【正文】 icated that people were contemplating terrorist actions or other criminal activities? Says the DOJ39。 the request has been scaled back to one week39。 ambition to succeed EXCEPT ________. (A) stimulating them to build up selfconfidence (B) cultivating the attitude of risk taking (C) enlarging the areas for children to succeed (D) making them understand their family crisis 3. What is the message that peer pressure conveys to children? (A) A sudden lack of motivation is attributed to the student39。 or praising high performance alone. Most of all, parents should let their kids know that mistakes are a part of learning. Some experts say our education system, with its strong emphasis on testing and rigid separation of students into different levels of ability, also bears blame for the disappearance of drive in some kids. These programs shut down the motivation of all kids who aren39。t involved in some family crisis at home, many educators attribute a sudden lack of motivation to a fear of failure or peer pressure that conveys the message that doing well academically somehow isn39。s not quite that simple. Kids can be given the opportunities to bee passionate about a subject or activity, but they can39。 and the children39。 math skills. 18. (A) Once weekly. (B) Twice weekly. (C) Once a month. (D) Twice a month. 19. (A) Six months. (B) Seven months. (C) Eight months. (D) Nine months. 20. (A) The children39。 learning process. It produces a deeper, ___________ (19) of the world and its possibilities. We begin giving meaning to life through story making, and playing out ___________ (20). Part B: Listening Comprehension Directions: In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations. After each one, you will be asked some questions. The talks, conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE. Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation. 1. (A) in Cherry Blossoms Village niy of the residents are over 85 years old. (B) In the United States, there are twice as many centenarians as there were ten years ago. (C) All the people studied by these scientists from Geia live in institutions for the elderly. (D) Almost all the residents in Cherry Blossoms Village have unusual hobbies. 2. (A) Whether the centenarians can live independently in small apartments. (B) Whether it is feasible to establish a village for the oldest old people. (C) What percentage of the population are centenarians in the state of Geia. (D) What the real secrets are to being an active and healthy 100yearold. 3. (A) Diet, optimism, activity or mobility, and geics. (B) Optimism, mitment to interesting things, activity or mobility, and adaptability to loss. (C) The strength to adapt to loss, diet, exercise, and geics. (D) Diet, exercise, mitment to something they were interested in, and geics. 4. (A) The centenarians had a high calorie and fat intake. (B) The centenarians basically eat something different. (C) The centenarians eat a lowfat and lowcalorie, unprocessed food diet. (D) The centenarians eat spicy food, drink whiskey, and have sweet pork every day. 5. (A) Work hard. (B) Stay busy. (C) Stick to a balanced diet. (D) Always find something to laugh about. Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news. 6. (A) Global temperatures rose by 3 degrees in the 20th century. (B) Global warming may spread disease that could kill a lot of people in Africa. (C) Developed countries no longer depend on fossil fuels for transport and power. (D) The impact of the global warming will be radically reduced by 2050. 7. (A) Taking bribes. (B) Creating a leadership vacuum at the country39。 and ‘mindson39。 education more wellrounded. (C) To investigate the impact of arts training. (D) To enhance the students39。s attitude and test scores. (D) Both the teachers39。s no wonder some parents find themselves hoping that, just maybe, ambition can be taught like any other subject at school. It39。t suffer from an emotional or learning disability, or isn39。 interest in school and turned around their declining math grades. More than any teacher or workshop, Blackwell says, parents can play a critical role in conveying this message to their children by praising their effort, strategy and progress rather than emphasizing their ‘smartness39。s important to expose kids to a world beyond homework and tests, through volunteer work, sports, hobbies and other extracurricular activities. The crux of the issue is that many students experience education as irrelevant to their life goals and ambitions, says Michael Nakkual, a Harvard education professor who runs a Bostonarea mentoring program called Project IF (Inventing the Future), which works to get lowine underachievers in touch with their aspirations. The key to getting kids to aim higher at school is to disabuse them of the notion that classwork is irrelevant, to show them how doing well at school can actually help them fulfill their dreams beyond it. Like any ambitious toddler, they need to understand that you have to learn to walk before you can run. 1. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the first paragraph? (A) Children are born with a kind of healthy ambition. (B) How a baby learns to walk and talk. (C) Ambition can be taught like other subjects at school. (D) Some teenage children lose their drive to succeed. 2. According to some educators and psychologists, all of the following would be helpful to cultivate students39。s continuing attempt to police Inter pornography. In 1998, Congress passed the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), but courts have blocked its implementati