[填空题] Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
Electricity was born at the dawn of the last century. From then on, households have been inundated with a flood of home electric goods. What is the impact of this home electric goods revolution
It is argued here that the home electric goods revolution may liberate women from the home. And it is true that many households never hesitate a second to adopt this new technology or that, however, in fact many of the home electric goods which are advertised as liberating the modem woman tend to have the opposite effect, because they simply change the nature of work instead of eliminating it. Machines have a certain novelty value, like toys for adults. It is certainly less tiring to put clothes in a washing machine, but the time saved does not really amount to much the machine has to be watched, the clothes have to be carefully sorted out first, stains removed by hand, buttons pushed and water changed, clothes tak

[单项选择]Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
Car crashes are the leading cause of injury and death among U.S. children, and though most of us now think of car seats as standard baby equipment, about half of all children under the age of four who died in vehicle accidents last year were not restrained. It is calculated that only about two-thirds of children aged five to fifteen buckle their seat belts.
Moreover, the traffic-safety agency estimates that even among parents who always strap their children in, 85% are not doing t properly. They often don’t know where best to place the kids, don’t use the proper restraint for their age and weight, or don’t install the safety seats properly. Despite the reports about front seats collapsing onto back seats when certain car models get in accidents, the safest place in the car for any child up to the age of 12 is Still the back seat. Babies up to 9 kg and one year old should ride in rear-facing infant sea
A. Forward-facing seats.
B. Rear-facing seats.
C. Front seats.
D. Back seats.

[单项选择]Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
You’re busy filling out the application form for a position you really need. Let’s assume you once actually completed a coup e of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isn’t it tempting to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University Mort and more people are turning to utter deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university.
Registrars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week. Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms
A. performance is a better judge of ability than a college degree
B. experience is the best teacher
C. past work histories influence personnel officers more than degrees do
D. a degree from a famous school enables an applicant to gain advantage over others in job competition

[单项选择]Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Before refrigerators, homes usually had ice boxes. But (47) way to keep food cool without the need for electricity is to use an evaporative cooler. This is easy to make and does not even use (48) .
A. Cold (54) in a freezer, however, can keep foods in good condition fox months after the (55) season. Yet foods can be damaged if they are kept too cold The British development group Practical Action says the best way to prepare foods for storage is at (56) time while still in the field. Use a sharp knife to avoid damage.

• stayI) covered
• B) storageJ) under
• C) harvest
  B. K) water
• other
  C. L) cold
• growing
  D. M) air
• another
  E. N) preparation
• ice
  F. O) take
• cool

[填空题]Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
When Toyota Motor Corp. moved one of its divisions into an environmentally friendly, or“green”, building in Torrance three years ago, it expected to save on its energy bills. The building offered natural lighting, electricity-generating rooftop solar panels and water recycling.
But something else also happened. Employee morale jumped while absenteeism(旷工) fell. The overall energy and worker productivity savings more than offset the added cost of making the facility environmentally friendly. “The lighting is easier on the eyes and on the nerves, ”Toyota employee Mary Jo Moutsios said. “I take a sense of pride in working in this building. It’s pleasant and feels more productive. ”
Results like Toyota’s are helping to spark a budding“green revolution”in American workplaces. The movement is starting to change how office buildings are designed and could render thousands of existing offices obso

[单项选择]Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.
Where do we learn the bad news for the car industry
A. From the announcement of production cuts by the Austin-Rover.
B. From the report of the sluggish market for the car industry.
C. From the announcement of short-time working by Lucas.
D. From the reductions in the schedules of some customers.

[单项选择]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.
What was the main harmful effect of the pest killer DDT on bald eagles
A. It limited their supply of food.
B. It made their egg shells too fragile.
C. It destroyed many of their nests.
D. It killed many baby bald eagles.

[单项选择]Questions 15 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.

Which of the following statements is NOT true
A. The ship described in this article was crossing the Arctic Ocean.
B. The men, women, and children on the boat were very frightened.
C. The hole in the boat opened into the engine room.
D. The captain’s arm was in the icy water for an hour.

[单项选择]Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.

Kelly’s main problem was that
A. she didn’t have a wheelbarrow.
B. Casey wouldn’t lend her his wheelbarrow.
C. she was controlled by her worries until she believed them.
D. she hated Casey.

[单项选择]Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.

Just like the author stated here,
A. the brain of an elephant accounts for 1/50 of his total weight.
B. many kinds of animals have brains larger than men have.
C. man’s brain seldom weighs much over three pounds.
D. in proportion to his total weight, man’s brain is the largest of animal brains.