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Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

In a world increasingly fearsome and fragile, TV commercials present an oasis (绿洲) of calm and comfort. For six minutes in every hour, viewers know that they will be drifted away from this cruel world into an idealized well-ordered land. You and I may experience real life as largely tired and chaotic but in the world of the TV commercials happy families may be seen to gather at breakfast time for convivial (欢乐的) bowls of cornflakes, their teeth free of decay, their hair innocent of dandruff, their shirt whiter than snow.

TV advertising in Britain, obsessed (困扰) with the symbol of the good life, exploits a strong desire for evidence of old fashioned security. Things were better in the old days: bread was crusty and beer was a man's drink. But in selling the idea of a better life, it strikes me that most British commercials fail in their primary function. I cannot be alone among those who usually remember everything about TV advertising except the product it is designed to publicize.

In other superb commercial, a distinguished-looking Italian butler drives a car headlong into a vast dining-hall to serve champagne~ What on earth was it selling? The champagne? The car? What car? Search me. Viewers reveled in the medium and forgot the message. American advertisers don't make such mistakes. A typical US commercial features a woman in a kitchen holding a highly visible bottle of something or other and selling it hard. No art, no craft, just the message. America sells the steak, while Britain sells the sizzle.

A nation needs symbols. We need proof that lovely things still endure, like a team of shire horses criss-crossing the landscape at sundown. We want to be reminded that they still exist, that we may still come across pockets of reason and beauty in a world less sensible and less beautiful each day. TV commercials provide us with those symbols. They provide a link with the way we like to think we were. They help us to keep in touch with lost innocence.

According to the passage, what is the main function of TV commercials?

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 A, B, C and D.

听力原文： Our electric car is the way of the future. Automobile manufactures are under the pressure to develop cars that do not pollute. One powerful motive is a California law requiring that by the Year 2010, 30% of the new car sales of the state be so-called zero emission vehicles. These cars must put no pollutants whatsoever into the atmosphere. California is a huge market for the automobile companies. So they are working hard to meet this standard. So fax the electric car seems to be the best alternative. The biggest advantage of electric cars is that they don't pollute. However, they will be in competition with gas powered cars. That's where the witnesses come out. The big problem is that the batteries in electric cars weigh a lot relative to the amount of power they deliver. For instance in one electric car the batteries weigh four hundred kilograms and they provide enough energy to go 250 km before recharging, which takes 8 hours. Compare that to a moderately fuel efficient conventional car; it can go 400-700 km on a tank of gas. And refilling takes just minutes. If there are other drains on an electric car's batteries besides a motor, headlights, air-conditioning or a heater, its already limited range would be significantly reduced. So automobile engineers are trying to make more powerful batteries that would increase the car's range and make them more attractive to buyers.

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A．Automobile safety.

B．Increasing fuel efficiency.

C．California's pollution laws.

D．Electric-powered cars.

回答下列各题： Section A Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passagecarefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write youranswers on Answer Sheet 2. Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage. In the second half of the twentieth century, many countries of the South began to send students to theindustrialized countries for further education. They urgently needed supplies of highly trained personnel toimplement a concept of development based on modernization. But many of these students decided to stay on in the developed countries when they had finished theirtraining. At the same time, many professionals who did return home but no longer felt at ease there also decided to go back to the countries where they had studied. In the 1960s, some Latin American countries tried to solve this problem by setting up special "return"programs to encourage their professionals to come back home. These programs received support from internationalbodies such as the International Organization for Migration, which in 1974 enabled over 1,600 qualified scientistsand technicians to return to Latin America. In the 1980s and 1990s,"temporary return" programs were set up in order to make the best use of trainedpersonnel occupying strategic positions in the developed countries. This gave rise to the United NationsDevelopment Program's Transfer of Know/edge through Expatriate Nationals, which encourages technicians andscientists to work in their own countries for short periods. But the brain drain from these countries may wellincrease in response to the new laws of the international market in knowledge. Recent studies forecast that the most developed countries are going to need more and more highly qualifiedprofessionals around twice as many as their educational systems will be able to produce, or so it is thought. As aresult there is an urgent need for developing countries which send students abroad to give preference to fieldswhere they need competent people to give muscle to their own institutions, instead of encouraging the training ofpeople who may not come back because there are no professional outlets for them. And the countries of the Southmust not be content with institutional structures that simply take back professionals sent abroad; they mustintroduce flexible administrative procedures to encourage them to return. If they do not do this, the brain drain isbound to continue. The developing countries believe that sending students to the industrialized countries is a good way to _______________

听力原文：W: John, have you chosen a physical education class yet this semester?

