Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

　　Section A

　　11. A) She isn't going to change her major.

　　B) She plans to major in tax law.

　　C) She studies in the same school as her brother.

　　D) She isn't going to work in her brother's firm.

　　12. A) She will do her best if the job is worth doing.

　　B) She prefers a life of continued exploration.

　　C) She will stick to the job if the pay is good.

　　D) She doesn't think much of job-hopping.

　　13. A) Stop thinking about the matter.

　　B) Talk the drug user out of the habit.

　　C) Be more friendly to his schoolmate.

　　D) Keep his distance from drug addicts.

　　14. A) The son.

　　C) The mother.

　　B) The father.

　　D) Aunt Louise.

　　15. A) Stay away for a couple of weeks.

　　C) Look after the Johnsons' house.

　　B) Check the locks every two weeks.

　　D) Move to another place.

　　16. A) He didn't want to warm up for the game.

　　B) He didn't want to be held up in traffic.

　　C He wanted to make sure they got tickets.

　　D) He wanted to catch as many game birds as possible.

　　17. A) It will reduce government revenues.

　　B) It will stimulate business activities.

　　C) It will mainly benefit the wealthy.

　　D) It will cut the stockholders' dividends.

　　18. A) The man should phone she hotel for directions.

　　B) The man can ask the department store for help.

　　C) She doesn't have the hotel's phone number.

　　D) The hotel is just around the corner.

　　Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　19. A) To interview a few job applicants.

　　B) To fill a vacancy in the company.

　　C) To advertise for a junior sales manager.

　　D) To apply for a job in a major newspaper.

　　20. A) A hardworking ambitions young man.

　　B) A young man good at managing his time.

　　C) A college graduate with practical working experience.

　　D) A young man with his own idea of what is important.

　　21. A) Not clearly specified.

　　C) Reasonable enough.

　　B) Not likely to be met.

　　D) Apparently sexist.

　　Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　22. A) The latest developments of an armed rebellion in Karnak.

　　B) The fall of Karnak's capital city into the hands of the rebel forces.

　　C) The epidemic that has just broken out in the country of Karnak.

　　D) The peace talks between the rebels and the government in Karmak.

　　23. A) The epidemic has been brought under control.

　　B) There are signs of progress in the peace process.

　　C) Great improvements are being made in its capital.

　　D) There's little hope of bringing the conflict to an end.

　　24. A) Late in the morning.

　　C) Sometime before dawn.

　　B) Early in the afternoon.

　　D) Shortly after sunrise.

　　25. A) Inadequate medical care.

　　C) Lack of food, water and shelter.

　　B) Continuing social unrest.

　　D) Rapid spreading of the epidemic.

　　Section B

　　Passage One

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

　　26. A) One of the bridges between North and South London collapsed.

　　B) The heart of London was flooded.

　　C) An emergency exercise was conducted.

　　D) A hundred people in the suburbs were drowned.

　　27. A) Fifty underground stations were made waterproof.

　　B) A flood wall was built.

　　C) An alarm system was set up.

　　D) Rescue teams were formed

　　28. A) Most Londoners were frightened.

　　B) Most Londoners became rather confused.

　　C) Most Londoners took Exercise Floodwall calmly.

　　D) Most Londoners complained about the trouble caused by Exercise Floodwall.

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　29. A) It limited their supply of food. C) It destroyed many of their nests.

　　B) It made their eggshells to fragile. D) It killed man baby bald eagles.

　　30. A) They found ways to speed up the reproduction of bald eagles.

　　B) They developed new types of feed for baby bald eagles.

　　C) They explored new ways to hatch baby bald eagles.

　　D) They brought in bald eagles from Canada.

　　31. A) Pollution of the environment. C) Over-killing by hunters.

　　B) A new generation of pest killers. D) Destruction of their natural homes.

　　Passage Three

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　32. A) Why people hold back their tears. C) How to restrain one's tears.

　　B) Why People cry. D) How tears are produced.

　　33. A) What chemicals tears are composed of.

　　B) Whether crying really helps us feel better.

　　C) Why some people tend to cry more often than others.

　　D) How tears help people cope with emotional problems.

　　34. A) Only one out of four girls cries less often than boys.

　　B) Of four boys, only one cries very often.

　　C) Girls cry four times as often as boys.

　　D) Only one out of four babies doesn't cry often.

　　35. A) Only humans respond to emotions by shedding tears.

　　B) Only humans shed tears to get rid of imitating stuff in their eyes.

　　C) Only human tears can resist invading bacteria.

　　D) Only human tears can discharge certain chemicals.

　　He was a funny-looking man with a cheerful face, good-natured and a great talker. He was (36) ________ by his student, the great pltilosopher Plato, as "the best and most just and wisest man." Yet this same man was (37) ________ to death for his beliefs by a jury composed of the leading figures of the time in Athens.

　　The man was the Greek philosopher Socrates, and he was put to death for not believing in the recognized gods and for (38) ________ young people. The second charge steamed from his (39) ______ with numerous young men who came to Athens from all over the (40) ______ world to study under him.

　　Socrates method of leaching was to ask questions and by (41) ________ not to know the answers, to (42) ________ his students into thinking for themselves. His teachings had (43) ______ influence on all the great Greek and Roman schools of philosophy. Yet for all his fame and influence. Socrates himself never wrote a word.

　　Socrates(44) ______________ in Athens. They wanted him silenced. Yet many were probably surprised that he accepted death so readily.

　　Socrates (45) __________________________ But socrates, as a firm believer in law, reasoned that it was proper to submit to the death sentence (46) ____________________________________________.

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