q: How did the man in the conversation feel about the opera?
6. M: Hi, Mary, I have a message for you from Jack.
He invites you to see an art exhibition.
W: Thank you, Tom.
You know,"Two's company,three's none."
Q: What does the woman mean?
7. W: You play very well.
Did you have formal training on the accordion?
M: I did want to become a player when I was a child
but I just took lessons while never practise.
I taught myself by copying other player.
Q: What did the man do as a child?
8. M: Good morning,I'm here to see Prof.Smith.
W: Prof.Smith went to San Francisco last Wednesday for a conference
and will be back on Monday night.
If you like,you may come again on Tuesday morning.
Q: When will Prof. Smith return?
9. W: It's a pleasure to see you again.
What are you doing these days?
You are still teaching,aren't you?
M: Yes, I am, and I'm counting the days until retirement.
Q: What can we learn about the man?
10. M:The latest word is that this school will soon be shut down.
W: I'm not surprised.
It just can't compete with more upto-date ones has less and less students.
Q: Why is the school being closed down?
Section B
Passage One
The potato is native to South America.
It was probably first brought to England by Sir John Hawkins
but attracted little interest.
It was reintroduced by Drake in 1586.
Sir Walter Raleigh first grew potatoes in Ireland.
The potato was praised by Bacon and was served
at the Royal table by 1619.
Ever since then it has been an important item of Ritish died
especially in Ireland
during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it was the main food of the Irish
and there was starvation and famine when the crop failed
as it did in the 1840
Also in Ireland
and illegal and very strong liquor called poteen is brewed from the potato.
11. Who should be regarded as the first person to plant potatoes in Ireland?
12. Which of the following is not true?
13. According to the passage,what is considered an illegal act?
Passage Two
There is increasing scientific evidence that large cars cause more highway accidents than small car
In the news recently was the story of a woman who died of a heart attack while driving her station wagon.
The car was moving so fast that it went through the highway-dividing fench
resulting in a collision in which five people died.
Those unnecessary deaths are attributable in part to the woman's choice of a large automobile.
A lighter and smaller car probably wouldn't have gone through the fence
because the heavier the car
the greater the force it will have in a collision.
Furthermore,even if the lighter car had broken through the fence
its remaining energy would have been much less
and this would have reduced the chances of serious injury or death.
Because of its small size
it might have missed the other car completely.
The present design of the oversized automobile is largely responsible not only for the increasing death
toll on the highway but also for the rapid depletion of our resources of petroleum
for the pollution of our environment
for urban sprawl,and for the congestion and inconenience of our cities.
14. What did the author want to tell us?
15. In the author's opinion, what's the best way to reduce the chances of serious injury or death in highway accidents?
16. According to the passage,which of the following is not the disadvantage of the oversized automobile?
Passage Three
For all its benefits,television's influence has been extremely harmful to the young.
Children do not have enough experience to realize that TV shows present an unreal world
that commercials lie in order to sell products that are sometimes bad or useless.
They believe and want to imitate what they see.
They do believe that they will make more friends if they use a certain soap
or some other product.
By the time they are out of high school
most young people have watched about 15,000 hours of television
and have seen about 18,000 killings or other acts of violence.
How could they be choked to see the same in real life.
All educators and psychologists agree that they "television generations"
are more violent than their parents and grandparent
It is certain that television has deeply transformed our lives and our society.
It is certain that, along with its benefit
it has brought enormous problem
To those problems we must soon find a solution
because--whether we like it or not--television is here to stay.
17. What does the paragraph before this passage most probably discuss?
18. What do we learn from the passage?
19. How many days of television have most young people watched when they graduate from high school?
20. What can be inferred from the passage?