【正文】 ark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. A) To give customers a wider range of choices. B) To make shoppers see as many items as possible. C) To supply as many varieties of goods as it can. D) To give space for more profitable products. 27. A) On the top shelves. B) On the bottom shelves. C) On easily accessible shelves. D) On clearly marked shelves. 28. A) Many of them buy things on impulse. B) A few of them are fathers with babies. C) A majority of them are young couples. D) Over 60% of them make shopping lists. 29. A) Sales assistants promoting high margin goods. B) Sales assistants following customers around. C) Customers peting for good bargains. D) Customers losing all sense of time. Passage Two Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. A) Teaching mathematics at a school. B) Doing research in an institute. C) Studying for a college degree. D) Working in a hightech pany. 31. A) He studied the designs of various choices. B) He did experiments to different materials. C) He bought an alarm clock with a pig face. D) He asked different people for their opinions. 32. A) Its automatic mechanism. B) Its manufacturing pattern. C) Its way of waking people up. D) Its funnylooking pig face. Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. A) It’s often caused by a change of circumstances. B) It usually doesn’t require any special attention. C) It usually appears all of a sudden. D) It usually lasts for several years. 34. A) They can’t mix well with others. B) They emotionally receive their friends. C) They depend severely on family members. D) They share similar interests with friends. 35. A) They lack consistent support from peers. B) They doubt their own popularity. C) They were born psychologically weak. D) They focus too much attention on themselves. 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 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. There was a time when any personal information that was gathered about us was typed on a piece of paper and (36) ________ away in a file cabinet. It could remain there for years and, often (37) ________, never reach the outside world. Things have done a plete aboutface since then. (38) ________ for the change has been the astonishingly (39) ________ development in recent years of the puter. Today, any data that is (40) ________ about us in one place or another — and for one reason or another — can be stored in a puter bank. It can then be easily passed to other puter banks. They are owned by (41) ________ and by private businesses and corporations, lending (42) ________, direct mailing and telemarketing firms, credit bureaus, credit card panies, and government (43) ________ at the local, state, and federal level. A growing number of Americans are seeing the accumulation and distribution of puterized date as a frightening invasion of their privacy. (44) ___________ _________________________________________________________ as the puter bees increasingly efficient, easier to operate, and less costly to purchase and maintain. In 1970, a national survey showed that (45) ___________________________________________________ _________________. Seven years later, 47 percent expressed the same worry. (46) ____________ ________________________________________________________. 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 ch