Section B

　　Directions: In this section, you will 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 , ,and . Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。

　　Passage One

　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　26. We have to use first our eyes, then the brain and finally the muscles.

　　We have to make our eyes, brain and muscles work almost at the same time.

　　We have to use mainly the arms and legs to hit.

　　We have to use mainly the muscles so that the ball is met and hit back.

　　27. What he does out of class.

　　What he learns in books.

　　His place in society.

　　His lessons in school.

　　28. It is its members.

　　It is its team work.

　　It is the football field.

　　It is the climate.

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　29. They live in twenty rainforests.

　　They live in several hundred different varieties of trees.

　　They live in a forty-degree band of latitude.

　　They live in areas where the rainforest has been cleared.

　　30. One acre per minute.

　　One acre per second.

　　One hundred acres per minute.

　　Two hundred acres per hour.

　　31.

　　The land will be eroded by the rains.

　　Many species of plants and animals that depend on the ra inforest will become extinct.

　　The future of the human species may be changed.

　　The rainforest will grow, but at a much slower rate.

　　Passage Three

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　32.

　　To complain about car dealers.

　　To offer advice to prospective car buyers.

　　To sell new cars.

　　To explain how to finance a car.

　　33.

　　In December.

　　In the fall.

　　On the first day of the month.

　　At the end of the week.

　　34. Negotiating a lower price than the one that appears on the sticker.

　　Not telling the dealer that you have a car to trade in.

　　Financing the new car at the dealership.

　　Buying a car that is on the dealers lot instead of ordering one.

　　35.

　　Negotiating a price for most purchases is not common in the United States.

　　Car dealers in the United States are not honest.

　　New cars are very expensive in the United States.

　　Most shoppers have a car to trade in.

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　文章精要

　　文章指出，體育運動和比賽能使我們的身體更加強壯，使我們保持健康，不會發胖。但是，體育運動的作用不僅在于此，它還能幫助我們鍛煉眼睛、大腦和肌肉的協調性。此外，體育運動還對我們的性格塑造有很大幫助。

　　26.B信息明示題。文章第一段第三句指出，體育運動是可以使眼睛、大腦和肌肉協調工作的重要練習。第一段倒數第二句指出，所有這些動作都必須非常迅速地完成，并且只有經過大量訓練的人才能夠成功地完成這一連串動作，由此可知，在打網球時，眼睛、大腦和肌肉必須同時工作，所以B正確。

　　27.A綜合推斷題。文章第二段第二句指出，與從書本上學到的知識相比，親身體驗對孩子性格的影響更大，由此可知，孩子受課外活動的影響更大，所以A正確。

　　28.B綜合推斷題。文章最后一句指出，如果他們每個人都能學會在足球場上為自己的隊伍而不是為自己努力，那么以后他就會自然而然地為自己的國家而不是僅僅為了自己的利益而工作，由此可知，這里講的是團隊協作精神，也就是說對于足球隊來說最重要的就是團隊協作，所以B正確。

　　Passage Two

　　文章精要

　　文章指出，熱帶雨林生長在赤道南北緯20度之間，地球上超過一半的物種生活在那里。然而，目前已經有一半的熱帶雨林遭到了破壞，科學家估計，每年有大約五千萬畝熱帶雨林被破壞，由此造成的惡果就是，雨水不斷侵蝕土地。地表土層越來越薄，植物無法生長，地區的生態遭到永久性的破壞。

　　29.C綜合推斷題。文章第一段指出，熱帶雨林生長在赤道南北緯20度之間，是地球上超過一半物種的棲息地。所以C項地球上超過一半的物種生活在40度的緯度帶是正確的。

　　30.C信息明示題。文章第二段提到，每60秒就有100畝熱帶雨林被破壞，所以C正確。

　　31.D信息明示題。文章第二段提到，持續的降雨會侵蝕土地，所以排除A;第二段還提到，成千上萬個物種會滅絕，所以排除B;第二段最后提到，地區的生態會遭到永久性的破壞，可見，作者認為人類的未來也可能會因受到影響而改變，所以排除C;只有D項文章中沒有提到，所以選D。

