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21. A) Graduate school application procedures.

　　B) Funding for university education.

　　C) Winning the confidence of voters.

　　D) Preparing for an important test.

　　22. A) Tell her what to study for the history test.

　　B) Write a favorable letter of recommendation.

　　C) Advise her about how to run an election campaign.

　　D) Suggest a topic for a research paper.

　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　23. A) Boston schools.

　　B) Frontier life.

　　C) Teaching requirements.

　　D) Immigration patterns.

　　24. A) She was a famous author.

　　B) Her family later became famous landowners.

　　C) She exemplifies the immigrant spirit.

　　D) She invented some labor-saving farm equipment.

　　25. A) To the library.

　　B) To the movies.

　　C) To a bookstore.

　　D) To a travel bureau.

　　Section B

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some question. 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). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　Passage One

　　Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　26. A) They were drawing pictures. B) They were watching TV.

　　C) They were making a telephone call. D) They were tidying up the drawing room.

　　27. A) They locked the couple up in the drawing room.

　　B) They seriously injured the owners of the house.

　　C) They smashed the TV set and the telephone.

　　D) They took away sixteen valuable paintings.

　　28. A) He accused them of the theft.

　　B) He raised the rents.

　　C) He refused to prolong their land lease.

　　D) He forced them to abandon their traditions.

　　29. A) They wanted to protect the farmers’ interests.

　　B) They wanted to extend the reservation area for birds.

　　C) They wanted to steal his valuable paintings.

　　D) They wanted to drive him away from the island.
　Passage Two

　　Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　30. A) Through food. B) Through air.

　　C) Through insects. D) Through body fluids.

　　31. A) They ran a high fever. B) They died from excessive bleeding.

　　C) Their nervous system was damaged. D) They suffered from heart-attack.

　　32. A) To see what happened to the survivors of the outbreak.

　　B) To study animals that can also get infected with the disease.

　　C) To find out where the virus originates.

　　D) To look for the plants that could cure the disease.

　　Passage Three

　　Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　33. A) To determine whether the Earth’s temperature is going up.

　　B) To study the behavior of some sea animals.

　　C) To measure the depths of the ocean.

　　D) To measure the movement of waves in the ocean.

　　34. A) They were frightened and distressed.

　　B) They swam away when the speaker was turned on.

　　C) They swam closer to “examine” the speaker when it was turned off.

　　D) They didn’t seem to be frightened and kept swimming near the speaker.

　　35. A) To attract more sea animals to the testing site.

　　B) To drive dangerous sea animals away from the testing site.

　　C) To help trace the sea animals being tested.

　　D) To determine how sea animals communicate with each other.

　　Section C

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

　　Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.

　　Dreams are a way for the subconscious to communicate with the __47__ mind. Dreaming of something you’re worried about, researchers say, is the brain’s way of helping you rehearse for a disaster in case it occurs. Dreaming of a challenge, like giving a presentation at work or playing sports, can enhance your __48__. And cognitive neuroscientists have discovered that dreams and the rapid eye movement (REM) that happens while you’re dreaming are __49__ to our ability to learn and remember. Dreaming is a “mood regulatory system,” says Rosalind Cartwright, PhD, chairman of the psychology __50__ at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. She’s found that dreams help people work through the day’s emotional quandaries. “It’s like having a built-in therapist,” says Cartwright. While we sleep, dreams __51__ new emotional experience to old memories, creating plaid-like patterns of old images laid on top of new ones. As she puts it, “You may wake up and think, What was Uncle Harry doing in my dream? I haven’t seen him for 50 years. But the old and new images are __52__ related.” It’s the job of the conscious mind to figure out the relationship. In fact, dream emotions can help real therapists treat patients __53__ traumatic (创伤的) life events. In a new study of 30 recently __54__ adults, Cartwright tracked their dreams over a five-month period, measuring their feelings toward their ex-spouses. She discovered that those who were angriest at the spouse while dreaming had the best chance of successfully coping with divorce. “If their dreams were bland,” Cartwright says, “they hadn’t started to work through their emotions and __55__ with the divorce.” For therapists, this finding will help __56__ whether divorced men or women need counseling or have already dreamed their troubles away.

　　A. deal

　　B. physically

　　C. wake

　　D. performance

　　E. making

　　F. undergoing

　　G. experience

　　H. divorced

　　I. determine

　　J. compare

　　K. department

　　L. conscious

　　M. presentation

　　N. linked

　　O. emotionally

Section B

　　Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.