【正文】 be fully restored once damaged. C) There are many false notions about it. D) There are various ways to protect it. 27. A) It may make the wearer feel tired. B) It will gradually weaken the eyes of adults. C) It can lead to the loss of vision in children. D) It can permanently change the eye structure. 28. A) It can never be done even with high technology. B) It is the best way to restore damaged eyesight. C)It is a major achievement in eye surgery. D) It can only be partly acplished now. Passage Two Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. A) They think they should follow the current trend. B) Nursing homes are wellequipped and convenient. C) Adult daycare centers are easily accessible. D) They have jobs and other mitments. 30. A) They don39。 racial background should be considered before lodging is assigned. D) Experienced resident advisors should be assigned to handle the problems. Passage Two Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage. Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an anization led by Annan, the former United Nations secretary general. The report, to be released Friday, analyzed data and existing studies of health, disaster, population and economic trends. It found that humaninfluenced climate change was raising the global death rates from illnesses including malnutrition (營養(yǎng)不良 )and heatrelated health problems. But even before its release, the report drew criticism from some experts on climate and risk, who questioned its methods and conclusions. Along with the deaths, the report said that the lives of 325 million people, primarily in poor countries, were being seriously affected by climate change. It projected that the number would double by 2030. Roger Pielke Jr., a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum39。 57. What can we learn from some recent studies? A) Conflicts between students of different races are unavoidable. B) Students of different races are prejudiced against each other. C) Interracial lodging does more harm than good. D) Interracial lodging may have diverse outes. 58. What does Sam Boakye39。t know how to describe the beautiful country scenery. D) He can39。s clublike in design, Neil Tomes explains his passion for provenance (原產(chǎn) 地 ).Britain has started to bee really proud of the food it39。 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 17, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 810, plete the sen tences with the information given in the passage. British Cuisine: the Best of Old and New British cuisine (烹飪 ) has e of age in recent years as chefs (廚師 ) bine the best of old and new. Why does British food have a reputation for being so bad? Because it is bad! Those are not the most encouraging words to hear just before eating lunch at one of Hong Kong39。t alter these too much. We39。s. C) Jill wore the overcoat last week. B) Jill missed her class last week. D) She is in the same class as the man. 18. A) A puter game. C) An exciting experience. B) An imaginary situation. D) A vacation by the sea. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. A) Beautiful scenery in the countryside. C) Pain and pleasure in sports. B) Dangers of crosscountry skiing. D) A sport he participates in. 20. A) He can39。 A) alert I) formally B) associated J) function C) attracting K) mixed D) cling L) negative E) continuing M) sufficient F) definitely N) tend G) different O) younger Section B Directions: 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 One Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. Several recent studies have found that being randomly (隨機(jī)地 ) assigned to a roommate of another race can lead to increased tolerance but also to a greater likelihood (可能性 )of conflict. Recent reports found that lodging with a student of a different race may decrease prejudice and pel students to engage in more ethnically diverse friendships. An Ohio State University study also found that black students living with a white roommate saw higher academic success throughout their college careers. Researchers believe this may be caused by social pressure. In a New York Times article, Sam Boakye – the only black student on his freshman year floor said that if you39。s report? A) Its statistics look embarrassing. C) It deserves our closest attention. B) It is invalid in terms of methodology. D) Its conclusion is purposely exaggerated. 65. What is Soren Andreasen39。 Contrary to the old warning that time waits for no one, time slows down when you are on the move. It also slows down more as you move faster, which means astronauts (宇航員 ) someday may (36) _____ so long in space that they would return to an Earth of the (37) _____ future. If you could move at the speed of light, your time would stand still. If you could move faster than light, your time would move (38) _____. Although no form of matter yet (39) _____ moves as fast as or faster than light, (40) _____ experiments have already confirmed that accel