Passage 1
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.
For Americans, time is money. They say, ―you only get so much time in this life; you’d better use it wisely.‖ The (36) ________ wi ll not be better than the past or present, as American are (37) ________ to see things, unless people use their time for constructive activity. Thus Americans (38) ________ a ―well-organized‖ person, one who has a written list of thins to do and a (39) ________ for doing them. The ideal person is punctual and is (40) ________ of other people’s time. They do not (41) ________ people’s time with conversation or other activity that has no (42) ________ beneficial outcome.
The American attitude toward time is not (43) ________ shared by others, especially non-Europeans. They are more likely to regard time as (44) ________________________________. One of the more difficult things many students must adjust to in the states is the notion that time must be saved whenever possible and used wisely every day.
In the contest (45) ________________________________, McDonald’s, KFC, and other fast food establishments are successful in a country where many people want to spend the least amount of time preparing and eating meals. As McDonald’s restaurants (46) ____________________________
____, bringing not just hamburgers but an emphasis on speed, efficiency, and shiny cleanliness.
Passage 2
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：此部分试题在答题卡2上；请在答题卡2上作答。
Y ou probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways depending on the situation they are in. This is very (36) ________. All languages have two general levels of (37) ________: a formal level and an informal level. English is no (38) ________. The difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use
a (39) ________ level. Formal language is the kind of language you find in textbooks,
(40) ________ books and in business letters. Y ou would also use formal English in compositions and (41) ________ that you write in school. Informal language is used in conversation with (42) ________, family members and friends, and when we write (43) ________ notes or letters to close friends.
Formal language is different from informal language in several ways. First, formal language tends to be more polite. (44) ________________________________. For example, I might say to a friend or a family member ―Close the door, please,‖ (45) ________________________________.
Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the vocabulary. (46) _________
_______________________. Let’s say that I really like soccer. If I am talking to my friend I might say ―I am just crazy about soccer!‖ But if I were talking to my boss, I would probably say ―I really enjoy soccer.‖
Passage 3
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：此部分试题在答题卡2上；请在答题卡2上作答。
Students’pressure sometimes comes from their parents. Most parents are well (36) ________, but some of them aren’t very helpful with the problems their sons and daughters have in (37) ________ to college, and a few of them seem to go out of their
way to add to their children’s difficulties.
For one thing, parents are often not (38) ________ of the kinds of problems their children face. They don’t realize that the (39) ________ is keener, that the required (40) ________ of work are higher, and that their children may not be prepared for the change. (41) ________ to seeing A’s and B’s on high school report cards, they may be upset when their children’s first (42) ________ college grades are below that level. At their kindest, they may gently (43) ________ why John or Mary isn’t doing better, whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she should, and so on. (44) ________________________________.
Sometimes parents regard their children as extensions of themselves and (45) ________________________________. In their involvement and identification with their children, they forget that everyone is different and that each person must develop in his or her own way. They forget that their children, (46) ________________________________.
Passage 4
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 world’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.
The (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 industrialised 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.
Passage 5
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。
We’re now witnessing the emergence of an advanced economy based on information and knowledge. Physical (36) , raw materials, and capital are no longer the key (37) in the creation of wealth. Now, the (38) raw material in our economy is knowledge. Tomorrow’s wealth depends on the development and exchange of knowledge. And (39) entering the workforce offer their knowledge, not their muscles. Knowledge workers get paid for their education and their ability to learn. Knowledge workers (40) in mind work. They deal with symbols: words, (41) , and data.
What does all this mean for you? As a future knowledge worker, you can expect to be (42) , processing, as well as exchanging information. (43) , three out of four jobs involve some form of mind work, and that number will increase sharply in the future. Management and employees alike (44)
.
In the new world of work, you can look forward to being in constant training (45)
. Y ou can also expect to be taking greater control of your career. Gone are the nine–to–five jobs, lifetime security, predictable promotions, and even the conventional workplace, as you are familiar with. (46)
. And don’t wait for someone to ―empower‖ you. Y ou have to empower yourself.
Passage 6
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。
Crime is increasing worldwide. There is every reason to believe the (36) will continue through the next few decades.
Crime rates have always been high in multicultural, industrialized societies such as the United States, but a new (37) has appeared on the world (38) —rapidly rising crime rates in nations that previously reported few (39)
. Street crimes such as robbery, rape, (40) , and auto theft are clearly rising, (41) in eastern European countries such as Hungary and in western European nations such as the United Kingdom.
What is driving this crime (42) ? There are no simple answers. Still, there are certain conditions (43) with rising crime: increasing heterogeneity (混杂) of populations, greater cultural pluralism, higher immigration, democratization of governments, (44)
.
These conditions are increasingly observable around the world. For instance, cultures that were previously isolated and homogeneous(同种类的) ,such as Japan, Denmark, and Greece, (45)
.
Multiculturalism can be a rewarding, enriching experience, but it can also lead to a clash of values. Heterogeneity in societies will be the rule in the twenty-first century, and (46)
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Passage 7
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is
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