　　Passage Three

　　文章精要

　　文章指出，決定好購買的車型和預算后，要多跑幾個商家。在美國，買汽車是可以講價的。為了節省更多的錢，首先，在談妥價格之前不要讓商家知道你已經有了一輛車并打算折價購物;其次，買商家已有的車，而不要訂購;再次，在年底的時候買車，如果不能等到年底，至少也要等到月末;最后，交易結束前不要提是打算現金支付還是銀行轉賬。

　　32.B主旨題。文章第一段就指出，在美國，買車是可以講價的，因此要多去幾個商家;第二段就怎樣省錢給出了幾個建議，由此可知，文章主要是為打算買車的人提供一些建議，所以B正確。

　　33.A信息明示題。文章第二段指出，買新車最好在年末，在來年新車型上市之前，經銷商愿意給新車騰出空間，言外之意，此時比較容易以更低的價格買到車，所以A正確。

　　34.C信息明示題。文章第二段提到，首先，在談妥價格之前不要讓商家知道你已經有了一輛車并打算折價購物;其次，買商家已有的車，而不要訂購;再次，在年底的時候買車，如果不能等到年底，那最好也要等到月末;最后，交易結束前不要提是打算現金支付還是銀行轉賬，但是文中并沒有提到為買新車而籌款，故選 C。

　　35.A綜合推斷題。文章第一段指出，在美國，買汽車是少數幾個可以議價的買賣之一，由此可知，在美國買東西講價是很少見的，所以A正確。其他選項文章中并沒有提及。

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　Sports and games make our bodies strong, prevent us from getting too fat, and keep us healthy. But they are not their only use. They give us valuable practice in making eyes, brain and muscles work together. In tennis, our eyes see the ball coming, judge its speed and direction and pass this information on to the brain. The brain then has to decide what to do, and to send its orders to the muscles of the arms, legs, and so on, so that the ball is met and hit back where it ought to go. All this must happen with very great speed, and only those who have had a lot of practice at tennis can carry out this complicated chain of events successfully. For those who work with their brains most of the day, the practice of such skills is especially useful.

　　Sports and games are also very useful for character training. In their lessons at school, boys and girls may learn about such virtues as unselfishness, courage, discipline and love of ones country; but what is learned in books cannot have the same deep effect on a childs character as what is learned by experience. The ordinary day school cannot give much practical training in living, because most of the pupils time is spent in classes, studying lessons. So it is what the pupils do in their spare time that really prepares them to take their place in society as citizens when they grow up. If each of them learns to work for his team and not for himself on the football field, he will later find it natural to work for the good of his country instead of only for his own benefit.

　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　26. What do we have to do when we play tennis?

　　27. Which of the following can a childs character be most deeply influenced by?

　　28. What is of the greatest importance to a football team?

　　Passage Two

　　Rainforests circle the globe for twenty degrees of latitude on both sides of the equator. In that relatively narrow band of the planet, more than half of all the species of plants and animals in the world make their home. Several hundred different varieties of trees may grow in a single acre, and just one of those trees may be the habitat for more than ten thousand kinds of spiders, ants, and other insects. More species of amphibians, birds, insects, mammals, and reptiles live in rainforests than anywhere else on Earth.

　　Unfortunately, half of the worlds rainforests have already been destroyed, and at the current rate, another 25 percent will be lost by the year 2010. Scientists estimate that as many as fifty million acres are destroyed annually. In other words, every sixty seconds one hundred acres of rainforest is being cleared. By the time you finish listening to this passage, two hundred acres will have been destroyed! When this happens, constant rains erode the former forest floor, the thin layer of soil no longer supports plant life, and the ecology of the region is altered forever. Thousands of species of plants and animals are condemned to extinction and, since we arent able to predict the ramifications of this loss to a delicate global ecology, we dont know what we may be doing to the future of the human species as well

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　29. Where do more than half of all the species of plants and animals live?

