When you turn on the radio, you hear an advertisement. When you watch television, you hear and see an advertisement. If you turn the pages of a newspaper or magazine, again you find an advertisement. If you walk down the street, you see one advertising board after another. All day, every day, people who want to sell you something competent to catch your attention. As a result, advertisements are almost everywhere. In the West, advertisements are the fuel that makes mass media work. The government does not give money to mass media such as TV stations, newspapers, magazines and radio stations. They are all owned privately. So where does the money come from? From advertisements. Without advertisements, there would not be these private businesses.

　　Have you ever asked yourself what advertising is? Through the years, people have given different answers to the question. For some time it was felt that advertising was a means of keeping your name before the public. And some people thought that advertising was truth well told. Now more and more people describe it in this way： Advertising is the paid, nonpersonal, and usually persuasive description of goods, services and ideas through various media.

　　All advertisements try to make people believe that the product, idea, or service advertised can do well to them. Advertisements exist everywhere in our lives.

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

　　26. What is the passage mainly about?

　　【解析】選[D]。這篇材料開篇就提到了廣播、電視、報紙上的廣告，隨后講了廣告的定義，結尾說廣告到處都存在，這表明本篇講的是廣告的繁榮發展，故選項[D]符合題意。

　　27. Whats the financial source of the privately owned mass media?

　　【解析】選[C]。選項[C]符合題意，依據是So where does the moneycome from? From advertisements。

　　28. According to the passage, what is one of the features of advertisements?

　　【解析】選[B]。選項[B] 符合題意，依據是Advertising is the paid, nonpersonal, and usually persuasive description of goods, services and ideas through various media。convincing是persuasive的同義轉述，意為making you believe that something is true or right，即使相信，使確認。

　　Passage Two

　　Officials at the Olympic Games taking place in Salt Lake City, Utah, say they have met their environmental goals. However, environmental groups say the Salt Lake Olympic Games have done permanent harm to the area. Protection of the environment is now officially one of the three goals of the Olympic movement. The other two goals are sports and culture. Today, many cities seeking to hold the Olympic Games promise to offer greater protection for the environment. However, an environmental group says that the Salt Lake Olympic Committee make promises that it has not kept. For example, activists criticize ski jumps that were built into the sides of the mountains. They also criticize the officials for permitting trees to be cut down and new roads built for the Olympic Games. They said better public transportation is needed to help decrease air pollution during the Games. And they said not enough has been done to reduce energy use. Lawyers say the Olympics are being used as an excuse to prevent development that normally would be unacceptable under the current environmental laws.

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

　　29. What do the environmental groups think of the Salt Lake Olympic Games?

　　【解析】[D]。在聽錄音之前，預覽四個選項可知本文可能談論的是The games與environment的問題。原文中用轉折語言引出環境組織的意見，however,...have done permanent harm to the area,故選[D]。

　　30. Which is not a goal of the Olympic movement?

　　【解析】[C]。四個選項均為含有積極色彩的名詞短語，需要在聽的過程中留意和它們有關的信息。

　　31. According to the environmental groups what is needed to decrease airpollution during the Games?

　　【解析】[B]。預讀選項可以推測此題考查的是保護環境的行為，需要留意文中有關這些行為的細節。

　　Passage Three

　　Diet, diet, diet! It gets to be a constant battle for many of us to stay fit and healthy. But diets dont always allow us to learn new eating habits, improve our self-image, or make lifestyle changes. Developing good eating habits and proper exercise is a permanent issue. And its the main topic of this workshop.

　　In order to keep a healthy diet and minimize the risk of disease, its essential to eat a diet that consists of low fat foods and to maximize energy with carbohydrates. Beef, nuts, oils, and most dairy products are rich in fat, so you should eat less of those; while pastry, rice, potatoes, and bread contain almost no fat and are a high energy source of complex carbohydrates. You know that many food manufactures use sugar to make low fat or fat free foods taste good, but dont worry too much about that. You dont necessarily get fat by eating sugar, since sugar is an indirect fat.

　　When you exercise, carbohydrates are the first calories to burn, if you want to burn off fat, its good to do some sort of aerobic exercise such as biking, swimming, running, or fast walking. But you have to keep doing this exercise for at least twenty minutes because it takes about that long before we start to burn fat. And then the effect of burning fat decreases after forty-five minutes of exercise. So if you do some sort of aerobic exercise for three to four days a week for about thirty to forty minutes, youll have an affective schedule for reducing weight.

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

　　32. What is the main topic of this talk?

　　【解析】選[D]。在聽錄音之前，預覽選項可知本文與飲食習慣和鍛煉有關。

　　33. According to the speaker, which will burn most quickly with exercise?

　　【解析】選[B]。預讀選項可知此題詢問有關食物種類的細節，聽的過程中需要留意對它們的描述。本題答案依據為When you exercise, cabohydrates are the first calories to burn, 根據常識sugar正是碳水化合物的一種，故選[B]。

　　34. According to the speaker, what is the most effective exercise time schedule for reducing weight?

　　【解析】選[D]。預讀選項可知此題詢問的有關鍛煉的時間安排。注意，只要抓住three to four days a week這個關鍵信息就可以了。

　　35. What does the speaker say is burned at the beginning of exercise?

　　【解析】選[A]。預讀選項可知此題詢問的有關食物營養成分的細節。注意，Carbohydrates的意思是碳水化合物。

　　When you turn on the radio, you hear an advertisement. When you watch television, you hear and see an advertisement. If you turn the pages of a newspaper or magazine, again you find an advertisement. If you walk down the street, you see one advertising board after another. All day, every day, people who want to sell you something competent to catch your attention. As a result, advertisements are almost everywhere. In the West, advertisements are the fuel that makes mass media work. The government does not give money to mass media such as TV stations, newspapers, magazines and radio stations. They are all owned privately. So where does the money come from? From advertisements. Without advertisements, there would not be these private businesses.

