【正文】 estation can be pared to the destruction of ________. C) She studies in the same school as her brother. B) She prefers a life of continued exploration. B) Talk the drug user out of the habit. B) Check the locks every two weeks.t want to warm up for the game. D) He wanted to catch as many game birds as possible.17. A) It will reduce government revenues. dividends.18. A) The man should phone she hotel for directions.s phone number. C) To advertise for a junior sales manager. D) A young man with his own idea of what is important.21. A) Not clearly specified. D) Apparently sexist. C) The epidemic that has just broken out in the country of Karnak. D) There39。 B) Early in the afternoon. B) Continuing social unrest.Section BDirections: 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). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the canter. Passage One Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) One of the bridges between North and South London collapsed. B) A flood wall was built. C) Most Londoners took Exercise Floodwall calmly. B) They developed new types of feed for baby bald eagles. B) A new generation of pest killers. B) Whether crying really helps us feel better.Section CDirections: 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 just 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. The man was the Greek philosopher Socrates, and he was put to death for not believing in the recognized gods and for (38) ________ young people. The second charge steamed from his (39) ______ with numerous young men who came to Athens from all over the (40) ______ world to study under him.t have enough to eat. Some are the people who e in at night and clean the skyscrapers that glitter along the river. Some pour coffee and take care of the aged parents of the people who live in those buildings. The American Dream for the welltodo grows from the bowed backs of the working poor, who too often have to choose between groceries and rent.In a new book called The Betrayal of Work, Beth Shulman says that even in the booming 1990s one out of every four American workers made less than $ an hour, an ine equal to the government39。re really talking about. Five of the 10 occupations expected to grow big in the next decade are in the lowestpaying job groups. And before we sit back and decide that39。Section BDirections: 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. Passage OneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.As a wise man once said, we are all ultimately alone. But an increasing number of Europeans are choosing to be so at an ever earlier age. This isn39。s new economic climate has largely fostered the trend toward independence. The current generation of homealoners came of age during Europe39。t got time to get lonely because he has too much work. I have deadlines which would make life with someone else fairly difficult. Only an Ideal Woman would make him change his lifestyle, he says. Kaufmann, author of a recent book called The Single Woman and Prince Charming, thinks this fierce new individualism means that people expect more and more of mates, so relationships don39。 A) they are driven by an overwhelming sense of individualism A) It has fostered the trend towards small families. A) warm and light hearted C) some professional people have too much work to do to feel lonely B) To contemplate the philosophy underlying individualism.s Royal Commission on Genetic Modification, which will determine how to regulate GM organisms. Ingham claimed that a GM version of a mon soil bacterium could spread and destroy plants if released into the wild. Other researchers had previously modified the bacterium to produce alcohol from organic waste. But Ingham says that when she put it in soil with wheat plants, all of the plants died within a week.We would lose terrestrial (陸生的) plants...this is an organism that is potentially deadly to the continued survival of human beings, she told the mission. She added that the . Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) canceled its approval for field tests using the organism once she had told them about her research in 1999.But last week the New Zealand Life Sciences Network accused Ingham of presenting inaccurate, careless and exaggerated information and generating speculative doomsday scenarios (世界末日的局面) that are not scientifically supportable. They say that her study doesn39。s biopesticides (生物殺蟲劑) division, says there is no record of a review and/or clearance to field test the organism.Ingham says EPA officials had told her that the organism was approved for field tests, but says she has few details. It39