Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. 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 question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. A How much exercise they get every day?

B What they are most worried about?

C How long their parents accompany them daily?

D What entertainment they are interested in?

27. A get enough entertainment

B have more activities

C receive early education

D have regular checkups

28. A be no place for play

B be near a common area

C have no TV sets

D have a computer for study

Passage Two

Questions 29-32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. A) To look for two of her close friends.

B) To stay at home and study.

C) To share an apartment with friends.

D) To move out and live alone.

30. A) She couldn’t find a good place to stay.

B) Her friend and she couldn’t afford the rent.

C) A friend left her for work’s sake.

D) She quarreled with her friends.

31. A) Because her home was far way form school.

B) Because her parents asked her to do so.

C) Because she was bored living outside.

D) Because the place where she lived caught fire.

32. A) Because she was disappointed in the college.

B) Because she kept moving all the time and couldn’t concentrate on studying.

C) Because her home was too far away from school and it was inconvenient.

D) Because she was not interested in study at all.

Passage Three

Questions 33-35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

33. A) Italian people.

B) German people.

C) British people.

D) French people.

34. A) Wash the dishes.

B) Have her own meal.

C) Make plans for other activities.

D) Serve some wine.

35. A) Odd

B) Crazy

C) Regular

D) Romantic

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.

The Romans built great “aqueducts” to carry fresh water from the mountains to the cities. Many of these aqueducts are still standing today. The Roman (36) _____even set up a (37)___ health service. They built the first great public hospitals in Europe, and they paid doctors to look after poor people.

When the Roman Empire fell to pieces, these (38) _____ methods of treatment (39) _____ from most of Europe, for more than a thousand years. People went back to the old ways. They lived in dirty conditions, which helped to cause diseases; and they asked God to cure the (40) _____. They shut up (41) _____ sick people in prisons. Or they burnt them alive because they were supposed to have (42) _____ powers. But the work of the Greek and Roman doctors was not lost.