　　Have you ever asked yourself what advertising is? Through the years, people have given different answers to the question. For some time it was felt that advertising was a means of keeping your name before the public. And some people thought that advertising was truth well told. Now more and more people describe it in this way： Advertising is the paid, nonpersonal, and usually persuasive description of goods, services and ideas through various media.

　　All advertisements try to make people believe that the product, idea, or service advertised can do well to them. Advertisements exist everywhere in our lives.

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

　　26. What is the passage mainly about?

　　【解析】選[D]。這篇材料開篇就提到了廣播、電視、報紙上的廣告，隨后講了廣告的定義，結尾說廣告到處都存在，這表明本篇講的是廣告的繁榮發展，故選項[D]符合題意。

　　27. Whats the financial source of the privately owned mass media?

　　【解析】選[C]。選項[C]符合題意，依據是So where does the moneycome from? From advertisements。

　　28. According to the passage, what is one of the features of advertisements?

　　【解析】選[B]。選項[B] 符合題意，依據是Advertising is the paid, nonpersonal, and usually persuasive description of goods, services and ideas through various media。convincing是persuasive的同義轉述，意為making you believe that something is true or right，即使相信，使確認。

　　Passage Two

　　Officials at the Olympic Games taking place in Salt Lake City, Utah, say they have met their environmental goals. However, environmental groups say the Salt Lake Olympic Games have done permanent harm to the area. Protection of the environment is now officially one of the three goals of the Olympic movement. The other two goals are sports and culture. Today, many cities seeking to hold the Olympic Games promise to offer greater protection for the environment. However, an environmental group says that the Salt Lake Olympic Committee make promises that it has not kept. For example, activists criticize ski jumps that were built into the sides of the mountains. They also criticize the officials for permitting trees to be cut down and new roads built for the Olympic Games. They said better public transportation is needed to help decrease air pollution during the Games. And they said not enough has been done to reduce energy use. Lawyers say the Olympics are being used as an excuse to prevent development that normally would be unacceptable under the current environmental laws.

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

　　29. What do the environmental groups think of the Salt Lake Olympic Games?

　　【解析】[D]。在聽錄音之前，預覽四個選項可知本文可能談論的是The games與environment的問題。原文中用轉折語言引出環境組織的意見，however,...have done permanent harm to the area,故選[D]。

　　30. Which is not a goal of the Olympic movement?

　　【解析】[C]。四個選項均為含有積極色彩的名詞短語，需要在聽的過程中留意和它們有關的信息。

　　31. According to the environmental groups what is needed to decrease airpollution during the Games?

　　【解析】[B]。預讀選項可以推測此題考查的是保護環境的行為，需要留意文中有關這些行為的細節。

　　Passage Three

　　Diet, diet, diet! It gets to be a constant battle for many of us to stay fit and healthy. But diets dont always allow us to learn new eating habits, improve our self-image, or make lifestyle changes. Developing good eating habits and proper exercise is a permanent issue. And its the main topic of this workshop.

　　In order to keep a healthy diet and minimize the risk of disease, its essential to eat a diet that consists of low fat foods and to maximize energy with carbohydrates. Beef, nuts, oils, and most dairy products are rich in fat, so you should eat less of those; while pastry, rice, potatoes, and bread contain almost no fat and are a high energy source of complex carbohydrates. You know that many food manufactures use sugar to make low fat or fat free foods taste good, but dont worry too much about that. You dont necessarily get fat by eating sugar, since sugar is an indirect fat.

　　When you exercise, carbohydrates are the first calories to burn, if you want to burn off fat, its good to do some sort of aerobic exercise such as biking, swimming, running, or fast walking. But you have to keep doing this exercise for at least twenty minutes because it takes about that long before we start to burn fat. And then the effect of burning fat decreases after forty-five minutes of exercise. So if you do some sort of aerobic exercise for three to four days a week for about thirty to forty minutes, youll have an affective schedule for reducing weight.

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

　　32. What is the main topic of this talk?

　　【解析】選[D]。在聽錄音之前，預覽選項可知本文與飲食習慣和鍛煉有關。

　　33. According to the speaker, which will burn most quickly with exercise?

　　【解析】選[B]。預讀選項可知此題詢問有關食物種類的細節，聽的過程中需要留意對它們的描述。本題答案依據為When you exercise, cabohydrates are the first calories to burn, 根據常識sugar正是碳水化合物的一種，故選[B]。

　　34. According to the speaker, what is the most effective exercise time schedule for reducing weight?

　　【解析】選[D]。預讀選項可知此題詢問的有關鍛煉的時間安排。注意，只要抓住three to four days a week這個關鍵信息就可以了。

　　35. What does the speaker say is burned at the beginning of exercise?

　　【解析】選[A]。預讀選項可知此題詢問的有關食物營養成分的細節。注意，Carbohydrates的意思是碳水化合物。