　　30. What is the current rate of destruction?

　　31. What will NOT happen if the rainforest continues to be cleared?

　　Passage Three

　　After you decide what kind of car you want, which options you need, and how much you can afford to spend, you should shop at several dealerships. Buying a car is one of the few purchases that you will make in the United States that allows for negotiation. In the case of cars, new and used, the sticker price posted on the window is not fixed, and the car dealer will expect you to bargain. It has been estimated that fewer than 20 percent of all new car buyers end up paying an amount even close to the list price.

　　To save the most money, use the following strategies when you negotiate. In the first place, dont mention that you have a car to trade in until you have agreed on a price for the car you want to buy. If the salespersons know in advance, they may quote you a high price for the trade-in, but the price of the new car may be adjusted to include the added amount. In addition, buy a car that is already on the dealers lot instead of ordering a car. The dealer has to pay insurance and finance charges for every car in the inventory and is usually willing to sell one for less money in order to reduce the overhead expenses. Furthermore, try to buy your new car at the end of the year, just before the next years models arrive in the fall. Dealers are usually glad to move these cars off their lots to make room for the new models. If you cant wait until fall to buy your car, at least wait until the end of the month, when the dealer is trying to reach a set sales quota in order to earn a bonus from the manufacturer. Finally, dont mention to the car dealer that you intend to pay cash or use a bank for financing until the deal is closed. Some dealers will offer a lower price if they believe that they will have the opportunity to arrange the financing and collect a commission.

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　32. What is the authors main purpose in writing this passage?

　　33. According to the author, when should a buyer purchase a new car?

　　34. Which of the following is NOT recommended for getting the best price on a new car?

　　35. What can be inferred from the passage?

　　Section B

　　Directions: In this section, you will 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 , ,and . Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。

　　Passage One

　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　26. We have to use first our eyes, then the brain and finally the muscles.

　　We have to make our eyes, brain and muscles work almost at the same time.

　　We have to use mainly the arms and legs to hit.

　　We have to use mainly the muscles so that the ball is met and hit back.

　　27. What he does out of class.

　　What he learns in books.

　　His place in society.

　　His lessons in school.

　　28. It is its members.

　　It is its team work.

　　It is the football field.

　　It is the climate.

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　29. They live in twenty rainforests.

　　They live in several hundred different varieties of trees.

　　They live in a forty-degree band of latitude.

　　They live in areas where the rainforest has been cleared.

　　30. One acre per minute.

　　One acre per second.

　　One hundred acres per minute.

　　Two hundred acres per hour.

　　31.

　　The land will be eroded by the rains.

　　Many species of plants and animals that depend on the ra inforest will become extinct.

　　The future of the human species may be changed.

　　The rainforest will grow, but at a much slower rate.

　　Passage Three

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　32.

　　To complain about car dealers.

　　To offer advice to prospective car buyers.

　　To sell new cars.

　　To explain how to finance a car.

　　33.

　　In December.

　　In the fall.

　　On the first day of the month.

　　At the end of the week.

　　34. Negotiating a lower price than the one that appears on the sticker.

　　Not telling the dealer that you have a car to trade in.

　　Financing the new car at the dealership.

　　Buying a car that is on the dealers lot instead of ordering one.

　　35.

　　Negotiating a price for most purchases is not common in the United States.

　　Car dealers in the United States are not honest.

　　New cars are very expensive in the United States.

　　Most shoppers have a car to trade in.