M: No. Why?

W: You've got to take rock-climbing. We just had the first class and it looks like it's gonna be great.

M: You think I should take rock-climbing? You've got to be kidding. Besides,how can they teach rock-climbing when it's completely flat around here?

W: That's not important. You can't just start climbing without any training. You have to get in shape, learn how to use the ropes, the belts, the buckles. There's a lot of preparation first.

M: You don't think it's just a little bit dangerous?

W: Not if you know how to use the safety equipment, which is, by the way, pretty hi-tech. The ropes are made of elastic fabrics that stretch a little, the shoes have special grips on the bottom and the helmets are made of some kind of special plastic. You have to learn how to use all these before you do any real climbing.

M: Well, what's the appeal? We'll spend the whole semester studying something we don't actually get to do.

W: We will take a climbing trip during spring break. But that's not the point. Climbing is not the only goal. In preparing to climb you learn patience, mental discipline and you gain fantastic physical strength, especially in your hands. For the first few weeks we're going to concentrate entirely on hand and upper body exercises.

M: All that in one sport? Maybe you are right. Since it's not too late to join the class, maybe I will.

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A．Find out if a rock-climbing course will be offered.

B．Plan a rock-climbing trip over spring break.

C．Convince the man to take a rock-climbing course with her.

D．Find a place to go rock-climbing.

听力原文：W: John, have you chosen a physical education class yet this semester?

M: No. Why?

W: (22)You've got to take rock-climbing. We just had the first class and it looks like it's gonna be great.

M: (22)You think I should take rock-climbing? You've got to be kidding. Besides, (23)how can they teach rock-climbing when it's completely flat around here?

W: That's not important. You can't just start climbing without any training. You have to get in shape, learn how to use the ropes, the belts, the buckles. There's a lot of preparation first.

M: You don't think it's just a little bit dangerous?

W: Not if you know how to use the safety equipment, which is, by the way, pretty hi-tech. The ropes are made of elastic fabrics that stretch a little, the shoes have special grips on the bottom and the helmets are made of some kind of special plastic. You have to learn how to use all these before you do any real climbing.

M: Well, what's the appeal? We'll spend the whole semester studying something we don't actually get to do.

W: We will take a climbing trip during spring break. But that's not the point. Climbing is not the only goal. (24) In preparing to climb you learn patience, mental discipline and you gain fantastic physical strength, especially in your hands. For the first few weeks (25) we're going to concentrate entirely on hand and upper body exercises.

M: All that in one sport? Maybe you are right. Since it's not too late to join the class, maybe I will.

(23)

A．Find out if a rock-climbing course will be offered.

B．Plan a rock-climbing trip over spring break.

C．Convince the man to take a rock-climbing course with her.

D．Find a place to go rock-climbing.

SECTION B PASSAGES

Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文： Are electric cars the way of the future? Automobile manufactures are under pressure to develop ca rs that do not pollute. One powerful motive is a California law requiring that by the year 2000 ten percent of new car sells in the state be so called zero-emission vehicles. These cars must put no pollutants whatsoever into the atmosphere.

California is a huge market for the automobile companies, so they are working hard to meet these standards. So far the electric car seems to be the best alternative. So the big advantage of electric cars is that they don't pollute. However they will be in competition with gas-powered cars and that's where the weaknesses come out.

The big problem is that the batteries that power electric cars weigh a lot relative to the amount of power they deliver. For instance, in one prototype electric car, the batteries weighed 400 kilograms. And they provide enough energy to go 250 kilometers before recharging, which takes eight hours. Compare that to a moderately fuel-efficient conventional car, it can go 600 to 700 kilometers on a tank of gas and refilling takes just minutes. If there are other drains on an electric car's batteries besides the motor, headlights, air conditioning or a heater, its already limited range will be significantly reduced. So automobile engineers are trying to make more powerful batteries that would increase the cars' range and make them more attractive to buyers.

What is the talk' mainly about?

A．Automobile safety.

B．Increasing fuel efficiency.

C．California's pollution laws.

D．Electric-powered cars.