【正文】 e. Example: You will hear: You will read. A) At the office. B) In the waiting room. C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant. From the conversation we knOw that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This conversation iS most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) At the office is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D] 1. A) The man enjoys traveling by car. B) The man lives far from the subway. C) The man is good at driving. D) The man used to own a car. 2. A) Tony should continue taking the course. B) She approves of Tony39。t want jobs advertised in the newspapers. 6. A) Move the washing machine to the basement. B) Turn the basement into a workshop. C) Repair the washing machine. D) Finish his assignment. 7. A) Some students at the back cannot hear the professor. B) The professor has changed his reading assignment. C) Some of the students are not on the professor39。s spent two years studying English in Canada. D) She39。t last long. D) Weather forecasts are not reliable. Part I Section B Compound Dictation Directions: in this section, y39。s because the prescription drugs available for the flu need to be taken soon after the illness sets in. As for colds, the sooner aperson starts taking overthecounter remedy, the sooner relief will e. The mon cold and the flu are both caused by viruses. More than 200 viruses can cause cold symptoms, while the flu is caused by three viruses flu A, B and C. There is no cure for eitherillness, but the flu can be prevented by the flu vaccine ( ~~ ), which is, for most people, the bestway to fight the flu, according to the ALA. But if the flu does strike, quick action can help. Although the flu and mon cold have manysimilarities, there are some obvious signs to look for. Cold symptoms such as stuffy nose, runny nose and scratchy throat typically develop gradu ally, and adults and teens often do not get a fever. On the other hand, fever is one of the character istic features of the flu for all ages. And in general, flu symptoms including fever and chills, sore throat and body aches e on suddenly and are more severe than cold symptoms. The ALA notes that it may be particularly difficult to tell when infants and preschool age children have the flu. It advises parents to call the doctor if their small children have flulike symptoms. Both cold and flu symptoms can be eased with overthecounter medications as well. However,children and teens with a cold or flu should not take aspirin for pain relief because of the risk of Reye syndrome(綜合癥 ) ， a rare but serious condition of the liver and central nervous syndrome . There is, of course, no vaccine for the mon cold. But frequent hand washing and avoiding close contact with people who have colds can reduce the likelihood of Catching one. 11. According to the author, knowing the cause of the misery will help A) shorten the duration of the illness B) the patient buy medicine over the counter C) the patient obtain cheaper prescription drugs D) prevent people from catching colds and the flu 12. We learn from the passage that A) one doesn39。s chances of eventually being admitted to toprated schools and universities. Several more progressive programs have introduced free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing in some Japanese kindergartens. 16. We learn from the first paragraph that many Americans believe A) Japanese parents are more involved in preschool education than American parents B) Japan39。s artistic interests C) tapping children39。s creativity C) lighten children39。s, were primarily the result of leaded gasoline emissions originating in the United States. In the twenty years that the Clean Air Act has mandated unleaded gas use in the United States, the lead accumulation worldwide has decreased significantly. A study published recently in the journal Nature shows that airborne leaded gas emissions from the United States were the leading contributor to the high concentration of lead in the snow in Greenland. The new study is a result of the continued research led by Dr. Charles Boutron, an expert on the impact of heavy metals on the environment at the National Center for Scientific Research in France. A study by Dr. Boutron published in 1991 showed that lead levels in arctic (北極的 ) snow were declining. In his new study, Dr. Boutron found the ratios of the different forms of lead in the leaded gasoline used in the United States were different from the ratios of European, Asian and Canadian gasolines and thus enabled scientists to differentiate ( 分區(qū) ) the lead sources. The dominant lead ratio found in Greenland snow matched that found in gasoline from the United States. In a study published in the journal Ambio, scientists found that lead levels in soil in the Northeastern United States had decreased markedly since the introduction of unleaded gasoline. Many scientists had believed that the lead would stay in soil and snow for a longer period. The authors of the Ambio study examined samples of the upper layers of soil taken from the same sites of 30 forest floors in New England, New York and Pennsylvania in 1980 and in 1990. The forest environment processed and redistributed the lead faster than the scientists had expected. Scientists say both studies demonstrate that certain parts of the ecosystem (生態(tài)系統(tǒng) ) re spond rapidly to reductions in atmospheric pollution, but that these findings should not