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　文章精要

　　文章指出，體育運動和比賽能使我們的身體更加強壯，使我們保持健康，不會發胖。但是，體育運動的作用不僅在于此，它還能幫助我們鍛煉眼睛、大腦和肌肉的協調性。此外，體育運動還對我們的性格塑造有很大幫助。

　　26.B信息明示題。文章第一段第三句指出，體育運動是可以使眼睛、大腦和肌肉協調工作的重要練習。第一段倒數第二句指出，所有這些動作都必須非常迅速地完成，并且只有經過大量訓練的人才能夠成功地完成這一連串動作，由此可知，在打網球時，眼睛、大腦和肌肉必須同時工作，所以B正確。

　　27.A綜合推斷題。文章第二段第二句指出，與從書本上學到的知識相比，親身體驗對孩子性格的影響更大，由此可知，孩子受課外活動的影響更大，所以A正確。

　　28.B綜合推斷題。文章最后一句指出，如果他們每個人都能學會在足球場上為自己的隊伍而不是為自己努力，那么以后他就會自然而然地為自己的國家而不是僅僅為了自己的利益而工作，由此可知，這里講的是團隊協作精神，也就是說對于足球隊來說最重要的就是團隊協作，所以B正確。

　　Passage Two

　　文章精要

　　文章指出，熱帶雨林生長在赤道南北緯20度之間，地球上超過一半的物種生活在那里。然而，目前已經有一半的熱帶雨林遭到了破壞，科學家估計，每年有大約五千萬畝熱帶雨林被破壞，由此造成的惡果就是，雨水不斷侵蝕土地。地表土層越來越薄，植物無法生長，地區的生態遭到永久性的破壞。

　　29.C綜合推斷題。文章第一段指出，熱帶雨林生長在赤道南北緯20度之間，是地球上超過一半物種的棲息地。所以C項地球上超過一半的物種生活在40度的緯度帶是正確的。

　　30.C信息明示題。文章第二段提到，每60秒就有100畝熱帶雨林被破壞，所以C正確。

　　31.D信息明示題。文章第二段提到，持續的降雨會侵蝕土地，所以排除A;第二段還提到，成千上萬個物種會滅絕，所以排除B;第二段最后提到，地區的生態會遭到永久性的破壞，可見，作者認為人類的未來也可能會因受到影響而改變，所以排除C;只有D項文章中沒有提到，所以選D。

　　Passage Three

　　文章精要

　　文章指出，決定好購買的車型和預算后，要多跑幾個商家。在美國，買汽車是可以講價的。為了節省更多的錢，首先，在談妥價格之前不要讓商家知道你已經有了一輛車并打算折價購物;其次，買商家已有的車，而不要訂購;再次，在年底的時候買車，如果不能等到年底，至少也要等到月末;最后，交易結束前不要提是打算現金支付還是銀行轉賬。

　　32.B主旨題。文章第一段就指出，在美國，買車是可以講價的，因此要多去幾個商家;第二段就怎樣省錢給出了幾個建議，由此可知，文章主要是為打算買車的人提供一些建議，所以B正確。

　　33.A信息明示題。文章第二段指出，買新車最好在年末，在來年新車型上市之前，經銷商愿意給新車騰出空間，言外之意，此時比較容易以更低的價格買到車，所以A正確。

　　34.C信息明示題。文章第二段提到，首先，在談妥價格之前不要讓商家知道你已經有了一輛車并打算折價購物;其次，買商家已有的車，而不要訂購;再次，在年底的時候買車，如果不能等到年底，那最好也要等到月末;最后，交易結束前不要提是打算現金支付還是銀行轉賬，但是文中并沒有提到為買新車而籌款，故選 C。

　　35.A綜合推斷題。文章第一段指出，在美國，買汽車是少數幾個可以議價的買賣之一，由此可知，在美國買東西講價是很少見的，所以A正確。其他選項文章中并沒有提及。

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　Sports and games make our bodies strong, prevent us from getting too fat, and keep us healthy. But they are not their only use. They give us valuable practice in making eyes, brain and muscles work together. In tennis, our eyes see the ball coming, judge its speed and direction and pass this information on to the brain. The brain then has to decide what to do, and to send its orders to the muscles of the arms, legs, and so on, so that the ball is met and hit back where it ought to go. All this must happen with very great speed, and only those who have had a lot of practice at tennis can carry out this complicated chain of events successfully. For those who work with their brains most of the day, the practice of such skills is especially useful.

