Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) Section A 1. C) Dr. Holden is the best person for the chairmanship. 2. D) They’ll keep in touch during the summer vacation 3. C) Peaches are not at their best now. 4. B) They work on the assignment together. 5. D) She admires Jean’s straightforwardness 6. A) He liked writing when he was a child 7. B) He does not study hard enough 8. D) It will be very difficult for them to find John 9. B) Its rapid growth is beneficial to the world 10. C) Most students can’t afford to live in the new apartments Section B Passage One 11. A) The need for greater cultural diversity in the school curriculum 12. A) He believed the speaker was a foreigner 13. D) The US population doesn’t consist of white European descendants only Passage Two 14. C) By making laws 15. B) It should be raised quickly by hand 16. C) It should be carried high up in the air 17. A) There are precise regulations and customs to be followed Passage Three 18. B) Truancy 19. D) Students with good attendance records 20. D) Rewarding schools that have decreased the destruction Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Passage one 21. C) People can fully enjoy individual freedom. 22. D) the more diligent one is, the bigger his returns 23. B) became wealthy after starting life very poor 24. A) Americans wish to succeed in every aspect of life 25. D) What Americans strive after often contradicts their beliefs.
Passage two 26. C) the globalization of economy 28. A) it should not overlook the importance of information, services, support, and distribution 29. B) can eliminate an entire business segment 30. D) businesses have to meet individual customers’ specific needs in order to succeed Passage Three 31．A) To discourage people from insisting on having grandchildren. 32. B) draw attention to the troubles and difficulties grandchildren may cause 33. D) they find it hard to resist the carrot-and-stick approach of their parents 34. B) her parents kept pressuring her to have a child 35. C) It is troublesome but rewarding. Passage four 36. D) The reduction of public expenditure. 37. B) obtain funding from the government 38. C) They think they work in an environment hostile to the free pursuit of knowledge. 39. D) they could be influenced by their association with the project concerned 40. C) People would not believe scientists even when they tell the truth.