Section B

　　Directions: In this section, you’ll 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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　Passage One

　　Question 16 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　16. A) Coins. B) Salt.

　　C) Animals. D) Cows.

　　17. A) Romans. B) Americans.

　　C) Indians. D) Chinese.

　　18. A) Today most coins are round.

　　B) Things highly valued by everybody could serve us.

　　C) We know very little about money.

　　D) How coins came into use.

　　Passage Two

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

　　19. A) When they don’t have a car.

　　B) When they live in a huge country.

　　C) When they don’t use planes.

　　D) When they have a car.

　　20. A) The United States is huge.

　　B) Public transportation is not so good.

　　C) Americans like to be independent.

　　D) Americans like to move around.

　　21. A) A new kind of car.

　　B) Public transportation.

　　C) The gas shortage.

　　D) Poor people.

　　Passage Three

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

　　22. A) Work gets a lot easier after the age of 40.

　　B) Most of one’s work is done before the age of 40.

　　C) There isn’t much work to do after the age of 40.

　　D) Work gets more difficult after the age of 40.

　　23. A) Generally speaking, work gets much easier after 40.

　　B) Generally speaking, work gets much harder after 40.

　　C) Age and work has nothing to do with each other.

　　D) The writer doesn’t say.

　　24. A) The ability to work long hours. B) Experience.

　　C) Judgment. D) Profession skills.

　　25. A) Know your strength. B) Keep learning.

　　C) Know who you are. D) Live the right style.

　　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 with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.(答案请写在答题纸上)

　　Three years ago, a study of overfishing led to a sharp debate. It (26) ___________ that the world’s ocean fish could be almost gone by the middle of the century. Now, a new study offers more hope. It shows that the (27) ___________ of fisheries collapse has recently decreased in some areas -- some, but not all.

　　Boris Worm at Dalhousie University in Canada and Ray Hilborn at the University of Washington in Seattle were lead (28) ___________ of the new study.

　　They led a team that studied ten areas. In five of them, the rate at which fish are being (29) ___________ the sea has dropped to a level that should let the populations recover. Three areas still had overfishing, but corrective measures have begun. Yet, in all, almost (30) ___________ of fish populations studied worldwide still need rebuilding. Only two areas did not have an overfishing problem in either the new study or the earlier one. They are New Zealand and the American (31) ___________ of Alaska. The findings from two years of (32) ___________ appear in the journal Science.

　　Using nets that let smaller fish (33) ___________ and agreeing not to fish in certain areas can help reduce overfishing. The study showed that these measures helped fish populations grow in Kenya.

　　But one of the authors of the study, Tim McClanahan from the Wildlife Conservation Society, says fisheries in Africa face another threat. Most countries in Africa, he says, are selling fishing rights to industrialized nations which catch large (34) ___________ seafood.

　　The study shows what happened when industrialized nations increased restrictions on fishing in their own waters. Seafood companies moved their boats to (35) ___________countries with fewer restrictions.

　　Part II Reading Comprehension (30%)