[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.

The passage is mainly about
A. the usages of watches.
B. how to make wristwatches.
C. why are people interested in time.
D. a history of watches.

[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.
When you are driving a few hours north of Portland, you will travel through ______.
A. Maine’s Oxford, Franklin and New York
B. Maine’s Oxford, Franklin and Somerset counties
C. small towns, rivers and cool lakes
D. Maine’s Oxford, France and north of Portland

[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.
How many artists created the works of art
A. 3,300.
B. 1,200.
C. 10.
D. 1,000.

[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.
We can learn from the passage that ______
A. the solar water heaters are very difficult to build
B. the system has been widely used
C. the system is based on a design developed in Arabia
D. the solar water heater consists of three parts

[单项选择]Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
The better defined your hiring process is, the more easily it will be adhered to. I suggest that you use a multi-stage interviewing process by which the candidate meets with multiple people to provide different opinions and input on the hiring-decision. Again, keep all notes taken during the interview. These notes should be factual and should detail observations made by the people conducting the interview as well as quotations of the candidate’s responses to questions. There should be no inferences made about a candidate in any notes, and no notes should betaken on a, resume (简历).
Pre-determine three to six questions that will help you uncover the capability of each applicant and ask those same questions to each person that is interviewed. These initial questions will serve as a departure point to base other follow-up questions on. By using the same question in different ways and you will also
A. it’s boring for a candidate to wait more than 72 hours to know the result of an interview
B. it’s too long to keep a candidate waiting over 72 hours to know the result of the interview
C. it’s necessary for a candidate to wait 72 more hours because it takes time to make decisions
D. it’s outdated to inform the candidates the result of the interview after more than 72 hours

[单项选择] Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
The most pressing nuclear energy issue is the disposal of nuclear waste. Even if all the reactors in existence were completely safe to operate, there would still be unsolved issue of what to do with the waste from generating electricity by means of nuclear energy. Those who claim that they feel comfortable with nuclear energy are, none the less, concerned about waste disposal methods. Seven states, including California, have put the building of nuclear plants on hold until legislators are convinced that there is a safe way to dispose of the radioactive waste from the plants.
In the meantime, pools of liquid waste and piles of solid waste from private industry and governmental bomb production grow. Since 1962, the volume of radioactive waste produced by the nuclear power industry has amounted to about 4,300 cubic meters. By the end of the twentieth century, if production continues at the same rate, there wil
A. effects of high-level radiation
B. operation of nuclear power plants
C. fallout from the explosion of nuclear weapons
D. various sources of radioactive wastes

[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.

What can we know about the Department of Education in Britain
A. It exercises direct control on the universities.
B. It takes responsibility for the whole expenditure of the universities.
C. It scarcely takes the advice of the University Grants Committee.
D. It has little influence on new developments of the university.

[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 according to the passage
A. The new wine industry appeared in England and is now developing steadfastly.
B. It was the Romans that first planted vines in the Britain Island.
C. The monks still produced wine in England after the 16th century.
D. The Bordeaux area of France was once part of British dominions.

[填空题]Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
To call something "marginal" means it is not very good. Farmers have their own way to (47) marginal land: It is the last to be planted under good conditions, and has the (48) to be avoided under poor conditions. Low (49) soil is not the only reason land could be considered marginal. It might be in an area where rainfall is (50) or where a hillside might rise too steeply(陡峭地).
There are uses for marginal land, however. Most often it is used as grassland. Grasses provide excellent (51) for grazing (吃草) animals like cattle, sheep and goats. Grass seed can be bought from a foreign supplier or (52) grasses can be used. However, using marginal land for grazing is not a simple issue. There is a (53) of overgrazing. Cattle can damage the crops by eating down to the roots. Also, the weight of the animals crushes the soft and can make