　　Sports and games are also very useful for character training. In their lessons at school, boys and girls may learn about such virtues as unselfishness, courage, discipline and love of ones country; but what is learned in books cannot have the same deep effect on a childs character as what is learned by experience. The ordinary day school cannot give much practical training in living, because most of the pupils time is spent in classes, studying lessons. So it is what the pupils do in their spare time that really prepares them to take their place in society as citizens when they grow up. If each of them learns to work for his team and not for himself on the football field, he will later find it natural to work for the good of his country instead of only for his own benefit.

　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　26. What do we have to do when we play tennis?

　　27. Which of the following can a childs character be most deeply influenced by?

　　28. What is of the greatest importance to a football team?

　　Passage Two

　　Rainforests circle the globe for twenty degrees of latitude on both sides of the equator. In that relatively narrow band of the planet, more than half of all the species of plants and animals in the world make their home. Several hundred different varieties of trees may grow in a single acre, and just one of those trees may be the habitat for more than ten thousand kinds of spiders, ants, and other insects. More species of amphibians, birds, insects, mammals, and reptiles live in rainforests than anywhere else on Earth.

　　Unfortunately, half of the worlds rainforests have already been destroyed, and at the current rate, another 25 percent will be lost by the year 2010. Scientists estimate that as many as fifty million acres are destroyed annually. In other words, every sixty seconds one hundred acres of rainforest is being cleared. By the time you finish listening to this passage, two hundred acres will have been destroyed! When this happens, constant rains erode the former forest floor, the thin layer of soil no longer supports plant life, and the ecology of the region is altered forever. Thousands of species of plants and animals are condemned to extinction and, since we arent able to predict the ramifications of this loss to a delicate global ecology, we dont know what we may be doing to the future of the human species as well

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　29. Where do more than half of all the species of plants and animals live?

　　30. What is the current rate of destruction?

　　31. What will NOT happen if the rainforest continues to be cleared?

　　Passage Three

　　After you decide what kind of car you want, which options you need, and how much you can afford to spend, you should shop at several dealerships. Buying a car is one of the few purchases that you will make in the United States that allows for negotiation. In the case of cars, new and used, the sticker price posted on the window is not fixed, and the car dealer will expect you to bargain. It has been estimated that fewer than 20 percent of all new car buyers end up paying an amount even close to the list price.

　　To save the most money, use the following strategies when you negotiate. In the first place, dont mention that you have a car to trade in until you have agreed on a price for the car you want to buy. If the salespersons know in advance, they may quote you a high price for the trade-in, but the price of the new car may be adjusted to include the added amount. In addition, buy a car that is already on the dealers lot instead of ordering a car. The dealer has to pay insurance and finance charges for every car in the inventory and is usually willing to sell one for less money in order to reduce the overhead expenses. Furthermore, try to buy your new car at the end of the year, just before the next years models arrive in the fall. Dealers are usually glad to move these cars off their lots to make room for the new models. If you cant wait until fall to buy your car, at least wait until the end of the month, when the dealer is trying to reach a set sales quota in order to earn a bonus from the manufacturer. Finally, dont mention to the car dealer that you intend to pay cash or use a bank for financing until the deal is closed. Some dealers will offer a lower price if they believe that they will have the opportunity to arrange the financing and collect a commission.

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　32. What is the authors main purpose in writing this passage?

　　33. According to the author, when should a buyer purchase a new car?

　　34. Which of the following is NOT recommended for getting the best price on a new car?

　　35. What can be inferred from the passage?