【正文】 an entering jobs and work positions held before by women. When John Smith started in nursing school nine years ago, his father took it hard. Here is my father, a steelworker, hearing about other steel workers39。s because he39。s illness? 5. How is the speaker after having taken the medicine for six months? Key: 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F Passage two It was not until John was almost a year old that Karen and David Smith began to suppose that something might be wrong. The Smiths took their son to a doctor to find an answer. This began a journey to doctors, special medical doctors, hospitals and clinics that lasted for over a year. Finally John was found to be suffering from developmental disorder. The doctors pronounced that John would probably never speak. The struggle to discover John39。t walk. When I reached the age for starting school, I saw all the other children going and I wanted to go, too. My parents just shook their heads when I asked them. My grandmother tried to fort me, but tears fell down her cheeks. A few days later, the headmaster of the school and Mrs. Wen came to our house. They said they would carry me to school every day. Early the next morning Mrs. Wen came and carded me on her back for half a kilometer to school. From then on she carried me to school and home every day. One morning there was a big rainstorm. The rain poured down and the wind was so strong that it nearly blew the trees down. I was just thinking that surely the teacher would not e when the door opened and in came both she and the headmaster. They carried me to school as usual. Last year an article about me appeared in the newspaper. Not long after that I received a letter addressed to me. It was from a doctor who had read about me in the paper. He is an old doctor in his 70s. He wanted to try to cure my illness. He studied my case carefully and decided he knew a medicine that could help me. After taking it for six months, I39。s why I saw him at the clinic. 8. I39。t make it to New York because of the heavy snow. 3. He didn39。 she was so without help... I couldn39。 hitting isn39。s wrong with David? 14. How often do David Brown and Ann Ramos go to Mercy Hospital? 15. What can we learn about the Adult Day Care Program? Key: 11. T 12. T 13. T 14. F 15. F Task 2 Passage one When I was a child there were some people whose ideas I respected. My uncle John, I thought, knew everything about the world。s friendly and likes to talk. He lives with his wife in a small flat in the city. But David is being fetful. His wife says, He39。s grandfather think she should do? 8. Why does the speaker39。t you helping your mother? He thinks I39。t like my friends or my favorite records. You39。t wear make－ up. Existing beauty is best. Sometimes he disturbs my homework. When I was young we used to do maths differently, he says. Honestly, he39。s talking. It39。t dare admit it: it was not done. On the other hand, while Mom and Dad were going without things, they expected their children to obey the rules of nice manners, and to grow up into adults that make parents proud. These were the very ideas against which the young rebels of the 1960s rebelled. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the passage you have just heard. 1. According to the passage, what did children think of their parents? 2. What was true success according to young people? 3. What did most parents learn to do when they were young? 4. What did parents think was their first duty? 5. What did parents expect their children to be? Key: 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T Passage two My grandfather lives with us and he39。s thinking. They themselves had been brought up to respect traditional values。t go far enough in trying to stop young people from smoking. 8. She bolted to the phone to ring for an ambulance. 9. It39。 7. definitely 8. stuff 9. rhythms 10. horrible Understanding sentences Task1: 1. When he heard the music blast forth, Tom bolted out of bed like shot from a gun. 2. Sandy sang along with the music as she lay listening to her favorite record. 3. Not stopping to knock, the children burst into the room, 4. It must be weird for him to listen to such horrible stuff as a youngster. 5. He asked Sandy to turn down her music so that it did not wake her younger sister. 6. The music is so loud that it will hurt your ears as well as your brain, so mm it off. 7. Please hurry up or you39。 2. disgusting。t get everything from school. Edison didn39。t foreign language learners worry too much about making mistakes? 10. What does the speaker say about the use of mistakes in foreign language learning? Key: 6. F 7. T 8. T 9. F 10. F Passage three Many Chinese students have studied English for more than ten years. However, they are still unable to speak English very well when they meet a native speaker. They seem to have mastered the basic language structure, but a conversation in English will make them feel unfortable. They are afraid that other people might find out their mistakes. It39。t have to travel away from home to take a test. The distance learning course is the same as the courses students have at college. The degree offered is also the same whether distance learning or oncampus study is employed. In fact, a good distance learning program is popular not only with the students but also any pany or business that wants to work for the educational benefit and business development of the pany. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the passage you have just heard. 1. According to the talk, what is meant by part time education? 239。s job and family time. Of the many ways of teaching and learning, however, perhaps distance learning can be said to fit our needs. Distance learning is an educational method, which allows students to study at a speed that is fortable for them. In this way, students enjoy a good opportunity to achieve th